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COPYRIGHT 2004 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd
An executive briefing on the economies of Asia for April 29, 2004, prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia based wire with exclusive news, commercial intelligence and business opportunities.
PAKISTAN BOOKS BELOW-TARGET REVENUE COLLECTION IN MARCH
ISLAMABAD - The revenue collection has declined by 8.97 per cent to Rs39.958 billion (US$695 million) during March against the month's budgeted target of Rs43.9 billion.
The official final figures released by the Central Board of Revenue (CBR) showed that the revenue registered a growth of only 3.5 per cent during the month under review when compared with the collection of Rs38.583 billion over the same month last year.
INDONESIA, CHILE SIGN ECONOMIC, TECHNICAL COOPERATION PACT
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri and visiting Chilean President Ricardo Lagos Escobar at their meeting at the Merdeka Palace here on Wednesday agreed to forge bilateral cooperation in economic and technical fields.
At the meeting, President Megawati was accompanied by the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti and Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Rokhmin Dahuri.
ANALYSIS - SINGAPORE OFFICE SPACE - MARCH QUARTER, 2004
(Analysis by Knight Frank Research. Contact details below.)
SINGAPORE - The mood in the Singapore office market remains cautious at present. Of the total stock of some 6.6 m sqm of office space in both the private and public sectors as at end 2003, almost 18 per cent was officially recorded...
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