AsiaPulse News back issues from January 2000:
INDIAN NEWSPAPERS HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 1, 2000.
Jan 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of Saturday's newspapers: THE HINDUSTAN TIMES - The two Indian Airlines aircraft carrying the hostages, officials and the federal external affairs minister Jaswant Singh arrived at the Indira Gandhi Airport on Friday. ...
INDONESIAN GOVT URGED TO ACCEPT FOREIGN LOANS:.
Jan 01, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 1 Asia Pulse - The Economic Development and Evaluation Institution of Indonesia's Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LP3N-KADIN) has urged the government not to fear accepting new foreign loans from donor countries as they were still necessary to support national development. ...
STOCKS - DSE CLOSES 1.69 PTS LOWER - JAN 1, 2000.
Jan 01, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Sentiment turned somewhat better as stock prices finished in positive territory, with moderate gains on the opening session of 2001. Institutional and retail investors made sizeable purchases at old, as well as new-economy stocks. ...
PAKISTAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 2, 2000.
Jan 02, 2000 ... KARACHI, Jan 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers. DAWN - Pakistan borders sealed for hijackers - Pakistan, India swap lists of N-installations - National Accountability ordinances challenged in Supreme Court - Y2K bug ...
FOREX - DOLLAR AT 1,126.80 WON IN EARLY TRADE- JAN 2, 2000.
Jan 02, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 27 Asia Pulse - The U.S. dollar moved little against the won Thursday morning amid inactive trading. Opening at 1,127.70 won, the dollar was traded at 1,126.80 ...
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... Good Morning. Welcome to the year 2000. This is the Asia Pulse International service of business intelligence, news, tenders and expert commentary on the economies of Asia provided by Asia Pulse Pte Ltd (Asia Pulse). Asia Pulse reserves all rights ...
INDIA'S GDP GROWTH RATE ESTIMATED AT 6 % IN JUL-SEP.
Jan 03, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Robust performance by India's manufacturing and agricultural sectors pushed up the economic growth to a healthy 6 percent during the second quarter of the current fiscal period July-September, compared to 4.2 percent in the corresponding period last year. ...
CORRECTION: PAKISTAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Headline Date Correction) KARACHI, Jan 3, 2000, Asia Pulse - Highlights from today's newspapers. DAWN - Key changes made in federal bureaucracy - Nine perish as train hits wagon near Chiniot - Afghanistan rejects Indian claim ...
TULLETT & TOKYO/LIBERTY MERGE TO BUILD GLOBAL 'SUPER BROKER'.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Full text of statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3 Asia Pulse - Tullett & Tokyo plc and Liberty Brokerage Investment Corp. finalized a merger today that creates one of the largest inter-dealer brokers in the world. The new firm, Tullett & Tokyo Liberty ...
CORRECTION INDIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Repeating item transmitted yesterday to correct year in headline.) NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE TIMES OF INDIA - The Indian government is considering to have trained commandos on flights. - India has ...
CORRECTION STOCKS - BSE OPENS HIGHER - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Repeating item to correct year in headline.) MUMBAI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Led by the trend-setter Infosys Technologies, equities witnessed an unprecedented all-round rally lifting the benchmark to an all-time high of 5252 at the early stages today on the stock ...
STOCKS - DSE OPENS HIGHER - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Repeating item to correct year in headline.) NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - A flurry of buying by foreign institutional investors (FIIs) lifted benchmark index by nearly 5 per cent in ...
KOREAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS TO CLOSE DEC 31, 1999-JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Dec 30 Asia Pulse - Financial organizations will close Friday (Dec. 31) through Jan. 3 to prepare for possible Y2K problems. ...
WORLD OIL PRICES - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... MUSCAT, Oman, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Prevailing oil prices per barrel in the world markets today were as follows: <Pre> Type DeliveryPrices Oman Crude Feb $ 23.08 Dubai Crude Feb $ ...
INDIA RELEASES 3 KASMIRI ACTIVISTS IN RETURN FOR HOSTAGES.
Jan 03, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - India on Friday flew the Pakistani cleric Maulana Masood Azhar and two other Kashmiri militants to Kandahar in exchange for the release of 155 passengers and crew held hostage on the hijacked Indian Airlines aircraft for eight days following an agreement with ...
