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Thailand: Five services to lose protection

The Commerce Ministry plans to remove five services on List 3 of the Foreign Business Act (FBA), opening them up to free competition to facilitate trade and investment in Thailand.  The five are accounting, legal, space rental, lending and consulting services. The Foreign Business subcommittee will consider reviewing the business list annexe under the FBA in […]

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Indonesia – Apindo: 13th Salary Effect Starts to Show

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Head of the Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) Hariyadi Sukamdani, said that the government’s policy on the 13th salary and Eid Al-Fitr bonus for civil servant, police, the army, and pensioners has a positive impact in local regions. Hariyadi said that some regions known as a tourist destination have shown an increase in hotel occupancy rates. “The […]

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Philippines: Inflation may have already peaked at 4.6% in May

MANILA, Philippines — Inflation may have already peaked at 4.6 percent in May and may slowly taper in the coming months, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). In an interview, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said the rate of increase in inflation has already decelerated, and that inflation is expected to slowly […]

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