The Business Times, 15 August 2001

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Interne* .com.sg/' SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST,IS, 2001 85C
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  • 77 1 □sn 1*647.46 (+21.31) 1 U WtM (+6.35) ST INDEX FUTUKES M46JO (+22.00) □snsci muiEs 20L40 (+2.60) STOCK HASKET INDICES Toeaday Change BSBCOMP 847.75 ♦1.40 NIKKEI 221 11J17J6—+***** HANG SENG 1U9LQ1 _+»172 SET INDEX ***** -LB JAKARTA COMP _441Jf7 +0.716 MANILA COMP 1303.06. -dM TAIPEI Wn 4,689.60 +08-84 8E0CL00MP
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  • 71 1 FOBEX BATES uss s$ USS(SSperUS$) L7M 2(USS/SSperf) 1.418 L4M EUBO(CS$/SS/E) 0m LS7J DM 1186 LMI YEN 1SJ 89.70 KM L8N tm HKS 7JM 4.4* BAHT 4487 tUt RUPIAH 8,438 4,7* PIHB1ATBB SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.«7 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 1100 HONGKONG 850 TAIPK1 .7,84 SYDNEY 8.56 TOKYO
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  • 623 1  -  Industry players say bias towards investment policies unhealthy trend By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The insurance industry showed its might in the first half, with sales of sin-gle-premium products almost tripling year-on-year to exceed $6 billion at end-June. Figures released yesterday by the
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  • 64 1 New business safes I I HI 2floT(1M)lwi 2000 (|M) CUB Single premium 6,020 i 1,513 296 CPF Special Account 2,249 j nm CPF Ordinary Account 2,444 792 209 •Non-CPF I 1,327 721 j 84 Annualpfemlum 171 199 -14 Limited period premium 7 12 103 -68 Total premium 6,203
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  • 680 1  -  By] Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS) has come out in strong support of the Singapore Exchange's controversial forced one-day suspension of Neptune Orient Lines. "What the SGX did, in my view, was correct. It is playing a
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  • 375 1  -  They will encourage the start-ups to set up here By Chua Hui Min [SINGAPORE] Two incubation centres will be set up in Singapore this year to encourage Indian and South Korean start-ups to establish their overseas operations here, a senior Economic Development
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  • 377 1  -  Byl Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Construction firm Neo Corps reverse takeover of beleaguered listed peer Chew Eu Hock Holdings (CEH) has been canned the latest in a series of failed deals entered into by the ma in board-listed company. An industry source
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  • 335 1  -  rTTexclusive Leaders recognised for their role in nation-building From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will both be maiden recipients of a new award next month for their contributions to
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    • 86 1 maPE Motoring Car Track: Trump card for motor players. Pg 13 New Maybach uttralimo to be pitched above Rolls-Royce. Pg 13 Top stories PacNet deeper in the red with $5.2 m Q2 loss. Pg 4 Tung Lok to open $1.6 m dine-and-bar restaurant with French partner. Pg 9 US July
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    • 18 1 So I feel people here are rather under-insured. AXA revises its bonus scheme, Pg 28 AXA cuts bonuses
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    • 30 1 ROUGH RIDE Larry Wee, Page 6 TWO OPPOSING VIEWS R Stvanithy: SGX overreacted? Nay, policy shift is long overdue, Next Page Conrad Raj: Basis for drastic action flawed, Next Page
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    • 754 2  -  lock siew NOL's suspension: Two views By R Sivanithy FINALLY, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has censured a listed company and a gov-ernment-linked one, no less for poor disclosure. And it wasn't a slap on the wrist either. The one-day trading suspension imposed on Neptune Orient
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    • 814 2  -  Byi Conrad Raj MANY who followed the recent exchange between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) on the bourse's forced suspension of NOL would have realised that Monday's NOL announcement said nothing new. The transport group basically reiterated the points
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    • 898 2  -  It steps op banking system reserves and increases baying of government bends From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo BOWING to intense pressure for more aggressive action to prevent Japan's economy from plunging into a deflationary spiral, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) yesterday surprised markets with
