The Health Ministry, with the aim to promote products which are healthier, is all set to meet with as many as 60 representatives of the food and beverage sector to try and talk them into reducing the current sugar content in their products.

As per details shared by Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, the meeting, which she would be chairing herself, is scheduled for January 12 and would be attended by, in addition to industry representatives, those from the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry.

A think tank based on China government has project the GDP growth rate of 9.5 per cent for the country in 2010, much above the Beijing’s earlier forecasts of eight percent for the same period. The year is expected to see large scale job creations that will ensure social stability in the long run, claimed think tank.

The State Council's Development Research Centre, in its report published in the China Economic Times, claimed that the world's third-largest economy will perform better in the coming year by beating the recessionary impact.

Zhang Chunjiang, Vice-chairman of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile, currently under suspension for serious economic responsibilities, will no longer remain with the one of the top companies in the world.

Mr. Zhang joined China Mobile in 2008 after serving another carrier, China Netcom Group, a leading face of corporate governance in China.

The Chinese Communist Party website on Thursday said that Zhang, also the party secretary of parent company, will step down from the top management post of the state-owned parent of Hong Kong-listed China Mobile.

In a move that aims at tightening the Chinese government's grip on Web porn business, the website of the Ministry of Public Security recently revealed that the country's drive against porn will further intensify in 2010.

The tube and bus ticket prices are on a high with the rise in main lines rail fares in London. The rise has cropped up the criticism from the Rail passenger watchdog Passenger Focus against First Great Western.

In London, Tube fares are going up by an average of 3.9%, with average bus fares soaring 12.7% causing an average rise of 1.1% for main line tickets, claimed the Association of Train Operating Companies.

Anthony Smith, Passenger Focus chief executive, said: "Train companies are effectively forcing passengers into buying more expensive tickets."

The British Government should fabricate credible plans and take faster actions to bring financial stability in the country, the chief of Confederation of British Industry said.

The CBI's recent comments will put further stress on Chancellor Alistair Darling who is trying to tackle country’s record £178billion budget deficit.

CBI’s director-general Richard Lambert said that Chancellor’s plans announced in the recent Pre-Budget Report to tackle the budget deficit were unsatisfying.

McAfee, the giant security vendor, has predicted that the rolling in of the year 2010 will bring with itself an increased threat to users of social networking website and media portals like Facebook and Twitter.