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Workers in hairnets at sewing machines on a garment factory floor, with stacks of folded fabric on trolleys

Business 6 min

Malaysia's minimum wage sets three daily rates, not one

RM1,700 a month is the headline, but the same order sets a daily rate that rises as the working week shortens — RM78.46...

Eva Chin

Pub. 18 Sep

Stacks of silver and two-tone coins on a dark surface.

Business 5 min

Thai severance pay now reaches 400 days, and so does the tax exemption

Thailand's severance table stopped at 300 days' wages until 2019. The Labour Protection Act now has a sixth tier of 400...

Eva Chin

Pub. 17 Sep

Two smiling café staff in aprons standing behind the counter.

Business 5 min

In the Philippines, the service charge belongs to the staff

Since 2019, Philippine law requires every peso of a collected service charge to go to non-managerial employees, shared b...

Eva Chin

Pub. 17 Sep

Banknotes of several different currencies overlapping in a loose pile, including a fifty-euro note and a US dollar bill

Business 5 min

What a Year of Currency Movement Does to an Invoice

A USD 10,000 invoice raised in January and paid in August was worth 10.8 million more rupiah, and 141 fewer Singapore do...

Eva Chin

Pub. 21 Aug

A worn wooden approval stamp resting on a desk, lit low against a dark background.

Business 12 min

Naming a Company in Malaysia and Singapore: What SSM and ACRA Actually Accept

Your first three names get rejected and nobody explains why. Both registries run a mechanical test: they strip your name...

Eva Chin

Pub. 29 Jul