About 2,000 companies have expressed an intent to buy Covid-19 vaccines from the government for their 900,000-strong workforce, according to the Thai Chamber of Commerce (TCC). Sanan Angubolkul, the chamber’s chairman, said the companies all wish to shoulder the costs of the jabs for their employees. “They insist that they want to buy from the […]
Read MoreNearly 9,000 domestic trips were made to tourist destinations in the first week after the government lifted an inter-provincial travel ban and reopened tourist-resorts, according to Minister of Tourism on May 3. The travel ban and closures of all resorts were imposed on April 6 and 17 respectively in a bid to curb the spread […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The headline IHS Markit Malaysia Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 53.9 in April from 49.9 in March, indicating a solid improvement in the health of the manufacturing sector. The PMI is a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance. IHS Markit chief business economist Chris Williamson said the expansion was the strongest […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Local manufacturers snapped a delicate recovery in output in April after a spike in coronavirus infections triggered a return to strict lockdowns in key urban areas where factories were shuttered anew. The Philippines’ purchasing managers’ index, a measure of factory output, sagged to 49 in last month based on results of a monthly survey of around […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy is expected to have contracted more slowly on an annual basis in the first quarter of 2021 as higher consumer spending and investment helped underpin the economy’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Southeast Asia’s largest economy is expected to have slumped 0.74% from a year ago during the January-March quarter, after a […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia will be allowed from May 17, amid Covid-19 restrictions that ban the bulk of cross-border movement. The details of such travel arrangements will be released later, but these will include steps like testing visitors for the coronavirus as well as the need for quarantine, said Singapore’s […]
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