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BY MARK ROWE
THE EAST Asian rights holder for cartoon characters such as Garfield is to lower prices for copyright products including books and comics in a groundbreaking attempt to combat rampant counterfeiting and piracy in Thailand. RM Licensing, which is based in Hong Kong, has said that the prices of licensed items will never be more than five per cent higher than the market price of fake products in Bangkok.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SLOWLY but surely, the world is becoming a little more open and honest in its business transactions. Bribery and corruption have existed as long as people have traded with each other and in some parts of the world remain as matter-of-fact as ever.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that deepening concern about terrorism following the September 11 attacks has led to tighter security in the civil aviation industry, but there have also been important implications for the shipping sector. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE RUSSIAN government has banned imports of American chicken amid concerns about the number of chemicals used in the US poultry market. American suppliers had commanded a 50 per cent share of the Russian chicken market, estimated at two million tonnes a year.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE CHINESE Petroleum Corporation (CPC), one of Taiwan’s largest state-owned enterprises, is setting up a joint company with the China mainland counterpart company China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) to extract and refine oil. CNPC does not have the means to refine crude oil and currently contracts out this work to Japan but is keen to use Taiwan, because it can offer lower coats and is closer to markets in southern China.…

BY MARK ROWE
A CHINESE garment factory has threatened male employees with dismissal if they take a mistress; the practice has become rampant in recent years on the Chinese mainland, usually involving Hong Kong men, and one employer has had enough.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PRICE of tobacco products fell in developing countries from 1990-2000, according to the World Health Organisation, which has concluded that they are now “sometimes even cheaper than bread or rice.” By contrast, the WHO tobacco price trends study assessing more than 80 countries concluded that cigarettes have become more expensive in most industrialised countries, such as Norway, Australia and Hong Kong.…

Keith Nuthall
WINES of SA, a non-profit organisation responsible for the promotion of South African wines, has reported that South African wine exporters are to begin targeting east Asian markets as a key to future growth.

The recent move will build on the industry’s existing successful penetration of the European markets coupled with the signing of the wine and spirits agreement between South African and the EU.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAI-JAPANESE joint venturers have floated a plan to turn a hillside in northern Thailand into one of the world’s most unlikely ski venues. Leisure Patine International Co Ltd, which has previously developed ice rinks in Thai shopping centres, has suggested that Japanese snow-making machines could be used to establish a ski slope near the town of Chiang Mai, a place better known as a haven for European and Australian backpackers.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE HONG Kong company Modern Terminals Ltd (MTL) has announced that it plans to invest a further HK$1 billion, (Pounds 94 million), to HK$2 billion in its port projects in China over the next three years. These include the container terminal operator’s ongoing investments in the Kaifeng and Shekou container terminals in Western Shenzhen across the mainland border and also operates five container berths at Hong Kong’s Kwai Chung Container Port.…