AsiaPulse News back issues from September 2002:
FOREX - AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR OPENS SLIGHTLY DOWN - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian dollar was down slightly in rangebound trade with dealers noting options on both sides limiting movement on the local currency. At 0700 AEST, the Australian dollar was worth $US0.5500/05 from 0.5535/40 at Friday's close. The ...
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - A woman and her daughter were abducted and tied up in a Northern Territory national park. - Officers from the premier's Department are examining whether a portion of crown ...
ANALYSTS PREDICT KOREAN INDEX WILL MOVE BETWEEN 710 AND 760.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The Korea Composite Stock Price Index is expected to move in a range of 710 and 760 point next week due to few incentives to push up the market and unstable U.S. stocks, analysts said Saturday. The main stock index, which opened at 731.82 this week, ...
TYPHOON RUSA SUSPENDS AIR, SEA, ROAD ROUTES ON KOREAN PENINSULA.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Typhoon Rusa penetrated the center of the Korean Peninsula late Saturday to cause severe property damages and human losses and suspend air and sea routes and roads and railways across the Korean Peninsula. Rusa, the fifth typhoon spawned in the western ...
JAPAN PM TO OFFER ECONOMIC AID TO N.K. INSTEAD OF COMPENSATION.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Junichiro will soon propose that Japan offer economic aid to North Korea instead of war compensation, a local daily reported Saturday. Japanese vernacular Yomiuri Shimbun said that Koizumi will make the proposal Sept. 17 ...
AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY TIPPED TO SEE 0.9 PCT GDP GROWTH IN JUNE QTR.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Australia is expected to continue to show economic growth in the June quarter. A survey of economists by AAP showed gross domestic product (GDP) is tipped to rise 0.9 per cent in the June quarter. The data will be released tomorrow. This ...
PAKISTAN'S RICE EXPORTS DECLINE BY 26.47 PCT IN JULY-AUG.
Sep 02, 2002 ... KARACHI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The depleting stocks of rice in the country have marred the exports of rice as in first two months (July-August 2002) of fiscal 2002-03, it declined by 26.47 per cent. However, the rice exporters fetched better unit price on all varieties of rice ...
AUSTRALIA'S FOSTER'S CONSIDERS BOLT-ON WINE ACQUISITIONS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Beer and wine giant Foster's Group Ltd (ASX:FGL) is at this stage examining about eight or nine bolt-on wine purchases, chief executive officer Ted Kunkel said today. Speculation is growing Foster's is one of several parties looking at Moevenpick's ...
W AUSTRALIAN DIAMOND MINE SET TO GENERATE US$54.9 MLN IN EXPORTS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... PERTH, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - A northern Western Australia diamond mine is expected to generate more than $A100 million ($US54.95 million) in export earnings over the next three years. Officially opening the Ellendale Diamond Mine today, West Australian premier Geoff Gallop said it ...
PHILIPPINE ECONOMIC MANAGERS TARGET FOREIGN INVESTMENT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MANILA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The country's economic managers vowed yesterday to recapture the flow of foreign funds, mainly US funds, that used to be invested in emerging markets like the Philippines but are now being channeled elsewhere. The Investor Relations Offices (IRO) said ...
AUSTRALIA'S LAMINEX RESCHEDULES US$247 MLN ASX FLOAT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Laminex Group has appointed a new chief executive and rescheduled its $A450 million ($US247.28 million) Australian Stock Exchange float for October under a restructuring of its senior management ranks, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. A share offer ...
MINISTER PREDICTS JUMP IN OVERLAND TOURISTS TO MT GEUMGANG.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Vice Finance and Economy Minister Yoon Jin-shik Saturday predicted a sharp rise in the number of South Korean tourists to North Korea's scenic Geumgang Mountain in November when construction of a makeshift road to the mountain will be completed. "We ...
SAP EXPECTS 50% REVENUE GROWTH IN INDIA BY NEXT YEAR.
Sep 02, 2002 ... BANGALORE, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - SAP Labs, the world's leading e-business solutions provider, envisaged a 50 per cent growth in its revenue by next year in India, Clas Neumann, company Joint Managing Director, said here on Friday. SAP Labs, which has invested 125 million Euros ...
