To help economy MANILA, Philippines — Regaining the confidence of businesses and consumers to spend more is necessary to help revive the pandemic-stricken economy, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Dennis Lapid, director of the BSP’s Department of Economic Research (DER), said businesses and consumers need to spend more to revive the economy […]
Read More[SINGAPORE] Bilateral agreements that Singapore signed with other countries have not jeopardised employment opportunities for Singaporeans, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Sunday. Responding to criticisms about how free trade agreements or comprehensive economic cooperation agreements had caused Singapore to “sign away important protection for Singaporean (jobs)”, Mr Heng said that such a […]
Read MoreThe government cabinet has instructed authorities to tighten border crossings to prevent illegal entry via non-checkpoints in an attempt to avert the spread of Covid-19. The cabinet gave the instruction at its monthly meeting for August that ended on Friday amid the increased risk of a second wave of the pandemic. Chaired by Prime Minister […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s labour productivity per employment shrank by 16% to RM19,455 per person in the second quarter (Q2), with construction taking a big hit, according to the Statistics Department. In its report on the performance of Malaysia’s labour productivity issued recently, it said total hours worked plunged by 27% to 6.2 billion hours from […]
Read MoreSome companies are beginning to restore cuts they made to managers’ salaries and bonuses in the early, bewildering days of the pandemic shutdowns, a sign that some industries–and their white-collar workers–are benefiting from glimmers of a recovery while millions of others continue to endure job and income losses. In the first weeks of the pandemic, […]
Read MoreThe Vietnamese property market is expected to slow down, with prices starting to drop by the end of this year and hitting the bottom by mid-2021, creating opportunities for home buyers sitting on cash, experts have forecast. “Housing prices will begin to plummet by the end of this year and bottom out by mid-2021 when […]
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