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    • 525 2  -  Bnt bankers sceptical project will become reality From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DEBT-LADEN Renong Bhd has revived its ambitious plan to build a US$2.2 billion (553.9 billion) theme park in Johor with Hollywood's Universal Studios but bankers remain sceptical that the
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 75 2 US investment bank Goldman Sachs is engaging vampy violinist Vanessa Mae to perform at its tech conference in Hong Kong next month. Mae will perform at an outdoor gala party on the roof of the Ocean Terminal in Kowloon, according to the Finance Asia.com website. By
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      • 116 2 IF you're going to Indonesia on a business trip, you may want to check if you need a business visa. Several Singapore companies have had their Singapore passport-holding staff detained by immigration officials at Jakarta's international airport after declaring that they were there on
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      • 47 2 LAST week, BT ran an online poll which said: Keppel Corp will privatise Keppel Fels by offering cash to its shareholders. This is how readers voted: Yes, this is good for all: 29% No, it's not enough: 43% I don't have Keppel Fels shares: 28%
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 318 4  -  Byi Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION firm Econ International Ltd said yesterday that it has been approached by several parties interested in taking a stake in the group. "Nothing has been concluded with any one of the parties," a source close to the
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    • 467 4  -  It cites delay in IDD plans, but says it will be profitable by end-2002 By\ David Boey PACIFIC Internet, the Internet services arm of SembCorp Industries, said yesterday that its second quarter losses deepened 8.1 per cent to $5.24 million but
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    • 390 4  -  Counter suspended; winding-up notice comes less than a year after rescue By* Grace Ng OAKWELL Engineering has been served with a winding-up petition by Fleet National Bank, and trading in its shares, which hit an all-time low of 7 cents recently, was suspended yesterday.
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    • 358 7  -  Issue seen as first phase of $&2b fond-raiser for takeover of OUB By\ Ling Su Ann UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday announced plans to issue a potential $750 million of subordinated debt, in what is seen by the banking industry as the first leg of
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    • 413 7  -  By' Tang Weng Fai LISTED Stratech Systems Ltd, which was in the centre of a recent lawsuit, will consult its lawyers today in an effort to take advantage of its recent grant of patent for its car-park system. Stratech, which claimed to have been
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    • 366 8  -  Move comes after ousted chief s injunction against 3 new directors By Serena Ng JUST one day after its three newest directors were slapped with an injunction to prevent them from exercising any powers, Inno-Pacific Holdings said yesterday it has appointed its sole
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    • 436 8 Reuters SG Securities and Kim Eng Securities downgraded SembCorp Logistics yesterday but Deutsche Bank kept its buy call after South-east Asia's largest logistics firm posted interim results in line with its expectations. "We like SembLog's management and prospects, but the share price
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 71 8 DELGRO Corporation yesterday clarified that it was in preliminary talks with Beijing Jin Jian Taxi Company for a joint venture to operate taxis, not rental cars, as reported in BT cm Monday. DelGro did not respond to queries from BT for the earlier
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      • 69 8 Dow Jones Newswires WBL Corp said yesterday it expects net profit for the 2001 fiscal year to be "significantly lower" than the level a year ago, blaming the rapid slowdown in the global electronics and telecoms sectors. In addition, the lower market values
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      • 100 8 Reuters BRIERLEY Investments Ltd said yesterday it has increased its stake in Singapore soft drink group Fraser and Neave to 10.186 per cent from 10 per cent. It said in a statement that it had acquired an additional 570,000 shares in F&N through its wholy
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      • 180 8 AFX GES International's takeover offer for Eltech Electronics closed on Monday with the company receiving acceptances covering about 41.78 per cent of total issued Eltech shares, taking its stake to more than 86 per cent, lead manager BNP Paribas Peregrine said. GES
