Thai businesses are being urged to take advantage of privileges offered under the Asean-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) to expand trade and investment in Hong Kong, especially for restaurants, content creation and construction. Auramon Supthaweethum, director-general of the Trade Negotiations Department, said yesterday at a seminar on “Hong Kong: The Major Gateway for Business to […]
Read MoreSingapore’s gender wage gap widened in 2018, as the median wage for women working full-time fell to 87.5 per cent of the median wage for men – its lowest in the past decade, a report by ValueChampion published on Thursday (Feb 28) has found. In 2017, the median wage for women working full-time was 90.8 per cent of the median wage […]
Read MoreIndonesia recorded the year’s first deflation of 0.08 percent in February, compared to the 0.32 percent inflation it recorded in January, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced on Friday. The figure brings year-to-date (ytd) and year-on-year (yoy) inflation rates to 0.24 percent and 2.57 percent, respectively. Bloomberg reported that Indonesia’s yoy inflation rate was the lowest since November 2009, and lower […]
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