MANILA, Philippines — Korean businessmen are worried that certain provisions of the government’s second tax reform package would discourage new investments in the country, saying that its implementation could prompt more Korean investors to choose Thailand and Vietnam over the Philippines. In its position paper submitted to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, a copy of […]
Read MoreBy 2025, nearly bt700 bn would be invested in projects close to the CBD The changing lifestyle of city folk is making them buy residential property close to their place of work, which has inspired property developers to invest more in mixeduse projects in Bangkok’s central business district (CBD). Developers are investing more than Bt581.5 […]
Read MoreSoutheast Asia has become a hot spot for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, which has led to stepped-up international efforts to strengthen national and regional pandemic preparedness capacity. Socio-economic, demographic and environmental factors are driving the emergence of more disease outbreaks in the region, according to a report by the World Bank and its partners. These include […]
Read MoreBRED Bank (Cambodia) Plc., a subsidiary of the well-established French bank BRED Banque Populaire, recently celebrated its first year anniversary in the kingdom. Khmer Times’ Sok Chan sits down with Guillaume Perdon, CEO, and Sopha Min, deputy CEO, to discuss the bank’s achievements and goals. KT: What have been the biggest achievements for your institution […]
Read MoreGreater Mekong Subregion (GMS) countries reached an agreement last week on the implementation of the cross-border transport facilitation agreement (CBTA), which, starting June 1, will enable the issuance of regional road transport permits and temporary admission documents for commercial vehicles. Transport ministers from Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China signed on Thursday a memorandum […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Dutch financial giant ING Bank now expects the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to keep interest rates unchanged this year as inflation is seen easing within the two to four percent target in 2019. Prakash Sakpal, economist for Asia at ING, said the Philippine central bank is seen defying tightening anew during […]
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