JAKARTA — Southeast Asian international locations have agreed to strengthen the usage of native currencies within the area and cut back reliance on main worldwide currencies in an effort to keep away from spillover from the worldwide disaster, Indonesia’s central financial institution stated on Friday.
The settlement got here on the final day of a gathering of finance ministers and central financial institution governors of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members, which was held in Indonesia’s Bali island, with Indonesia being this 12 months’s ASEAN chair. (Indonesia-ASEAN-Local Currency)
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TOKYO — Japan will postpone an H2A rocket launch initially scheduled for May till August or later, the nation’s area company stated on Friday.
The resolution was made because the rocket shares elements in second-stage engines with its successor H3 rocket, which was compelled to self-destruct shortly after takeoff in March. (Japan-Rocket Launch-Delay)
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JAKARTA — The monitor laying of the entire line of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) was accomplished on Friday, laying a stable basis for the opening of its operation with top quality.
The track-laying process was undertaken by the Chinese building consortium led by China Railway International Co., Ltd. This railway has a complete size of 142.3 kilometers, and the whole track-laying size reaches 308.3 kilometers, utilizing 500-meter-long metal rails produced in China. (Indonesia-HSR-Construction)
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MACAO — China’s Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Friday held a convention to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the promulgation of the Basic Law of the Macao SAR.
Li Hongzhong, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and vice chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, attended the convention and delivered a keynote speech. (Macao-Basic Law-Anniversary)
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PHNOM PENH — Cambodia and Egypt have signed three memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to advance bilateral cooperation within the fields of tradition, antiquities, and diplomacy, stated a Cambodian Foreign Ministry’s press on Friday.
The MoUs had been inked on Thursday throughout Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn’s official go to to Egypt, the assertion stated. (Cambodia-Egypt-MoU)
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NEW DELHI — The dying toll in Thursday’s mishap inside a temple in central India has risen to 35, a senior police officer stated on Friday.
Rescue work on the mishap website in Indore metropolis of central state of Madhya Pradesh remains to be occurring, as one particular person is reportedly lacking, stated the officer. (India-Temple Stampede-Death Toll)