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May 29, 2020

Philippines – Life After Lockdown: Airport, airline protocols hope to calm travel jitters but flights remain limited

Philstar.com’s Life After Lockdown is a compendium of references on Filipinos’ shift to a new normalcy during a coronavirus pandemic. MANILA, Philippines — The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a crushing blow to global air travel, which has been directly affected by confinement measures and stringent travel restrictions around the world. As the Philippines begins to lift restrictions on […]

May 29, 2020

Thailand: Travel agents want tourists in July

Travel agents are urging the government to open the country to international tourists in July by first allowing coronavirus-free nations to visit without the compulsory 14-day quarantine, along with requiring a health certificate and providing a free rapid test on arrival. Vichit Prakobgosol, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta), said that if […]

May 29, 2020

Cambodia: Central bank wants end to $1, $2 and $5 notes

The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) yesterday asked commercial banks and microfinance institutions to send it the smallest US dollar banknotes because it considers them difficult to manage and “there is little demand for them”. The NBC said it will give a three-month deadline (June 1 to Aug 31) for all commercial banks and microfinance […]

May 29, 2020

Indonesia: BI sees rupiah strengthening to pre-pandemic level as it intervenes in market

Bank Indonesia (BI) has injected an additional Rp 167.6 trillion (US$11.33 billion) this month to stabilize the currency and financial system, projecting the rupiah to strengthen to pre-pandemic levels. BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Wednesday that the central bank aimed to provide liquidity in banks and the money market, as well as stabilize the […]

May 29, 2020

Thailand: Record flood of new deposits is a problem for banks

Thais are turning to banks as a safe haven, adding deposits at a record pace in the Covid-19 era. While that’s a vote of confidence, the lenders are likely to face a hard time putting all the funds to good use. Total deposits at all commercial banks surged by 833 billion baht in March, a […]

May 29, 2020

Cambodia: While 400,000 domestic tourist travels recorded in first three weeks of May, foreign tourism in doldrums

During the first three weeks of this month, from May 4 to 24, around 398,099 tourists visited various tourist destinations across the country, according to Minister of Tourism Thong Khon. Among them, he said, 390,922 were domestic tourists, while 7,177 others were foreign tourists. Only for the third week, from May 18 to 24, there […]

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Philippines – Life After Lockdown: Airport, airline protocols hope to calm travel jitters but flights remain limited

Philippines – Life After Lockdown: Airport, airline protocols hope to calm travel jitters but flights remain limited

Thailand: Travel agents want tourists in July

Cambodia: Central bank wants end to $1, $2 and $5 notes

Indonesia: BI sees rupiah strengthening to pre-pandemic level as it intervenes in market

Thailand: Record flood of new deposits is a problem for banks

Cambodia: While 400,000 domestic tourist travels recorded in first three weeks of May, foreign tourism in doldrums

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Malaysia’s construction sector expands 8.1% in 2Q 2023 – DoSM

Philippines: Government hikes budget for debt payment

Thailand: Behind the power tariff decision

Cambodia’s agricultural product exports at $2.6 billion

More Filipinos went jobless, sought more working hours in June

Cambodia, Laos & Myanmar – 2016 Foreign Investment Outlook

Vietnam: Elusive trade target with Vietnam renewed

Central Group wins bid for Big C Vietnam

Economy Retailers must find competitive edge: experts

Up to 72 percent of enterprises support TPP

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