GARUDA Indonesia airline has switched its US$20 million-plus worldwide advertising account to DDB Needham Singapore after a lengthy pitch involving D,Y & R, Lintas and incumbent FCB in Sydney.
DDB's Jakarta affiliate, Fortune, will be part of the Singapore operation.
CCANN-Erickson has lost the Hennessy cognac contract in Malaysia and Singapore to Batey Ads Singapore.
The two markets are small in sales terms but the loss puts a dent in McCann's regional handling of Hennessy, leaving it with Hongkong, Taiwan, Thailand and China.
ETRO Broadcast's Hit Radio station is producing a music programme for mainland station Radio Foshan in Guangdong Province.
The 90-minute programme, Joy and Fun Night, which began airing last weekend, broadcasts nightly from 10 pm to 11.30 pm and is hosted by Hit Radio DJs Lucina Yu and Davis Kwan.
Hit Radio produces the programme in Hongkong and sends the recorded tape to Radio Foshan each day from where it is broadcast throughout Guangdong.