DISMISSAL BILL ON KOREAN JUSTICE MINISTER NULLIFIED.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The majority Grand National Party (GNP)-introduced motion to dismiss Justice Minister Kim Jung-kil was nullified Saturday afternoon. The GNP tried unsuccessfully to pass a dismissal bill for Justice Minister as the minority Millennium Democratic Party ...
INDIA'S SSI LTD PLANNING ACQUISITIONS TO BUILD SIZE.
Sep 02, 2002 ... CHENNAI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - SSI Ltd (BSE:SFTS) said that the company was planning a few major acquisitions in due course as "size mattered a lot in the current competitive scenerio". "IT business especially technology side has already started picking up of late and the ...
PAKISTAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY URGED TO BUY US, EU BRAND NAMES.
Sep 02, 2002 ... KARACHI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Commerce Minister Abdul Razak Dawood on Friday advised textile tycoons to buy and acquire the US and European brand names as well as distribution companies to meet the challenges that may arise following the removal of quotas from Jan 1, 2005. ...
ANDHRA PRADESH GOVT SIGNS MOU WITH INTEL.
Sep 02, 2002 ... HYDERABAD, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Andhra Pradesh government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Agreement with global chip giant Intel Corporation to expand the Intel Teach to the Future programme to over 1,100 schools as part of an endeavour to achieve cent-per-cent literacy in the state in ...
INDIA'S RBI TO REASSESS GROWTH RATE IN OCTOBER.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MUMBAI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The Reserve Bank of India is to re-assess the projected growth rate of 6-6.5 per cent for 2002-03 in October by which time reliable information on effects of drought on agriculture and industrial output will be available. The growth rate, projected in ...
KOREAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: DONG-A ILBO - Typhoon Rusa incurs worst-ever damages to nation, with at least 130 killed or listed missing - Pyongyang, Tokyo embark on preparations for bilateral summit set for Sept. 17 ...
AUSTRALIAN TRADE MINISTER PLAYS DOWN THREAT TO IRAQI WHEAT SALES.
Sep 02, 2002 ... CANBERRA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile has played down fears that wheat sales to Iraq could be jeopardised because of Australia's support for a possible United States strike. Iraq has threatened to cancel all Australian wheat sales and to send ...
HCL TECH'S NET PROFIT IN FY02 DOWN 11%; Q4 NET DOWN 48%.
Sep 02, 2002 ... NEW DELHI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - HCL Technologies (BSE:HCLT) on Friday posted a 11 per cent drop in its net profit for the fiscal ended June 30, to Rs 4.25 billion (US$87.7 million) against Rs 4.80 billion in the last fiscal. "Extraordinary provisioning of Rs 612 million towards ...
INDIA'S GOA SHIPYARD TO EXPORT FAST PETROL VESSEL.
Sep 02, 2002 ... PANAJI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a Government of India undertaking, is looking forward to export its indigenously designed Fast Petrol Vessel (FPV), being built for the Indian Coast Guard. The company was in the process of building two FPV and one ...
MOODY'S REVISES BANK OF TAIWAN'S RATING OUTLOOK TO NEGATIVE.
Sep 02, 2002 ... NEW YORK, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Moody's has revised the rating outlook for the Bank of Taiwan (BOT) to negative from stable. The bank's ratings remain unchanged: long and short-term deposits at A1 and Prime-1 respectively, and bank financial strength at C. The negative outlook ...
TSMC NOT TO MOVE TOWARD MAINLAND WITHOUT GOVT APPROVAL.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)(TAIEX:2330) Chairman Morris Chang said Friday that the TSMC will not move toward mainland China before getting approval from the government. Chang made the remarks prior to giving a luncheon speech at the ...
STOCKS - AUSTRALIAN SHARES OPEN DOWN - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MELBOURNE, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The Australian stock market opened down today after a sluggish week on the United States market. The local market had been expected to get off to a sluggish or directionless start given a public holiday in the US and the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...
TAIWAN AIRLINES TO HAVE BOEING JETS INSPECTED.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Taiwan's three airline companies that operate Boeing passenger jets will be asked to have the aircraft inspected upon the request of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) Director General Chang Kuo-cheng said Saturday. ...
