Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Minimum wage politicking stings employers in Southeast Asia After more than three decades as Cambodia’s prime minister, Hun Sen added a new routine to his schedule […]
Malaysia’s telecom players pay upfront fee for 3G spectrum Malaysia’s top three telecom companies Tuesday said they each paid an upfront fee of 118.4 million ringgit ($30.38 million) and agreed to annual fixed payment of […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Air conditioning sends ASEAN electricity demand soaring Rising use of air conditioning among increasingly affluent populations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations is causing demand […]
Crude oil prices further ringgit boost The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar today and on the back of better global crude oil prices, dealers said. — The Star Online Alibaba to help Kuala […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Oil price surge brings little cheer to Asia Crude oil’s spectacular climb to the $60-$70 a barrel should boost government revenues for Asia’s major oil-producing countries […]
Malaysia’s Sime Darby mulling sale of stake in $1.7b Papua New Guinea arm Sime Darby Plantation Bhd., Malaysia’s biggest listed palm oil producer, is exploring a sale of a minority stake in its Papua New […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Southeast Asian nations launch intelligence pact to counter terrorism threats Singapore and five other Southeast Asian nations launched an intelligence pact on Thursday (Jan 25) aimed […]
Malaysia’s central bank taps the brakes, raises key rate Malaysia’s central bank on Thursday became the first in Southeast Asia to raise a key interest rate in years, moving to tap the brakes and “normalize” […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Asian companies count losses, hatch ways to cope with weak dollar A relentless decline in the dollar is putting pressure on earnings of Asian exporters, pushing […]
Inflation up 3.5% on higher fuel costs Malaysia’s inflation rate rose 3.5% in December 2017 in line with expectations, as transport costs climbed on higher fuel prices but for 2018, analysts are expecting the impact […]
Asean Morning News Compiled by Sreypov Men @MenSreypov Trans-Pacific trade pact to be signed in March Eleven countries aiming to forge a Asia-Pacific trade pact after the United States pulled out of an earlier […]
Invest Malaysia 2018 – selling the story of economic resilience and strong fundamentals Invest Malaysia 2018, which broke the norm and kick started the year rather than being the usual June affair, is expected to […]