AsiaPulse News back issues from June 2001:
OPEN - ASIA PULSE INTERNATIONAL - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... Good Morning. 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 including copyright in relation to services ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - Rodney Adler was ordered to surrender his passport and provide securities of $7.7 million to corporate regulators; Mobile phone customers of troubled One.Tel will have a week to ...
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS WEAKER - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar opened weaker today after a slide overnight on the back of a weaker euro and some technical selling. Still, dealers said that despite the overnight weakness the domestic currency should hold around current levels ahead of US data ...
PACIFIC COAL TO SET UP NEW $US216MLN COKING AUSTRALIAN MINE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... BRISBANE, June 1 Asia Pulse - Pacific Coal, a Rio Tinto Ltd subsidiary, is to spend $A425 million ($US216.88 million) developing a new coking coal mine in Australia. The mine will be located near Mackay in Queensland. The Hail Creek Coal Project will develop one of ...
JAPANESE DEFENCE FORCE AWARDS CONTRACT FOR OPTICAL CAMERAS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - The Japanese Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) has awarded The BFGoodrich Company, through its trade representative Sumitomo Corporation, a contract to provide Long Range Optical ...
IDC RANKS MCDATA AS LEADER IN FIBRE CHANNEL SWITCHING MARKET.
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) BROOMFIELD, Colo., May 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - McDATA(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: MCDTA, MCDT), a global leader in open storage networking solutions, today announced its continued dominance in the Director class product market in ...
QUANTUM DEVELOPS HYDROGEN FUEL SYSTEM FOR BUSES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) IRVINE, Calif., May 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - QUANTUM Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMPCO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMCO) announced today that it had developed a state-of-the-art hydrogen storage system for a ...
GENOMIC SOLUTIONS AWARDED US PATENT FOR DNA TECHNOLOGY.
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Genomic Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: GNSL), a leading, worldwide supplier of automated solutions for genomic and proteomic research, announces that the US Patent and Trademark Office has ...
VISTEON DEVISES NEW AUTO ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM.
Jun 01, 2001 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) DEARBORN, Mich., May 31 PRNewswire-AsiaNet - Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) demonstrates another industry first, PrecisionCooling(TM). This integrated all-in-one engine cooling system delivers improved fuel economy and ...
14 CREDITORS AGREE TO EASE HYUNDAI'S FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - Korea Investment Trust Co. and 13 other investment trust companies agreed Thursday to ease financial difficulties of Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. Under the agreement, the 14 creditors will roll over Hyundai's outstanding corporate bonds ...
CITIBANK INDIA LAUNCHES MONEY ALERT SERVICE FOR NRIs.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Citibank has launched an internet and mobile-phone based money alert service 'CitiAlert' for its Non-resident Indian clients. "Our CitiAlert service for NRIs, will now enable us to reach out to them wherever they are in the world and provide them ...
MITSUBISHI TO EXPAND OPERATIONS IN INDIAN CELLULAR MARKET.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Japanese giant Mitsubishi is set to diversify and expand its range of cellular handsets in India. It is to focus on quality users and has fixed a target of $US10 million turnover for the current financial year. "Looking at the growing ...
INDIA'S ORTEM TO COMPETE WITH CHINA IN EUROPEAN FAN MARKET.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Ortem fan maker Metro Appliances has announced its entry into the European market with the first export order from Spain, thereby claiming to become the first Indian fan company to enter a market dominated by China. The managing director of Metro ...
INT'L SUGAR BODY EXPECTS TO OVERCOME FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - The International Sugar Organisation (ISO), which held its three-day council meeting here, has agreed to extend its agreement beyond 2001 and was optimistic of overcoming financial difficulties due to untimely payments by members and locational problems. ...
INDIA'S NASSCOM PROPOSES ACTION PLAN ON IT SERVICES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... CHENNAI, June 1 Asia Pulse - The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) has proposed a 10-point action plan to help India emerge as a sustainable hub for IT-enabled services. The plan, to be presented to the IT and telecoms ministries next month, was ...
