Thailand’s retail industry grew 2.81% in the first half of 2017, lower than the 3-3.2% expected earlier, the Thai Retailers Association (TRA) said yesterday. While retail sales grew 3.02% in the first quarter, growth was sluggish in the following three months, said TRA president Jariya Chirathivat. Retail branches in Greater Bangkok and major tourist areas […]
Read MoreExpenditure allowed to surge 50.4% on-yr to P332.36B – DoF The Philippine government’s budget programmed for July is expected to end at a deficit of P147.73 billion, swelling from June and more than doubling the year-earlier shortfall, with expenditures set to far exceed revenues, the Department of Finance (DoF) said in a report on Monday. […]
Read MoreOne of Malaysia’s largest real estate consultancy firms, Rahim & Co International Bhd, unveiled plans to set up shop in Cambodia as part of an Asian expansion strategy, according to a Malaysian media report. The company’s executive chairman, Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, told the Sun Daily that Rahim & Co is looking at Cambodia, Vietnam, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Pekanbaru – Minister Darmin Nasution said that the government has no option but to import salt following the lack of supply on the domestic market. “We have no choice, it’s already been done, the stocks of salt are lacking,” the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin said yesterday, July 31, in Pekanbaru. He said that salt import is […]
Read MoreABB believes microgrids are the solution to Myanmar’s power shortage problems. A senior executive at the power grid company explains how it can be done. Stay in Yangon long enough and you’ll probably experience the electricity going off halfway through your meal at one of the city’s many restaurants. The problem is so common in the […]
Read MoreThais are concerned about what lies around the corner for Bangkok’s real-estate market, but expect to see property grow in value over the next five years, according to the latest consumer sentiment survey by DDproperty, a leading online property portal. The survey, carried out in the first half of this year, looks at sentiment in Bangkok […]
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