MANILA, Philippines — Moody’s Analytics has warned the Philippines about loosening its social restrictions amid the recent trend in the resurgence of COVID-19 infections as well as the spread of the Delta variant across Asia-Pacific. In a report, Moody’s Analytics senior Asia-Pacific economist Katrina Ell and economist Stefan Angrick said the contagious Delta strain is […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: The Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MGCC) is the among latest trade group to urge the government to reassess the standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the current lockdown and ramp up vaccinations to ensure business sustainability. In a statement, the MGCC said there had been confusion with regards to applicable SOPs and […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia’s state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma is delaying a plan to sell Covid-19 vaccines after public backlash against the move. The company will focus on preparing the programme first, said Ganti Winarno Putro, a spokesman for the company. Kimia Farma was earlier set to market Sinopharm Group Co shots, which were ordered for […]
Read MoreThe Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation registered 79 industrial investment projects in the first semester of this year, while more than 100 factories closed. Heng Sokkong, secretary of state, and spokesman said yesterday the new industrial projects are mostly in food processing and medical wares manufacturing including face masks, anti-bacterial gel and personal […]
Read MoreRESALE condominium prices in Singapore were up 0.1 per cent month on month in June, while prices rose 6.8 per cent year on year, flash figures from SRX Property showed on Tuesday. An estimated 1,510 units were resold in June, a decrease of 12.6 per cent from the 1,727 units resold a month earlier. However, […]
Read MoreDo GDP calculations take into account the fact that a taxi driver gets poorer by 10 times more as he has to spend VND100,000 on nCoV testing a day, and informal workers have no access to cheap meals in HCM City? Journalist and Facebooker Hoang Hai Van writes below about his views on HCM City’s […]
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