Mobile operators have agreed to roll out a low-cost monthly unlimited data usage package on tools that support people working from home, waiving data usage charges when subscribers use the contact-tracing app Mor Chana, as part of efforts to ease people’s financial burden during the new outbreak. Telecom operators are also working to upgrade fixed […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE may not be too greatly affected by Malaysia’s state of emergency and its reintroduced Movement Control Order (MCO) curbs amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with the most significant impact likely to be on movement of manpower, said economists. “Malaysia’s state of emergency and MCO should only have a small negative impact on Singapore,” said Maybank […]
Read MoreThe negotiations on the Kingdom’s proposed free trade deal with South Korea are progressing slowly despite the fact all parties aimed to come up with finalised drafts by the end of 2020. However, the China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement CC-FTA) ratification is to be announced early this year. Pen Sovicheat, undersecretary of state at the Ministry […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR (Jan 11): Malaysia’s unemployment rate rose by a marginal 0.1 percentage point month-on-month to 4.8% in November 2020 with 764,400 unemployed persons, the Department of Statistics Malaysia said today. Chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the Conditional Movement Control Order implemented during the month, which saw economic activities continuing to […]
Read MoreBank Indonesia (BI) is looking to double the use of the Quick Response Indonesia Standard (QRIS) among small businesses, as it bids to boost cashless payments and to speed up the national economic recovery. BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Monday that the central bank aimed to expand the use of QRIS to around 12 […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Peso rediscounting loans extended by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas plunged by 78 percent to P26.9 billion last year from a record P122.7 billion in 2019 due to lack of takers amid the massive liquidity released by the BSP in the financial system to cushion the impact of the pandemic. Latest data […]
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