OVERSEAS USE OF KOREAN CREDIT CARDS SOARS IN Q1.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - Credit card use by Koreans traveling abroad reached US$423 million during the first quarter of this year, up 38.7 per cent from the same period last year, the Bank of Korea said Friday. The number of credit card users during the trips reached 799,000, ...
RUSSELL CREDIT RAISES OFFER PRICE FOR TOBACCO CO STAKE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - ITC subsidiary Russell Credit has announced a further rise in its offer price by Rs five to Rs 125 ($US2.60) to acquire a 20 per cent stake in tobacco major VST Industries. The hike follows a similar hike earlier this month, when the company ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN STOCKS HIGHER AT OPEN - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Australian stockmarket inched higher today at the open as a resurgence in technology stocks on Wall St overnight helped the local market shrug off yesterday's declines. The all ordinaries index was 14.1 points higher at 3331.3 shortly after ...
SANTOS, CUE FIND NEW GAS DEPOSIT OFF EAST JAVA.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - A new gas deposit has been struck of the coast of East Java. Santos Ltd's subsidiary Santos (Sampang) Pty Ltd (ASX: STO) and Cue Energy Resources Ltd (ASX: CUE) said today hydrocarbons were indicated at the offshore Oyong-1 well off East Java. ...
DROUGHT PUTTING STRAIN ON KOREAN RESERVOIRS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said Friday water levels at reservoirs across the country are getting lower due to a two-month drought. The ministry said water levels at the 17,956 reservoirs around the country amounted to only 66 per cent of ...
INDIA'S BHEL TO DEBUT IMPROVED ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BSE:BHEL) would introduce a new version of its eco-friendly battery powered road vehicle, 'Electravan', with a host of improved features. The new version of the Battery Powered Road Vehicle (BPRV) would have a ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - Reform minded lawmakers in MDP call for personnel changes at Chong Wa Dae - Medical insurance likely to become a burden on the people HANKYOREH SHINMUN - ...
KOREA'S MOFE CONSIDERS LOWERING INTEREST RATE CEILING TO 50 PCT.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Ministry of Finance and Economy is considering lowering the ceiling on the annual interest rates on loans offered by private moneylenders to 50 per cent, down 10 percentage points from the originally proposed 60 per cent. "We are considering ...
IRAN OFFICIAL PRAISES 3RD PLAN'S ATTENTION TO BANKS' GROWTH.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TEHRAN, June 1 Asia Pulse - The general manager of the national Bank Melli of Iran stated here on Wednesday that the Third Five-Year Economic Development Plan is to be credited for the outstanding growth in the country's banking system. Valiollah Seif referred to the plan's ...
AUSTRALIA'S BRIAN MCGUIGAN, SIMEON WINES FORM ALLIANCE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - Brian McGuigan Wines Ltd (ASX:MGW) has signed an agreement with Simeon Wines Ltd (ASX:SWS) on the creation of a strategic winemaking and domestic distribution alliance to take effect July 1. Both companies said the alliance would create a new force in ...
WASTE MANAGEMENT NZ TO BUY TWO AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - Waste Management NZ Ltd (ASX:WNZ) has announced plans to acquire two waste businesses for a total of $A23 million ($US11.63 million). WAM said it had entered into agreements to buy Brisbane-based Barkoola Environmental for $12.5 million, and ...
KOREAN GOVT WILL NOT LINKING TOBACCO TO CONSUMER PRICE HIKE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - South Korea's Ministry of Finance and Economy said it had no intention of limiting cigarette price increases to within consumer price hike rates, and that tobacco manufacturers would be allowed to set their own prices from July 1 when a new law takes effect to ...
INDIAN GOVT SETS UP GROUP TO PREPARE NEW FERTILISER POLICY.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Indian Government has decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GOM) headed by the Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, to prepare a fertiliser policy and set up a revival package for the Fertiliser Companies. The government is working on the ...
