The Business Times, 11 April 2001

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SIN GAPORE Internet: iii[p://business-times.asial .com.sg/ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 850
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    79 1 sn MO6J2 (+10.17) BT-SRI M&O7 (-0.01) ST INDEX FUTURES MO&OO (+7.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 2Q2JO (+1.40) SltXX MABKET DTOIGES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 566.49 +115 NIKKEI 226 12,620.27 -221.49 RANG SENG 1*213.67 +11.67 SET INDEX 279.54 +139 JAKARTA COMP ***** +*92 MANILA OOMP 1,459.49 -11.64 TAIPEI WPI 5,353.52 -48.33 SEOULCOMP
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    85 1 FOBEX KATES us* s$ USS (S$ per USS) 1515 £(USS/SSpcr£) 1.446 2.622 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.899 1.632 DM 1176 1.198 YEN 124.4 68J0 RM 3.800 2.094 HK$ 7.800 4197 BAHT 46.61 25.13 RUP1AH 10,776 §,936 *S$ to 100 units m S$ to 100 units FUME BARS SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67
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    Lock icon Govt cuts growth forecast for the year to 3.5-5.5%
    816 1  -  Q1 GDP contraction may be sharpest since 1985 recession By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The Singapore economy suffered its sharpest contraction since the 1985 recession in the first quarter, measured against the previous quarter, early estimates indicate. This, plus the poor outlook,
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    Lock icon SingTel zooms in on India IDD monopoly
    547 1  -  It teams up with Bharti in preliminary bid; BPL, Reliance, Tata groups also in By Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Fresh from its foray for Australia's Optus, Singapore Telecom is forging ahead with more overseas expansion plans, confirming yesterday it is in the running for
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    Lock icon K K Fong may sell out of i-One to meet margin calls
    487 1  -  By Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Erstwhile e-commerce posterboy K K Fong may have to give up control of i-One.Net International, touted as Singapore's first e-commerce listing, to make good on his margin trades in securities. In a statement yesterday,
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    Lock icon Dow up 212 at 11.30am EST
    71 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks surged yesterday morning, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average back above the key 10,000-point level for the first time since March 20. The Dow was up 212.04 points, or 2.15 per cent, to 10,057.19 at 11.30 am EST. The S&P
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    Lock icon DBS has Dao Heng Bank in the bag: sources
    846 1  -  Analysts concerned about burden on DBS from hefty price tag of up to $10b From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong DBS Bank has just about sewn up a deal to take over Hongkong's Dao Heng Bank for up to Sslo billion,
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    Lock icon Quek Leng Chan stands to reap HK$8.3b from deal
    297 1 Sharp upward re-rating expected for Gnoco shares Reuters [SINGAPORE] Malaysian tycoon Quek Leng Chan, who owns 30 per cent of Guoco Group, could make HK$B.3 billion (Ssl.9 billion) if a deal to sell Dao Heng Bank to Singapore's DBS Group goes
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      Lock icon Clock for banks' asset sales not running yet: MAS
      395 2  -  pl^exclusivc Non-core asset sale: 3-year period starts only after Banking Act is amended By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has pointed out that the three-year clock for banks to divest their non-core assets has yet to
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        128 2 LAWYER Loo Choon Beng, also known to his friends as Fatty Loo—although he appears to have lost much weight recently—yesterday lost his appeal in the High Court to stave off a bankruptcy suit brought against him by OCBC Bank. The flamboyant Mr Loo, who was released by the
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        Lock icon You mean that's it?
        148 2 TWO anti-climaxes were sprung on reporters, especially those covering property news, in the past week. Last Thursday, The Ascott and Capita Land called a briefing which had reporters and property analysts speculating about whether Ascott would divest its malls to the retail property fund Capita Land
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        Lock icon Catch Chuck if you can
        95 2 i ixej übuituy loquacious puuiic relations ioiks at lido Bank were unusually silent this week, as the media hounded them for leads on the bank's potentially largest corporate acquisition to date. According to our sources, Chuck Newton, who heads the unit and who is always
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        91 2 SOME DBS officials were said to have been amused by a report by a Hongkong newspaper which said the reported takeover of Dao Heng Bank would give the Singapore bank a foothold in the mainland China market. It should be the other way round, one DBS insider
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        Lock icon Ahead of the pack
        73 2 STILL on the Dao Heng takeover, reporters who have been covering the bank would know its spokeswoman used to be Helen Kwan, who has since joined DBS Kwong On Bank. Well, the takeover of the bank by DBS could mean Ms Kwan would be working with
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      Lock icon SM's press sec denies agency report on spy plane incident
      228 2 [SINGAPORE] The press secretary to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has described as "wrong reporting" a Reuters report yesterday which said Mr Lee had urged the United States to "take an uncompromising stance towards China in the current spy plane
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      Lock icon FCC share price soars on privatisation talk
      317 2  -  Kmnonrs of Gnoco's intentions send it 31% np to iatra-fay Ugh «f $LU By, Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Speculation that listed First Capital Corp (FCC) could be taken private by the Quek Leng Chanlinked Guoco Group propelled FCC shares 31 per cent to an
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      Lock icon Till death do us (and our Merc) part
      159 2 [SINGAPORE] Civil wars, terrorists, bombs, Arctic snowstorms, scorching deserts and giant bugs could not force Americans Jim Rogers, 58, and Paige Parker, 32, to abandon their 150,000 km journey ofa lifetime through 90 countries across four continents. Rogers, who made his money
