TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Indonesian Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has agreed on three points with his Malaysian counterpart Mr. Liow Tiong Lai and Philippines` Mr. Arthur Tugade. Three points agreed with Malaysia, Budi said, include the plan to operate Ro-Ro ships between Dumai and Malacca. The seaports are currently being prepared for the cooperation. The second agreement is on […]
Read MoreHANOI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has promulgated Circular 18/2-17/TT-BCT to remove some regulations on managing the quality of locally produced and imported steel. Accordingly, domestic steel producers and steel importers will not be required to announce standards applied on their products. Procedures and process to clarify steel import demand and checks […]
Read MoreUS-based Uber officially launched its ride-sharing service in Cambodia yesterday, making good on its expansion plans in Asia. According to Uber, Cambodia is the first country in Asia to implement a dedicated ride-sharing framework even before the company’s services were launched. Cambodia is now the 78th country in the world where Uber is available. Uber’s […]
Read MoreTHE country may soon face a land conflict epidemic as a result of the growing influx of investments and the subsequent demand for land, unless the laws and policies that adequately address land-rights issues are urgently adopted and implemented, warned the Paris-headquartered International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) in a report released on September 27. […]
Read MoreThe Philippines and Singapore have agreed to partner on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and electric vehicle initiatives, a senior Energy department official said. Phillippine Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran have assigned point persons to collaborate and coordinate for further exchanges, Energy Undersecretary Felix Fuentebella said in a […]
Read MoreSET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, Thailand’s largest industrial estate operator, said it is in talks to sell developed land to Saab Automobile AB, a Swedish maker of automobiles and fighter jets, to build a maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) hub in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). Chief executive Viboon Kromadit said Saab had expressed its interest […]
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