In Indonesia, locals can soon fly from Jakarta to the beaches of Bali for a domestic vacation. Tokyo residents can escape the pandemic stress with a hike up Mount Fuji, and New Yorkers can head to the Hamptons on Long Island. Residents of Singapore, a city-state smaller than New York City, have few such options, […]
Read MoreThailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of Covid-19. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia. Gross domestic product is forecast to contract 8.1% this year, according to the Bank of Thailand. That’s worse than official forecasts […]
Read MoreThailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of Covid-19. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia. Gross domestic product is forecast to contract 8.1% this year, according to the Bank of Thailand. That’s worse than official forecasts […]
Read MoreThe headline consumer price index (CPI) dropped 1.57% in June from a year earlier, a less than expected decline, commerce ministry data showed on Friday. The reading compared with a forecast for a fall of 2.80% in a Reuters poll, and May’s 3.44% decline. The core CPI index dipped 0.05% from a year earlier, the […]
Read MoreJapanese commercial bank Maruhan Japan Bank Lao and local ride-hailing service Loca Laos have inked a deal on an e-commerce automated settlement solution to be provided by the Japanese bank. A signing ceremony was held at Maruhan Japan Bank headquarters in Vientiane yesterday, with the agreement signed by Maruhan Bank Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Anthony Chin, and […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE retail sales plummeted by a record degree in May, as the second month of the national “circuit breaker” extended the sector’s losses. The 52.1 per cent slide in receipts was worse than April’s 40.3 per cent plunge, and marks the worst decline since data was compiled in 1986, said the Department of Statistics (SingStat). […]
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