The Business Times, 7 November 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MJTA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 2001 85e
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  • 76 1 □sn U3UH (-5.48) BT-SU 554.76 (-1.09) ST IHDEX FUTURES V33MO (+7.00) snsa FißuiEs mat (+0.80) STOCK HABKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 5917s -0.10 NIKKEI 225 _lMai7J_+l*18 HANO SENG —10J5M8 -7157 SET INDEX 271.44 -IM JAKARTA COMP -375.41 +flil MANILA COMP 968J6 -8J4 TAIPEI WPi 4,082.92 +2.41 SEOll COMP
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  • 66 1 FOREX BATES USS ss LSS (SS per L"SS) L826 Sd'SS/SS per 1.469 1662 El'ROfl'SS/SS/E).0.898 1.688 DM 1179 1.194 YEN 121.6 66.60 RM 1800 2083 HKS 7.800 4175 BAHT 44.69 24.49 RUPIAH ***** SJ22 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* US KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONO aiO JAKARTA 18.00 TAIPEI 6J2 TOKYO LS7»
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  • 531 1  -  91% of nnit trusts, 88% of ILPs suffered losses; even China fands were bleeding By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] In line with the poor performance of global equity markets, most Central Provident Fund-ap-proved investment products chalked up substantial losses in the third quarter,
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  • 648 1  -  Bejpng allays region's fears, says US still a positive force in region Froml Yang Razali Kassim in Bandar Seri Begawan CHINA scored a major diplomatic coup yesterday when Asean officially agreed to Beijing's proposal to form a free
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  • 563 1  -  It claims regulators gave preferential treatment to Li Ka-shing's group From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong LI Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Holdings is embroiled in a spat with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) the latter claims Cheung Kong has received
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  • 638 1  -  BTfTfHiTtit'73 By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Kwan Chee Seng, the former managing director of GRP Ltd, has emerged as the latest white knight for long-suspended Van Der Horst. Mr Kwan's vehicle, Fargro Pte Ltd, may even eventually replace Van Der Horst on the
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    • 401 2  -  It suspends new Chicago flight until May; Perth flights are also cut By Beth Jinks [SlNGAPOßE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) is suspending its new Chicago flight lust three months after launching it and is also jflfr'yhing many flights to the US, Japan, Taipei and
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 56 2 WORLD-RENOWNED shoemaker Manolo Blahnik is discontinuing a shoe in its 2002 line because of fears that the spiky metal heel will be mistaken for a terrorist weapon. This is because the 3-1/2 inch heels, made of titanium, can cut through carpet and if the wearer stood on someone's
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      • 56 2 A NEW PAP MP, on the job for the first day, has tnis to say: "Some of the appeals that I get stem from actions that are so blatantly wrong in the first place. How can jpeople expect us to get them off, for example,
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      • 94 2 JS investment advisory service Korty Research has loubts about whether a significant bull market can place on Wall Street. In its latest comment, it said: 'Inflation may respond to the Fed's extravagance and hp Fed would then have a very different problem on its aands. We are
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    • 816 2  -  Two-party system not niled out, but it's not PAP's job to ensure it, he says Frontl Yang Razali Kassim in Bandar Seri Bega wan THREE days after leading the People's Action Party (PAP) to a thumping electoral victory, Prime Minister Goh Chok
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    • 451 2  -  But they want assurance these will be restored By Conrad Raj [SINGAPOREI Singapore Airlines' pilots are not reluctant to accept pay cuts the national carrier has proposed to help counter sinking revenue and plunging profits. "All we wanted was an assurance that
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    • 317 2 The Leadership Engine 28th to 30th November 2001. Croud Copthome Waterfront Hotel. SSSJfct? wort*** 1 392 Havelock Rood of Business Week Book of the YHf Singapore *****3 Why do some PPU companies consistently r \wl win in the marketplace w»7also an associate of the Univefsity while others struggle BUM from
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 638 3  -  New $&2b issue is subscribed times; stock up on expected increase in MSCI weight&ge Reports by Siow Li Sen DBS Group Holdings' shares were hot yesterday. Buyers who could not get their hands on the group's $2.2 billion equity placement of 228.3 million shares scrambled