AUSTRALIAN MINISTER CITES NECESSITY OF GOVT SUGAR BAILOUT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... CANBERRA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - A federal government bailout of the struggling sugar industry was necessary to prop up towns along the Queensland and northern NSW coast, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said today. Cabinet is considering a $A100 million ($US54.95 million) rescue package ...
TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC GROWTH RATE TO EXCEED ORIGINAL TARGET.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - With the global economy gradually recovering, government economic agencies and major domestic economic research institutes have generally predicted that Taiwan's economic growth rate will exceed the Cabinet's original target of 2.7 per cent for this year. ...
TAIWAN ECONOMICS MINISTER ATTENDS MEETING IN NEW ZEALAND.
Sep 02, 2002 ... AUCKLAND, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger has made a positive response to the proposal that New Zealand and Taiwan sign a free trade agreement to boost bilateral economic cooperation, ROC Minister of Economic Affairs Lin Yi-fu said Friday. Lin, ...
KOREAN GOVT TO RELEASE STOCKPILES OF GOODS AHEAD OF HOLIDAY.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The government Monday decided to release stockpiles of agricultural, fisheries and livestock products held by government agencies to help subdue rising commodity prices just weeks before the Sept. 21 Chuseok holiday. Price rises have been fueled by ...
TAIWAN-U.S. RELATIONS BECOMING CLOSER: GOVT REPORT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Since the Bush administration took office in January 2001, relations between Taiwan and the United States have become closer, according to a recent administrative report sent to the Legislature by the Executive Yuan. The report on Taiwan's relations ...
FRAPORT AG KEY PARTNER TO BUILD, MANAGE BERLIN'S NEW AIRPORT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) FRANKFURT, August 30/News Aktuell-AsiaNet/ -- A key partner in the BBIP consortium, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide, will be providing its know-how for the new Berlin-Schnefeld airport project in Germany's ...
AUSTRALIA'S PBL SET FOR RETURN TO PROFITABILITY.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SYDNEY, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd (ASX:PBL) is expected to show solid results when it unveils its annual results this week. But the ongoing advertising slump is likely to have limited earnings. Analysts expect the media giant ...
PONY CANYON, MATSUSHITA TO SELL NEW ONLINE CHILDREN'S COURSE.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Pony Canyon Co. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. (TSE:6752) have jointly developed a new online course, which they claim will help improve children's brain functions, sources familiar with the matter said. The course is due to hit the market on ...
PASONA, TOSHIBA UNIT PLAN PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR ELEC STORES.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sep 2 Asia Pulse - Major job placement agency Pasona Inc. (TSE:4332) and Toshiba Life Electronics Co., a sales subsidiary of Toshiba Corp. (TSE:6502) have established a joint venture, which will place workers at home electronics retailers and wholesalers, sources familiar with the ...
SKYMARK ASKS FTC TO INVESTIGATE MAJOR AIRLINES' FARE CUTS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sep 2 Asia Pulse - Skymark Airlines Co. (TSE:9204) asked the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday to begin an investigation into the fare reductions made by major airlines to see if the cuts violate Japan's Antimonopoly Act. Skymark believes the cuts were made to ...
TOYOTA WORKERS TO GET COMMEMORATIVE BONUS IN SEPT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... NAGOYA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Toyota Motor Corp. (TSE:7203) plans to give all employees a special bonus of 50,000 (US$421.15) to 80,000 yen in September to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the signing of a labor-management pact. The bonus payment is also designed to reward ...
JAPAN'S GULLIVER INTL SEES PRETAX PROFIT STAYING FLAT IN H1.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sep 2 Asia Pulse - Gulliver International Co. (7599) now expects to book about 2.1 billion yen (US$17.69 million) in group pretax profit for the six months ending Aug. 31, almost unchanged from the year-earlier level. The figure will fall short of an earlier projection of ...
LOUIS VUITTON JAPAN TO OPEN ITS BIGGEST SHOP IN TOKYO.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sep 2 Asia Pulse - Louis Vuitton Japan KK, the local unit of one of the most prestigious global fashion brands, will open the largest Louis Vuitton store in the world on Sunday in Tokyo's Omotesando district, where many stylish shops are located. With total floor space of ...
