Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from May 2002

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Private sector concerned about Mauritius' economy.
May 1, 2002... Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The growth rates per sector of the Mauritian economy, except for sugar, have all taken an upward trend, said Raj Makkoond, director of the Economic Council (JEC). "But the growth estimates are the lowest...

Malian tourism sector hopes to earn 100 billion CFA.
May 1, 2002... Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian tourist sector hopes to create 6,000 jobs and to record 250,000 new hotel check-ins that will earn it 100 billion CFA by 2010, Malian Craftsmanship Minister Zakiatou Walet Halatine has said. Halatine said...

Ethiopia gets 7 million dollars to tackle killer diseases.
May 1, 2002... Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has been granted more than seven million US dollars from the Global Fund supported by computer billionaire Bill Gates, to tackle killer diseases, the State radio announced Wednesday. The report said...

Museveni, Zuma warn Burundi rebels.
May 1, 2002... Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma have warned Burundi rebels, who shunned the South Africa-mediated settlement, to join the peace process in their country. Following...

Labour leader urges Malian workers to unite.
May 1, 2002... Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Siaka Diakite, Secretary General of the Mali National Workers' Union (UNTM), urged fellow unionists Wednesday to pull together to realise the Union's goal of protecting workers' rights in the country. Addressing a...

Prime Minister pays tribute to Mauritian workers.
May 1, 2002... Saint-Denis, Reunion (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Aneerod Jugnauth paid tribute to the country's workers and trade unions in a message to mark Labour Day, Wednesday. "We are celebrating the workers' inalienable rights. The...

Rights group wants UN sanctions maintained on Liberia.
May 1, 2002... Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The UN Security Council should maintain the arms embargo against the Liberian government, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. In a new report on rights abuses in Liberia, the New York-based rights group also called...

Mbeki visits Mozambique Thursday.
May 1, 2002... Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African President Thabo Mbeki begins a two-day State visit to Mozambique Thursday for talks on bilateral and regional issues with his counterpart Joachim Chissano, South African officials said...

IMF promises transformation of Ivorian private sector debt.
May 1, 2002... Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - IMF Managing Director, Horst Kohler pledged in Abidjan Wednesday that Cote d'Ivoire's private sector debts would be transformed into investment funds for small and medium-sized businesses. "We intend to...

Opposition party challenges Sierra Leone's Electoral body.
May 1, 2002... Freetown Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) has rejected the National Electoral Commission (NEC) decision to disqualify the party's vice-presidential candidate, Abu Bakar Jalloh, from the 14 May polls....

Somali militia fight leaves three dead.
May 1, 2002... Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - At least three militia men were killed and five others were injured in Tuesday night's fighting at the Burhakaba area near the Somali provincial town of Baidoa, 250-km south-west of Mogadishu. Witnesses...

14 die in Algiers jail fire.
May 1, 2002... Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Fourteen inmates were reported dead and 11 others injured in a fire that gutted a wing of the Serkadji prison in Algiers Tuesday night, an official said Wednesday in the Algerian capital. The blaze was reportedly...

UN extends mandate of Mission in Western Sahara.
May 1, 2002... Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Security Council has extended till June 30, the mandate of the UN mission for the organisation of a referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the Moroccan State Television TVM, reported Wednesday. Western Sahara...

6,000 demonstrate against racism in Reunion on May Day.
May 1, 2002... Saint Denis, Reunion (PANA) - After Jean-Marie Le Pen's surprise showing in the first round of French presidential poll, some 6,000 people demonstrated in Reunion on May Day, Wednesday, against "racism and colonialism". The demonstration...

Malawi's alleged coup plotters to sue government.
May 1, 2002... Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Sudi Adak Sulaimana, who was in March cleared of treason charges, is suing the Malawi Government for millions of kwacha for wrongful detention. Sulaimana, alongside three others, were arrested in March 2001 for...

Labour Day overshadowed by anti-Le Pen protests in France.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Ruth Nabakwe, PANA Correspondent Paris, France (PANA) - Labour Day was overshadowed in France Wednesday by demonstrations organised by groups opposed to the policies of French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen. ...

South African workers to celebrate Workers' Day.
May 1, 2002... Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Thousands of South African workers were Wedensday expected to attend Workers' Day rallies organised by the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) at 28 venues around the country. In South...

Kenyan village in mourning after flood deaths.
May 1, 2002... Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Heavy rains in Kenya have left villagers in Meru, 200 km from the capital Nairobi, in mourning after a mudslide in the area was feared to have killed 10 people as the weatherman warned Kenyans to brace for more deluge....

