Indonesia may lose 50,000 tourists because of Qatar crisis The Indonesian government is predicting that the recent severing of ties between several Arab countries and Qatar would deal a blow to the archipelago’s tourism industry, […]
Myanmar citizens caught selling Rohingya children for $300 Malaysian police rescued 11 Rohingya human trafficking victims in a Kuala Lumpur raid on Saturday morning. The victims – nine of them children – were being held […]
Singapore tops global ranking for online presence This year’s A.T. Kearney’s Global Cities Index 2017 saw Singapore jumping two spots to rank sixth, the highest ever ranking it has achieved in the Index. — Singapore […]
Indonesia’s 2017 Budget Deficit Estimated at 2.5 Percent of GDP: Finance Minister Indonesia’s state budget deficit is estimated to widen to 2.5 percent of its gross domestic product by the end of this year from […]
M’sia labour productivity growth unsatisfactory While Malaysia’s labour productivity growth of 3.5% for 2016 was an improvement compared with 3.4% in the previous year, the performance was considered unsatisfactory as the country is still lagging […]
Bank Mandiri targets Singapore private wealth Indonesia’s Bank Mandiri wants to develop a foothold within Singapore’s private banking space, according to local reports. — Hubbis Rockwills Group Has Its Eyes on Indonesia THE Rockwills Group, […]
Japan‘s Commitment to Fasten Jakarta-Surabaya Railway Development Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia Masafumi Ishii said Indonesia and Japan are committed to accelerating the development of medium-speed railway facilities for the Jakarta-Surabaya route. — Netral English Russian […]
NA discusses $16b Long Thành airport project Land clearance for the Long Thành airport project in the southern province of Đồng Nai should be sped up to prevent price slippage that will affect investment capital […]
Budget for rural development reduced to 10pc this year The budget for rural road and bridge construction approved for this 2017-18 fiscal year was barely 10 percent of last year’s, said Union Minister for Agriculture, […]
Global passenger traffic for April rose by 10.7%, says IATA Global passenger traffic data for April 2017 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 10.7% compared to April 2016, which […]
Local start-up to launch Singapore’s first e-scooter sharing service The New Paper has learnt that local start-up Telepod will be launching its e-scooter sharing service on Monday with 10 e-scooters available for rent -a first […]
BRI, AGO partner to fight banking crimes State-owned lender PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and several agreements with the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in Jakarta on Wednesday to fight […]