KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 1 June 2023 – Malaysian consumer prices declined in April, driven mainly by easing transport inflation. The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 3.3% in April from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics said on Friday. That compares with an increase of 3.4% in March and is in line […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare expects to provide training and employment for more than 300,000 workers nationwide. Vientiane Times reports that Ms. Anousone Khamsingsavath, Director General of the Department of Employment said that the ministry wants to provide relevant training to 392,000 workers and assist them with securing job placements. The figures were revealed at […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE hotels’ average room rate (ARR) and revenue per available room (RevPAR) inched up in April after March’s dip, even as overall room revenue – which had reached a four-month high in March – and average occupancy rate slipped slightly. ARR gained 3.3 per cent in April to S$273.18, from March’s revised S$264.55, Singapore Tourism […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The country’s outstanding debt is closing in on the P14-trillion level, putting more pressure on the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) to finance major infrastructure projects and eventually trim government obligations. Latest data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed the national debt reached a fresh record high of P13.91 trillion in end-April, […]
Read MoreTotal revenue from retail sales of consumer goods and services was estimated at VNĐ519 trillion (US$22.09 billion) last month. HÀ NỘI — Total retail sales of consumer goods and services in the first five months of this year was estimated at VNĐ2.52 quadrillion ($107.2 billion), a year-on-year rise of 12.6 per cent, the highest recorded […]
Read MoreVIENTIANE: With the tourism sector in Laos gradually recovering, the Lao government expects that China’s resumption of outbound group tours will be a strong boost to the Southeast Asian country’s tourism industry. Laos has seen a boom in tourism in the first three months of 2023 as more than 831,000 foreign tourists visited the country, in […]
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