Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'

ONE of the predictions for the Year of the Rooster is that the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) will hit a range between 900 and 1,000 points this year. It looks like the Rooster promises a healthy year for the business community, especially the socalled earth industries which inclu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/33645/1/DZUL404.pdf
_version_ 1825832935293452288
author Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
author_facet Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
author_sort Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
collection USM
description ONE of the predictions for the Year of the Rooster is that the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) will hit a range between 900 and 1,000 points this year. It looks like the Rooster promises a healthy year for the business community, especially the socalled earth industries which include those in agriculture and plantation sector. But this may not be so for Malaysia's largest tobacco company. In a statement last week (NST, Feb 9), it said it expects a decline in the cigarette market which it squarely blamed on the tax imposed during the recent Budget. This contradicts an earlier news report that the company will experience an increase in sales volume by at least one per cent over last year, according to an industry analyst, Moreover, the same company also announced its highest share price increase over the last five months, that is, since September 2004.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T15:00:16Z
format Article
id usm.eprints-33645
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T15:00:16Z
publishDate 2005
record_format dspace
spelling usm.eprints-336452017-04-27T00:57:11Z http://eprints.usm.my/33645/ Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection' Abd Razak, Dzulkifli TS2220-2283 Tobacco industry ONE of the predictions for the Year of the Rooster is that the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) will hit a range between 900 and 1,000 points this year. It looks like the Rooster promises a healthy year for the business community, especially the socalled earth industries which include those in agriculture and plantation sector. But this may not be so for Malaysia's largest tobacco company. In a statement last week (NST, Feb 9), it said it expects a decline in the cigarette market which it squarely blamed on the tax imposed during the recent Budget. This contradicts an earlier news report that the company will experience an increase in sales volume by at least one per cent over last year, according to an industry analyst, Moreover, the same company also announced its highest share price increase over the last five months, that is, since September 2004. 2005-02-20 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33645/1/DZUL404.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2005) Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'. New Sunday Times.
spellingShingle TS2220-2283 Tobacco industry
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title_full Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title_fullStr Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title_full_unstemmed Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title_short Stop the 'Asian tobacco connection'
title_sort stop the asian tobacco connection
topic TS2220-2283 Tobacco industry
url http://eprints.usm.my/33645/1/DZUL404.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT abdrazakdzulkifli stoptheasiantobaccoconnection