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    • 329 3  -  Others are PNE Ind, Datacraft, Kingboard, New Wave, Sunlight By David Boey JOINING the ranks of a growing number of electronics firms, Miyoshi Precision yesterday warned investors that results for its second half ended August 31, 2001, will be "substantially weaker than the
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    • 223 3 UNITED Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB) expects to achieve its cost saving targets some 10 months ahead of schedule fidlowing its acquisition of Overseas Union Bank (OUB). Wee Ee Cheong, deputy chairman and president of UOB, said yesterday: "Our preliminary analysis indicates that we
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    • 625 4  -  hock I y •""""S anthony rowley WITH equity markets around the world looking pretty sick lately, and interest rates continuing their relentless fall, bond markets of the government and corporate variety have begun to take on some superficial allure. But caveat emptor —let the buyer
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    • 432 4  -  Capital Group dumps more shares; share price down 45% since Thursday By Serena Ng INSTITUTIONAL investors continued to punish Datacraft Asia yesterday for its recent shock profit warning. The company's shares, which have lost around 45 per cent of their value since last Thursday
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    • 340 4  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications, Singapore's most profitable company, has retrenched about 100 people since April as it restructures some of its business units. The Job cuts have taken place in various areas within the company. "As with any other company,
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    • 339 5  -  Not underwritten, so 11m shares not accepted/applied for won't be taken np By Teh Hooi Ling CHEMICAL Industries' controversial rights issue, which closed on Nov 2, was undersubscribed by 27.52 per cent. In a statement yesterday, the company said it received acceptances and excess applications
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 51 5 IPC Corp has signed a contract worth $1 million to 9et up an Internet-based credit management facility for the Shen Yang City government in China. The deal allows government agency Shen Yang Credit information Holdings to subscribe to a service run by IPC's Internet arm,
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      • 82 5 PERTAMA Holdings said yesterday its directors have decided to grant an option to managing director Angelo Anthony Augustus to subscribe for up to 4 million Pertama shares. Financial controller and company secretary Koh Kee Ai, meanwhile, was granted an option for 1 million
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      • 45 5 KLW Holdings announced yesterday that it has subscribed for a further 3.7 million ordinary shares of $1 each in the capital of its wholly-owned subsidiary Barang Barang, by offsetting against a loan of $3.7 million owed by the latter.
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      • 39 5 Reuters [SYDNEY] Hotel group Thakral Holdings said yesterday it expects current-year profit to decline about 20 per cent because of an increase in hotel room supply and the Sept 11 US attacks. —Reuters
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      • 76 5 Reuters [HONG KONG] Consumer electronics maker and finance firm Grande Holdings will acquire a 30.97 per cent stake in Singapore-listed computer magnetic head maker Lafe Technology for U5525.12 million from associated company Nakmichi Electronic, which is 45 per cent indirectly owned by Grande. Grande already
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    • 291 5  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng has given up the last of his directorships in Malaysia. The 60-year-old head of the Hong Leong group in Singapore resigned as director of Malaysian-listed Tasek Corporation yesterday. No reason was given.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      311 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 6 VALUE CLOSE ffTOMDS -286.00 118.00 grCOPi -*****.00 +12.00 -*****.00 -29.00 DHSeWn 429.69 -1.34 0C8C30 424.45 1.35 MjQCjulii 360.16 -0.15 104.41 +2.58 IQEfriM—Ffc 1108.06 -8.25 «Cr|iiMnPwp 335.89 -2.28 MTCITlfpiri 163.46 -0.66 163.30 40.80 Slocks Vokma Datacraft 10c 23,276.000 UniFood HK25c 17,345.000 Frontline 5c 16.123,000 DBSGrp 12,540,000
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    • 805 6  -  ■BJbJLMJLJLAiJLLHyUUI STOCKS Bank stocks, China plays provide main features as players await outcome of Fed meeting r. sivanithy Trading in the local stock market had an all-too-familiar ring yesterday, as players brushed off a strong rally on Wall Street and focused instead on domestic worries.
