SINGAPORE’S manufacturing output grew 4.3 per cent year on year in October, more than rebounding from September’s marginal 0.1 per cent fall and exceeding economists’ expectations of 2.6 per cent growth, according to preliminary estimates from the Economic Development Board on Monday. Excluding the volatile biomedical manufacturing sector, output grew 3 per cent. On a […]
Read MoreOn the heels of the release of a UK-backed report on inclusive businesses, a senior government official says that such businesses are “triple wins” for the poor, tthe business sector and for the government. With the support of Myanmar’s Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) and the Directorate of Industrial Supervision and Inspection (DISI), […]
Read MorePaying tax is a bitter pill to swallow for most people, with many Thais opting to invest in long-term equity funds (LTFs) for the tax deduction on annual income. But such tax privileges will soon disappear because financial regulators no longer want to spoil the upper and middle classes with a generous treat and risk […]
Read MoreIn the bay of Kompong Som of the Cambodian coast facing the Gulf of Thailand, sits state-owned Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (PAS), biding its time for year-on-year top and bottom line container throughput growth, and diversification plans to stave off external headwinds. The port, which handles 70 percent of Cambodia’s import and export market via three […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – Productivity and technology spillover effects from FDI enterprises to locals have remained far from the desired, according to VnExpress. Thirty years since Vietnam opened up its economy to foreign investment, the lack of linkage between domestic and foreign enterprises remains a major issue as the country continue to attract FDI for economic development, […]
Read MoreMORE than 33,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore can stand to gain from the new wholesale trade industry digital plan (IDP) launched on Monday by Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Koh Poh Koon during his visit to SATS BRF Food. The IDP is a guide to help wholesale trade SMEs […]
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