BANGKOK/HANOI, May 18 – Rice prices hit multi-month peak in Thailand and Vietnam this week on export prospects, while high rates in India kept buyers at bay, traders said on Thursday. BANGKOK/HANOI, May 18 – Rice prices hit multi-month peak in Thailand and Vietnam this week on export prospects, while high rates in India kept […]
Read MoreA total of 12,934 job seekers had registered under the Employment Center Brunei (Brunei Jobcentre -JCB). Fraction of the total, 2,362 are those who graduated with a Degree and above, HND 1,212, 3,661 Vocational and Technical, 468 for Pre-University and 5,231 people for High school qualification and below. Senior Planning Advisor at the center, Ilyasuriani […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economy grew at a faster pace of 5.6% in the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, exceeding the consensus of a 4.8% growth, powered by the manufacturing and services sectors. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said on Friday that growth, on the expenditure side, was underpinned by an increase in private consumption of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines – Economists of investment banks see the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth recovering strongly after a weaker-than-expected private consumption resulted to disappointing results in the first quarter of the year. Credit Suisse economist Michael Wan said the surprisingly weak private consumption dragged the GDP growth to 6.4 percent in the first quarter […]
Read MoreRice is one of the major sectors prioritised by the Myanmar National Export Strategy. The Strategy was designed to fuel the country’s sustainable development through export promotion and was first launched in March 2015 under the previous administration. At one time, the country was the top rice exporter internationally until the Second World War. Subsequently, […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Governor of Bank Indonesia Agus Martowarojo has predicted 5.1 percent growth in the second quarter of 2017. If achieved, he said, the second and third quarter may see 5.2 percent growth. “The first quarter also grew higher compared to the previous one,” he said after the meeting of Bank Indonesia Governor […]
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