SINGAPORE-In a turn of events on Thursday( Aug 12), a lawyer turned up in court to represent Phoon

expected to plead guilty in a district court on Sept 6. This emerged following Phoon Chiu Yoke's pre

. While inflation risks remain, Phoon said he is neutral on the MGS for a number of reasons....

Jaden Phoon Wai Ken said the court had rescheduled the trial originally fixed for July 2026, to Jan

PETALING JAYA: After consecutive net outflows of foreign funds from the domestic bond market, foreign interest in the debt market is expected to remain weak in the near term. Fixed income analysts and economists attribute this, among others, to volatility in the global financial markets. The Malaysian bond market registered a net outflow of foreign funds for a second successive month in April. Amounting to RM2. 2bil, the overall net outflow in April was slower than the RM4bil sell-off in March.

SOME 11 years after Malaysia announced its ambitious plan to reach a “ near-balanced ” budget by 2020.... The country has not only missed its target but is also facing a fiscal dilemma amid a widening budget deficit and the call for more stimulus injection. The budget deficit level had been steadily declining since 2010, but this came to an end in 2018 after the then Pakatan Harapan government recognised off-the-books projects as development expenditure to deal with the burgeoning debts left by

Minister of State for Education Gan Siow Huang said that digitalisation is important, especially in Singapore's context.... We have training like safety, vehicle maintenance and hygiene.... Visit the microsite for more. Topics: Facebook WhatsApp Twitter More Whatsapp Linkedin FB Messenger Telegram Reddit WeChat Pinterest Print Purchase Article Copy permalink https:// str.sg/ 3JGT....

Good evening!... Catch up on some of the main headlines on Thursday, Aug 12. Number of contact tracers up by nearly 50% since mid-July, with sharp rise in Covid-19 cases There was an increased need for their work, to enable potential Covid-19 cases to be detected and ring-fenced rapidly. READ MORE HEREVentilator firm founder Li Xiting tops Forbes list of Singapore's richest Mr Li Xiting added some$ 7 billion to his net worth over the past year. READ MORE HERE12 new hawker stalls and restaurants

It says the Fed could look at tapering its massive bond-buying programme by early 2022.... “ This could put some downward pressure to the country’s sovereign ratings.... to manage fund liquidity and credit risk. The group is selective on lower-rated credits, as the economic slowdown？...

KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara has maintained its overnight policy rate( OPR) at 1.75%, in line with the consensus expectation of economists surveyed in a Bloomberg poll. The interest rate has stayed at an all-time low of 1.75% since July 7, 2020, after it was cut from 2% to provide additional policy stimulus in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.In a statement, Bank Negara said its monetary policy committee( MPC) considers the current stance to be appropriate and accommodative.“ Fiscal and financial mea