SINGAPORE – Applications for travel on compassionate grounds between Singapore and Malaysia are now open, a week before the formal system of allowing such movement launches. From Monday (May 10), people from either country can apply for cross-border travel to visit family members for emergency reasons such as death or critical illness. Only two visitors per case […]
Read MoreThe Cambodian government is formulating strategies and policies to counter challenges after preferential access for its exports are gradually reduced or as aid flows diminish. The news was relayed by Pich Rithi, secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, during a virtual seminar on the implications of less-development country graduation in the textile and […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Gross domestic product (GDP) likely inched up 0.8 percent in the January to March period, according to London-based think tank Capital Economics. “Given the spike in (COVID) cases and reintroduction of strict containment measures from the very end of March, first quarter GDP data are already news,” Capital Economics said in its […]
Read MoreCredit pumping into real estate takes a large share in the total outstanding loans, following by corporate bonds and stock market. High amount of credit channeled into real estate, stock market and corporate bonds continue to cause risks to the banking sector, requiring stronger measures to tighten outstanding loans into these fields. The State Bank […]
Read MoreThe third wave of the pandemic has unnerved businesses who previously believed they would be able to recover this year after Covid-19 walloped their income in 2020. Complicated by a more contagious UK Covid-19 strain, the third wave has seen more than 1,000 infections a day since April 14, with deaths climbing to double digits […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s consumer confidence index rose to 101.5 in April, from 93.4 a month earlier, indicating optimism returning for the first time in a year as worries over the coronavirus pandemic eased, a central bank survey showed on Monday. A reading above 100 indicates optimists outnumber pessimists on the outlook for the economy. The index […]
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