Budget constraints have resulted in lower than appropriate levels of investment in the education and health sectors, the Deputy Minister of Finance has said. State investment in the two sectors reached just 21 percent of state spending this year – 13.3 percent for education and the remaining 7.7 percent going to the health sector, Dr […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR: Berjaya Sports Toto (BST) and Magnum reported stable and growing gaming revenue with Q3 industry lotto revenue hitting a record high, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research. The research firm has trimmed Magnum target price by 7% to RM2 for lower DPR of 60%, noting that it prefers BST over Magnum. “Since 2010, industry revenue […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Almost four million new jobs, rising wages and eight interest-rate cuts in Indonesia should have been enough to spur consumers into action in the world’s fourth most populous nation. Instead, an increasing number of people are keeping a tight grip on their purse strings and putting their money in the bank, leaving policy makers […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s trade deficit for the first six months of the 2017-18 fiscal year has widened to $2.2 billion compared to $1.8 billion during the same period in the previous FY, data by the Ministry of Commerce showed. Exports from April 1 to September 22 amounted to $6.5 billion while imports totaled more than $7billion. Trade […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Tuesday said it remains upbeat that foreign direct investments in the country will improve after a significant drop in the influx of new investments was recorded in the first six months of the year. Citing data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon recently flagged the 90.3 […]
Read MoreThe World Bank is urging Asean member countries to ease labour restrictions so migrant workers can earn money overseas to boost welfare and deepen economic integration. Migration is growing at a faster rate in Asean than within any other region globally, according to one of the bank’s cartoon-filled reports released Monday entitled Migrating to Opportunity. Between 1995 […]
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