RENTS for non-landed private homes in Singapore rose 0.3 per cent in March from February, while rents for HDB flats saw a 0.2 per cent increase, according to flash estimates from real estate portal SRX on Wednesday. Condominium and private apartment rents remained unchanged in February from January. In the HDB rental market, rents fell 0.1 per cent in February. Year […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Retail leasing markets in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City post average growth rates of 15% and 12% per annum, respectively. Competition is set to intensify for Vietnam’s retail leasing market, mainly due to the entry of foreign players and the rise of e-commerce, stated Viet Dragon Securities Company (VDSC) in its latest […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to meet its gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of 4.9% despite the challenges it faces. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said factors backing this confidence in the economy included the positive effect of implicit stimulus financed by the RM37bil refunds for the goods and services tax and the income tax. […]
Read MoreThe ASEAN Secretariat reintroduced on Tuesday its ASEAN Solutions for Investments, Services and Trade (ASSIST) program, which manifests as a website where companies can submit questions and complaints related to intra-regional trade. Paolo Vergano, trade facilitation expert at the ASEAN Secretariat, told reporters and businesspeople in Jakarta that the reintroduction was necessary as the website had only received six cases since its launch four […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a tax amnesty program, providing a clean slate for taxpayers with existing delinquencies. The agency issued Revenue Regulation 4-2019 providing the guidelines for Republic Act 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act signed by President Duterte on Feb. […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Retail sales in Indonesia grew at a faster pace of 9.1% in February from a year earlier, compared with an annual growth rate of 7.2% in January, a central bank survey showed on Tuesday. February retail sales were mainly backed up by the sales of clothing as well as cultural and recreational goods during […]
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