PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s drastic move to attract investments by amending 79 laws in a single stroke recently, which include abolishing sectoral minimum wage and easing labour regulations, has raised questions on whether it would render Malaysia less attractive in the eyes of foreign investors compared to its neighbour. Malaysia is already facing stiff competition from […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The unemployment rate in Malaysia is expected to ease further to 4.5 per cent by year-end, according to United Overseas Bank (M) Bhd. Its senior economist Julia Goh said Malaysia’s labour market continued to improve with the unemployment rate falling for the second straight month to 4.7 per cent in July from 4.9 […]
Read MoreEMPLOYMENT fell by a record 103,500 in the second quarter of the year, a staggering four times the previous record contraction – in the first quarter – of 25,600, according to the Singapore Ministry of Manpower’s Labour Market Report released on Monday. But other major indicators such as retrenchments and unemployment stayed below past recessionary […]
Read MoreThe news cycle related to Covid-19 transmission no longer influences trends on the FMCG market in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Four predicted consumer resets will shape the Southeast Asian (SEA) and Vietnam fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in the future, according to the latest study by Nielsen, the market research company. A new Nielsen study […]
Read MoreThe government will this week consider measures to increase the purchasing power of low-income groups and support small businesses. Lavaron Sansnit, the director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office, said on Sunday that the Finance Ministry would urge the government’s centre for economic situation administration to approve the latest stimulus measures on Wednesday or Thursday. Earlier, […]
Read MoreCambodia is working on several fronts to modernise its transport infrastructure and services, concentrating on opening new international gates to relieve and balance traffic congestion at its borders, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol said on Thursday. This is part of the Kingdom’s ambitions to transform into a logistics hub for the ASEAN […]
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