The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) will on Tuesday ask the government to clarify measures against the spread of Covid-19 in factories and support entrepreneurs’ efforts to conduct Covid-19 testing and keep infected workers in quarantine. The group is racing against time to submit its proposed solutions to various state agencies as the transmission of […]
Read MoreSupporting programs should last until Vietnam can achieve herd immunity in late 2021 or early 2022. As local businesses are facing unprecedented challenges from the pandemic, which led many to bankruptcy, experts called on the Government to scale up relief programs to better support those in need. In the first seven months of this year, […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed P5.024 trillion budget for 2022 is “too small” to stimulate demand in the consumption-starved economy and adequately respond to the pandemic, a non-government think tank said. “The Duterte administration is not spending enough to stimulate the economy and, moreover, is not even spending on health, ayuda (aid), and small […]
Read MoreThe Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry has warned digital service providers face a fine of 500,000 baht if they break an updated law requiring the retention of their users’ computer traffic data. On Aug 13, the Royal Gazette published the DES Ministry’s new criteria for the retention of computer traffic data by service providers. This notification […]
Read MoreThailand’s exports rose a bigger-than-expected 20.27% in July from a year earlier, as global demand improved, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Monday. That compares with a forecast for a rise of 19.7% in July in a Reuters poll and after a rise of 43.82% in June. Exports rose a bigger-than-expected 20.27% in July from […]
Read MoreThe Straits Times: SINGAPORE – Core inflation in Singapore continued its upward trend for the sixth month running in July, on the back of higher electricity and gas costs. Core inflation, which excludes accommodation and private road transport costs, rose to 1 per cent on a year-on-year basis last month, up from 0.6 per cent […]
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