The Business Times, 21 November 2001

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MUA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 2001 85*
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  • 80 1 m 1,***** (-5.38) BT-Ol 5*4.41 (.142) ST INDEX FUTURES M 6&00 (-11.00) SDEKI FUTDKES 17i.4d (-2.60) f STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP BUS -176 NIKKEI 226 —11*7152 -***** HANG SENG —1U2179 114.47 SET INDEX ***** +187 JAKARTA COXP -38L84 4M MANILA COMP -Uttl.47 16.56 TAIPEI WP!
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  • 68 1 FOSEX KATES USt SI USS (SS per USS) \S»1 I(C8S/SSper£) 1.417 2.803 EX'RO(USS/SS/E). 0.883 1.622 DM 1214 12% YEN 128.1 57.00 KM MOO 2.0*8 HKS 7.799 4i46 BAHT 4443 24.18 RUP1AH 1(1560 5.749 PBDKE SATES SINGAPORE* KUALA LUMPUR 140 HOXG KONG... 6i5 JAKARTA 19.00 TAIPEI 6 79 TOKYO 1J7S
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  • 723 1  -  I exclusive 4 dealers who created false market warned By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] After a probe that took almost two years, the Commercial Affairs Department has let off stockbroking firm Kim Eng Securities with nothing more than a warning to four of
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  • 590 1  -  rJiexcTusive Move seen costing it $1.4 m per month; bid to dose sales gap with Tan Chong Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] It had to come to this. Faced with intense competition, Toyota distributor Borneo Motors is selling cars at a
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  • 425 1  - ITG to return shareholders $25m half of IPO proceeds By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] Internet investment firm Internet Technology Group (ITG) surprised the market yesterday by proposing to return about half of its initial public offering proceeds to shareholders as it is unable to find suitable investments in the current
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  • 705 1  -  Moves also afoot to license quantity inspectors By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Months of investigation by Singapore's Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) into fraud in the ship-fuelling industry have smoked out some of the culprits and prompted moves by regulators to tighten up
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    • 85 1 DBBPB Exec Money Why regular premium investment plans are a raw deal. Pg 28 Top Stories Morgan Stanley stays committed to Asia. *92 HjnfHi Harry Potter may cushion AOL earnings. Pd 20 OECD predicts global economic rebound by next year. Pg 16 US trade deficit shrank in Sept Pg 9
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    • 10 1 Asia auto sector: 'decade of stagnationPg 26 Network •k CHINA
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    • 756 2  -  exclusive It sees new opportunities to advise companies on M&A activity By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] US investment house Morgan Stanley is concentrating more of its regional resources in Singapore to take advantage of opportunities like mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in Asia as firms and
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    • 534 2  -  Network China to help tap country's market launched By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Local companies have to move beyond just selling goods overseas if they were to develop into a second engine of growth for Singapore. They should establish their own
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 105 2 WITH more streets than fields, it is little wonder that street soccer seems to be really popular here in Singapore. Twenty-four teams are participating in this year's finals of the National Street Soccer League this Sunday at 8 am at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. They will be
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      • 55 2 HERE'S a reminder about the need to focus and finish a job. Malaysia's New Straits Times reported that a teenage would-be burglar broke into the Perak School of Medicine one night to steal medical and communications equipment. But he got so comfortable that he fell asleep and was
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 720 3  -  Most of the 735 service residences are in prime London locations By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Ascott Group has accomplished a giant leap in building its service residence business in the United Kingdom by entering into a joint venture that will acquire up
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    • 423 3  -  By\ Teh Hooi Ling DRIVEN by liquidity and market players' interest, the share price of communications and network systems integrator Datacraft has rim ahead of its fundamentals, analysts said. "It is definitely over-valued," said Gregory Yap, OCBC Investment Research's head of research. "But liquidity
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    • 710 3  -  hockPWISEM wong wei kong AS more Singapore companies rush to tap the debt market some for the first time they must take care to ensure they are not overpaying for funds. The past few weeks or so have seen a slew of Singapore corporate
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    • 334 4  -  It may face liquidity problems without more funding Arthur Andersen By] Ling Su Ann THE auditors of Wee Poh Holdings have raised questions about the construction firm's ability to continue as a going concern. In particular, they said Wee Poh may face
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    • 336 4  -  By Serena Ng muo 1 analysts ana rund managers feel that stock options granted to staff ought to be recognised as expenses in their companies' income statements, according to a recent survey by the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR).
