CAMBODIA has now introduced new laws on investments in its bid to attract more foreign investors into the country. A special briefing session was held yesterday between the Malaysian Ambassador to Cambodia Eldeen Husaini Mohd Hashim, Cambodian Ambassador to Malaysia Cheuy Vichet with special keynote remarks by the Minister attached to the Prime Minister Secretary-General […]
Read MoreBy increasing its 7% goods and services tax, which was last raised in the go-go days of 2007, the city-state’s economy will mark a return to business as usual. When Singapore’s goods and services tax last went up in 2007, the city’s economy was basking in the warm glow of sizzling global growth. The SARS […]
Read MoreJAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia posted an $844 million deficit in its balance of payments in the final quarter of 2021, due to capital outflows from its bond market, the central bank said in a report on Friday. The current account surplus also shrank to $1.42 billion in the October-December quarter, equivalent to 0.4% of gross […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s trade exports continued to expand, rising 23.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM110.73bil in January 2022 on the back of double-digit growth in shipments to major trading partners Asean, China, the US and the EU. In a statement, the International Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) said exports recorded double-digit expansion for a sixth consecutive […]
Read MoreHotel operators are clamouring for RT-PCR testing upon arrival for foreign visitors to be eliminated from requirements to avoid a tourism collapse as the resumption of the Test & Go scheme alone is not enough to create momentum. Adding perspective at “Bangkok Post Conference 2022: Omicron Crisis”, a chief economist believes the tourism industry will […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) left interest rates untouched yesterday, as widely expected, but the window for accommodation to support sustained economic recovery is closing fast as authorities flagged inflation risks due to possible second round effects from rising global oil prices. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said in a virtual press […]
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