The Business Times, 21 August 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 107W2001 ernet: http business-times.asial com.sq SINGAPORE TUESDAY. AUGUST 21. 2001 86*
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    Lock icon 'New S'pore' strategy seen as well-timed
    1111 1  -  Businessmen agree with PMGoh that nation should focus on long-term issues By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The new economic strategy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong outlined on Sunday is timely and "spot on", say businessmen. They also agree that Singapore's biggest challenges lie beyond the
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    Lock icon HP to start axing SE-Asia HQ staff
    486 1  -  P > Move which affects its S'pore workers is part of plan for 6,000 job cuts worldwide Reports by Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Computer hardware giant HewlettPackard will start cutting jobs at its South-east Asian headquarters here this week as part of a plan
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    Lock icon Venture shares slump on fears HP may drop it as a supplier
    510 1 [SINGAPORE] Shares of Venture Manufacturing slumped 80 cents to $11.80 yesterday on market fears that Hewlett Packard (HP) now implementing cost-cuts may drop the blue-chip contract manufacturer as a supplier. Analysts said the stock's fall to a six-week
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    Lock icon The mindset changes needed for a New Singapore
    522 1  -  COMMENTARY Local businesses, S'poreans must change; but so must govt, says patbicsdaxxbl PATRICK DANIEL RIME Minister Goh Chok long's National H Day rally speech on Sunday will surely become a landmark. But 3 there's one proviso: The new economic strategy he outlined
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      215 1 UNHIDE BT Comment I JVC should do a 1 Mountbatten, says Lee Han Shih. Pg 8 Top Stories US markets unlikely to react to anofter rate cut Mmxi Pmgm warn Star Hub breaks new ground with its > airship. Maxt Pmgm Hock Lock CUm SGX: fair action, unfair perception. over
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      Lock icon US markets unlikely to react to another rate cut
      926 2  -  Nothing start of a surprise 60 bp cat will shake market •at «f deldrams analysts Froml Andrew Marks in New York WITH corporate earnings and the US economy continuing to slide, Wall Street isn't generating much enthusiasm for an expected seventh
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      Lock icon StarHub breaks new ground with its airship
      467 2  -  It is first here to go-ahead to fly ad runs ever hemes By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Star Hub, Singapore's second biggest provider of telecommunications services, has taken its advertising to where its rivals cannot go. The company says it has received the go-ahead
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        116 2 US investment newsletter The Argus Weekly Staff Report (www.argusresearch.com) has this to offer on the outlook for US interest rates: "We believe that the inventory correction is in its advanced stages and any activity in the next two quarters will add considerably to aggregate demand. Furthermore,
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        Lock icon Stocking up on Nu Skin
        101 2 SOME professionals in Singapore are feeling the heat from the economic downturn and the consolidation in the financial industry. Several remisiers, bored to tears by sluggish market volumes, have turned part-time sales agents for Nu Skin products from the US. Top agents can allegedly earn
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        Lock icon Checking, just in case
        72 2 FACED with the prospect of more embarrassing gaffes, senior bankers are said to be scrambling to check—no, double-check their CVs posted on their employers' websites. It seems DBS Bank's mix-up in its annual report and on its website has had a profound impact on the industry.
