BRUNEIANS should not look down on agriculture as an undesirable business to engage in, as a decent living can be earned from properly managed farms. This was said by Haji Ayub bin Haji Suhaili, one of the founders of Eco Nadi Agrobiz, an agriculture company from Tutong, in an interview with the Bulletin at the company’s […]
Read MoreAFTER several years of declining gross domestic product (GDP), falling consumer prices and widening fiscal deficits, Brunei Darussalam is poised for a mild turnaround, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said. Large construction projects and recovering oil and gas production and prices are expected to lift GDP and inflation into positive territory and narrow the fiscal gap. […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Catalist debutant Unusual got off to a roaring start on Monday (April 10) morning. The events production unit of Catalist-listed mm2 Asia opened at 45.5 Singapore cents and was trading at 44.5 cents at 9:30am, with some 9.35 million shares trading hands. Unusual placed 97 million shares at 20 cents apiece. It plans […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (REUTERS) – The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or World Bank, is exploring a potential issue of retail bonds in Singapore to boost interest in sustainable development bonds and tap the affluent population. In a briefing to potential investors last Tuesday (April 4), the multilateral institution said it was working with arranger DBS […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE (Xinhua) – The Lao government set its target of economic development in 2017 at seven per cent, one of the highest among regional countries. In an article titled “These Are The Fastest Growing Economies In East Asia In 2017” by Ralph Jennings released on the website of Forbes Magazine in late March, Laos was […]
Read MoreAs Cambodia moves forward with its Industrial Development Policy (IDP), the government is seeking support from international organisations for smooth implementation. The Post’s Kali Kotoski sat down with Li Yong, director-general of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to discuss his findings and how the organisation can help promote government policy. What did you […]
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