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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

>> SINGAPORE

•	S'pore to release Q2 GDP estimate on July 10

•	S'pore public agencies save $559m

•	Deal not a one-way street, says Chee Hean

•	Johor's IDR puts pressure on S'pore

>> ASIA

•	Japan to have first woman defence minister

•	Pollution kills 460,000 Chinese a year

•	Thai cabinet revokes army order to censor Internet

•	China restricts transplants for foreigners

•	Seven bomb makers nabbed in Thai south

•	Nepali "living goddess" fired

•	M'sia's raw nerve: affirmative action

•	Japan's opposition wants defence minister fired

•	China lawyers reveal more Japan war sex slave claims

•	Mass protest, police clash reported in Chinese city

•	Author Rushdie and TV host Lakshmi to divorce

•	Drop in poverty in Asia accompanied by rising inequality

>> WORLD

•	Britons spend a record amount on plastic cards this year

•	Police in Scotland carry out controlled explosion on car outside mosque

•	Strike by train drivers causes major disruption across Germany

•	Overhaul of troubled European wine industry

•	Mexican tycoon is world's richest man

•	Doha trade talks may go into deep freeze: WTO chief

•	Germany mulls rules to tighten foreign funds

•	Last Harry Potter book sets online pre-sale record

•	Ancient Arctic ponds drying up as climate warms

•	Millions in Britain skip paying bills as rates rise

•	Wolfowitz joins think-tank, focuses on Africa

•	Smoking could kill 1 billion this century : WHO

•	US on guard against tainted Chinese goods

•	Airports can do little to stop car attacks

•	Father of suspected terror mastermind says son is not a fanatic

>> TODAY'S ASIAN NEWS HEADLINES

>>	CHINA

•	China's oil consumption likely to reach 350 mln tons in 2007

•	42.27 mln Chinese affected by floods, drought

•	China's 1H trade surplus to top US$100b

•	China heading for top spot in world tourism rankings

•	Coal mine accidents down 18.5 percent in first half of 2007

>>	JAPAN

•	Abe approval hits all-time low

•	Insurers fail to pay 35 billion yen in benefits

>>	TAIWAN

•	Jobs harder to come by, consultant says

•	US, S Korea sign free-trade agreement

>>	KOREA

•	Seoul bans smoking at all bus stops

•	More women enter foreign affairs

•	Korean choosing 'Slow Travel' to package tours

•	Korean pedestrains face killer roads

>>	INDONESIA

•	Jakarta sets up special office to stop enviro crimes

•	Groovy website to attract youth to politics

>>	MALAYSIA

•	Waste-handling lessons

•	Mainstream media still best channel, says Najib

•	Perks to expand trade abroad

>>	THAILAND

•	Thailand 'on course' to achieve UN development goals

•	Thailand calls for curbs on live sport ads

•	Education spending being wasted

•	Courts to get authority to ban websites

•	Inflation flat ater rising three months

>>	PHILIPPINES

•	Smooth start for new officals

•	Ecotoursim to create jobs, lure investments

•	Approved FDIs fall 72% in 1st quater to P17.9B

•	Telecom to grow more than a tenth in 5 years

>>	BRUNEI

•	Closer Brunei, M'sia ties

>>	INDIA

•	Lost-cost govt airline starts Oct 1

•	Military aviation project hit turbulent weather

•	Software's hard battles make IT a $50b industry

>>	PAKISTAN

•	Export target missed over $1 billion in fiscal year 2007

•	Local government empowers people, says Shankar

•	Access to education basic right of every individual: Prime Minister

>>	SRI LANKA

•	Sri Lankan firms view disabled people in new light

•	Sri Lanka risks losing transhopment hub status, expert warns

>>	BANGLADESH

•	Bangladesh needs support and friendship of China

•	Manpower export rises substantially