MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines saw its trade facilitation score go up in this year’s United Nations (UN) Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation amid improvements in four out of five categories tracked by the report. This year’s report showed the Philippines got a trade facilitation score of 80.65 percent, up from 69.89 […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s export momentum has outperformed in South-East Asia, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ (ICAEW) latest Economic Update: South-East Asia report. The momentum it said, reflected a more modest deceleration in export growth and resilient domestic demand, comparing the growth of trade-dependent economies such as Singapore, Thailand and […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – It’s a myth that big business can`t be dynamic. It just requires a little more work, says HSBC`s Andrew Connell. It’s often assumed that the successful enterprises of the future will be the dynamic small-scale innovators of today. The video rental chain Blockbuster disappeared, usurped by the startup Netflix it once turned down […]
Read MoreONE in two Singaporeans do not feel fulfilled in life with finances cited as the biggest obstacle to achieving life goals, according to a survey commissioned by insurer AXA. For the inaugural AXA Better Life Index 2019, released on Tuesday, research firm Nielsen polled 1,008 Singaporeans aged 18-65 across four generations: Generation Z, millennials, Generation X, and Baby […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN) – Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to USD190 a month from USD170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, Cambodia’s Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. A ministry press release said allowances, […]
Read MoreMore Chinese manufacturers are looking to Thailand as a production base to avoid US tariffs, based on trends in demand for industrial estates here. WHA Corporation, the top provider of such estates in Thailand, said it expects Chinese companies to account for as much as half of its land sale contracts both this year and […]
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