According to the government ‘s release this week of the Kingdom’s 2019 census report, the manufacturing and service sector have accounted for the largest rise in employment over the last decade, seeing millions of jobs created across the country. The manufacturing sector’s share of the employed population increased from 8.5 percent in 2008 to 18.8 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Singapore’s resident employment continued to rise in the fourth quarter of last year, leading to an overall rebound to pre-Covid levels by end-2020, latest manpower statistics show. Resident employment grew by 28,900 in the fourth quarter, lower than the 43,200 in the previous quarter but it was the second consecutive quarter to register […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Singapore and India are in talks about resuming scheduled commercial passenger flights gradually between the two countries. But Singapore is not discussing an air travel bubble arrangement with India in which leisure travel can resume, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has said. Air travel bubbles, such as the one agreed between Singapore […]
Read MoreIntel had poured an additional 475 million USD into Intel Products Vietnam (IPV), its single-largest assembly and test plant within the Intel Assembly and Test (ATM) network, IPV Director of Finance Alan Danner said on January 27. He made the announcement during a meeting with businesses hosted by Saigon Hi-tech Park (SHTP) in Ho Chi […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The Producer Price Index (PPI) for local production declined at a slower rate of 2.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December 2020 compared with 3.0% in November 2020. The Statistics Department said the continuous increase in the index of agriculture, forestry & fishing (23.5%) and the positive change in manufacturing index (0.2%) reinforced the momentum […]
Read MoreSeveral local residents and tourism operators surveyed want Thailand to reopen borders to international tourists with a 14-day quarantine still in place, according to the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT). A survey conducted by TCT found 60% of locals and 50% of tourism operators agree with the idea, said Chamnan Srisawat, TCT’s president. A mandatory […]
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