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    • 724 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee AFTER an event-Filled week, currency players have lightened up on trading positions ahead of key interest rate decisions by the US Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank this week. As a result, the US dollar has recovered
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  • 3221 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Abardeaa Aaet Mgt Aria Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.719 0.756 Aaian Fixed Income Fd 1148 1.183 Odna Opportunities Fd!" 0 868 0.913 ContEuroEqtyFd!" 0.932 0.980 Global MNC Fd 0.632 0.665 Global Technology Fd!" 0.493 0.518 Indonesia Equity Fd!" 0.559 0.588 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.036
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 495 7  -  Severance pay is usually V2-IV2 month's pay for each year of service By Chuang Peck Ming THE amount of severance pay more commonly known here as retrenchment benefits paid out to laid-off Singapore workers is generally similar to amounts paid in Hong
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    • 246 7 SINGAPORE-BASED stem cell technology company Cordlife has teamed up with China's Shenyang Xiehe Group to set up the first cord blood bank in Shenyang. The 50-50 joint venture company, called Cordlife Xiehe, will set up a subsidiary in China to offer umbilical
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    • 335 7  -  By Anna Teo SOME fire, but others are still hiring. Just three weeks after they were laid off, two former SG Securities economists have resurfaced at market research firm Forecast Singapore said to be the only firm that coordinates its global emerging markets research
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    • 238 7 Reuters SINGAPORE'S Changi Airport saw electronics and telecommunications cargo traffic nose-dive 69.5 per cent to 610 tonnes in September from a year ago, according to data from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS). Manufactured goods shipped grew the fastest, expanding 35 per
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    • 246 9  -  Authorities to go ahead with tender next month to build first sea-water desalination plant By Ronnie Lim SINGAPORE intends to go ahead and call a tender by next month to build its first sea-water desalina- tion plant, and will award the mul-ti-million dollar contract next year,
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    • 88 9  -  MAiLrm Al R Dizon, Singapore I REFER to your article "MTI: 41% of S'pore growth in 90s due to foreigners" by Teh Hooi Ling (BT, Nov 1). Could this therefore mean that Singapore's manpower planning and education system have failed to serve the needs of the
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    • 240 9 THE Robinson International Hotel has been put up for sale by owner GGet Developments' judicial manager Ernst Young. Property consultants not linked to the sale estimated the 235-room hotel could be valued at $200,000 to $220,000 per room or $47-51.7 million. "However, the
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    • 197 9 DIRECT marketing is a more effective medium of promotion than sometimes thought, a survey by the Direct Marketing Association of Singapore (DMAS) found. "In the eyes of many consumers, traditional direct marketing does not enjoy the same reputation as television commercials," said DMAS research committee
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    • 227 9  -  ItwfflpaylM233m for 40% of Seremban Two From Eddie Toh, Vince Chong THE investment arm of the Singapore government has made another major foray into the moribund property market in Malaysia. GIC Real Estate (GIC RE), the property investment arm of the Government of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 676 10  -  OPINION MPWTHiiIitiTI robert reich The writer, a former US secretary of labour, is a professor cf economic and social policy at Brandeis University, and the author of 'The Future of Success' (Knopf, 2001) LATWP THE White House is working with other nations to fight global
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    • 132 10 'Since starting over 100 years ago, Kodak has been virtually a monopoly. We didn't have to make cuts. You grew and stayed there. (Kodak) got fat, dumb and happy and now we're working it off.' -Mtrtßrart Eastman Kodak Co's chief financial officer, after the No I film
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    • 594 10 EDITORIAL THE relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia is fraying fast in the aftermath of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. In public, everything is fine but, privately, US officials complain that Riyadh is not being helpful in the war against terrorism. The ever-cautious
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    • 1112 10  -  Japan's foreign policy and international image suffer as its foreign minister battles the bureaucracy for supremacy From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo RELATIONS between Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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    • 553 10  -  COMMENTARY By Patrick Smith The writer is a former Bloomberg correspondent in Asia and the author of 'Japan: A Reinterpretation The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg "YOU Americans," a French trade negotiator in Tokyo once told me, "always different." I always thought it was
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    • 534 10 Bpertama holdings limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) gggP* NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordnary General Meeting of Pertama Holdings Limited (the "Company') vwlt be hetd at 315 Outram Road #01-01A)2 Tan Boon Liat Building Singapore *****4 on 22 Nwember 2001 at 11
