Search Results for: Malaysia
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BAY OF BENGAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SOUTH Asia regional meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has agreed to set up a Central Reporting Agency (CRA), which would evaluate ground and airborne ADS/CPDLC systems performance in an operational trial for the Bay of Bengal area.…
MALAYSIA - SENAI
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
MALAYSIA’S Senai Airport Terminal Services (SATS) is to spend Ringgit 1 billion (US$0.26 billion) over the next five years to turn its terminal into a logistics hub, exploiting its proximity to Singapore. SATS director Mohamad Sidik Shaik Osman has wants to raise 70-80 per cent from banks by this summer.…
MALAYSIA PALM OIL
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
PALM oil exports from Malaysia are falling says consultant Palmis Management. It estimated Malaysia’s November palm oil exports at 990,000 tonnes, down 17 per cent from October. Palmis also forecast stocks would fall to 685,000 tonnes in February.…
INDONESIA SUGAR
BY MARK ROWE
INDONESIAN parliamentarians have called for ban on sugar imports until February to stabilise the tumbling domestic price of the commodity. Sugarcane farmers have complained about low-cost sugar imports from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.…
INDONESIA SUGAR
BY MARK ROWE
INDONESIAN parliamentarians have called for ban on sugar imports until February to stabilise the tumbling domestic price of the commodity. Sugarcane farmers have complained about low-cost sugar imports from Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia.…
EGYPT AND GAS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSORTIUM of major gas players has received a significant US$372 million loan from the European Investment Bank to construct the first phase of a new major liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Idku, Egypt, which will be able to export supplies to Europe from nearby Alexandria.…
EAST ASIA ICAO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) meeting has supported a plan to boost civil airliner access to Afghanistan airspace, offering new choices for long-haul flights from southern and east Asia to Europe. ICAO’s coordination meeting on reduced vertical separation (RVSM) implementation for the Bay of Bengal and India backed an International Air Transport Association (IATA) proposed traffic orientation scheme for commercial flights crossing the Kabul FIR.…
MALAY BAN
BY MARK ROWE
GOVERNMENT authorities in Malaysia have banned a range of books based on fantasy and horror. The move appears to mainly target Malay and Chinese literature, but the vague guidelines have raised concerns amongst local publishers and retailers that English language books may also be blocked from sale.…
MALAYSIA TEXTILE FEARS
BY MARK ROWE
THE MALAYSIAN Textile Manufacturers Association has warned that the country’s branded clothing industry could become extinct within 10 years because of the oncoming removal of the export quota system under the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing. It particularly fears that this liberalisation will allow China, with its low labour costs, to dominate global export markets.…
DRINKS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…