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      103 2 OCBC near fair value after 12 plunge: analysts, Pg 5 ATG. The e-business solution that's always a step ahead of your customers. Wouldn't you love to know what your customers need now and supporting your products and services over the internet. be able to future needs as ATG makes it
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      7 2 Billions of dollars at stake, Pg 22
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      Lock icon Perfect partner
      1449 3 That's how Virgin Atlantic chairman Richard Branson regards SIA a year after the'marriage'of the two airlines ON March 30 last year, SIA completed the purchase of 49 per cent of Virgin Atlantic Airways. To mark the first anniversary of the acquisition, SlA's in-house newsletter Outlook interviewed Virgin chairman
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Vodafone may launch bid for M1: report
      335 4  -  Bid said to be in partnership with Vodafone Pacific By: David Boey UK-BASED Vodafone Group pic, the world's biggest mobile phone company, may launch a bid for Mobile One, Singapore's second largest mobile phone company, the Sydney Morning Herald said yesterday without naming
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      Lock icon Dao Heng a worthy prize — if the price is right
      563 4  - Dao Heng a worthy prize if the price is right locksiew siow li sen WHAT is the allure of Hongkong, the Fragrant Harbour? After all, it is one of the most crowded and expensive cities in the world. Yet the place has a distinctive buzz of its own and its
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      Lock icon Serial takeover: Chng gets an extension
      326 4 FORMER Serial System chief executive officer Eddie Chng has been granted a monthlong extension to make a takeover offer for the electronics company. The Securities Industry Council (SIC) said yesterday it has given Mr Chng until May 8 to make the offer. The council
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      Lock icon OCBC near fair value after 12% plunge: analysts
      588 5  -  Shares hammered after failed bid to sell non-core assets at one go By Angela Tan SHARES of OCBC Bank have lost some 12 per cent over the last two days as disappointment mounts over its aborted plan to sell non-core assets under
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      Lock icon SIA to suspend share buybacks
      208 5 SINGAPORE Airlines (SLA) said yesterday it will suspend its share buyback programme ahead of its results announcement. SLA will suspend the buyback from April 18 to May 18 in line with the Singapore Exchange's best practices guide which says a company may not repurchase its
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      Lock icon SIA Engg signs $30m Dragon Airlines deal
      131 5 Bloomberg SIA Engineering Co, the maintenance arm of Singapore Airlines, has signed a $30 million three-year maintenance contract with Hongkong Dragon Airlines. SIA Engineering will manage the maintenance of Dragonair's all-cargo aircraft. The company will provide services to Dragonair, which is expanding its
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      Lock icon ECT gets approval to list on SGX
      281 5  -  By' Trina Foo ELECTRONIC Convergence Technology (ECT) has received in-principle approval to list its shares on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. "We've been here since 1996 and we think that this is a good market to list in because this is
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      Lock icon SFI to acquire 30% stake in Aik Hua group
      233 6  -  Deal for top food court, coffee shop operator worth $5m By] Rachel Ong MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Food Industries will buy 3.132 million ordinary shares or a 30 per cent stake in the Aik Hua group. The cash consideration is up to $4,961
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      Lock icon SGX offers derivatives trading via Internet
      282 6  -  Sassoon Financial Futures first firm providing ETS access By\ Liew Hanqing SINGAPORE Exchange Derivatives Trading yesterday announced that derivatives contracts are now accessible via the Internet on its electronic trading system (ETS). SGX-DT's first member firm providing Internet access to the electronic trading system
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      Lock icon APP: informal committees formed for debt workout plan
      161 6 AFX-Asia [JAKARTA] Asia Pulp Paper (APP) said its creditors have agreed to the formation of informal committees as part of the process of drafting a debt restructuring plan. "Informal committees representing our bank, export credit agency and trading company creditors have been
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      481 4 As companies strive to enhance their shareholders' funds, there Is a greater need to understand financial information, particularly balance sheets and profit and loss accounts. Decisions made without properly understanding the financial 1 implications may lead to reduced profits (or even losses) and a reduction in shareholder value. This 2V
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      676 6 Pricb/VaTerhouseQopers i Letters of Credit are important financing instruments in import/export transactions. A badly opened letter of credit exposes the company to risks, financial loss, higher cost and bank charges, delays in arrival of goods and more. Similarly, for the beneficiary of a badly opened letter of credit, payment for
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      381 6 Asiatravel.com Holdings Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore with limited liability on 1 December 1999) PLACEMENT OF 23,500,000 NEW SHARES COMPRISING:(I) 19,250,000 PLACEMENT SHARES AT $0.20 FOR EACH PLACEMENT SHARE; AND (II) 4,250,000 RESERVED SHARES AT $0.20 FOR EACH RESERVED SHARE RESERVED FOR THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Short-covering, Nasdaq futures' rise help STI regain 1,600-level
      643 8  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A REBOUND by Singapore Airlines, Singapore Press Holdings and ST Engineering, coupled with a rise in the Nasdaq futures contract, helped the Straits Times Index regain the 1,600 level yesterday. But brokers were unimpressed most attributed
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      Lock icon Hotel Grand Central warrant's strike price is 50 cents
      191 8  -  WARRANT WATCH By Ven Sreenivasan YESTERDAY'S Warrant Watch on the Hotel Grand Central warrant said that the instrument carries a strike price of $L This figure is wrong. The correct strike price is 50 cents, following a share split of the
