SINGAPORE – More small businesses in Singapore expect to increase employee numbers in 2017 (29 per cent) than reported adding headcount in 2016 (20 per cent), according to new survey results released on Thursday (Jan 19). The finding comes even as the survey showed that these same businesses have low expectations for growth in 2017 […]
Read MoreVeunkham-Dong Kralor border between Laos and Cambodia in Champassak province’s Khong district has updated its services and will operate as a local border crossing. This border is located in Veunkham village, about five kilometres from Nongnokheane-Trapeang Kriel International Checkpoint between Laos-Cambodia that officially opened last week. Head of the Nongnokheane International Border Checkpoint, Mr Sisanguan […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s central bank kept its key rate unchanged at 3% on Thursday as policy makers were cautious amid a fragile ringgit currency and uncertainty around US policies under incoming president Donald Trump. All 11 economists polled by Reuters had expected BNM to hold its key rate steady, as a cut to follow […]
Read MoreA Chinese company has unveiled a plan to establish rice production on 4,000 hectares of leased farmland in Takeo province, local media reported yesterday. The company said it would consider building a large rice mill on the land to process up to 100,000 tonnes of rice a year for export to China. It also unveiled […]
Read MorePrime Minister Hun Sen attended a dinner with Swiss company executives in Zurich on Monday, where he invited investors to join the upcoming ASEAN World Economic Forum (WEF), which Cambodia will host for the first time in May. According to the premier’s Facebook page, Swiss investors responded that they are eager to invest in the […]
Read MoreHANOI – Brand building must be the core of small-and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) competition strategies going into the fourth industrial revolution, experts said at conference on Monday in Hanoi. Nguyen Van Nam, Director of the Institute for Brand and Competition Strategy, stressed that the fourth industrial revolution was rapidly changing the ways of doing business […]
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