Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) optimism fell for the three months to March as firms worry that the imminent minimum wage hikes and rising energy costs will push up their operating costs, according to a quarterly survey by TMB Analytics, the research unit of TMB Bank. The TMB-SME Sentiment Index declined to 51.9 in the […]
Read MoreWITH under two weeks to go till the Budget speech on Feb 19, the government is still studying the implementation of an e-commerce tax, Senior Minister of State for Law and Finance Indranee Rajah said on Wednesday morning. “It’s certainly something that we would like to do,” she said in a live radio interview on […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The Philippines needs to address the gaps in its infrastructure before it can fully participate in the digital economy, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said the Philippines has “a lot of catching up to do” to become at par with other economies like China in the […]
Read MoreMyanmar is currently experiencing a youth bulge where 36pc of the population belongs to the 10-29 age group, followed by 27pc belonging to the 30–49 age group. These age groups present not just a young and aspiring workforce but also a significant untapped consumer base for companies to target. Across all age groups, 43.7pc cited […]
Read MoreCentral Sulawesi’s economy expanded by 7.14 percent in 2017, supported by significant growth in the industrial sector. Yet the figure marks a slowdown from 2016, when growth was recorded at 9.98 percent. The mining industry and the processing industry grew by 15.2 percent and 11.3 percent respectively, while the electricity and gas industry grew by […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Property consultancy Knight Frank Malaysia expects the local industrial property sub sector to see increasing capital inflows from Chinese investments. Knight Frank Malaysia capital markets executive director Allan Sim said the industrial and mixed-use assets in Malaysia will be buoyed by the rising interests from Chinese investors into the manufacturing sector – where […]
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