Taiwan trade council to open KL office soon

TAIWAN External Trade Development Council (Taitra), a non-profit trade promotion organisation, will officially open its first office in Malaysia next week. Taiwan Trade Centre Inc's KL representative office director Jeffrey Chu told I>StarBiz/ITaitra was confident that Malaysia would be the gateway for Taiwan companies to enter the Asean market.

Vietnam cities hasten mass poultry slaughter

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam accelerated the slaughter of poultry in two major cities on Tuesday, the deadline for an end to raising fowl there, as it tries to stop the spread of bird flu which might have infected three more people in the north.

INTERVIEW - WHO pressing Africa to prepare for bird flu

BOSTON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization is pressing Africa to take the threat of bird flu seriously and stockpile medicine to prevent an outbreak that could explode across its vast hinterland, a WHO official said on Monday.

Right people good for ACA

Recruiting professionals into the Anti-Corruption Agency to fight corruption will definitely help improve its efficiency but that alone is not enough, several groups said.

Expert: Protect against risks first

One of Malaysia's leading financial planners, Chua Tia Guan, shares his views with DALJIT DHESI.

Pride of the Argentinians

THERE are two things Argentineans are proud of - their skilful footballers and their succulent beef.

Cherkasova edges Mutola, Vlasic wins high jump

Svetlana Cherkasova of Russia beat former Olympic and world champion Maria Mutola of Mozambique in the women's 800m at the KBC Flanders Indoor Championships on Sunday.

Malaysian products making inroads into Jamaica

Reef-blocked beaches, palm-shrouded mountains and the legendary Bob Marley and his infectious reggae music: they are all linked to Jamaica, the biggest of the Caribbean islands.

Family films

The Disney Channel will be screening two Disney Channel Original Movies this month. Sunday's offering is I>The Proud Family/Iat 7.30pm.

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