The Business Times, 24 July 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/Q3/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY. JULY 24, 2001 85C
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    80 1 □sn M 273 (-10.69) BT-SKI C22JC (-5.14) ST INDEX FDTTJKES U2LOO (+4.00) ansa FUTOEES ***** (+1.70) STOCK MARKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP .637.33 -11.46 NIKKEI 226 11,609.63 -298.76 HANG SENG 12,236.45 -6613 SET INDEX 309.68 -169 JAKARTA COMP —***** +U2 MANILA COMP __tf7i83 -li3 TAIFEIWPI 4,151.93 -68.40
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    82 1 FOBEX RATES US8 SI USS (SS per l*SS) L824 £(l SS/SS per 1.425 1599 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.868 1584 DM 1252 L236 YEN 123 j6 67.88 R.M 3.800 1884 HKS 7.800 4177 BAHT 45.76 25.08 RUPIAH ***** 5,620 *SS to 100 units PB1ME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00
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    Lock icon Rupiah, stocks surge on end to political crisis
    581 1  -  A return of foreign capital may hinge on Megawati's choice of key economic ministers From S Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S financial markets rejoiced yesterday as the country's protracted political limbo ended with Vice-Presi-dent Megawati Sukarnoputri being named the country's fifth president.
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    Lock icon Megawati has no time to lose
    607 1  -  OOMMBMTAET From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta WHEN the end finally came for Abdurrahman Wahid, it was swift but no less painful and ignominious. Forced into a corner and deserted by all except his family and loyal aiHee, Indonesia's fourth president knew his 21month hold
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    Lock icon Sing el to buy 30% of Maxis for up to RM2.3b: report
    718 1  -  Telco analysts land commercial logic behind the ramoured plans From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur SPECULATION that Malaysian telco Maxis Communications Bhd is in talks to sell a 30 per cent stake to Singapore Telecom strengthened yesterday,
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    Lock icon When CEOs are first to take pay cuts
    538 1  -  p exclusive! Bat few business chiefs realise or nse this power to inspire, says don By Anna Teo tSINGAPORE] When it came to the crunch, car maker Vauxhall's chairman Nick Reilly waived his £160,000 (*****,500) salary for a year in 1998. Chrysler
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      38 1 MORE REPORTS A stock market as fickle as the country'spolitics, Next Page Asean foreign ministers call for healing in Indonesia, Next Page Editorial: Megawati's turn in office, Pg 12 CCL Joins top gainers on Indon developments. Pg 7
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      7 1 SlagTd, Opto frustrated by delay, Pg 7
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      Lock icon Gus Dur impeached, Megawati sworn in
      576 2  -  Cabinet to be named in days; Akbar Tanjnng, Hamzah Haz contenders for VP's job From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AFTER days of almost unbearable political tension, Megawati Sukarnoputri was yesterday sworn in as Indonesia's fifth president by the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). President Megawati,
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      Lock icon A stock market as fickle as the country's politics
      585 2  -  lock siew shoeb kagda IN INDONESIA, political change is seen by stockmarket investors as a unique opportunity. Since 1998, when former president Suharto stepped down, each time there was a political transition in the country, the stock market put on a
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Jackie Koh in DBS' hot seat?
        78 2 DBS Group Holdings is close to appointing a new head of public affairs, and Grapevine hears that Burson-Marsteller managing director Jackie Koh is a strong contender for the job. Ms Koh, if she does join DBS, will be the second Burson-Marsteller veteran in the
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        Lock icon Next time your boss praises you...
