Thailand – The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) tightened its grip on highly speculative stocks after a public hearing suggested investors support the revamp of market surveillance measures to better regulate stocks with irregular price movements. In view of this, The SET conducted the hearing on Nov 1-12 to collect opinions regarding the revision of market surveillance measures and the …

Taiwan – Taiwan would develop economic relations with Lithuania in a “cycle of goodwill” despite pressure from Beijing, Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the US said on Wednesday. Following Taiwan’s establishment of a representative office in Lithuania’s capital in November, Beijing severed relations with the Baltic state, and according to diplomatic sources, 19 Lithuanian embassy workers and their dependents had …

Malaysia – Dewan Rakyat yesterday enacted the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021, which aims to provide people and businesses impacted by the pandemic more room and opportunity to recover. Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Mutalib stated that the ministry (KPKT) was in discussions with the Ministry …

Malaysia – To enable the Dewan Rakyat to discuss and vote on proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has consented to prolong the current Dewan Rakyat meeting. He has also agreed to postpone Monday’s amended Bill proceedings. The extension was made by Speaker Tan Sri Azhar …

Philippines – Approximately 2,000 individuals from the metropolitan poor assembled outside the Office of the Vice President and walk along E. Rodriguez Sr. Road in Quezon City on the side of the official mission of Vice President Leni Robredo for their yearly Panuluyan. As indicated by charitable Urban Poor Associates, the gathering conveyed with it a five-foot Pink Parol that …

Philippines – There are many individuals in the Philippines have escaped their homes and ocean front retreats as an incredible tropical storm lashed the archipelago Thursday, with specialists notice of damaging breezes and heavy downpour. The Typhoon Odette (global name Rai) was pressing greatest supported breezes of 165 kilometers (102 miles) an hour as it barrelled towards focal and southern …

Malaysia – Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang, a former deputy chief minister of Sarawak, has said that only the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) can take Sarawak to the next stage of growth and advancement. He said that the GPS, headed by Chief Minister Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg, had proved the coalition’s skills via a series of radical adjustments aimed …

Malaysia – The Dewan Rakyat unanimously approved the Finance Bill 2021 recently. When concluding the discussion on the bill, Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah said that a research on the abolition of the tax exemption on foreign-sourced income had been conducted two years ago. He said that it required the ministry to interact with connected parties, including …

Malaysia – US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken and Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah spoke candidly and productively as part of the senior US official’s first visit to Malaysia. “Our conversations covered a wide range of topics, and our bilateral connections have been robust,” Saifuddin said during a meeting with hearing-impaired singer Jeshurun Vincent, who has been to …

Thailand – Pathum Thani lead representative Narongsak Osottanakorn has declared he won’t challenge the following Bangkok lead representative political decision, killing reports he would run under the flag of the decision Palang Pracharath Party. Mr Narongsak told a press preparation that he was neither qualified nor had the desire to be Bangkok lead representative. Since he was as of now …