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  • FOCUS property trust
    • 641 11  -  Suburban malls have gained popularity as they offer shopping and entertainment centres for heartlanders, says SEBASTIAII CBOKG SEBASTIAN CHONG The writer is Associate Professor in the Department of Finance Accounting, NUS, and a committee member of SIAS EVER since suburban malls made their appearance,
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    • 1312 12  -  It introduces a yield-driven way to value property, and a disclosure level yet to be seen here, says KALPAMA RASHIWALA KALPANA RASHIWALA SINGAPORE'S maiden listed property trust (LPT) sets several important firsts, not least of them a yield-driven way to value property, and a level
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    • 748 14  -  While local property sentiment is dismal, bankers are optimistic about REITs as a diversification from corporate IPOs, reports ANGELA TAX ANGELA TAN PROPERTY trusts could see increasing popularity in Singapore's lethargic initial public offer (IPO) market, going by the healthy response to Capita Land's SingMall
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  • REGIONAL news
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      59 15 [MELBOURNE] Spectators at yesterday's Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington race course. The A£4 million (553.7 million) Melbourne Cup—Australia's richest and most popular horse race that is labelled as the race that stops the nation '—ran yesterday afternoon in rainy conditions with a field 0f23 horses. New Zealand's Ethereal,
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    • 358 15  -  Trickle-down effects of stimulus package expected From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA will see mildly positive economic growth of 0.3 per cent this year despite a second-half contraction of 1.2 per cent, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER)
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    • NOTE Book
      • 87 15 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Maxis Communications Bhd, an unlisted mobile phone carrier, has no specific plans on how it will acquire access to 3G technology operations after the government announced on Monday it will award 3G spectrum to three network operators. "We
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      • 74 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd is selling its minority interest in an independent power producer before the year is out as part of efforts to lower its debt level, the Malaysian Business Times reported. Tenaga has equity interests in five IPPs that range
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      • 64 15 AFP [TAIPEI] The Taiwanese government is expected to relax restrictions on China-bound investment this week to promote business links, the China Times reported yesterday. The move will include raising the limits on mainland-bound investment for listed firms, allowing direct dealings between selected banks on both
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      • 81 15 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby yesterday said its major property and motor vehicle businesses have seen "some flattening of growth" due to the slowing economy following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US. Sime Darby's group chief executive Nik
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    • 448 15  -  Foreign companies are positioning themselves for China's WTO entry Frorr Andrey Tan in Hong Kong THE number of foreign companies setting up their regional headquarters in Hong Kong jumped 10 per cent to 944 over the last year, as firms positioned themselves
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    • 494 16 JAKARTA Govt may divest only 3 of 16 state firms this yean source Reuters INDONESIA will definitely sell a stake in state-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) by the end of the year as part of stumbling efforts to meet a hefty privatisation target, a
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    • 275 16 JAKARTA Sam as positive rip amid recent spate of bad news Reuters THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday It would work as quickly as possible to sign a new pact of economic reforms with Indonesia, a positive development amid a
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    • 227 16 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Airways International will delay the appointment of a new president until next year as none of the shortlisted candidates were qualified for the position, the Thai national airline's chairman said. "There is no qualified person on the shortlist who
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  • REGION world
    • 513 17  -  S'pore won't be hit as badly as HE and other regional economies, they say Bu Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The fallout from an impending default on at least part of Argentina's foreign debt mountain of US$l32 billion may hit Hong Kong to some extent, but
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    • 162 17 ROME Reuters INFLUENTIAL US economist Milton Friedman believes Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has made all the right monetary policy decisions since the Sept 11 attacks and says the US economy could even rebound soon. Countering recent criticism of the Fed chairman, who has cut
