https://www.scmp.com/rss/506966/feed Andrew McKee is a global equity investor who has spent more than a decade covering Asia and Emerging Markets. Based in Hong Kong from 2015 to 2019, he continues to support corporates and non-governmental organisations in long-term value creation and sustainable development throughout the region. He currently sits as trustee and director of Kidasha, a UK registered charity working to improve education, healthcare and child protection in Nepal. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Despite its location, in the northeast of Mindanao, in the Philippines, long mytho­logised for its isolation, the reef-crowned island of Siargao has had an airstrip since the 1960s. It was opened under President Diosdado Macapagal, when the Philippines was one of Asia’s most prosperous nations. Back then, Siargao and much of the nation looked ripe for development. When flights started landing in 1963, GDP per capita in the Southeast Asian archipelago was US$168, measured in current dollar terms,... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3097958/philippine-surfing-paradise-siargao-has-no?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3097958/philippine-surfing-paradise-siargao-has-no?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Aug 2020 04:15:14 +0000