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ASEAN companies look to strike it rich in the neighborhood www.asia.nikkei.com

VIENTIANE -- Companies in ASEAN countries are on an investment spree in the region. Sensing opportunities in Southeast Asia's expanding consumer markets and ongoing infrastructure development, they are rushing to build factories and make acquisitions.

Companies from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations overtook their European counterparts in 2015 to become the biggest investors in the region by value for the first time in three years. That investment should help sustain economic growth regionwide.

The five-story Myanmar Plaza, which opened last December in Yangon, is a showcase for famous domestic and foreign brands, including German sportswear maker Adidas. Myanmar's first modern shopping mall is thronged with buyers from the country's swelling middle class.

The mall was built by Vietnamese real estate developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai. Next door, an office building has already been completed. An upscale condominium building is scheduled to go up by 2018. In all, $440 million will be invested in the complex.

Buying time

U.K. research company Euromonitor estimates ASEAN's retail market will expand by about 20% between 2015 and 2020 to $588.3 billion. Companies are piling in, trying to get a piece of the action.

Boon Rawd Brewery, a Thai maker of alcoholic beverages best known for its Singha beer, is pushing into Vietnam, investing a total of $1.1 billion in a food company and a beverage producer that are part of local conglomerate Masan Group. Vietnam Dairy Products, the biggest dairy maker in the country, in May began production in neighboring Cambodia.

According to a report issued Sept. 6 by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, investment in the ASEAN region totaled $119.9 billion in 2015, down 8% from the previous year but still the third-largest year on record. ASEAN companies accounted for nearly 20% of the total, taking the top investor spot from European companies, which had held the position for two years through 2014.

ASEAN companies are likely to continue their cross-border expansion, becoming serious competitors to Japanese companies operating in the region.

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Conference of Asian Scientists on green development to round up www.en.montsame.mn

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia is hosting the “Role of Scientific Field in the Green Growth” international scientific conference these days at the Ministry’s Hall of Consensus. The meeting is being organized on Wednesday in Ulaanbaatar, by the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sciences and Sports.
 
The Association affiliates 34 scientific institutions of more than 30 countries. It was established in 2012 to promote cooperation between scholars and scientists.
 
The Mongolian Academy of Sciences is an active member of this association, having its president as the member of Board of AASSA.
 
The scientific conference is to bring together over 60 scholars from Mongolia, South Korea, Russia, China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Iran, and will consider 15 scientific papers.
 
The meeting will complete today.
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Ukraine seeks Chinese investment to revive the world's biggest plane www.rt.com

 
Kiev wants to attract $500 million of investment from China to complete an updated version of the world's biggest aircraft AN-225 Mriya (‘Dream’), the president of manufacturer Antonov told Reuters.
 
The cargo plane was developed in the former Soviet Union in the 1980s and was initially designed as a carrier for the Soviet Buran (Snowstorm) space shuttle. The only example completed is still in use. With a capacity of 250 tons the plane weighs 640 tons on takeoff.
 
Work on building a second plane started in 1988 but has never been completed.
 
Antonov’s deputy head said in May that Ukraine had been considering starting joint manufacturing with China and was planning to invite Chinese investors to the project.
 
On August 30, Antonov and China’s Aerospace Industry Corporation signed a cooperation agreement which will pave the way for serial production of the AN-225 in China.
 
Antonov President Oleksandr Kotsiuba said it could take about five years to complete the aircraft once a contract between the two sides is signed.
 
"The second Mriya will be completed here, in Kiev, and could cost up to $500 million depending on the equipment installed," said Kotsiuba, adding future cooperation with the Chinese company would depend on the successful completion of the plane.
 
The only existing AN-225 aircraft first flew in 1988 and is operated by Antonov Airlines, a division of the Antonov company.
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US media firm Liberty Media to buy Formula 1 www.bbc.com

US firm Liberty Media has confirmed it is buying the racing business Formula 1 for $4.4bn (£3.3bn).

The move ends years of speculation about the ownership of the company.
Bernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive but Chase Carey, vice-chairman of 21st Century Fox, will become the new chairman.
Liberty Media has stakes in several sports and entertainment businesses, including the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball club.
Owned by the billionaire John Malone, Liberty will initially purchase a minority stake in the world's leading motor-racing championship. A full takeover is planned if regulators approve the deal.
"We are excited to become part of Formula One," said Greg Maffei, chief executive of Liberty Media.
"We think our long-term perspective and expertise with media and sports assets will allow us to be good stewards of Formula One and benefit fans, teams and our shareholders."
Ecclestone said: "I would like to welcome Liberty Media and Chase Carey to Formula One and I look forward to working with them."
The total transaction values the firm at $8bn but includes $4.1bn worth of Formula 1's debt.
Liberty Media is buying the stake from the private equity firm CVC Capital.
CVC has held a stake for the past decade but sold some of its holding in 2012. It has been criticised for taking considerable profits from the sport, which has suffered from falling TV ratings in recent years.

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Seminar on supporting public diplomacy between Mongolia-S.Korea held www.en.montsame.mn

 
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In frames of the ongoing Cultural Days of South Korea in Ulaanbaatar, a seminar entitled “Mongolia-South Korea public diplomacy” was held on Tuesday.
 
The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, B.Battsetseg made the opening remarks at the seminar. She noted 2016 is special year for top-level recirpocal visits of state leaders were hosted, and pointed out that Mongolia attaches a significance to strengthening the national security, protecting the vital interests, fortifying its position at the international fora and implementing the foreign policy goals through its soft power principle. The Mongolian government pursues a policy on intensifying the promotion of Mongolia abroad through the cultural bonds, she went on.
 
During the event, the Vice FM held a meeting with Oh Song, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to Mongolia; and Ko Hen Dong, the Ambassador of the South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on public relations affairs.
 
Taking place annually, this year’s Cultural Days of South Korea in Ulaanbaatar will last until September 12 with a key purpose to provide the Mongolian and Korean people with a chance to know each other’s culture.
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China's green finance presents massive chances for global investors www.xinhuanet.com

SHANGHAI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- For three decades, China's growth was fueled by government investment and exports of manufactured goods, but rapid growth and urbanization created serious environmental problems.
 
China's green finance now presents a massive opportunity for international investors.
 
The Chinese leadership is committed to environmental protection and sustainable growth, Yi Gang, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), told a forum on Tuesday.
 
Deborah Lehr of the Paulson Institute, said that China is a bellwether in green finance and believes that more international investors will be involved in green finance.
 
Last week, the PBOC and several ministries released plans for a complete green finance mechanism to make China the first country with such a set up.
 
The plan encourages private capital into green sectors and attempts to prevent investment that leads to pollution.
 
Ma Jun, chief research economist at the PBOC, estimates that the costs of cleaning up China's environment will amount to at least 3 trillion yuan (around 450 billion U.S. dollars) annually. Current fiscal resources can cover no more than 15 percent of that amount. A green market could bring significant private sector investment to meet this shortfall, which means opportunities for global investors, Ma said.
 
Helen Wong, general manager of HSBC Group, said that the group plans to invest 8 billion U.S. dollars in green industries, including 1 billion U.S. dollars in green bonds.
 
In the first seven months of 2016, China's green bond issues hit about 18 billion U.S. dollars, about 40 percent of the world total during the period.
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Loss of Russian market costs Ukraine $15bn www.rt.com

The barring of Ukrainian businesses from the Russian market has inflicted losses on the country of at least $15 billion, according to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
 
“Russia's aggressive closure of its market came as an economic shock for Ukraine…We lost tens or even hundreds of thousands of jobs, and this economic aggression is a primary reason for plummeting living standards," the president said in his annual address to the country's parliament on Tuesday.
 
Practically a third of Ukrainian exports went to the Russian market but at the moment the share is plunging, according to Poroshenko.
 
“Russia's share of Ukrainian exports currently stands at nine percent and is falling,” he said.
 
Russia and Ukraine were trading in accordance with the free trade agreement between CIS countries before the EU-Ukraine arrangement on a free trade zone came into effect in January.
 
After that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to suspend the free trade treaty with Ukraine from the beginning of this year. Putin said Kiev’s move to open its borders to the EU compromises Russian interests and economic security. Moscow is concerned that without such a barrier, Ukraine could illegally supply embargoed European goods to Russia.
 
The Kremlin also banned food imports from Ukraine in response to the country joining anti-Russian sanctions.
 
In response, Ukraine banned Russian food products from January 10 this year. They include pastries, chocolates, meat, fish, coffee, black tea, cigarettes, beer, and other products.
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Australia's economy toasts 25 years without recession www.asia.nikkei.com

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australia's resource-rich economy expanded at its fastest annual pace in four years last quarter, clinching a remarkable run of 25 years without recession as surging exports more than made up for a patchy performance at home.
 
