With few job opportunities inside Myanmar, more citizens are going abroad to work, and over 63,000 workers left for Thailand in four months, according to the Labour Department. After memorandums of understanding had been signed, 60,461 workers went to Thailand in four months through Myawady, border town with Thailand. The number was 16,988 in January, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Provinces in the country’s central key economic region must promote the linkage and cooperation with each others, instead of competition as currently, to boost the growth of the whole region. The suggestion was made at a recent conference on linking the economic and industrial zones at the central key economic region, which was […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez is encouraging the country’s big insurance players to participate in the Duterte administration’s ambitious infrastructure program. “We encourage them to participate. In fact, I talked to them about the capital market, the bond market. They said that they really want to participate,” Dominguez said on the sidelines of […]
Read MoreDigitalization will disrupt the Indonesian economy, albeit for a short period of time and before Southeast Asia’s largest economy can enjoy its benefits, according to United States-based investment bank Morgan Stanley. Sean Gardiner, head of the bank’s ASEAN Equity Research, said on Monday that the market would likely see a disruption in the return on […]
Read MorePUTRAJAYA: The value of median monthly salaries and wages received by employees rose 7.7% per annum to RM2,160 last year, from RM2,000 in 2016. This is according to the Salaries & Wages Survey conducted by the Department of Statistics, Malaysia (DOSM). Median monthly salaries & wages for both male and female employees in 2017 posted […]
Read MoreAGAINST a backdrop of anti-globalisation rhetoric and trade tensions, like-minded nations must persevere with efforts to deepen economic connectivity and embrace free trade, Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations S Iswaran said on Tuesday morning. Although the uneven distribution of gains from globalisation and technological advances has led to rising protectionist sentiment, the benefits of free trade […]
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