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Wednesday April 25, 5:02 PMReuters Southeast Asia News Highlights 0900 GMT April 25BANGKOK - Hundreds of Buddhist monks and laymen accompanied by nine elephants braved scorching heat to demand Buddhism be declared Thailand's national religion in its new, post-coup constitution.- - - - PHNOM PENH - Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party cemented its grip on power with a large win in local elections that confirmed the demise of the royalists as a political force, official results showed. - - - - HONG KONG - HIV/AIDS activists in nearly 20 countries have called for a global boycott of Abbott products over what they say are the pharmaceutical firm's intimidating business tactics in Thailand. - - - - SINGAPORE - Celebrity-chef dinners, huge pay hikes, and hot properties with a garage for the Ferrari and a berth for the yacht...some people in Singapore are living it up. The world's top banks have set up in the city-state, bringing plenty of rich clients in their wake. Now, thanks to a strong economy, a private banking boom, and the prospect of two glitzy casinos opening soon, the big spenders are out in force. - - - - WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday urged Cambodia's police chief, himself once a target of U.S. questions over human trafficking, to do more to address the problem and prosecute officials involved in such crimes. - - - - JAKARTA - Indonesia's preliminary first quarter economic growth is seen between 5.4-6.0 percent over a year earlier, the head of the country's statistics agency told Reuters. - - - - SEOUL - Three young North Koreans who fled their communist country and were arrested later in Laos have been freed and are in South Korean custody at its embassy in Vientiane, a human rights group said. - - - - EASTWOOD CITY, PHILIPPINES - For a glimpse of how millions of middle class Asians could live in future, take a look at Eastwood City, a self-contained office and apartment complex on the outskirts of Manila. The 16-hectare estate, eight kilometres from downtown Manila, is one of dozens of new towns that developers are building across Asia to lure an emerging middle class out of the region's overcrowded cities. |
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