INDIAN SCOOTER SALES TAKE A BEATING.
Jan 03, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - At a time when the Indian automobile industry is booming, scooter sales dipped in April-November of the current fiscal year, due to negative growth registerd by two-wheeler majors Bajaj Auto and LML and Maharashtra scooters. The scooter segment was ...
FORD INDIA SELLS 1,677 OF ITS MID-SIZED CAR IKON IN DEC.
Jan 03, 2000 ... NEW DELHI, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Ford India sold 1,677 units of its latest model mid-sized car Ikon during December ,and accumulated orders for 5,360 more, a senior company official said on Friday. December sales of Ikon, which was launched last month, were slightly higher than ...
INDONESIAN GOVT HAS REGAINED INT'L CONFIDENCE:ECONOMIST.
Jan 03, 2000 ... YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - After two months in office, the government of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri has succeeded in gaining international confidence, and has made a good begininning to the enforcement of economic ...
PHILIPPINES TO HOST ASEAN LABOUR MINISTER'S MEETING.
Jan 03, 2000 ... MANILA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - As part of its commitment to promote the welfare of labor, the Philippines will host a meeting of labor ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sometime this year. Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma of the Department of Labor and ...
BRUNEI, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA & PHILIPPINES RESTART TOURISM PLANS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Concrete actions are now being taken to revive interest in the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Philippines East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) now that the regional crisis is believed to be over. The BIMP-EAGA was designed to strengthen ...
HEAVY RAINS MAY SLASH PHILIPPINES' SUGAR YIELD.
Jan 03, 2000 ... BACOLOD CITY, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The continuous heavy rains that have been pummelling most parts of the Philippines recently may affect slash the country's projected sugar yield from 1.8 to only 1.7 million metric tons. Even then, that's an optimistic figure according to Sugar ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Highlights of Korean newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - Concerns over Y2K glitches linger on; Bill Gates sees confusion in weeks. - Miracle medicine to treat Alzheimer's disease developed in Korea. JOONGANG ILBO - ...
AUSTRALIAN HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES LIKELY TO RISE SOON.
Jan 03, 2000 ... CANBERRA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Australians will be paying more for their home loans in 2000 with the Reserve Bank of Australia likely to lift official interest rates as soon as February, economists today predicted. Dresdner Kleinwork Benson economist Rob Henderson said that while ...
ADB TECHNICAL - PHILIPPINES, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ADVISORY.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ************************************************** ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DECEMBER 1999 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT - ADVISORY ************************************************** ...
ADB TECHNICAL - CHINA, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ************************************************** ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DECEMBER 1999 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT - PROJECT PREPARATION ...
ADB TECHNICAL - CHINA, ACID RAIN, ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANTS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ************************************************** ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DECEMBER 1999 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT - PROJECT PREPARATION ...
ADB LOAN PROJECT - PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NAVIGATION AIDS SYSTEM.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES DECEMBER 1999 LOAN PROJECTS ********************************************** PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Rehabilitation of the ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - INDONESIA, ASSETS TRACING.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* INDONESIA - BANKING ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - CHINA, ENVIRONMENT CONSULTANTS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* CHINA - LIAO RIVER ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - BANGLADESH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* BANGLADESH - HEALTH ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - VIETNAM, SANITATION EQUIPMENT.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* VIETNAM - THREE ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - VIETNAM, BANK SYSTEMS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* VIETNAM - PAYMENTS ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - UZBEKISTAN, IRRIGATION CONSULTANTS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* UZBEKISTAN - KARSHI ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - KYRGYZSTAN, FLOOD CONTROL.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* KYRGYZSTAN - FLOOD ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - KYRGYZSTAN, IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* KYRGYZSTAN - ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - INDONESIA, IRRIGATION PROJECT.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* INDONESIA - JAVA ...
WORLD BANK PROCUREMENT - INDIA, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.
Jan 03, 2000 ... *** Asia Pulse Tender *** ********************************************* WORLD BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES SERVICE PROCUREMENTS DECEMBER 1999 ********************************************* INDIA - SECOND STATE ...
