BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 21 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): In the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, retail sales performance in Brunei Darussalam continued to show an increase of 1.6 per cent year-on-year, after increasing by 5.8 per cent (revised from 4.3 per cent) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. The value of retail sales in Q2 […]
Read MoreMore foreign investment is being injected into Cambodia after a manufacturing company announced a new production line and an opening of more than 1,000 new jobs in Kampong Speu province. GCH International Trade Co Ltd said this week that it will invest approximately $3.2 million into a new bag-manufacturing line producing different types of the […]
Read MoreConsumers are looking for affordability when purchasing cigarettes as the increase in the tobacco excise and the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have hit people’s purchasing power, according to publicly listed cigarette maker PT HM Sampoerna. Sampoerna president director Mindaugas Trumpaitis said consumers seemed to have a growing preference for products with higher tar […]
Read MoreMORE than one in three Singaporean consumers are less than satisfied with their digital commerce experience despite a majority spike in online spending during the pandemic. Singaporean consumers reported a spike in online spending in response to Covid-19, with 63 per cent of those surveyed now spending more online and the total spend for the […]
Read MoreThe Treasury Department is preparing to adjust investment privileges given to private investors in the department’s special economic zones (SEZs), aligning them with the incentives for the Eastern Economic Corridor. Adjusting the investment privileges is meant to attract investors who want to invest and develop land in the SEZs, which are located close to the […]
Read MoreCambodia has exported tobacco to five countries, said Veng Sakhon, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The Minister pointed out that during this period, the exported tobacco products amounted to 5,376 tonnes. The main destinations for Cambodian tobacco products were Vietnam, Greece, Belgium, Indonesia and Hungary, he added. The areas along the delta of Mekong, […]
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