Domestic vehicles sales down in November<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: As of November 2001, the country's domestic vehicle
\nsales, which includes vehicles made domestically and imported,
\ntotaled 27,442 units, down from 27,768 units sold the previous
\nmonth, a statement said.<\/p>\n
That brings overall domestic vehicle sales to 283,558 units in
\nthe first 11 months of the year. In 2000, Indonesia's domestic
\nsales reached 344,000 vehicles.<\/p>\n
The statement also said that exports also dropped to 2,840
\nunits in November, as compared to 3,857 in October.<\/p>\n
Of the total domestic sales in November, publicly listed PT
\nAstra International was the largest contributor, with overall
\ndomestic and exports sales reaching 13,157 and 2,741 vehicles,
\nrespectively.<\/p>\n
After eleven months in 2001, the country's biggest automaker
\nposted overall domestic sales of 130,716 while its exports sales
\namounted to 36,529 units. -- JP<\/p>\n
Vietnam to sign Airbus contract: Report<\/p>\n
HANOI: Vietnam Airlines will sign a contract late next month
\nfor the purchase of five Airbus A321s as part of a 10-year
\nexpansion plan that will cost US$1.26 billion, official media
\nreported on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Saigon Times Daily gave no price for the Airbus purchases
\nbut said an overall plan to expand the airline's domestic and
\ninternational services would involve spending 15 trillion dong
\n($995 million) by 2005 and 19 trillion dong ($1.26 billion) by
\n2010.<\/p>\n
\"Vietnam Airlines will sign a contract for new Airbus aircraft
\nlate next month and delivery will be over five years,\" the paper
\nquoted Nguyen Xuan Hien, the state-run flag carrier's general
\ndirector, as saying. -- AFP<\/p>\n
UMC may delay Singapore plant<\/p>\n
TAIPEI: Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp., the world's
\nsecond-largest contract semiconductor maker, said on Friday it
\ncould delay the start of mass production at a cutting-edge plant
\nin Singapore.<\/p>\n
\"We will continue to build the shell (manufacturing plant
\nbuilding) but the original schedule for moving in equipment was
\nthird quarter and we may not be in such a hurry now,\" said a UMC
\nofficial in Taiwan.<\/p>\n
The caution comes as semiconductor manufacturers struggle to
\nrecover from a devastating 2001. The industry is expected to show
\nmild growth this year.<\/p>\n
The official said UMC would probably make a final decision on
\nmoving in production equipment at the US$3.6 billion wafer
\nfabrication facility, or fab, in the second quarter. -- Reuters<\/p>\n
'Telekom, DiGi, Maxis to get 3G licenses'<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will award third generation (3G) mobile
\nphone spectrum licenses to Telekom Malaysia, DiGi.Com and Maxis
\nCommunications, a report said Friday.<\/p>\n
Quoting unnamed sources, the Business Times daily said the
\nthree network operators were chosen on the basis of their
\nfinancial capability in rolling out the costly services, adding
\nthe decision was made late December.<\/p>\n
The report said the government might also waive the 50
\nmillion-ringgit (US$13.16 million) license fee.<\/p>\n
Malaysia has two other mobile phone network operators
\nservicing its more than seven million active mobile phone
\nsubscribers. The others are Technology Resources Industries and
\nTimedotCom.<\/p>\n
Last year, the government announced it would award 3G licenses
\nto three network facility providers via a \"beauty contest\" by
\nJuly this year, with the service to be launched by end-2003.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had ruled out the option of an
\nauction of the 3G licenses because high bids at auctions in other
\ncountries had been too costly for the companies that secured the
\nlicenses.<\/p>\n
Third-generation mobile phone services allow speedy access to
\ndata and video through the Internet. --AFP<\/p>",
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