Data is the basis on which companies of all sizes evaluate their performance and make crucial decisions. Only then can they expect to expand their commercial operations in the market and grow. It needs to be relevant, precise, complete, meaningful, and useable. Otherwise, it is of no value to the companies. This is why they should formulate and implement a comprehensive data management strategy. It refers to the collection, organization, storage, security, and retrieval of data in their computer systems. Database management system strategies generally involve the following functions: Supervising plans, policies and programs which aim at maintaining the quality of actionable data, Simplify the procedures to ensure timely access of data to the employees who need it, Ensure the processing of available actionable data results in a streamlined existing business process, and Making sure adequate measures are in place to prevent unauthorized access to valuable data. The ... » Learn More about Boost Your Business Database Management Systems Performance
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WHO to govt: Follow vaccine priority list
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on the government to stick to its priority list in allocating the Covid-19 vaccines donated by the Covax Facility. On the list, medical frontliners are the first to get a Covid- 19 shot, and the government must not change the order of priority, according to WHO Country Representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe. Doing so could mean the Philippines could be denied more than 44 million free doses of vaccines donated by the Covax Facility, Abeyasinghe warned. “We urge the Department of Health and the partners engaged in the rollout of the vaccines to follow this prioritization so we would not impact and jeopardize future deliveries of the vaccines … and we can ensure smooth delivery of the earmarked vaccines to the Philippines,” Abeyasinghe told a media briefing on Thursday. More than 487,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 arrived on Thursday night. Abeyasinghe said the country must agree to the criteria set by Covax, which is to ... » Learn More about WHO to govt: Follow vaccine priority list
The Big Read: As Singapore society ages, who will care for the caregivers?
SINGAPORE: At his wits’ end, Mr Danny Raven Tan, 53, once threatened his dementia-stricken mother with a chopper because she was “driving him nuts”. Since she was diagnosed with the illness that causes impaired intellectual functions and personality changes in 2015, his mother, who is now 88, would tiresomely ask him about his father and godmother, both of whom had died, frequently raise her voice at him and accuse their helper of stealing her money. “At that time, I didn’t know anything about dementia and it was eating me up,” said Mr Tan, who quit his full-time job in marketing to be the primary caregiver for his mother and now runs an art gallery. In 2018, Mr Tan founded Enable Asia, a platform that focuses on dementia awareness and respite for caregivers. While Mr Tan has found support through the platform, homemaker Fadilah, who declined to give her full name, was pushed to the brink caring for her 86-year-old mother-in-law with Alzheimer’s disease during the circuit ... » Learn More about The Big Read: As Singapore society ages, who will care for the caregivers?
Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia amid Covid-19 lockdowns
Adam Reza is among those for whom environmental awareness took a back seat to health concerns during Malaysia’s national lockdown earlier this year to curb the spread of Covid-19 . Despite making a conscious effort to be mindful, he estimates his use of plastics increased by up to 80 per cent as people were confined indoors for more than 90 days as the pandemic raged. “I’m not exactly a green conscious guy, but before the lockdown I did make a conscious effort to be mindful,” said management consultant Adam, 29. “Now I just don’t care as much. Even at food courts, now that things are open, I make a point to use the plastic single-use cutlery because I am worried about germs.” With consumers around the world stuck at home amid the spread of Covid-19 – which has infected close to 19 million people and killed more than 700,000 – the utilisation of single-use plastic has skyrocketed, raising concerns about recycling and surging pollution. Many people are reliant on food ... » Learn More about Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia amid Covid-19 lockdowns
Thai Restaurant Owners Get 1,446 Years in Prison Each for Fraud
A criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand has sentenced two Thai restaurant owners to a whopping 1,446 years in prison each for defrauding the public.They were also ordered to repay about 2.5 million baht to their victims. According to Thai PBS , Apichart (Jome) Paronjullaka and Prapassorn Bovornbancha, co-owners of Laemgate seafood restaurant, launched an online sales promotion . Offering their customers e-coupons for cheap seafood buffets at the restaurant. The e-coupons offered a ten-seat buffet set for 880 baht; a 20-seat seafood buffet set for 2,020 baht; and 3,000 baht for a 30-seat buffet set. As many as 20,000 customers bought seafood e-coupons from the couple. With amounted to about 50 million baht, since early last year. Initially, customers were satisfied with the services but, because of the long waiting list, it took several months of advance bookings before customers could actually eat there. In March last year, the restaurant announced its closure, ... » Learn More about Thai Restaurant Owners Get 1,446 Years in Prison Each for Fraud