        134 2 WHAT your assessment really means: Outgoing personality: Always out of the office Great presentation skills: Can fool people Good communication skills: Spends a lot of time on phone Average employee: Not too bright Exceptionally well qualified: Made no major blunders yet Work is first
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      74 2 IN yesterday's Hot Stock column, we erred in saying that GK Goh Holdings was silent on market rumours that drove up its share price last week. GK Goh did, in fact, make an announcement shortly after the market closed last Friday. It said it was not aware of any
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      Lock icon Asean foreign ministers call for healing in Indonesia
      564 2  -  From' Yang Razali Kassim in Hanoi THE dramatic sacking of Indonesia's President Abdurrahman Wahid and the subsequent appointment of Megawati Sukarnoputri as his successor stole the thunder from the meeting of Asean foreign ministers which began here yesterday. Much as they tried
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon DBS interim trails forecasts
      717 4  -  Profit down 10.6% to $629 m on higher costs; revenue np by just 2.7% By Siow Li Sen DBS Group Holdings yesterday announced a 10.6 per cent fall in interim net earnings to $629 million, at the low end of expectations but kept the market guessing
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      Lock icon Series of EGMs on fate of local banks begins today
      376 4  -  Keppel shareholders to vote today on OCBCs bid for KCH By Andrea Tan KEPPEL Corp will kickstart the rounds of extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for shareholders to decide the fate of local banks. Keppel's EGM is at 10 am today
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      Lock icon Accept OCBC's revised offer, adviser tells KepCap shareholders
      310 4  -  By I Serena Ng KEPPEL Capital's independent financial adviser Dexia BIL Asia Singapore yesterday recommended that shareholders accept OCBC Bank's revised takeover offer, saying the new valuation of Keppel Capital is reasonable. On July 14, OCBC raised its original offer from $3.38
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      Lock icon SFI earnings jump 18.5% in H1
      304 4  -  By] Rachel Ong SINGAPORE Food Industries' pre-emptive moves to divest loss-making activities and cut manpower costs appear to have paid off the group announced an 18.5 per cent jump in half-year profit yesterday. Net profit was in line with analysts' forecasts at $13.7 million.
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      Lock icon Allcom Tech offers IPO shares at 28 cents each
      194 4  -  By Liew Hanqing ELECTRONIC components distributor Allcom Technologies Ltd yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 46 million shares at 28 cents apiece. The share offer represents 25 per cent of Allcom's enlarged share capital. It comprises a public tranche
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      Lock icon DBS to reap $446m cash from ICS sale
      560 4  -  Gain from sale to Britain's CGU will raise bank's Tier 1 capital by $140 m By Serena Ng DBS Group will collect $446 million cash from the sale of its insurance business to Britain's CGU Insurance and an ensuing bancassurance alliance. The
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      Lock icon Inno-Pac soars on talk of Soh trying to regain control
      414 4  -  Shares jump in heavy trading to a new 52-week high By Serena Ng INNO-PACIFIC shares yesterday jumped in heavy trading to a new 52-week high amid market talk that fugitive Malaysian businessman Soh Chee Wen was trying to regain control
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      Lock icon CCL joins top gainers on Indon developments
      359 7  -  Firm may suffer lower forex losses on stronger rupi&h Christopher Tan CYCLE Carriage Ltd (CCL) occupied a rare spot among the top gainers on the Singapore Exchange yesterday, as developments in Indonesia drove its share price up six cents to end at $3.20.
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      Lock icon SingTel, Optus frustrated by delay
      363 7  -  From Surinder Singh in Sydney FOUR months after Singapore Telecommunications made its friendly Asl4 billion (5512.9 billion) bid for Cable and Wireless Optus, the deal is still hanging in the air because of tardiness on the part of Australia's Defence Department. Only after the department
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Circuits Plus in rights and bonus issues
        82 7 [SINGAPORE] Circuits Plus Holdings is raising $12.56 million from loans, rights and warrants issue. It has also proposed a l-for-5 bonus issue. The proposed l-for-10 rights issue will be priced at 12 cents per share while the 3-year $12 million transferable loan facility
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        Lock icon KLW placing out 14.7m new shares
        88 7 KLW Holdings is placing out 14.7 million new shares at 11 cents each. The company said the net proceeds of $1.6 million from the placement will be used to repay bank borrowings and to fund the group's present and future working capital needs. Kim
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Volume at year-low as Japan, Indon worries add to woes
      602 6  -  I-I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy OTHER than twiddling their thumbs and wondering what the future has in store for the market, brokers had precious little to occupy their time yesterday as prices continued to weaken amid the lowest daily