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    • 420 8  -  By Bryan Lee PRECISION drilling specialist Multi-Chem Ltd yesterday announced it will make a major investment in China by the second quarter of next year despite profit falling 54 per cent to $1.99 million for the half-year ended June 30. Chief executive Stanley
      RICHARD CHNG  -  420 words
    • 426 8  -  It expects S'pore&ns to eat-on-the-go in 5-10 years' time By 1 Rachel Ong SINGAPORE Food Industries reckons food is a barometer of social change, and with that in mind they are expanding into the chilled fresh food business with
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    • 432 8 Analysts polled expect firm to report $14.4-sl4i>m in interim earnings NATSTEEL Broadway Ltd is seen posting a 14-15 per cent fall in firsthalf earnings, in line with the Singa-pore-based electronics contract manufacturer's guidance, as demand is crimped by the global electronics downturn.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      547 6 Theoretical values before Dec 31, *96 Volume Econ tntl 20c 25,632,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 11,434,000 Fu Yu Mfg 10c 9,839,000 NOL 9,422,000 Autroo 9,228,000 JK Yarning 20c 9,202,000 SingTel 15c 7,255,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 6,719,000 Addvadech 2.5c 6,475,000 Datacraft 10c 6,382,000 Stoda OUB 50,284,750 UOB 42,339,350 Datacraft 10c 42,015,990
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    • 575 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AFTER falling for five straight sessions, the Straits Times Index bounced back strongly yesterday, gaining 21.31 points to 1,647.45 with technology issues leading the way. Sentiment was helped by a 3.8 per cent surge
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    • 599 6  -  llonger view CURRENCIES Fear is that more weakness lies ahead for the greenback after it broke key supports larry wee THE US dollar broke through major support areas we identified a week ago, and while a modest correction was taking place
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  • 2954 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: China Opportunities Fd!** 0.886 0.931 Global MNC Fd 0.678 0.713 Global Technology Fd!** 0.537 0.565 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.703 0.739 American Opport Fd 0.769 0.809 ContEuroEqtyFd!** 0.966 1.015 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.068 1.123 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.074 1.107
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    • 1381 7 I fe^INGAPOREACCC^^ I Training Arm of The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore I I Singapore's Longest Established Accountancy Acodemy Presents I j AOO2 Financiol Reporting Disclosure |Rev,sed) 06 Sep Mr. Ho Chew Seng 0.5 206.00 I A AOO7 Deferred Taxation 21 Sep Mr. Lai Seng Kwoon I 360.50
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 519 9  -  W7H outlook CBRD forecasts contraction of 3% in third quarter and 2.7% in fourth quarter; full-year contraction of 0.0% Byi Anna Teo THE Singapore economy should hit bottom in the current third quarter, according to forecasts by the National University of Singapore's Centre
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    • 430 9  -  It aims to showcase Asian food in a fan and entertaining environment By Corinne Kerk IN a joint venture with Parisbased Copilot Developments, listed Tung Lok Restaurants will this Friday open a $1.6 million dine-and-bar concept which, at over 11,800 sq ft,
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    • 494 9  -  Enough time to iron oat any bogs in new electricity pool rules By Ronnie Lim THE government's divestment of Singapore's power stations which has started to draw big international players here is now likely to begin early next year, industry sources said. "We
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    • 265 9  -  Byl Vince Chong PWD Consultants has won a contract to provide masterplanning and architectural design services for a $148 million residential project in Suzhou Industrial Park. The deal, inked yesterday, involves work on a 16.4 ha project in Phase One of the park
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 865 10  -  HTTT4 I bottom line OPINION frank ching Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based freelance writer INCREDIBLE as it may seem, 15 months after Chen Shui-bian of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became president of Taiwan, pro-reunification sentiment on the island is at an
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    • 36 10 'Unfortunately, the meaning of what happened in Jerusalem is far more serious than many people would like to think.' -NaUShajUk of the Palestinian Authority, on an Israeli re-occupation of Arab strongholds in Jerusalem.