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    • 510 4  -  mju-COMTJLNUNT TRIAL By Serena Ng THE Commercial Affairs Department (CAD), in its investigation into the alleged cornering of the shares of Mid-Continent Equipment Group back in July 1998, narrowed down the list of suspects to those that held the largest amounts of shares in the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 79 7 RAIL operator SMRT Corps inaugural $500 million bond issue was two times subscribed at the close of the offer yesterday, joint lead manager DBS Bank said. The bond issue was in two tranches: the first $250 million 3-year bonds carry a coupon rate of
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      • 171 7 TEXTILE furnishings and ladies apparel retailer Aussino is looking to set up a flagship store in Plaza Singapura—one of the group's first independent stores—of at least 500 sq m (5,382 sq ft). Chairman and chief executive Anthony Lim said it may sign a lease next
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      • 170 7 Dow Jones Newswires DBS Thai Danu Bank said yesterday its nonperforming loans stood at 7. l per cent at October-aid, up from 6.2 per cent a month earlier. In a filing to the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the bank said its problem loans amounted to
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      • 72 7 POWERMATIC Data Systems said net loss for the half year to Aug 31 widened to $4.9 million from $1.6 million. Turnover fell 16 per cent to $20 million due mainly to a 30 per cent slide In sales of distribution products. The losses were caused by lower
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      • 101 7 HOTEL Grand Central said Chancellor Inn (Tasmania) Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary, has agreed to buy a 917 sq m property in Hobart, Tasmania, for A 54.75 million (554.4 million). Located on the property is the Macquarie Motor Inn, Hobart which consists of a
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    • 367 7  -  It chalks up record sales, but starts cost-saving to head off toogh times By\ David Boey FRONTLINE Technologies Corp yesterday announced a 38 per cent increase in half-time earnings to $5.6 million on record revenue but said in the same breath that sweeping costcontainment measures
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    • 345 7  -  Listed subsidiary Hotel Malaysia posts 30% drop in net earnings By. Ling Su Ann GOODWOOD Park Hotel yesterday reported a 9 per cent rise in group net profit to $33 million, while listed subsidiary Hotel Malaysia posted a 30.6 per cent drop in net
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    • 334 4 BILi Brierley Investments Limited (Registered in Bermuda) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE FS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Elbow Beach Hotel, 60 South Shore Road, Paget, Bermuda on Fnday, 14th December, 2001 at 11.30 a.m. (or as soon thereafter
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    • 135 5 YEAR-END EXHIBITION AND SALE 6 Days of Exceptional Opportunity The Grand Hyatt, Mezzanine Floor, Sir Henry Keppel 11, 21 to 26 November 2001 only, 11am Bpm Mondial proudly presents to you a stunning collection of the latest European designed jewellery. Many items were acquired direct from major European manufacturers, below
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      271 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 20 VALUE CLOSE ITOlftt 445.00 -51.00 WCHM -*****.00 -24.00 -*****.00 445.00 muhit 468.11 -2.90 WCM 463.35 -3.11 W Hindi11 387.80 1.63 WriJnnrt 119.34 -1.94 MMhlBi 1203.10 -2.64 MTpMnftip 382.18 >9.14 —QBwSjpof 178.68 -1.59 rnuammt, 179.40 -2.60 PC020C 44,747,000 Datacraft 10c 43,678,000 NOL 3X388,000 PacMoCantorylOc 31,295,000 FronHnt
