Business -- February 8, 2006

• ABC submits joint-stock reform plan to State Council
• Chinese official rejects claims that China's oil imports raise global oil price
• China's bank card transactions total 11.8 bln yuan during Spring Festival
• China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp. on track to relist
• China faces risk of house oversupply

• China's securities firms could have a huge impact on stock market
• China's house prices continue to rise in fourth quarter of 2005
• China's futures trading booms in January
• China to build 1.2 mln km rural roads in five years
• HK foreign currency reserve assets hit 127 billion U.S. dollars

• Hong Kong's household poultry ban to take effect on Feb. 13
• India to reach 8.1 percent GDP growth in 2005-06
• Indonesian central bank maintains interest rate
• India, Serbia and Montenegro sign trade pact
• LSE grows despite "merger speculation"

• Lamy: members committed to realizing Hong Kong targets
• S.Korea, India seeks agreement on building economic partnership
• Trading rate of RMB against U.S. dollar up 48 basis points after festival
• WTO ruling not to alter GMO rules, says EU