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Thailand: Lockdown prompted renovations

The pandemic boosted demand for residential renovations as people chose to spend more time at home. Kridsada Satukijchai, acoustic consultant at sound designer Trandar Acoustics, said demand for home renovations to fit with the new lifestyle increased as more people worked from home during the lockdown. “Customers want to renovate their rooms, with soundproofing for […]

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Thais, Indonesia seek deal

Thailand and Indonesia have vowed to tighten bilateral trade cooperation to rehabilitate both economies following the Covid-19 pandemic. Sansern Samalapa, vice-minister of commerce, recently met Ahmad Rusdi, the newly appointed ambassador of Indonesia to Thailand, with both parties agreeing to stress bilateral cooperation to help reboot the virus-hit economies of the two countries. Thailand has […]

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ADB OKs $26.5 million loan for Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a new $26.5 million loan for the Philippines to enable its local government units (LGUs) to boost revenues by adopting digital tools for real property tax valuation and collection. The Manila-based multilateral yesterday said that the Local Governance Reform Project would help LGUs nationwide to […]

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Malaysia – MEF: Employers, businesses in urban cities will go bankrupt if minimum wage set at RM2,700 monthly

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said many businesses will go under should the living wage in urban cities be set at RM2,700 per month. MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said wage increments must be in line with employees’ productivity and level of professionalism. “If you want to increase productivity, […]

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