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    • 885 6  -  I-li comment STOCKS Analysts say retreat will put the local bourse on a stronger footing for a. mwa recovery ven sreenivasan IT had to happen sooner rather than later. After an eight-day li-quidity-fuelled rally that lifted some counters more than a third, market players decided yesterday
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    • 739 6  -  i< comment CURRENCIES Long break for Thanksgiving may trigger a boat of profit-taking larry wee THE US dollar has reasserted its overwhelming dominance with a vengeance. But an extended break for the US Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow may trigger a bout of at
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  • 3139 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Afcerdeea DM Mgt Mi LM Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American OpportFd 0.745 0.7*3 Asian fixed Income fd 1.167 1.203 OUna Opportunities fdl** 0.903 0.949 Cont Euro Eqty fdl** 1003 1.054 Global MNC fd 0.671 0.706 Global Technology Fd!** 0.552 0 5*0 Indonesia Equity Ml** 0.577 0 606 Japan
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 829 8  -  I7TT3 bottom line OPINION frank ching Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based freelance writer WITHIN a matter of weeks, conditions will be ripe for Beijing to test the waters and see if Taiwan is amenable to the resumption of a cross-strait dialogue. That is
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    • 34 8 'Failure is an essential part of our ecosystem. It's like a forest fire burning space for new growth' PulSaflt Technology forecaster, the on end of the dotcom boom in Silicon Valley
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    • 635 8 EDITORIAL THE immediate task for Singapore's new finance minister, Lee Hsien Loong, is cut out —to steer the economy out of the woods and set it on course for the next decade or two. For BG Lee, who is also deputy prime minister, drawing up
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    • 1215 8  -  Megawati's govt most take the people into its confidence and arplain its policies By, James Castle The writer, of the Castle Group, chairs the American Chamber of Commerce in Jakarta TRUE economic liberalisation in Indonesia began with strategic bank reforms and the removal
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    • 742 8  -  COMMENTARY Byi Caroline Baum Bloomberg EVERYWHERE you turn, there's another article touting the boost lower oil prices are giving to the US economy. What about Japan? Doesn't that country get the benefit of what is widely viewed as a "tax cut" for consumers? Here's
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 337 9  -  Renovation loan instalments taken care of for 6 mths if customer is laid-off By, Angela Tan ABN Amro Bank yesterday unveiled a new renovation loan that comes with insurance that will pay the instalment for up to six months should the customer get
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    • 299 9  -  By\ Kalpana Rashiwala COLLIERS Jardine is drastically scaling down its operations in Thailand and withdrawing from Vietnam at the end of the month due to deteriorating business. About 24 people will be retrenched. The firm's Asia-Pacific CEO, Jonathan Petit, said yesterday the Bangkok office, which employs
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    • 212 9 STARHUB yesterday announced that corporate customers can now enjoy free monthly subscriptions till Dec 31, 2002 for every StarHub fixed line that they subscribe to. All customers who sign up for this service before Dec 31, 2001 will only have to pay for what they use
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    • 383 10  -  I 3on the economy ad spending By Eugene Low EXPECTED salary increments and bonuses in Singapore have taken a hit as a result of poorer business prospects following September's terrorist attacks on the US, according to a study by global human resource consultancy Watson Wyatt.
