SINGAPORE: About 6,370 jobs are on offer in the manufacturing sector, with one in 10 from the hard-hit marine and offshore sub-sector. These make up over 60% of the more than 10,400 job, traineeship and training opportunities available as at the middle of last month, said the Manpower Ministry (MOM) in its weekly jobs situation […]
Read MoreThere are renewed calls for the Cambodian government to increase the current level of tobacco taxes to assist its continued aim for year-on-year rises in state revenue that recently fell because of COVID-19. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) restated that the Cambodian government should increase tobacco taxes to eventually fall in line with the World […]
Read MoreIndonesia will provide Rp 42.38 trillion (US$2.95 billion) in state capital injections (PMN) for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in 2021 to boost their role in supporting the country’s economic recovery. Finance Ministry state assets director general Isa Rachmatarwata the PMN for SOEs was expected to spur economic recovery, adding that the government would oversee the disbursement […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (XINHUA) – Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased one per cent in September 2020 compared to the same month of the previous year, driven by the manufacturing index, official data showed yesterday. The Malaysian Statistics Department said in a statement that the growth was underpinned by the manufacturing index which grew 4.3 per […]
Read MoreThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is scheduled to complete its regulatory guillotine plan by 2022, meant to cut redundant regulations and tighten bureaucratic processes. It is designated as a key project under the SEC’s 20-year strategic plan (2018-37). The regulatory guillotine is a review of existing laws and regulations with the objective of reducing […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (UPDATE 11:47 a.m., Nov. 10) — The Philippine economy slipped anew into negative territory in third quarter, but the collapse moderated from a record-breaking plunge the previous 3 months after lockdowns were relaxed, businesses reopened and people were allowed to go out. Gross domestic product (GDP) sank 11.5% year-on-year in July-September period, a reversal of […]
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