Revolutionizing tomorrow's medical center

Parkway Holdings Limited (PHL), one of Asia's largest publicly traded healthcare companies, opened its first premium healthcare center in China, the Shanghai Gleneagles International Medical and Surgical Center, after more than one year of development.

Asmara offers spa experience to Chinese

As people across the world embrace a healthier lifestyle and a global trend towards wellness, Asmara Tropical Spas has been welcomed with open arms throughout Asia, and particularly in China.

Eu Yan Sang: Trust creates brand

From a medical hall to a global healthcare company, Eu Yan Sang today is without a doubt one of the leaders in the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) industry in Asia, outside China.

Leslie Kuek earns reputation

Over the past 25 years, Singapore has grown into a globally recognized medical and research hub equal to any top center in the world through advanced training programs run by the government.

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Tourism still mainstay of Barbadian economy

Affectionately known as the Gem of the Caribbean, Barbados has one of the highest percentages of returning visitors in the region and has won a string of prestigious awards in the world travel industry, including Leading Caribbean Destination at the 2005 World Travel Awards.

Fostering a vibrant capital market

The establishment of Barbados' Securities Commission in 2003 was a critical step forward in Barbados' bid to position itself as a leading international investment hub.

At the center of a growing economy

Since its inception in 1972, the Central Bank of Barbados has played a key role in managing the country's economic development program and ensuring a sound economic and financial environment.

Unleashing the spirit of the nation

In order to strengthen Barbados' competitiveness globally and raise awareness of what the country has to offer as a place to do business, a new entity named the Barbados International Business Promotion Corporation (BIBPC) came into existence in October 2006.

Barbados on the move

"Which other little nation in the world in the course of the next 18 months will be in a position to be the stage for two World Cup events? Barbados is now more ready than ever to show itself capable of dealing with all of the small things that make the lives of the ordinary man and woman worth living. But we are equally capable of showing that we are now more ready than ever to display world-class standards when performing on a global stage."

Facilitating trade in service industry

Having recognized Barbados' limited endowment of natural resources, successive Barbadian governments have placed the Barbadian people at the heart of the country's development process.

Transcending cultures with rhythm and poetry

One Barbadian who has successfully moulded his cultural heritage into a unique art form gaining resonance worldwide is performance poet JA.