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 78 17 Reuters [LONDON] British retailer Marks and Spencer Pic reported a 20-per-cent jump in half-year profits yesterday and assured investors that the improving sales trend in Q2 was continuing despite an industry slowdown. Group profit before tax and one-off charges rose to £220.3 million (SssB4
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      • 69 17 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Internet merger and acquisitions totalled US$2.5 billion in October as buyers took advantage of low prices for Web companies to fill gaps. in product lines or fortify their own businesses, a report by Web Mergers.com, a San Francisco- based research and
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      • 118 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! The Securities and Exchange Commission charged six individuals with manipulating stock prices by entering false orders to trade stocks and then cancelling them, a practice known as "spoofing". Hie use of "phantom quotes" typically occurs with little-traded securities that have wide
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    • 502 19 NEW YORK They want to find out if the Sept 11 USsBb claims it faces can be met Reuters US insurance regulators opened their investigation into Lloyd's of London on Monday, to determine if the insurance market can pay the roughly US$B billion in
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    • 346 19 Airline's second-quarter operating profit dives 73% Reuters, AFP [LONDON] British Airways pic yesterday posted a 73 per cent fall in second-quarter operating profits to £72 million (*****.8 million) and warned it expected a "significant operating loss" for the year to March 31, 2002.
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    • 264 19 WASHINGTON Bloomberg, AFP MICROSOFT Corp's antitrust settlement with the US Justice Department was opposed by about six states, extending a three-year legal battle to restrain the dominance of the largest software maker. The states, splitting with others that signed on
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    • 248 19 Reuters [ZURICH] The World Economic Forum will move its 2002 annual meeting of the world's business and political elite to New York from its traditional venue in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, sources close to the decision said
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    • WAR ON TERRORISM
      • 80 19 AFP [KABUL] Afghan opposition forces claimed yesterday to have captured three key northern districts in their biggest breakthrough against the Taliban soldiers since US air strikes began on Oct 7. Mohammad Ashraf Nadeem, spokesman for opposition commander Atta Mohammad, said three districts to the
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      • 71 19 AFP, Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Four US military personnel were killed when their helicopter crashed in Pakistan after taking fire from the Taliban militia, the Afghan Islamic Press reported. Pakistani authorities sent a team yesterday to a remote southern region bonier ing Afghanistan to check
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      • 68 19 AFP [WARSAW] US President George W Bush yesterday warned for the first time that the Al-Qaeda network of suspected terror strike mastermind Osama bin Laden seeks chemical, biological and nuclear anna. Mr Bush, speaking via satellite to Eastern European leaders attending an anti-terrorism summit her* said
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      • 72 19 AP [BEIJING] A Chinese spokesman yesterday dismissed as 'totally without basis" a report that close ally Pakistan was considering moving its nuclear weapons to China for safekeeping. The British newspaper, The Sunday Times, has reported that Pakistani generals are considering the move out of fears that
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    • 361 20 DEARBORN, Michigan These are on top of earlier announced cot of up to 5,000 jobs by year-end Bloomberg FORD Motor Co may cut more than 8,000 US salaried jobs, the Financial Times reported, without citing sources. The second-largest automaker needs to
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 194 20 CROSSWORD It shows iMflMl families have oome down in the 14 a wcxk of art? YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION W (5.4) Across: 4 avian. 8 Escort, 9 t yT: N 15 The army that comes to the Envelope, 10 Buttress, 11 CherJUTSsJ" 8 3r rescue? 0) ry, 12 He#-bent, 13 Outgoing, 16
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    • 736 21  -  MOTORING A look back at some recent issues facing motorists and motor traders christopher tan AN International Monetary Fund (IMF) study suggests the vehicle quota system (VQS, or commonly referred to as the COE system) is flawed. It says the system does not
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    • 270 21  -  The top-end car market seems to be recession-proof By Christopher Tan THE highest end of the car market does not seem to be affected by the economic slowdown, if response to a new Lamborghini is anything to go by. Distributor Euro Sports Auto has
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    • 442 22  -  ■tilEESaiSBBal A developer has just realised that some buyers of its good class bungalows want fancy garages for their exotic cars, says CHB2STOFHER TAX CHRISTOPHER TAN SPRAWLING homes and fancy cars often go hand in hand. It's not uncommon for the rich and famous
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 50 22 GUTHRIE Engineering has landed an 111 million contract to design, test and install a communications system for the KaDang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE). It ia iw ri ftw nrmfrnr anA nv^onHtj contracts for the largely underground 12km KPE— the largest road project in Singapore so far.
