An agreement to design, build and manage a new $1.4 billion international airport in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, has “expired,” according to a Yongnam Holdings Ltd., a Singapore company participating in a consortium that includes JGC Corp. of Japan. Hanthawaddy International Airport was to have been built around 80 kilometers north of Yangon, near the […]
Read MoreMalaysia, Singapore and Thailand authorities have agreed to commit to a revised version of the Asean Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) framework that will provide retail investors wider access to fund managers across the three countries. The Securities Commission Malaysia, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand’s enhanced framework took […]
Read MoreMarch 6, Bangkok will host the major international conference dedicated to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICOs – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Thailand. The conference is aimed at cryptocurrency investors, blockchain startup representatives, developers, marketing specialists, lawmakers, lawyers, financial experts, and advisors engaged in the cryptocurrency and ICO sector. The conference will reveal the following issues: • blockchain […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Nearly half of Singapore employers are planning salary increases of “only 3 to 6 per cent” in 2018, according to recruiting company Hays. In the 2018 Hays Asia Salary Guide published on Tuesday (Feb 27), Hays described the numbers as “conservative” given an increasingly stronger economy in Singapore in 2018. Lynne Roeder, managing […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde has praised Indonesia`s strong economy with good prospected in the years to come. “Indonesia`s economy has proven to be strong and performed well with favorable prospects,” she said in a statement received on Monday. Lagarde`s statement after she met with President Joko Widodo to discuss current economic […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Price pressure from the new tax reform law may be temporary and may not require policy response just like the previous tax reform programs, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said yesterday. Zeno Ronald Abenoja, director at the BSP’s Department of Economic Research, said during the general membership meeting of the Bank […]
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