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Malaysia: More rifts in UMNO set to emerge
- August 5, 2021
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No Comments“Consequences” await Umno vice-president Ismail Sabri Yaakob after he went against a party supreme council decision and stood with Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. This is according to Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said Ismail
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Indonesia: FinMin calls for private banks to boost lending
- August 4, 2021
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- Category: Daily News
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has called on commercial banks to ramp up loan disbursement and thereby support government efforts to revive Indonesia’s economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sri Mulyani admitted that the pandemic had
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Thailand: Financial support for 16 provinces
- August 3, 2021
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- Category: Daily News
Starting from 3 Aug 21, people in 16 provinces affected by the government’s partial Covid-19 lockdown will receive the same rates of financial aid as 13 other provinces already assisted by the Social Security Fund,
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The Philippines: As Metro Manila faces lockdown, assistance is considered
- August 3, 2021
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- Category: Daily News
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is readying financial and other assistance for workers likely to be affected by the reimplementation of the ECQ. Labor Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez said DOLE is already looking for
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Indonesia: 41% of funds for National Economic Recovery Programme has been used
- August 2, 2021
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The realization of the National Economic Recovery (PEN) program has reached IDR305.5tr by end Jul 21. This realization is equivalent to 41% of the IDr744.75tr budget ceiling. Airlangga said the realization was spread across several