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Singapore condo and HDB rents rise in March; rental volume also up: SRX flash estimates

RENTS for non-landed private homes in Singapore rose 0.3 per cent in March from February, while rents for HDB flats saw a 0.2 per cent increase, according to flash estimates from real estate portal SRX on Wednesday. Condominium and private apartment rents remained unchanged in February from January. In the HDB rental market, rents fell 0.1 per cent in February.  Year […]

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Malaysia expected to meet 4.9% GDP growth

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is expected to meet its gross domestic product (GDP) growth target of 4.9% despite the challenges it faces. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said factors backing this confidence in the economy included the positive effect of implicit stimulus financed by the RM37bil refunds for the goods and services tax and the income tax. […]

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ASEAN reintroduces online trade consultancy service

The ASEAN Secretariat reintroduced on Tuesday its ASEAN Solutions for Investments, Services and Trade (ASSIST) program, which manifests as a website where companies can submit questions and complaints related to intra-regional trade. Paolo Vergano, trade facilitation expert at the ASEAN Secretariat, told reporters and businesspeople in Jakarta that the reintroduction was necessary as the website had only received six cases since its launch four […]

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Philippines: BIR issues guidelines for tax amnesty program

MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a tax amnesty program, providing a clean slate for taxpayers with existing delinquencies. The agency issued Revenue Regulation 4-2019 providing the guidelines for Republic Act 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act signed by President Duterte on Feb. […]

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