OF late, there have been calls from different quarters appealing to the government to reduce the pricing threshold of properties that foreigners are allowed to buy. The call is a result of a growing number of completed but unsold units in the country. Over a five-year period between 2014 and the end of 2018, the […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE came out tops in a latest study by UNSW Sydney and KPMG that considered the compliance requirements and administrative burden associated with adhering to Value Added Tax (VAT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules. Launched last September, the research concluded that 14 countries out of 47 jurisdictions around the world scored favourably with […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The latest HSBC survey found that 98 percent of corporations in Indonesia projecting short-term business growth for the next year or two. This number exceeds the global sentiment which scored a business growth confident rate of 79 percent. The survey entitled ‘Navigator: Made for the Future’ sees Indonesian corporations confident of growth in customer basis (32 percent), and the […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The cost of acquiring homes rose for the seventh straight quarter in the first three months this year after a series of interest rate hikes by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) last year to curb rising inflationary pressures. The BSP reported over the weekend that property prices continued to pick up […]
Read MoreThe Commerce Ministry has revised downwards the country’s inflation this year, going from early estimates of between 0.7 per cent and 1.7 per cent, or a median estimate of 1.2 per cent, to between 0.7-1.3 per cent (median 1 per cent). This is marginally higher than in 2018, showing a rise of 0.87 per cent […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Economy and Finance last week launched the National Single Window (NSW) aiming to facilitate import and export activities. For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia According to a statement dated June 25, NSW is a facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardised information and documents […]
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