PROFILE - PT ASTRA AGRO LESTARI TBK , UPDATED DEC 1999.
Jan 03, 2000 ... **************************************************** A PROFILE OF PT ASTRA AGRO LESTARI TBK PREPARED BY ASIA PULSE ANALYSTS (UPDATED DEC 1999) ******************************************************* <Pre>Name: PT Astra Agro Lestari ...
BANK INDONESIA TO RECEIVE IMF ASSESMENT.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will give a firm assessment to Bank Indonesia, following public disclosure of the audit report carried out by State Financial Audit Board (BPK). A source told Bisnis Indonesia that an IMF recommendation would be ...
AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SYSTEMS CLEAR THE Y2K HURDLE.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has announced that its computer systems have weathered the Y2K changeover with no problems, and the local bourse is ready to recommence trading tomorrow. The ASX said that it had completed Y2K tests on all its ...
SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMY THIS WEEK.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Outlook of major economic issues this week: By Lee Dong-min Stock Market: The stock market's opening will be a major highlight this week with high expectations of the "January effect." Also attracting attention to the bourse is ...
POTENTIAL KOREAN AEROSPACE INVESTORS CUT TO THREE.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The list of potential foreign investors in Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has been narrowed down to Boeing, British Aerospace, and the consortium of Lockheed-Martin, Aerospatiale and Dassault. The KAI said Monday the three would compete to win the ...
AUSTRALIAN MARKETS RECORD STREAK PREDICTED TO CONTINUE IN 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The Australian stockmarket is poised to outdo its recent record highs at the start of the year 2000, with the telecommunications and technology sectors continuing their vigorous run, market commentators said. "We'll open quite strongly in 2000 I think, ...
INDONESIA EXPERIENCED NO Y2K PROBLEMS.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Indonesia experienced no Y2K-related problems in the six sectors regarded as the country's most vulnerable, as of Saturday at 00.30 local time. Head of the Working Group for Computer Problems of the Year 2000 Agum Gumelar said that observers noticed ...
S. KOREA'S TRADE SURPLUS LIKELY TO REACH US$13 BLN FOR 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - South Korea's Commerce, Industry, and Energy Ministry predicted Monday that exports would rise 8.9 percent from last year to US$157 billion and imports 20.3 percent to $144 billion this year to produce a trade surplus of $13 billion. The ministry said ...
INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE JAKARTA POST - Indonesia's inflation rose to 1.73% in December, bringing inflation for the whole year to 2.01%. - Bank Indonesia fires back at the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) by accusing the ...
INDONESIA'S 1999 INFLATION RATE AVERAGES 2.01%.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's inflation rate in 1999 averaged 2.01 percent or way below the previous year's figure of 77.63 percent, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported. "Improvements in the economic and political situations this year influenced the ...
HONG KONG'S FINANCIAL SECTOR SUCCESSFULLY CLEARS Y2K PERIOD.
Jan 03, 2000 ... HONG KONG, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The financial services sector of Hong Kong, including the banking industry, the securities and futures industry and the insurance industry, will open for business as normal tomorrow (January 3), a spokesman for the Financial Sector Emergency Co-ordination ...
CANADA TO BECOME BIG MARKET FOR PHILIPPINES.
Jan 03, 2000 ... CEBU CITY, Philippines Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Canada is going to be a big market for Philippine products this year. Such is the anticipation of Philippine Ambassador to Canada Francisco L Benedicto who said that Canada was enjoying faster growth than the surging United States ...
ECOMMERCE.COM, EXTANTTO LAUNCH GREATER CHINA RETAIL PORTAL.
Jan 03, 2000 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) HONG KONG & SAN DIEGO, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - eCommerce.com, Inc. and Extant-Asia, Limited announced their intent to launch an ecommerce portal for Greater China under the name China.eCommerce.com, by Q2 / 2000. David C ....
STOCKS - KL SHARES UP IN EARLY TRADE - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange opened the first day of trading of the New Year broadly higher this morning following spill-over effects from last week's strong buying interest, dealers said. The benchmark Composite Index jumped 11.09 points to ...
