SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) – Office rents in Singapore have turned a corner, bottoming out in the third quarter of this year, according to Knight Frank’s quarterly office market bulletin out on Wednesday (Sept 29). The real estate consultancy firm reported that prime-grade office rents in the Raffles Place/Marina Bay precinct grew for the first […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 — Malaysia dropped 15 places to 41 out of 160 in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) for 2018 compared to 24 in 2014 and 32 in 2016 when it was the second-best performing Asean nation after Singapore. In the LPI for 2018, Singapore is now ranked seventh, followed by […]
Read MoreThe amount of newly registered foreign investment capital in Vietnam in January – September 2021 decreased year on year because many provinces had implemented social distancing, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The number of foreign-invested projects licenced fell by 37.8% year on year, with 1,212 projects. However, the total registered capital of […]
Read MoreThe cabinet on Tuesday greenlighted the public debt management plan which includes a new borrowing of 1.34 trillion baht for fiscal 2022, starting in October. According to Rachada Dhnadirek, deputy government spokeswoman, the public debt management plan also includes a plan to manage existing debt worth 1.55 trillion baht, along with a plan to repay […]
Read MoreVisa, the global leader in digital payments, has revealed the great potential for the growth of digital banking and payments in Cambodia, where consumers are only just discovering the power of digital. According to a Visa’s press release, while consumer interest has been growing during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Visa Consumer Payment Attitudes study highlights […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The near-term recovery of the Philippines remains questionable amid the slow vaccination rollout, as well as the resurgence of COVID-19 infections, according to Moody’s Analytics. In a report, Moody’s Analytics senior economist Katrina Ell and associate economist Dave Chia said the latest infection wave in the Philippines is the worst of the […]
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