SYDNEY, Nov. 22 --AsiaNet/InfoQuest MEDIA RELATIONS... SINGAPORE: Representatives from various government bodies in Singapore and Australia as well as media professionals from both local and international news organisations will gather here to speak at a conference on Managing Media Relations for Public Sector in February 2005. http://www.conferences.com.sg JAPANESE REGISTRATION... TOKYO: Arysta LifeScience Corporation Monday announced it received registration on November 2 for Iodomethane for broad-spectrum insect control on imported timber in Japan (JMAFF registration number 21407). http://www.arystalifescience.com ACHIEVEMENT AWARD... SINGAPORE and LINCOLN, Mass.: Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, Inc. Monday announced it has named E-Land, Thai Carbon Black, and Western Water to the Balanced Scorecard Hall of Fame for achieving breakthrough performance results using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). http://www.bscol.com EXPANSION PLANS... ADELAIDE: Several key members of the senior management team of Custom House Global Foreign Exchange including Peter Gustavson, President and CEO and Ian Taylor, Senior Vice-President of Global Sales and Marketing arrive in Adelaide Monday to announce significant expansion plans for the local Custom House operation. http://www.customhouse.com PEPSICO DIVIDEND... PURCHASE, N.Y.: The Board of Directors of PepsiCo Saturday declared a quarterly dividend of $0.23 per share on PepsiCo common stock payable January 3, 2005 to shareholders of record on December 10, 2004. http://www.pepsico.com GLOBAL AGING... LONDON: More than a hundred opinion leaders from the worlds of government, business, labour, media, academia and non-governmental organisations gathered in London last week to discuss ways to address the challenges and opportunities associated with global aging. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of two securities issues amounting to a total of US$200 million on Nov 29 and Dec 1, 2004 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com FDA APPROVAL... BASEL: Roche, OSI Pharmaceuticals and Genentech Friday announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, after priority review, Tarceva (erlotinib) for the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after failure of at least one prior chemotherapy regimen in the United States. http://www.roche.com http://www.gene.com http://www.osip.com http://www.health-kiosk.ch SPA LAUNCH... HONG KONG: Chuan Spa is set to open in Melbourne and Hong Kong in the next two months, setting a new benchmark in destination spas in these cities. http://www.langhamhotels.com (AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.)