SINGAPORE’S unemployment rates fell for the fourth straight month in February, though Manpower Minister Josephine Teo cautioned that further declines would become harder to achieve. The overall unemployment rate fell to 3 per cent, from 3.2 per cent in January. Resident unemployment declined to 4.1 per cent from 4.3 per cent previously, while citizen unemployment […]
Read MoreMinister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Prak Sokhonn will join his ASEAN counterparts online tomorow to discuss with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab how to strengthen cooperation between the 10-nation bloc and Britain. Bilateral trade between the UK and ASEAN was valued at some $46.9 billion in 2019, while bilateral trade between Cambodia and the […]
Read MoreExperts are forecasting a small growth in the global gross domestic product (GDP) due to the stabilisation of several leading markets such as the United States and Singapore, according to speakers at a seminar organised by Baiduri Bank yesterday. The speakers also said that more economies are slowly opening while business restrictions are gradually being […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its 2021 economic growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.9 percent from the original target of 6.6 percent, the fastest among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Yongzheng Yang, resident representative to the Philippines of IMF, said the latest gross domestic product […]
Read MoreJakarta. Today, the Indonesian young generation stands to benefit from its rapid growth and capital market development that present ample investment returns in the next few decades, Tourism and Creative Economic Minister Sandiaga Uno said on Wednesday. Sandiaga, one of Indonesia’s richest people, urged the young people aspiring to become financially independent to become long-term investors in equities and focus their […]
Read MoreA national portal on tracing the origin of products and goods is expected to be put into operation in the fourth quarter of this year, according to the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality (DSMQ). Bui Ba Chinh, deputy director of the DSMQ’s National Centre for Codes and Barcodes, said by 2025, this portal aims at […]
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