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      333 6 Stocks Volume FUYuMfglOc 18,519,000 InnoPac 20c 11,398,000 PNE Ind 10c 8,326,000 Tianjin Zhong 6,818,000 UOL W*****2 5,804,000 Goldtron 5c 5,331,000 STEngglOc 4,996,000 SingTel 15c 4,508,000 L&M 50c 4,099,000 Flextech 15c 3,819,000 Stocta ST Engg 10c 13,843,772 Chart Semiconductor 26c 12,714,900 OUB 12,664,250 DBSGrp 12,343,000 Keppel Capital 11,322,340 Datacraft 10c 10,361,537
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      Lock icon CSH wrt: liquidity a problem
      165 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By\ R Sivanithy DESPITE a few promising moments during the past year or so, penny stocks have largely turned in a dull and uninspiring performance. Many are languishing at or near year-lows and are suffering from poor liquidity. And it's the same story
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      Lock icon Rupiah soars up to 10% as Gus Dur's move backfires
      542 6  -  I :f I comment CURRENCIES Ten worries still dominate; S$ bears remain on the defensive larry wee THE Indonesian rupiah soared more than 10 per cent at one stage yesterday after embattled Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's last ditch efforts to
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      Lock icon Sell signals seen for Fu Yu Mfg
      232 6  -  HOT STOCK By 1 Teh Hooi Ling PLASTIC injection mould maker Fu Yu Manufacturing was the most actively traded counter yesterday, falling 3.5 cents or 6 per cent to 54 cents. Some 18.5 million shares changed hands. But yesterday's volume was lower than
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    2940 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: China Opportunities Fd 0.943 0.991 Global MNCFd 0.711 0.747 Global Technology Fd!" 0.578 0.608 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.715 0.752 American Opport Fd 0.817 0.859 ContEuroEqty Fd!** 0.984 1.034 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.146 1.204 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.115 1.150
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Health care and housing costs add 1.2% to June CPI
      236 8  -  the economy inflation By*. Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE'S Consumer Price Index put on 1.2 per cent in June, fuelled mainly by higher housing and health care costs, figures from the Department of Statistics (DOS) show. Housing, which makes up 23
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      Lock icon Credit Agricole unit opens corporate finance business
      169 8 It will focus on M&A and equity capital market advising CREDIT Agricole Indosuez Merchant Bank Asia Ltd (Caimbal) has launched a new corporate finance business in Singapore. The business, which will focus on mergers and acquisitions and equity capital market advising, will complement
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      Lock icon REITs clear hurdle with IRAS
      785 8  -  M-ii exclusive It indicates dividends on REITs to be taxed at individual, not corporate, level: sources By Kalpana Rashiwala REAL estate investment trusts (REITs) have all but cleared a major hurdle to their introduction in Singapore—that relating to the tax treatment of dividends paid to
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      Lock icon Downer optimistic about FTA talks
      416 8  -  He rebuts claim that FTA could give 'backdoor entry'for goods into Asean Byl Eugene Low AUSTRALIAN Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer yesterday expressed optimism over his country's bilateral free trade negotiations with Singapore and said the talks were "making good progress". But there is still
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      Lock icon UOB must impress market with a good team at the top
      181 8  -  Eric Ang Teck Sin Singapore I REFER to your article "My son is ready to take over, says UOB's Wee Cho Yaw" by Conrad Raj (BT, July 20). As a major UOB shareholder, Mr Wee may think it is
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      Lock icon Too early to say if Honda's ICVS will quality for incentive
      286 8  -  MAiLisrm Eileen Tan Kofi Buck Song WE refer to the article "Rent a hybrid Honda Civic come early 2002" by Christopher Tan (BT, July 18). The article gives the impression that the planned Transport Technology Innovation and Development Scheme
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      Lock icon Attractive PSA IPO will find takers
      289 8  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your articles "IPO no go for PSA: chairman" (BT, July 16) and "PSA Corp's overseas ports grew 20% in HI" (BT, July 18). PSA Corporation chairman Yeo Ning Hong commented that "the IPO market is dead". There is
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      Lock icon This downturn is structural
      167 8  -  Kwek Sing Cher Singapore I REFER to your article "Singapore's medium-term prospects intact: MAS" by Anna Teo (Eye, BT, July 14). The downturn we are experiencing is surprising and more severe than past gar-den-variety recessions. Can it really be cyclical? The downturn we are going through
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      Lock icon Feedback Unit calls for charter to preserve family rights
      353 8 TO help Singaporeans cope with the social changes brought about by the new economy, the Feedback Unit has recommended that a family charter be set up to preserve family rights. The unit's feedback group which examined the social impact of the
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Steady weekend sales at Changi Rise and Rio Vista
      378 9  -  81 units sold in Changi Rise since soft launch of 218 units in first phase Reports by 1 Vince Chong SALES of several recentlylaunched projects continued at a steady clip over the weekend with the latest offering, City Developments' Changi Rise,