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      • 141 22 VOLKSWAGEN laexpwrtwil tn »n>wvmr» departure next month of Franz-JoeefPaeffeen as chief executive erf Audi its premium car subsidiary. The move, likely to follow VWs supervisory board meeting on Nov 23, follows criticism of Audi's strategy by senior VW executives including chairman Ferdinand Piech. According
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      • 175 22 WHEN Concorde takes to the skies again today, the planes will be equipped with tyres developed by Michelin using a new technology. The tyres, which use a high-modulus reinforcement material, offer greater damage resistance and are 30 per cent lighter than the present aircraft
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      • 131 22 LLOYDS TSB has joined the Internet car sales business in a radical departure from traditional financial services. The bonk, the UK's thinUargßst, expects to sell new and used cars this year and hopes to increase lending by selling purchasing finance with the vehicles, according
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      • 130 22 DAIMLERCHRYSLER'S Chrysler group is stepping up in-car electronics competition by offering a voice-activated, hands-free cellular-phone system starting next year, reports Bloomberg. The system will compete with General Motors'OnStar and lets drivers connect up to five different ceD-phonemodeiß to a car or truck aound system
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      • 61 22  -  Christopher Tan THE Land Transport Authority's various services can now be accessed via one number 1800-22&6582. The new line consolidates all the phone aervtoea the authority has, including information on traffic conditions, road and rail projects, COE, ERP, public transport services, as well as
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    • 613 21 ———i IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF HOK HOA NTERTRAOE PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIOUDATION) At Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of HOK HOA RfTERTRAOE PTE LTD duly held and convened at 200 Jatan SuMan, *09-10, Textte Centre, Singapore *****8 on
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    • 1076 21 Sim Lian Group Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING V NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of Sim Lion Group Limited (the "Company*) will be held at Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8. FICUS 1, on Friday,
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    • 857 21 |HH PENTEX-SCHWEIZER CIRCUITS LIMITED BH NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 19th Annual General Meeting of PENTEX-SCHWEIZER CIRCUITS LIMITED will be held at 55 Penjuru Road, Singapore *****0 on Friday, 23 November 2001 at 3.00 pm for the following purposes ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive
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    • 371 22 SONY. Sony DVD PhenomenonVl^^ Sony's first Digital Home Theatre System with DVD and SACD i v ■IB j 9 All-in-one DVD eyetem, DAV-8500 aV y,^ HH EZ**ZDXB£9 ft;. L« H H I I lr B iii'v-s II psmp A sophisticated With non "f eedback signal best editing, mixing and recording
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  • PERSONAL investment
    • 882 23  -  INSIDEb..kh7SEI Buybacks down, top buyers are S&mndera and Pan United; selling in GP Batteries By] Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore HEAVY selling in Datacraft Asia and a slight drop
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    • 944 23  -  Asia specialist Lloyd George Management believes the flight from emerging markets is poised to reverse, as the bottom is in sight oemeviete cua reports GENEVIEVE CUA INVEST in Asia? In the past eight to 10 years, US and global institutions have poured billions of dollars
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    • 1533 23 53$ A UON TECK CHIANG LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Lion Teck Chiang Limited (the "Company") wi be held X lOArumugam Road #10-00, Lion Industrial Building. Singapore *****7 on Friday the 23* day