JAPAN'S ENIX SET FOR 23 PCT LOWER FY02 NET PROFIT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Enix Corp. (TSE:9684) announced Friday that it expects group net profit to fall 23 per cent to 3.3 billion yen (US$27.8 million) for the current year through March 2003, reversing its earlier forecast of a 12 per cent rise. The major developer of ...
TELSTRA, OPTUS DISMISS REPORT OF OVERCHARGING.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MELBOURNE, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Telstra (ASX:TLS) has dismissed a report accusing it and rival telco Optus of overcharging customers by more than $A2.3 billion ($US1.26 billion) a year. Telstra's director of communications and strategic affairs, Michael Herskope, said the report ...
AUSTRALIAN GOVT MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE REVIEW PANEL RELEASES REPORT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... CANBERRA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - New plans to overhaul medical negligence laws will mean that doctors could only be sued within three years and people injured in risky sports could be blocked from suing for negligence. Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan today releases the first ...
PAKISTAN SEES RISE IN CAR PRODUCTION, SALES IN JULY.
Sep 02, 2002 ... KARACHI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The production and sales of locally assembled cars soared by 42 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively, during the first month of the current financial year over the corresponding month of the last fiscal. A total of 3,991 units of cars were rolled ...
CHINA-HK-TAIWAN EMERGE AS KOREA'S BIGGEST EXPORT MARKET.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The region comprising China, Hong Kong and Taiwan has emerged as South Korea's biggest export market, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said Monday. The nation's exports to the region this year came to US$23.76 billion as of August 20, ...
KOREA'S CORPORATE PERFORMANCE TO SLOW IN H2.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Major companies listed on both the main and over-the-counter KOSDAQ stock markets are expected to show a slower pace of growth in sales and operating profits during the second half, according to Daehan Investment Trust Securities Co. Monday. The ...
JAPAN'S IWATSU PROJECTS US$6.7 MLN GROUP NET LOSS FOR SEPT QTR.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Iwatsu Electric Co. (TSE:6704) said Friday it is likely to post a consolidated net loss of 800 million yen (US$6.74 million) for the six months through September, compared with a 43 million yen profit a year earlier. Although the company earlier ...
JAPAN'S YUSEN AIR SET TO DOUBLE GROUP PRETAX PROFIT.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Yusen Air & Sea Service Co. (TSE:9370) said Friday it expects consolidated pretax profit for the six months through September to more than double year on year to 2.5 billion yen (US$21.05 million), exceeding an earlier forecast of 1.5 billion yen. The ...
JAPANESE MORNING NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sep 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of the morning edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) today: - Govt Mulls Completing Roads Privatized Highway Corp Will Not Build - Tanaka Wins Nagano Race, Seeks Dialogue With Opponents - Koizumi To Propose 6-Way ...
SANSUI ELEC POSTS US$1.3 MLN NET LOSS ON WEAK AUDIO EQUIP SALES.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Hit by declining sales of its mainstay audio equipment, Sansui Electric Co. (TSE:6793) announced Friday a parent-only net loss of 155 million yen (US$1.3 million) in the fiscal half ended June 30, compared with a 761 million yen profit the previous year. ...
OMANI OIL PRODUCTION FALLS 5.6 PCT IN H1.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MUSCAT, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Oman's oil production stood at 164,783.2 barrels during the first half of this year, against 174,620.9 barrels during the corresponding period in 2001, constituting a decline of 5.6 per cent, according to reports published by the National Economy Ministry. ...
ICT TECH, EUROPHONE GROUP ANNOUNCE DEAL WITH GUANGDONG RICHVAST.
Sep 02, 2002 ... (Full text of a statement. Contact details below.) NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall-AsiaNet/ -- ICT Technologies, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ICTT) and Europhone Group of Companies have announced their entering into an agreement with Guangdong Richvast Group Co., Ltd ....
NSK OFFERS EARLY RETIREMENT, SEEKS 500 ENROLLEES.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - NSK Ltd. (TSE:6471) has begun offering an early retirement program in Japan. The company aims to enlist 500 employees from parent operations and consolidated subsidiaries by the deadline of September 6. This corresponds to roughly 7 per cent of the ...
