Southeast Asian countries rated the pandemic as their top concern in 2020, and China ranks first among its dialogue partners in terms of assisting the region. This is according to the ASEAN Studies Centre at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore’s 2021 State of Southeast Asia survey study. The majority of respondents (60.7 percent) from the ten members of the …

In the middle of the loosen rules from the government, Vice President Leni Robredo contradicted the choice of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to eliminate obligatory swab tests and isolate as movement prerequisites. While she bolsters the normalization of movement prerequisites across nearby government units (LGUs), Robredo said the evacuation of required RT-PCR …

Indonesia’s administration has given another guideline on speculation following the section of its work creation law a year ago that remembers the evacuation of certain limitations for unfamiliar venture, in an offer to support interest in its pandemic-hit economy. The new guidelines for the law, regularly alluded to as the “omnibus law” since it changes in excess of 70 laws, …

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has communicated its advantage in supporting the waste administration area and in assisting with reinforcing the usage of Indonesia’s round economy. To squander the executives have been quite possibly the strongest business areas during the COVID-19 pandemic. Consequently, steps should be taken to fortify the area as a supporting variable to Indonesia’s financial development, …

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 9): Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to foster greater cooperation, especially in boosting economic opportunities, as both countries are focused on a strong and resilient economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic situation. In a statement today, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said its Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein and United Arab Emirates (UAE) …

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — If these lead to the neglect of minority groups, racial considerations in national policies would hamper the growth of the country, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said. The former two-time prime minister said in an interview with Free Malaysia Today (FMT) that the government must recognize the multiracial fabric of Malaysia and factor …

PETALING JAYA: An MP says the “highest ever” trade surplus recorded last year by the country is nothing to be proud of as it is a product of a very poor domestic economy. MP Ong Kian Ming from Bangi also said that this year the domestic economy is likely to remain lacklustre. Earlier, Senior Economy Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali reported …

KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia’s trade, backed by a recovery in global demand, especially for agricultural and manufactured goods, is expected to recover in 2021 as Covid-19 threats recede following a massive global vaccination program. Public Investment Bank Bhd (PIVB) said in its Economic Update today that, in the midst of a pandemic that increased demand for devices such as computers and …

In addition to triggering serious public health issues, the current COVID-19 pandemic has also devastated the economies of numerous countries, including Indonesia, leading to tight limits on public travel and activities. Because of the pandemic, the Indonesian economy shrank 5.32 percent in the second quarter and 3.49 percent in the third quarter of 2020. The Task Force for COVID-19 Handling …

Due to political ineptitude and the inability to handle the Covid-19 crisis under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration, is Malaysia in danger of going down the same road and being seen as the new ‘sick man’ of Asia in the 2020s? At the beginning of 2021, the PN government’s failure to handle the third wave of Covid-19 cases culminated in …