SINGAPORE: Tourist arrivals to Malaysia have been plateauing in the past few years and the government should take remedial measures to reverse this trend, according to Maybank Kim Eng’s regional head of institutional research Wong Chew Hann. “We have actually seen the tourist arrival numbers flattening, in fact it was down 0.4% last year to […]
Read MoreBRUNEI Darussalam’s total trade in February 2019 increased by 6.8 per cent to BND1,038.9 million, compared to February 2018, said the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE), Ministry of Finance and Economy (MoFE), in a statement released yesterday. According to the JPKE, total exports increased year-on-year (y-o-y), by 8.1 per cent to BND701.9 million. The […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s industrial production index (IPI) expanded at a faster pace of 3.1% in March, exceeding a Bloomberg survey of a 2.3%, according to the Statistics Department. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said on Friday the increase in was supported by the growth in the index of electricity (4.8%) and manufacturing […]
Read MoreAt the second Belt and Road forum held in Beijing in April, State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi acknowledged that infrastructure development under China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is important to facilitate trade, create jobs and enhance connectivity. However, local analysts say Myanmar should avoid accepting loans from China, which typically come with […]
Read MoreThe Electric Vehicle Association of Thailand (EVAT) is calling for the Land Transport Department to revise related laws to enable new registration of three-wheelers, mainly emphasising electrified tuk-tuks. There are two types of registration for three-wheelers, aka tuk-tuks: personal use and public transport. Yossapong Laoonual, president of the EVAT, said the registration process for tuk-tuks is […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – It`s unfair that foreign giants firms earning a huge amount of money from advertising without paying taxes. Vietnamese Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung has said that the ministry would soon force foreign firms like Facebook, Google, which earn big in Vietnam by providing advertising, to pay taxes, VnExpress reported. […]
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