PAL INDONESIA COMPLETES HK ORDER FOR 2 CONTAINER VESSELS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SURABAYA, East Java, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - State ship builder PT PAL Indonesia is currently completing a number of ships and other projects to meet local and foreign orders, including two 43,200-dwt container vessels for Hong Kong. "We are also building a floating production unit ...
NIKKEI WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Major headlines from the Sept 2 issue of the Nikkei Weekly: FRONT - Pyongyang visit risky for Koizumi - TV shopping gaining favor with consumers - GDP rises, but outlook still grim ...
JAPAN OFFICIAL REACTS FAVORABLY TO U.S. TARIFF EXEMPTIONS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Takeo Hiranuma on Friday released a statement saying that based on the formal announcement of the list of exemptions from the U.S. emergency steel safeguard measures, Japan may decide not to implement retaliatory tariffs ...
JAPAN'S ALPS BEGINS INTERNET SALES OF ELECTRONIC PARTS IN US.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TOKYO, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Alps Electric Co. (TSE:6770) has started marketing electronic parts over the Internet in the U.S. The company, which launched efforts Sept. 1, is selling 122 different products, chiefly general-purpose industrial equipment parts such as switches and ...
STOCKS - KOREAN SHARES OPEN HIGHER - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Korean stocks opened in bullish mood on Monday buoyed by a 20.4 per cent year-on-year jump in August exports and the start of KT Corp.'s stock buyback plan. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) posted 741.06 as of 9:30 a.m., up 4.73 points or ...
INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - SEPT 2, 2002.
Sep 02, 2002 ... JAKARTA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE JAKARTA POST: - The government is considering lowering luxury sales tax on cars to boost domestic car demand in attempts to encourage foreign investors to manufacture cars in Indonesia, the Ministry of ...
INDIAN OIL CORP ARRANGES US$200 MLN FOREIGN CURRENCY LOAN.
Sep 02, 2002 ... MUMBAI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Indian Oil Corporation (BSE:IOC) has asked the Bank of Baroda (BSE:BOB) to arrange a US$200 million foreign currency loan facility by way of external commercial borrowings on a fully underwritten basis for a two year period. The facility was being ...
PROFITS OF TAIWAN'S STATE-RUN FIRMS SET TO DECLINE NEXT FY.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Annual profits from all state-run enterprises are expected to be NT$155.1 billion (US$4.56 billion) for the next fiscal year, about NT$13.4 billion (US$394 million) lower than the levels of 2002, the government said. According to the latest Central ...
CHINA'S TSINGTAO BREWERY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH TAIWAN FIRM.
Sep 02, 2002 ... TAIPEI, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - China's Tsingtao Brewery Co. (SEHK:0168) has signed an agreement with Taiwanese Sanyo Whisbih Ltd. to produce beer in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, according to a report carried in the Hong Kong daily Wen Hui Bao. The details of the cooperation ...
KOREAN GOVT CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FLOOD RECOVERY.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - The government will consider asking the National Assembly to allow the supplementary budget to be used for projects aimed at helping the nation recover from recent floods, an official from the Ministry of Finance and Economy said today. The decision ...
INDONESIA'S INDOSAT TO SELL 17.33 PCT STAKE IN INDOPRIMA.
Sep 02, 2002 ... JAKARTA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Indonesian telecommunications firm PT Indosat said it plans to sell its 17.33 per cent stake in East Java personal communications service operator PT Indoprima Mikroselindo (Primasel). An Indosat executive Wityasmoro Sih Handayanto said last weekend ...
INDONESIAN PROVINCE SEES 43.29 PCT SURGE IN CACAO BEAN EXPORTS.
Sep 02, 2002 ... JAKARTA, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Indonesia's South Sulawesi has seen an annual 43.29 per cent surge in cacao bean exports to 155,975 tons in the first seven months of this year. Zulhefi Sikumbang, a chairman of the Indonesian Cacao Association (Askindo) predicted that exports in the ...
KOREA'S SSANGYONG SELLS 60.9 PCT MORE VEHICLES IN AUGUST.
Sep 02, 2002 ... SEOUL, Sept 2 Asia Pulse - Ssangyong Motor Co. said Monday its foreign and domestic sales in August reached 12,997, up 60.9 per cent from a year earlier. Last month, domestic sales rose 77.4 per cent from the same period last year to 11,875, ...