CHINA-TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS BETTER THAN IN 1999: PREMIER.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Relations between Taiwan and Mainland China are more stable now than they in previous years and Taipei-Washington ties have improved significantly as well, said Premier Chang Chun-hsiung. The welcome that the United States government accorded to ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei): - Economic Council Draws Up 7-Point Reform Plan - Japan, China, S Korea Seek Common Patent Standards - Mazda To Develop Diesel Engine For European Market ...
APEC OFFICIALS MEET IN CHINA'S SHENZHEN PROVINCE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Senior officials from the 21 countries and entities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum will meet in Shenzhen, mainland China, from Friday to Sunday. Taiwan, attending under the name of Chinese-Taipei, will be represented by Shen ...
JAPANESE HOUSING STARTS DIP IN APRIL.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's housing starts fell 7.2% on the year to 99,556 units in April, the fourth consecutive month of decline, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported Thursday. The decline was attributed chiefly to a sharp drop in starts on ...
EIGHT JAPANESE FIRMS COMPETE TO DEVELOP NEW DEFENSE PLANES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Eight companies will compete for contracts to develop new patrol and transport planes for the Defense Agency, the companies said Thursday. The projects mark the first time in 30 years that large aircraft are to be developed in Japan, with submissions ...
JAPAN'S ECONOMIC COUNCIL DRAWS UP 7-POINT REFORM PLAN.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy has released draft guildelines for a seven-point structural reform program addressing a variety of issues including the rigid budget allocation method. The guidelines, slated for official release in late ...
JAPAN'S UNIPRES GROUP PRETAX PROFIT RISES 9% IN FY2000.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Unipres Corp. (TSE: 5949), an autoparts maker affiliated with Nissan Motor Co. (TSE: 7201), said Thursday its consolidated pretax profit rose 9% to Y2.08 billion ($US17.52 million) in the year ended March 2001. Behind the growth were personnel ...
HONDA TO DEBUT 3 MODELS, TARGETS RECORD JAPAN SALES THIS YEAR.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, Jun 1 Asia Pulse - Honda Motor Co. (TSE:7267) will market three new models in Japan later this year, company President Hiroyuki Yoshino said Thursday. The automaker aims to sell a record 830,000 cars in Japan in fiscal 2001. It will release a 1.3-liter ...
IRANIANS INSPECT RUSSIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLANT.
Jun 01, 2001 ... MOSCOW, June 1 Asia Pulse - An Iranian delegation headed by Iranian Ambassador to Moscow, Mehdi Safari, visited a plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk Wednesday to meet Russian technicians employed to build an Iranian telecommunications satellite, the Interfax news agency reported ...
SUMITOMO COAL BOOKS 1ST GROUP OPERATING PROFIT IN 4 YEARS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Sumitomo Coal Mining Co. (TSE: 1503) posted a consolidated operating profit of Y1.6 billion ($US13.47 million) for the year ended March, a turnaround from the previous year's 400 million yen loss and the first group operating profit in four years, the company ...
JAPAN'S SHIONOGI, AVENTIS CROPSCIENCE TO FORM AGROCHEM TIE-UP.
Jun 01, 2001 ... OSAKA, Jun 1 Asia Pulse - Shionogi & Co. (4507) announced Thursday it will tie up with Aventis CropScience of France in the agrochemical business. The firms will set up a joint venture in Tokyo on Oct. 1 to sell agrochemical products of both firms in Japan. Annual ...
MITSUBISHI GAS TO WITHDRAW FROM UREA PRODUCTION.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. (TSE:4182) said Thursday that it plans to cease its own output of urea in March 2002, and outsource production to Mitsui Chemicals Inc. (TSE:4183) as of April 2002. Prices are falling and imports are increasing of the ...
JAPANESE PM PLEDGES TO KEEP FIGHTING TO REALLOCATE ROAD TAXES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said that he was determined to win his case for the review of the allocation of tax revenue designated exclusively for road construction. Speaking at a press interview Thursday, Koizumi said, "My determination to ...
JAPAN'S SONY SETS TRACKING-STOCK PRICE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Sony Corp. (6758) has set a tentative price range of 3,000-3,500 yen a share in book-building ahead of the June debut of its tracking stock, the company said Thursday. The issue, the first of its kind in Japan, will track the performance of wholly ...
