A February 22 meeting between the Private Sector Development Committee led by Vice President U Myint Swe and entrepreneurs from the Union of Myanmar Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) saw the fisheries, steel-making, vehicle manufacturing and distribution and border trade promotion sectors call for policy changes to ease the challenges they face when […]
Read MoreThe draft bill on rice reform is the latest political earthquake shaking up the country’s rice industry, as it has stirred an uproar among farmers and academics who have cried foul that the bill is designed to benefit large-scale commercial producers. It’s long been said that farmers represent the backbone of Thailand, but the bill is […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng expects the country to grow a further 4.9% this year amid a decline in inflationary pressure while an additional 41,000 quality manufacturing jobs are expected to be created in the next two years. In a statement released yesterday, he said the January 2019 Consumer Price Index (CPI) – […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – International hotel groups have brought to Vietnam branded residence, an emerging model of luxury lifestyle products recently. There continues to be a market for luxury residential products in Vietnam in 2019 thanks to the participation of more foreign investors, tolerance of foreign property ownership, and increasing number of domestic high net worth individuals […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — The higher fines and new set of penalties under the revised charter of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas would deter rogue banks from committing violations, according to BSP Assistant Governor and general counsel Elmore Capule. Capule said the administrative sanctions on supervised entities under RA 11211 signed by President Duterte last Feb. […]
Read MoreCambodia has been included on a list of countries “highly vulnerable to money laundering” following reports that show its judicial system has high levels of corruption and that it lacks the will to investigate financial crimes. Global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) placed the Kingdom in its ‘grey list’ on Friday. In an […]
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