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Regional Outlook
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January 1, 2008
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- Onn, Lee Poh; Menon, Jayant; Ananta, Aris; Phouphet, Kyophilavong; Kwek, Kian-Teng; Than, Mya; Rillo, Aladdin D; Bin, Chua Hak; Saicheua, Supavud; Freeman, Nick J
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Brunei Darussalam
The Brunei economy has been recording positive growth rates for the last few years. The labour force participation rate has also been increasing from 69.9 per cent in 2004 to 71.7 per cent in 2006. Unemployment fell to 4 per cent as at end 2006 compared with 4.3 per cent
in 2005.1 Brunei's literacy rates are among the highest in ASEAN. Literacy rates have increased from 80.3 per cent in 1981 to 84.7 per cent in 1991 and 93.7 per cent in 2001.2
Real GDP was 5.1 per cent in 2006 and estimated to be around 1.9 per cent in 2007,3 after hovering about 0.5 per cent in 2004 and 2005.4 The production of oil (barrels/day) has increased from 201,000 barrels in 2005 to 219,000 ...
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20.6 per cent increase to RM208.6 billion
New Straits Times;
October 28, 2000 ;
316 words
......Times 10-28-2000 20.6 per cent increase to RM208.6 billion Edition...ringgit terms, rose by 20.6 per cent to RM208.63 billion to account for 86 per cent of total gross exports. Although...They accounted for 71.4 per cent of total export earnings in...
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The World Today: Sharp rise in women who drink and drive; 60 per cent...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);
June 18, 2007 ;
289 words
......has risen by almost 60 per cent since 1995, figures showed...The research shows a 58 per cent increase in women of all ages from...increase of almost 50 per cent in women aged under 30 from...increase of 1,227 or 47 per cent. This compared with 85,693...estimates suggest a six per ...
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Manulife Financial reports record Q3: 41 per cent increase in net income,...
Canadian Corporate News;
November 9, 2000 ;
787 words
......assets to $58.4 billion, a 38 per cent increase from the third quarter of 1999...quarter was $266 million, a 19 per cent increase over the prior year. Similarly...sales growth, led by a 78 per cent increase in Canada, a 34 per cent increase...
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13 per cent increase a good move
New Straits Times;
October 12, 2005 ;
P.C.S.;
84 words
......New Straits Times 10-12-2005 13 per cent increase a good move Byline: P.C.S. Edition: Main...increasing the tax on tobacco by only 13 per cent. If the increase had been quite substantial, say 50 to 60 per cent , we would have created many instant...
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A 72 per cent increase! (Psst. . . that's the council tax rise in just six...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);
March 12, 2002 ;
245 words
......we are to expect an 8.7 per cent increase in Cardiff council tax bills...up by a massive 72.26 per cent since 1996/1997. Can anyone...costs have risen by 9.5 per cent and my gas costs have decreased by 45 per cent (due to a change of supplier...
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Bank of Sharjah announces 51 per cent increase in net profit
Al Bawaba;
April 19, 2005 ;
328 words
......of Sharjah announced a 51 per cent increase in net profit posting AED 44.3...customer deposits posted a 20 per cent increase to reach AED 2.4 billion on March...Sharjah also reported a 33 per cent increase in share capital over 2004 from...
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Six per cent rise in world steel output ; World crude steel production for...
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph;
December 4, 2007 ;
139 words
......in October. This is a 6.6 per cent increase on October 2006. Total world...2007, an increase of 8.1 per cent over the same period of 2006...October, an increase of 13.5 per cent on October 2006. Japanese production increased by 2.7 per cent, South Korean by 8.5 per cent...
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14.7 per cent increase in tourist arrival in April 2000.
M2 Presswire;
May 5, 2000 ;
181 words
......INDIAN GOVERNMENT: 14.7 per cent increase in tourist arrival in April...189906, an increase of 14.7 per cent over the arrival of April 1999...was 946925 which was 6.7 per cent more than the arrivals of the...significant increase, 13.9 per cent during the April 2000 and it...
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SriLankan Airlines reports 36 per cent increase in visitor traffic from...
Al Bawaba;
February 8, 2005 ;
284 words
...SriLankan Airlines recorded a 36 per cent increase in visitor traffic from Abu...saw an increase of 36.04 per cent in total passenger uplift from...overall airline growth of 14.3 per cent. "This is in response to our...subsidiary, an increase of 94.97 per cent over the previous financial...
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INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Tourism arrivals in March register 3.7 per cent...
M2 Presswire;
May 3, 1999 ;
148 words
......arrivals in March register 3.7 per cent increase (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...and an increase of 3.7 per cent over the corresponding period...shows an increase of 5.2 per cent. Foreign exchange earning through...was Rs. 3713 crores, 3.1 per cent higher than the corresponding...
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Hundreds face 40-per cent increase in council tax Glasgow ready to cut...
Evening Times;
November 30, 2005 ;
VIVIENNE NICOLL;
363 words
......Glasgow are facing a 40- per cent increase in their council tax bills. Their current discount of 50-per cent is to be cut to 10-per cent. Since April, Scottish councils...a discount of between 10-per cent and 50-per cent on second homes...
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14.7 per cent increase in tourism earnings.
M2 Presswire;
March 8, 2001 ;
153 words
......Indian Government: 14.7 per cent increase in tourism earnings (C)1994...registered an increase of 14.7 per cent. Total earnings during these...million, which were 13.9 per cent higher than the earnings of...was 556327, which was 6.6 per cent more than the arrivals in corresponding...
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MONDAY FREIGHTWAYS reports a 3 per cent increase in annual profit to...
The Herald on Sunday (Auckland, New Zealand);
August 19, 2007 ;
93 words
......FREIGHTWAYS reports a 3 per cent increase in annual profit to $25.09 million from a 10 per cent revenue jump.TuesdayNZX50 closes down 1.16 per cent, after big slumps in US equity...net profit of $484m, up 28 per cent from $379m the previous year...
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Philips announces 33 per cent increase in green product sales.
M2 Presswire;
February 18, 2008 ;
283 words
......ELECTRONICS: Philips announces 33 per cent increase in green product sales.(C)1994...today that it achieved a 33 per cent increase in sales of 'green products' such...sales of green products to 30 per cent of total revenues within five years...
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