Officials from the Commerce, Economy and Finance, and Mines and Energy ministries are now working together to help those affected by the recent surge in gasoline prices across the country, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said. With companies and consumers across the nation complaining about the recent hike in petrol prices – which […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures headline inflation, increased by 1.4% in April 2018 compared with the corresponding month last year. In a statement, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said the major groups which recorded increases were the indices for food and non-alcoholic beverages (2.6%), restaurants and hotels (2.2%), health (2.1%), housing, […]
Read MoreMore than 8,000 acres of jade and gem blocks backed by the State are expected to remain active until 2021, said U Aung Nyunt Thein, managing director of the Myanmar Gems Enterprise under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation. This is after the Myanmar Gems Enterprise under the new government suspended renewals of […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S GDP (gross domestic product) grew 4.4 per cent in the first three months of 2018, with full-year growth expected to come in at “2.5 to 3.5 per cent” this year, said the Ministry of Trade and Industry on Thursday. The MTI had previously expected Singapore’s 2018 growth to come in “slightly above the middle” […]
Read MoreThe National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) is now preparing a green financing scheme for companies that are appointed to develop new and renewable energy. Bappenas head and National Development Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said in Jakarta on Tuesday that such companies could get the low-cost financing through a blended finance scheme to fund their new […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Vietnam’s foreign reserves has surged by 130 percent to nearly US$64 billion in the past two-and-a-half years, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said. At a recent group meeting of the National Assembly on socio-economic affairs, Phuc said the exchange rate has been also stable and inflation has kept under control. Experts attributed the […]
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