KUALA LUMPUR: After decades of focusing their operations on the electrical and electronics (E&E) sector, Japanese companies are diversifying their huge investments into new areas to reaffirm their confidence in the country as their top choice foreign investment destination. Japanese ambassador to Malaysia Hiroshi Oka (pic) said new companies are starting to grow in new […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry has announced a ban has been imposed on the import of 428 types of electronic waste, or e-waste, declaring Thailand is not a global dumpsite. The ban, which took effect on Sept 15, was launched under a 2018 resolution by the government’s sub-committee managing and controlling imported electronic and plastic waste, said […]
Read MoreGLOBAL financial messaging network Swift and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have partnered to accelerate trade digitalisation around the world. They will combine Singapore’s TradeTrust – an interoperability framework that connects platforms to exchange digital trade documentation – with the Swift community, under a memorandum of intent (MOI) signed on Monday. The goal is […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – By 2025, Vietnamese digital consumer will spend on average 3.7 times more than they did in 2018, according to a latest report. Vietnam’s online spending is expected to increase 3.7-fold this year to US$25 billion by 2025, according to the latest report “Digital Consumers of Tomorrow, Here Today” conducted by Facebook, Bain & […]
Read MoreIt seemed like a tentative step. Government opened Boracay to domestic tourists last week, but it doesn’t mean other tourist areas are ready to open as well. “There were actually 35 tourists who came to Boracay yesterday by air, land and sea,” Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo Puyat said in an interview on ANC’s “Headstart.” “Of […]
Read MoreThe possible amendments to the 1999 and 2004 Bank Indonesia (BI) Laws and the issuance of a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on financial system reform may interfere with the central bank’s independence, economists have warned. In a virtual discussion held by the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), the institute’s senior […]
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