Thai condo developers clearing inventory rather than starting new projects
“With waves of uncertainty and financial stress crashing into the market from the COVID-19 pandemic, most residential property developers have decided to postpone their plans.” CBRE, the international property consultants, reports that most Thai developers are postponing the launch of new condo projects to focus on clearing existing stock. Discounting completed projects to generate quick revenue as a financial lifeboat is the best solution for many of the country’s larger developers whilst the market is in limbo. Rathawat Kuvijitrsuwan, head of CBRE Research and Consulting in Thailand believes that, now business is gradually recovering, a few developers have started to launch new condominium projects. “In the first half of 2020, the Bangkok condominium landscape was gloomy with fewer than 10,000 condominium units launched, which was much lower than the total number of new launches in the past three years of more than 60,000 condominium units per year.” Since June, CBRE ... » Learn More about Thai condo developers clearing inventory rather than starting new projects
Top 10 hard truths of living as an expat in Thailand
There will be bumps along the way between your visits to the beach, bar and immigration office (sometimes the bumps will be at the beach, bar and immigration office). Expat life is what you make of it here in the Land of Smiles. Moaning about it never helps but accepting the bumps is part of the adventure. Here are our Top Ten Hard Truths for expats in Thailand. 1. Visas can be a pain in the neck You have plenty of options but the options never quite fit into your line of work or expectations. Between the Non-B visa, ‘Retirement’ visa, Education visa, Tourist visa, Elite visa and Smart visa, along with a few visa runs and trips to your local immigration office, you can usually fernangle a long-term stay in Thailand (yes, we know we used nick names for some of the visas). One way or the other you will need to keep your paperwork up to date as the fines and penalties for over-stays and visa problems can be quite harsh and difficult to negotiate your way around these days. ... » Learn More about Top 10 hard truths of living as an expat in Thailand
Eight Things to Avoid When Applying for a Business Loan
Running a business is far complicated from an easy job. In fact, businesses owners are said to have stress levels as high as anyone else if not more. It has forever been thought that owning your own business absolves you of stress. This is far from the case. Business owners are people who have to manage the business, their own household and ensure that the employees get paid on time so that they too can take money home to their families. The business owner or the person managing the company has an immense task of making sure that everything goes right. The fact that they have to invest and make sure that the investment pays off, in the long run, is bad enough. It’s a major burden to take a risk like that and know that you are responsible. You are responsible for the entity in society and the lives which it effects, your own included. Though debts have forever been seen as this monster which you need to be aware of all the time, it is important to understand how imperative it is ... » Learn More about Eight Things to Avoid When Applying for a Business Loan
Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by U.S. tensions, staff defections
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd built up such a successful U.S. business over the past decade that it almost drove all competitors out of the market. Yet its North American operations have been hit by internal ructions in recent weeks and months, with a raft of staff cuts and departures, according to interviews with more than two dozen current and former employees. The loss of key managers, some of who have joined rivals, has compounded problems caused by U.S. government restrictions on Chinese companies, and raised the once-remote prospect of DJI's dominance being eroded, said four of the people, including two senior executives who were at the company until late 2020. About a third of DJI's 200-strong team in the region was laid off or resigned last year, from offices in Palo Alto, Burbank and New York, according to three former and one current employee. In February this year, DJI's head of U.S. R&D left and the company laid off ... » Learn More about Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by U.S. tensions, staff defections
INSIGHT-Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by U.S. tensions, staff defections
SHENZHEN: Chinese drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd built up such a successful U.S. business over the past decade that it almost drove all competitors out of the market. Yet its North American operations have been hit by internal ructions in recent weeks and months, with a raft of staff cuts and departures, according to interviews with more than two dozen current and former employees. The loss of key managers, some of who have joined rivals, has compounded problems caused by U.S. government restrictions on Chinese companies, and raised the once-remote prospect of DJI's dominance being eroded, said four of the people, including two senior executives who were at the company until late 2020. About a third of DJI's 200-strong team in the region was laid off or resigned last year, from offices in Palo Alto, Burbank and New York, according to three former and one current employee. In February this year, DJI's head of U.S. R&D left and the company laid off the remaining R&D ... » Learn More about INSIGHT-Game of drones: Chinese giant DJI hit by U.S. tensions, staff defections