KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will sign new and improved Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) for labour supply with Bangladesh, Indonesia and Vietnam. Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran said Malaysia had already signed the first phase of a similar MoU with Nepal on Oct 29 to address human trafficking issues and exploitation of migrant workers. He said under […]
Read MoreWith the goal to protect consumers from the risks of digital gold transaction, the Indonesian supervisory body for futures commodity trade (Bappebti) is preparing a set of regulations that is due to be finalised by the end of the year. The scope of the regulations will include digital gold trade, particularly transactions that are being […]
Read MoreA GREATER share of younger and older Singapore residents were employed this year, and the average full-time worker enjoyed faster income growth, with the labour market improving as economic growth picked up. The unemployment rates for resident workers, both professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs), as well as for non-PMETs, also dipped slightly as of June this year, compared […]
Read MoreGENEVA (ILO News) –Worldwide wage growth reached a new low in 2017 and most of the growth was driven by modest gains in emerging and developing countries in Asia-Pacific according to a new International Labour Organization (ILO) report. The Global Wage Report 2018/19 finds that in real terms (adjusted for price inflation) global wage growth […]
Read MoreThe annual “e-Conomy Southeast Asia” study conducted by Google and Singapore’s state holding company Temasek found that Indonesia’s digital economy is poised to become the largest in Southeast Asia after its market volume will have almost quadrupled to $100 billion by 2025 from $27 billion in 2018. This will bring more jobs and more consumer choices […]
Read MoreMANILA, Nov 28 (Reuters) – * The Philippines’ state grains agency National Food Authority (NFA) on Wednesday accepted rice supply offers totalling 203,000 tonnes from Vietnam and Thailand in fresh government-to-government deals * Thailand offered 80,000 tonnes of well milled, long grain white rice of 25 percent broken grade at $469.80 per tonne, slightly below the NFA’s budget of […]
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