Addressing financial affairs, particularly public debt and financial leaks, is one of the seven urgent issues that the government will tackle over the next five years. Newly-elected Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh highlighted the seven concerns when presenting a draft of the 9th five-year National Socio-Economic Development Plan for 2021-25 and State Budget Plan for 2021-25 […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: Singapore’s February main price gauge turned positive for the first time in a year, fuelled by an increase in services costs and higher food inflation, data showed on Tuesday. Core inflation – the central bank’s favoured price measure – was up 0.2% in February from a year earlier. A Reuters poll of economists had […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) called on real estate developers to ease payments conditions for their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a joint statement, in the context of Coronavirus, the government has called on real estate developers to look at waiving penalties for late […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: European and US companies ranked Malaysia second most favourable Southeast Asian country for opportunities to establish or expand their sourcing, selling or operations over the next six to 12 months. According to a Standard Chartered study, “Borderless Business”, chief financial officers (CFOs) and treasurers in the US, the UK, Germany and France indicate […]
Read MoreCovid-19 vaccinations for airline workers have to proceed within the next two months to be aligned with the tourism sandbox in Phuket aiming for July, says the Airlines Association of Thailand (AAT). “A tourism rebound will largely depend on the pace of inoculations which can build confidence among both workers and passengers,” said Puttipong Prasarttong-Osoth, […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE: South-East Asian oil and fuel demand has hit a plateau after an initial recovery from the Covid-19-induced slump and appears unlikely to get back to pre-virus levels until the end of the year or later. A slow rollout of vaccinations and a resurgence in cases in the region of almost 700 million people is […]
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