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      Lock icon CapitaLand: $2 level critical
      272 8  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan AFTER recent gains, the stock of CapitaLand seems to have succumbed to profittaking and is now threatening to test recent lows. It slipped four cents to $2.05 yesterday the third consecutive session that it has drifted south. A total of 4.9
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      321 8 Stock* Volume SingTel 15c 17,435,000 PacificCenturylOc 10,990,000 Hyflux5c 9,261,000 OCBC 8,258,000 7,152,000 First Capital 6,928,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 6,603,000 Omni Ind 10c 6,109,000 Lantern US2c 5,577,000 PCI 25c 5,014,000 Stocks OCBC 85,581,486 VentureMfg25c 34,724,800 Datacraft 10c 33,058,619 SingTel 15c 32,345,780 City Dev 50c 27,138,600 SIA 21,419,830 OUB 21,203,350 UOB
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2630 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)Apr 11 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.724 0.762 Global Technology Fd!** 0.560 0.589 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.752 0.790 American Opport Fd 0.796 0.837 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!" 1.043 1.096 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.170 1.230 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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      Lock icon Washington governor pushes for Singapore free trade agreement
      420 10  -  Gary Locke writes to Bush in support of proposed US-Singapore pact Reports by, Jennifer Lien in Seattle THE governor of the US state of Washington, Gary Locke, has written a letter to President George Bush in support of the proposed US-Singapore free
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      Lock icon NTU eyes tie-ups with Univ of Washington
      587 10 DPM Tan holds talks at one of US'top state universities IN line with Singapore's push towards life sciences and technopreneurship, the Nanyang Technological University is discussing a series of "deep collaborations" with the University of Washington (UW) in the US. A collaboration with
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      Lock icon IDA expands local upgrading programme
      284 10  -  By Trina Foo THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) plans to have 200 local enterprises taking active part in the Infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Programme (iLIUP) by the end of 2002, IDA chairman Lam Chuan Leong said yesterday. Speaking at the opening of Comdex Asia 2001,
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      Lock icon Clarification
      44 10 IN the April 5 report "More expats taking chances here", we mentioned Davidson Associates International. The company has clarified that it is now known as Right D&A following the transfer of ownership to Right Management Consultants, a US-based international human resource consulting firm.
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      Lock icon URA tries new tack in sale of 2 unsold sites
      432 10  -  Byi Andrea Tan IF at first you don't succeed, try, try again. So the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is asking for "indications of interest" for two sites that didn't catch a single developer's eye. It is the first URA has
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      Lock icon Ong Keng Sen to take his opera to New York
      259 10 THE popular tale of a cowherd and his celestial weaver-lover will be staged in Singapore before it heads for New York next year. It will be directed by a home-grown talent, TheatreWorks' artistic director Ong Keng Sen. The score was
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      Lock icon Poor outlook reflects external demand
      410 10 P=M= 1 on the economy outlook THE poorer assessment of Singapore's growth prospects for the year reflects a cyclical fall in external demand, rather than a weakening of local exporters' competitiveness, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore. In a statement yesterday reaffirming its monetary policy,
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      Lock icon ChemInd's conditional bonus issue unusual
      359 11  -  Chia Hui Ping Singapore via Internet CHEMICAL Industries has sought the Singapore Exchange's approval for a rights and a bonus issue. The rights issue is to raise money to expand the chemical plant on Jurong Island, and to repay some bank borrowings. This exercise is
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      Lock icon Many seek steady flow of dividends
      433 11  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "Not everyone prefers getting dividends" by Ho Kai Weng (Mailbag, March 28). I fully appreciate Mr Ho's opinion, but I must point out the many misconceptions in his letter. With the highest rate of
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      Lock icon ROE and Ebitda are not 'fads'
      92 11  -  Frederick Wong Peng Yee Singapore via Internet I REFER to the letter "Much ado about Ebitda! Duh!" by Narayana Narayana (Mailbag Apr 6). I was shocked when I came across his comments on the latest "fad" of using investment terminology such as ROE and
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      Lock icon Car COE prices slip 7-10% to levels seen 2 rounds ago
      512 11  -  Car buyers seen going for cheaper cars; commercial vehicles premium soars 53% Reports by Christopher Tan DESPITE an overall 5 per cent dip in the quota for car COEs, premiums for the latest tender have moved convincingly southwards. COE
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      Lock icon LTA stops issuing physical COE documents
      176 11 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has stopped issuing physical COE documents with effect from Monday. As part of its overall plan to go paperless reported by BT in November LTA said COE information such as the entitlement number, vehicle category and expiry date "will
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      89 10 IN-HOUSE COUNSEL SEMINAR 2001 AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS GUIDE 24 April 2001,9 a.m.-5.30 p.m., The Grand Hyatt,Singapore Speakers: Guy Spooner Partner, v Norton Rose Bill Jamieson f Partner, Topics include: Norton Rose Met Intellectual Property Andre Maniam Human Resource end Partner, Employment Law Wong Partnership Managing E-Business Farah Namazie Construction Law
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      Lock icon Another dose of rhetoric at rebel talks?
