SINGAPORE’S unemployment dipped across the board in October, remaining at around pre-Covid levels, according to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) report on Wednesday (Dec 7). The monthly unemployment situation data showed that overall unemployment rate slid to 2 per cent in October; resident unemployment, to 2.8 per cent and citizen unemployment rate, to 3 per […]
Read MoreThai electric power distribution company BCPG Public will begin the construction of ASEAN’s largest wind farm in Laos at an estimated cost of development of USD 1.5 billion. Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr. Sathabandith Insysiengmay, and BCPG President, Mr. Niwat Adirek, as well as other officials, signed the concession agreement of the Monsoon […]
Read MoreFastest in 14 years MANILA, Philippines — Inflation rose to a 14 year-high in November largely due to faster food price upticks, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported yesterday. In a briefing, deputy national statistician Divina Gracia del Prado said headline inflation – the rate of increase in prices of consumer goods and services – […]
Read MoreExports are expected to contract by 1-3% in the fourth quarter year-on-year because of slowing global demand, according to the national shipping trade group. Chaichan Chareonsuk, chairman of the Thai National Shippers’ Council (TNSC), said yesterday the value of Thai shipments may fall to an average of US$23.5 billion a month in November and December […]
Read MoreTHE economic growth rate for South-east Asia may wane in 2023 amid intensifying global headwinds, but the region is likely to stay a bright spot in a world edging towards a recession, economists say. John Woods, the chief investment officer (Asia-Pacific) at Credit Suisse, expects the growth of Asean-6 economies – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, […]
Read MoreThe Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) has granted green light to a new investment project proposed by Textstar Garment (Cambodia) Co., Ltd. According to a recent press release of CDC, the private company will invest $5.1 million to build a garment factory in Damnak Tom village 2, Sangkat Stung Meanchey 3, Khan Meanchey, […]
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