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  • REINVENTING singapore
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      Lock icon Gamut of reactions to 'New S'pore' shares
      629 3  -  Some say scheme is electioneering move; other ways should be found to help poor By' Teh Hooi Ling THE "New Singapore" shares scheme announced by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was welcomed by most people yesterday, but some questioned whether whether it was
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      Lock icon Call for rethink on economy is timely: economists
      456 3  -  The manufacturing sector runs risk of being hollowed out By\ David Boey SINGAPORE may not be able to stem the migration of companies to cheaper manufacturing locations, so Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's call to rethink the building blocks of the Republic's
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      Lock icon Of midnight roses and a good-service mindset
      478 3  -  By Grace Ng EXCEPTIONAL service goes a long way... all the way to Kuala Lumpur in fact. A bellboy at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia appeared to be missing in action one morning, leaving only a cryptic note saying that he was running an important
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      Lock icon HDB housing agents expect more business from singles
      333 3  -  They'll be able to boy 3-room resale flats in urban estates By Andrea Tan HOUSING agents yesterday welcomed the liberalising of the sale of three-room resale public flats for singles above 35, saying it was another source of revenue for them. Singles
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Nera shareholder enters deal
      117 4 NERA Telecommunications yesterday announced that its substantial shareholder, Nera ASA, has entered into an agreement with Danish company Thrane Thrane to merge their satellite communications interests and create the world's largest satellite communications company. Under the deal, Thrane Thrane acquires Nera ASA's satellite communications division Nera
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      Lock icon SGX: fair action, unfair perception
      788 4  -  lock siew r sivanithy THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has come under a great deal of fire for its proposed solution to the Links Island affair. Most of the criticism has focused on how unfair the solution is to contra players and others who sold Links
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      Lock icon Buy-back sparks talk of F&N move to ward off suitors
      406 4  -  $3£m spent since Friday; funding seen posing no problem By, Andrea Tan FRASER Neave Ltd (F&N) has spent $3.8 million, or $7.95 a share, repurchasing its stock since Friday, fuelling speculation that the defensive move was to ward off predators
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      Lock icon Moody's confirms UOB's ratings alter review
      178 4 MOODY'S Investors Service yesterday confirmed its Aa2 long-term rating and B+ financial-strength rating erf United Overseas Bank. The bank's Prime-1 short-term rating was not on review and remains unchanged. Moody's said its review, begun on July 2, considered the possible negative consequences of lower
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Twinwood H1 loss widens to $2.3m
        76 5 TWINWOOD Engineering reported that its first-half2ool net loss has widened to 92.3 million, from $1.4 million a year ago. Group turnover, all from its construction business, declined to $2.2 million from $4 million. It said demand in the construction industry continues to be weak
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        Lock icon Norelco interim net up 19% to $3.8m
        70 5 Reuters NORELCO Centreline Holdings said first-half net profit rose 19.2 per cent to 93£ million. Turnover increased to $42.8 million from 131.7 million. Norelco is a manufacturer of hard disk drives and semiconductors, its directors expect the group's performance for the second-half to
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        Lock icon Nucleus profit plunges 74% in H1
        73 5 NUCLEUS Electronics repented a 74 per cent drop in first-half2ool net profit to $866,000. Turnover increased by 10.4 per cent to 125.2 million mainly due to the introduction of a just-in-time hub for Malaysian customers in the second-half of2ooo and contribution from its Taiwan
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        Lock icon Excel clinches deals worth $3.6m
        47 5 EXCEL Machine Tools announced tnat it has secured more turnkey sales contracts worth a total of $3.6 million. The delivery and completion of the contracts are expected in the second-half of2ool. It earlier announced it had secured $8.7 million in turnkey projects.