      730 12  -  OPINION HiTT^ 1 bottom line al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent DONT expect much from Manila's muchballyhooed coming peace talks with the communist and Muslim separatist rebels. As in the past, the rebels will just exploit the talks to the hilt
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      106 12 'You have to have some luck. You have to get some breaks. You have to have everything go right. To have it go right four straight times, some of the golf gods are looking on me the right way.' -Tiger Woods after he become the first player
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      Lock icon Lessons from Japan's woes
      652 12 EDITORIAL THE sheer scope and cost of the measures that Japan is being forced to adopt now —to put its banks back into the business of financial intermediation —illustrate how dangerous it is to allow banking system problems to fester for a decade, as Japan had
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      Lock icon Alas, a familiar growl
      1147 12  -  Who ever thought that California would live through the growing pains of Amm 'Tigers'? By Stephan Richter The writer is publisher and editor in-chief, TheGlobalist.com, the daily online magazine on the global economy. He contributed this comment to BT. UNTIL just a few weeks ago, the
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      Lock icon A secret only for rich investors
      875 12  -  COMMENTARY As markets fall, they hedge their risks and continue making a tidy 15% By] David Ignatius AS the past several years have painfully taught investors, financial markets are driven by the dialectic of greed and fear. Too much of the former brought on
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Malaysia continues to defend ringgit peg
      463 13 US industry chief urges govt to prepare private sector for eventual adjustment KUALALUMPUR AP MALAYSIAN officials kept up their defence of the country's fixed currency peg to the US dollar yesterday, but the government was urged to prepare the private sector for an eventual
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      Lock icon Jakarta sees no major problems on IMF review
      371 13 JAKARTA Reuters, AFP INDONESIA'S Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo yesterday said he did not see any significant problems affecting a long-delayed review by the IMF scheduled to start today. The team will study economic reforms in a review that Jakarta hopes will pave
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      Lock icon Litrak owners sell 11% stake to consortium
      341 13  -  It's not known how much Asia Equity Infrastructure Fond LP paid for parcel From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur SUBSTANTIAL shareholders of toll-road operator Lingkaran Trans Kota (Litrak) has sold 11 per cent of the company to a consortium of foreign investment
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      Lock icon Unions to protest alleged misuse of EPF
      180 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia THE Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) said workers will protest next month against alleged misuse of the state retirement fUnd to bail out politically-connected companies. The picket on May 12 at the offices of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will
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      Lock icon Snow tyres dumped in Malaysia, says industry group
      238 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP OVERSEAS manufacturers are "dumping" snow tyres In Malaysia at rock-bottom prices to clear stocks when seasons change, local tyremakers complained yesterday. The Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Industry Group urged the government to rethink its imports policy, including banning the import
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      Lock icon Share transfer legal, argues lawyer
      685 13  -  THAKSIN TRIAL Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok EMBATTLED Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra replaced his defence lawyer yesterday in an attempt to blunt charges of massive wealth concealment during the third hearing into the graft case. But the prosecution kept up the withering onslaught all
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      Lock icon Cojuangco-govt tussle over San Miguel worries analysts
      623 14  -  Fear of leadership changes hitting SMC as showdown over board control looms Fromi Al Labita in Manila THE battle for control of food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp (SMC) between its top honcho and the Arroyo government has cast a pall over
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      Lock icon Pertamina chief to visit China to push LNG sales
      338 14 JAKARTA Beying to be asked to invest in LNG projects in Indonesia Reuters INDONESIA'S state oil company Pertamina said yesterday it was ready to offer liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China at a competitive price. Pertamina president-di-rector Baihaki Hakim said he
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      Lock icon Indonesia extends travel ban on Suharto
      138 14 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia has extended by one year an overseas travel ban on the country's ailing former president Suharto, an attorney general's spokesman said yesterday. "We have on Monday extended the ban on Suharto by another year," spokesman Mulyo Haijo told AFP. Jakarta is
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      Lock icon Indian banks' market exposure data sought
      219 14 BOMBAY Reuters THE Reserve Bank of India has directed all commercial banks to submit details of their capital market exposure for the quarter ended March 31 ahead of a key policy statement next week, an RBI official said yesterday. The official said the directive
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      Lock icon Slide in currencies won't help Asian exports: analysts
      765 15 BANGKOK With regional units softening in tandem, competition will remain tongh for all Bloomberg THAILAND is holding a baht sale. Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak says the 16 per cent drop in the currency in the past year will make exports cheaper and
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      Lock icon US$368m IMF loan for Viet reforms
      350 15  -  From. Harish Mehta in Bangkok VIETNAM has won approval for a US$36B million (***** million) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reduce poverty and boost economic growth to 7 per cent by next year, as well as restructure lumbering stateowned enterprises and
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      Lock icon Megawati still supports Gus Dur, says his party
      496 15 JAKARTA Backing will almost certainly be paid for in cabinet posts Reuters INDONESIA'S embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid still has the vital support of Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri in his battle to stay in power, a top official in his party said. Ms Megawati
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      Lock icon Japan wary over single Asian currency idea
      393 15 TOKYO FINANCE Minister Kiichi Miyazawa yesterday said Japan should tread cautiously toward forming a single Asian currency, saying there was little point in promoting the idea when not all countries in the region were enthusiastic. Asian nations have been trying to strengthen their
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      467 15 MANILA Court rejects his claim to presidency, appeal to stop trial Reuters OUSTED Philippine leader Joseph Estrada, facing a charge punishable by death, suffered a twin blow yesterday when the Supreme Court rejected his claim to the presidency and an appeal to stop his trial.
