The Business Times, 30 March 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2001 85c
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    81 1 sn 1,628.03 (-26.29) BT-SRI 669.25 (-11.28) STI FUTURES 1,625.00 (-25.00) SIMSCI FUTURES ***** (-3.10) STOCK MARKET DffllCES Thursday Change KLSE COMP ***** -8.79 NIKKEI 225 13,***** HANG SENG *****.89 -***** SET INDEX 287.88 +0.78 JAKARTA COMP 381.77 +6.59 MANILA COMP _.l,430.16 -21.39 TAIPEI WP1 5.833.88 +14.49 SEOUL COMP
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    76 1 FOREX SATES us$ s$ L'SS (S$ pcf USS) 1.799 £(USS/SS per 1.442 1»93 F.URO(l"S$/S$/K) 0.886 \m 1210 1529 YEN 123.4 68.60 RM 3.800 2.113 HKS 7.799 4537 BAHT 44.72 24.87 Rl'PlAH 10.386 8,774 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KlIALA U'MPIR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONOkONIi 8.50 nn
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    Lock icon S'pore blue chips bear brunt of market fall
    474 1  -  Uy R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE) The Straits Times Index (STI) sank another 26.29 points yesterday to close at a two-year low of 1,628.03 making Singapore the region's worst performing stock market in US dollar terms. So far this year, the STI has lost
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    Lock icon Sing $ falls past S$1.80 against US dollar
    357 1 Sing falls past S$1.80 against US dollar Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Singapore dollar fell past Ssl.Bo per US dollar in trading yesterday for the first time in more than three years as the market watched for signs the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) would draw a line in the sand. MAS
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    Lock icon World Bank cuts Asia growth forecasts
    504 1 Cyclical weakening of global economy a concern, it says Bloomberg [BEIJING] The World Bank has cut its 2001 economic growth forecasts for almost every Asian country, citing falling exgprts to the US and Japan, weak investor confidence and slow progress in reviving ailing banks
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    Lock icon Residential property price war is on
    853 1  -  NTUC Choice Homes' price cnts set to pile pressure on other developers By] Kalpana Rashiwala cent respectively the lowest in town. [SINGAPORE] The price war in residential properties has begun. Leading the charge is NTUC Choice Homes, a co-op-erative tasked with the social mission
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    Lock icon US Q4 growth revised down to 1%
    285 1 Bloomberg (WASHINGTON] The American economy posted the slowest fourth-quarter growth in 5 1/2 years and after-tax corporate profits fell for the first time in two years, revised US government figures released yesterday show. The economy expanded at a revised 1 per cent annual
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      Lock icon Japan stocks dive 5% after Nasdaq plunge, new data
      487 2  -  BO J warns the economy will remain weak for some time to come From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices fell sharply yesterday following a steep overnight plunge in the US Nasdaq market as new official data on industrial production
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      Lock icon Jakarta's slow pace of reforms worries donors
      741 2  -  l-lri exclusive Review next month vital as any move to scale down or cancel aid will be major blow From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S major donors, grouped under the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI), are growing increasingly concerned with the government's lack
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      Lock icon SingTel not revising Optus takeover terms
      506 2  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications has no plans to revise the terms of its takeover offer for Australia's Cable Wireless Optus (CWO), sources said yesterday. Since the announcement of SingTel's scrip-and-cash offer to buy Optus for up to Asl6 billion. Sing Tel
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      1245 2 osim) OSIM INTERNATIONAL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Orchard Room, The Westin Stamford Westin Plaza. 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2 on the IS* day of April
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      10 2 Wall St still rocky as bulls dwindle in number, Pg2o
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  • MARKET chill
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      Lock icon 1,500 mark could be STI's turning point: PBS chartist
      599 3  -  S'pore stocks now cheapest among developed countries By Siow Li Sen THE fact that the Straits Times Index is still in a freefall is clearly the bad news. The possible good news is that Singapore stocks have become the second cheapest
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      Lock icon Retail players told to avoid stocks for now
      438 3  -  Andrea Tan S PAY away. That is the advice of research heads on stock trading in the next two months. However, investors who are prepared to take at least a 12-month view should pick up counters such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, DBS
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      Lock icon What they say
      347 3 'IFyou 're hoping to ride out the current market, then go for more defensive stocks. Otherwise, just keep the cash and wait for the right time. There's not much point picking up safe-haven stocks now. Stocks have another 5, maybe 10 per cent more to fall. Defensive
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      Lock icon SembCorp calls off share offer plan
      382 3  -  Weak equity markets worldwide cited as the reason ByK Conrad Raj SEMBCORP Industries has called off a plan to place out about 160 million new shares in the face of a weakening stock market. "At the close of the bookbuilding exercise on March 28,
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      Lock icon Vickers Capital tumbles alter news of merger
      183 3 Reuters SHARES of venture capital firm Vickers Capital tumbled 28 per cent yesterday after it unveiled a merger with its venture capita] arm Vertex Venture Holdings. Vickers shares, which were suspended on Wednesday pending the merger announcement, closed down 17 cents at 43
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      Lock icon Chartered tumbles again to all-time closing low of $4.24
      553 3  -  Counter has lost 20.7% in past three days'selling spree By 1 David Boey SHARES of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing tumbled to a record low of $4.16 in intra-day trade yesterday before ending the session 32 cents lower at an all-time closing low
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CityDev raises profit 15.3% to $300m
      582 4  -  Hotel acquisitions start to show in earnings mix By] Lee Han Shih PROPERTY heavyweight City Developments yesterday announced a 15.3 per cent rise in net profit to $300 million, and said it did not expect housing prices in Singapore would fall much from their
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      Lock icon SGXAccess system launched
      489 4  -  Member companies can trade in S'pore securities from anywhere Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday launched an open interface trading system which allows member companies to trade in Singapore securities from anywhere in the world using their own trading terminals. The announcement comes just two days
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      Lock icon WizOffice posts $ 18.9m loss; plans cash call
      412 4  - WizOffice posts 18.9m loss; plans cash call Turnover up four times to $10.7 m, bnt loss jumps 14 times By Andrew Wee E-COMMERCE provider WizOffice.com Ltd posted a staggering loss of $18.9 million for the year ended Dec 31 and plans to raise funds later this year. Its revenue of
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      Lock icon CyberWorks in 'negative equity' of HK$16b
      771 4  -  Shares plummet to new low as loss widens to HKs6.9b /ty- Audrey Tan RICHARD Li's Pacific Century CyberWorks touched a new low of HK52.975 in midday trading yesterday, as funds and investors sold on news that the company had not only made much larger-than-expected
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      Lock icon The real test for Richard Li is now
      986 4  -  IiWM A lock siew quak hiang whai From i Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong RICHARD Li, chairman of Pacific Century CyberWorks, seems to have the ability to shake the market with record-breaking feats, whether it is good news or bad. For him,
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      Lock icon iSoftel turns around with full-year operating profit
      288 4  -  For F*****, it makes a profit of $372,000 on a turnover of $20m Trina Foo MAINBOARD-listed iSoftel Ltd posted a net profit of $372,000 for FY2OOO from a net loss of $1.47 million in the first 18 months of operations. The group's turnover
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      Lock icon SPH buys $35m systems for its new presses
      312 5  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday signed contracts totalling $35 million for new mailroom processing and newsprint handling systems. The purchases are part of a $262 million investment announced last October for the construction of a new printing plant with
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      Lock icon SIAEC buys into BF Goodrich unit
      339 5  -  It pays USslsm for 30% of Rohr Aero Services-Asia Conrad Raj SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC). the recently-listed engineering arm of Singapore Airlines, is paying US$l5 million (Ss27 million) for a 30 per cent stake in Rohr Aero Services* Asia (Rasa). Subject to certain conditions.
