The government expects domestic coal consumption to fall as much as 5 percent this year due to lower coal-fired power plant activity in the virus-ridden economy. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said on Thursday that consumption was projected to reach around 147.25 million tons this year “if the COVID-19 pandemic continues,” down from an initial Domestic Market […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE – Property investment sales in Singapore fell 37 per cent to $3.02 billion in the first quarter of this year from the previous three months as the coronavirus outbreak took its toll on investor sentiment, a report from Cushman & Wakefield on Monday (April 13) showed. Said Ms Christine Li, its head of research for Singapore […]
Read MoreA senior official of the Ministry of Commerce said negotiations on the free-trade agreement (FTA) between Cambodia and China have achieved about 70 percent success so far and they are expected to sign the agreement by the end of the year. Secretary of State of the Ministry of Commerce Sok Sopheak said that during the […]
Read MoreAgriculture Minister Veng Sakhon has ordered all agriculture departments to take immediate measures to ensure the food security of the country in response to the the outbreak of COVID-19. Veng Sakhon told the General Directorate of Agriculture to record the stock of paddy and rice in rice mills, communities and in each household to get […]
Read MoreThe Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister, which spearheads the national committee of job creation, has recorded 1.4 million applicants for the preemployment card program just a day after registration opened as companies lay off workers to survive the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. “Of the 1.4 million applicants, we once recorded 80,000 […]
Read MoreAn increasing number of Indonesian businesses have adopted local electronic signature (e-signature) technology during the past month as physical distancing measures make it difficult to ink contracts in person. Jakarta-based e-signature providers Digisign and PrivyID recorded growth of 50 percent and 350 percent, respectively, in customer requests from February to March, which is when the […]
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