Business Asia articles from July 2000

Business Asia archives from July 2000

BORDERING ON THE RIDICULOUS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... NOT LONG ago, South Korea was denouncing Kim Jong II, North Korea's eccentric leader, as a nuclear terrorist. Now, South Korean President Kim Dae Jung turns up in Pyongyang to tell Kim Jong II: "We are one people. We share the same fate....

Wahid on the wane.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... UPDATE The latest trends and controversies PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN Wahid once joked that Indonesians were mad to have elected him. After his eight months in office, many may now agree. Just before his recent return from his latest foreign...

[WORD OF MOUTH].(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... "It went very fast, I couldn't think of anywhere nicer to be." -- BUDDHIST NUN TENZIN PALMO, WHO LIVED ALONE IN A CAVE IN NORTHERN INDIA FOR 12 YEARS. "If they still, have no interest in the election, it would be good if hey just...

ASIA FACT FILE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Gender gap In this month's Fact File, we examine the labour force participation ratios of men compared to women in Asia-Pacific countries.(*) (*) A labour force participation ratio of 1.0 indicates gender equality inlabour force...

STOP PRESS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... ?? WINNERS As was widely expected, Yuko Obuchi, the second daughter of the late Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, swept aside the challenges of other general election candidates last month and defended the constituency left vacant by...

THE 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL AUSTRALIANS IN ASIA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Australian business and political leaders are increasingly leaving their mark on rebounding Asian economies. We name 25 who we think have clout DURING PAUL Keating's tenure as Australian Prime Minister, a polarising debate emerged: Is...

GOOD RIDDANCE, GUS DUR.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... So, Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid doesn't want to visit Australia. PETER CHARLTON asks: Who cares? WAHID" -- Time, July 3. "Wahid Told to Shut Up" -- South China Morning Post, July 1. "Indonesia Crippled" -- China Mail, July...

Son of a gun.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Singapore's economy continues to thrive, but Lee Hsien Loong -- the "next CEO of Singapore Inc" -- wants to open up the economy and embrace globalisation LET'S GET it out of the way now: Lee Hsien Loong is the son of legendary Singapore...

Waterfront wars.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Rising trade, political upheavals, the internet, and the emergence of powerful new players across the region makes for a fascinating future within Asia's ports and shipping industry THE BATTLE for supremacy among Asian ports is taking a...

BIG PLANS FOR HAKATA PORT.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... FUKUOKA MAY DROP HARBOUR FEES THE CITY of Fukuoka plans to turn the Hakata port into an Asian hub and publicise the project when top financial officials from the Group of Seven (G-7) industrial powers meet at the major Kyushu port city...

PORTS & SHIPPING: IN BRIEF.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... THE PORT of Singapore has clinched the "Best Seaport in Asia" award for the 12th time. The accolade came at the recent 14th Asian Freight Industry Awards (AFIA). Speaking at the award ceremony, Chert Tze Penn, director-general of the Maritime...

Rates on the rise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Australia's shipping lines are lifting prices to get back in the black. EVELYN DUFFY examines the rate rises and gauges Australian traders' reaction AUSTRALIA'S TRADING community can expect to pay more for sea freight rates between our...

3G to the fore.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... The battle to rule 3G networks is on in earnest. TIM MARSHALL reports from CommunicAsia, the biggest telecommunications trade show in Asia THEY CAME. They saw. And now Lucent Technologies wants to conquer. Lucent, headed by...

Global trade shake-up looms.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile says our ties with China have never been better -- but he warns that the dynamics of world trade are changing. THE DYNAMICS of world trade have changed irrevocably and a new approach must be forged to...

THAILAND AT THE CROSSROADS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... THAILAND MUST shift from crisis management of its economy to fundamental reforms if it is to fulfil its growth potential in the years ahead, according to a new report by a respected Australian government think-tank. The East Asia...

Trouble in the air.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Air cargo volumes are rising in South East Asia, but operational concerns at some airports may spoil the party. PROBLEMS AT South East Asian airports threaten to put a dampener on rising trade hopes in an area fast becoming Asia's poor...

DELIVERING THE GOODS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... THE WORD "fulfilment" once conjured up touchy-feely notions of romance and love. No more. Today it is a catchword of the e-commerce sector -- and it has been creating major headaches for companies and logistics providers. The problem...

LOGISTICS: IN BRIEF.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... COURIER FIRM DHL Worldwide Express is sinking US$34 million into a purpose-built cargo facility that will make Singapore its South East Asian hub, the first of three hubs in the Asia-Pacific region. "The new hub facility will consolidate DHL's...

THE WAP WAVE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Asia is embracing the WAP revolution with a passion. RENE A. MALLARI reports from Manila on the latest IT fad ON THE streets of Makati, the Philippines' main business district, yuppies and executives alike brandish their cell phones during...

THE FINAL WORD IN STYLE AND SUBSTANCE.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... In this edition, we profile finalists from Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand in the Best Business Hotels in Asia Awards SINGAPORE Conrad International Centennial Located adjacent to the Singapore International Convention...

Indian hotels get down to business.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... ONE OF India's corporate giants -- the Tata Group -- is getting serious about the business hotels sector in a move that promises to shake up the industry. Indian Hotels Company, the flagship of the Tata-controlled Taj Group of Hotels, has...

THAILAND'S TIME WARP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... The problems are far from fixed, but ALEX ERSKINE(*) believes Thailand deserves more credit for cleaning up its economic backyard EVEN FREQUENT visitors from Australia to Thailand enter an unusual time warp. Not only is progress in...

STAFF SOLUTIONS THAT WORK.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... CLIFF STONEMAN(*) says employee exchanges between Australian and Asian companies, or offering contracts to foreign executives, can make good business sense TWO KEY human resource issues are central to Australia's ability to move forward at...

IN FOR THE LONG HAUL.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... KERRY RYAN(*) examines opportunities for foreign companies stemming from privatisation plans in Indonesia THE PROPOSED sale of assets by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency and the Indonesian Government's privatisation program...

CONVERGENCE: QUICK OR THE DEAD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... The IT&T industry is rife with acronyms, catchphrases and jargon. For PAUL HIGGS(*), the most important one for him right now is "convergence" CONVERGENCE IS among the key factors driving the trend in out-tasking network services. It will...

OUTDOOR ADS ARE THE IN THING.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... COKE AND FORD: heard of them? Sure you have. It's tougher, however, for smaller companies to come up with sufficient cash to build a brand name, including the rash of internet start-ups that have flooded world markets in recent years. As...

JAPAN'S TOP COMPANIES BY MARKET CAPITALISATION(*).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... (*) AS OF 27 JUNE 2000 RANK NAME INDUSTRY 1 NTT DoCoMo Telecoms 2 NTT Cord Telecoms 3 Toyota Motor Cars 4 Sony Corp ...

A HAVEN FOR HACKERS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
July 1, 2000... Pirate software and lax regulations are fuelling Asia's e-virus industry. RENE A. MALLARI reports from Manila IT WAS MONDAY, April 26, 1999 -- the 13th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. A computer virus was programmed to...