JAPAN'S EBARA CORP SET TO ENTER WHOLESALE POWER MARKET.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Japan's Ebara Corp. (TSE: 6361) is to form a company to wholesale electric power. The enterprise will be capitalized at Y490 million ($US4.12 million) yen, with Ebara taking a 65% stake. Contributing the rest will be a Nippon Telegraph and ...
JAPAN'S DAINICHISEIKA POSTS US$56.5 MLN GROUP OP PROFIT.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TOKYO, June 1 Asia Pulse - Dainichiseika Colour & Chemicals Mfg. Co. (TSE:4116) announced Thursday that it booked a consolidated operating profit of 6.8 billion yen (US$56.5 million) for the fiscal year ended March 31, up 1 per cent from a year earlier. While sales of coloring ...
STOCKS - KOSPI, KOSDAQ INDEX EDGE DOWN - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - Stocks on the Korea Stock Exchange were flat early Friday as the report of U.S. unemployment claims will be released in the day. As of ...
SHARES IN OPEN TELECOMS PLUNGE 34% AFTER JOB CUTS NEWS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SYDNEY, June 1 Asia Pulse - Shares plunged 34 per cent in early trade for the Murdoch and Packer-backed Open Telecommunications Ltd (ASX: OTT) after announcing job cuts. The company is struggling to meet forecast cashflow. OTT shares dived 11 cents to 19.5 cents by ...
RENAULT-SAMSUNG SELLS MORE THAN 5,000 SM5 VEHICLES AGAIN IN MAY.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - Renault-Samsung Motors said that it sold 5,203 units of its SM5 passenger car in May, exceeding the 5,000 level for the third consecutive months. The automaker, who sold 5,094 of the model in March and 5,014 in April, said sales at home came to 5,153 ...
PAKISTAN GOVT AIMS TO EARN US$800 MLN FROM TOURISM BY 2005.
Jun 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, June 1 Asia Pulse - A new tourism policy, presented to Chief Executive General Pervez Musharraf for final approval, has the lofty targets of increase in the number of arriving tourists by 6.5 per cent annually and the foreign exchange earnings up to US$800 million by 2005. ...
AUSTRALIA'S CITY PACIFIC SET TO LIST ON BOURSE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... BRISBANE, June 1 Asia Pulse - City Pacific Ltd, a Brisbane-based property investor, has outlined plans to raise $A5 million ($US2.53 million) and list on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). City Pacific is seeking to raise $5 million through an offer of five million shares at ...
PAKISTAN TO TAKE STEPS TO BOOST SOFTWARE EXPORTS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, June 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan said it would offer its neglected but nascent information technology sector a major boost, aiming to increase software export, to more than US$1 billion annually within the next five years. Science and Technology Minister Alta-ur-Rehman ...
PAKISTAN URGED TO ENTER CHINESE MARKET.
Jun 01, 2001 ... KARACHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Pakistan should endeavour to enter the Chinese market after China secures the membership of WTO. This was stated by the State Bank Governor, Ishrat Hussain while delivering the keynote address at seminar on "Pak-China relations in the 21st century" organized by ...
PAKISTAN EXPECTS US$250 MLN DROUGHT RELIEF PACKAGE.
Jun 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, June 1 Asia Pulse - The World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the World Food Programme are expected to grant Pakistan a US$250 million drought relief package. Sources in the multilateral agencies said that the losses caused by drought have been estimated at ...
CITI ISLAMIC BANK ARRANGES $US100M FINANCE FOR PAKISTAN OIL.
Jun 01, 2001 ... KARACHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Citi Islamic Investment Bank (CIIB), a Bahrain-based unit of Citigroup, had arranged a $US100 million Islamic financing facility for Pakistan State Oil Limited (PSO), a CIIB statement said. "A landmark Islamic oil import financing facility valued ...
PAKISTAN TO EXPORT 100,000 TONNES OF RICE TO KENYA.