FORD MOTOR RECRUITS FORMER SENIOR DAEWOO MOTOR EXEC.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Ford Motor, which has openly challenged U.S. rival General Motors in bidding for Daewoo Motor, recently recruited a former senior executive of Daewoo Motor, an informed source close to situation here said Monday. Ulrich Bez, former senior manager at ...
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR PREDICTED TO REACH US$0.70 BY 2001.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SYDNEY, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar is expected to push the boundaries in 2000 as a result of global economic growth and improving commodity prices, with an influx of foreign tourists for the Olympics likely seen as likely to push up local spending and add energy to the trend ...
HK BUSINESSMEN KEEN TO INVEST IN INDONESIA.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - A number of Hong Kong major investors in a meeting with Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri in Shang-La hotel of Hong Kong over the weekend expressed interest in expanding their business in Indonesia. The Indonesian consulate general in Hong Kong in ...
INDONESIA'S JAN-NOV EXPORTS DOWN 1.94% FROM 1998.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's exports in the first eleven months of 1999 dropped by 1.94 percent in value to US$44.07 billion from the figure recorded for same period in 1998, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) reported. The value of oil/gas exports increased by ...
40 FOREIGN TRAVEL AGENTS IN INDONESIA TOURISM PROMOTION.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - At least 40 travel agents from Europe, the United States and Asia will be guests at Indonesia's tourism promotion scheduled to be held from January 20 to 25. Director of Aerotourism Operations and Marketing Toto K said the promotional activity ...
CYBER STOCK, FUTURES TRADING IN KOREA HITS $388 BLN IN 1999.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Cyber stock and futures trading among the nation's top five brokerage houses last year reached 444.47 trillion won (US$388 billion U.S. dollars), up an incredible 2,054 percent from 1998. Business sources said Monday that the number of cyber stock ...
KOREAN COMPOSITE INDEX TO HIT 1,500 POINTS IN 2000: SURVEY.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - The stock market will continue its bullish run this year, with the composite index expected to hit as high as 1,500, according to a survey of stock market experts Monday. The Seoul Economic Daily, based on the results of a survey of 40 experts, said ...
S KOREAN PRES MAY REINSTATE FINANCE MINISTER TO DEPUTY PM.
Jan 03, 2000 ... SEOUL, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - President Kim Dae-jung announced in his New Year's speech Monday that he would consider restoring the status of the finance and economy minister to that of deputy prime minister. The finance and economy minister lost deputy prime ministerial status in ...
MALAYSIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: NEW STRAITS TIMES - KUALA LUMPUR: A more meaningful co-operation between non-governmental organisations and the Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Ministry is being promoted with two important ...
FOREX - CURRENCIES UP AGAINST RINGGIT AT OPEN - JAN 3, 2000.
Jan 03, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Most major currencies kicked off the new year trading firmer against the ringgit in early trade Monday. Trading was relatively thin because major currency markets like London, New York and Tokyo have yet to trade, a dealer said. The ...
INDONESIA REVOKES INHUTANI'S PERMIT TO MANAGE EBONY TRADING.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Minister of Forestry and Plantations Nurmahmudi Ismail has revoked the permit given to state forestry company PT Inhutani II to manage ebony trading in Central Sulawesi. The company is now only allowed to rehabilitate deforested land abandoned by ...
INDONESIAN CEMENT MAKER ANDALAS STOPS PRODUCTION.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - State cement producer PT Semen Andalas Indonesia (SAI), which is based in Lhoknga, Aceh Besar, northern Sumatra, has reportedly closed down since it stopped supplying cement to the local market during the past few days. According to local building ...
INDRA ABLE TO HANDLE CORPORATE DEBTS: BANK INDONESIA.
Jan 03, 2000 ... JAKARTA, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Bank Indonesia and the National Economic Council (DEN) are trying to ensure that the Indonesian Debt Restructuring Agency (INDRA) and the Jakarta Initiative could work effectively in handling corporate debts, the central bank's deputy governor Dono Iskandar ...
MALAYSIA'S PNB OWNS SHARES WORTH MORE THAN RM45 BLN.
Jan 03, 2000 ... KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 Asia Pulse - Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), the government owned capital investment company, which has managed to give competitive returns to all its unitholders regardless of the funds that they invested in, has now more than RM45 billion (US$!_RM3.80) worth of equity ...