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    • 264 10 CONSTRUCTION professionals will be able to submit plans and track project progress via the Internet. More than $5 million have been spent developing the scheme and two others the Construction Information System and the Electronic Buildable Design Appraisal System. Announced by National Development Minister Mah Bow
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    • 166 10 THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore will provide grants to Singapore-registered companies to train fresh graduates and IT workers in new technology areas like grid computing, infocomm security, Web services and extensible mark-up language (XML). The $18 million threeyear Infocomm
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    • 165 10 THE government will conduct the Labour Force Survey between this Saturday and end-January 2002 to collect employment and unemployment data, as well as other economic characteristics of the population. Results from the survey to be conducted by the Manpower Research and Statistics
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    • 475 11  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) senior manager Corporate Communications Land Transport Authority WE refer to the letter "LTA's reply is contradictory" by Lee Sun Pin (Mailbag, Nov 19). The objective of the Vehicle Quota System (VQS) is to manage the growth of vehicle population at
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    • 159 11  -  Agnes Gabriella Lee Netherlands, via Internet I REFER to your article "Foreigners keen on S'pore jobs" by Anna Teo (BT, Nov 12). As a Singaporean living and working here in the Netherlands, I guess I can add some insights to your comments. I
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 420 12  -  This will pre vent Celcom failing into creditor's hands From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government may emerge as a major shareholder of debt-lad-en Technology Resources Industries, the flagship of Tajudin Ramli, according to a report yesterday. Malaysia's Business
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    • 288 12  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur DANAHARTA Nasional yesterday began selling loans from its portfolio, in the form of asset-backed securities (ABS) valued at RM3IO million (SJI49 million). The ABS are backed by RMS7O million worth of loans which have been performing for
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    • 522 12  -  Pact signed despite lack of progress on economic reforms From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta DESPITE a lack of progress on a number of key economic reforms, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday reached an agreement on a new letter of intent with
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    • 471 14  -  12 foreign firms apply to CSRC and Unilever may be the first to list: report From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong SEVERAL Hong Kong blue chips are said to be seeking a listing on the mainland, forming the vanguard of
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    • 403 14 HONGKONG Reuters STANDARD Poor's said yesterday it does not expect significant changes in Malaysia's sovereign ratings in the next few years, but added the country's economic future could be brighter if it implemented transparent corporate sector reforms. "At the moment the long-term sovereign
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    • 662 14  -  l I comment ASEAN But the road ahead wont be without potholes Yang razaJi kassim WHEN the Sept 11 attacks on New York and Washington happened, worried observers postulated the coming "suspension" of globalisation. There were fears that a wounded United States would retreat into
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    • 534 15 WASHINGTON SEC accused them of breaking securities laws in 1998 by selling unregistered bonds AP FEDERAL regulators have alleged that US giant Citibank and India's largest commercial bank violated securities laws in 1998 by selling US$532 million of Indian bonds in the
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    • 383 15 lnt'l Finance Corp to pay USs27m for Naqjing bank stake FT [BEIJING] The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, is set to become the largest foreign shareholder in a Chinese bank this month when it
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    • 226 15 AFP [HONG KONG] A court has ordered a Hong Kong couple to repay HK$l6 million (Ss3.B million) to a widow they conned out of millions for beauty treatments and physiotherapy equipment. Judge Wally Yeung Chun-kuen ruled Monday that widow Ho Yin-yuk
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    • 196 15 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S China-bound investment rose 16 per cent year-on-year to U552.33 billion in the 10 months to October ahead of its admission to the WTO, official data showed yesterday. Local businesses accelerated investments in China to position themselves for the mainland's entry
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    • NOTE Book
      • 56 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's king. Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, was in critical bat stable condition after recent heart surgery, state-run Bemama news agency said yesterday. The 75-year-old king returned home on Sunday from Singapore, where he had been In hospital for about two months
