1.   But Singapore, the once-roaring lion in a den of Southeast Asian tiger economies, is beginning to sound more like a pussy cat.

2.   Singapore, the once-roaring lion in a den of Southeast Asian tiger economies, is beginning to sound more like a pussy cat.

3.   This, he argued, is what overtook the so-called tiger economies of Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia last summer.

4.   Which city wins the hearts and minds of the rest of Vietnam could mean the difference between staying an economic backwater --or becoming the latest Asian tiger economy.

5.   Indeed, at a time when the tiger economies are being battered with a debilitating economic crisis, governments and citizens tend to economise on compassion.

6.   Less than a year ago, Europe was talking about the tiger economies and that we should learn from them.

7.   Other regional tiger economies like Malaysia and Thailand are following the pattern.

8.   Speakers include Oracle directors and Bobby Romulo of PLDT, who will talk about how IT enables the reemergence of tiger economies.

9.   The Philippines joined the other emerging tiger cub economies of Southeast Asia in opening up to foreign investment.

10.   When the tiger economies were roaring, they were deemed indispensable.