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      Lock icon URA releases Sembawang Walk site
      443 9 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday released a 1.43 ha plot at Sembawang Walk for sale by tender, the first of five residential plots due to be released under the government land sales (GLS) programme for the second half of the year. Analysts point out that
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  • CAMPUS life
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      806 10/11  -  Do bio-science and music mix? Yes, if it is about broadening students' knowledge and exposing them to creative thinking skills, grace mo reports on a new NUS initiative GRACE NG STROLL around the NUS campus next year and you may bump into bio-science students coaxing their violins or
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      Lock icon Falling within the fence of the familiar
      724 10/11  -  Dostrgrm from Cambridge ii//] Kenneth Kwek THE socio-academic landscape of Cambridge seems cosmopolitan at first. But once you've lived there a while, you'll realise that within the multiplicity of nationalities and ethnicities, invisible barriers have been erected. These unspoken delineations are not barricades
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
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      193 10/11 This is a chat-link between undergrads and parents. So if you are an undergrad, we'd like to hear from you what life on wjk campus is like. And if you're a V 1 parent, tell us your concern for your 4 Msg We also welcome feedback and \Miw suggestions from
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Why racial passions flare up in the UK
      880 12  -  mr. 4 bottom line OPINION david mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT. IN the past month,
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      45 12 'All of those great promises about saving mankind fist of all, I don't believe it and I don't believe it's right We oppose using animals as test tubes with tails.' -K&tkyGmlknno ofPeta (Peoplefor the Ethical Treatment of Animals), on animal cloning experiments.
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      Lock icon Putting Indonesia back on track
      643 12 EDITORIAL HISTORY was made yet again yesterday in Indonesia By the painful process of impeachment, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid was relieved of office and in his place, Megawati Sukarnoputri installed as the new president Thus Mr Abdurrahman joins a gallery of leaders who were stopped in
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      Lock icon Genoa: a feather in the IMF's cap
      666 12  -  COMMENTARY It got confirmation of its role as the world's financial bailout snpremo By\ David DeRosa The writer, president of Deßosa Research Trading, is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management and the author of 'In Defense of Free Capital
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      Lock icon Asean must get Its act together vis-a-vis China
      1535 12  -  The ARF will help both parties build mutual trust, to replace suspicion and enmity From 1 rr_. Yang Razali Kassim The writer isßT's regional analysis editor in Hanoi SEVEN days before this week's Asean Regional Forum (ARF), and three months before the
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sian govt launches RM3.8b hostile bid to take UEM private
      692 13  -  Analysts say move to restructure group positive for market From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government has launched a hostile takeover bid for United Engineers Malaysia in an attempt to restructure the debt-laden group and turf out Halim
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      Lock icon Sime Darby to trim ambitions for Palmco
      510 13 KUALA LUMPUR It will now settle for a board presence, market sources say Reuters MALAYSIAN conglomerate Sime Darby, locked in a takeover battle for Palmco, will trim its ambitions for control of the palm oil processor and settle for a board presence, analysts
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      Lock icon Malaysian economy healthy: Mahathir
      203 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX THE economy remains healthy and is resilient against slowing global economies despite the decline in exports of electronic and electrical products, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. The domestic economy is not in the position it was in during the Asian financial crisis,
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    • LATE Briefs
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        Lock icon Clob share releases completed
        70 13 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] The staggered release of Central Limit Order Book (Clob) shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was completed yesterday and the comprehensive solution to regularise the securities has achieved the objective of maintaining a fair and orderly market, the KLSE said. In a
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        Lock icon AMMB plans to raise bank stake
        60 13 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian financial group AMMB Holdings Bhd said Malaysia's Finance Ministry has given its approval to the company to start talks with private companies Gingini Sdn Bhd, Azman Hashim Holdings and Edenview Projects to buy the remaining 20 per cent
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        Lock icon Hicom listing status not to be sold