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    • 634 10 EDITORIAL DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan highlighted this week an issue of long-standing concern: Singapore's over-reliance on electronics, which he labelled a structural weakness in the economy. Economists have long pointed to the predominance of electronics in Singapore's industrial output and exports, and debated whether its role
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    • 1027 10  -  'Structnr&T reforms to create new service industries are hardly a substitute for a real industrial policy From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo THERE is a strangely unreal quality about much of the debate going on in Japan
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    • 785 10  -  COMMENTARY Americans may be suffering from self-defeating optimism By] Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT THREE years ago, after the collapse of Long Term Capital Management, US financial markets were in crisis. For a few weeks, it looked
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  • MAIL bag
    • 422 11  -  Manjit Singh Singapore I REFER to your article "No request yet by SIC to appear for hearing, says DBS Bank" (BT, Aug 14). A mistake was made. Public apologies were tendered almost immediately. The reports on this unfortunate incident came fast
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    • 86 11  -  Lu Kee Hong Singapore I REFER to your article "Formula to cut ministers' pay when economy is down" (BT, Aug 13). If it is the "symbolic" gesture that "some" people are looking for, just do it. Why wait till the formula kicks in?
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    • 334 11  -  Gerald Ang Joo Huat Singapore I REFER to your article "Q2 GDP shrinks 0.9% against flash estimate of -0.8%" by Chuang Peck Ming (BT, Aug 9). In his speech to the nation on the eve of National Day, Prime Minister Goh Chok
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    • 83 11  -  Ananth Singapore I REFER to your article "Q2 GDP shrinks 0.9% against flash estimate of -0.8%" by Chuang Peck Ming (BT, Aug 9). During these difficult and unpredictable times, we Singaporeans who have taken success for granted need to know how to face failure
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    • 460 11  -  Sim Bee Lim Singapore I REFER to your article "SGX's Links Island formula stirs strong feelings" by Ven Sreenivasan (BT. Aug 9). I am glad your paper is finally saying something about this issue. I recall in August last year, your paper was most outspoken about
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    • 310 11  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "SGX's Links Island solution is unfair" by Tan Hong Meng (BT, Aug 13). and look forward to an early and credible explanation from SGX so that other investors on the local bourse do
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    • 211 11 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph. com.sgorfaxus at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number; so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel
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  • BIZ woman
    • 382 12  -  Survey finds women fill just 1.3 per cent of top executive jobs there, writes EMMA TINKLER AP [SYDNEY] Australian women are being held back from senior management roles by male sexism, leading women to start their own businesses, according to a survey
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    • 331 12 AFP [HONG KONG] Women are playing an increasing role in the global economy but their wages continue to lag behind those of men, an organiser of next month's Global Summit of Women said here yesterday. More than 40 per cent
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 287 12 CHVPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS the Duke of Wellington (6, 3,6) 1 A Sootsman, chief and ruler of 3 A press list (4) the glen (7) 4 Square dance for gardeners 5 Short paragraph can be added taking industrial acton? (3,4) to story (7) 5 Careful I'm starting a rash! 9 Ordinary
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  • BT motoring
    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 119 13 CYCLE Carriage stock ended four cents higher at $3.34 yesterday on a relatively sizeable volume 0f264,000 shares. Interest was said to have been ftielled by the continued rise of the rupiah, which would improve Cycle's share of forex losses incurred by Indonesian associate Astra.