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      Lock icon Sime S'pore gets shareholders' nod
      300 5  -  Bat some anhappy with 92-cts-a-share delisting offer Christopher Tan THE majority of Sime Singapore shareholders yesterday voted in favour of delisting the company at a meeting attended by over 70 people. The motor-based company said pending approval from the High Court, it will be privatised
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Govt bonds for Special Accounts in April
        90 5 FROM next month, CPF members will be able to use their Special Accounts to invest in government bonds on the primary and secondary markets, the CPF said yesterday. They will also be able to buy and sell statutory board bonds in the secondary
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        Lock icon Garlic overstock widens FHTK loss
        62 5 Reuters FOR the nine months to Dec *****0, FHTK Holdings' net loss widened to $37.49 million from $36.61 million a year ago. Turnover was $122.64 million compared with $87.42 million previously. FHTK, a fruit distributor, said losses were sustained on the sale of bananas and
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        Lock icon Sing Inv lifts earnings
        53 5 Reuters SING Investments' 2000 net profit rose to $7.35 million from $3.84 million in 1999. Revenue increased to $31.51 million from $27.07 million. However, the Finance company said the group's forecast for the current year was conservative, given the slowdown in the economy and its expectations
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        Lock icon Del Monte Pac ups dividend payout
        84 5 DEL Monte Pacific Ltd, a producer and marketer ot premium branded food and beverage products, announced a final dividend of 1.25 US cents per share (2.21 Singapore cents) for 2000, compared to 0.51 US cents for 1999. The group said the payment represented a
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      105 5 There's no doubt you'll feel secure behind the wheel of the Volvo SBO. After all, it has been rated the safest car in three top independent crash tests from Europe and the US*. But you II also feel an overwhelming sense of luxury. Thanks to the plush, leather interior, electronic
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      335 6 Stock* Volume SingTel 15c 54,231,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 27,619,000 PacificCenturylOc 20,174,000 Vickers Capital 25c 14,833,000 Integra 5c 9,472,000 NOL.. 8,826,000 Lankom US2c 8,364,000 Omni Ind 10c 7,652,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 6,730,000 Frontline 5c 6,125,000 Stocks Chart Semiconductor 26c 117,317,540 SingTel 15c 103,757,801 DBSGrp 45,218,366 SPH 31,836,373 OCBC 30,477,640 OUB
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      Lock icon STI sinks closer to 1,600 as Nasdaq dive hits tech stocks
      625 6  -  I:U comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Traders woke up to face another day of deepening gloom yesterday after a 6 per cent overnight collapse on Nasdaq and a 1.6 per cent slide in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Their nerves
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      Lock icon Flairis wrt likely to stay weak
      187 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Hy\ R Sivanithy WHEN you have the STI hovering at a two-year low, as it is now, chances are the rest of the market is probably much worse off. The devastation in the penny segment is horrifying, with many counters at five-year,
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      Lock icon NOL could be bottoming out
      218 6  -  HOT STOCK Ky Ven Sreenivasan NOL stock was very active yesterday as it gyrated between $1.29 and $1.21. before closing with a six-cent loss at $1.24. A total of 8.8 million shares changed hands, making the counter the sixth most active for the session. The
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      Lock icon Asian currencies fall on yen fears
      467 6 Korean won, Taiwan lead tumble triggered by a 0.6% decline in Japanese currency Bloomberg ASIAN currencies fell yesterday, led by the Korean won, on concern a weaker Japanese yen will lure overseas buyers to cheaper Japanese goods, reducing demand for their currencies. The won
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3012 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss): Mar 30 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.741 0.779 Global Technology Fd!** 0 639 0.672 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.750 0.788 American Opport Fd 0.823 0.865 ContEuroEqty Fd!** 1040 1093 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.240 1.303 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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      33 6 if EXECUTIVE SUITE H Get up-to-date on the property market, and look out for our new weekly gjfl legal matters column, interior decor, architecture and gardening stories n The Business Times every Thursday.
