The government is being urged to provide financial support of at least 50 billion baht to the gems and jewellery industry, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, to enable producers stay in business and retain skilled labour. Duangkamol Jiambutr, director of the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT), said local manufacturers […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – New private home sales plunged to a five-year low last month and are expected to remain low in May as showflat galleries stay closed and new launches are pushed back further because of the extended circuit breaker. Developers in Singapore sold 277 private homes last month, down 58 per cent from 660 homes in […]
Read MoreThe Association of Media Companies and Profession said Thursday that media companies might need a relief package to help with paper procurement and utility bills to survive the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. The association, representing 12 member organizations including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Press Council, called for the government to subsidize 20 […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Local retailers in FMCG should rethink their channel strategy as Covid-19 impacted the way Vietnamese consumers shopping. All channels in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) have been achieving double-digit growth, which has never seen over the past seven years in Vietnam. It implies that the omni-channel shopping trend in Vietnam is further strengthened during […]
Read MoreState airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) II is applying new policies at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, after images of passengers crowding the airport went viral. The policies include dividing passenger lines into four sections, separating the document verification and health check process, as well as limiting flights to only seven per hour. AP II is […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH: Negotiations on oil and gas development in the long-contested overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand between Cambodia and Thailand will resume soon after the viral pandemic ends, according to a Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy official. Cheap Sour, the director-general of the General Department of Petroleum, said the countries had not […]
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