The Public Health Ministry is seeking approval from the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to allow restaurants to reopen to fully vaccinated diners as new infections have declined in the past few days. “The Covid-19 situation appears to be improving. Certain restrictions should therefore be lifted,” said Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary for public health, […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s Upstream Oil and Gas Special Regulatory Taskforce (SKK Migas) has projected a significant increase in the Southeast Asian country’s oil and gas consumption over the next decades, but whether this will happen depends largely on the transportation sector. Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) analyst Elrika Hamdi said whether oil consumption would […]
Read MoreTHE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) reminded social media influencers and play-to-earn gamers that they are exempt from paying income tax if they make less than P250,000 per year, but said they should still register with the agency. BIR Deputy Commissioner Marissa Cabreros told the Laging Handa briefing on Tuesday that these people should not be afraid to register […]
Read MoreThai businesses need to build data culture and literacy, invest in data science and embrace multi-cloud adoption to drive their data monetisation ability and competitiveness, says technology giant Dell Technologies. “Most businesses in Thailand are struggling with the proliferation of data,” said Noppadol Punyatipat, managing director of Dell Technologies Thailand. “Instead of offering a competitive […]
Read MoreHONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Malaysia leads growth downgrades by economists across South-east Asia as the Delta variant forces countries to reimpose pandemic restrictions. Malaysia’s growth outlook for this year was downgraded the most, a swing of 1.4 percentage points to a 4.3 per cent expansion, according to the latest economist survey results compiled by Bloomberg. […]
Read MoreThe National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) will be maintaining exchange rate stability over the next quarter. The decision was announced as part of the 56th Monetary Policy Committee meeting results. That meetng was held last weekend. At the meeting, the current state of the global economy was discussed along with present macroeconomic challenges to financial […]
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