SET-listed Major Cineplex Group Plc, operator of the country’s largest cinema chain, is set to expand into Myanmar next year to help boost revenue. After the successful expansion in Laos and Cambodia this year, Major Cineplex is planning to expand its cinemas to Myanmar next year, according to chairman Vicha Poolvaraluck. The company’s cinema expansion […]
Read MoreImport tariffs on around 400 items traded between Asean and China will be cut to 0-5%, starting from Jan 1, 2018, as part of the continuing stages of the Asean-China free trade agreement (FTA). The pact is expected to help double trade value between the two sides to US$1 trillion (32.7 trillion baht) by 2020. […]
Read MoreTHE value of Thailand’s digital economy has swelled by 20 per cent this year to Bt2.5 trillion, accounting for 17 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), with even faster growth pencilled in for next year by a leading forecaster. The Centre for Economic and Business Forecasting of University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce […]
Read MoreTHE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) will release the advance estimates for economic growth in the fourth quarter and the whole year at 8am on Jan 2 next year, it said on Tuesday. MTI last month upgraded its forecast for 2017 gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 3 per cent to 3.5 per cent, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The local bourse pulled back in early trade following the strong performance in the previous week. Asian markets came out of the Christmas weekend trading mixed, with Chinese stocks lagging behind even as its central bank lifted its official yuan midpoint to the highest level in 3.5 months at 6.5416 per dollar. At […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – State oil and gas company Pertamina recorded an increase in the consumption of non-subsidized fuels by 10 percent during the Christmas and New Year holiday season. “Consumers’ interest in quality fuels is reflected by the increasing consumption of non-subsidized fuels, such as Pertalite, Pertamax, Dexlite, and Pertamina Dex,” Pertamina spokesperson Adiatma Sardjito said in a […]
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