Confidence levels of Southeast Asian businessmen regarding the economic outlook at home and worldwide have hit a two- year high, a new poll has found. Many more of them are upbeat over the improving
Asean will mobilise “all available means” to help the Philippines get back on its feet in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Asean secretary-general Le Luong Minh has pledged, after visiting disaster-hit areas there last
The President’s Office has allocated a budget of 33.4 billion kyats (US$34 million) to host the Asean Summit, a senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. Aung Htoo, deputy director-general
The Malaysian prime minister said implementing the tax to increase government revenue was necessary to avoid the country borrowing more money Malaysia has a stark choice of either increasing government revenue via the goods
Thailand’s finance ministry anticipates that its plans to restructure the income tax rate will reduce government revenue by 27 billion baht (US$849 million) a year. However, the move is also expected to stimulate spending
The Declaration of the Asean Single Aviation Market (ASAM) will be signed by December 2015, according to a recent consultation paper on the proposed policy for the establishment of a regional aviation service in
The Constitutional Court’s Wednesday verdict shooting down the charter amendment related to senators’ selection and qualifications may not have caused any major changes within the Pheu Thai-led government, but it has created a political
Development partners have pledged further assistance to Laos, President Choummaly Sayasone was told yesterday. The pledge was made at the 11th High-Level Round Table Meeting (RTM) between the government and its development partners that
While the Philippines and Vietnam are recovering from the devastation of super typhoon Haiyan, Malaysia is bracing itself for the onset of the annual year-end floods and storms. About 57,000 personnel from the Fire
Singapore has jumped nine places to become the world’s third-best city and remained the best in Asia for university students, according to an annual ranking exercise by a London-based consultancy. The findings were unveiled