The Business Times, 12 December 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: htip://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2001 85C
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    77 1 STI MMLB2 (-13.54) □wt-m WHO (-7.90) ST DTOBX FUTUBES M97j00 (-13.00) SODCIFDTUIES HMO (-1.50) STOCK MARKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSEOOMP .068.09 +018 NIKKEI 226 10,473.11 17.10 HANG SENG _114M.» -9117 SET INDEX ___29i86 -1.19 JAKARTA COMP .***** -182 MANILA COUP -U1U6 -417 TAIPEI WPI &***** -4711 SEOUL COMP
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    67 1 FOBEX BATES ust ss OSS (SS per OSS) 1.832 £(US&/SS per 1.434 1627 EUBO(USS/SS/E). 1891 LS33 DM 1194 L198 YEN 1255 68.70 KM 1800 1074 HKS 7.799 4iS7 BAHT 4178 2190 RUPTAH 1W10 M7S FBHE BATES SINGAPORE* Ok KUALA LOCO 1.40 HONG KONG 516 JAKARTA 38.90 TAIPEI 6.79 TOKYO
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    Lock icon Contaminated fuel rocks bunker industry
    532 1  -  J exclusive MPA suspends licences of 2 tankers; scandal 3rd to hit ship refnelling industry By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] In a third scandal to rock the multi-billion-dollar ship refuelling industry here, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said it is investigating bunker suppliers
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    Lock icon A TAINTED INDUSTRY
    87 1 Scandal No 1 Oct 8: International Association of Independent Tanker Owners alleges some local bunker suppliers were using the "cappuccino effect" to froth up ftiel and inflate volumes; MPA reviews procedures Scandal No 2 Nov 20: Five quantity inspectors sacked by Norwegian main contractor after CPIB probe
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    Lock icon Sing Power pays 244b won for 3 Korean plants
    333 1  -  Purchase of 50.1% stake in plants part of global expansion By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Singapore Power, which has invested around $4 billion in foreign assets to date, is further boosting its overseas operations by buying control of three Korean power plants
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    Lock icon Bigger HDB resale flats face low-end condo competition
    704 1  -  HDB resale prices to hold or ease 5-8% next yean agents By] Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Housing Development Board (HDB) resale flat prices are likely to either hold or ease by 5 to 8 per cent next year, at least in the first
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    Lock icon White knight may emerge for Dovechem
    622 1  -  Founder kills bid by telling his bankers to reject offer By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Speculation is rife that a white knight may soon emerge for bulk liquid carrier Dovechem Terminal Holdings, after its chairman and major shareholder Ng Joo Soon yesterday instructed six creditor
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      89 1 nrerog Top StoriM US will see solid recovery in H2: Citigroup's chief economist. Moxt Pag* Danone sells 71m YHS shares back to OPH. Moxt Pmge Pacific Andes restructures to focus on China. P94 AFP shares down 13% on news of CAO probe. Rg 3 m ;».—».«gJ Technology Get ever/thing on
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      39 1 FED RATE LATEST The US centra! bank met this morning to decide on interest rates. For the full report of the outcome, go to http://businesstimes.asial.com.sg 5 M > (Ji I Gen ting confirms bid for Macau gaming icence PAGE 11
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      Lock icon US recovery in H2 next year: Citigroup
      767 2  -  Its chief economist forecasts 5% growth; farther cnts in short-term rates next year By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The US economy is "not far from the bottom" and fuelled by aggressive policy stimuli will see solid recovery in the second half of 2002, with
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      Lock icon Wall St bear Roach sees US growth from mid-'02
      473 2 Morgan Stanley's chief economist sees gradual increase in economic activity Dow Jones Newswires [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley chief economist Stephen Roach, who was one of the first analysts at a major US bank to say the US was in recession, now
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      Lock icon Danone sells 71m YHS shares back to OPH
      328 2  -  $100 m deal part of French group's revamp By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Orchard Parade Holdings (OPH) yesterday said it will buy back 70.8 million Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd shares for $100 million from Danone Asia Pty Ltd. An Orchard Parade statement
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon China windfall for CNA soon?
        109 2 WE hear that Channel News Asia has a good chance of becoming one of the three foreign satellite television broadcasters to get a licence to operate in China when it opens its market next year. Talk is Time Warner will certainly get a licence as
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        Lock icon Goodbye to another Asian weekly
        75 2 FOLLOWING the demise of Asiaweek, a leading Beijing weekly magazine, News Weekly, has also folded, issuing its 76th and last edition on Nov 19. Despite being backed by a powerful state news agency, the magazine's mission to expose corruption and other social ills apparently offended
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        Lock icon Flying's fine. Just don't breathe
        92 2 MORE bad news for airlines: now scientists say air in the aircraft could be bad for your health. The National Academy of Science, in the first report on the subject in 15 years, said that "available exposure information suggests that environmental factors, including air contaminants,
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        83 2 ILLEGAL loggers in Indonesia are evading arrest by forestry rangers by getting their wives to strip naked and distract officials while they make a quick getaway, says an AP news report yesterday. A local government official on Sulawesi island, La Ode Maradala, said officers were too embarrassed to
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      189 2 Tentative rebound signs: Salomon, Pg 7 jßfcNt < iF TcST^^H&^l^^H The "Big Date" permits synchronized date changes forward and back- *P-> IQ g} ftV ward when the hour-hand is m Sq #1A xy wih adjusted to a new local time across ft ft 9tmmoL ft ||Sk the dateline. jj JpPHk
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      69 3 Our heartiest congratulations to CREDIT PRIVATE SUISSE BANKING on the launch of their Global Private Banking Centre www.cspb.com.sg REUTERS NDERSEN TEMENOS c GLOBUS for Financial Institutions on mm mdations m soma No 1 "Top selling International Banking System 1998,1999 2000" locations, legal and/or tax services are provided by Andersen Legal
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Pacific Andes restructures to focus on China
      548 4  -  It will divest non-core assets, increase liquidity; interim profits rise 25% to HKs27.Bm By Teh Hooi Ling SEAFOOD and vegetable distributor Pacific Andes (Holdings) yesterday announced a restructuring plan which it hoped would enable it to do more business in the rapidly growing
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Asia's counting on China
      616 4  -  By, Angela Tan FACED with the weak construction sector in Singapore, building materials supplier Hong Leong Asia (HLA) is banking its survival on the $140 million diversification into China's home appliances, diesel engines and container manufacturing. Chief executive officer Wrix Gasteen told a media
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      Lock icon Bad errors unnerve Tokyo market
      680 4  -  lock siew anthony rowley THE shares of Nomura Research Institute, the research arm of Japan's biggest brokerage, are due to make their debut in the Tokyo market next Monday. Exchange officials as well as brokers and their clients will be on high alert to ensure
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon GP interim gain slips 7.6%
        64 5 GP Industries yesterday reported a 7.8 per cent dip in net profit to $11.5 million for the six months to Sept 30. Turnover declined 11.2 per cent to $196 million, while earnings per share fell 26.1 per cent to 2.57 cents. Net tangible assets per
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        Lock icon Teledata expects loss to worsen
        76 5 TELEDATA (Singapore) and Chip Eng Seng Corporation issued profit warnings yesterday. Teledata said it expects operating losses reported for the first half of FY2OOI to deepen significantly in the second half. Chip Eng Seng said it would have to make provisions for any deficit that
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        Lock icon Teamsphere revamps FC ownership
        116 5 TEAMSPHERE has entered into two sale and purchase agreements as part of its plan to restructure the business of Fine Components (FC) and cut its exposure to FC's bank debts. Under the first agreement, Teamsphere will buy 730,000 shares in FCT from FC for $2.9 million.
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      Lock icon SMARTS to track irregular trades
      146 5 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it has installed a real-time automated market surveillance system to help detect irregular market movements. The system, known as SMARTS, automatically detects and alerts the exchange on irregular market behaviour such as unusual price movements or trading volumes. It
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      Lock icon AFP shares lower on news of CAD probe
      320 5  -  Stock closes 13% down, sister company Golden Agri dips 5% Byl Ling Su Ann THE market yesterday sold shares in Asia Food Properties (AFP) following reports that Singapore's securities watchdog has launched a probe into highly indebted Asia Pulp Paper (APP) and
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      Lock icon SMRT completes takeover of Tibs
      242 5  -  Byi Christopher Tan RAIL group SMRT Corp has completed its takeover of bus operator Tibs Holdings, which is delisted from the stock exchange from today. In a statement, SMRT said the takeover became effective yesterday after it got final sanction from the High Court. The
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      Lock icon OCBC clarifies loan provision report
      160 5 OCBC Bank yesterday clarified a Bloomberg report that said it would make the biggest provisions for bad loans among Singapore's banks. The Bloomberg report, which was carried in The Straits Times and The Business Times yesterday, quoted analysts whom it said had attended briefings by
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      306 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 11 VALUE CLOSE ITOm 135.CX) -75.00 ■T CAM -*****.00 .81.00 BT 10-rfay *A -*****.00 +14.00 NMMHm 421.75 -2.74 KTwMmnatA 133.95 -0.82 ttJEfMMFta 1365.16 -20.17 <QftJlnfnp 426.12 +6.25 watliifpow 199.16 -1.74 flMICIMww 199.60 -1.50 Stocks Vohwra IPCO 20c 26,830.000 •StafOurses 10c 22.281,000 Wfeoffice 5c 15.901.000 Frontline 5c
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      Lock icon Situational stocks dominate play
      812 6  -  hill comment STOCKS Broader market drifts as players stay on sidelines ahead of Fed's rate-setting meeting ven sreenivasan SINGAPORE stocks drifted south ahead of last night's Federal Reserve's rate-set-ting meeting and following a weak overnight close on Wall Street. Situational stocks dominated play as the broader
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      Lock icon Yen's sharp fall poses threat to the Sing dollar
      766 6  -  hi I comment CURRENCIES US$ spike through 127.50 yen could spark test of Ssl^4so-S$LB55O larry wee WALL Street and the US dollar may be overdue for a correction, especially if financial markets express discomfort with an 11th Fed cut this week,
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    2712 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Hmn /Meet Mft ffpore} Star Europe Eqtyf* 0.822/ Star Europe Id 0.9W Star Europe Bat O.Mf Star Aaian Tiger Eqty 0.76V Star Asm Bond U12f Star Asm Mmd 0 857/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.33V Star Bto Finance Japan Fundi** OS2C/ AM Govett (Ma) Ltd. Gcwett/tea
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank makes bullish call
      494 7  -  3 on tneeconomy outlook By Chuang Peck Ming IN the most bullish outlook so far, Deutsche Bank sees the Singapore economy charging back at a 4.6 per cent rate next year after a 1.9 per cent slide this year. "We broadly agree with the government's
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      Lock icon Tentative' turnaround signs: Salomon
      442 7  -  Investment bank says S'pore Is not in a deflationary spiral like Japan By. Anna Teo WHILE its near-term economic picture "remains difficult", Singapore's highly open economy will be buoyed by stronger prospects of global recovery in 2002, says Salomon Smith Barney. The investment bank's in-house econometric
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      Lock icon FairPrice's relief package rings in sales
      411 7  -  Group plans further price cuts for bigger basket of essentials By] Kalpana Rashiwala NTUC Fair Price chairman S Chandra Das said that sales of items whose prices were cut in August as part of a relief package have increased 7 to 10 per cent
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      Lock icon Govt gives $2.5m to 10 tech start-ups
      248 7  -  Grant from $50m fond matches private investment By Chua Hui Min THE government yesterday handed out $2.5 million to 10 Singapore-based technology start-ups, matching private investment in these companies, in a bid to make more funds available to new businesses. The amount is
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      Lock icon Sims Green to be launched at $450 psf
      187 7 THE 108-unit Sims Green apartment project will be launched officially tomorrow, said sole marketing agent DTZ Debenham Tie Leung. The 99-year units ranging from 958 sq ft to 1,927 sq ft would be priced at an average $450 psf. An early bird
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Realpolitik to the fore in Taiwan Strait
      758 8  -  fTTT^ bottom line OPINION frank chlng The writer is a Journalist and commentator based in Hong Kong. E-mail:frankchingl @aol. com CHINA has behaved uncharacteristically in recent weeks, refraining from attempting to influence parliamentary elections in Taiwan, the first since the election last year
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      103 8 'We're talking about the democratisation of long-distance calls. We are part of deregulation. Our role around the world is to empower competition.' ■R__ Twn Evsun CEO of ITXC, a US-based voice-over-Internet-Protocol service that carries 20 per cent of the world's VoIP traffic. 'Enron doesn't pose any real
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      Lock icon Tech turnaround? Not quite yet
      575 8 EDITORIAL THREE months on from the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US, global stock markets have rebounded sharply from their lows, with technology stocks making especially handsome gains. Does this herald an imminent turnaround in the technology sector, or are we looking at another
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      Lock icon A victory for free trade – but at what price?
      976 8  - A victory for free trade but at what price? It looks like xtH be more difficult in the future to dram up bi-partisan Congressional support for US trade liberalisation moves From Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington LAST week's vote by the US House of Representatives
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      Lock icon Realising that it's laissez not fair
      729 8  -  COMMENTARY To work, a market system needs a little help from the government By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT LAST week, the website Satire Wire.com ran a mock news story: "Enron Admits It's Really Argentina." It
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      Lock icon HDB:Resale levy is not unfair
      421 9  -  Deborah De Souza Executive PR Officer for Chief Corporate Development Officer HDB I REFER to the letter, "Time to review HDB flat policies", by Koh Seoh Leng (Mailbag, Nov 15). The writer gave feedback on three public housing policies the resale levy, the five-year minimum
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      Lock icon Are independent directors independent?
      291 9  -  Chew Keng Seng Singapore I REFER to the article "Minority shareholders' rights" in editorial and opinion (BT, Dec 7). I see the logic of your analysis. However, when one speaks of protecting the interests of the minority shareholders, I cannot help but wonder why such interests
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      Lock icon Sports in a sorry state in Singapore
      439 9  -  Jonathan Chua California, USA via Internet I REFER to the article "When world-class is a marathon away" (BT, Dec 8) by Anna Teo. This is a great article on the sorry state of sports in Singapore. People must change their mindsets towards sports
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon UEM to unveil business, debt revamp plan today
      366 10 RESTRUCTURING PLAY Move comes amid govt posh to pare overdue corporate debt inlTsia Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] United Engineers (M) Bhd will unveil today a plan to reorganise its businesses and cut debt, as the government pushes ahead with efforts to pare overdue
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      Lock icon KL may want Time and rival to merge
      206 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering Bhd, Malaysia's smallest cellular phone operator which defaulted on a bond repayment, signalled the government may want it to merge with another rival to solve its debt woes. A proposal submitted to bondholders this month to repay
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      Lock icon HKMA to further open up bank sector
      266 10 HONGKONG Reuters THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said yesterday it wanted to remove the minimum US$l6 billion asset requirement for foreign banks wishing to set up branches in the territory in a further move to open up the sector. The de facto
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      Lock icon Genting confirms bid for Macau gaming licence
      260 11  -  If it wins, it will form joint venture with Star Cruises From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Genting Bhd has confirmed that it is eyeing one of the three gaming licences being offered for sale in Macau. In a statement yesterday, Genting
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        Lock icon Malaysia close to deal wirth Schiphol
        66 11 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government is close to sealing a deal to sell a 30 per cent stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd to Dutch company Schiphol, a source said yesterday. But the Dec 31 deadline to sign the agreement may have to