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      • 69 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian conglomerate Renong yesterday denied speculation tt would be taken private by the government at a price oTRMI JO (Sso.s7)ashare. "After due and diligent enquiry with all directors, major shareholders and all such persons reasonably familiar with the matter, we wish to Inform
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      • 74 15 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's former president B J Habibie will ignore a summons from the Attorney-General and won't turn up today for questioning over a 54.6 billion ruplah (SS9 6 million) graft case, his lawyer said. Yan Juanda Saputra said Mr Habibie was on an
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      • 88 15 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Krung Thai Bank, Thailand's second-largest bank, 1s considering a plan to write down half of its capital to clean up accumulated losses, its president said. The state-controlled lender is studying a proposal to write down half its ISO billion baht (S|6 billion)
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      • 69 15 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to refinance 90 billion baht (Ss&6 billion} in debts of a central bank unit set up to bail out and take over troubled financial institutions. Deputy Finance Minister Varathep Rattanakom said the refinancing would be
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      • 70 15 Dow Jones [NEW DELHI] India s call centre industry may see lower growth in aOOI-OS following the recent terrorist attacks in the US, The Financial Express report*, quoting a report by research and credit rating company ICRA Ltd. The Indian call centre industry
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    • 1280 13 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated In Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I IimiIMTEP RESULTS FOR THE VEtR EHDEO M SEPTEMBER 3001 1. Unaudited Profit and Lots Accounts The Group The Company 2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change Revenue SSOOO SSOOO SSOOO SSOOO Hotel operations 115.822 122,239 -5.2
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    • 977 13 HOTEL MALAYSIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY (Incorporated In Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT 1 UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2001 1. Unaudited Profit and Lots Accounts The Group The Company 2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change BflXflOUfl SVOOO SSOOO SSOOO SS 000 Investment income 15.010 13,432 *11.7
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  • WORLD news
    • 881 16  -  Its report defies fears that the global economy is headed for a long-drawn ont recession From i Anthony Rowley in Tokyo DEFYING growing fears among economists that the global economy is headed for a long drawn-out period of "Japanese-style" recession and deflation, the Organisation
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    • 182 16 LONDON Bloomberg STANDARD Chartered pic shares had their biggest gain in two months on Monday on speculation a rival may bid for the British bank that has most of its assets in developing markets. Citigroup Inc, Barclays pic and Lloyds TSB Group pic may
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    • 354 16 NEW YORK AP AN important gauge of future US economic activity rose 0.3 per cent in October, but still suggested that the Sept 11 terrorist attacks would remain a drag on the economy. The New York-based Conference Board said yesterday its Index of Leading
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 103 16 AP, Reuters [KABUL] The Northern Alliance, which controls the Afghan capital and more than half the country, accepted a UN invitation to attend power-sharing talks in Germany with other factions scheduled for Monday, UN special envoy Francesc Vendrell said yesterday. In Washington, US Secretary of
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      • 120 16 Reuters IKABUL] Insisting that "evil has no holy days", the US bombarded strongholds in Afghanistan of the strict Muslim Taliban yesterday and vowed to tighten the noose around Osama bin Laden. "We're hunting him down. He runs and he hides, but as we've
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      • 76 16 Reuters 1 1 i uj Japanese internet investor sortoank Corp yesterday posted a group net loss of 54.3 billion yen (*****.2 million) for the first half, compared to a net profit of 36.3 billion yen a year earlier. But the second half of the
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      • 78 16 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Euro-zone industrial output contracted for the third quarter running, pushing the sector deeper into recession, even though production fell by less than expected in September. An official at Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, said yesterday the 12-nation area's output fell 0.3
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      • 83 16 AP [LONDON] The British government was yesterday set to announce its decision on the long-debated expansion of Heathrow airport, already the busiest air facility in Europe. News reports predicted that Transport Secretary Stephen Byers would announce approval of a fifth terminal, designed to handle up to
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      • 75 16 Reuters [MACAU] Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho announced yesterday a string of short-term tax reductions and new infrastructure projects to ease the pain of the current economic downturn. Delivering a policy address to the Macau Legislative Assembly, Mr Ho said the package included a
