[SINGAPORE] In the early weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, Anthony Tan, the chief executive officer of South-east Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, recalls how he mistook the infection to be a China-only problem, similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003. As Covid-19 turned into a pandemic, sending markets into a tailspin, the 38-year-old sought […]
Read MoreSingapore’s Silk Air, which plies the Singapore-Phnom Penh-Singapore route, is expected to resume flight services in September. The airline has gotten approval to resume its flights and have also obtained approval for passengers travelling from Cambodia t transit in Singapore. This positive development comes in the wake of Cambodia banning flights from three destinations, Malaysia, […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: All eyes are on Bank Negara’s gross domestic product (GDP) announcement today, with the odds stacked against the Malaysian economy for the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20). A double-digit economic contraction is highly expected in the April-June period, potentially worse than the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. A Bloomberg poll of 20 economists expects […]
Read MoreTour operators plan to speak with the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) about lifting restrictions on international commercial flights in the fourth quarter to allow the Safe and Sealed plan to take shape. Vichit Prakobgosol, president of the Association of Thai Travel Agents, said state agencies and operators must cooperate to drive the economy […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 17.1 per cent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020, compared to a marginal growth of 0.7 per cent in the first quarter, Bank Negara and the Department of Statistics announced on Friday (Aug 14). This is the worst performance in nearly 22 years when the […]
Read MoreBrunei Darussalam is moving towards more easing of restrictions, starting from August 17, which will see an increase from 100 to 200 in the number of attendees at mass gatherings, among other activities. The latest announcement for the de-escalation was made by Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin Haji Jaafar, […]
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