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      Lock icon Royal Clicks plans to acquire 25.6% of Westco Jeans
      467 5  -  Pirm says As&26m proposal part of diversification strategy By Rachel Ong SPORTING retailer Royal Clicks has gone Down Under to look for another partner, after its proposed acquisition of FJ Benjamin suddenly fell through on June 30. Yesterday, Royal Clicks said
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      Lock icon DBS to integrate Dao Heng, Kwong On divisions
      278 5  -  Fromi Audrey Tan in Hong Kong DBS will integrate the treasury and markets divisions of Dao Heng Bank and DBS Kwong On by the end of this year, and aims to grow the department to be among the top three in Hong
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      Lock icon Tat Seng to proceed with IPO despite downturn
      346 5  -  IPO of 39.3 m new shares at 21-25 cents each expected after 5-month delay By Ling Su Ann THE continued market downturn has not deterred mainboard aspirant Tat Seng Packaging from going ahead with its listing plans six months after receiving in-principle
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      Lock icon HTL expands in China with $ 10.8m investment
      269 5  - HTL expands in China with 10.8m investment By i Rachel Ong EXPANDING capacity is certainly not a priority for many local firms now, much less venturing into China. But HTL International Holdings a sofa manufacturer and producer of leather hides bucks the trend when it announced yesterday a $10.8 million
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      293 6 1PVUS1C 10.158,000 Asia Food&Prop 8,140,000 SJr*Tell5c 7,652,000 FuYuMfclOc 5,315,000 Autron— 4,846,000 PCA Tech 10c...» 4,658,000 PNEIndlOc 4,555,000 SMRT10C 4,480,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 4,289,000 VentureM4£?5c 4,212,000 Ver*ureMlg25c 50,476,600 U08 34,003,700 DBSGrp 27,665,996 Chart Semiconductor 26c 20,279,060 DatacraftlOc 15,*****6 SingTel 15c 14,016,976 SPH 13,*****0 008 9,568,700 ST En« IOC 8,483,420 SIA.— 7,832,000
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      Lock icon Shares fall across the board, sparking fears of dismal Q4
      627 6  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A GROWING number of brokers are writing off the current quarter and looking to the final three months of the year to salvage something from a dismal 2001. Problem is, there are no visible
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      Lock icon Multi-Chem wrt loses gearing edge
      171 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE shares associated with many warrants have fallen so much that there may be no advantage in buying the warrants. Put differently, the gearing advantage that warrants used to enjoy has been eroded. And this, in turn, has detracted from
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      Lock icon Venture dives below $12.60 support
      230 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan VENTURE Manufacturing headed the losers' list yesterday amid fears it could be hit by PC maker Hewlett Packard's decision to cut back on suppliers. The stock sank 80 cents, or 6.4 per cent, to close at a six-week low of
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      Lock icon Stockmarket worries reign in Asian currency trading
      533 6  -  I comment CURRENCIES AS, NZ$, euro clear winners; most Asian units down, US$ recovery bid falters larry wee ANOTHER sharp fall on Wall Street last Friday cut short an attempted US dollar recovery against favourite alternatives like the euro yesterday, but also held
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Call to move into China market timely: TDB mission
      563 7  -  No choice for S'pore firms, stress delegation members From Eugene Low in Beijing THE government's call to develop China as a hinterland for Singapore products and services is a timely one, say members of the business delegation which is part of
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      Lock icon Hong Leong's hired expats since 70s
      420 7  -  PunUy-nm businesses most hire professionals, including locals, to go far: Leng Beng By Siow Li Sen THE Hong Leong Group has been hiring expatriates since the seventies, long before foreign talent became a buzzword in Singapore. Kwek Leng Beng head of the diversified Hong
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      Lock icon Ong Beng Kheong new Sentosa Cove CEO
      185 7 ONG Beng Kheong is the new chief executive officer of Sentosa Cove, the Sentosa Development Corporation subsidiary with overall responsibility for developing a 116-ha site on the eastern side of the island. Mr Ong—residential chief at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) until he left
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      Lock icon 3Com to sell Changi manufacturing plant
      355 7  -  PROPERTY FOCUS But US firm won't be pulling out of S'pore By Vince Chong US-BASED infotech hardware giant 3Com Corp will sell its manufacturing plant in Singapore and invest the proceeds elsewhere, the firm's global real estate adviser Cushman and Wakefield (C&W) said in
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Valuer Cynthia Ng joining Colliers Jardine
      316 7  -  Shell tifttig ot ex-colleagues from Or&ngeTeexom By\ Kalpana Rashiwala COLLIERS Jardine is boosting its valuations business by hiring a team of seven valuers from Orange Tee.com headed by Cynthia Ng to augment its present team of seven valuers. Ms Ng, a well-known personality in
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    • Article
      Lock icon Why was Leong Huat delisted?
