MANILA, Philippines — The oldest business chamber in the Philippines is pushing for a ban on the export of raw materials like ore, saying that only companies willing to set up factories locally to manufacture finished products should be allowed to use the country’s mines. Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands president Jose Luis […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Estimated volume of imported cars in the first month of 2018 reduced by 14 times compared to the last month of 2017. Import of completely built-up cars in January 2018 stands merely at 1,000 in quality and US$94 million in value, according to the (GSO) General Statistics Office’s preliminary report. The figure were […]
Read MoreThe recovery in office rents here may be turning Singapore into one of the most popular markets in the region for private equity real estate funds. CBRE estimates that some US$6 billion may be deployed in Singapore from this year to 2020, with about US$4 billion having been invested here by these funds between 2014 […]
Read MoreRice exporters have voiced growing concerns about the strong baht, saying earlier projections of 9.5 million tonnes of rice shipments for this year may be hard to achieve. Charoen Laothammatas, president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association, said in light of the baht’s strength, most exporters are likely to avoid selling rice for fear of […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Commerce has extended the deadline to register online for companies already registered under the previous, paper-based system, with businesses now having until December to complete the registration process online. The ministry launched its new business online registration system in December 2015 in a bid to improve the efficiency and transparency of setting […]
Read MoreThe cabinet on Tuesday endorsed the daily minimum wage hike nationwide from April 1, an increase of 5-22 baht as approved by the tripartite national wage committee on Jan 17. It also endorsed three relief measures to ease the impact of the wage hike and upgrade the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Nathporn […]
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