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The thirty-second slot machine

 After getting its knuckles rapped by the prime minister,the Cambodian advertising industry needs to consider how best to sell products and keep everyone on its side.There can be few countries in the free world where a prime minister’s attention is diverted from matters of state to matters of media morality. But that’s exactly what happened to Hun Sen, Cambodia’s prime minister, recently when he felt obliged to ban a condom advertisement, saying it promoted prostitution and promiscuity
By Charlie Lancaster

Crossing the divide

An extraordinary meetings of minds will take place in Cambodia, Thailand and the Philippines next month as the Bridges programme makes its third visit to the region
By Paul Brisby

Asean giving good service

 Southeast Asian nations continue to offer competitive advantages as outsourcing choices, occupying four of the top seven places on AT Kearney’s Global Services Index.
By Southeast Asia Globe

The lady and the paper tigers

The expedient conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi is an opportunity for Asean to show that its recently drafted charter on human rights is worth more than the paper it is printed on
By Alistair DB Cook and Caballero-Anthony

Eye on the ball

Tony Fernandes is one of the region’s most unconventional executives – but also one of its most successful. How does this unlikeliest of entrepreneurs keep proving the sceptics wrong? AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes (L) and AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani pose during the launch of Redbox, a low-cost air courier service in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 09 July 2009. Photo: EPA/Ahmad Yusni
By Ron Gluckman

The United Nation's A-list

The UN describes goodwill ambassadors as “foot soldiers”, but it seemsthey haven’t spent much time in the trenches. David Beckham has held the title for Unicef since 2005 
By Oscar Quine

Religion

Beware false Prophets

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” - Mark 16:15
By Rob Savage