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      124 7 With over 99.9% coverage achieved in less than a year, you're sure to stay in touch. rati Get around a lot? Star Hub's comprehensive coverage of Singapore will keep you connected islandwide. Because we're committed to bringing a PP you only the latest in mobile communication technology, we work hard
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon NSTB to launch technology transfer office
      437 8  -  BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES The new office will help to commercialise public sector human life science research, says Tony Tan Reports by] Eugene Low THE National Science and Technology Board (NSTB), through its Biomedical Research Council (BMRC), is setting up a technology transfer office to help
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      Lock icon NSTB will root for multi-party projects: Philip Yeo
      309 8 CO-OPERATION in biomedical research among the universities, research institutes and hospitals here must be strengthened if Singapore is to make progress as a hub for human life sciences. National Science and Technology Board (NSTB) chairman Philip Yeo said yesterday. Speaking to doctors
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      Lock icon Lim Pin named chairman of National Wages Council
      299 8  -  NWC formulating wage guidelines for 2001-02 and invites views from the public Bi Teh Hooi Ling PROFESSOR Lim Pin has succeeded Professor Lim Chong Yah as chairman of the National Wages Council (NWC). The latter, a professor of economics at the School
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      Lock icon Parties still trying for out-of-court settlement
      323 8  -  RAFFLES TOWlf CLUB SAG A But the battle for control of the clnb seems far from over Ling Su Ann THE acrimonious legal battle over Raffles Town Club (RTC) entered its second day of adjournment yesterday, with the two sides still trying to reach
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      Lock icon SIM dy CEO takes over the helm
      185 8 RONALD Tan, the deputy chief executive of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), will step up as chief executive officer and executive director on April 1. He will be taking over from John Yip, who will remain at SIM to help develop the
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Now, forget I showed it
        129 8 ON Wednesday, Vickers Capital president Lee Kheng Nam gave a show-and-tell to the media on how shareholders would benefit from a merger with its venture capital unit, Vertex Venture. Part of the presentation was a slide showing how Vertex's investments had performed in various companies.
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        Lock icon Wall Street, as the Fed sees it
        162 8 JUDGING by the way Wall Street is plunging, US stocks must be grossly overvalued. Yet according to a model developed by none other than the US Federal Reserve, Wall Street may be slightly undervalued. The model was discovered by Deutsche Bank analyst Edward
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      Lock icon Matsushita Elec moves RHQ to S'pore
      107 8 MATSUSHITA Electric Asia announced yesterday it will move its regional headquarters for Asia and Oceania from Osaka, Japan, to Singapore. The change takes effect on April 1. The Singapore office, headed by managing director Morihiro Sato, will take over management functions now carried out
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      Lock icon Output gap will widen in Asia, says Barclays
      277 8  -  P=47=* on the economy r\i itrw i+ By. Anna Teo THE output gap will widen across Asia, including Singapore, this year as the region sees below-trend growth, says Barclays Capital. Singapore's output gap which refers to the difference between actual and potential
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      76 8 CHRISTIE'S 4 'WHmz 19 ■r ;i sBF iu ■».< JBf vincente s,lva MANANSALA (THE PHILIPPINES Luksong-Tinik 00 canvas estimate $45,000-65,000 Southeast Asian 20th Century Indian Pictures Auction Inquiries Christie's Singapore April 1 (65) 235 3828 Unit 3 Parklane Goodwood Park Hotel Viewing Catalogues 22 Scotts Road March 30-31 (65) 235
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      51 9 KOENIG BAUER AG is proud to partner SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS in setting up the new SPH state-of-the-art printing plant B I j v I Mr Chew Keng Juea Senior Executive Vice President. Chinese Newpaper Newspaper Services Division, SPH and Mr Walter Schumacher Executive Vice President. Sales Marketing Service, Koenig Bauer
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      332 10 Congratulations to Singapore Exchange on the launch of M r SGXAccess SGXAccess enhances SGX's electronic trading system by providing it with an open interface based on the international messaging standard called Financial Information exchange (FIX). This allows access into SGX equities market from anywhere in the world. m 1 WW
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon What did the club's staff do to deserve those bonuses?
      324 11  -  RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SAGA Wendy Tan Woon Yoke Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "Members should get money back from RTC" by Gan Guat Heng (Mailbag, March 27). Indeed, I too feel angry and cheated over the bonuses
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      Lock icon Seeking recourse: media too can help
      77 11  -  Lee Lai Kuen, Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the letter "Raffles Town Club 'founding member' calls for recourse" by Chen Seh Choong (Mailbag, March 29). I agree with the letter totally. I would appreciate it if BT can act as a facilitator for
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      Lock icon Consider a different approach to 3G bidding
      234 11  -  Lee Khai Cheong Singapore, via Internet THERE has been a lot of debate on the 3G telecommunications licence and the reduction of the licence floor price. I would like to suggest a different approach. Require bidders to commit to a taxation of say,
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      Lock icon Advice won't do, sentiment must change
      310 11  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, vi Internet I REFER to your column "Time to pick up SIA shares" by Wong Wei Kong (BT, March 21). In a market that is feeling the severe effect of gravity, it is inevitable that exhortations for support must come sooner,
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      Lock icon No change in rules for Bermudaregistered firms'AGMs
      242 11  -  Peter Chia Executive Vice-President Singapore Exchange WE refer to the letter "Bermuda-in-corporated firms: clarify investors' status at meetings" by Denis Distant (Mailbag, March 20). There has been no change in requirements for attendance at meetings of Bermuda-registered companies. Companies incorporated outside Singapore usually
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      178 11 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@ sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Proving the unprovable— with Dad's help
      804 12  - Proving the unprovable with Dad's help bottom line OPINION patrick smith The writer is the author of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation' Bloomberg I HONESTLY don't much care that Richard Li, the Hongkong princeling who founded Pacific Century CyberWorks, never earned a computer engineering degree from Stanford University, as his company has
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      96 12 'Nobody has a clue. Any economist who thinks he knows what's going on is Wrong Scott HcNeaiy CEO of Sun Microsystems, on the US economy. 'It's an extremely painful period. Everybody's learning how to spell "bear market" again.' Timothy Stevenson a fund manager, on declines in stock
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      Lock icon Thaksin gets down to business
      617 12 EDITORIAL THAILAND'S new prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, has been acting briskly and making significant decisions despite next week's Constitutional Court hearing of financial wrongdoing charges that could see him ejected from office. In fact he has threatened to fire top officials if they don't shape
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      Lock icon FTAs: refreshing change from the status quo
