Demand for rice produced in Myanmar has risen to its highest level in 50 years in the current 2017-18 fiscal year, with rice exports estimated to have increased to 2.5 million-2.8 million tonnes compared to the previous estimate of 2.2 million tonnes, said U Khin Maung Lwin, assistant secretary of the Ministry of Commerce. U […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The average salary in Malaysia is expected to grow by 3.2% in 2018, an increase over the 1.3% growth recorded in 2017, said global management consulting firm, Korn Ferry Hay Group (Korn Ferry). In a statement today, Korn Ferry projected that financial services, construction and property development and management industries, are expected to […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Removing the quantitative restrictions (QR) on rice imports would bring several benefits to the economy, such as lower rice prices and poverty reduction, the Department of Finance (DOF) said yesterday. In his latest economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary and chief economist Gil Beltran said lifting the QR on rice, in favor of imposing […]
Read MoreThe country’s costliest land based on the Treasury Department’s new appraisal prices, effective from Jan 1, 2018, is on Silom Road at 1 million baht per square wah, while the cheapest is in Khok Charoen district, Lop Buri, where each sq w is worth a mere 20 baht. The lowest priced plot in Bangkok is […]
Read MoreIt was once Phnom Penh’s first shopping mall, and now the revamped Sorya Center Point has had a $5 million renovation and its owners say it is now a Khmer-foreign mixed mall with new strategies to attract customers and tourists. The mall first opened in 2003 and was one of the most popular among young […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s central bank on Tuesday said it had permanently barred Yeo Jiawei, a former wealth manager of Swiss bank BSI involved in breaches related to Malaysia’s 1MDB fund, from managing financial services firms and advisory activities. In July, a Singapore court jailed Yeo for 4½ years for money laundering and cheating in a case linked […]
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