In Monday's Asia papers

25 August 2008 02:00  [Source: ICIS news]

ASAHI SHIMBUN, Japan

 

Front page

 

No new updates

 

Business & Industry

 

No new updates

 

CHINA DAILY, China

 

Front page

 

President Hu starts 3-nation Asia trip

President Hu Jintao is set to arrive in Seoul today for the start of a weeklong official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

 

Business & Industry

 

No new updates

 

TAIPEI TIMES, Taiwan

 

Front page

 

US destroyer arrives at Georgian port as Russia fears ‘cover’

A US Navy destroyer carrying relief supplies arrived at a port in Georgia yesterday in a sign of US support for its ally as Russian troops dug in further up the coast.

 

Beijing bids farewell to the Olympics

China unveiled an extravagant farewell to the Olympics yesterday and David Beckham, the world’s most famous soccer player, said hello by kicking a ball to start the countdown to London 2012.

 

Business & Industry

 

Outlook could prompt rate hike

The government’s updated economic growth and inflation forecasts released last week may prompt a mild interest rate hike next month by the central bank, and that will possibly pose an end to the policymaker’s four-year-long monetary tightening on concern the nation’s economic slowdown will deepen, economists said.

 

Central bank says it has no Fannie, Freddie shares

The central bank said yesterday it did not own any common or preferred shares of Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, whose credit ratings were downgraded to near junk status, leading pundits to voice worries that the twist could deal another blow to the stock market.

 

KOREA HERALD, South Korea

 

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Opposition decries meeting on KBS

Opposition parties are intensifying their offensive over the recent contentious meeting between presidential aides, and former and current KBS officials.

 

Companies throw cash, prizes at Olympic medalists

Korean companies have gained huge promotional benefits from the Beijing Olympic Games, and today they will welcome Korean medalists home with ample cash awards and other prizes in hand.

 

Business & Industry

 

Gas to fall to W1,600 per liter

Retail gasoline prices in Korea are set to drop to 1,600 won ($1.60) per liter, the lowest in several months, thanks to cheaper crude oil, industry officials said yesterday.

 

How businesses deal with climate change will affect their funding

It has been no more than three weeks since President Lee Myung-bak promised to shift the nation's growth paradigm to low-carbon, sustainable growth in Korea.

 

NEW STRAITS TIMES, Malaysia

 

Front page

 

Pakatan can't govern due to differences, warns Najib

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the differences between the Pakatan Rakyat parties would prevent them from governing the country smoothly.

 

Dissatisfaction with Anwar, so 200 quit PKR

Frustrated with the leadership of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, some 200 Parti Keadilan Rakyat members left the party.

 

Business & Industry

 

Mega cities of opportunity

Malaysian contractors like Eversendai Corp, MMC, Gamuda and WCT Engineering that have vast West Asia experience could bid for the RM200 billion Al Noor Cities project

MAHB seeks developers, investors for land around KLIA

Malaysia Airports aims to increase its non-aviation revenues and passenger numbers at KLIA by developing its 1,092ha of the total non-aeronautical land

 

BUSINESS TIMES, Singapore

 

Front page

 

Listed Asian bourses brace for headwinds

The sharp drop in stock market volumes and listings have left stock exchanges in the Asia-Pacific reeling with an earnings slump in the quarter ended June 30.

 

Beijing high

The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political jostlings and featuring 16 days of compelling and sometimes controversial action, drew to a spectacular close on Sunday.

 

Business & Industry

 

Airlines unlikely to cut fuel surcharges soon

OIL prices may have dropped, but travellers are unlikely to see this translating to lower fuel surcharges just yet as far as airlines are concerned.

 

Consultants float idea of 'split pay' for expats

HEDGING is used by companies to manage forex volatility but human resource consultants say the same principle can be applied to expatriate pay packages to help combat inflation and currency fluctuations.

 

BANGKOK POST, Thailand

 

Front page

 

Duang probe tightens

The National Counter Corruption Commission on Sunday gave Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej a 15-day deadline to explain how the publicly reviled son of then-interior minister Chalerm Yubamrung has managed to rejoin the Royal Thai Army.

 

Two more southern bomb suspects arrested     

Two more suspects were arrested on Sunday for alleged involvement in the deadly bombing in Narathiwat province last week.

 

Business & Industry

 

No new updates

 

JAKARTA POST, Indonesia

 

Front page

 

No new updates

 

Business & Industry

 

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