      125 7  -  MAILI.TM Wee Tiong Kian Singapore LEONG Huat Industries was suspended some time in 1962 pending investigation into the trading of this counter. I have been waiting patiently for its outcome and was therefore surprised to see the announcement of its delisting on July 2, 2001,
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      Lock icon New NTUC HQ cost distribution
      126 7  -  Nancy Teo Chief Executive Officer Singapore Labour Foundation I REFER to your article "NTUC HQ at New Downtown to offer 70% of space" by Vince Chong (BT, Aug 17). The article reported that the Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF) will foot $150 million of the development
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon JTC should do a Mountbatten
      637 8  -  i I comment PROPERTY It has to return idle Industrial land and yet keep Industrialists happy In the process lee han shih COULD Louis Mountbatten, best remembered as the last viceroy of British India, possibly have any relevance to JTC Corp? Yes, if only because
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      Lock icon 120 units at Burlington Sq sold
      423 8  -  Sales achieved after one month; analysts say it is good news By' Vince Chong SALES of the fully tenanted Burlington Square on Bencoolen Street have reached some 120 units since its launch a month ago, a result property consultants deemed as good news in
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      Lock icon Ascendas lops 7.4% off business space rents
      221 8 ASCENDAS Land Singapore yesterday announced a 7.4 per cent cut in monthly net rentals for its business space. The reduction comprises a 5 per cent rebate on net rental, as well as savings based on the 25 per cent property tax rebate which
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  • BIZ woman
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      Lock icon Carry on Fiorina, says HP board
      510 9  -  Dismissing reports of her departure, directors have given wholehearted support to the embattled CEO's changes to HP operations and culture, reports LOUISB KEBOE LOUISE KEHOE FT (SAN FRANCISCO) Directors of HewlettPackard broke a tradition of silence to declare their "100 per cent support" for
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Yasukuni visit could prove to be a blessing
      861 10  -  ■n;i=i bottom line OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent AT least some good appears to have come out of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo where the names of 14 so-called "Class
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      74 10 'We have gone from boom to bust faster than any tune since the oil shock. When you screech to a halt like that, it feels like getting thrown through the windshield.' chief economist of Morgan Stanley, on the US economy 'When things turn, they're going to turn
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      Lock icon Tackling Hong Kong's future
      625 10 EDITORIAL WHEN Hong Kong was downgraded last week from third position to tenth in a global ranking of business environment by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), its financial secretary, Antony Leung, reacted by dismissing the ranking as "unduly pessimistic" Mr Leong fell back on Hong Kong's
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      Lock icon Will something else take up slack in US economy?
      1044 10  -  I! job losses in the US don't then rebates and lower energy prices could boost consumer spending By Edward Yardeni Dr Edward Yardeni is chitf investment strategist for Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown RECENTLY, my wife and I drove to the Hamptons,
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      Lock icon Pointer to an extended slump ?
      710 10  - Pointer to an extended slump COMMENTARY The cnrrent bear market could bust at least until 2003 By\ Mark Hulbert The writer is editor of The Hulbert Financial Digest, a newsletter based in Annandale, Virginia. USA NYT I HAVE some bad news. According to perhaps the oldest market-timing system still in
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Avenue, Phileo shares rise on talk of govt foray
      654 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move may be bid to retain control at state postal service that govt wants to privatise Reuters SHARES of Avenue Asset and its unit, Phileo Allied, rose yesterday due to market talk the Malaysian government had bought stakes in
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      Lock icon MCA gets 92.14% of Nanyang Press
      352 11  -  Analysts say it won't be difficult to farm out the shares among the party's members From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE investment arm of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) has secured 92.14 per cent of Nanyang Press. Huaren Management, the party's business vehicle,
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      Lock icon Thaksin to pay official visit to S'pore tomorrow
      403 11  -  He will meet PM Goh, give lecture on his first visit here By\ Lob Hui Yin THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will pay an official visit to the Republic tomorrow at the invitation of his Singapore counterpart Goh Chok Tong. It will
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    • LATE Briefs
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        Lock icon KL to scrap palm oil export tax
        64 11 AP, Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Primary industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik said yesterday the country would scrap export tax on refined palm oils and their products effective Sept 1. Malaysia currently charges 5 per cent on rrflned palm oil exports. Malaysia
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        Lock icon KL police guilty of brutality; Suhakam
        64 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's police were guilty of violating human rights and "cruel and inhuman" treatment of detainees alter a mass anti-government protest last November, a top-level inquiry found yesterday. The government-backed Human Righto Commission of Malaysia, in a 66-page report of its first
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        Lock icon Taiwan factory closure up 39%
        66 11 AFP [TAIPRI] Over factories closed in thg mngitha to July, up 30 per cent from a year earlier, as the econonq turned sharply for the worse, the economics ministry said yesterday. "The current recession has forced many Taiwanese manufacturers either out of business or to
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        Lock icon Viet share trading boon for foreigners?