      1265 12  -  East Asia shouldn't allow Western bias to deter it from working on clearly beneficial regional free trade arrangements From i Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo THERE is something patronising, and even "colonial", about the way in which a
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      Lock icon A global financial disaster looms
      813 12  -  COMMENTARY A weak US economy, credit excess and an overvalued dollar is a deadly combination By Philip Bowring IHT [HONGKONG] The strong dollar is the latest "irrational exuberance" produced by the market. It is perverse and dangerous. It will prolong US problems and hurt the
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KLSE to make directors more accountable
      371 13 KUALA LUMPUR Directors most go for training, reveal more in company annual reports Reuters THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) said yesterday that from June 1 it will implement a new set of rules that will make directors of listed companies more accountable to
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      Lock icon Jakarta to review Guthrie's US$368m palm-oil land deal
      384 13  -  Minister orders Ibra to hold on to fnnds paid by M'sian firm From. Eddie Toh in Kuiila Lumpur THE Indonesian government is pushing ahead with a review of Kumpulan Guthrie's purchase of a huge tract of palm oil plantation land in the
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      Lock icon No stock price manipulation: KLSE
      314 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) yesterday brushed aside allegations of price manipulation in blue chips to shore up a sliding Malaysian market. On March 21. the key share index KLCI shot up more than 2 per cent in the last minute
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon PTP hires 500 more to cope with growth
      413 14  -  Hiring of equipment operators will bring workforce to 1,200 by year-end From 1 Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor will boost its workforce by another 500 workers to cope with the surge in business, reflecting
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      Lock icon UEM scraps Kedah Cement plan
      183 14 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg UNITED Engineers Malaysia Bhd (UEM), manager of the nation's largest toll road, said it scrapped plans to take control of Kedah Cement Holdings Bhd as the stock market slump stalls companies' reorganisation plans. "It is no longer feasible to proceed with the
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      Lock icon M'sia bans foreign oil firms from opening new petrol stations
      509 14 KUALA LUMPUR Only Petronas allowed to expand; analysts say move will jolt investor confidence Reuters MALAYSIA has decided not to issue any more licences to foreign oil companies to open new petrol stations locally, government officials said yesterday. The decision,
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      Lock icon M'sia to investigate if Pokemon un-Islamic
      214 14 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Authorities in Malaysia are investigating whether Pokemon is un-Islamic, following a ban by Saudi Arabia on all merchandise and games related to the popular cartoon series. Mustapha Abdul Rahman, head of the government department which regulates Islamic laws which apply to
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      Lock icon M'sian insurer's shares hit 13-month high on takeover offer
      541 14 KUALA LUMPUR MBA up on fresh Allianz offer bnt doubts linger Reuters SHARES of Malaysian insurer Malaysia British Assurance (MBA) rose to their highest in 13 months yesterday after its key shareholder Germany's Allianz AG made a takeover offer for the
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      Lock icon MSC contribution to economy still low: Dr M
      343 14 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIA'S hi-tech Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), launched five years ago, has not contributed significantly to economic growth, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. "At the moment, I would admit that it has not contributed as much as we had expected,"
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      Lock icon Defiant Gus Dur, Parliament gear up for battle over turf
      640 15  -  analysis Parliament bent on not losing its newly-restored freedom and power Front i Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta EMBATTLED Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid may have all but sealed his political fate with his strident and defiant performance in the House of
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      Lock icon Thaksin okays probe on dead general's wealth
      440 15  -  Move sparked by doubts over govt's anti-graft stance From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has reluctantly launched an investigation into the unusually large wealth of a former military strongman who allegedly helped him win a lucrative satellite contract. Observers
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        64 15 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Bank Simpanan Nasional Bhd may increase its stake in Malaysian Airline System Bhd following its recent purchase of a 2.15 per cent stake in the latter, an Utusan Malaysia report quoted chairman Abdul Azim Ahmad Zabidi as saying. Mr Abdul
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        88 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian cement firm PT Indocement said Germany's Heidelberger Zement AG could end up with 60.6 per cent of the company after a rights issue and a planned share purchase from Indocement's other shareholders. Indocement made the announcement in a statement following approval from
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        91 15 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Parliament has given its support to a 21 per cent tariff hike for fixed line telephone calls this year, Sadjarwo Sukardiman, chairman of the commission on transportation and regional infrastructure said yesterday. The hike is the first phase of a 45.49
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        59 15 AFP [JAKARTA) The Indonesian state electricity firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) hopes to sell electricity produced by a coal-fired power plant in Sumatra to neighbouring Malaysia, a report said here yesterday. PLN president Eddie Widiono was quoted by Kompas daily as saying that
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        71 15 Reuters {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state power firm Tenaga Nasional Bhd has started burning crude palm oil (CPO) as fuel as part of a government plan to reduce excess stocks in the country, Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday. The government had asked
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      279 15 ÜBANGKOK Liable for fraud committed on their behalf in 2000 polls AP BACKING efforts at political reform, Thailand's Constitutional Court yesterday upheld a ruling by the national Election Commission dismissing 10 senators for electoral fraud. The 15-judge court voted 12-1 that the commission was
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      318 15 TAIPEI The 12.5 basis point cut is the fourth since December Bloomberg TAIWAN'S central bank lowered its key interest rate 12.5 basis points, the fourth cut since December, to prop up an economy hurt by falling exports, shrinking domestic spending and
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      246 15 BANGKOK The stock has suspended trading for nearly 3 years Reuters SHARES of state-run BankThai Pic are expected to receive a warm welcome from short-term punters when they resume trade today after being suspended almost three years ago as the bank neared the
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      243 15 BANGKOK Reuters THAI Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday he had asked foreign banks with branches in Thailand to increase deposit rates and cut lending rates to help boost the Thai economy. "I told them the economy is in a recovery period and
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      389 17 HONGKONG They are buying legal software ahead of coming harsher piracy law Reuters HONGKONG companies are in a mad scramble to snap up legal software ahead of the introduction of tough new laws in April aimed at stamping out one of the