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  • EXECUTIVE money
    • 963 24  -  For now at least A poll by Barrons shows unflagging optimism for the short term among US fund managers, though the long term is a different story. GENEVIEVE CUA finds out why GENEVIEVE CUA SO, fund performance was dismal in the third quarter and is expected
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    • 765 24  -  YOUR MONEY genevieve cua If you had stayed invested from November 1992 until Oct 31, returns would have been respectable at 54.7 per cent over the period, or roughly 6 per cent per annum after the expense ratio, based on S&P Fund Services data. But
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    • 339 24 |32ESHa£i!JJ|tii transfer pricing COMPLIANCE I I in the U.S. and China I S Monday, 26 November 2001 1.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. Hotel Inter-Continental, Singapore 5 With the current economic downturn and the recent spate of events, venture capitalists m and potential investors are becoming more cautious towards investments in new M
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    • 53 24 n*T©iri Lianhe Zaobao fl WTO entry of China Taiwan: I I What counteimoves I Ido regional HQ I lof foreign investors I I here have? I 3j^" %N /«7 x B f v \i i/7 v' V\> p I) J J', **v"- n K' s/ A v I I I
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 281 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed three points to 847, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) was unchanged at 834, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD fell 24 points to 6,852 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down five points to 944. TEMDE-CHABTER: ♦Heng Shan Hal (built 1998)
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    • 246 25 CWTD»tr«)utlon-_0.47 jnc* CmmMvmMhmI (Lit uncti tM Fr»«jfrt tin** 0.05 Wd) HtMnv OM undt 5 IMC I HMmi UK 5.60 MMk 0 Jay* Holdings 0.17 0.01 39C KappdCarp 3_28 O02 3179 MppalFELS 154 undi 0 HWtllMM 0-21 0.01 4215 jUSStm. i-05 -o.oi las LaferoyltartM 024 -OCT 190 mmm ojm
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    • 625 25  -  Consolidation most be cost-effective for smaller shiprepairers By Beth Jinks (SINGAPORE] Singapore shipbuilding and repair yards are keen to see details of the plan behind a renewed push for a consolidated, shared facility proposed by the Economic Development Board (EDB). After initially
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    • 510 25 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co posted a 75 per cent drop in third-quarter profit from the second quarter, as the company built vessels with lower margins and put aside money to speed up a debt repayment plan. Net income at
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    • 170 25 [SINGAPORE] German shipping and logistics giant HapagLloyd AG will reportedly replace its long-time executive board chairman Bernd Wrede with executive board member Michael Behrendt The company's parent Preussag issued a brief statement announcing Mr Wrede would step down "at the end of his contract on
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    • 308 25  -  Lifeline needed to ensure cruise company's long-term survival By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Luxury cruise line Silversea Cruises has been thrown a US$3OO million lifeline to ensure its stability through the industry's current patch of rough water. The financing was necessary because of the external environment following
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    • 369 25  -  South Incheon Outport, New Yangyang Harbour needed to cope with rising cargo volume By P T Bangsberg SOUTH Korea is planning for two new ports South Incheon Outport and New Yangyang Harbour by 2020 to handle increasing volumes of freight. South
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    • 890 26  -  STRAIT TALK By Seafarer THIS week, the UN Security Council considers a report on sanctions against Liberia from its panel of experts. The report has already been published on the Internet, URL <http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/ committees/Liberia2/ 1015e.pdf> Part of the report concerns the
