Vol. 11 Nbr. 7, August 2003
Index
- A tale of two countries.
- US and Europe call to dump yuan peg.
- Word of mouth.
- Japan sold more yen from January through July than in any other entire year as it tried to stem a currency gain that threatens the nation's exports.
- Nine in 10 new jobs in Singapore go to citizens and permanent residents, acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said in rebuttal to a university study saying foreigners took 75 per cent of new jobs, the Straits Times reported.
- South Korea's finance minister Kim Jin Pyo says a stronger Chinese yuan may slow growth in the country's second-biggest overseas market, suggesting he won't join a chorus on nations pushing China to allow its currency to appreciate.
- Thailand plans to more than triple foreign-currency revenue from tourism to one trillion baht ($36.7 billion) by 2009.
- The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry expects the economy to probably grow between for per cent and 4.5 per cent this year.
- The Philippine Government charged four officials from the tax and customs bureaus with graft and corruption, eight months after President Gloria Arroyo started a "lifestyle check" on some officials to weed out corruption.
- Vietnam Airlines Corp is targetting new routes to San Francisco, Frankfurt and the UK as the state-owned carrier takes delivery of four Boeing Co 777s in the next two years, according to chief executive Nguyen Xuan Hien.
- What's the buzz?
- Is ASEM still relevant?
- Voting race still open in Awards.
- Asia's next generation.
- Grounded internet high flyer takes on NTT.
- Top Tassie exporters gather.
- Exporting to Asia with the Commonwealth Bank.
- Patriotism highest in the Apple Isle.
- Tiny speck creaming the world.
- DHL launch state of the art Sydney Airport Development.
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC).
- Land infrastructure efficiencies need to match port gains.
- Shipbuilding on the rise in South Korea.
- Piracy worsens around Indonesia.
- Call to women to increase exports.
- Boost for ESSA.
- Warming up the Chinese market.