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Thailand: Scaling the high-income ladder
- October 7, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
No CommentsPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s speech at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York was chock-full of talking points, but the one that stood out was his declaration that Thailand would become
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Singapore’s worrying trend of homeowners defaulting on mortgages
- October 7, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
Not all is rosy in the housing market. The number of homeowners in the Lion City defaulting on their mortgages is on the rise. Data from the Credit Bureau Singapore – which gets information from
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Indonesia: After failed MPR bid, Gerindra takes another shot at next Jokowi Cabinet
- October 6, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
Following its failure to secure control over the People’s Representatives Assembly (MPR), the Gerindra Party has returned to bargaining for posts in the next Cabinet of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in its latest attempt to
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Thailand: Handout’s 2nd phase in the works
- October 4, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
The second phase of the THB1,000 cash handout scheme will launch in 4Q19 in a bid to rev up economic growth momentum in the remaining months of 2019. The scheme is poised to induce a
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Malaysia: No GST unless Malaysians give mandate for it, says finance minister
- October 4, 2019
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- Category: Daily News
Lim Guan Eng on 4 Oct 19 assured Malaysians that the controversial goods and services tax (GST) will not return unless there is indisputable proof that the public is in favour of it. The finance