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      • 142 13 DAIMLERCHRYSLER has picked AT T Wireless Services Inc to develop voice and data communications systems in Mercedes-Benz, Chrysler and Freightliner vehicles in Notfh America. The group introduced hands-free cell phones in Mercedes cars more than a decade ago and a communications system to help motorists notify
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      • 200 13 GENERAL MOTORS, Ford Motor and Chrysler won't meet a deadline to build an affordable fuel-efficient car that delivers 80 miles per gallon (28.5 km per litre) and the government programme backing the effort needs an overhaul, Bloomberg quoted the National Research Council as saying. While
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      • 98 13 THE Citroen C 5 (above) was launched at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Cluh last week. Distributor Advance Automobile reportedly spent $***** on the party that included dancers, an Impressive buffet spread and fine wines. The biggest launch of a Citroen in recent memory, the
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      • 132 13 IN WHAT seemed like a settlement over a long-drawn suit Ford presented to a US judge on Monday an offer to formally extend the warranty on an ignition part found faulty in millions of vehicles. The warranty is for a distributor-mounted "thick film ignition"
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      • 129 13 BRIDGESTONE/Firestone, whose tyres have been linked to 208 deaths and hundreds of injuries, on Monday began feeing the first of more than 100 related lawsuits as opening arguments began in a federal court in Texas. Joel Rodriguez, a Texas physician, is suing the company after a
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      • 63 13 FORD Motor and Navistar Intranational have finalised plans to form a joint venture to build medium commercial trucks. The venture will also explore other advanced diesel engine opportunities. Named Blue Diamond Truck Co, it will initially produce Class 6 and 7 medium commercial trucks that
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      • 73 13 FORD Explorer sales in the US fell 16 per cent this year through July to 233,295 units, a decline that analysts blame on publicity about the massive Firestone tyre recall, new models from General Motors and Toyota, and Ford's own new compact sport-utility, the Escape.
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      • 74 13  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan IN THE first half, Ford sold 162,900 Mondeos in Europe, up almost 67 per cent from a year ago. That made Mondeo the best-seller in its class in Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Hungary and Ireland in the first six
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    • 564 13  -  f^sftrack Is the end of the road near for motor distributors? Not if they can seize the opportunities in the after-sales market christopher tan WITH car manufacturers wanting to be their own importers and eventually retailers in more and more markets, the writing's on the
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    • 464 13  -  nTT exclusive Price of D&imlerChrysler's 6m flagship likely to be well above $lm All reports by CHRISTOPHER TAN DAIMLERCHRYSLER'S Maybach ultra-limousine is likely to be priced above the Rolls-Royce in many markets, according to sources who attended a hush-hush preview of the
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    • 348 13 Its big showroom at K&mpong Übi has received an offer, says receiver THE liquidation of Intra-Mo-tors a defunct Rover trading unit of listed Intraco is now into its second year, but there are signs things will be wrapped up in the next few
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    • 483 13 Toyota green car Prius comes to S'pore —finally Delay means buyers have less time to eiyoy tax rebate AFTER a delay of over a year, Toyota's Prius touted as the world's first mass-pro-duced vehicle that runs on both electricity and petrol will be launched late next month. The dual-power hybrid
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  • FORMULA ONE
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 420 15 JAKARTA Price could be lower in rnpiah terms as exchange rate strengthens Bloomberg CYCLE Carriage, which owns 31.7 per cent of PT Astra International, said recent gains in the rupiah may persuade Indonesia's largest automaker to hold back the sale of its
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    • LATE Briefs
      • 68 15 AP [JAKARTA] An Indonesia court has sentenced a man to 11 years in jail for sending 14 parcel bombs to churches and clergymen on Christmas Eve, a judge said yesterday. Edi Sugiarto was found guilty of producing the bombs and posting than to several
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      • 58 15 AFP [BANDA ACEH, Indonesia] The Indonesian navy is mounting an operation to cut off seaborne shipments of weapons and other supplies to separatist rebels in Aceh on Sumatra island where at least five more deaths were reported yesterday. Navy Chief of Staff Indroko
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      • 67 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Saying that only "praise" was allowed, die head of Malaysia's largest ethnic Chinese party has barred members from making any negative public statements about party matters. Ling Liong Sik, president of the Malaysian Chinese Association, said the move was "an
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      • 51 15 AFP [MANILA] Deposed former president Joseph Estrada won a court order to temporarily leave his place of detention for a day so he could file a libel suit against an army officer who accused him of drugs-related money laundering, officials said yesterday.