        68 13 Dow Jones Newswires MALAYSIAN industrial group DRB-Hicom Holdings Bhd said it won't proceed with its plan to sell the listing status of its unit Hicom Holdings Bhd on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange to Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Kedah. No reason was given, but
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        Lock icon MTD Cap, Dewina in reverse takeover
        132 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Trading in shares of Malaysian construction group MTD Capital and food manufacturer Dewina Bhd were suspended yesterday after the two companies unveiled a reverse takeover deal. MTD shares were last traded at RM4.60 on July 20 while Dewina shares closed at
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Arroyo urges fast economic reforms
      445 14  -  Steps include law against money-laundering and changes to corporate laws, taxation From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo yesterday asked Congress to pass new reform laws to address the financial market's woes spawned by sagging investor confidence. In her first state-of-the-nation speech since
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      Lock icon HK seeks BIS capital exemptions for its banks
      291 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has asked the Bank for International Settlements to exempt the city's lenders from certain parts of a new capital accord being set up to improve global banking stability. The BIS, a Switzerland-based banking regulator
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      Lock icon Perusahaan Gas seeking partner to raise US$250m for pipeline to S'pore
      401 14 SINGAPORE It faces contractual penalties if it fails to meet gas transmission deadline Dow Jones Newswires INDONESIA'S PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) is seeking a strategic partner to raise US$25O million for a natural gas pipeline from Indonesia to
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        Lock icon HK group invests HK$13b in complex
        78 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] IFC Development Ltd, a Hong Kong consortium led by developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, said yesterday it was investing HK$l2-13 billion (Ss2.B-3 billion) in the second phase of its International Finance Centre (IFC) complex. IFC project director Eric Tung said
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        Lock icon Thailand to sell up to 320b baht of bonds
        96 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK} Thailand said it plans to sell domestic bonds worth as much as 320 billion baht (5512.7 billion) this year, to cover losses incurred as the asset values of shuttered and seized lenders fell. The central bank's Financial Institution and
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        Lock icon Bank of China makes 11b yuan profit
        84 14 Xinhua [BEIJING] Sources from the Bank of China (BOC) said yesterday that for the first six months of the year the bank had realised profits of 11.106 billion yuan (5J2.4 billion). A spokesman for the BOC said that in the first six months
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        Lock icon M'sian foreign reserves rise US$1b
        99 14 Reuters (KUALA lumpukj Malaysia's central DanK, uanx Negara, said yesterday its gold, foreign exchange and other international reserves rose US$l.O4 billion to US$27.l billion as at July 14 from the end of June. It said the increase in reserves was due mainly to the draw
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        Lock icon Manila to issue US$-linked peso notes
        60 14 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine government is working on issuing US dollar-linked Philippine peso notes in hopes of easing pressure on the local currency, the Bureau of Treasury said. The notes are fixed-rate government securities to be issued in pesos but with a US dollar-equivalent
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        Lock icon Bangkok plans new risk fund
        70 14 AFX [BANGKOK] A new law aimed at increasing flexibility in managing the public debt will call for the establishment of a new risk fund to help hedge foreign liabilities held by state enterprises, according to Finance Ministry sources quoted in a Bangkok Post report. Until
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      537 16  -  Aborted USs2.sb bond deal seen as a no-confidence vote Prom Audrey Tan in Hong Kong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks yesterday plumbed a 52-week low of HK$l.97 when investors dumped the stock on news that CyberWorks had cancelled an intended US$2.5 billion bond issue over
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      66 16 [BEIJING] The new US Ambassador to China, Clark Randt Jr, getting out of his car as he takes up his post at the United States Embassy in Beijing yesterday. Mr Randt's arrival comes three months after the Hainan spy plane crisis sent
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      212 16 SHANGHAI AFP STOCKS and government bonds are becoming increasingly popular investments in China, the central bank found in a survey released yesterday. The survey published in the China Securities newspaper found that although urban Chinese families still put the bulk of their disposable
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      377 16 TAIPEI And record jobless numbers suggest growth grinding to a halt Bloomberg TAIWAN'S export orders fell to a record low in June and unemployment rose to a sixth straight high, signalling the island's economic growth may have slowed to a halt last quarter.
