FROM its towering “supertree” vertical gardens to a Formula 1 night race, Singapore is known for many attractions. Underground space, however, is not one of them. But that may soon change, as the city-state prepares to unveil an Underground Master Plan in 2019. With some 5.6 million people in an area three-fifths the size of […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – With reforms to further facilitate foreign investment now underway and with the ratification of the CPTPP, inbound investment in particular is expected to accelerate through 2019-2021. Merger and acquisition (M&A) value in Vietnam is forecast to reach US$4.1 billion in 2019, given the government’s reforms to further facilitate foreign investment and the ratification […]
Read MoreInaccessibility to financial sources at a reasonable price for some small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and search-for-yield behaviours by savings and credit cooperatives are areas that the Bank of Thailand is keen to see improvements to reinforce financial stability. Some SMEs cannot access bank loans at a fair rate because they have not adapted to digitalisation, […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy is likely to grow in February to April 2019, says the Department of Statistics. In the “Malaysian Economic Indicators: Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indexes for October 2018” report released yesterday, chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the annual change of the Leading Index (LI) showed an improvement to […]
Read MoreThe number of businesses that registered with the Ministry of Commerce during the first 11 months of the year more than doubled compared to 2017, with a total of 14,552 companies formalising. The ministry reported that, from January to November, business registration increased by 138 percent compared to the same period last year. The number […]
Read MoreThe government has set a target to grow the country’s overall border trade by 15% in the year to come to 1.6 trillion baht. Adul Chotinisakorn, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said the growth target will be supported largely by trade talks with neighbours to reduce obstacles to border trade as well as the government-initiated […]
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