[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia’s exports likely rose for the seventh straight month in May, boosted by firmer prices and stronger demand for the country’s key commodities, a Reuters poll showed. The median forecast among 11 economists surveyed was for exports in May to climb 21.3 per cent from a year earlier. Estimates, however, were in a […]
Read MoreHANOI (AFP) – Officials in Vietnam’s traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed yesterday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment and congestion woes, a decision that swiftly divided a city where two-wheelers are the main means of transportation. Hanoi is famed for legions of motorbikes – sometimes stacked with entire families or overloaded with deliveries – […]
Read MoreA SET of special notes to celebrate the Currency Interchangeability Agreement between Singapore and Brunei has been launched to commemorate 50 years of cooperation between both countries. At the Istana on Wednesday, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei, jointly launched a set of two […]
Read MoreSIATP-ISCA: TAX MUST-KNOWS Date: July 28 Time: 9am to 11.30am Venue: 60 Cecil Street, ISCA House Fees: $96.30 for SIATP/ISCA members, $115.56 for non-members With tax regulations constantly changing, it is crucial for businesses to keep up to date. This seminar, jointly organised by the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (Isca) and the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals […]
Read MoreChinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has pledged to build an e-commerce park on 300 rai in Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) to serve Asean’s burgeoning e-commerce market, says Industry Minister Uttama Savanayana. The park will serve as the centre of Alibaba’s logistics operations in Asean, he said. Alibaba Group expects to sign the project’s first-phase contract […]
Read MoreA Chinese firm that plans to invest $2 billion into developing the Kingdom’s first special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated solely to agricultural processing and storage has signed on a new partner to help jumpstart the stalled project, a top agriculture official said yesterday. Tian Rui (Cambodia) Agricultural Cooperation SEZ Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China’s […]
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