KASIKORNBANK has extended Bt3 billion in a syndicated loan to Laos’ state power enterprise to finance the enhancement of its electricity grid and expansion into the country’s rural areas, as well as power exports to adjacent countries. The move marks KBank’s growing role in public-utility development in Thailand’s neighbouring countries, where there is vast room […]
Read MoreFIFTY agribusiness participants from both the government and private sectors received certificates of achievement yesterday at the closing ceremony of the Second Workshop on Facilitating Agribusiness Development in Brunei Darussalam. Held at the Horticulture Business Centre, Rimba, the event saw the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Primary Resources and Tourism, Dr Haji Abdul Manaf […]
Read MoreThe nation’s consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.46 per cent in the first month of this year, the highest month-on-month increase recorded over the two years, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced yesterday. The January’s CPI also experienced a year-on-year rise of 5.22 per cent, much higher than 1-per-cent growth seen in same period […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian food exporters to the US will likely need to undergo auditing process on their factories and record keeping procedures when the US government starts enforcing the Foreign Supplier Verification Programme (FSVP) rule from May 2017 onwards. The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) said on Friday the FSVP rule to be enforced […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Marikina Rep. Romero Quimbo urged the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee yesterday to separate the proposed reduction in income tax from the administration proposal to impose a P6 tax on diesel and other oil products. Quimbo, who headed the committee in the previous Congress, reminded current chairman Dakila Cua that […]
Read MoreThe southern province of Binh Phuoc is seeking investors to inject more capital into its 13 industrial parks and spur industrialisation, the People’s Committee said. Businessmen are being encouraged to invest in petrochemical, pharmaceutical, plastic and rubber components, and production projects with added value of 30 per cent or more, in addition to automobile manufacturing […]
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