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      500 16 BEIJING Govt spending spree helps March fignre top forecasts Bloomberg CHINA'S industrial production rose faster than expected in March as government spending on roads, bridges and other public works countered the impact of weakening exports. Production rose 12.1 per cent from a year earlier, the National
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      409 16  -  From, Audrey Tan in Hongkong HONGKONG'S Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) is proposing to lower the trigger point for a mandatory general offer to 30 per cent, from the current 35 per cent. The new takeover threshold is one of the main
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      241 16 AP [TAIPEI] A business tycoon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for Ulegally obtaining NT$lB billion (Ss9BB million) of bank loans and other funds. Tseng Cheng-jen, owner of the Kuang San Group, was convicted of making illegal loans from Taichung
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      401 16 BOMBAY TV firm tumbles as broker admits he received money to bet on stocks Bloomberg, AFX INDIA'S key stock index fell to near a two-year low yesterday, as Zee Telefilms Ltd tumbled on a report jailed stockbroker Ketan Parekh
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      427 17  -  Asia hits high, with sales up 10% and crossing 5m mark -By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Vehicle sales in Japan remained low last year, but Asia hit a high. New vehicle registrations in Japan were flat at 5.96 million —just 1.7 per cent up
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        88 17 MOST Singaporeans would import their own vehicle if given the chance, a survey has shown. In an on-line poll (at www.onemotoring.com.sg) conducted by the Land Transport Authority, 72 per cent of respondents said they would import their own vehicle. Those who said they
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        58 17 CYCLE Carriage said the Proton Perdana recall announced in Malaysia last week affected 20-30 cars here. Proton announced the recall after one by Mitsubishi, as the two share common parts. The exercise is to fix a fault in the ball joint of a suspension
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        128 17 NISSAN president Carlos Ghosn (above) is "very comfortable" the company will meet its net income estimate for the business year ended March, after repenting a record loss by a Japanese automaker in the previous year. Mr Ghosn was in New York to accept an award
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        50 17 BMW said on Monday its global car sales rose 9.7 per cent year on year in the first quarter of2ool to 222,000 units. Reuters reported the company as saying vehicles sales in the key German market rose 5.8 per cent to 61,700.
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        66 17  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan TIBS has become the first taxi operator here to facilitate booking via SMS (short message service). The service will initially be available to the 11,500 customers of the company's satellite-despatch system. Account holders can key in their six-digit account number
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      543 19 FkDinttks as companies, consnmers delay purchases: analysts Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Gateway and other personal-com-puter makers will report reduced firstquarter earnings due to a slump in sales to businesses and consumers. Compaq, the largest PC maker, earned 13 US cents
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      109 19 AFX-Asia [SAN FRANCISCO] Shares in US Internet companies are approaching a bottom, and the survivors will become attractive investments within six to nine months, says Merrill Lynch. It believes a few companies will emerge from the dotcom "wreckage" and become good investments once again.
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      231 19 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp (IBM) and airconditioning giant Carrier Corp said on Monday they plan to offer Web-enabled airconditioners in Europe this summer that can be controlled wirelessly. Financial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed. Owners of the newfangled air-conditioners
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      478 19 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S cabinet yesterday approved revisions to laws covering dominant telecoms giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, but no agreement was reached on controlling anti-competitive practices. The new laws contained little to curb the power of NTT as demanded by the
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      580 20 LONDON Mm comes amid slowing economy, staffer competition in the industry Bloomberg MARCONI pic, Siemens AG and Swisscom AG said they would eliminate more than 5,000 jobs as a slowing economy and increased competition prompt phone companies and equipment makers
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      514 20 Bnt analysts warn of farther declines in the sector Reuters TAIWAN'S top semiconductor firms met or even exceeded the market's diminished expectations with first quarter sales, but analysts were leery of recommending buys in the sector, warning of declines in coming months.
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      393 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg AT&T Corp, the biggest US long-distance phone and cable television provider, plans to sell a US$l.94 billion (553.5 billion) stake in Cablevision Systems Corp as part of the company's programme to raise money for debt reduction. "They are so desperate to
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        80 20 Reuters [BANGALORE] Satyam Computer Services yesterday said its net profit in the fourth quarter to March 31 surged 164percenttol.il billion rupees (Ss42 million) from a year earlier, well exceeding expectations. Total income rose 85.5 per cent to 3.84 billion rupees. A Reuters poll
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        81 20 AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese consortium, including Toshiba Corp and NEC Corp, has developed a protocol for online transmission of video images which serves as a global standard, a press report said yesterday. The team is also joined by telecoms giant NTT Corp, Matsushita Electric Industrial
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        95 20 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Ericsson AB, the third biggest maker of cellular phones, said it is recalling its new Rs2om handsets because of a manufacturing fault that reduces the phone's battery life. An incorrect machine setting at Ericsson's Kumla, Sweden, plant shortened the time the phone can run
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        115 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] General Electric Co's NBC television unit will buy the rest of NBC Internet Inc it doesn't already own for about US$B5 million (*****.8 million) and fold it into the company as NBC seeks to cut losses at the website. NBC,
