SINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) fell 8.9 per cent year on year in August, breaking a five-month streak of double-digit declines, according to Enterprise Singapore figures on Tuesday. The August decline eased from July’s 11.4 per cent fall, in the second consecutive pick-up since June’s six-year low. On a month-on-month seasonally adjusted basis, NODX rose […]
Read MoreThe number of locals entering the private sector workforce in 2017 saw a rise of 2.2 per cent to 54,489 individuals compared to 53,336 in 2016. However, the overall total employment in the private sector decreased by 0.6 per cent from 115,985 (2016) to 115,329 (2017). According to the Report of Summary Findings of the […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysians continue to be the second-largest group of buyers of Singapore’s non-landed residential properties by nationality year-to-date, after the Chinese. Quoting Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), Singapore-based property consultancies Cushman & Wakefield and Savills said Malaysians were the second-largest group after the Chinese for the first half of 2019. Cushman’s research head Christine […]
Read MoreThe Energy Ministry will hold a special meeting with the Energy Administrative Committee today (September 17) to discuss the possible impact the drone attacks on two major oil-processing facilities owned by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco may have on living costs in Thailand. Energy Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong said his ministry has already set up a war room […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – In the 2021 – 2025 period, Vietnam targets to have at least 2,000 kilometers of expressway and by 2025, the figure would be 4,000 kilometers stretching from northern province of Lang Son to the southernmost province of Ca Mau. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Monday ordered the start of construction of […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Money sent home by Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) recovered in July, recording the fastest growth in nine months, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) reported yesterday. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said personal remittances went up by 7.2 percent to $2.87 billion in July from $2.67 billion in the same period last year. […]
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