TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government has changed the Regulation of the Finance Minister (PMK) No.140/PMK.010/2016 to PMK No. 13/PMK.010/2017 on Export Goods Subject to Export Duty and Export Duty Rate. “The background of the new PMK is to push for the acceleration of improved domestic mineral added value,” the head of Fiscal Policy Agency, the Finance […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH – Six provinces will soon have merchandised quality control offices, also known as sanitation and phyto-sanitation (SPS) offices, to monitor and prevent poor-quality imported products, meat and vegetables from flowing across the border into Cambodia. The establishment of the offices comes after an inflow of poor-quality products from neighbouring countries containing bacteria or […]
Read MoreThe land and buildings tax to be levied on vacant land will increase by 0.5 percentage points every three years until it is capped at 5%, says Deputy Finance Minister Wisudhi Srisuphan. The change in taxation is aimed at prompting landlords to use their land. The incremental tax rate will take decades to hit the […]
Read MoreTHE PRESIDENTS of Laos and Singapore have agreed to enhance their relations and continue cooperation in the development of various fields. This was the main theme of a meeting this week between Laotian President Bounnhang Vorachit and his Singapore counterpart, Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, when they held talks at the Laotian Presidential Palace. Tan […]
Read MoreThe dreary design of the website and Facebook page of Find Surrogate Mother (aka surrogacy inc) makes depressing reading. The business describes itself as “a full service Surrogacy Agency in Manila, Philippines, helping to match Surrogate Mothers, Intended Parents, Egg Donors, Sperm Donors [which] provide[s] services for Heterosexual Couple, Gay Couple, Lesbian Couple, Single Woman, […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s abrupt easing of a three-year ban on nickel ore exports will not flood the global market but instead is aimed at balancing the country’s smelters and creating job opportunities at mines, top mining officials said on Saturday. Indonesian mines may export up to 5.2 million tonnes of nickel ore a year under the country’s […]
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