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        56 20 Reuters [HAMILTON, Bermuda] Underwater cable company Asia Global Crossing yesterday said it agreed to sell wavelengths to Deutsche Telekom in a move that will give the German company a fibre optic connection between the US and Asia. Asia Global Crossing said it will supply Deutsche
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        81 20 Reuters (AMSTERDAM] The adoption of high-speed, or broadband Internet in Europe will be slower than most current projections, reaching only 10 million households by 2003, according to a study by Jupiter MMXI. The rollout ofbroadband Internet is hampered by lack of competition among operators, low
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      261 20 AFP ITALIAN tenor Luciano Pavarotti will mark the 40th anniversary of his opera debut with an online concert from the Modena opera house and the opening of his own Internet site. "I will sing for another couple of years," said Pavarotti at the
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      388 20 NEW YORK Damages in one suit totalled U*****,873 against intended USs3m NYT THE devil may be in the division. The verdict in a copyright lawsuit against MP3.com that resulted in a six-figure award for an independent record label company
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      533 21 NEW YORK Insurer plans to sell 89 million shares to investors at US$3O a share Reuters PRUDENTIAL Insurance Co of America plans to raise up to US$2.9 billion (555.3 billion) in what is likely to be this year's second-largest initial
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      383 21 LONDON AG shareholders say they prefer AlG's higher USs23b offer Bloomberg PRUDENTIAL pic of Britain said it's suing American International Group Inc (AIG) after the US insurer offered to buy American General Corp for US$23 billion (5541.7 billion) in stock, exceeding
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      427 21 Move aimed at saving company from bankruptcy Reuters [LOS ANGELES] California Governor Gray Davis and Southern California Edison announced a deal on Monday to save the state's secondlargest utility from bankruptcy by giving it almost US$2.B billion (Sss.l billion) for its
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      610 22 German institutes say half-percentage point cut justified in the current global slowdown FRANKFURT AFP GLOOMY reports yesterday by both the OECD and Germany's six leading economic research institutes added to the mounting pressure on the European Central Bank to cut key interest
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      608 22 ATLANTA History suggests they may be close to the point where they will sell at any cost NYT, AFP, Reuters HISTORY suggests that stock market investors are getting close to the point in this bear market at which they will begin to lose faith
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      368 22 LONDON It drops £45m fund-raising plans citing poor market Reuters SCOTTISH biotechnology firm PPL Therapeutics, creator of Dolly the sheep, yesterday dropped plans for a £45 million (*****.5 million) fund-raising, blaming market conditions. PPL said it had enough cash for around a
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      313 22 AMSTERDAM Case revolves aronnd his purchase of shares in Endemol Bloomberg COR Boonstra, the retiring chief executive of Royal Philips Electronics NV, said yesterday he is under investigation for insider trading in his purchase of shares in television producer Endemol Entertainment Holding NV last
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      484 22 US-CHINA TENSIONS Economic climate of both nations could suffer, say observers AP, AFP [WASHINGTON] The ripple effects from the US-China standoff could spread far and wide. Billions of dollars in USChina trade, Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, US arms sales to
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      661 22 WASHINGTON New information shows US not at fault, say officials LATWP, Reuters NEW information from US crew members about the collision of a Chinese jet fighter and a Navy spy plane shows the Americans were not at fault, US officials said late Monday, stiffening
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        74 22 AFP [PARIS] French automotive parts manufacturer Valeo yesterday refused to comment on a report in the Financial Times that it was due to axe 3,ooojobs and sell its electric motors business to US firm Johnson Controls. Valeo, which employs 75,000 people worldwide,
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        79 22 Reuters [TOKYO] Shares in Japan's top three brokers took a beating yesterday after a report by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun daily said their profits for the year just ended had fallen sharply due to a decline in commission revenues. Japan's No 1 broker Nomura Securities fell
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      749 23 Optimism contrasts with comments made by officials over past few days Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration said on Monday the sluggish US economy was set for a recovery later this year as the effects of Federal Reserve rate cuts kick in
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      423 23 WASHINGTON Securities watchdog will have 57 fewer positions Reuters, AP PRESIDENT George W. Bush on Monday proposed to reduce staffing levels next year at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which has experienced what it called a serious staffing crisis over the
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      275 23 Trading smooth bnt real test will come on heavy-volume day Reuters [NEW YORK] Nasdaq listed all its stocks in cents for the first time on Monday, completing its long-awaited and government-mandated shift that brings US markets in sync with decimal-trading bourses around the
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      254 24  -  SOX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCTSTpore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market rose on the back of tech stocks yesterday, boosted by Nasdaq's overnight mild recovery while depressed banking stocks capped gains. The benchmark Straits Times Index added 10.17
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      224 24 Reuters London THE yen rebounded yesterday, gaining more than half a per cent against the US dollar and the euro after further supportive comments from a top Japanese official. Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said he understood Asian countries' concern over the yen's weakness and that he had
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      2840 25 HONGKONG AFP FlHangSeng +1L57 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.1 per cent yesterday following overnight gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 11.57 points to close at 12,213.67 on a turnover of HK56.65 billion. Dealers said property
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      1096 25 AFP Ft Shenzhen B Index +&57 CHINA'S Shenzhen B Share Index gained 8.57 points, or 2.5 per cent, to 353.04 yesterday. Shanghai B shares climbed 1.3 per cent to hit a new closing high for the third consecutive day as retail players snapped up market laggards, dealers said. The