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    • 496 18  -  Move comes on fears economy is in free fell; PM's popularity plunges From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyc IN a sign that Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's resolve to limit fiscal stimulus to the nation's tottering economy is cracking, his government is reported
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    • 302 18 NEW YORK Reuters WOULD you take a call from A 1 Gore? Like him or not, you probably would. And that's what Metropolitan West Financial Inc is betting by appointing the former US vice-president to be vicechairman erf the US$52 billion investment
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    • 387 18 ATLANTA It has been bullish and bearish this year, they say NYT THE strongest rally by the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the bear market began early last year continued on Monday as the index edged back toward the important
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    • 490 20 TkemoTtowfflMpdbet weaknesses at AOL's Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AOL Time Warner Inc's movie Barry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone may help cushion against possible weakness next year at the wwdia company's advertising-driven businesses, some investors and analysts said. The movie will generate about US$l.2 billion
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    • 263 20 TOKYO Fall in investment banking fees cited Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse Group, Switzerland's second-larg-est bank, posted a thirdquarter loss, its first since 1997, as investment banking fees dropped and profit slumped at its Winterthur insurance unit. The loss was 299 million Swiss francs (*****.4
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  • NETWORK china
    • 1281 21  -  A networking platform launched yesterday is one of several new government initiatives to help businessmen spot opportunities in the one bright spot in Asia, says lob hot y» LOH HUI YIN A PRO ACTIVE and cohesive strategy to help Singapore businessmen ferret out the
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    • 594 21  -  By Loh Hui Yin HOW to get the private sector more involved in the Singapore government's Go-China strategy is a topic which gets entrepreneur Danny Toe all fired up. The Singaporean, who has been doing business in the Chinese market for the last
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    • 1205 23  -  The country draws considerable FDI because of its positive reform attitude and macro policy to boost growth to facilitate structural change, says en lo CHI LO The writer is senior economist, global markets, at Standard Chartered Bank CHINA has not gained foreign investment at the
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    • 1068 24  -  Pentex-Schweizer's new plant in Wuxi will cut productions costs and help to retain customers, its deputy chairman tells lobbditdt LOH HUI YIN Having a new plant in China will go a long way to help printed circuit board (PCB) maker Pen-tex-Schweizer Circuits remain competitive
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  • EXEC lifestyle
    • 914 25  -  It's one of the world's most toxic substances, yet South Korean women can't wait to get it injected into their faces, reports judt lee JUDY LEE [SEOUL] LIKE most people, Kim Kae Young normally squirms at germs and reacts with hysteria to bacteria. But the
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    • 295 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS change (9) 1 Classically-inspired beauty? 6 Ge^ ma P r nce s English (11) reaaer (7) 7 Chimp broke section of wall 7 Burning desire to act in Lent (7) production (7,4) Bls bird behind cokj tank? (7) 9 Imputsive group at the heart 10 Nurse holds
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    • 877 26 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in October. MOO&/NNC CC MCQMVA Mmwa«pAi3B2o isro awm A*W01S»fiCP 1396 21.75B AJDA413MCR 1.781 3Q423 4UDABCMJCR 1984 ***** MJBMeiSTtPCR 131 ***** 4UBXfl241F4CR 233 C0S7 XUDAffiflmPCR 2771 ***** ALnrnmroesEM 1,781 ***** MMr3WCMaXFE 1305 ***** —iJIBMCR 1J3BB 3Q422 JJ:I:HOOLFE 2171 41,187 ■Mf3BOa*C«eRO
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    • 579 26  -  Transport expert believes in balancing demand, supply, reports CHRISTOPHER TAM CHRISTOPHER TAN THE key to curbing vehicular pollution lies as much with congestion control as with new fuel systems, according to a transport expert. Tony Ridley, a professor at London's Imperial College of Science, Technology
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    • 429 26  -  But industry watcher aotopolis less certain about outlook for US By < Christopher Tan WHILE the immediate outlook for Asia's auto sector is brighter than in Europe, the industry is still midway through "a decade of stagnation", according to industry watcher autopolis. The
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
      • 76 26 AUDI distributor Premium Automobiles is offering free car inspections and 30 per cent discounts on selected parts for November and December. In what it calls its "wet weather programme", the agent is also brewing gourmet Lavazza coffee for customers while they wait The move
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      • 98 26 MITSUBISHI Motors will recall 34,329 cars sold in Japan, Taiwan and Malaysia to remedy a defective automatic transmission part. Mitsubishi will recall the Minicab and Town Box mini-cars and the Town Box Wide small passenger vehicle made between 1998 and 2001 because of wear to
