The Yangon Regional Government will review and restructure the city’s property tax system as part of a wider effort to improve and develop the Yangon region, Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein said in December. The Chief Minister was speaking during the launch of a discussion and research paper proposing changes to the Myanmar property […]
Read MoreCambodia’s banking sector saw an almost 32 percent increase in foreign capital inflow in 2017, a result of new foreign banks and stricter capital requirements set by the National Bank of Cambodia, according to the central bank’s annual report. The nonbanking sector saw a more modest 0.8 percent increase in foreign capital inflow last year, […]
Read MoreMANILA: The Philippines is looking to issue sovereign bonds in the first quarter of the year to help finance this year’s budget, its finance minister said, signalling the government is stepping up efforts to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez told a news conference the bond offering could happen between January and February, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Resale prices of condominiums and private apartments continued to appreciate month-on-month, according to the latest flash estimates from real estate portal SRX Property on Tuesday. The values of non-landed private homes last month rose 0.4 per cent from the previous month, at the same pace as November’s revised rate, said SRX. It had […]
Read MoreFollowing a pledge made last week by Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia to withhold exports of 350,000 tonnes of natural rubber until March, experts say the price of the rubber produced in the kingdom will increase. According to a public announcement issued on January 4, the pledge by the triumvirate of Asean nations was made during […]
Read MoreWhen lead characters in a Chinese kung fu movie drink wine from the same cup, they are considered sworn brothers. They will fight and die together. Will all six riparian countries of the Lancang, or Mekong (Lan-Mei), share the same spirit of camaraderie as they all live on this magnificent river? There may be ominous […]
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