KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) will collaborate with several online shopping apps in a campaign to enhance public awareness and understanding to fight Covid-19. Deputy Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin said the ministry is now working closely with e-hailing company, Grab, and would expand the initiative to several other companies, […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Hanoi allows resuming passenger transportation services from April 23. From April 23, ride-hailing apps in Vietnam have resumed operations in some localities after the three-week suspension in response to social distancing orders. Grab Vietnam started providing its four-wheel services (GrabCar, Grab route, GrabTaxi, GrabRent) across the country, except for Ho Chi Minh City […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore’s factory output staged a surprising recovery in March, according to data released by the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Friday (April 24). But EDB cautioned that manufacturing output in March had not been significantly impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, and a more pronounced impact is likely to be seen from April onwards due […]
Read MoreLast minute government instructions for factories and workplaces to close for COVID-19 inspections have scrambled business plans and caused disruptions to production, underscoring the need for more coordination and communication between the two parties. After an unusually quiet Thingyan holiday, businesses in Myanmar were expecting work to resume on April 20. But at 8pm on […]
Read MoreIndonesia opted for less punishing social-distancing measures than its neighbors to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Now analysts are warning its economy will take much longer to recover than others in Southeast Asia. With the peak of the pandemic expected in late May, President Joko Widodo is recalibrating his strategy of large-scale social distancing […]
Read MoreAirlines are set to restart services with more limited seat capacity and possibly higher ticket prices to comply with social distancing rules ordered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT). “Normally, load factor of each flight should be 60% to reach the break-even point, but under the new seat allocation requiring airlines to leave […]
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