        61 11 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam's finance ministry has sought government approval to exempt foreign investors ftom income tax on income earned from securities trading, state media reported yesterday. Hie Chung Khoan weekly said the incentive was aimed at boosting foreign participation in the fledgling bourse, which
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      Lock icon IMF upbeat as Indon talks resume
      623 12  -  Team in Jakarta optimistic of deal to revive US$6 billion loan p» fk »C» Fromi Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AFTER eight months of rocky relations with Indonesia, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team flew into Jakarta over the weekend expressing optimism that a stalled
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      Lock icon Accounting firm helped to cook books: Xinhua
      359 13 SHANGHAI Allegation highlights again rampant corruption in China's stock markets Reuters CHINA'S official Xinhua news agency has accused a domestic accounting firm of helping eight listed companies "cook" their books in the latest scandal involving the country's unruly stock markets. The allegation, highlighting
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      Lock icon Taiwan may soon lift US$50m cap on China investments: Salomon
      259 13  -  SINGAPORE By\ Bryan Lee TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian is soon likely to lift the ban on investments of more than US$5O million in China, Salomon Smith Barney says in a report. Mr Chen is also expected to propose direct transport,
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      Lock icon HK jobless rate seen rising still: govt
      323 13  -  HK may need to cot more staff to gain competitiveness: Antony Lenng Fromi Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong's unemployment rate crept up again in July, and there are signs that it may rise further, the government said yesterday. Latest figures released
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon Stop-loss selling hits futures
      276 11  -  ST Indat/MSCX {Ppore Indax C K Lau Refco Singapore SINGAPORE shares skidded yesterday amid the poor local economic outlook and persistent earnings worries in the US. The benchmark Straits Times Index closed at 1,626.92 a loss of 9.27 points, or 0.57 per cent with five gainers
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      Lock icon Futures fall 1.97% in range-bound trade
      234 11  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks continued to faU yesterday with the government's forecast on Friday that the economy would shrink 0.4 per cent this year acting as a dampener. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index feU 3.9 points, or 1.8 per
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      Lock icon CURRENCY REPORT
      231 11 Reuters THE US dollar staged a small comeback yesterday, rising nearly half a per cent against the euro after testing fivemonth lows set last week, but thin market conditions were exaggerating price moves. Earlier, concern about the speed at which the US economy might recover had pushed the
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      424 14 TOKYO Dutch bank's Tokyo brokerage unit also told to Improve internal compliance Bloomberg AFP JAPANESE regulators told ING Groep NV's Tokyo brokerage unit to improve internal compliance after its traders sold shares of Daiwa Bank Ltd before ING analysts published a
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      272 14 WASHINGTON This is on condition dialogue doesn't become stage for anti-globalisation violence FT THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank have agreed to a public debate with leading anti-global-isation activists during the organisations' annual meetings in Washington next month.
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      245 14 TOKYO Dow Jones News wires NEC Corp and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, two of Japan's largest makers of cellular phones, are discussing a broad alliance to jointly develop mobile videophones and other hand-held devices, according to people familiar with the companies' plans.
