Kijang wins ICSA for fifth time<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Toyota Kijang Innova won the Indonesian Customer
\nSatisfaction Award (ICSA) in the non-sedan category for the fifth
\nconsecutive year. The award was presented by SWA magazine, in
\ncooperation with the Frontier research institution and
\nSWANETWORK.<\/p>\n
The ICSA survey was conducted in six major cities -- Jakarta,
\nBandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Medan and Makassar -- and involved
\n10,500 respondents between the ages of 15 and 65.<\/p>\n
\"The award, the fifth year in a row, proves that Toyota has
\nconsistently maintained customer satisfaction,\" said PT Toyota
\nAstra Motor president director Johnny Darmawan.<\/p>\n
\"The award will boost our efforts to improve our product
\nquality, as well as our after-sales services,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Toyota Astra Motor sold a total of 57,488 units of the Innova
\nfrom January to August this year, a 76 percent increase over the
\n32,552 units sold in the same period last year. The company sold
\na total of 54,857 units of the Innova in 2004. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nBrief-Steel-maker
\nSteel maker to be built in Karawang
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Steel plant to be
\nbuilt in Karawang<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: A joint venture agreement was signed last weekend on
\nthe establishment of a steelmaker in the West Java industrial
\ntown of Karawang.<\/p>\n
The agreement was signed by two South Korean firms -- Daewo
\nInternational Corporation and IS Steel -- and a local producer of
\nautomotive and machinery components, publicly listed PT Selamat
\nSempurna, according to a media statement.<\/p>\n
The new company, which will occupy a two-hectare plot of land,
\nis expected to manufacture up to 120,000 metric tons of steel a
\nyear. It will reportedly receive start-up capital of US$10
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Daewo will hold a 51 percent stake in the new firm, while
\nSelamat Sempurna and IS Steel will have 40 percent and 9 percent
\nstakes, respectively. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nBrief-MAS-system
\nMalaysia Airlines to save 40 million dollars a year with new syst
\nJP\/14\/BRIEF<\/p>\n
MAS to save
\n$40m a year<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR: Flag-carrier Malaysian Airlines (MAS) said on
\nMonday it expected to save 150 million ringgit (US$40 million) a
\nyear after it switches to a new aviation management system by
\nLockheed Martin.<\/p>\n
\"The potential fuel and operational cost savings to be derived
\nwith the introduction of the new system is in the region of 150
\nmillion ringgit per annum, after the project is fully launched by
\nthe middle of 2006,\" said Nawawi Awang, Malaysia Airlines' senior
\ngeneral manager of flight operations.<\/p>\n
He was speaking to reporters following the signing of an
\nagreement with Lockheed Martin here.<\/p>\n
The contract, which has a start-up cost of 11 million ringgit,
\ncalls for an integrated technology suite to be installed at the
\nflight operations dispatch center, located at the Kuala Lumpur
\nInternational Airport, by June 2006, the carrier said in a
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
The airline recently announced one of its worst ever quarterly
\nlosses at 280.66 million ringgit in the three months to June
\nafter a profit of 26.58 million ringgit a year earlier.<\/p>\n
After the results, Malaysia Airlines announced an ambitious
\nfive-year plan to boost profits by up to one billion ringgit,
\nincluding shaking up its management. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nBrief-UCO-bank
\nIndia's UCO Bank returns to Malaysia
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UCO Bank returns
\nto Malaysia<\/p>\n
SINGAPORE: UCO Bank, the oldest Indian bank in Singapore,
\nmarked its return to Malaysia after 36 years with the opening of
\na representative office on Monday in Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n
\"India's rapid economic growth and its equally rapidly growing
\nbusiness links with Southeast Asia and East Asia provide a new
\nopportunity for our bank to expand in the region,\" UCO's chairman
\nand managing director told The Straits Times.<\/p>\n
V. Sridar also said that UCO had applied to the Chinese
\ncentral bank to open a representative office in Guangzhou.<\/p>\n
\"We used to have four branches in Malaysia until 1969, when we
\nwere forced to exit,\" Sridar was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
He noted that Singapore was to be UCO's hub as the bank moved
\nbeyond the traditional trade finance business and ethnic Indian
\nclientele to reach out to other areas.<\/p>\n
UCO is headquartered in Calcutta, capital of West Bengal
\nprovince in eastern India.<\/p>\n
\"As more Singaporean, Malaysian and Chinese businessmen go to
\nIndia, we are in a position to offer them a wide variety of
\nbanking services,\" Sridar said.<\/p>\n
UCO's nationwide network consists of 1,730 branches. -- DPA<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kijang-wins-icsa-for-fifth-time-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }