The Business Times, 4 December 2001

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: SINGAPORE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2001 85C
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    57 1 FOBEX BATES DBt 81 t5S(8Sp«rlSS) IBM £(US8/SSp«r£) L42S ttll EL"80{USS^SS/E). L8M IMS DM- 1184 L1S1 YEN" 1H7 87.46 Ml UM U7S HKS ?.m 4SU BAB OJ8 2SJ6 RIHAH 10,490 von bass SINGAPORE* U KUALA LDXPCB M HONGKONG U JAKARTA »M TAIPEI 171 TOKYO Ltfi SEOUL Mi FKANKFOIT ttt LONDON
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    Lock icon Half of economic review panel from private sector
    954 1  -  'Significant measures' promised by next Budget Day Byi Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The 20-mem-ber Economic Review Com- mittee (ERC) formed to look into how Singapore can upgrade, transform and revitalise its economy yesterday promised "significant measures" by the next Budget Day scheduled for
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    Lock icon KepCorp offers to take KHZ, KIT private for $425m
    661 1  -  It will pay 60C cash for each KHZ share and $LlO cash f«r eachKTT share By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] As widely anticipated, diversified Keppel Corp is taking subsidiaries Keppel Hitachi Zosen (KHZ) and Keppel Telecommunications Transportation (KTT) private. And it
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    Lock icon Enron files for bankruptcy, sues Dynegy for US$10b
    455 1 LAT-WP, NYT, Bloomberg AFP, AFX [HOUSTON] Fallen energy giant Enron Corp on Sunday filed both a longawaited Chapter 11 bankruptcy case the largest ever and a US$lO billion (5518.2 billion) lawsuit against would-be merger partner Dynegy Inc for abandoning it at the
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    Lock icon Ernst & Young gets investment adviser's licence
    453 1  - Ernst Young gets investment adviser's licence It's Ist accounting firm allowed to advise on securities By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] In a move that will stiffen competition for merchant banks, Ernst Young has become the first accounting firm to bag an investment adviser's licence here. The licence granted to Ernst Young
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      120 1 DfSODE Top Stortet 'Ginger* scooter unveiled. Pg 16 Spurt In S'pore electronics export orders fails to lift overall PMi. Pg 2 tii v' 4 f* ~Vi I '-"V BT Comment Lee Hen Shlti: Time for changes in Sing Tech. Pg 9 Singapore win remain export-driven, Pg 2 Whe*swftia on the
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        80 2 KEPPEL Corporation chairman Lim Chee Onn was fast on his feet. When told that his press conference yesterday (at 2.45 pm) clashed with that by DPM Lee Hsien Loong on the Review Committee (2.30 pm), he quickly changed his opening speech by thanking the journalists for attending
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        Lock icon The art of saying nothing
        62 2 HOW many ways can you say no comment? Keppel's Mr Lim showed at least six different approaches when journalists kept piling on him over a potential merger with SembCorp Industries. Once, apparently in exasperation after being asked the same question over and over again, Mr
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        Lock icon Tricky headlines
        96 2 MAGAZINES normally work two to three months ahead of time, so headlines, articles and story angles can sometimes be tricky things to decide upon, depending on the vagaries of current affairs. Swarovski magazine editors found that out the hard way when they headlined a travel article in their
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      Lock icon Singapore economy will remain export-driven
      287 2 [SINGAPORE] While a new blueprint is being drawn up for the economy, one pillar that win not be dismantled is exports as the main engine of growth. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, chairman of the Economic Review Committee (ERC), was asked yesterday if the
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      Lock icon Restoring the shine to the Keppel conglomerate
      725 2  -  COMMENTARY Byi Angela Tan IT'S been more than two years since Keppel Corp (KepCorp) grappled to define the core operations for the group. In the meantime, the share price of the diversified giant whose interests range from marine to telecommunications has fallen 32
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      Lock icon Keppel expects 'modestly pleasant' showing
      194 2 [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corp expects its group performance for the year ending Dec 31, 2001 to be "modestly pleasant", executive chairman Lim Chee Onn said yesterday. "Barring unforeseen events, I shall be able to give you in about two to three months' time modestly pleasant tidings
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      Lock icon Spurt in electronics export orders fails to lift overall PMI
      466 2  -  3on the economy manufacturing By\ Eugene Low NEW export orders in the electronics sector rose for the second straight month in November, but the overaU manufacturing economy remains weak, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI). November's electronics new
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      Lock icon Nikkei slips 3% on fears of bank crisis
      403 2  -  Findings of probe into bank loans raising concern Frornk Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FEARS that a new banking sector crisis may be approaching in Japan sent the Nikkei 225 stock average tumbling by more than 3 per cent yesterday. The fallout effect
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SingTel destroyed US$30b in value: study
      384 4  -  Telecoms firms are among the world's greatest value destroyers By Andrea Tan SINGAPORE Telecom has the dubious honour of being one of the world's biggest value destroyers, according to a study done by consulting firm Stern Stewart. Sing Tel, the only listed company on
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      Lock icon QFB licence bid results to be out in a few weeks
      389 4  -  Speculation rife that three instead of two licences will be issued By\ Siow Li Sen THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will announce in a few weeks' time the much-awaited results of the bid for Qualifying Full Bank (QFB)
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      Lock icon UOB introduces new online banking security features
      293 4  -  By Chua Hui Min UNITED Overseas Bank has announced new security features for its online services, to guard against a repeat hacking into its Internet banking system. On July 5 this year, UOB's online customers were locked out of the bank's website at
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      Lock icon SIA filled fewer seats, carried less cargo in Oct
      320 4 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, Asia's third-biggest carrier by sales, filled fewer seats and less cargo space in October than a year ago, as the global economic slowdown and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks dent demand. The airline said it filled 65.3
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      Lock icon Loosen reins, let bankers, developers get creative
      716 4  -  lock siew quak hiang whai SOME YEARS ago, a former banker who was appointed chairman of a property group explained to this journalist that property development these days is as much about financial engineering as it is about housing construction. In most cases,
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      Lock icon Edgematrix being courted by Twinwood
      295 5  -  \-ii exclusive Talk of a takeover at the software developer follows massive staff layoff recently By Tang Weng Fai BARELY a fortnight after Edgematrix Pte Ltd sacked two-thirds of its staff, the company is rumoured to be a takeover target by Sesdaq-listed Twinwood Engineering Ltd.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Jade Technologies closes Europe unit
        124 5 AFX JADE Technologies Singapore Ltd said that its unit, Jade Technologies Europe BV, will be wound down and that some of its remaining business may be transferred to the parent company. The company said in a statement that weak global demand in the electronics industry
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        Lock icon Ascott gets $8.5m for contracts
        132 5 THE Ascott group said it has received $8.5 million for its transfer of the retail management contracts on commercial properties such as Junction 8 Shopping Centre, Funan IT Mall and Scotts Shopping Centre to Capita Land (Retail) Investments Pte Ltd. The Ascott group said in
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        Lock icon Sembawang Kimtrans sees poor year
        39 5 SEMBAWANG Kim trans Ltd yesterday warned that profit for the financial year ending Dec 31 will be about 30 per cent lower than the previous year due to the slowdown in the regional economies.
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        Lock icon TPV Tech earnings jump 24% in Q3
        106 5 TPV Technology said net profit rose 24 per cent to US$l2.3 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30 from a year ago, as turnover increased by the same amount to U*****.6 million. The group shipped more than 290,000 units of LCD display
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        Lock icon Royal Clicks posts 18.6% rise H1 profit
        117 5 ROYAL Clicks Ltd, incorporating the Royal Sporting House group, reported interim net profit of $4.4 million, an increase of 18.6 per cent from a year ago. Despite recessionary trends in the global market, the group achieved a 54.4 per cent rise in turnover
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      Lock icon 'I'm only a messenger,' says accused
      608 5  -  G wee claims it was Soh Chee Wen who roped in placees By Serena Ng THE defence in the MidContinent trial yesterday started its case with the first accused, Dick Gwee Yow Pin, telling the court that he was only a "messenger" for his
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      Lock icon Venture shares surge to 3-month high
      321 5 Bloomberg VENTURE Manufacturing Singapore shares surged to a three-month high after the company said second-half profit and sales will beat first-half figures with more orders from companies like Hewlett-Packard. The stock closed yesterday at $12.40, up 4.2 per cent or 50 cents, on volume
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      400 4 Andersen I- rocant •WW"* t<> Singapore Statement of Accounting Standard (SAS) 12 have made significant changes to deferred tax accounting. This saminar alms to provide participants with an understanding of the revised SAS 12 and ita application. Aa Singapore moves toward a disclosure-based regime, companies are encouraged to publish interim
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      302 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 3 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS -113.00 -242.00 ■TCMM -*****.00 -49.00 VT1»4*IM -*****.00 -11.00 M-SG EpMn 395.28 +2.21 S6 Ehct 123.92 +1.56 S6E4riHMFh 1272.95 +17.05 MIpMnhip 392.81 +8.15 maStappMV 183.29 +2.77 SMSCI FtttBTM 182.50 +2.50 Stocks Volume IPC020C 49,237,000 TPVUSlC 7331.000 PacitteCenturylOc 6,486,000 SGX lc 6.368,000 Chart Semiconductor
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      Lock icon Haw Par: strong liquidity buoyed by prospective upside gains
      295 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byy Ven Sreenivasan HAW PAR enjoyed a 20-cent price surge during the post-closing routine on Friday and slipped back just two cents to $4.06 yesterday. It's not known what the reason is for Friday's late surge, but yesterday's
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      Lock icon Reasons to buy shares wearing thin
      747 6  -  STOCKS ■1 i comment r. sivanithy UP till now, brokers have used three arguments to justify buying stocks that rising liquidity unlocked by low interest rates will send prices up; that Singapore must eventually catch up with Wall Street; and that Wall Street will
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      Lock icon Euro, Swiss franc standout gainers as greenback slips
      521 6  -  nTlcomment CURRENCIES Ten hit in cross-trading, other regional nnits end the session little changed larry wee THE US dollar was weighed down in Asian trading yesterday by Enron jitters. more weak numbers last Friday, and the fear of more to come over
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3019 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AMI Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!* 0 807/ Star Europe Bd 0 96*/ Star Europe Bat 0 88/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.7/ Star As<a Bond 1216/ Star Asia Balanced 0.851/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.321/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0 888/ Alt Gov««
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      399 7 ERICSSON CALLS ON COMPAQ COMPAQ SUPPORTS ERICSSON IN I.T. EFFICIENCY EFFORTS THROUGH SELECTIVE OUTSOURCING Ericsson, one of the world's leading telecommunications equipment companies, needs exceptional I.T. support in order to get the most from its 90,000 employees around the globe. Which left them with a challenge: how to provide them
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      308 7 business —telecommunications equipment —and spend less time on managing I.T. areas which might be better managed by someone else. They needed to find a partner with the professional capabilities to provide more efficient I.T support, while allowing Ericsson's I.T staff to focus on activities closer to Ericsson's core business. ERICSSON
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      359 7 RELATED STORY Hong Kong SAR Government Teams with Compaq to Deliver Online Public Services to Hong Kong Citizens NEW "INSTANT ACCESS" APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS How does the government deliver round-the-clock public services to 6.8 million citizens, and save money at the same time? This is the challenge the Hong
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Robust growth in IT services amid gloom
      415 8  -  S'pore's IT services to hit USs2b this year and may cross USs3.6b by 2006researcher Gartner By Raju Chellam AT least one sector seems to be bucking the general gloomy trend: infotech services. According to the latest report from researcher Gartner Inc, Singapore's IT
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      Lock icon Mobile operators may share 3G infrastructure
      366 8  -  IDA seeking industry feedback on this by February next year By' Vince Chong MOBILE communications in Singapore may share 3G infrastructure come next year. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is seeking industry feedback on this possibility by next February, according to a
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      Lock icon UOL buys Novena freehold residential site for $30.5m
      355 8  -  ftttaMHaftqjMl itta| total grMsflotr art* of 84,164 aq ft By Kalpana Rashiwala WEE Cho Yaw continues to sUeugtheu his hold in the Novena area with the latest acquisition by his listed United Overseas Land (UOL) of a 30.234 eq ft freehold residential
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      Lock icon Katong landmark up for sale
      247 8 TAY Buan Guan—one of the oldest landmarks in Katong is up for sale by OUB Centre Pte Ltd. The stretch of 13 freehold shophouses at 83-119 (odd numbers) East Coast Road is understood to have an indicative sale price of $1,*****.400 per square foot on
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      Lock icon AXA Life's president chief exec Joe Peters quits
      336 8 IN another high-profile resignation in the insurance industry, AXA Life president and chief executive Joe Peters has quit to "pursue new interests", the company said in a surprise announcement yesterday. Mr Peters told BT he intends to remain in Singapore to pursue
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Time for changes at SingTech
      587 9  -  f comment PROPERTY Peter Se&h has to ensnre that Capita Land can rise with the tide when the economy rebounds lee han shih ANEW regime will be in place when veteran banker Peter Seah takes control of the Singapore Technologies group over the weekend, and
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      Lock icon Good weekend sales drive up prices of some projects
      390 9 Keppel Land's lufuii nearly sold out SALES of most property developments did well at the weekend. As a result, prices at some projects were raised. According to sources, most of Keppel Land's freehold Serangoon Ave 3 project Amaranda Gardens was sold
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Enron saga's ripple effect in India
      726 12  -  PTT^ bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT AS the fortunes and stock of the giant energy trading company Enron Corporation come crashing down in the US, the fate of its highly controversial 2,184 MW
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      110 12 'It's a black hole. Until the forensic accountants can get in there and sort things out, you just don't know what Enron's worth.' -Gary Data managing director of Deltec Asset Management, on Enron which filed for bankruptcy protection. 'We have to accept that there is some pain.
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      Lock icon Getting clear on restructuring
      559 12 EDITORIAL AS Singapore faces the worst recession in its modern history, it is obvious that a major economic restructuring is called for. With the global economy itself undergoing profound change, the task could be the most challenging yet for the nation's planners. There's no question that
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      Lock icon Integrating China into East Asian economics
      1271 12  -  By Eric Teo Chu Cheow The writer, a private corporate consultant and strategist, is also council secretary of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and director-general qf PBEC-Singapore. EAST Asia is inevitably coming closer, as its exchanges in goods, services, capital, ideas and human
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      Lock icon Coalition talk
      330 12  -  COMMENTARY No big changes in cross-strait ties expected The South China Morning Post THE Democratic Progressive Party has emerged as the biggest party in Taiwan's legislative yuan following Saturday's elections, but the island's political scene is no clearer. Although President Chen Shui-bian, a DPP member, has reasons to
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Manulife says new testimony proves its case
      572 13  -  Hong Kong woman admits to backdating stake sale deeds by Indonesian firm Dharmala From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong A HONG KONG woman has pleaded guilty to backdating documents in the Manulife case, seemingly validating the Canadian insurance company's claim that it was
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      Lock icon RHB fails to get Umno contract renewed
      514 13  -  exclusive It sells stake in unit managing tlio party's property From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S dominant political party, the United Malays National Organisation, has not renewed the contract of tycoon Rashid Hussain's company to manage the party's headquarters and the adjacent
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Malaysian exports drop in Oct
        63 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's exports fell for an eighth month in October as demand for electronics goods from the US slumped. Exports slid 13 per cent from a year earlier to RM28.8 billion (S91&8 billion). Imports fell 11 per cent to RM24.4 billion. The trade
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        Lock icon Tommy to face trial soon:police
        87 13 AFP w j [JAKARTA] Indonesian police yesterday said that Tommy Suharto and 13 other people will face trial "as soon as possible" over the murder of a judge and illegal possession of firearms and explosives. The dossiers on Tommy and 13 suspected accomplices were "under
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        Lock icon Telekom sees big off-market trade
        52 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] More than RMIOO million (Ss4B million) ofshares in some of Malaysia's biggest companies, including Telekom Malaysia, changed hands in a string of off-market trades over 22 minutes, pushing their stock higher. The trades came as Morgan Stanley Capital International's revised indexes took
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        Lock icon PTP to breach 2001 volume target
        67 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) will breach Its volume targets for 3001, chief executive officer Mohd Sidik Shalk Osman said yesterday. PTP, which operates a container port and logistics complex in Joiior state, set itself a tare* of two million
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      Lock icon West Sumatra rejects plan to sell Semen Gresik
      437 14  -  Concessions turned down; Jakarta accused of trying to appease foreign investors From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S latest attempts to kick-start its stalled privatisation programme suffered another setback yesterday after the West Sumatra provincial legislature rejected Jakarta's latest concession on the sale
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      Lock icon Thailand's planning agency chief resigns
      176 14 BANGKOK AP THE chief of Thailand's state planning agency announced his resignation yesterday, after months of disagreements with the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Sansern Wongchaum, secretary-general of the National Economic and Social Development Board, or NESDB, had faced criticism from Dr Thaksin for
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      Lock icon Foreign stake cap at Thai telcos may rise to 49%
      303 14  -  From', Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai government yesterday said it would revise a landmark telecoms law by raising a controversial 25 per cent cap on foreign investments in Thai telcos to 49 per cent, after coming under pressure from
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon HK to streamline IPO procedures
        80 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Stock Exchange and Clearing Systems yesterday said it plflnrwH to streamline Initial public offering (IPO) procedures, including lowering their costs. "We are working with the financial services bureau ami rh* Futures Commission an »h» tntrtai puhlic offering procedures and lowering
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        Lock icon HK property sales up 53.2% in Nov
        52 14 AFP [HONG KONG] The number of Hong Kong property transactions was up 53J per cent year-on-year In November, the Land Registry said yesterday. The registry received 9,723 sale and purchase agreements on residential and non-residential building units in November, up 87.6 per cent
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        Lock icon Teng-hui to launch 'do tank'
        73 14 Reuters {TAIPEI] Former Taiwan president Lee Teng-hui was to launch a broadbased groqp yesterday, which analysts say aims to slow economic and political integration with China, two days after his party's impressive showing in parliamentary elections. Mr Lee says the Taiwan Advocates group is a
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        Lock icon China to lift telecoms investment ban
        70 14 Bloomberg fBELITNO] Qi<m will ahnlhh rnhiprahfliMßg foreign hwwlnMwt tw H« industry, allowing companies such as Vodafcne Group pic and NTT DoCoMo Inc to buy or increMe stakes to Chinese tatocom companies China's Ministry of Information Industry said it woukl cancel on Dec U two
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        Lock icon Magnum to suspend Philippines ops
        59 14 Reuters [HONG KONG) Hong Kong stock broking firm plans to suspend its stock broking operations in the Philippines because of the adverse trading environment there. The company said in a statement H it haa applied to the Philippines Stock Exchange !br an "indefinite" suspension, starting
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      446 15 SEOUL Task force prompted by alleged misuse of public foods intended for economic reforms AFP SOUTH Korean authorities banned 100 people from leaving the country yesterday as they began an investigation into the alleged misuse of billions of dollars of
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      333 15 This would create world's largest maker of chips Bloomberg [SEOUL] Micron Technology Inc, the second-biggest computer memory chipmaker, may take over struggling Hynix Semiconductor Inc of Korea, vaulting the US company to the top of the US$3O billion-a-year industry. "Within a month, we
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      196 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] China s top stock market regulator said yesterday it sees no major hurdles for overseas Usted companies to issue China Depositary Receipts (CDRs) in mainland China. Such offerings would give domestic investors the chance to legaUy buy
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      451 16 WASHINGTON Oct consumer spending jumps 2.9%; record rise in new orders index Bloomberg AN index of US manufacturing rose more than expected in November, led by the largest gain ever in new orders, as factories made progress digging out of a 16month slump.
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      625 16 NEW YORK The Segway is touted to revolntionise transportation AP AN American inventor yesterday unveiled a batterypowered scooter that proponents say will transform transportation much like the car did a century ago. Dean Kamen and his backers have big hopes for the agile Segway
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      382 16 HELSINKI Reuters US carrier Cingular Wireless has placed orders with leading European telecoms equipment makers worth almost US$4 billion to build its high-speed mobile phone network across the US. Cingular, the secondlargest US wireless operator, announced in late October it would upgrade its entire
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      270 16 PARIS AFP A US financier has agreed to testify against French bank Credit Lyonnais in a lawsuit brought by California authorities that could cost the bank bUlions of euros, the Wall Street Journal Europe reported yesterday. The paper aUeged that Leon Black,
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      480 17 BUENOS AIRES Restrictions introduced to stem capital flight as bonds plunge Reuters, Bloomberg ECONOMY Minister Domingo Cavallo said on Sunday speculative investors were trying to "defeat" Argentina, as the country struggled with new banking restrictions aimed at preventing an economic collapse. His comments
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      360 17 LONDON Carmaker may forecast Q4 loss of says report FT FORD Motor Company is this week expected to issue its third profit warning within months, amid signs that the US carmaker will incur significant losses in the fourth quarter. The world's second-largest carmaker,
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      976 18  -  Internal branding, or the kind of image an organisation projects as an employer, has become a crucial tool in attracting and keeping the best people, says amamd bbukmm ANAND SHANKAR The writer is a Singapore-based business development consultant at Hewitt Associates, a global management
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      218 19 Reuters (BDD rose one point to 868, the Panamax Index (BPI) gained tiro points t0867, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed 41 points to 6,782 and the Baltic Capesize (BCQwas down ♦Oceania-(built 2001) 75,079dwt delivery US Gulf Dec 8/16 trip and redelivecy Continent USs6,7Bodaily plus U5595,000 ballast bonus
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      503 19  -  Indon feeder line sets up new subsidiary in Middle East By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Indonesian container feeder operator, Samudera Shipping Line, is eyeing a move into logistics and freight forwarding as it faces falling cargo volumes and freight rates. Hoping to tap what it
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      257 19 [SINGAPORE] Kuantan port has the potential to become a feeder hub for regional ports and a leader in the provision of maritime services in Asia-Pacific, said the Malaysian transport minister recently. Dr Ling Liong Sik said that with the infrastructure in place now
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        86 19 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's logistics software solutions subsidiary Fortoet.com has signed an agreement with China's Liaoning provincial government to develop transport-related information technology services in north-east China. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will focus on e-commerce for thamaritime and logistics industries, a PSA statement said. The
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        149 19 [SINGAPORE] A new weekly Asian service that directly links with South African porta and covers Shanghai in a rotation that includes the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas will be started in April. The restructured Safari service will be operated by South African line
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        60 19 [SINGAPORE] Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) will merge its 40 per cent owned IT subsidiary KIS Corporation with Tokyo-based IT company TOPS Software. Effective from January, the new company will be named K-Line Systems Ltd—a dedicated K-Line company which will
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      151 19 AFXAsia [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co Ltd said its shareholder Shanghai Port Machinery Manufacturing Factory will sell its state shares of 96.1 million shares, accounting for 21.05 per cent of Zhenhua Port Machinery's total shares, to China Port Construction (Group) Corp for
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      291 19  -  Berlin has misunderstood UN report: Liberian shipping registry -By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Pressure on the embattled Liberian Registry appears to be mounting with the German Ministry of Transport reportedly blocking bareboat charter registrations into the Liberian flag. In a letter to its clients a
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      146 19 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' container arm APL has introduced a new paperless bills-of-lading process a first for the industry. Developed in partnership with US-based software company Electronics for Imaging, the new system securely "permits exporters to automatically and safely transmit encrypted negotiable bills-of-lading via the Internet
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      312 19 Award*. From left Perlti SakMnen, ambassador of Finland to UK, Mr Valkonen and IMO's William O'Noil The International Maritime Prize for 2000 was awarded to Helkkl Juhanl Valkonen. the former director of the Finish Maritime Administration's maritime safety department. The prize is awarded annually by the International Maritime
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        662 20 Newly trained corps will inspect vessels to ensure they are not used as weapons for attack AP [LOS ANGELES] Port of Los Angeles officials last week celebrated the first local graduating class of "sea marshals" a new corps specially trained to prevent terrorists
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        138 20 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia faces deletion from the International Maritime Organisation's White List of seafarer supplying countries compliant with the Standards for Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) 95, which will be fully implemented in February 2002. News reports quoting the chairman of All
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        95 20 [SINGAPORE] India's government will sell 40 per cent of its holding in the Shipping Corp of India (SCI) to a strategic investor, reversing an earlier announced decision to float the company. The government owns more than 80 per cent erfSCI, with the remainder
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        115 27 Finland: Independence Day Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Japan: Emperor's Birthday US Kingdom: Christmas Day United States: Christmas Day Malaysia: Christmas Day Italy: Christmas Day Finland: Christmas Day Brunei Christmas Day
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        672 28 With travel down 19% on intl routes, airlines aim to stem losses with deep discounts Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways is offering round-trip tickets from London to New York for £99 (*****), its lowest ever. Swissair Group will fly you anywhere in
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        358 28 Pratt Whitney machinists go on strike as talks fail Bloomberg (EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut] Thousands of machinists at United Technologies Corp's Pratt Whitney Jet engine unit began their first strike since 1965 after rejecting a contract that included a 10 per cent pay raise over three years. Pratt's 5,100-member International Association
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        209 28 Reuters [NEW YORK] Continental Airlines that it is losing between US|3 million and US$4 million a day even as air traffic has crept back after the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. Continental, the fifthlargest US airline, expects to report a substantial
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        398 28 Work on first stage of the 22 km line to start in 2004 Reuters [TEL AVIV] Israel recently sought applications for work on a US$l billion project to build and operate the first part of a railway system for the Tel Aviv
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          102 28 AFP [GENEVA] An aircraft otthe Swiss airline Crossair has narrowly avoided a collision, only one week after another its planes crashed in Zurich. A Crossair Saab 2000 taking off at Zurich airport oil Saturday narrowly missed a Portuguese TAP Airbus on the ground, Crossair spokesman
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          86 28 AFX [SHANGHAI Hainan Airlinee said its subsidiaries Xinhua Airlines and Hainan Airlines Hotel (Group) will each buy an additional 30 per cent stake in Bering Yanjing Hotel Co Ltd, costing each company 52.1 million yuan (Ssil.4 million). The two companies will buy the
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          66 28 AP [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways has resumed its three weekly flights to Sri Lanka on Saturday, more than four months after a rebel attack on Colombo airport forced the airline to suspend service to that destination. Planes bound for Sri Lanka will fly
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        257 28 It will do regnlar review of what air safety measures to implement Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia may ask for air marshal* on board aircraft as put of air safety measures it is prepared to implement, a minister told Parliament yesterday. Malaysia will review air safety
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