KUALA LUMPUR: Thai entrepreneurs from various industries are seeking business collaborations and networking with Sabahan and Sarawakian entrepreneurs through the upcoming Bridging Trade and Investment Relations between Thailand and East Malaysia trade forum. Ambassador of Thailand to Malaysia Narong Sasitorn said the forum,set for Aug 21 in Kota Kinabalu and Aug 23 in Kuching,would portray […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (Sin Chew Daily/ANN) – Malaysia’s Nikkei Purchasing Manager’s Index has been down for three consecutive months and remains below entrepreneurs’ confidence threshold since October 2018. x While the second quarter of the economy is expected to maintain 4.5% of growth rate achieved in first quarter, the risk of a slowdown in economy for third […]
Read MoreGEORGE TOWN: The volume of export cargo handled at Penang International Airport is projected to contract by 1% to 2% this year from 69, 855 tonnes recorded last year. Penang Freight Forwarders Association (PFFA) had earlier forecast the volume of export would increase by 5% to 73, 348 tonnes in 2019. According to PFFA deputy […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s exports in June contracted by 3.1% to RM76.17bil from a year ago, which was a surprise compared with a Bloomberg survey of a 1.9% increase, as exports to China shrank. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) said on Friday the June exports were the lowest since February’s RM66.60bil. MITI said […]
Read MorePETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Production Price Index (PPI) declined by 1.8% year-on-year (yoy) in June 2019, led by agriculture, forestry & fishing (-9.2%), mining (-6.4%), water supply (- 1.8%) and manufacturing (-0.8%). “Meanwhile, the index of electricity & gas supply edged up by 1.8%,” said Statistics Department chief statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin in a […]
Read MoreCOLOMBO: Sri Lanka will offer free tourism visas on arrival to citizens of almost 50 countries, a government document showed on Tuesday, as it tries to woo back visitors after militant attacks on Easter Sunday. Islamist militants on April 21 bombed churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka, killing more than 250 people, including 42 […]
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