Business Asia articles from April 2001

Business Asia archives from April 2001

ABL'S AWARENESS PUSH.(Australian Business Limited launchese ad campaign)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
April 1, 2001... RAISING AWARENESS about export assistance packages will be one of the key aims of Australian Business Limited's (ABL) new brand awareness advertising campaign. The new advertising campaign, aimed at boosting the group's image and promoting...

Asia agrees to currency swap.(miscellaneous items about Asian economies)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... ASIA'S LEADING governments have put the finishing touches on plans for a network of currency swapping arrangements to guard against a current global economic slowdown and a repeat of the 1997 regional economic crisis. Finance ministers...

go figure.(three statistics from Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... FOLLOWING ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OR STATISTICS RELATING TO ASIA-PACIFIC NATIONS 319 The number of hectares being made available for private housing in Hong Kong over the next four years. 96 The number of hours taken by...

STOP PRESS.(three news items; from Hong Kong, Japan and Indonesia)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... WINNERS Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto might have ended his last tenure in the top job on a rather disastrous note in 1998, but it appears that if his efforts to become the new leader of the LDP are successful, he could...

China's tactical fumble.(China's handling of spy plane accident may hurt its international relations)
April 1, 2001... China took the high moral ground in the recent US spy plane drama. But many analysts think China may be the one who ends up being the loser from the incident. WHEN US warplanes bombed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade two years ago, one of...

FOREIGN BANKS KEEN FOR WTO.(seek entry to China's banking market)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... FOREIGN BANKS are twiddling their thumbs waiting for China to join the World Trade Organisation, sighing over delays to their much-anticipated penetration into its sheltered market. A slew of overseas players, including the world's biggest...

Global view for Asian telcos.(Asian telecommunications companies are major players in the world market)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... IF YOU LOOK TO WHO'S leading the global telecommunications race, you're more than likely to find Asian telcos at the top of the table. Asian-based telecommunications companies are among the world's largest communications providers, and are...

Tourism surge hits Singapore.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... A RECORD NUMBER of visitors came to Singapore last year and spent the most money since 1995 as Asia's economies expanded. The 7.7 million visitors last year spent S$11.02 billion ($11.8 billion), a gain of 10.5 per cent over 1999, the...

ASIA'S BEST AND BRIGHTEST.(finalists for the 2001 Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards)
April 1, 2001... The finalists for the 2001 Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards have been announced. Readers are urged to vote using the coupon on page 16. To help readers make their choices, Business Asia will profile all of the finalists in the lead-up to the...

HK joins world slump.(Hong Kong's gross domestic product growth expected to slow)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
April 1, 2001... HONG KONG'S ECONOMIC growth will slow by more than half this year, pulled down by slumping demand from the US and the rest of Asia, the Government said. Gross domestic product will probably expand four per cent in 2001 after growing 10.5...

GOOD TIMES IN SLOWDOWN FOR LI AND FUNG.(company's exports likely to increase if US goes into recession)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... William Fung sounds almost gleeful as he expounds on the possibility that the US, the world's biggest economy and his own largest market, is about to slip into recession. After all, he reckons, people buy more cheap things when incomes...

Export mix changes.(Australia's 50 most important exporting companies and officers)
April 1, 2001... Australia's 50 Most Important Exporters THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN the Australian export scene in the last year. A quick look at any of our recent export figures will show an increasing shift away from commodities and agriculture into...

P&O NEDLLOYD LEADS THE WAY.(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
April 1, 2001... P&O NEDLLOYD CONTAINER Line Limited was formed in December 1996, as a 50:50 joint venture of P&O and Royal Nedlloyd, representing the liner shipping interests of the two companies. It is the second largest container carrier in the world, with...

Exporters leading the way.(Australian exports are at record levels)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... THE LOW AUSTRALIAN dollar has helped boost exports to record levels, with growth at its fastest pace in 21 years in 2000. Driven by a 153 per cent rise in petroleum products, Trade Minister Mark Valle said a new round of World Trade...

WHITE COLLAR CROOKS.(barristers in New South Wales, Australia, who fail to pay taxes)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... WHILST THEY are certainly a minority grouping within their profession, law-breaking barristers failing to meet minimum income tax payments and requirements abound in New South Wales, Australia. Eyebrows have been raised beyond Australian...

SKILLED STAFF OUR BEST EXPORT.(Australia is losing skilled workers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... Australia is losing our best and brightest workers to Asian companies. CLIFF STONEMAN examines what needs to be done to keep our top people. A RAPIDLY EXPANDING Asian market, with governments eager and willing to support business leaders...

AUSTRALIA A VENTURE CAPITAL TARGET.(for Japanese investors)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2001... JAPAN'S VENTURE capitalists have shifted their sights to Australia, with the Osaka-based Global Venture Fund (GVF) establishing a local secretarial to help raise interest, Australian companies with innovative hi-tech products or services are...