TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has warned ministers and heads of state agencies to facilitate investors. Any problems or obstacles faced by investors, he said, should immediately be addressed. “Don’t let investors wait and see. The business world must be facilitated, assisted,” he said yesterday in a cabinet meeting at the State Palace. He said […]
Read MoreBusiness should embrace digital strategies that can improve the speed and efficiency of human resource management activities, speakers at a conference on the impact of digital transformation on human resources said yesterday. The two-day conference, hosted by the Cambodian Federation of Employers and Business Associations (Camfeba), addressed ways in which digital technologies can be used […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The government will further open up retail trade as it plans to drastically lower the foreign capital limit from the current $2.5 million to $200,000 (about P10.2 million), a top economic manager said. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia told reporters on the sidelines of the opening ceremony for the 28th National Statistics […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Slow payments rose for local companies across all sectors in the third quarter of this year, with the cash flow woes of already worst-hit construction firms worsening. According to the latest quarterly survey by the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB), slow payments rose to slightly more than two-fifths of total payment transactions while […]
Read MoreThe government’s planning unit is upbeat about Thailand’s medium-term economic prospects, predicting growth of 3.8-4.3% a year over the next five years, in line with the country’s 12th National Social and Economic Development Plan (2017-21). Wichayayuth Boonchit, senior adviser to the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB), who met an IMF mission led by […]
Read MoreHANOI — The national index of industrial production (IIP) increased 7.9 per cent year-on-year in the first nine months of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported. The metric was higher than the 7.1 per cent growth recorded in the first nine months last year, and 7.2 per cent in the first eight months […]
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