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      270 16 TAIPEI AP AS an advisory committee contemplates ways to restore economic health to Taiwan, the government will propose launching direct shipping and air cargo links with rival China, a newspaper reported yesterday. Under the plan, direct shipping links would be set up between Kaohsiung port
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      257 16 ■BOMBAY They decry margin trading ban that led to fall in volnme AP, Reuters STOCK trading came to a virtual halt as brokers at India's stock exchanges went on a strike yesterday protesting against the market regulator's decision to ban margin trading. "(Monday's)
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      264 14  -  ST Index/MSClS'pare Index C K Lau Refco Singapore THE Singapore share market ended lower yesterday on the back of weak US markets hit by a slew of dismal earnings reports. The Straits Times Index skidded 10.69 points or 0.65 per cent to close at 1,627.39 points
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      230 14  -  MS& Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks fell yesterday, following poor export and unemployment figures. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index closed 3.26 points or 1.66 per cent lower at 193.42. Turnover came to 461.57 million, with 25 counters rising, 35 falling and
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      231 14 Reuters London The dollar rose nearly half a per cent against the euro and the yen yesterday after Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill reaffirmed the US strong dollar policy following the weekend Group of Eight summit. The euro was on the back foot after Germany's key Ifo business barometer
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      697 17  -  Market disappointed by Koizumi's failure to outline plan on reforming economy From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market slumped to its lowest level in 16 years yesterday as investors reacted with dismay to the lack of any emergency actions by
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        54 17 Bloomberg [MUNICH] German executives were more pessimistic in June than at any time in almost five years, a sign that growth is petering out in Europe's largest economy. The Ifo institute's index of business confidence in western Germany declined to 89.5 from a revised
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        64 17 FT [LONDON] German chipmaker Infineon said yesterday it expects to make a loss for the fourth quarter and its full fiscal year as there are no clear signs of a market recovery soon. The warning came as Infineon fell into the red in the third
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        55 17 Bloomberg [CAMBRIDGE, England] ARM Holdings pic, the biggest semiconductor designer, said yesterday that demand for chips to be used in new products, such as game machines, drove second-quarter profit 23 per cent higher. Net income rose to £8.3 million (5521.6 million) from £6.7
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        38 17 Reuters [LONDON] Investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc is set to cut about 300 human resource staff in response to sluggish market conditions and reduced hiring activities, the Financial Times said yesterday.—Reuters
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      474 17 M WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary says growth could be above 3% by 2002 AFX, AFP US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the US economy should begin to pick up in the last three months of this year and could be above 3 per cent
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      318 17 TOKYO NEW YORK Reuters LUCENT Technologies Inc, moving to restructure its business, is near a deal to sell its fibre unit to Japan's Furukawa Electric Co for U552.75 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Furukawa, Japan's top maker of fibre-optic parts, declined to
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      297 17 PARIS Reuters FRENCH media giant Vivendi Universal posted a greater-than-expected rise in secondquarter core earnings yesterday, boosted by cost cutting and strong profit performance in film and telecoms. Vivendi Universal said in a statement that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation,
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      472 18 TOKYO It throws weight behind US unit Firestone for a court battle Reuters JAPANESE tyre maker Bridgestone Corp pledged yesterday to fight any recall of tyres made by its US unit all the way to the courts if need be,
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      241 18 CHICAGO Reuters MOTOROLA Inc, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said yesterday it will begin selling all of the technology needed to build a basic mobile phone to outside manufacturers for the first time. Motorola, considered to have the widest range of technologies needed
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      492 19 It'll pay News Corp, S&b&n Entertainment USs&2b for cable programming business NYT IN a deal intended to make the Walt Disney Co a stronger force in the lucrative cable programming business, Disney is close to an agreement to buy Fox
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      191 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) dropped 20 points to 1,148, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) shed 19 to 1,207, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) was down 46 to 8,406 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) down 35 points to 1,302. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Situs Star *****2000 dwt dely Brazil
