Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang […]
REITs could offer investors a piece of the real estate boom The Kingdom’s property sector is booming, but investment in commercial real estate and high-grade rental assets is capital-intensive, providing few opportunities for smaller investors. […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Beijing now calls the shots in the South China Sea, and the US and Asean must accept this for lasting peace The contest for the perceptual domination […]
Tax Department Delays VAT on Microfinance Institutions The Finance Ministry’s general department of taxation will delay implementing a new provision meant to clarify financial services for which the value-added tax (VAT) is required, after microfinance […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu Singapore Tops First Asia-Pacific University Rankings: Malaysia Rising Five Asean countries are represented in the first edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia-Pacific University Rankings, with […]
Cambodia ‘Needs 1 Million More Homes By 2030’ Cambodia needs to build some 1 million more homes by 2030 in order to meet the demands of a booming population, a minister has said. — VOA […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu ASEAN’s manufacturing index comes in flat as demand wanes After five months of expansion, Southeast Asia’s manufacturing activity turned flat in June, with the Nikkei ASEAN Manufacturing […]
Microlenders refuse to apply prescribed VAT The industry body representing the Kingdom’s myriad microfinance institutions (MFIs) threw down the gauntlet yesterday, announcing that its members had categorically rejected a government directive that orders them to […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu PH to outperform growth in Asean — BMI Research The Philippines, together with Myanmar and Vietnam, are expected to post the fastest economic growth in Asean mainly […]
MEF holds agricultural workshop The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) organised a consultation workshop yesterday to gather information and comments from agriculture sector stakeholders to assist in the preparation of a 2018 national budget […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Stella-maris Ewudolu @stmarisewudolu June manufacturing PMI hits record low Malaysia’s Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) for June hit its lowest in five years since data for the index was […]
Angkor Wat sees sales surge Angkor Wat ticket sales revenue surged during the first half of 2017 on the back of a sharp increase in tourist entry fees, with no indication that the steeper admission […]