Liberian clubs missing out on continental tourneys.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Peter Kahler, PANA Correspondent Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Local players are losing opportunities to show their worth to the outside world as Liberian clubs miss out on continental competitions. For nearly four years now, no...

Strike continues in Guinea-Bissau.
May 1, 2002... Bissau, Guinea Bissau (PANA) - Fourteen workers' unions in Guinea-Bissau are on a general strike pressing for the payment of a three-month arrears of their salaries. The strike has continued despite the announcement of one month salary...

African broadcasting charter to be launched on Press Freedom Day.
May 1, 2002... Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The African Charter on Broadcasting will be launched during Friday's celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) said Wednesday. The charter will be launched as...

South African cosmonaut speaks to children and celebrities.
May 1, 2002... Moscow, Russia (PANA) - South African cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth said that he was adamant that his trip to the International Space Station this week would pave the way for other Africans to fly to space. The 28-year-old Cape Town...

Ex-premier supporters reject Mali's partial results.
May 1, 2002... Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The supporters of erstwhile Prime Minister Ibrahima Boubacar Keita (IBK) have dissociated themselves from the first results of the poll published Tuesday night by the national vote centralisation commission which placed...

Food poisoning kills six in Cote d'Ivoire.
May 1, 2002... Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Food poisoning recently claimed six lives in Vavoua, a village located at about 300 km from Abidjan, hospital sources said Wednesday in Abidjan, the Ivorian economic capital. According to the sources, 36...

New political party registered in Liberia.
May 1, 2002... Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Despite the government's ban on political activities, the New Deal Movement (NDM) has been registered as a political party. The registration of the NDM Wednesday brings to 15 the number of political parties...

Liberian security bars US envoy from visiting activist.
May 1, 2002... Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - Liberian security Tuesday evening barred US Ambassador Bismarck Myrick from visiting Counsellor Taiwon Gongloe who has been admitted at a local hospital in Sinkor, Monrovia, after he was severely beaten in a police...

Football facilities are limited in Togo.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Franck Ayawo Assah, PANA Correspondent Lome, Togo (PANA) - With only two stadiums and without any training school, Togo is not well-endowed in terms of football facilities, and yet the game is considered to be the most popular in...

CAN 2002 accounts return to haunt Zambian team officials.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Lewis Mwanangombe, PANA Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The Zambian government has expressed dissatisfaction with the manner in which funds given to the Football Association of Zambia for the upkeep and allowances of national...

Tunis has good sports facilities.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Adel Rochdi, PANA correspondent Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia, whose national football team has qualified for the second time in a row for the World Cup finals, is one of the rare African countries with excellent sporting...

Senegalese Football Championship after 25th round.
May 1, 2002... Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - This year's Senegalese football champions, Jean d'Arc football club, confirmed its good form Tuesday when it beat AS Douanes 1-0 in the 25th round of the first division soccer championship. Second place Sonacos...

KFF to revamp national team management (Feature).
May 1, 2002... Byline: David Jagongo, PANA Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - In a bid to improve Kenya's performance in international events, the Kenya Football Federation is in the process of forming a private company to manage the senior team known...

Kenyan premier league round-up.
May 1, 2002... Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nothing dramatic happened in the Kenyan Premier League as Western Kenyan teams - Mumias Sugar and Nzoia - fastened their grip on the national event. Both, sponsored by sugar milling companies, are leading the...

Some Nigerian workers shun May Day celebrations.
May 1, 2002... Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Workers in Nigeria's northern Yobe state have boycotted the 2002 May Day celebrations to protest alleged "glaring gross mismanagement, misappropriation and embezzlement of state resources" by the state government...

Kenyan workers get 7 percent salary hike.
May 1, 2002... Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government Wednesday raised the minimum wage of workers by seven percent, which will enable the lowest paid employee to earn 3,210 shillings (40 US dollars), up from last year's monthly rate of 3,000...

Kabila in Zimbabwe for talks with Mugabe.
May 1, 2002... Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila arrived in Zimbabwe Wednesday for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the peace process in the central African country. Government officials in Harare...

Police detain journalist in Zimbabwe.
May 1, 2002... Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Police in Zimbabwe arrested a third journalist in two days over a false story of a murder of an opposition member by supporters of the government. The police said they would charge Andrew Meldrum, a correspondent...