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    • 228 26 PACE Ahrenk* K) Appenslwp S Assets S Ami* 10 rtKQltes 6 BSA 7 BSC 9 BTl 10 Map 4 Batammdo 9 CMACCN 3 COSCO 3 t Central Ex 6 Chahaya Chma Shpq S Coaler W CouQar 7 CVTUoMM 6 DHmas 4 OjakUoyd 6 Dongnama 3 EPCarrim 10
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    • 11447 31 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartisar VtM* Voyage THaphona SIN DotTn Nam* Nam« Numl* Nurr^ To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoiro H/n OS/12 MOL PSO NED SINGAPORE 0702A 45-*****04 H/ll 24/12 COSCO EMPRESS SEA 0II7W 45-*****00 17/* 24/12 Minis DCLM AS TOilRVlLLE 204W 45-*****44 M/H 28/12 China Shpq
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      • 645 35 Vessel Voy No Berth Anivl s«uswu OK«« ot/MM nwiist SaTcancar *****4 JB 06/11/530 M/WMO CSkcbT n-Jn J0 06/11/7:30 06/11/16.00 IIM J 2101 JOI 06/H/B30 06/11/1730 WTSMH 35AM J0< 06/11/7:40 0*/11/2t00 neoarl njSCT J03 06/11/830 06/1V2230 ji«P0ra N JM01 J02 O6/H/0:00 06/11/2339 romim 17 J* Ot/IVMS 07/11/2230 BBfc, JMIta
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      • 1607 35 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AMP LCI CARP0 BooktaQ/Manco Hth Ship Voy Wo Etb/Btr PtrtoJ Frow To Fran t worn m lftM avflot ov»s* —r 00 u os/noo 04/04* ok'woc a os/me tor** ovnoc I 04/W *>-"•« 4 QVI200 04/M99 04/700 ACX HMNOUA 0431 4/Z100 OS/BOO 05/1459 IfcrOC
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      • 158 35 November 12 Taiwan: Birthday of Dr Sun YatSen United States: Veteran's Day NovwktrM Malaysia: Deepavali Singapore: Deepavali Wui—hw 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day Wimwitw 30 Philippines: Bonifacio's Day DMIMbvl Finland: Independence Day Dtoeaber 8 Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception DMMMbarli Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya
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      • 760 35 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 baaed on averagesued stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 477 36 Parent company of Belgian carrier likely to be put into liquidation Reuters [BRUSSELS] Debt-laden Belgian airline Sabena will suspend operations today, staff and government sources said, raising the prospect of the first collapse of a European Union flag carrier, along with thousands of job
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      • 522 36 Return of confidence, 6% longterm growth seen AFP [DUBAI] Aviation kingpins Airbus and Boeing are optimistic that air transport hit hard by September's terror attacks in the United States wiU rebound once the global economic recession has ended and passengers regain confidence in the
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      • 503 36 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines Corp and US Airways Group said passenger traffic slid at least 24 per cent last month after the September terrorist hijackings reduced air travel demand. Miles flown by paying passengers at Delta, the thirdlargest
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      • 186 36 Reuters [MONTREAL] Troubled Air Canada said it had reached a deal with the union representing its flight attendants on a workshare programme reducing the hours of about 300 employees. Air Canada, the country's dominant carrier, is seeking to cut up to 9,000 jobs,
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      • 284 36 Dow Jones [CHICAGO] Seven private security workers at O'Hare International Airport were fired for allegedly allowing a man to pass through a security checkpoint with several knives and a stun gun in his carry-on luggage. Subash Gurung, 27, of Chicago,
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    • 107 25 Strait Talk Liberian register controversy: UN panel's pragmatic solution Pu2 Sabena to stop flying ngr today Back Paj;e LAn integrated to (|ua:ity ship management and specialized in the field of gb tinkers, chemical tankers 1 and bulk carriers. Offices in Belgium 1 (Antwerp), India (Mumbai), Cyprus, I Germany (Hamburg) and
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