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      • 58 15 AFP [MANILA] Legislators are rushing to pass a bill by the end of September to get the Philippines removed from a blacklist of money-laundering havens, officials said. "We're pushing for the approval of this bill at the soonest possible time, probably before Sept 30," House
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    • 249 15 BANGKOK Govt to contribute 25% to fluids set np by foreigners Reuters THAI Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said yesterday the government would seek Singapore's support for its plan to launch equity investment funds to lure foreign investors. Mr Somkid told reporters Prime
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    • 290 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SHARES of Malaysia's cash-rich Phileo Allied rose yesterday as investors speculated its plan to buy state-owned Pos Malaysia might be dropped allowing it to make better use of its cash hoard. The stock closed at RM1.87, up 14 sen on
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    • 504 16 JAKARTA Govt to review 2001 Budget assumptions, says minister Reuters, AFX, AFP INDONESIA'S new chief economics minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti warned yesterday the current sharp rise in the rupiah against the US dollar posed a risk to the country's struggling economy. "The rupiah's sharp appreciation
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    • 149 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's State Enterprises Minister Laksamana Sukardi said yesterday he was studying the possibility of replacing the chief of the powerful bank restructuring agency Ibra. Control of Ibra was transferred to Mr Laksamana on Monday, and analysts expect the tough former banker
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    • 185 16 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN police were yesterday questioning a grandson of former Indonesian dictator Suharto over the alleged illegal possession of bullets. Ari Sigit, Suharto's eldest grandson, was brought to city police headquarters late on Monday after police found at least 70 bullets at his residence in
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    • 302 16 KUALA LUMPUR Adhiyasa has applied to court to seize stakes in 3 firms Bloomberg KUMPULAN Guthrie Bhd, Malaysia's No 3 plantations company, said it's being sued in Indonesia by PT Adhiyasa Saranamas for US$25.B million for an alleged breach of contract. Adhiyasa also applied
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    • 333 19  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur PORT operators Northport Corporation Bhd yesterday said it is paying RM21.75 million (Sslo.l million) for an 80 per cent stake in Port Klang Distribution Park Sdn Bhd (PKDP). The purchase price was based on
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    • 200 19 THE Securities Commission yesterday said it would not consider an application made by Ekran Berhad to grant it retrospective approval for the unauthorised use of over RM7I3 million (*****.8 million) raised in a rights issue more than three years
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 80 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] Up to 1,000 people could be laid off in Hong Kong's insurance industry in coining months as it undergoes a severe shakeup brought on by fierce competition, Bernard Chan, a legislator representing the insurance industry, said yesterday. "Overall, the situation is
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      • 83 19 Dow Jones Newswires [NEW DELHI] India's Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee plans to review the reasons for the country's sluggish economy during separate meetings with the Council On Trade Industry (CTI) and the Economic Advisory Council early next month, the Financial Express reported yesterday.
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      • 71 19 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Chinese bank workers, ranging from tellers to top executives, will be trained at a programme at San Francisco State University designed to bring China's financial services in step with global practices, university officials said on Monday. It is aimed at
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    • 441 19  -  Bet financial secretary says the forecast is 'unduly pessimistic' From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says that it expects Hong Kong's business environment to deteriorate the most in its ranking of 60 countries, a forecast which Financial
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    • 140 19 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd reiterated it has no plans to cut more Jobs at the moment a company spokeswoman said yesterday. Her remarks were in response to a report in Oriental Daily News that CyberWorks was dose
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    • 292 16  -  ST Indeg/MSdSTpore Index CK Lau Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd INVESTMENT upgrade and Bank of Japan's monetary easing sent Singapore shares surging yesterday as technology shares and blue chips chalked up handsome gains. The benchmark Straits Times Index surged 21.31 points, or 1.31 per cent, to close
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    • 243 16  -  MSCI Talma Index Daniel Wong Refco (Singapore) Pie Ltd TAIWAN stocks rose, led by United Microelectronics Corp, after Goldman Sachs Group upgraded Intel and other US chipmakers. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index gained 3.74 points, or 1.76 per cent, to close at 216.55 points.