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      • 122 26 TOYOTA'S Lexus has been rated highest for durability for the seventh year in a row, with fewer than half the average number of problems, according to a J D Power Associates study reported by Bloomberg. The rankings were based on problems reported by owners 0f1997
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      • 63 26 CHRYSLER, part of the DaimlerChrysler group, has become the last of the "Big Three" US vehicle makers to extend interest-free financing on the purchase of new cars and trucks into January. The Financial Times said Chrysler will make "zero per cent" finance on 36-month loans available early
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      • 86 26  -  -Compiled by < Christopher Tan FORD Motor has announced the first recipients of its conservation and environmental grants in Singapore The 164,000 set aside will be used to support six local projects. They are: Biodiversity of Singapore; Eco-Challenge; International Coastal Clean-up Singapore in Mangroves;
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    • 989 27  -  INSlDEBiir.u:<a<c^ Bnt shares of 6K Goh, Ho Bee, Inchc&pe could still be moving nphill By] Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore THE low rate of return in
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    • 256 27  - Be afraid —of losses Sasi Komanthakkal Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Lump sum vs drip feed" by Genevieve Cua (BT, Nov 14). I refer to the following paragraph in the above article: "The average loss with a lump sum strategy was 53 per cent, compared with an
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    • 127 27  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Lump sum vs drip feed" (BT, Nov 14). Depending on the time period and equity market or sector chosen, one can always show lump sum investing to be better than dollar cost averaging, or vice
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    • 574 27  -  Harry Koh Kong Ghee associate manager DC William Insurance Brokers Pte Ltd WILL forms of "buying term and investing the rest" be the wave of the future? What are the uses of traditional whole life insurance? Safety holds a powerful appeal in these times,
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    • 322 27  -  By\ Genevieve Cua BRITISH financial planner Wilfred T Fry has set up an office in Singapore to service the UK expatriate community. Eventually, the firm intends to advise Singaporeans as well, says director Graham Barnes. "What we hope for is to grow our business,
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    • 399 27 jo| Information Systems Solutions Asia Pacific 1 (A division company of Sony Electronics (S) Re Ltd) i Achieving Greater Heights H T CERT. NO ISMS-2001-0002 S Message BS rm-z 1999 I Managing Director a BL I Information Systems Solutions Asia Pacific J 9 1 I (A division company of Sony
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  • EXECUTIVE money
    • 844 28  -  Is it investment or protection that you're after? Regular premium ILPs, which insurers are leaning towards these days, are a minefield in costs which could eat away at returns. GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA SINGLE-PREMIUM investment sales are all the rage these days. And
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    • 736 28 TO UNDERSTAND the drawbacks of regular-premi-um ILPs, it helps to dissect them. First, the issue of investment returns. The reason such plans are a bad deal for this objective, apart from costs, is fairly obvious. Your premiums don't buy units in the first two to three years,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 477 29  -  Search on for three missing crew of HK-registered ship anchored off Port Dampier By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A mystery explosion aboard a bulk carrier anchored 30 km off Port Dampier in north-western Australia has left four crewmen dead, one in
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    • 286 29 Port authority found negligent in way it stored hazardous chemicals AP [BANGKOK] A Thai court has awarded a total of nearly US$BO,OOO compensation to two victims of a chemical explosion at Bangkok's port 10 years ago, their lawyer said. The South
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    • 164 29 Contship expands EuropeAsia trade [SINGAPORE] Contship Containerizes has added extra calls to its services between Europe and Asia after experiencing growing demand despite less than 12 months in the trade. Southampton has been added to its China Express service, directly connecting the UK to Singapore, Pusan, Kwangyang and Xingang "providing
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    • 248 29 MX ■wrM m w CWT Distribution—0.53 uneft 0 Coseo lnitiimmin.0.22 -0.01 2631 Fr*iatit unkt -0.06 uneft 245 UHoMngs 0.40 uneft 0 IMC Holdings-HK 5.60 MKfl 0 Jaya HoWlngs 0.18 0.01 982 KappaiCorp 3.00 002 IMf KappalFELS 1.54 uneft 0 Ktppoi Marin* 0-22 uneft 5045 KappalTato U1 0.03 19*2
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    • PORT Shots
      • 94 29 [SINGAPORE] A tran*-Asian railroad may boost container shipments between North Asian neighbours South Korea, Russia, China and Mongol after an agreement last Friday The tour countries reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding to set up an operational committee to promote the transport method during a
