[July 20, 2011] News items from Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua (Part 2) Tweet HONG KONG, Jul 20, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Following are news items from the Asia-Pacific Desk of Xinhua in Hong Kong Wednesday: Gold price closes lower in Hong Kong -- July 20 Indonesian police hunt corruption fugitive Fiji vows no stand change on 2014 elections following Australian unions' sanctions threat Japan supports Vietnam in human resource development Philippines lifts ban on Japanese dairy, feed products Indonesian shares close higher Indonesia to expand export markets to anticipate impact of Europe's crisis 60 Thai troops dispatched to search for crashed Black Hawk along Thai-Myanmar border Foreign exchange rates in Hong Kong -- July 20 Roundup: Nikkei up 1.17 pct. buoyed by stellar U.S. tech earnings Colombo stocks close mixed Roundup: HK stocks end higher; China Mobile leads Foreign exchange rates in Malaysia Malaysia stock market closes higher Singapore shares close 0.98 pct up Malaysia tin market closes higher Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1000 GMT, July 20 Japan's lower house approves 2nd recovery budget Hanoi's CPI forecast to rise 1.32 pct in July Vietnamese pepper export to hit 420 mln USD in first seven months Hong Kong's fund mgmt business up 18.6 pct to 1.3 tln USD in 2010 Foreign exchange rates in Singapore Two-thirds Bangladesh places under e-communications to report H5N1 outbreak Singapore ranks second in most popular cities for int'l business Indian stocks close down 0.81 pct Vietnam to hold int'l expo on leather, footwear Indian foreign exchange rates In-coming Thai PM Yingluck to report to the parliament Friday Xinhua Asia-Pacific stocks news at 1100 GMT, July 20 Roundup: Singapore market closes 0.98 pct higher U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits southern Indian city Chennai Air India passenger plane skids on landing, passengers safe Indian police probe cash-for-votes scam by opposition BJP worker Myanmar to reintroduce ATM system soon NATO hands over control of Lashkar Gah town to Afghan forces Bangladesh stocks close higher India to screen 50 million people for diabetes, hypertension Weather information for Asia-Pacific cities Fiji's national carrier says it secures injunction against Australian union's "unlawful" action Roundup: Militancy claims 12 lives amid transferring security to Afghan forces Indonesia protests U.S. over aircraft's violation of its territory border Philippines implementing strategy to combat human trafficking: official Roundup: Banking sector liberalization brings about more private banks in Myanmar Electronics sale in Indonesia posts 12.78 pct growth in Q2 Foreign travelers to Cambodia by air rise 13 pct in H1 Roundup: KSE dips as investors sell at higher levels Hillary Clinton says U.S. bets on building strong relationship with India Sri Lankan president wants expat Tamils to help rebuild infrastructure Australian FM Kevin Rudd to undergo heart surgery in August Sri Lankan elections chief vows to resign if proved wrongdoing (Sports) Cricket: Sri Lanka names provisional pool for Australia series Roundup: News Limited to have hard questions to answer after phone-hacking scandal: Australian PM (Sports) Australian F1 driver Webber's future at Red Bull to be decided in August Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 20 Malaysia urges Lynas to record residents' health state for future assessment FLASH: U.S. DRONE ATTACK KILLS 4 IN PAKISTAN'S NORTH WAZIRISTAN TRIBAL AREA - LOCAL MEDIA Urgent: U.S. drone attack kills 4 in NW Pakistan [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]