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SECONDARY PACKAGING ADVANCES GIVING PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT COMPANIES A MARKETING EDGE
IN the highly competitive cosmetics and personal care market, producers of secondary packaging are creating ever more advanced, innovative shapes and decorations to attract consumers. Whether it conveys a message of sustainability, luxury, or simplicity – secondary packaging continues to play a crucial role, often communicating multiple ideas and emotions to consumers in an instant.…
COSMETICS INDUSTRY IN THE GULF REGION BOOMING DESPITE POLITICAL STRIFE
TOILETRIES sales in the Arab Gulf countries remain robust, an oasis of economic and political stability in a turbulent Middle East. Elsewhere in the region, the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq, and the rise of the Islamic State, has seen toiletries sales plummet.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – HONG KONG ANNOUNCES MAJOR TAX CUT
THE HONG Kong government has proposed a 75% reduction of profits tax, salaries tax and tax under personal assessment for the 2014-15 assessment year, up to Hong Kong dollars HKD20,000 (USD2,578) per case. Announced in the government’s budget, the tax cut will cost HKD17.7 billion (USD2.2 billion), benefitting about 1.95 million taxpayers.…
TPP REGULATIONS COULD HINDER ACCESS TO MEDICINE FOR EVOLVING ECONOMIES
INTELLECTUAL property regulations proposed during the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations could hinder access to medicine in developing countries, a law professor at the University of Sydney, Australia, who specialises in trade agreements and intellectual property (IP) issues has told Manufacturing Chemist.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – MALAYSIA LAUNCHES ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENT BLUEPRINT
Malaysia’s finance ministry has released a comprehensive plan to boost the strength of the accountancy profession in the country. Drafted by a special committee to strengthen the accountancy profession (CSAP), the policy is designed to ensure Malaysia has sufficient numbers of professional accountants and reform the profession’s governance.…
KIMLENG KHOY – FROM KHMER ROUGE SURVIVOR TO DELOITTE COUNTRY DIRECTOR
The panoramic view from D22, a chic new restaurant and skybar, offers the local executive Deloitte has tapped to head up their Cambodian expansion a quick insight into a rapidly developing Phnom Penh. Once a low-lying urban sprawl, Cambodia’s capital city has begun to develop a skyline, with a handful of high-rise towers already in place and several more green-tarped construction projects underway.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – REVISED CODE OF CONDUCT ISSUED FOR SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANTS
SINGAPORE’S Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has released a revised code of professional conduct and ethics for public accountants and accounting entities, to take effect from February 1.
The regulator has stressed that the standards will ensure Singapore continues to be aligned to international benchmarks.…
ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 2015 – BUT INDONESIA MAINTAINS ITS ORE EXPORT BAN
2015 will be an important year in southeast Asia, with the launch of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) in December. But analysts question whether the region’s non-ferrous metal giant Indonesia is ready to integrate its industry with those of its neighbours.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP – REVISED CODE OF CONDUCT ISSUED FOR SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANTS
SINGAPORE’S Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) has released a revised code of professional conduct and ethics for public accountants and accounting entities, to take effect from February 1.
The regulator has stressed that the standards will ensure Singapore continues to be aligned to international benchmarks.…
KIMLENG KHOY – FROM KHMER ROUGE SURVIVOR TO DELOITTE COUNTRY DIRECTOR
The panoramic view from D22, a chic new restaurant and skybar, offers the local executive Deloitte has tapped to head up their Cambodian expansion a quick insight into a rapidly developing Phnom Penh. Once a low-lying urban sprawl, Cambodia’s capital city has begun to develop a skyline, with a handful of high-rise towers already in place and several more green-tarped construction projects underway.…