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      381 25 AFP QWPlnfex -48y33 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday as late selling eroded early gains amid cautious sentiment, analysts said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 48.33 points to 5,353.52, on turnover of NT573.85 billion. The bourse was higher in early trading but profit-tak-ing
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      2092 25 TOKYO AFP D Nikkei 225 -22L49 SHARE prices in Tokyo declined 1.7 per cent yesterday as disappointment grew at Japan's planned economic package, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Average lost 221.49 points to close at 12,620.27. The Topix of all issues on
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      263 26 AFP OompogitQ ludm ♦115 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday amid selective bargain-hunting as selling pressure eased, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 2.15 points at 665.49, off its low 0f547.72. The Second Board Index eased 0.06
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      733 27 AFP Fj SET Into *129 mmm THAI stocks rose 0.5 per cent yesterday, due to modest bar-gain-hunting in thin pre-holi-day trade, brokers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 1.29 points to 279.54. The SET 50 edged up 0.07 of a point to 19.13. Advancing stocks
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      289 27 AFP Q Composite Indei -1L64 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.8 per cent yesterday as trading eased off ahead of the long Easter weekend. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 11.64 points to close at 1,459.49. Turnover plunged to 137 million shares worth 480 million pesos. —AFP AprK) Peso
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      745 27 AFP Composite Index +6J2 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.9 per cent higher yesterday led by cigarette and telecom stocks on foreign buying, dealers said. An institutional dealer at a European brokerage said the foreign buying came on the back of the slight rupiah rebound, and was concentrated in selective
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      261 27 AFP PHEE-40 -085 NEW Zealand's share market closed flat yesterday after a leaked survey of business confidence showed a sharp pullback in confidence levels for the March quarter. The benchmark NZSE-40 Index closed down 0.85 points at 2,049.72, on turnover worth NZ$77.B million.— AFP «r«> «s cooo) Advantage HDS
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      546 27 AFP ITj AH Primaries +ILIO THE Australian share market cautiously followed Wall Street's lead to close 0.4 per cent higher yesterday. The All Ordinaries Index rose 11.1 points to 3,169.6 while the SP/ASX2OO gained 12.8 points to 3,228.5. The All Industrials Index gained 10.7 points to 5,436.7 and the
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      315 27 AFP n Composite Index 4125 KOREAN stocks fell 1.3 per cent. The index closed down 6.25 points at 491.21. Volume came to 251 million shares worth 1.1 billion won. —AFP Mr 10 Won *h_ AnimSemi 3870 -135 Brain Ttch 510 -10. Ctntral Bank 170 0 CMIComm ***** -1500 Dm
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      777 30 w 95 ►W &lt;5 M GO Women in Hongkong go for padded bras, not their push-up cousins like the Wonderbra of Erin Brockovich fame AFP [HONGKONG] WHILE the Wonderbra may have caught the global spotlight thanks in part to a starring role in the Oscarnominated film Erin Brockovich, Hongkong women
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      809 30 |§g§ SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY ACADEMY I Training Arm of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore 1 001 &gt;Ana, y ,is Finan&lt;ial Statements MOlO Effective Debt Collection Ms Koh Siew Min m Ms Koh Siew Min I 10-11 May 2001 2 days $690.10 24 -25 May 2001 2 days $669.50
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      984 31  -  I ~-ii comment CURRENCIES Anxiety over Q2 numbers; Asian currencies seen falling even further larry wee Editor's note: Please note that, as in past years, 2000 numbers have been excluded from our historical table's highs and lows from April The tenor
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      904 31  -  Possible rise to 3.9% in next few weeks before easing to 3.3% by end-Sept By Hsin-Li Chia The author is a strategist with JP Morgan Chase in Singapore. This article is not an invitation to invest. BTand its contributors will not be
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      1376 32  -  Perplexed by advice and numbers that go this way and that? CPF gatekeeper William M Mercer offers tips for investors, big and small. GENEVIEVE CUA takes notes GENEVIEVE CUA SO you think institutions differ in a big way from retail investors in the way they invest? They do
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      762 32 Get this: A style-neutral manager is likely to reduce volatility and deliver better-than-benchmark returns MUCH has been said about growth and value styles of investing, and how value has come to the fore in recent months, leaving growth managers in the dust. But be wary of putting
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      4068 33 Source: Standard Poor's Fund Services NOTE: Data is for Information only. Mtcropal and this publication make no offer. All calculations an in Singapore dollars. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance. (Y) CPf Approved. All performance is on a cumulative basis over the
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      1077 34  -  comment YOUR MONEY I smell the blood of a non-performing tend- Performance few gpnptha fhmi mnnnpnn nn tn rtrtnrng bo tlw argument goes-lmt what to there to protect the investor when the perform? genevieve cua THERE seems to be a new trend in the retail fund
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      773 34  -  ANGELA TAN ING's Jorik van den Bos has a simple plan invest in stocks generating at least 3.5% in dividend yield. And that, as ANGELA tan finds out, has worked out quite well FUND managers are constantly searching for new ways to suss out a good
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      262 34  -  By Liew Hanqing STANDARD Chartered Bank yesterday announced an exclusive tie-up with the Parkway Group to provide a holistic healthcare plan to its deposits customers and their dependants at special rates. The first between a bank and a healthcare provider, the tie-up will be
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      2217 35  -  Just where are markets headed, and where should you put your money? In the first of a quarterly roundtable discussion, Citigroup Asset Management gives you a peek into their short term market views, um so amn chairs the roundtable Expert Speak LING SU ANN Participants: Hans Goetti, senior
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      1530 35  -  wmwwmarkets Baying up sharply; heavy volume seen in Cycle Carriage By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Score Lab Asia Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai, Singapore News Desk THE Singapore Insider Sentiment ended in semi-bullish territory for the second consecutive week,
