TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Presidential chief of staff Teten Masduki said that the government is preparing new economic policies, which include agriculture reforms, to tackle poverty and social inequality. “Poverty and economic inequality in Indonesia have gone worse and they have become the sources of social tensions. The Indonesian government therefore will carry out three […]
Read MoreCommerce Minister Pan Sorasak said yesterday the government will take action to boost the export of processed products and facilitate trade in the kingdom. He made the comments at a working group meeting with Van Sou Ieng, president of the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC). “The ministry will review and revise its procedures on […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – A key Singapore advisory panel on Thursday proposed a 10-year strategy aimed at ensuring annual economic growth of 2-3%, mainly centred on trade partnerships, deepening the workforce’s tech skills and digitalising the economy. It also recommended a review of Singapore’s tax system so that it remains pro-growth and competitive, while also “broad-based, progressive […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) yesterday kept its monetary policy unchanged, as expected, despite the growing upward pressure on inflation as well as the challenging global economic environment. BSP officer-in-charge Nestor Espenilla Jr. said the central bank’s Monetary Board had decided to maintain policy rates at 3.5 percent for the overnight […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: The outlook of Malaysia’s medical tourism industry is expected to be positive in the long term with the burgeoning demand for healthcare services, both domestic and international, coming from especially an increasingly affluent and ageing population, due to reasonable pricing. Malaysian Industrial Development Finance (MIDF) Research Equity Analyst, Athila Razali, said most treatments, […]
Read MoreAs the last hopes of implementing the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership begin to fade, it is time for Vietnam to pivot towards a free trade agreement signed with the EU, the chairman of EuroCham in Vietnam has advised. Vietnam and the European Union signed a free trade agreement, the EVFTA, in Brussels in December 2015, just two […]
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