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Articles in July, 2003 issue of Business Asia

• Hong Kong workers may lose more than 20,000 manufacturing jobs in southern China in the next five years, according to a Hong Kong survey - Hong Kong - Brief Article
• Council needs continuity: ABAC chair Roengpithya - APEC Focus - APEC Business Advisory Council
  by Randolph Ramsay
• Bank of Japan: "trashcan" or Central Bank? - Frontline
  by David Derosa
• Asia's ally? How pro-Asia is US President George W Bush? - in light of global war on terror, war in Iraq - Cover Story
  by Randolph Ramsay
• Growth spurt - Asia Fact File - Brief Article
• Vietnam ideal for "leaf of faith" - Country Focus
  by Randolph Ramsay
• Proposed foreign direct investments in Thailand rose 55 per cent in the first five months of the year to 122 billion baht , led by Japanese automakers that want to expand production in South-East Asia's second biggest economy - $4.4 billion - Thailand - B
• Sweet success for short bread exports - Success Story - product of Old Colonial Cookie Co. Pty. Ltd
• Japan's 12 automakers cut domestic production and exports in May, as companies such as Toyota Motor built more cars nearer their overseas markets such as the US and Asia outside Japan - Japan - Brief Article
• New plans to combat future outbreaks. . or other diseases - APEC Focus - of severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS - Brief Article
• Taiwan's jobless rate was unchanged in May, with additional jobs created by the Government helping to provide employment for workers fired as a result of the SARS epidemic, which curbed spending around Asia - Taiwan - Brief Article
• Global pick up needed to boost Australian manufacturing - Manufacturing
  by Tamsyn Smith
• Word of mouth - Update - quotations from Thai prime minister, National Australia Bank market strategist, Vietnam national commitee for physical education and sports department director of legistation - Brief Article
• Singapore to revise tourism figures - Business Travel
• Malaysian business confidence on the rise after SARS outbreak - Update - Brief Article
• Hotels expand as industry recovers - Business Travel - Ritz Carlton Hotel Company L.L.C
• The Philippines plans to cut the number of Government workers by about one per cent, starting this year, to reduce costs and help narrow the Budget deficit, says Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin - Philippines - Brief Article
• Business going virtual - Virtual Conferencing
• A panel set up to suggest changes in Singapore's social, cultural and political policies urged the Government to allow residents the use of retirement funds to tide over spells of unemployment - Singapore - Brief Article
• Litigation is not the way to go in China - Legal
  by Bill O'Shea