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      298 21 sex 'ooo wa w CWT Distribution 0.50 KXOI 23 Chuan Hup 0.32 -O.Ot 316 Cosco Investment 0.23 0.01 22S Freight Links 0.08 uneh 5 CB Holdings -0.51 unch 5 IMC HoWlngs-HK —5.60 uncn 0 Jay* Holdings 0.15 -0.01 247 Keppel Corp 3.62 -0.06 1763 Keppel PELS 1.06 -0.01
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      691 21  -  Bat archrival Hutchison scales down new China projects By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation sees plenty of opportunities left for port investments in China despite the contention by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) that most of the country's viable projects have already
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      404 21  -  Organisation supports IMO's call to consolidate checks By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Consolidating tanker inspections will enhance safety by reducing crew distractions and better disseminating information, according to the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko). Speaking out in support of International Maritime
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      155 21 [SINGAPORE] An oil spill of a different sort has closed a 12-mile stretch of coastline in northern Wales after a cargo ship was suspected of spilling several tons of cooking oil. Environmental workers have been on the beaches over the weekend removing
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        1099 22 Despite Latin America's gloomy short and medium term prospects, the long-term growth potential of the region makes it a lucrative market for aircraft manufacturers Reuters THE radar screen for commercial airplane manufacturers shows some short-term turbulence in Latin America followed by steady growth,
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      172 22 PAGE Appenship 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Colony Log 5 Central Ex 6 China Shpq S tt Cougar 7 Columbus 6 CWT Globelink 7 Delmas 4 Ojak Lloyd 6 Dongnama 3 ECL 4 ECU Line 5/6/7
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        796 29 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Pontianak 15E 'Jw 23/07/7:15 23/07/19:00 C Success 23-Jul J10 23/07/7:40 23/07/17 00 Ostertor V0107r J13 23/07/8:15 23/07/17^0 Bt Satna li ***** J01 23/07/805 23/07/2000 Bt Dencipta2 ***** J01 23/07/8:00 23/07/23:00 Rachmanuel 1 13-Jan J03 23/07/720 24/07/800 Kaiho Maru 30 J06 23/07/8:20 23/07/1700
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        185 29 August 1 Switzerland: National Day Angnatt Singapore: National Day South Africa: National Women's Day August 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday August 19 South Korea: Liberation Day Switzerland: Assumption Day Spain: Assumption Day Senium: Assumption Day France: Assumption Day Italy: Assumption Day August 17 Indonesia: Independence Day August
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        798 29 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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        584 30 Airline drops plan to operate low-fire carrier with Skyservice Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada said it has dropped plans to operate a discount airline in partnership with Skyservice Aviation, opting instead for a deal with its pilots' union that will allow it to run its
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        453 30 Legal action will be taken against any criminal act: M'sian airline chairman Bloomberg, AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd is investigating contracts signed by former management and plans to expose any improper activity in a bid to help the national carrier cut
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        196 30 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shandong Airlines Co, one of China's most profitable regional carriers, plans to take control of Jinan Airport by investing in the second-phase of construction of the airport. Shandong Air will set up a new company called Jinan International Airport Co and
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        268 30 AFP [PARIS] The Swiss airline Swissair is willing to provide up to 1.8 billion French francs (*****.4 million) to help rescue bankrupt airline AOMAir Liberte, a source close to the matter said. The source spoke on condition of anonymity. Swissair owns
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        279 30 Reuters [NEW YORK] Labour officials representing ground workers at UAL Corp's United Airlines said that union members have voted to strike if mediated negotiations with the airline representatives collapse. The International Association of Machinists District 141, which represents about 30,000 ground
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        128 30 Dow Jones (SHANGHAI] The merger plan of China Eastern Airlines (CEA), China's Northwest Airlines and Yunnan Airlines is proceeding smoothly, Shanghai Securities News reports, citing an unidentified official in the merger team. The details of the merger plan still need to be ironed out,
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      681 21 Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) has appointed I Mark Killick-Catver as its chief technical officer and chief financial officer Phang Thim Fatt as deputy managing director. Based in J Singapore, Mr Killick-Calver will have overall responsibility for the ft J administration of Sale's technical aircraft fleet management Jf I programme.
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      26 21 Aircraft manufacturers see bumpy ride ahead In Latin American market Pg2 MAS probing past contracts for shady dealings BackPg Air Canada to start discount carrier BackPg
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