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      • 84 29 [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's state-owned China Shipbuilding yard will cut jobs—almost half ite workforce—by the end of January next year and cut remaining salaries by 35 par cent. The announcement came after unions gave up their fight to negotiate across-the-board wage cuts to avoid retrenchments, in
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      • 80 29 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia and ths Philippines have agreed to establish joint naval patrols to combat terrorism and arms smuggling across their borders. Philippine president Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo entered the agreement with itvw^j an president Megawati Soekarnoputri while visiting ths country last week. Abu Sayyaf bandits are baaed in
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    • 425 29  -  New entity with USs6b market capitalisation will be world's biggest cruise ship company By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The world's largest cruise ship company with a market capitalisation of nearly US$6 billion is to be created by the merger of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd and
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    • 1027 30  -  STRAIT TALE By\ Seafarer SHIPS today are not robust enough to withstand bad weather, poor loading from stevedores and the effects of poor crews and little maintenance. They are like that because the classification societies, the guardians of the structural integrity
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    • 231 30 PACE AhrenkiH 10 AppemlMp S A*ant 10 Btan? Mas 6 BSA BSC 9 BTl 10 B*U|i 4 MMMO 9 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 t Central Ex 6 Chahaya K) Chtra Shfxj S Confer 10 Cougar 7 CVT GlobeMnk 6 Drtmn 4 OtakUoyd 6 3 EP Carriers X)
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      • 679 39 Vassal Voy Wo Borth Arrival Departure C Progress 20/n J09 20/11/7:45 20/11/16*0 Budm* Mi JbTK» J06 20/11/8:10 20/11/2339 ■MS* WSOT J03 20/11/7:45 2Q/IV224M 0«yM P»*t JmrG M 20/11/8:40 21/11/5*0 tornMtama mm jo2 20/n/7JS 20/11/16*0 sarhwi 126 JB 20/11/9*) 20/11/17*0 Mill—1*1 J*1l2i J04 20/11/130 20/11/2331 J»nW J02 20/11/935 20/11/2331
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      • 1939 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO BookJnq/Baitnc* Htts SfttP Voy No Etb/Btr Ported Fro« To frow Ad DAMUA 042t 20/2 J 30 U K/1700 20/0*5* 20/0(00 2» K/170C 20/0*54 MWO AO SIM 4*7*2 22AOO 2A K/1700 20/M94 20/M00 a iwmo jo,o»54 20/0900 1 20/0*00 20/7154 20/140C
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      • 149 39 November 22 USA: Thanksgiving Day November 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day November 30 Philippines: Bonifacio's Day Dwwbwl Finland: Independence Day December 8 Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception Daoambar li Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa December 17 Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa
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      • 778 39 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. show* price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesixed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 429 40 MEW YORK CRASH No problems found with tail sections of fleet of 34 aircraft AFP [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines said it had detected no problems in an inspection of the tail sections of its fleet of 34 Airbus A3OO planes following a
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      • 142 40 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) has secured deferment of the delivery of eight Boeing aircraft as part of the company's debt restructuring and fleet rationalisation efforts, Malaysian Business Times dited sources as saying. The eight aircraft were scheduled to be
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      • 613 40 Profit warning seen as inevitable following Sept 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airways Co (ANA) is expected to slash full-year profit forecasts when it announces interim results tomorrow, falling victim to dwindling demand and higher costs in the wake of the Sept
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      • 498 40 New law makes federal govt responsible for aviation security Reuters [WASHINGTON] Now that President George W Bush has signed into law some legislation aimed at making flying safer, the US federal government faces the daunting task of getting the new
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      • 69 40 [DALLAS] Ginger Hardage (secondfrom right), vice-president of corporate communicationsfor Southwest Airlines, checking passenger tickets and identification as they enter the terminal at Looe Field in Dallas. Southwest employees from the corporate qfflce were working the terminal entrances on Monday to help speed the check-in process. Fewer
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      • 238 40 AFP [DUBAI] Emirates airline has announced it will launch new direct long-distance flights from next year to western Australia, Japan, Mauritius, Morocco and Sudan. The Dubai government-owned carrier will fly Boeing 777s to Perth and the Japanese trading city of Osaka four times
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    • 221 29 Strait Talk Bureau Veritas breaks ranks Pg2 American Air A3OO fleet passes safety checks Back Pact SHIP REPAIR CONVERSION Special Feature, sth December 2001 L T'miss OAT m 4. Jt..8P ~v 1 ii jl Singapore'? marine industry is being revolutionized with the introduction of the latest *£<£ technology in shipbuilding
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