KUALA LUMPUR: Beginning Jan 1, 2019, the minimum contribution of employees and employers to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will be aligned with the Minimum Wages Order (Amendment) 2018 of RM1,100 for both Peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah and Sarawak. The EPF said a minimum contribution of RM264 was expected to be received from every worker […]
Read MoreUnited Overseas Bank (UOB) has successfully completed ASEAN’s first cross-border peer-to-peer funds transfer proof-of-concept (POC) where real-time payment was made between bank accounts linked to the account-holders’ mobile phone numbers. The POC models the cross-border funds transfer experience on peer-to-peer funds transfer services that use a bank account-holder’s registered mobile phone number as a proxy […]
Read More(KPL) Riverview, an 8-storey apartment project, a US$6.6-million joint venture between Aanandi Lao Co., Ltd and Creed Group Company, has been opened for sales. Commenced in February, 2018, the construction project has been completed by 30%. It is expected to be fully built by the end of next year. The customers who have purchased the apartment […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN) – It is getting costlier to live the high life in Singapore, which has moved up a spot to become the second-most expensive city for luxury living in Asia. And women may require especially deep pockets, with luxury goods for them found to have heftier price tags on average compared with […]
Read MoreLocal prices of commodities like fuel have weakened on the back of the sliding value of the US dollar against the Myanmar kyat following an agreement to temporarily suspend any new tariffs on goods traded between the US and China . The trend is expected to persist for the next few months, business and economic […]
Read MoreUnlike in previous years, Indonesia’s National Online Shopping Day (Harbolnas) will be held for two days, on Dec. 11-12, one day of which will be dedicated to boosting the sales of local products. Organizers have targeted to earn Rp 7 trillion (US$482 million) in transactions during the shopping campaign, five times higher than the daily […]
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