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      291 17 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONGKONG'S economic growth may slow to a nearhalt this year if the US economy doesn't pull out of its slump by the third quarter, said Eddie Wong, ABN Amro Asia Ltd's chief economist for Asia. Mr Wong slashed his official Hongkong
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      199 17 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN is to delay relaxation of rules on China-bound investment due to the domestic economic slowdown and rising unemployment, reports said yesterday. The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) had been prepared to further relax investment controls by the end of March after reviewing
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      681 17 NEWDELHI SingTel-Bharti expected to make offer for Indian telco Reuters INDIA'S plan to privatise Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) may be its most ambitious sell-off decision yet, but will there be many takers for this blue-chip monopoly provider of overseas telecommunication
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      246 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's state-run flag carrier Air India has posted a net loss of 470 million rupees (Ssl7 million) in the first 10 months of the current financial year because of high fuel costs. The airline, a prime candidate for the government's privatisation programme,
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      2447 18  -  Three months before he died last Friday of cancer at 67, MICHAEL lqfer delivered a paper in Singapore on the emerging East Asian scene. We reproduce here extracts of the paper. MICHAEL LEIFER A YEAR ago, I observed that the regional security environment had
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      658 19 TECHIW.fJJ It cats forecast on worldwide mobile phone sales by 50 million units Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Telecoms equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday it expected very weak, maybe zero, growth in the US market this year, undermining investor confidence and sending its ailing shares
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        78 19 Reuters [FRANKFURT] US online toys retailer Toys International.com yesterday said it was filing for creditor protection under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code to execute an orderly wind-down of its business. Toys International said it was developing a plan with its creditors
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        105 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Drug maker Pfizer Inc is expected to announce that it will form a joint venture with Microsoft Corp and IBM Corp to sell software and services to doctors, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday. The new
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        66 19 AFP [WEITERSTADT, Germany] T-Online, the leading Internet services provider in Europe, yesterday said that it swung into loss in 2000 owing to start-up losses at its foreign units and the launch of a flat-rate fee for Internet access. T-Online, a unit of Deutsche Telekom, said
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        81 19 AFP [TOKYO] Electronics giants NEC Corp and Fujitsu said yestei d3j aiey may reorganise their Japanese factories but denied they planned to spin them off into independent suppliers. "We are reviewing the strategic importance of each of our 17 plants," said an NEC spokesman. "We
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      311 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Sony Corp said it would upgrade its cellular phone handset operations into a full division and put more focus on mobile computing products. As a sputtering US economy and strains from its gaming division take their toll, Sony hopes to reignite
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      622 19 NEW YORK This is after IPO of its Agere unit raised less than planned Bloomberg LUCENT Technologies Inc's credit ratings were put under review for a possible cut to junk status after the initial public stock sale of its Agere
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      355 19 Decision to last till high-tech market starts to recover FT [SAN FRANCISCO] Cisco Systems, the largest networking equipment company, has put an informed hold on making any more acquisitions as a result of the drop in the high-tech market and Cisco's own share
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      235 19 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] The dotcom meltdown is flooding the San Francisco office market with vacant space and lowering average rents in the city's main business district for the first time in more than two years, according to a real estate study. Rents for
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      525 19 Reuters [NEW YORK] Palm Inc's surprise profit warning, blamed on the slumping US economy and growing inventories, dragged down shares of handheld computer makers on Wednesday, pushing some to all-time lows. Shares of Palm, the dominant leader in the nascent hand-held
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      759 20 Too many obstacles still standing in way of a sustained rebound; analysts Reuters [NEW YORK] The US stock market last week appeared to finally have found its footing after an agonising year-long slide. But don't get too optimistic: Wall Street is
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      575 20 US stocks beaten —again and again The latest Wall St slump has inflicted repeated daily poundings on investors and traders Bloomberg ON the 60th floor of Manhattan's World Trade Center, Michael Lyons watches as stock prices tumble once again and contemplates the height of his office and the lows of
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      579 20 Bat links between sentiment, market results are tangled FT [NEW YORK] Whether US financial markets have further to fall may depend more on the nation's feel-good factor than any scientific calculation of relative value. The problem in trying to decipher investor
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      441 20 Bloomberg [PARIS] Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he's sworn off investing in airline stocks since his US$35B million (***** million) "mistake" in US Airways Group Inc. "Now if I get the urge to invest in airlines, I call an 800 number,
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      585 21 FRANKFURT Deal would create bancassurance giant with market value of abont 100b euros FT Bloomberg ALLIANZ, the German insurer, is in advanced talks with Dresdner Bank on a takeover of Germany's third largest bank. The move would create a bancassurance giant with
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      284 21 LONDON FT GOLDMAN Sachs, the investment bank, is likely to come in for embarrassing criticism when a UK government report on the late Robert Maxwell's business empire is published this week. The final draft report seen by the Financial Times concludes Goldman bears a
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        78 21 Reuters [JOHANNESBURG] A group led by mining giant Anglo American and the wealthy Oppenheimer family yesterday said it intended to proceed with its offer to buy diamond firm De Beers for US$l7.l billion (5530.6 billion). It kept the terms of the offer unchanged at
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        54 21 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank said first quarter profit will be lower than the same year-ago period because of falling stock markets. "We expect the market conditions to remain difficult," chief executive Rolf Breuer said. Businesses with fee income have performed weaker than "hoped" this
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        48 21 Reuters [NEW YORK] A major German bank is in serious discussions with Bridge Information Systems to buy the entire financial news and data company, a source said, potentially trumping a proposed bid by SunGard Data Systems for some of Bridge's assets. Reuters
