KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s industrial production in July expanded at its fastest pace in eight months, government data showed on Monday, boosted by gains in all three major sectors. Factory output grew 6.1% from a year earlier in July, the fastest since November 2016 and beating the 5.3% annual rise forecast in a Reuters poll. […]
Read MoreConcerned about India’s continuing trade deficit with Asean, parliamentarians are pressing the Delhi government to do more to lift exports and correct the imbalance. They complain that tariff and non-tariff barriers imposed by some Asean countries are affecting Indian exports of agricultural products and leather, as well as the country’s huge pharmaceutical sector. The lawmakers […]
Read MorePrivate investigators have long operated in Phnom Penh’s seamy shadows, hired to follow and document the liaisons of philandering tycoons, help foreign authorities locate fugitives or track down missing persons. But as the Kingdom’s economy develops the demand for discrete surveillance has grown, and private eyes are finding themselves increasingly digging into the financial improprieties of their […]
Read MoreHCM CITY — Leather and footwear exports in the first eight months topped US$9.64 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.2 per cent, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. They went to 100 countries, with the US, EU, Japan, China, and South Korea being the main buyers, it said. Foreign companies accounted for more than 81 […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government is still confident that the economic growth target of 5.4 percent as set in the 2018 state budget draft can be achieved. This confidence stems amid various global and domestic economic challenges to be faced next year. This was conveyed by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani when discussing the state budget draft with […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The National Development Planning (BPPN) Minister Bambang S. Brodjonegoro said that the government has several strategies to reduce economic inequality. “The normative ones include ensuring people’s participation in the social, political and economic contexts,” he said last week. Bambang said that the first point means that the government will open up quality job opportunities. […]
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