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Articles in Dec, 2003 issue of Business Asia

• Open economy to help democracy: Chinese Premier
• New service aims to support Australian exporters seeking talented staff
• Job hunt
• China fears spur Japan trade deal push
  by David DeRosa
• The ballad of exportise 2003: modern day poet Rupert McCall, who was this year's host at the gala Australian Export Awards ceremony held in Sydney, penned the work below as a tribute to Australia's exporters, McCall read the poem during the Awards ceremon
• 40th anniversary awards dinner
• Malaysia said a record US$3.8 billion railway project will probably be postponed amid protests from China and India over the award of contracts to Malaysia Mining Corp. and Gamuda Bhd
• Tiger Airways, the proposed discount carrier 49 per cent owned by Singapore Airlines expects to be profitable in its first year of operations, interim chief executive Charlie Clifton said
• Singapore back on the rise
  by Sarah Jones
• Word of mouth
• Challenges for Korea's growth engines: in the third of a series of articles focusing on South Korea, Sarah Hill examines the challenges facing the nation as it strives to reinvent its economy
  by Sarah Hill
• South Korea said it plans to use part of its foreign-exchange reserves—the fourth highest in the world—to create a state-controlled overseas-investment fund and boost returns on its holdings
• The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, formed five years ago to manage distressed assets seized from state banks, has recovered a total of 163 trillion rupiah
• North Korea said Japan's attempts to put spy satellites into orbit is evidence it wants to become a "military giant" and expand overseas
• Export optimists Australia's export outlook for 2004: the majority of Australia's exporters are bullish about trade growth in 2004, a new survey has found
• China needs at least one trillion yuan to help the country's largest state-owned banks reduce bad loans and prepare them for domestic share sales, according to Fitch Ratings
• Japan said talks would begin in early 2004 with Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines on eliminating import tariffs and other trade barriers agreements