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State-owned healthcare insurance covers 83.94 percent of Indonesians

The Health Care and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) has revealed that 83.94 percent of the  population, or 221 million people, are registered under the National Health Insurance and Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program. The state-owned agency’s customer service and expansion director, Andayani Budi Lestari, explained that about 32 million people were registered as employees of private companies. “There are 265,455 companies […]

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Philippines: Deficit-to-GDP ratio eases to 2.1% in Q1

MANILA, Philippines — The national government’s fiscal deficit as a share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) narrowed in the first quarter as expenditure effort declined due to the delay in the 2019 budget, according to the Department of Finance (DOF). In a report, Finance Undersecretary and chief economist Gil Beltran said the government’s […]

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Thailand: Small developers urged to maintain liquidity and diversify

With myriad challenges in the property market, small and medium-sized developers should focus on maintaining financial liquidity and diversify to non-residential development, say developers and experts. Pornarit Chounchaisit, president of the Thai Real Estate Association, said the domestic market this year will be unfavourable because of a spate of risk factors, while the two government […]

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Myanmar: New policy aims to raise number of new cars on the road

The Ministry of Industry launched a new automotive policy this month, with the aim of supporting transport and auto-related business through sustainable development and more foreign direct investments. Under the new policy, the usage of left-hand drive vehicles will be promoted for road safety purposes. Control measures on imports of used right-hand drive vehicles, which […]

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