The local dollar held firm at $0.7662 after news gross domestic product (GDP) rose 3.3 percent in the year to June, up from around 2.9 percent the previous quarter.
 
The value of all goods and services rose 0.5 percent compared to the first quarter, when output climbed by an unusually strong 1.0 percent.
 
Growth in the quarter was bolstered by a pre-election spurt in government spending combined with modest gains in household spending and home building. That helped offset another steep decline in mining investment, which has been dragging on the economy for more than three years now.
 
For the year as a whole, international trade was the biggest prop to growth as the hundreds of billions spent on mining projects yielded a bounty of resource exports.
 
Trade accounted for no less than 2.2 percentage points of growth in the year to June.
 
That strength in exports belied a much more mixed picture at home, where domestic final demand grew by just 1.2 percent in the year and household consumption grew by 1.6 percent.
 
The report also suggested the economy was not yet running hot enough to revive inflation, with the main GDP price indicator up only 0.3 percent for the year.
 
"If we didn't have a low inflation problem in Australia then these figures would argue against a rate cut," said Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital Investors.
 
"Inflation has been too low for too long and that could argue for the next rate cut in November," he added. "But I have to say it's a close call."
 
The need for even "stronger growth" was cited by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when it cut interest rates to record lows of 1.5 percent in August, and why it might yet ease again.
 
Financial markets now imply around a 44 percent chance <0#YIB;> of a further rate cut by Christmas.
 
LEADER OF THE PACK
 
Overall, the Australian Bureau of Statistics estimated annual GDP was worth A$1.65 trillion ($1.26 trillion) in current dollars, or around A$68,929 for each of the country's 24 million residents.
 
Annual growth was handily ahead of 1.2 percent in the United States, 1.6 percent in the European Union, 2.2 percent in the UK and even outpaced Germany's 3.1 percent.
 
There was also a welcome pick up in the country's terms of trade as prices for its major commodity exports bounced following a couple of years of steady decline.
 
That in turn helped lift national income, while nominal, or current price, GDP climbed 1.3 percent in the quarter for its best performance since late 2013.
 
"It appears that the income drag from falling commodity prices is over," said Michael Blythe, chief economist at CBA.
 
"Some simple calculations show that just a levelling out in commodity prices would see income growth pick up from 2 percent a year, to 4-5 percent over the next couple of years."
 
Such a turnaround will be warmly welcomed by the Coalition government of Malcolm Turnbull since it is nominal GDP that drives the tax take and an increase in revenues is desperately needed to rein in runaway budget deficits.
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World Bank welcomes policy adjustment measures, calls for fiscal discipline while protecting the poor www.mongolia.gogo.mn

Mongolia’s budget deficit widened sharply in the first seven months of 2016. Budget expenditures increased by 33 percent while budget revenues declined by 3.3 percent, compared with the same period last year, according to the World Bank’s latest Mongolia Economic Brief, released today.
The World Bank projects that the budget deficit will reach over 18 percent of GDP by the end of 2016, without corrective measures. The report cautioned that government debt, including sovereign guarantees, will reach over 90 percent of GDP under the current trend.
The report welcomed the swift measures announced by the new government to address the growing fiscal risks, and called for strong fiscal and monetary policy adjustment to address increasing fiscal and balance of payments risks.
“The recent announcement of the fiscal situation including off-budget expenditures was a significant step toward a credible fiscal consolidation,” said James Anderson, World Bank Country Manager for Mongolia. “The growing budget deficit and rising government debt, however, highlight the need for further actions to make the fiscal path sustainable.”
The report noted that significant liquidity has been provided by the central bank to the government, and cautioned that continued central bank financing of the government deficit could exacerbate macroeconomic vulnerability.
“The most pressing challenge facing the Central Bank is to disengage monetary policy from fiscal activities and safeguard international reserves,” said Taehyun Lee, World Bank Senior Economist and lead author of the report. “The recent decision of the Central Bank to raise the policy rate helped ease exchange rate volatility. Monetary policy, however, will face difficult challenges if the budget deficit continues to remain high, and rely on central bank funding.”
The World Bank also cautioned that falling mineral exports and large public debt repayments would add growing challenges to the fiscal account and the balance of payments in 2017 – challenges that could be mitigated by strong fiscal and macroeconomic management.
At the same time, the report emphasized the importance of protecting the most poor and vulnerable during fiscal adjustment.
“Measures to constrain expenditures and bolster revenues are needed, yet the plight of the poor needs to be considered in selecting the specific policies,” said Anderson. “Mongolia’s generous system of social welfare transfers could protect the poor more if programs targeting the poor were funded and expanded.”
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Sport and Decapitated Goats: Let the Nomadic Games Begin The World Nomad Games come to Kyrgyzstan www.themoscowtimes.com

 
On Sept. 4, after years of facing off on the international stage, Russia and the United States stared each other down in a new arena: a 10,000-seat hippodrome near Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-kul lake. There, the Americans and the Russians struggled not over nuclear arms policy or the future norms of international relations, but over a dead goat.
 
