Are Services the New Manufactures?

We're opening a new field in Venezuela.

(d) All commercial opportunities should be published in Development Business, which is issued by the Department of Public Information

Operational activities under way and new projects in 2005

Central Banking s New Face

Under difficult field conditions, the secretariat has achieved notable progress in project implementation and UNCTAD's technical assistance has become increasingly relevant to the governance of the occupied territory after the disengagement from Gaza.

1995 operational costs of UNU INTECH

On the other hand, it is imperative for services oriented SINTNCs to have a presence in North America because of the global nature of their business.

Potential clients of Singaporean firms often ask whether the latter have operations outside Singapore.

In the Philippines, for instance, deregulation of the domestic shipping industry led within three years to the entry of new operators, improvements in capacity, service frequency and service standards, and the introduction of new shipping technology. See Emanuel A. Cruz, Merger in the interisland shipping industry Philippine experience (mimeo), International Training Programme on Competition Policy, 4 8 August 1997, Korea Development Institute and Korea Fair Trade Commission, Seoul.

30. As part of its new orientation, the Department is putting hard news at the core of its operations in radio, television and print.

On a higher plane, the press is a service industry, and the service it provides is awareness.

In order to expand and improve its operations, the Department needed to recruit new staff.

The budgets for the new office have been completed, new premises have been identified, staff are now under recruitment and the new office will begin its credit operation by September 2005.

(d) Development of the new systems requested by business units

Joint Logistics Operations Centre (1 new post)

The new website, is to be called Development Business Online .

As well as being the focal point at Headquarters for practical cooperation with the development and lending institutions, the Unit will also provide managers responsible for reintegration operations with assistance in programme design for, and the implementation of, such operations, ensuring that lessons learnt from past reintegration operations are taken account of in the design of new programmes which, in many cases, include QIPs.

As of 30 November 2004, new business acquired under the project portfolio of services reached 663 million.

The New Agenda remained a basic mandate for African economic and social development and any other action programmes merely translated it into action in operational terms.

Figure 3. Mechanisms of overseas operations by SINTNCs

(e) The regular occurrence of suspension of the media and seizure of newsprint

Some of the equipment is incompatible with the latest technology and operational requirements of the mission.

17. The basis for recosting can be either the average operational rates of exchange experienced so far in the biennium (the averaging method) or the operational rates in effect at the time of recosting (the latest rate).

In terms of activity abroad by Singaporean firms, the financial sector's share of OFDI hovered consistently in the range of 54 per cent 56 per cent in 1990 2003.

Certain comparative balances and or certain types of operations have been reclassified in order better to conform to the new financial statements format or to reflect the nature of the operations.

In addition, a new Roster Unit was established in the Office of the Director of Operations in July 1997.

Project Profile teams have introduced new registration tools and trained staff in 30 country operations, with another 20 operations targeted for implementation during the rest of 2005.

The new D 2 post will head audit operations based in Geneva.

New regulations stated that no organization or individual may operate loaning businesses without obtaining the qualification for engaging in loaning business in accordance with the law.

The Registry has strengthened the Court's public information capacity in order to support the implementation of outreach services in the countries where the Court is active.

The operating reserve is expected to be maintained at 11,400,000 in accordance with the new policy outlined in paragraph 73 above.

(iii) Foreign investment in development of service facilities, including new forms of business organization

Instead, these functionalities will be included in UNHCR s new Operations Management System.

Continued updating and refinement of these procedures will be targeted in the 1998 business plan.

The 20 projects with simultaneous signing have a total investment of RMB 8.063 billion, involving new energy, new materials, modern services and other industries.

Services are in many respects the infrastructure of a consumer society in China s case, providing the basic utilities, communications, retail outlets, health care, and finance that its emerging middle class is increasingly demanding. They are also labor intensive in China, services require about 30 more jobs per unit of output than do capital intensive manufacturing and construction.

10B.3 The biennium 1996 1997, therefore, represented the beginning of implementation of the programme of work within the new organizational and operational environment.

New technology and intelligent machines are not only displacing many types of workers in both the manufacturing and services sectors they are also facilitating the rise of new business models, in which individuals perform (mostly low paid service) jobs within loose networks, instead of as dedicated employees of structured organizations.

After such a move, the Base s operating costs would remain unchanged, unless commercial rents had to be paid for the new location, in which case, it is conservatively estimated that the operating costs would increase by 3.5 million per year.

The financial supervision and regulation department shall, however, have the authority to prevent the insurance company from developing new business or to suspend part of its business or to modify its application of funds.

An updated public information strategy, operational plan and new organizational structure have been finalized in accordance with the mandate of the Mission, its evolving role and the updated concept of operations.

(a) Delayed recruitment factors for both New York and Geneva for 2006 and 2007 have been applied to continuing Professional posts (95.1 per cent), new Professional posts (50.0 per cent), continuing General Service posts (98.5 per cent) and new General Service posts (65.0 per cent)

Measures taken to prevent the occurrence of offences described in the Optional Protocol

c. Maintenance and updating of United Nations Development Business Online and the Scan a Bid online computer service, updated continually