ONE in two Singaporeans do not feel fulfilled in life with finances cited as the biggest obstacle to achieving life goals, according to a survey commissioned by insurer AXA. For the inaugural AXA Better Life Index 2019, released on Tuesday, research firm Nielsen polled 1,008 Singaporeans aged 18-65 across four generations: Generation Z, millennials, Generation X, and Baby […]
Read MorePHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN) – Next year’s basic minimum wage has been increased by 4.4 per cent to USD190 a month from USD170 per month last year after the final round of negotiations ended in a vote last week, Cambodia’s Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced. A ministry press release said allowances, […]
Read MoreMore Chinese manufacturers are looking to Thailand as a production base to avoid US tariffs, based on trends in demand for industrial estates here. WHA Corporation, the top provider of such estates in Thailand, said it expects Chinese companies to account for as much as half of its land sale contracts both this year and […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Local consumers will not feel the burden of higher prices of rice even if the government imposes safeguard duties on imports. The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) allayed fears that rice prices will increase once safeguard duties are imposed on rice imports. This as Trade chief Ramon Lopez and consumer groups said […]
Read MoreIn a fresh move to lure more firms to set up shop in Myanmar, fees to incorporate or register a new business in the country will be reduced to K150,000 from K250,000 from October 1, the first month of fiscal 2019-20. The Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA) yesterday issued Notification (84/2019) announcing amended […]
Read MoreGRAB contributed US$5.8 billion to South-east Asia’s economy in the 12 months leading up to March 2019, through driver, delivery, merchant and agent incomes and sales generated through its platform and Grab unit Kudo. In its inaugural social impact report released on Tuesday, Grab said that there were about nine million micro-entrepreneurs on its platform […]
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