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The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has revived a discussion about relaxing the negative investment list (DNI) following a recent speech in which President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo stressed the need to attract more investment
The Bank of Thailand reiterated its concern about the THB’s persistent strength on 17 Jul 19, but said cutting the key interest rate may have only a limited impact in dealing with currency’s ascent and
The action taken against China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP) is company specific and not against the country, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “The government has the duty to protect the country’s interest when
Indonesia’s tax receipts in 1H19 reached IDR603.34tr, accounting for 38.25% of the target of IDR1,577.56tr set in the 2019 state budget, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati revealed. Income tax remained the main source of tax
Putrajaya did indeed seized more than MYR1bn from China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd (CPP) after a MYR9.41bn pipeline project was scrapped, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said on 15 Jul 19. He said the China-based