Yes, you read correctly: a dead goat.
 
The struggle was kok-boru, an aggressively physical, Central Asian variety of polo in which two teams of horsemen try to capture the decapitated carcass of a goat and pass it into each other’s goal. The match was hardly a true showdown between Russia and the United States: Most of the Russian team's athletes were ethnic Kyrgyz residing in Russia, while the Americans were largely unschooled in the game they were playing. Moscow’s victory was stark and decisive. But the the contest embodied the spirit of internationalism and rowdy fun inherent in the second World Nomad Games (WNG), held from Sept. 3-8 in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.
 
While the concept of a nomadic Olympics might provoke a chuckle among Western sports fans, the event is no joke to Kyrgyzstan or the more than 55 participant nations. The Kyrgyz government spent over 1.6 billion som ($23.2 million) on the games, and over a thousand athletes came to compete in ancient nomadic sports.
 
“In the modern world, people are forgetting their history, and there is a threat of extinction for traditional cultures,” Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambaev said during the event’s flashy opening ceremony.
 
The WNG are intended to serve as an antidote to that tendency.
 
Kok-boru — and not just the U.S.-Russia match — was the main event at the WNG. But other important events included the women’s mas-wrestling, a traditional ethnosport from Yakutia in which players attempt capture of a stick from each other’s hands; several varieties of wrestling (both standing and on horseback); horse racing; eagle and dog hunting; and a board game known internationally as mancala.
 
The celebrity guest of honor was none other than action film star Steven Seagal, who appeared suited in armor atop a horse during the games’ opening ceremony. The event marked yet another bizarre appearance for Seagal, who popped up at Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s country residence last month eating fresh carrots on national television. Two years ago, after Moscow annexed Crimea, the action star also controversially visited Sevastopol to perform a music concert for pro-Russian separatists.
 
Despite a long list of attendees hailing from countries as diverse as Germany and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uzbekistan was noticeably absent.
 
Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have had particularly strained relations since a border conflict in March 2016, and border tensions have intensified over the past week. The most decisive factor behind Uzbekistan’s absence, however, was likely the ill-health and subsequent death of President Islam Karimov, who was declared dead on Sept. 3.
 
Politics have also found their way into the WNG on the Kyrgyz side. Some in Kyrgyzstan criticized the idea of a poor country hosting and paying for such an extravagant international sporting event, as the nation struggles to provide for the basic needs of its citizens. At least one member of parliament, Aida Salyanova, called for the games to be cancelled after 14 Kyrgyz labor migrants died in a fire at a Moscow print house.
 
But the World Nomad Games appear to have been an enormous success. Many of the participants and attendees say they were impressed by the quality of the events, and the opening ceremonies have garnered significant coverage in the press and on social media. For Kyrgyzstan, the games represent one of the country’s first opportunities to present itself in a positive light to a large international audience.
 
“Everyone, including me, is in shock that Kyrgyzstan can put on such cool events,” said Artyom Kolosov, a Kyrgyz photographer and blogger who is attending the games. “I feel like I’m somewhere abroad.”
 
Escaping some of the hostility now present at the Olympics, which a doping scandal has tarnished in the post-Soviet region, the nomad games have placed a strong emphasis on sportsmanship and sharing culture. For instance, despite the Russian team’s crushing victory over the U.S. team in kok-boru, Colleen Wood, an American Peace Corps volunteer who competed for the U.S. in mancala and watched the kok-boru match, sensed strong ethos of sportsmanship.
 
“It was the U.S.’s first time actually playing using the goat carcass, so the Russian team showed them how to pick it up and put it in the goal,” she said. “It wasn’t just about winning the game, but about sharing the beauty of kok-boru and of nomadic culture.”
 
The challenge of teaching kok-boru to Americans, however, may have been lost on the WNG announcers, Wood says, judging by their frequent comment: “These cowboys came from across the ocean and they’re the best kok-boru players in America!”
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