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    • 237 16 Reuters t JmmUW THE yen fell a quarter per cent against the US dollar yesterday and a third of a per cent against the euro to hit 31/2 month lows, hurt by the Bank of Japan's surprise easing of its already super-loose monetary policy. The BOJ said it
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    • 445 21 WASHINGTON It's a sign Americans may be buying enough to keep economy growing Bloomberg US retail sales excluding cars rose in July as business increased at electronics, furniture and department stores, a sign Americans may be buying enough to keep the economy
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      • 107 21 Reuters [CHICAGO] Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, yesterday reported a scant 2 per cent rise in Q2 income and warned its Q3 profits will come in at the low end of Wall Street forecasts ranging from 33 to 36 US cents
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      • 101 21 AFP [FRANKFURT] Dreadner Bank, a subsidiary of insurer Allianz, reported yesterday that pre-tax profits in the first half fell by 12.7 per cent to 616 million euros (***** million) owing to weakness on financial markets and rising costs. But net profit rose 44 per
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      • 41 21 Reuters [CRAWFORD, Texas] US President George W. Bush on Monday signed legislation authorising US$5.5 billion in payments to farmers hammered by drought and low prices for grains, the fourth farm rescue package in four years.—Reuters
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      • 103 21 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Telecom Corp of New Zealand's fourth-quarter profit fell 11 per cent, reflecting the cost of funding its investment in Australia's AAPT Ltd and rising operating costs within that subsidiary. Profit from operations in the three months to June 30 fell to NZ$l54
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    • 433 21 ZURICH Reuters ÜBS AG, Switzerland's largest bank reported a 26 per cent drop in second-quarter net profits yesterday. Net profits for the three months of 1.385 billion Swiss francs (Ssl.4 billion) were helped partly by stable revenues in private banking alongside underlying strength
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    • 241 21 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US current account is unsustainable and could mean the dollar is at risk from a sharp depreciation, the International Monetary Fund said in a report released yesterday. In its latest annual assessment of the US economy, the IMF failed to reach a
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    • 527 23 NEW YORK Moves could include tougher disclosures on investment holdings in firms Analysts cover FT THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is considering changes to its rules governing brokerage house stock analysts, including tougher disclosures on the investment holdings by analysts in companies
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    • 530 23 NEW YORK Bad news expected, investors looking for demand indicators Bloomberg INVESTORS will watch earnings reports from three technology companies in the next few days for a recovery in the computer industry. Though investors say the companies Applied Materials Inc, Dell Computer
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    • 260 23 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co gave its top stock rating to semiconductor maker Intel Corp, whose shares have fallen by more than half in a year, and several other chipmakers, saying that business may improve in the fourth quarter. Terry Ragsdale, a Goldman analyst,
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    • 501 24 More jobs are on the block, as company filings with the US Security Exchange Commission on Monday show. More than 300,000 job cuts have been announced in the last few months as companies around the world wrestle with slowing growth and plunging demand. Telecommunications
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    • 267 24 All layoffs at online division, either this week or next LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] AOL Time Warner Inc, grappling with an anaemic advertising market, is preparing to lay off as many as 1,000 employees in its online division, according to sources familiar with the
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    • 295 24 Move comes as it squeezes efficiencies out of acquired firms Reuters {BOSTON] Tyco International Ltd is in the process of cutting nearly 11,300 jobs while closing or consolidating nearly 300 plants in connection with acquisitions made during the previous and current fiscal
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    • 408 24 Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Lucent Technologies Inc, the leading US maker of telephone equipment, agreed to pay fired chief executive Richard McGinn US$5.5 million in severance. The company dismissed Mr McGinn in October, three years after his promotion to CEO. Lucent
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    • 405 25 BT hopes to resolve issue with AT&T before wireless demerger FT [LONDON] British Telecom hopes to reach an agreement to break up Concert, its joint venture with AT&T of the US, within two to three weeks. Sir Christopher Bland, BTs chairman, has
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    • 682 26  -  By Peter Brimelow, Edwin S Rubenstein TO V or not to V? Does this mean U? Or aargh! could the economy be going to L? The fact is that we don't know where the economy is and won't for some time. Randell E Moore, the
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    • 1015 27  -  Investors should watch out for Datacraft, Nat Steel Broadway as major shareholders sell down stakes ahead of results By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider Limited. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore FALLING global demand hammered
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    • 377 27  -  But providing information to clients is no longer adding value, says US consultant By] Bryan Lee LOCAL financial planners have the advantage over foreign firms as Singaporeans prefer to do business with their peers, people whom they trust. US financial planning firm Treasure
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 551 26 Popul&r's brand success is double-edged sword OUR blue chips are clinging to a 6.3 per cent gain since April, while the Straits Times Index has lost about 2 per cent during the same time. Top performers to date include People's Food (+81.3 per cent).
