The chairman of Japan's trade union called on the government to speed up its efforts to raise wages, and the chairman of Japan's Metal Workers' Union urged the government to speed up the pace of wage increase, while expressing concern about the premature tightening measures taken by the Bank of Japan. Akihiro Kaneko, president of the Board of Directors of the Japan Metal Workers' Union, said that we need to see the situation improve this year when talking about the government's measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises pass on costs to consumers through the supply chain. If we put off this effort for five or ten years, there will never be any improvement. Kaneko's remarks come as Japan prepares for annual wage negotiations, which will culminate this spring. In next year's negotiations, the union announced a record target of a monthly salary increase of 12,000 yen (US$ 79) or more. Kaneko said that we need to send a clear message that our salary increase target (this year) is higher.The number of foreign passengers entering and leaving the West Kowloon Station Port this year exceeded 1 million. The reporter recently (9th) learned from the West Kowloon Border Inspection Station of Shenzhen Border Inspection Station that since the beginning of this year, more than 1 million foreign passengers from 164 countries and regions have entered and exited through the West Kowloon Station Port, an increase of 90.2% over last year, and the highest single-day passenger flow this year exceeded 6,300. (CCTV News)Airbnb announced the top ten outbound destinations for China users during the Spring Festival holiday. According to Airbnb's data from China, compared with the year-end holidays such as New Year's Day, the search enthusiasm of China users for outbound travel during the Spring Festival holiday has nearly tripled. The top ten outbound destinations are Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, the United States, Italy and Indonesia, and Asia-Pacific destinations account for seven seats.
Market News: Bain and GIC, the largest investment institution in Singapore, seek to sell shares of JUDO CAPITAL worth A $131 million.Thai Prime Minister: Cabinet approves debt support measures.Wuxi factory was completed last year, and Yakult in Shanghai was closed this year: The Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters. Recently, the news that Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria brand, closed its Shanghai factory attracted attention. It is reported that the Shanghai factory producing Yakult, a lactic acid bacteria beverage, stopped production on December 6, and the production will be fully transferred to other domestic bases such as Tianjin factory and Wuxi factory. In this regard, Yakult China said that the Shanghai factory has been integrated into the Shanghai headquarters, and the closure of the Shanghai factory is part of the business reform, with the aim of improving production efficiency through restructuring and integrating resource allocation to further improve sales and performance. (21 Finance)
In the afternoon, the cultural media sector strengthened. Guangdong Media, vision china, Gravitation Media and Jishi Media strengthened. Tianlong Group rose by over 15%, while Palm Reading Technology and Xinhua Media rose rapidly.Local changes in the concept of network car Jinjiang Online touched the daily limit, local changes in the concept of network car, Jinjiang Online touched the daily limit, and Fulin Transportation, Haiqi Group, Public Transportation, Longzhou Shares and Tongda Electric followed suit.The cement building materials sector rose sharply, Yatai Group had a daily limit in the afternoon, and Honglu Steel Structure, Fujian Cement, Jinyu Group, hangxiao and Tianshan were among the top gainers.