Toy industry needs bold new approach

According to the China Toy Association, China has almost 8,000 toy factories and manufactures an estimated 70% of the world#8217;s total toy products.

Real gems

Winners of the HSBC Young IT Entrepreneur Awards 2003 picked up valuable tips from American entrepreneurs on how to start a business and keep it going, reports KAREN CHAPMAN.

800ha land for Utar

A state government will be allocating a 800ha piece of land for Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar), said Utar council chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik.

Man who harassed Goh ‘mentally ill’

A Singaporean living in Thailand who wrote e-mail threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has been described by the Thai police chief as mentally ill, while an intelligence source said the suspect was running from the law.

Business group to lobby for government support

Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Malaysia will submit a memorandum to the Government based on its survey findings on the nation's current economic situation, I>Sin Chew Daily/Ireported.

Cambodian wives the new victims of AIDS

Seven Cambodian housewives are newly infected with HIV/AIDS each day by their husbands, overtaking sex workers as the fastest growing victim group, officials said yesterday.

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong's 62nd birthday honours list

Pairing up comes naturally

IN many cases, you couldn't tell that the players were combining with each other for the first time. That was how naturally the 85 pairs, who took part in the SportsUnite- Milo-Yonex-MBA Unity Junior Doubles Badminton Carnival at Michael's Badminton Academy (MBA) in Bandar Puteri, Puchong, last weekend, lived up to the spirit of the event.

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.

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.