Posts Tagged ‘ Ministry ’

Singapore's GDP grows 1.6% in Q1

(MENAFN) Singapore's Trade and Industry Ministry announced that during the first quarter, the city-state's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.6 percent, compared with an expansion of 3.6 percent in … (the story here…)

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Indonesia imposes export tax on 65 mineral categories

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) – Indonesia's Finance Ministry has expanded a 20 per cent export tax to 65 mineral categories from only 14 proposed earlier this month, but coal is exempt from the new tax policy. (the story here…)

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Indonesia expands export tax to 65 mineral categories

Indonesia's Finance Ministry has expanded a 20 per cent export tax to 65 mineral categories from only 14 proposed earlier this month, but coal is exempt from the new tax policy. (the story here…)

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UAE urges citizens to stay away from Lebanon

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates urged its citizens to stay away from Lebanon on Saturday, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighboring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. A UAE Foreign Ministry official urged all those already in Lebanon – a favorite destination...

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China funds cloud seeding, weather modification

China's central government is to launch a special fund to support weather modification operations by local authorities in areas prone to drought and haze, according to a Ministry of Finance (MOF) announcement on Tuesday. (the story here…)

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China, Japan, Korea to Start Free-Trade Talks This Year

China, Japan and South Korea agreed to start talks on a free-trade agreement this year, according to a statement by China’s Ministry of Commerce today. (the story here…)

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Thailand inks 400,000 tablets deal with Chinese company

After a delay of nearly two months, the Information and Communications Technology Ministry of Thailand yesterday inked a tablet-computer supply contract with the Chinese manufacturer, with the first 2,000 devices due to arrive next week and the rest to be delivered within 60 days. (read more…)

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China orders "Big Four" auditors to restructure

BEIJING (Reuters) – The world's top four accounting firms will have to bring in Chinese citizens to run their operations in China and end the dominance of foreign partners under new rules announced by the Finance Ministry on Thursday. The Big Four auditors – Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG –...

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China ignores questions on expelled reporter

The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s usually staid news briefing showed some spark, with 14 out of 18 questions concerning the first expulsion of a foreign journalist from the country in more than a dozen years. (rwad on here …)

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Kuwait- 'Let kin visit bedoun'

(MENAFN – Arab Times) The Ministry of Interior has issued instructions to the concerned authorities to allow the relatives of bedoun to visit their loved ones inside the prison, reports Al-Shahed … (read more…)

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