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    • 509 26 CREATIVE Technology, which reported weak results recently, may respond with an aggressive re-pricing strategy. It reported a loss of U5573.4 million for its fiscal fourth quarter (ended June) due to a US$76 million writedown in its investment portfolio, all in non-listed equities.
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    • 1238 28  -  More cuts likely by others if the equities markets continue to be difficult gemevibvb cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA AXA Life has cut bonuses on a slew of traditional endowment plans, as a poor investment climate continues to put pressure on returns. The big question is,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 190 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell seven points to 975, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost five points to 885, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) dropped 51 points to 7,852 and the Baltic Capes ize Index (BCI) was down 11 points to 1,165. TXME-CHARTEB: ♦Loire Ore **********
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    • 467 29  -  Two major conferences raising rates to offset insurance premiums By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Freight rates are rising for in- and outbound cargo at Sri Lanka's Port of Colombo as two msuor container conference groupings prepare to raise rates after the entire country
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      67 29 [ALLANBURG] Firefighters pour jets of water on the Thunder Bay-based bulk carrier Windoc in the channel of the Welland Canal, Thorold, Ontario. The ship collided with the Allanburg lift bridge in Canada on Saturday night. The ship's wheelhouse and funnel were sliced away as it passed beneath the partially
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    • 151 29 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) shares, which resumed trading on the Singapore bourse on Monday after a one-day suspension, did not make much recovery yesterday. The counter closed at $1.07, merely one cent above Monday's close. The Singapore stock exchange suspended trading
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    • 387 29  -  By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Japan's Port of Osaka has cut tugboat rates for big ships by up to 26 per cent in an effort to attract more container vessels to its terminals. The move came after repeated requests for cost savings by
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    • 787 30  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer IT is the holiday season once again for much of the world's shipping industry. Many Norwegians have been away from the office over the past few weeks, the Greek owners have largely left Piraeus while
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      • 769 39 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 mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 407 40 Airport fees the third most expensive in the world Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Airport Authority said yesterday that it might end its 15 per cent discount on airport fees from next year. The airport "may not continue the discounting that's
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      • 115 40 [SINGAPORE] A serious downturn in the worldwide demand for air cargo transport has forced Malaysia Airlines and Swisscargo to cancel their joint operation between Kuala Lumpur and Basle. A statement released yesterday said the existing two weekly flights between Switzerland and Malaysia would end on
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      • 361 40 Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA pic reported a slight rise in July year-on-year passenger numbers but said foot-and-mouth disease and the US economic slowdown hit business at its main operation, London's Heathrow. BAA said passenger numbers at the world's busiest international
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      • 639 40 Extensive safety modifications include new kind of tyres AP [WASHINGTON] With a new kind of tyres, a change in wiring, bulletproof fuel tanks and a redecorated cabin, the Concorde will resume service in September or October, according to British
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      • 76 40 [RANCHO CORDOVA, California] Emery Worldwide Airlines suspended its air carrier operations on Monday under an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration. The picture shows the wreckage of an Emery Worldwide DC-8 cargo plane which crashed into an auto wrecking yard on Feb 17 at Mather Field near
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      • 141 40 Reuters [LONDON] China is close to ordering up to 40 737 narrow-body aircraft from US manufacturer Boeing Co and has agreed to buy five larger planes from Russia's Aviastar, industry magazine Flight International reported. China, which buys civil aircraft centrally on the request
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      • 294 40 AP [MOSCOW] Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, has tentatively agreed to purchase 30 regional jets to be built by Russian aircraft makers in cooperation with Boeing Co, officials. Aeroflot is the first customer for the new plane, which Boeing and Russia's
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