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        69 14 AFP [BRUSSELS] IfmnMlly artjnstail irahistrlri pr"*— in the 12-member euro-zone increased by an estimated per cent in June from May, figures from Euroetat the ElTs statistics branch, showed yesterday. Production by all 15 members afthe European Union (EU) increased by I an estimated 0.7 per
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        60 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Tbs UK's trade defic it widened to a record in June as a global economic sk)wdown pared demand for British goods. The deficit increased to £3.2 billion (SSB.I billion) —the highest level since records began In 1007— after a revised
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      395 16 Statement loom designed to calm markets as discussions with the IMF drag on Dow Jones Newswires Reuters, AFX [WASHINGTON] The finance ministries of the Group of Seven (G-7) leading industrialised nations have issued a joint statement expressing confidence that Argentina
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      363 19  -  Semi-submersible tender rig being built at Keppel Hitachi Zoseny&rd By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Offshore drilling contractor, Smedvig Asia Ltd, has announced plans to exercise an option to purchase Keppel Hitachi Zosen's (KHZ) 72 per cent interest in a US$B2.5 million semi-sub-mersible
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      356 19 SriLaahaefferg USssomgnrutee, cheeks at part Reuters [COLOMBO] Sri Lankan shipping officials said yesterday a war-risk insurance premium for ships calling at Colombo would be lowered following negotiations by a government-led team in London last week. The insurance premium for a
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      198 19 [SINGAPORE] A buoyant marine market which boosted shiprepair and newbuilding orders was credited for Pan-United Corp's 109 per cent jump in first-half2ool net profits, according to the company. While the group's core businesses all contributed to the overall $8.9 million net profit on the
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      218 19 Reuters [HONG KONG) Orient Overseas (International) Ltd (OOIL), the shipping giant controlled by Hong Kong chief executive Tung Cheehwa's family, said that it had profits of U5549.07 million for the first half of 2001, up 103 per cent from U5524.19 million a year ago. The company
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      388 19  -  Owners to pay costs after lIP takes them to court By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The 237 stranded crew members of cruise «h<p Ocean Glory I have won a judgement for outstanding wages and repatriation costs after almost two months in Dover. A
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        311 28 AVIATION CRISIS Df KOREA Those responsible for air safety downgrading by US will be punished AFX-Asia [SEOUL] President Kim DaeJung has ordered an investigation into South Korea's aviation industry after the US downgraded the country's air safety rating, officials said. But Mr Kim's
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        400 28 Reuters [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines said AMR Corp's American Airlines had terminated a code-sharing pact with South Korea's second-largest carrier following a safety rating downgrade by US aviation authorities. "American Airlines informed us on August 18 that they would no longer
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        251 28 AP [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways cancelled .four flights early yesterday, blaming a sickout by pilots who have been staging a go-slow job action since early July. Cathay scrapped flights from Hong Kong to Manila and Singapore as well as the return journeys the
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        226 28 Carrier considering settlement to provide US$7.5 million to unsecured creditors AFX Deleware) -Unsecured crfeditgrs of Trans SWbAI Airliner (TWA) could receive cent of their claims if TWA and its creditors' committee agree on i proposed settlement, the Wail Journal reported St i>
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        289 28 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Richard Branson's Virgin Blue said it has not been contacted by Qantas Airways with a proposal to buy the unit of Virgin Express Holdings. Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said on Sunday Australia's largest carrier would "love to take them
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        167 28 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Boeing Co, the largest commercial aircraft maker, has offered to buy all China Airlines (CAL) Airbus 340-800 lets to help beat its European rival and win an order for its 777 aircraft. "Boeing has been beaten badly by Airbus in the
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        340 28 Govt tarns down proposal for domestic fare hike Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International received government approval to raise passenger fares on most international flights to make up for surging costs related to fuel purchases and a weaker baht. The national carrier
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