SINGAPORE – Together, 7 industry led organizations have formed agreements to build and implement ideas to support Singapore since it aims to steer the economy out of the COVID-19 emergency, including propelling independent road transport and having consistent shopping meetings to assist the retail sector. In June, the seven led organizations, dubbed the Singapore Together Partnerships for Action, were set …

KUALA LUMPUR – According to Trade Minister Azmin Ali, Malaysia’s economic rebound will likely be more U-shaped than V, dampened by renewed restrictions in the wake of a revival of coronavirus infections. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, the government tries to root out the virus without damaging industries by bringing back a national lockout, Datuk Seri Azmin said Still, …

PETALING JAYA: In the event that Budget 2021 is not affirmed, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad states, respectful workers will still be paying their pay scales.  The former chief said that it is unfaithful to oppose Budget 2021, that respectful staff and frontliners will not earn salaries, pensions and remittances. A talk on the budget tabled in October did not go …

SINGAPORE –  Vietnam is forming up as Southeast Asia’s single financial victory story within the coronavirus period, keeping up relentless positive development as other economies battle to recoup. Vietnam’s real net residential product extended 2.6% on the year within the third quarter, stamping a moment straight quarter of development in the midst of the widespread. The International Monetary Fund sees …

KUALA LUMPUR – On Nov 17, Malaysia announced that it had entered into an agreement with China to engage in the promotion of a safe and efficient antibody vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the deal, in effect for an initial duration of five years, priority access to COVID-19 vaccines produced by China will be …

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decided to declare a state of emergency in Batu Sapi in order to delay the forthcoming by-election scheduled for 5 December, in order to avert a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. A statement released on Wednesday evening (Nov 18) by palace comptroller Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin …

Speaking at the opening of the 2020 West Java Investment Summit held digitally in Bandung, The Governor noted that as the economy in the region grows rapidly over the next one to three decades, locals residing in the Rebana Metropolitan area should not become mere spectators. In view of this, The West Java provincial government aims to raise the rate …

The recent night’s protest at Ratchaprason intersection in downtown Bangkok, police intend to arrest anti-government protesters who reportedly destroyed police headquarters, splashed paint, and fired slingshots at police. Pol Col Kissana Phathanacharoen, deputy spokesperson highlighted that demonstrators had hurled objects at the headquarters building and splattered paint all over the signboard until the protesters dispersed. Consequently, The police in Pathumwan …

President Duterte has warned that if Vice President Leni Robredo decides to run for president in the 2022 elections, things would not be easy, as it would be her’ nightmare. The President aired his gripe against Robredo, who during the attack of Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses, which left scores dead in the middle of major floods in Luzon, he accused …

The President is still going through different issue but here’s another thing he tries to manage. It’s about how he recently approved the advance payments for vaccines for COVID-19, marking a change in the posture of the chief executive who formerly rejected allowing advance payments for the drug to end the pandemic of coronavirus. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque announced that …