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      225 21  - Marks Spencer to sell HK ops Front Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong BRITISH retailer Marks Spencer plans to sell its Hongkong business to a franchise partner, the decision prompted by the slump in its UK core business and the resultant restructuring. As a result, the UK-listed department store chain will
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      465 21 FRANKFURT AP THE European Central Bank (ECB) left its key interest rate unchanged yesterday, opting to buck a global trend of rate cuts despite tumbling stock markets and a slowing world economy. Economists were split on whether the ECB would keep
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      621 21 LONDON Retailer will exit continental Europe and cnt 4,ooojobs Reuters, AFP BRITAIN'S Marks Spencer pic (M&S), struggling abroad and battling retail competition at home, said yesterday it would shed much of its nonUK business and cut over 4,000 jobs in a radical
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      292 21 SEOUL In return, founder's son and his deputies mnst give np control AFP SOUTH Korean banks yesterday offered a US$2.2 billion (553.96 billion) package to save Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co (HEC) from bankruptcy in return for the ousting of Hyundai scion Chung Mong
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      948 22  -  But financial market volatility may derail his efforts at getting backing From. Leon Hadar in Washington PRESIDENT George W Bush, meeting with top business executives of the high-tech industry in Washington on Wednesday, was trying to convince them that
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      533 22 ST LOUIS Businesses making progress in cutting stockpiles of unsold goods Reuters THE US economy is poised for a recovery in the second half of this year now that businesses are making progress in reducing their stockpiles of unsold goods,
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      692 22 As the economy falters, some of his followers' faith is wavering Reuters [WASHINGTON] CAN one man armed with one weapon, interest rates, keep a boom in the US$lO trillion (SSIB trillion) US economy from becoming a bust? Six months ago. many on Wall Street took
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      203 22 FT [NEW YORK] A private equity investor injected US$24O million (Ss43o million) into Nasdaq on Wednesday in a move towards greater independence for North America's second-largest stock market. Hellman Friedman, the San Fran-cisco-based private equity group, is paying US$24O million for debentures which are
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      251 23  -  SGZ Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market continued its bearish descent yesterday on Nasdaq's bleak outlook. At the close, the benchmark Straits Times Index was 26.29 points or 1.59 per cent lower at 1,628.03,
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      237 23 MSCI Taiwan Index THE Taiwan stock market settled mixed despite Nasdaq's steep fall overnight. At the close, the MSCI Taiwan stock index was 0.81 point, or 0.31 per cent, lower at 261.96. Turnover for Taiwan stock index decreased to 730.31 million with 26
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      245 23 Reuters London THE euro fell to its lowest this year against the US dollar and sterling after the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates unchanged yesterday, spurring concern it was not doing enough to foster growth in the region. The euro dropped half a cent within minutes
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      2954 24 HONGKONG AFP fl Hang Sen* -***** HONGKONG share prices fell 1.4 per cent yesterday led by the sharp fall of Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW) after the company announced a larger-than-expected loss, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 173.52 points to
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      2107 24 TOKYO AFP QNikkei 225 -***** SHARE prices in Tokyo plunged 5 per cent yesterday to post their biggest fall in nearly a year as investors dumped high-tech issues following a sharp drop on Wall Street, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225
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      1095 24 AFP ["1 Shenzhen B Index -29.63 CHINA'S foreign-currency shares fell yesterday on concern more foreign investors will sell their holdings in Class B stocks, following slumps in Asian markets. The Shenzhen B Share Index plunged 29.63 points, or 8.4 per cent, to 325.4. Shanghai B shares edged down 0.9
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      401 24 AFP QWP Index +14.49 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday in thin trading despite losses on Wall Street, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 14.49 points to 5,833.88. on turnover of NT581.79 billion. "There was not enough trading volume to fuel the
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      430 25 AFP Q Composite Index -8.79 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday as investors sold stocks following Wall Street's weakness, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 8.79 points to finish at 652.03. The Second Board Index slipped 1.35 points to
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      316 26 AFP n Composite Index -459 SOUTH Korean share prices fell 0.9 per cent yesterday. The Korea Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 4.99 points at 523.80. AFP *mn Anam Semi 4710 245 Brain T«h J 545 0 Central Bank 170 0 Chart Comm ***** 400 Oaa Gu Ban* 1370
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      289 26 AFP Composite Index -2L39 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 1.5 per cent yesterday, pulled down by losses in overseas markets. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index dropped 21.39 points to 1,430.16. Volume plunged to 171.07 million shares worth 341.27 million pesos. —AFP »ar2» Peso (000) Abacus Construction 0.53 -0.01 120
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      277 26 AFP QNZSE-40 -0.48 NEW Zealand shares closed marginally lower yesterday with a lack of fresh leads to drive trading, dealers said. The NZSE-40 capital index closed down 0.48 point at 2,037.33 on turnover of NZ$97 million. Falls outnumbered rises 63 to 34 amongst 143 stocks traded. AFP US (000)
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      559 26 AFP n AD Ordinaries -2J THE Australian sharemarket closed virtually unchanged yesterday despite a rally in the banking sector. The All Ordinaries Index lost 2.1 points to 3,125.3, while the SP/ASX2OO finished 1.7 points lower at 3,177.9. The All Industrials Index fell 0.8 point to 5,365.7 and the All
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      746 26 AFP 11 SET Index *0.78 Thai stocks rose 0.3 per cent yesterday after trading in a narrow band, with investors sidelined ahead of the release of key economic data. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 0.78 point to close at 287.88 and the SET 50 Index
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      767 26 AFP Q Composite Index -HLS9 INDONESIAN share prices closed up 1.8 per cent yesterday, as cigarette stocks extended gains on foreign support following government approval of a cigarette price increase, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index was up 6.59 points at 381.77 on volume of 629 million
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      1505 28  -  The Millennium brand is as much a winner as Le Meridien, which M&C has been eyeing, chief executive John Wilson tells KALPANARASHIWALA KALPANA RASHIWALA IT'S hard to impress people these days. You may own a string of hotels around the globe from New
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      337 28 "M Hotel" is the new brand name which Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C) plans to introduce later this year. First to be rebranded will be the Copthorne Harbour View in Singapore when its nearly $25 million refurbishment is completed later this year, M&C chief executive
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        710 30  -  Mdd the cuff Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's four wins at the Oscars show that Hollywood thinks highly enough of these fanny foreigners to know that they can only enrich the diversity of filmmaking today jaime ee HANDS up, those who thought Crouching Tiger,