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      562 36 STOCK SPOTLIGHT: WBL WBL Corporation Ltd is undervalued by many measures. NTA per share at September 2000 was $2.80 or $2.75 if the 34 million outstanding May 2005 warrants are exercised. Sales per share in FY 2000 were $5.30. Earnings per share were 31.3 cents, which we forecast
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      281 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 1,427, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained seven points to 1,546, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell 45 points to 9,230 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down one point to 1,710. TIME-CHARTER: ♦La Sierra (built 1993) 165,000
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      303 37 MX '000 *F» 1$ jj« CWT Distribution 0.50 unch 11 Chuan Hup 0.30 unch 456 Cosco Investment—0.16 unch 60 Freight Links 0.08 unch 411 GB Holdings 0.40 unch 0 IMC HokMngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jiya Holdings 0.14 0.01 76 Kappal Corp 3.06 0.02 385 Kappal FELS 0.84 -0.02
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      418 37  - PSA Corp in 3rd China venture Guangzhou It will help manage and ran 3 container berths in the port Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp yesterday announced its latest overseas venture its third in China under which it will help manage and run three container berths at Guangzhou. PSA Corp will
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      54 37 [PORTLAND] The first half of the Bath Iron Works dry dock is pushed onto the partially submerged heavy-lift ship, the Blue Marlin, on Monday, in Portland, Maine. The dry dock, which was cut in two for shipping, was sold to a commercial
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      688 37  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer Sometimes the obvious solution to a problem seems to be the most difficult to apply in practice. Still when you discover that hitting your head repeatedly against a brick wall causes considerable pain most people would consider desisting. Luckily
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      244 37 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's financially-strapped Hyundai group will scale down its cruise ship services to North Korea this month in view of decreasing numbers of tourists, company officials said yesterday. They said Hyundai had cancelled 10 of the 22 services scheduled for 15 days from
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        553 38 It secures 43% of all new orders worldwide in 2000; global orders np 25% over 1999, reaching 71 Jm gt AFP [PARIS] South Korea's shipbuilding industry enjoyed an "exceptional performance" in a record-breaking year in 2000, securing 43 per cent of
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        218 38 Evelyn Duffy [PERTH] Western Australia's main general cargo port, Fremantle, has topped the country's container ports for crane productivity rates. According to tiie Bureau of Transport Economics publication, Waterline, Fremantle's average crane rate for the December quarter 2000 came to 26.8
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        1984 49 Boofcinq/Batanc* Rstts I Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Hrtoi from To fw ACHIEVER 400 H/B30 09/1500 09/1699 S4p«0 2A 09/1700 10/0659 nfono a 09/1700 10/0659 10/0900 3 10/0700 ***** KVMOO 4 10/1200 a/HM 10/1700 MX DAHLIA 0331 11/030 09/1500 09/1659 $4*30 a 09/1700 KJAKM MlOO a 09/1700 10/0659 10/0900
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        187 49 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 Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Ireland: Good Friday. Thailand: Songkran Festival Day. Apr IS United Kingdom-
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        804 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        519 49 Carbon 180 Mix 9910 13 13.1 0.28 194 0.06 Apr 5 Density Water Residue Ask UmmMm Sediment No above E25 0 1 0 1 1 0 T %M/M 380 Ave 964.7 0J 12.7 0.07 21 0.02 tan. 380 Max 990.7 11 14.3 0.11 64 0.03 »V/V
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        639 50 The same aircraft were grounded before Christmas by GASA after cracks were fonnd in the tail sections AP, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ansett, Australia's sec-ond-largest carrier after Qantas Airways, grounded its entire Boeing 767-200 fleet yesterday after engineers carrying out safety checks last weekend
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        667 50 It says the USs742m deal will benefit customers and staff Reuters [NEW YORK] American Airlines parent AMR Corp cleared a final legal hurdle and closed its US$742 million (551.34 billion) purchase of bankrupt Trans World Airlines Inc on Monday, forming the
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        386 50 Strike threat averted; anion most now ratify accord Bloomberg [ST PAUL, Minnesota] Northwest Airlines Corp agreed on Monday to a contract with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, averting the threat of a strike at the fourth-largest US carrier. The agreement with AMFA, which represents
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      1066 43 vftv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA RORO HIAVYUFT SERVICE" Ivtssa voy mmr might «h uc* mo mm say Iml I o»f wyc I new l mo»~ TALAtOT AH 109 4001 ms 6.3 M 26/04 03/06 06/06 08/06 10/06 11/06 13/06 17/06 19/06 TAMKII AMI 10 400 Tow 6.3
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      69 46 m S NGAPORE PTE LTD 9 I I 15 McCallum Street *03-01/02 Natwest Centre Singapore *****5 J Fax: (65) *****66 Email: (eneral9ecusln.eculine.net WESTOCEAN LINE 3 SAILINGS PER WEEK TO Weekly Service SHANGHAI U.N. approved IRAQ shipments I Qll: 220 3373 SeePgl2 SIN HUP SENG HUAT Looking For Cotton Rags RSwtSi
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      491 47 If* ENGIIE SHIPPING CO PTE lIDI I U *****22 (It Umc) Fh: SUMM/SltttM ate ISfMMMMt I Vtssa VOY SMltt SMETD DESTINATION Union Sim 8 03/01 08/04 09/04 Jombi/K. lungkd Dwi Days 03/01 10/04 10/04 Duma/P Bani/Buolon Union Stat 10 03/01 11/04 11/04 Belawan Union Star 20 05/01 12/04 12/04 Jamb
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      653 48 I "VESSEL VOY SIN MAA SIN I TIGER RHYTHM 887N 12-13/04 18-21/04 25-26/04 I TIGER BRIDGE 888N 17-17/04 22-25/04 30-30/04 I TIGER SPEED 890N 19-20/04 25-2804 02-0305 I TIGER METRO 889N 22-23/04 28-01/05 05-06/05 I TIGER RHYTHM 891N 25-26/04 01-04/05 08-09/05 I TIGER BRIDGE 892N 30-30/04 05-08/05 13-13/05 I IVESSE^^^VO^^SI^^^CA^^SI^^I
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      1067 48 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 iSflr Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg DUBAI/NEW DELHI MV. CONDOR VII3W CHITTA6ONG MV. ROM NAGA VNGAIB3 ETA SIN: 14/04/2001 EU SIN IS/04/2001 HONCKON6 MV. KOU HADUH VHIAIOI SURABAYA MV. PITA BHUM VI97S ETA
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      125 49 105E 113E LEGEND: Issued by Meteorologies! Service Singapore K Thunderstorm 9 Showers o- in Temperature °C~, Wind direction and speed in knots Main Weather Cloudy Day 1:5-0 Hazy Sea Conditions Wind speed symbols i n g| ia^t &lt;12™ O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds
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