Some $1.02 million redeemed from Nigeria's debt.
May 1, 2002... Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A total of 1.024 million US dollars of Nigeria's estimated 28 billion-dollar external debt has been redeemed through the country's Debt Conversion Programme (DCP) this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said. ...

S. African minister's recipe for cities without slums.
May 1, 2002... Byline: Felix 'Machi Njoku, PANA Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fact that there is a slum around every major city in Africa does not mean that there can't be cities without slums, says Sankie Mtembi-Mahanyele, the Housing...

Nigerian government faces dilemma over 2002 Budget.
May 1, 2002... Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration faces real dilemma on how to implement the 2002 national Budget, which he has since signed into law, without inflicting more pains on the country's troubled economy. The...

20 Liberian LURD rebels detained by Sierra Leonean police.
May 1, 2002... Freetown Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leonean police have arrested at least 20 armed rebels of the Liberians United for Reconstruction and Democracy (LURD) since the beginning of this year, a senior police officer said Wednesday in Freetown....

SPEED RECORD ATTEMPT PLANNED FOR NORTHERN CAPE.
May 1, 2002... A British engineer is planning to ride a streamlined rocket powered motorcycle faster than 650km/h in the Northern Cape in June 2003 in an attempt to set a new World Land Speed Record for two-wheeled machines. Ray Wakefield, a Port Elizabeth...

GUARDIAN CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED.
May 1, 2002... Andrew Meldrum, a correspondent for London's Guardian newspaper, was arrested on Wednesday morning under President Robert Mugabe's new press-gag law, members of his family said in Harare. Police arrived at 50-year-old Meldrum's home at 7.40am...

U.A.E.: Zayed, Mubarak see hope in Saudi peace initiative.
May 1, 2002... President His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak yesterday expressed hope that the Arab peace initiative, put forward by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, would bring the derailed peace...

U.A.E.: UAE women salute Palestinian women for their heroism.
May 1, 2002... The 9th Women conference, organised by the General Women Union, which concluded yesterday hailed the heroism and steadfastness of the Palestinian women in defending their homeland against aggression. The participants also praised President H.H....

U.A.E.: ADNOC announces cut in crude supply for June.
May 1, 2002... Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) yesterday announced a five per cent cut in supply of two of its crude oil grades to clients during the month of June, 2002 . The nomination cut declared by ADNOC covers Murban and Lower Zakum crude grades....

U.A.E.: Emirates profits up, says Sheikh Saeed.
May 1, 2002... Emirates Group has concluded the financial year 2001-2002, with a profit of Dh 603 Million (US$164), Group Chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum announced in Dubai, yesterday. He said despite the volatility underwent by the industry during...

U.A.E.: Conserve water, achieve sustainable development: Abu Dhabi Declaration.
May 1, 2002... Striking a balance between agricultural development rates and conservation of water resources is one of the main factors of sustainable development, according to Abu Dhabi Declaration for Agricultural Development and Desertification Control....

U.A.E.: Sheikh Butti inaugurates Abu Dhabi-Geneva Flower Clock.
May 1, 2002... Sheikh Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Municipality and Town Planning, yesterday inaugurated the Geneva flower clock presented by the City of Geneva to H.H the President Sheikh...

U.A.E.: Corniche expansion work in high gear.
May 1, 2002... Bulldozers rumble day and night to bury the water off Abu Dhabi city as part of a major project to expand its landmark Corniche and ease traffic pressure on one of the biggest seaside roads in the region, officials said yesterday. In a little...

U.A.E.: Mohammed honours cream of Arab journalism.
May 1, 2002... Sheikh Mohammed presenting the special award to Radwan Abu Ayyash. The cream of Arab journalism was honoured last night at a gala ceremony by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister. The...

U.A.E.: ESCMA approves listing of ETISALAT stock.
May 1, 2002... The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (ETISALAT) has received the approval for listing from Emirates Securities and Commodities Market Authority. The listing is expected to take place in "the very near future", a company official said....

MISSING FISHERMEN SEARCH TO END.
May 1, 2002... Rescue workers resumed their search on Wednesday for the six fishermen who went missing off the coast near Cape Town, but said this third day of search efforts would be their last. "We'll be calling off the search as of today if we don't find...

NO ARRESTS FOR MAGALIESBRUG FARM MURDER.
May 1, 2002... No arrests have yet been made in the case of a 78-year-old woman who was murdered on Monday at her farmhouse in Magaliesburg, West Rand police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Milica Bezuidenhout said the West Rand murder and robbery unit had...