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        1294 30 IT'S every bit one of the world's most spectacular hikes still, and no Sunday stroll, but these days, tramping up to Everest Base Camp on what's now called the Khumbu "tourist highway" is hardly high adventure. Each year, thousands join the legions who can say, "Been there, done
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        762 30  -  COVER STORY Action sports and adventure fans keen on gripping drama should stay tuned to AXN Asia, says head of the TV network By, Anna Teo CONCEIVED as a TV network that's "100 per cent action-adventure", targeted at the attitudinally 20-something, AXN Asia is out to
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        1139 31  -  Queen of Bouquets Sharon Melehi impresses corimke here at a workshop CORINNE KERK THE small group of ladies a mixture of diamond-laden tai tais, seriouslooking florists and inquisitive journalists are watching closely as Sharon Melehi's hands fly around in the way that super experienced floral
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        664 32  -  CINEMA All the usual ingredients so deftly employed by Gay Ritchie in his earlier film are present in 'Snatch'. Bnt the latter's more fan Byi Geoffrey Eu Y name is Franky nVI Franky Four Fingers. I had five once but then one became surplus to
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        670 32  -  CINEMA '15 minutes' started well but goes off course as it veers from cop movie to a social commentary Byi Susan Tsang 15 MINUTES begins promisingly as a murder movie, with two mismatched cops on the case. There are two psycho criminals, with quaint foreign accents, and,
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        1604 33  -  Malaysian cartoonist Datuk Lat turns 50 this year. But have the years made his memories of village life less vivid? ui-hoom finds out CHEAH UI-HOON YOU can take the boy out of the kampung, but not the kampung out of the man. One encounter
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        428 33  -  Event, which offers a record purse of USsl-sm, will be sanctioned by European and Davidoff Tours By Ven Sreenivasan BMW will start the engine on Asia's richest golf tournament this year by launching the BMW Asian Open in Taiwan from Nov 22
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        228 33 EYEING a freehold villa and membership at an award-winning Johor golf resort? Check out The Legends Golf Country Resort's series of contests on the outcome of next week's US Masters Golf championship. The Kulai-based resort is launching a series of four easy-to-win contests where participants
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        673 33  -  A review of three new drivers featuring varying degrees of VFT technology By' Ven Sreenivasan THE debate over the amazing Callaway Big Bertha ERC II drivers has drawn attention to the use of Variable Face Thickness (VFT) technology to enhance club performance. It all
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        708 34  -  Tamade has adopted a 'simple but good' mantra, jame ee finds out about the wine bar's value deals JAIME EE IF nothing else, the wine bar/bistro Tamade will always elicit talk about its unusual name. Is it a swear word involving someone's mother? Was someone with poor
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        450 34  -  RESTAURANT Ah Hoi's Kitchen offers two five-course set mentis that feature giant-sized seafood Byi Cheah Ui-Hoon KING-SIZED seafood takes centrestage at Ah Hoi's Kitchen, Traders Hotel, with a selection of what it calls jet-fresh seafood (since it's flown in live) such as Maine
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        928 34  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By. N K Yong I WAS one of a small group of fortunate guests invited to dinner recently by a good friend and a big collector, who like most great collectors is exceedingly, even embarrassingly, generous. We were treated to a mini-vertical of
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        633 36  -  Macau surprises stlvia tam with its resemblance to Malacca. Its architecture and especially its cuisine remind her of the Malaysian town SYLVIA TAN IS this a taste of Macau? My tongue could taste coconut milk, chilli, tumeric and yes, belacan reminiscent of Malacca more
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        600 36 IT is exciting reading the menu in a Macanese restaurant, for once you get beyond the Portuguese names, you could stumble upon dishes that were clearly born of a shared heritage. I found this out at the Litoral (Te1:967 878) at Rua do Almirante Sergio,
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      277 30 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS rj— 1 One who keeps out of the bH sun is not to be trusted? (5, Ml JjH 10 A ship can manoeuvre into 10 1 M 1 L—l_J_ river with confidence (9) fH[ 'Ht ~flHf 11 Right to step back and restate main points 13 Doubles
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      3163 35 TODAY'S TV CINEMA RECOMMENDED VHSWDTO i V HI IM Quick Cha./Knowing Alrnot Cameron Crowe's taje of a 1970s band oncon 9.00 AM Kids Central: Blue s Asia cert tour, complete with groupies and amateur reporter. R( A). Farth linrW plays a bodyguard who is ,J0 Nmfs Tree House \1 M
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      277 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell 18 points to 1,468, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 29 points to 1,578, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) eased 57 points to 9,573 and the Baltic Capes ize Index (BCI) was down 18 points to 1,761. TimmiAß'iitß' ♦Vergina 1 (built
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      509 37  -  Mergers and acquisitions among local shipping firms encouraged By 1 P T Bangsberg CHINA will end price controls on domestic shipping from May 1 and is movipg to_ scrap more old tonnage as membership of the World Trade Organization nears. Cargo and
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      103 37 SHIPPERS who move cargo from Western Australia to North-east Asia have been saving up to eight days by using PSA Corporation's transhipment hub in Singapore, Fairplay reported. The news service quoted Total Logistics Systems managing director Michael O'Callaghan, who said that many
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      225 37 [SINGAPORE] Efficiency earned the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) an accolade at the Dream World Cruise Destinations Awards 2000 last week. The PSA Corporation managed centre was voted the most efficient terminal operator a vote of confidence from international cruise lines. Regular terminal users P&O,
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      600 37  -  Incident occurred away from S'pore-Batam ferry routes By Alec Almazan, Beth Jinks in Singapore THE cargo of the hijacked Indonesian vessel Inabukwa appeared to be intact although the crew compartments were ransacked, the Philippine Coast Guard reported yesterday. "Everything inside the officer and crew
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        106 37 Xinhua [BEIJING] China will build 135 deepwater berths and rebuild 45 others along its coastlines in the next five years, with newly added handling capacity 0f250 million tonnes and 16.5 million TEUs. By the year 2005, the total port handling capacity will reach 1.43 billion
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        136 37 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hani in Shipping Co, the world's eighth-largest maritime shipper, said Senator Lines, its German unit, had its first full-year profit since being acquired by Hanjin in 1997. Senator posted pretax profit of US$3O million before one-time items last year, on revenue of US$l.44
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      788 38  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By: Selva Kumar THE widows and dependants of three Polish seaman killed in an oil tanker explosion in Cuban waters last year can pursue their claims in an English court although there was a clause in the
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      294 38 PAGE Ahrentnel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCl n Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTl 12 Balaii Shpg S Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS S CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China Shpg
