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Thais, Indonesia seek deal

Thailand and Indonesia have vowed to tighten bilateral trade cooperation to rehabilitate both economies following the Covid-19 pandemic. Sansern Samalapa, vice-minister of commerce, recently met Ahmad Rusdi, the newly appointed ambassador of Indonesia to Thailand, with both parties agreeing to stress bilateral cooperation to help reboot the virus-hit economies of the two countries. Thailand has […]

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ADB OKs $26.5 million loan for Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new $26.5 million loan for the Philippines to enable its local government units (LGUs) to boost revenues by adopting digital tools for real property tax valuation and collection. The Manila-based multilateral yesterday said that the Local Governance Reform Project would help LGUs nationwide to […]

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Malaysia – MEF: Employers, businesses in urban cities will go bankrupt if minimum wage set at RM2,700 monthly

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said many businesses will go under should the living wage in urban cities be set at RM2,700 per month. MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said wage increments must be in line with employees’ productivity and level of professionalism. “If you want to increase productivity, […]

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Thailand: R&D spending poised to drop to B166bn in 2020

Thailand’s R&D spending is expected to drop to 166 billion baht, or 1.09% of GDP this year, weighed down by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, says the Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO). Last year’s R&D spending is still under assessment but is estimated to reach 200 billion […]

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Indonesia among preferred markets in ASEAN, DBS says

Indonesia is still among the preferred Southeast Asian markets for investment amid the country’s continuous fight against COVID-19, backed by strong household spending and a young working population, Singapore’s largest bank, DBS, has stated. In a report titled “CIO Insights 3Q20” released on Monday, DBS noted that the country would quickly return to normalcy after […]

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