KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar on lack of catalysts, said a dealer. At 9am, the local currency traded at 4.0750/0830 compared with Wednesday’s close of 4.0700/0750. The dealer said the ringgit and other emerging Asian currencies were pressured by the firmer US dollar in line with the declining sentiment […]
Read MoreTHE Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) and its development partners are keen to equip more people in the country with knowledge about financial literacy as part of efforts to empower them with key economic skills. BOL, as a supervisor of the financial sector in Laos, has included financial literacy and customer protection measures in […]
Read MoreThe Transportation Ministry is preparing a new regulation on airfares because the government is unhappy with the move by several airlines to lower their ticket prices. The ministry’s spokesman, Hengki Angkasawan, said on Wednesday the draft regulation was being prepared by its law department and the directorate general of civil aviation. “We can’t explain the […]
Read MoreVIETNAM could be scooping up factory and trade opportunities from the US-China trade war, one supply chain research analyst believes. Chris Rogers, an analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence, pointed to the divergence in export figures from both Vietnam and its giant neighbour, China, for the first two months of 2019. Seaborne Vietnamese exports to […]
Read MoreSTATE planners unveiled a scheme on Wednesday to try to make “work- live-and-play” more of a norm throughout the currently office-dominated Central Business District (CBD), which is likely to get developers crunching their numbers for possible redevelopment. Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong announced the CBD Incentive Scheme at the […]
Read MoreThings aren’t looking so great for Malaysian employees. According to Bank Negara’s annual report for 2018, starting salaries for fresh graduates and graduates seem to be shrinking together with the demand for high-skilled jobs. Released on Wednesday (March 27), the report said that starting salaries in 2018 for diploma, basic degree, honours degree, and masters degree holders […]
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