A TOTAL of 27 women toured several private enterprises in the Brunei-Muara District yesterday, as part of the ‘Enhancing the Capacity for Single Mothers Programme’ conducted by the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (YSHHB). Among the tour itinerary were visits to Syarikat Haji Zainal bin Haji Safar and the Small Enterprise Food Incubator (IMPK) in Kampong […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos in February increased by 3.3 percent to $2.397 billion. This growth was a slowdown from the 8.5 percent growth experienced last month and 8.3 percent last year. For the first two months of the year, personal remittances accumulated to $4.794 billion, 5.9 percent higher than last year’s […]
Read MoreSales of new private homes defied expectations to surge to a near four-year high last month, when some property cooling measures were adjusted for the first time since they were first implemented in 2009. Developers sold 1,780 new units – excluding executive condos (ECs) – up about 82 per cent from the 979 homes booked […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that state ministers are coordinating closely to keep inflation at bay during the month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr 2017. Sri Mulyani said that ministers have been monitoring supply and demand of commodities that can cause inflation, including sugar, rice, chicken meat and cooking oil. “We also […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is set to benefit from higher exports of goods and services this year as external demand strengthens, said the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). It said on Tuesday the country will see stronger demand from its major trading partners, leading to the export of goods and services to grow by 1.8% […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that Indonesia`s debt to GDP ratio is lower than other countries. “Indonesia’s debt [to GDP] ratio is quite high. But not as high as othercountries,” she said in South Tangerang on Monday, April 17, 2017. Sri Mulyani said that Indonesia’s debt to GDP ratio currently stands at […]
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