South Korea To Invest In Food Sector Industry SEOUL, Nov 13 (Bernama) — South Korean government announced Thursday its plan to build up the country’s food production sector into a 150 trillion won (US$107 billion) industry by 2012 through better quality control and exports, China’s... Read more.
Suchart downplays need to cut taxes at this time WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI Finance Minister Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech has played down hopes for any immediate relief for individual and corporate taxpayers, saying that authorities needed to balance any benefits to the economy with the need to maintain ... Read more.
Interview : APEC meeting to further develop China-Latin American economic links MEXICO CITY, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) — The 16th leaders’ meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) in Lima, Peru will mark a further development of economic ties between China and Latin America, ... Read more.
Hapaco reports 35.685b dong in revenue during Jan-Oct 11-NOV-2008 Intellasia | 07/Nov/2008 AtpVietnam Nov 11, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM Hapaco Joint Stock Co (coded HAP) recently reported its October’s business results with 35.685 billion dong in revenue, up 14.42% or 4.496 billion dong as against las... Read more.
Malaysia Targets 300,000 Tourists From UK LONDON, Nov 10 (Bernama) — Malaysia targets 300,000 tourist arrivals from the United Kingdom this year, said Tourism Malaysia director (UK and Ireland) Abdul Rauf Hassan. He said the target could be achieved, as 274,000 tourist arrivals had been record... Read more.
GOVERNMENT REVENUE / Income slows as taxes shrink WICHIT CHANTANUSORNSIRI Government revenues fell 9.4% below its target in October, as tax proceeds slowed due to the weak economy, according to the Finance Ministry. Revenues for the first month of fiscal 2009 totalled 91.9 billion baht, a drop of 18... Read more.
ELECTRONICS / Cal-Comp seeks loans in China NAREERAT WIRIYAPONG Despite its high short-term debt, Cal-Comp Electronics Thailand Plc (CCET), the SET-listed semiconductor maker, is aiming to obtain more loans from Chinese financial institutions to finance its new factory in China. According to CCET di... Read more.
Indonesian clerics to visit Bali bombers before executions CILACAP, Indonesia — Senior Indonesian Islamic clerics said Wednesday they have been asked to visit the Bali bombers on death row, in another sign they will be executed soon. “We have received a letter from the Cilacap prosecutor’s... Read more.
Off the casting couch The top video in Thailand is a grainy 30-minute short starring… well, that is the question. The leading man in the video is neither a popular actor nor a famous singer. He is a slightly built older man driving around young women, and he bears a striking resemblance to the... Read more.
Financial meltdown hurting Chinese farmers 2008-10-29 (Beijing Time) China Daily The global financial crisis has begun hurting Chinese farmers’ income, senior economists said Tuesday. The annual income growth of farmers is likely to cross 7 percent this year, but that is about 2 percentage poi... Read more.
