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Earlier this year, Parliament passed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment) Act 2018 (“MACCA Amendments”). The MACCA Amendments introduced notable changes to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption…

Republic Act No. 11055 or the Philippine System Identification Act was enacted into law on 6 August 2018. It mandates the government to create…

Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act (“EODB Act”) came into effect on 28 May…

The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8083 or the Tax Reform for Attracting Better and High...

Data privacy is a relatively new regulation in the Philippines. Nonetheless, the Philippine National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) is exerting its best efforts in order…

On 20 March 2018, Pyidaungsu Htuttaw enacted the Registration of Deeds Law 2018 (“the Act”) which repeals and replaces the previous Registration Act 1908….

In order to liberalise and promote the education standard in Myanmar, the Myanmar Investment Commission (“MIC”) released Notification (7/2018) (“the Notification”) dated 20 April...

The Lao Government has published the new Penal Code, which takes effect on 1 November 2018. The new law aims to ensure that penalties…

The Myanmar Government has recently established the Myanmar Competition Commission (the “Commission”) by issuing Notification No. (106/2018) dated 31 October 2018. The Commission acts…

Insurance web aggregation is an alternative distribution channel whereby a customer can obtain insurance through the internet or mobile application. Insurance web aggregators are…