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Sunita Sue Leng was an associate editor at The Edge Singapore. She is now based in Taiwan.

Sunita Sue Leng: Les Enphants trumps low birth rates with China push

Written by Sunita Sue Leng
Monday, 30 August 2010 13:54
WHEN IT COMES to babies, Singapore and Taiwan don’t have a whole lot of them. Babies become even scarcer during Tiger years, a Chinese zodiac sign associated with wild and wilful personalities. The old beliefs are eroding, but this hasn’t been enough to keep birth rates from contracting in both countries this year. In 1H, the number of newborns in Taiwan dipped 8.9%. This was less than the 16.7% drop seen during the last Year of the Tiger in 1998 but it still means that Taiwan’s fertility rate (ratio of live births per 1,000 population) is on course to plummet to 0.94 this year. That will make it the lowest in the world. In comparison, Singapore’s fertility rate came in at 1.22 in 2009, which was a record low for the Lion City. Read more... Add new comment
Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 14:50

Sunita Sue Leng: Android phones take HTC from gloom to boom

Written by Sunita Sue Leng
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 17:00
IT’S HARD TO keep track of the new smartphones from High Tech Computer Corp (HTC). This year, to name a few, there’s the Droid Incredible, Droid Eris, HD2, Legend and Desire. In 1H alone, the Taiwanese smartphone maker released nine new models. Another nine are due to come out in 2H, including one using the Windows Mobile 7 operating system (OS). You’d think all those models would confuse the marketplace. And, let’s not even think what they do to the production side, which has to crank out all those different designs and specs. But well, something interesting is happening with HTC and its multi-phone strategy: its new gadgets are selling really well. Read more... Add new comment
Last Updated on Friday, 13 August 2010 17:07

Sunita Sue Leng: HKEx shares get little boost from IPO surge

Written by Sunita Sue Leng
Tuesday, 03 August 2010 14:21
AT A TIME when stockbrokers the slump in trading volumes, investment bankers in Hong Kong have their hands full managing a surge of listings. The first half of the year saw an IPO every other week on average, with 25 floats raising US$5.9 billion ($8 billion) in proceeds, according to Thomson Reuters. That’s not even taking into account the hefty US$10.5 billion IPO by Agricultural Bank of China in mid-July. Read more... Add new comment
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 14:27

Sunita Sue Leng: China tourist dollar falls short in Taiwan

Written by Sunita Sue Leng
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 14:38
STROLLING THROUGH Taipei’s Xinyi neighbourhood where I live means braving several construction sites. Coming up fast is the Le Meridien Hotel, while further down the road, the W Hotel is nearing completion. Also in the development pipeline is a Four Seasons Hotel. Around these swish hotels, upscale malls are sprouting up, bearing yet more Louis Vuitton and Prada shops. Read more... Add new comment
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 14:21

Sunita Sue Leng: Agricultural Bank of China tests IPO demand

Written by Sunita Sue Leng
Monday, 28 June 2010 14:26
IN HONG KONG, the world’s favourite market for IPOs, no one blinks at billion-dollar listings. They do blink, however, when big IPOs get pulled. And that’s been happening more often these days, with the most recent casualty being Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, a maker of wind-power equipment from the mainland. The Shenzhen-listed company was planning to tap the Hong Kong market for as much as US$1.2 billion ($1.66 billion). It scrapped the sale on June 14, blaming “excessive market volatility”. Read more... Add new comment
Last Updated on Friday, 30 July 2010 14:20

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