UPINGTON WOMAN DIES AFTER FALLING ONTO PARAFFIN STOVE.
May 1, 2002... A 56-year-old Upington woman died after she fell onto her lit paraffin stove on Tuesday, Northern Cape police said on Wednesday. Maria Sunguwa fell onto the stove after she suffered an epileptic fit, police spokeswoman Captain Cherelle Ehlers...

EMULATE WESTERN CAPE TO IMPROVE FARM RELATIONS: NNP.
May 1, 2002... A Western Cape project aimed at improving relations between farmers and farmworkers should be emulated in the rest of the country where there were high levels of farm attacks, New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Wednesday....

THREE ARRESTED AFTER STOLEN GOODS REQUIRED.
May 1, 2002... Three men were arrested in Soweto on Tuesday after stolen cars and goods valued at R300000 were recovered from a house in Zola, police said on Wednesday. Superintendent Richard Luvhengo said two policemen from the Soweto dog unit followed a...

UNCLE SAM IS OUR ALLY NOT ENEMY: LEON.
May 1, 2002... South Africans should stop declaring war on the United States as they needed Washington as an ally to turn their own and the continent's situation around, Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon said on Wednesday. Addressing a Workers' Day rally...

ASMAL TO INTERVENE IN MALUTI SCHOOL BOYCOTT.
May 1, 2002... Education Minister Kader Asmal will visit Maluti in the Eastern Cape on Tuesday to investigate reports of a boycott of classes due to lack of delivery of textbooks and stationery to schools in the area, his spokesman Molatwane Likhethe said on...

GVT, TAC TO SQUARE UP IN COURT AGAIN OVER NEVIRAPINE.
May 1, 2002... The government and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) will meet in court yet again on Thursday and Friday to get the final word on whether nevirapine should be provided at state hospitals to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV....

WOMAN'S BODY FOUND IN PLASTIC BAG REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.
May 1, 2002... The decomposed body of a black woman that was found wrapped in a plastic bag in Randfontein on Monday had still not been identified by Wednesday, West Rand police said. Municipal workers found the woman, aged between 20 and 26, lying next to...

PAC LAUNCHES ECONOMIC STATUS CAMPAIGN.
May 1, 2002... The Pan Africanist Congress on Wednesday chose Workers' Day to launch its economic status campaign, which it said was aimed at ensuring that Africans were no longer doomed to be perpetual third class citizens in their own country. Speaking at a...

MURDER VICTIM THROWN FROM CAR, MAN STRUCK BY TRACTOR.
May 1, 2002... Mpumalanga detectives were on the trial of the killers of a man hurled from a moving vehicle near Badplaas, while investigators were probing the death of another man run over by a tractor at nearby Marble Hall. Police spokesman Captain Malculm...

HILLBROW CARETAKER SHOT IN CHEST.
May 1, 2002... A middle-aged caretaker was admitted to hospital on Wednesday after he was shot twice by a man who wanted to rent a flat, Hillbrow police said. The caretaker had informed three men that there were no flats available when one of them shot him in...

DA CONDEMN ZIM GOVERNMENT'S HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS.
May 1, 2002... Democratic Alliance chairman Joe Seremane on Wednesday condemned the Zimbabwe government for its continued harassment of journalists. Seremane, reacting to the arrest of a Andrew Meldrum, a correspondent for London's Guardian newspaper on...

THREE INJURED IN VANDERBIJLPARK ROBBERY.
May 1, 2002... Three people, including a three-year-old child, were injured when four men robbed a store in Vanderbijlpark on Tuesday night, Vaal police said on Wednesday. Four armed men entered the Portey Sentra, ordering staff and clients in the store to...

EXPECTED MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TOMORROW: 2002-05-02.
May 1, 2002... ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 05:00 SAST MIN MAX Pretoria 15 26 Johannesburg 11 24 Vereeniging 13 26 Nelspruit 16 25 Ermelo 12 24 Witbank 12 24 Standerton 11 24 Skukuza 19 29...

TRAVELLERS WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW: 2002-05-02.
May 1, 2002... ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 04:00 SAST. PRETORIA: Partly cloudy with few afternoon thundershowers. Minimum/Maximum: 15/26 C. The expected UVB sunburn index in Pretoria: high....

THE REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROWY:2002-05-02.
May 1, 2002... ISSUED AT 16:00 SAST BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE. THIS FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 06:00 SAST. GAUTENG: Partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon thundershowers. The expected UVB sunburn index in Pretoria: High. MPUMALANGA: Partly...

FLYING SQUAD AVERTS ARMED ROBBERY.
May 1, 2002... A 26-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to rob a business premises in Brixton on Wednesday, Johannesburg police said. Captain Mashadi Selepe said two men entered the premises and allegedly held up five people. They demanded...

GAUTENG POLICE URGE COMMUNITIES TO HELP THEM FIGHT CRIME.
May 1, 2002... Gauteng police commissioner Perumal Naidoo has called on the province's residents to report criminals who murdered officers so that they could be arrested. "The provincial commissioner Perumal Naidoo is again calling for voluntary assistance of...

DROP CHARGES AGAINST FORMER APLA LEADER: FFRC.
May 1, 2002... A committee seeking the release of what it calls bona fide liberation movement cadres still in South African jails is demanding the dropping of murder, arson and terrorism charges against a former Azanian People's Liberation Army (Apla)...

TSHWETE MEMORIAL SERVICE ON THURSDAY.
May 1, 2002... Hundreds of people are expected to attend countrywide memorial services on Thursday for Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete who died unexpectedly last week. The official service will be held at Pilditch Stadium, Pretoria West at noon...

TSHWETE MEMORIAL SERVICE ON THURSDAY.
May 1, 2002... (LEADS TO ADD THAT JACKIE SELEBI WILL ACCOMPANY THE BODY) Hundreds of people are expected to attend countrywide memorial services on Thursday for Safety and Security Minister Steve Tshwete who died unexpectedly last week. The official service...

HIJACKER KILLED BY MEMBERS OF SOSHANGUVE COMMUNITY.
May 1, 2002... A hijacker was killed by members of the Soshanguve community after a shootout on Tuesday night, Pretoria police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred at Block X, Soshanguve where a 35-year-old man and his friend stopped to visit another...

ROODEPOORT CABLE THIEF ELECTROCUTED.
May 1, 2002... A suspected cable thief was electrocuted while trying to cut through power lines at the old Durban Deep Mine in Roodepoort on Wednesday, Johannesburg emergency services said. Spokesman Malcolm Midley said the man tried to cut through over-head...

SOUTH AFRICAN MURDERED IN MOZAMBIQUE.
May 1, 2002... A South African man was murdered during a robbery in a shabby part of Maputo, Mozambique, on Tuesday. Foreign Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa on Wednesday confirmed the murder of William Efeen Berk, and said the South African consulate in the...

The mobile phone market showed impressive growth in the first quarter - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... The number of mobile phone users in Thailand rose from seven million to about ten million in the first three months of this year, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. The launch of a new mobile phone service by TA Orange, combined with...

SME Fund buys shares in Wrat Inc - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... The government's fund to invest in small- to medium-sized enterprises (the SME Fund) has purchased a 40 per cent stake in Wrat Inc, Krungthep Turakij reported. The SME Fund, managed by One Asset Management, invested about five million baht...

Analysts remain wary of THAI stock - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... Most stock analysts agree that Thai Airways International (THAI) stock is fairly risky, partly because of internal management problems, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. An analyst from Phillip Securities (Thailand) said that uncertainty...

Loxley sets annual growth target at 20 per cent - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... Loxley is continuing with its main lines of business and predicts its income will rise 20 per cent this year, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. The managing director of Loxley said the company's income would rise about 20 per cent this...

United Foods decides to withdraw from the stock market - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... United Foods shareholders approved a motion by the major shareholders to withdraw the company from the SET, a report in Krungthep Turakij said. At the general meeting on 29 April the majority of United Foods shareholders voted approval...

S&P gained 202 million baht from its public offer - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... The instant food and restaurant company S&P Syndicate sold ten million shares to the public at 21 baht a share, Krungthep Turakij reported. Advised by Asset Plus Securities, S&P Syndicate made a public offer of ten million capital increase...

Viti Animation launches first animated feature - Krungthep Turakij 30/4/02.
May 1, 2002... Viti Animation's first 3D animated TV programme, "Bungbond," will debut on 2 May, Krungthep Turakij reported. Viti Animation has been in the cartoon business for about 30 years, producing two popular cartoon magazines. The company owns the...

Housing business posts 15 percent growth quarter-on-quarter.
May 1, 2002... The housing business registered a quarter-on-quarter growth of 15 percent in the first quarter after financial institutions moved to relax mortgage loan approval regulations, Manager Daily said on April 30, 2002. Chaiyan Chakarakul, the...