Jun 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, June 1 Asia Pulse - Arrangements were underway for the export of 100,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan to Kenya following the reduction of import duty, said Pakistani High Commissioner in Kenya Hamid Kidwai. He made the announcement during a visit to the Islamabad ...
NIGERIA SEEKS PAKISTAN'S HELP TO DEVELOP AGRO-BASED INDUSTRY.
Jun 01, 2001 ... LAHORE, June 1 Asia Pulse - Nigeria has sought assistance from Pakistan in the field of science and technology to further develop its agro-based industry. This was brought up by the Executive Governor of the Nigerian state of Traba, Rev. Jolly, during a meeting with Punjab's ...
NEW WESTPAC ALLIANCE TO SCRAP GLOBAL BANK ACCESS FEES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... MELBOURNE, June 1 Asia Pulse - Westpac Banking Corp Ltd (ASX: WBC) has announced a global alliance with four leading financial institutions to scrap international access fees for overseas travellers. Westpac, together with the Bank of America, Barclays, Deutsche Bank/Deutsch ...
TAIWANESE BANKS GRANTED PERMISSION TO SET UP BRANCHES IN CHINA.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's Cabinet has agreed to allow local banks to set up representative offices in mainland China on the condition that their operations are confined to market surveying and consulting. In an announcement after the Wednesday Cabinet meeting, the ...
YUNNAN TOURIST INDUSTRY MISSION ARRIVES IN TAIPEI.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - A seven-member delegation organized by mainland China's Yunnan Tourist Association arrived in Taipei Thursday for a nine-day visit at the invitation of its Taipei City counterpart. The purpose of the visit is to promote cultural exchanges between ...
TAIWAN AND DENMARK TO STRENGTHEN DESIGN EXCHANGES.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Taiwan and Denmark will strengthen their design exchanges. Officials of the Design Center of China External Trade Development Council (CETRA) and members of Denmark Designer Association (DDA) reached several consensuses at a meeting held at CETRA ...
FOREX - WON OPENS DOWN AGAINST THE DOLLAR - JUNE 1, 2001.
Jun 01, 2001 ... SEOUL, June 1 Asia Pulse - The Korean won slipped against the US dollar in early trade on the local foreign exchange market due to the dollar's appreciation overseas. The dollar bought 1,283.60 won as of 10:22 am, up slightly from ...
AUSTRALIA'S FOODLAND DROPS SALE OF DEKA NEW ZEALAND.
Jun 01, 2001 ... PERTH, June 1 Asia Pulse - Perth-based retailer Foodland Associated Ltd (ASX:FOA) today said the proposed sale of its Deka New Zealand Ltd to Number One Retail Group Limited will not proceed. The company said today that despite substantial negotiations between the parties, the ...
OIL PRICES MAY RISE IN TAIWAN NEXT WEEK:CPC OFFICIAL.
Jun 01, 2001 ... TAIPEI, June 1 Asia Pulse - Oil prices in Taiwan may be higher next week due to the depreciation of the new Taiwan dollar and the rising cost of crude oil, said an official of the state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corp (CPC). The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said ...
PAKISTAN TO PREPARE ENERGY PLANS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... ISLAMABAD, June 1 Asia Pulse - The government intends to prepare three-year and 10-year perspective plans on the energy sector in order to gauge future energy demand and to draft energy policies. Official sources said the energy wing of the government's planning and development ...
INDIA TO CONSIDER ACPC'S PLAN TO ELIMINATE LOW-QUALITY COFFEE BEANS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - India has said it would examine a proposed plan by the Association of the Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) for the elimination of poor-quality beans from the market, but has rejected the group's retention plan. "During the recent meeting of ACPC ...
INDIAN GOVT TO INTRODUCE BILLS ON HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION NORMS.
Jun 01, 2001 ... NEW DELHI, June 1 Asia Pulse - In the wake of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake in Gujarat, the Indian government said it would introduce a Bill to enforce strict norms for the housing and construction industry. "The Government is working on a Bill proposing ...