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      19559 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pa 9 e 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 09/04 n/OS Setramar NORASIA HONGKONG 370W 45 *****33 09/04 16/05 Dumas DELMAS KERGUELEN n6W 65-*****44 10/04 n/05 MOL CARINA
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        754 49 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt SaWhfUJ ***** 'joi 29/03/830 29/03/2030 Bintan Mitra 02-Mar J02 29/03/4:25 29/03/2300 Sea Bird OHet J15 29/03/8 05 29/03/*00 Kmtrans Jpr 01-Mar J17 29/03/8:45 29/03/21:00 Winstar 1 035S01 J03 29/01/7:50 29/03/2130 Bud*ahari2 *****a J18 29/03/8:25 29/03/2330 Cnenqyun 21 J07 29/03/10:10 30/03/8 00
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        1940 49 RECEIVING Of EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO BooMnq/Mmct Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Portod From To Fron ABU DHABI CUM JV400 21/BOO 21/1900 2a a/1700 29/0*59 a/090o n 21/itoo a/o*59 nmoo 3 a/0700 29/1B9 29/MOO 4 29/1200 29/M59 29/1700 ACTUARU 07WH MM 2VB00 21/H99 21/1900 a 2t/i7oo
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        190 49 Apr 0 Hongkong: Ching Ming Festival. Apr 9 Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day. Apr 9 Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 13 United Kingdom: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Hongkong: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good
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        790 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index
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        483 49 Carton 100 Mai 985 4 2J 13.8 0.28 194 0.06 Mar 22 Density Water Residue Ask *1—Iwtow Sediment No above E25 0 1 0 1 t 0 %M/M 380 Ave 985.7 0.4 12.8 0.07 22 0.02 c™. 380 Max 990.6 0.9 MJ 0.09 46 0.03 tt/wi
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        392 50 No complaints of any operational glitches or baggage chaos with workers backing np system AFP [INCHON, South Korea] South Korea's new Inchon International Airport opened to commercial flights yesterday welcoming an Asiana flight from Bangkok in the early morning, witnesses said. The Boeing
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        77 50 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines female cabin crew members showing off their new style footwear in Singapore yesterday. SIA said it will providefemale cabin crew members with a new style of footwear to improve comfort and enhance safety. The introduction of the new footwear
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        227 50 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co said profit for the year ending March 31 will be more than double its earlier forecast, as Japan's biggest domestic airline benefits from higher numbers of passengers, especially business-class travellers. ANA now expects group net income
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          105 50 AFP [TOKYO} Airbus Industrie has appointed a British aerospace executive to head its new Japanese subsidiary as it steps up a sales push in the world's second-biggest aviation market. Patrick Carroll, a 44-year-old Japanese speaker who is currently the Tokyo representative for BAE Systems Ltd,
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          127 50 Reuters [DOHA] Qatar Airways signed a U5544.5 million (5579.6 million) loan with Qatar National Bank (QNB) for the purchase of two Airbus A3OO-600R aircraft Akbar al-Baker, chief executive of Qatar Airways, said the loan was in addition to a US$27O million facility the carrier
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          121 50 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Air Philippines Corp said it has acquired three new Boeing 737-300 aircraft as part of its expansion program this year. About one billion pesos (***** million) has also been earmarked for the expansion programme, which will see the carrier flying to Kuala
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        254 50 Bloomberg [LONDON] London's subway service began to grind to a halt after Underground workers started a 24-hour strike that will force commuters onto the streets in a protest over track safety. The strikers have Mayor Ken Livingstone's blessing. The strike by the
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        274 50 Some smaller regional airports would also be listed for sale: minister AFP, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Sydney airport will be sold off as expected later this year, the Australian government announced yesterday. "The government... is going to proceed with a 100 per
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        Lock icon American Air's major unions oppose TWA acquisition
        360 50 Bloomberg [TEXAS] American Airlines parent AMR Corp's three largest unions said they oppose the company's planned US$4.2 billion (557.47 billion) purchase of Trans World Airlines Inc (TWA) because of potential conflicts as the workforces merge. The unions that cover pilots, flight attendants, and
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        148 50 Reuters [LAGOS] British Airways has decided to end its joint venture with struggling Nigeria Airways in a move that could open the lucrative Lagos-London route to rival Virgin Atlantic, airline officials said on Wednesday. BA has operated the route for the Nigerian state carrier
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      1117 38 I NORTH AMERICA EXPORT I OTHER DESTINATIONS 1 SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPRESS-DIRECT TO LONG BEACH WEST COAST Of CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) vssa vot eta* etc aw UMQMOI oauas houstoh mm mwtom ■coco an rosa vot TSri rrjamtlsss wwumhco cqmto puhh»» [mßuvwrMul 00Q MTHBUNDS 27*13 21/03 M/ 03 11/ M
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      89 38 A SANKYU (S) PTE LTD r 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hong Earn A AM China Bg» ievepy tmur a mm3MIB VESSEL VOY HP SIM HA TYO ETA KOI ETA YOK ETA WGO ETA OSA MED
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      727 38 Lines services represented by Members of the Registry of Members of the Accredited Shipping Agents. Singapore Logistics 3/ Singapore Shipping Association Association CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO *0« fOT KLANG/ StNGATOtE JAKARTA t lANGKOK VW ETA PH. ETA SIN ETA MALE PltatMll! KMI K«4 r,M l«M K«pm» Lih Mil UIM SUM J7/K
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      526 40 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS ran N SHEVA (CPS MULUND. MUMBAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN ANO WESTERN 1.C.0. POINTS VMMI VOY S PORE N SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO PKLANG PU GLORY II7W 01 APR 10 APR 13 APR 10 APR 20 APR TULSIOAS 140 00 APR 17
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      80 46 4fc£CV Wmte SINGAPORE PTE LTD W 15 McCallum Street #03-***** Natwest Centre Singapore *****") V J Fa*: (********** Email eculine net Website httpy/www«uhne n« WESTOCEAN LIME 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK TO Weekly Service SHANGHAI U.N. approved IRAQ shipments I Call: 220 3373 SeePgl2 SIN HUP SENG HUAT Looking For Cotton
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      627 47 SIN TO SRI LANKA, INDIA, CANADA, US/EC/GULF, MEXICO p«0 I 5W «t 1 suo oiw I ppc I cmo I pom I hai I im I o«f sav j wtw I tam I wou~| Z?** 0 09/02.11/02 J9/02. 22/02. 07/03. 02/03. Jl/MJi/OL JIZM U/OLJ7/84. .20/04. .24/04. 29/84 04/ OS HptCM
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      118 47 PT. Natabhayu Perusahaan Pelayaran SINGAPORE TO SURABAYA 3 SAIL!MPS WEEKLY Voy No SINGAPORE SURABAYA ETA ETD ETA ETD mv KOTA BERANI 8RN253 31/03 01/04 03/04 OS/04 mv JINYU 122 02/04 02/04 05/04 06/04 mv. KOTA BERUAN 8RL243 04/04 05/04 07/04 09/04 I SA Shipping Agencies V Tel: 323 2190 Fax:
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      634 48 VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER BRIDGE 884N 03-03/04 16-16/04 I TIGER METRO 885N 06-07/04 12-15/04 I TIGER SPEED 886N 08 13-17/04 21 22/04 I TIGER STAR 886S 10-ICWMFOR DISCHARGING ONLY I TIGER RHYTHM 887N 12-13/04 18-21/04 25-26/04 I TIGER BRIDGE 888N 16-16/04 22 25/04 29-29/04 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SIJ^^CA^^SIJ^I STEAM
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