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        Lock icon No M'sian snap poll, says report
        72 11 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional will not call for a snap election as the coalition is now enjoying its strongest support from the people since the 1999 general election, Chinese daily Nanyang Siting Pau reported. Quoting Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
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        Lock icon KL to retain Internal Security Act
        62 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government said yesterday it would not scrap a feared security law allowing indefinite detention without trial, saying it was needed to deal with religious zealots. Abu Zahar Isnin, parliamentary secretary of the home ministry, told Parliament that the government was
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        Lock icon Foreign firms'corporate tax to be cut
        70 11 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand said it will cut corporate income taxes by two-thirds for foreign companies that set up regional headquarters in the country as it tries to compete with neighbouring countries for overseas investment. Foreign companies will pay 10 per cent of their profit
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        Lock icon Asia firms plan smaller wage hikes
        80 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Companies in almost every country in Asia doled out smaller pay raises in 2001 and expect to raise salaries even less next year, according to a survey by management consultant Hewitt Associates released yesterday. But most, with the exception of Hong
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      Lock icon Sale of Bank Central Asia delayed to '02
      144 11 ■JAKARTA Bloomberg THE Indonesian government said it wouldn't be able to meet a year-end target for the sale of Bank Central Asia, a lender with the widest ATM network in the country. Final bidders for Bank Central Asia, including the UK's Standard
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      Lock icon Tom.com to pay up to HK$370m for publisher
      386 12  -  Purchase of Taiwan group part of plan to build print giant Fronii Audrey Tan in Hoiig Koiig TYCOON Li Ka-shing's Tom.com yesterday said it would pay up to HK$37O million (5586.5 million) for Taiwan's Business Weekly Publishing group as part of its
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      Lock icon HK-listed firm to buy US$643m properly assets from China parent
      137 12 HONGKONG Reuters GUANGZHOU Investment said yesterday it will buy property assets from its parent for US$643 million to make it one of the largest property developers in the southern Chinese boomtown. The purchase, which will be partly funded by selling
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      Lock icon Japan, China fail to reach deal on trade row
      233 12 BEIJING Reuters JAPAN and China failed to resolve a bitter trade row at brief ministerial talks yesterday, China's first day as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), officials said. "We couldn't reach an agreement with the Chinese again. But
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      1153 12 GPiNUUoi Klto GP Industries Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Unaudited Interim Results for the Six months ended 30 September 2001 The Board of Directors of GP Industries Limited is pleased to announce the unaudited consolidated results of the Group for the six months ended 30 September 2001 as
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US economist warns of Japan financial collapse
      675 13  -  Crisis could erupt in New Tear, forcing bank closures and yen free-fall From Anthony Rowley m Tokyo JAPAN could see a financial collapse in the New Year big enough to involve the shutting down of half of the nation's banks and the yen
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      322 13 Positive reports fnel hopes of economic recovery Reuters JUNK bonds have recovered all of the ground they lost following the Sept 11 attacks, as investors grow more confident the US economy will recover. "After the 11th, the fear was the economy would plunge into
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      570 14 NEW YORK Fall could even be higher than state comptroller's estimate of USs4ulb NYT ITS official: this year's bonuses for Wall Street workers will plunge by about 30 per cent, to US$lO billion, according to state comptroller H Carl McCall, whose office annually estimates bonus
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      218 14 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Zurich Financial Services AG raised 2.87 billion Swiss francs (553.2 billion) by selling the bulk of its reinsurance unit, Converium Holding AG, in the biggest Swiss initial public offering in three years. Europe's No 3 insurer sold an 88 per cent stake in Converium
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      360 16 WASHINGTON Fall biggest in 19 years; NAPH sees improvement in business by H2 '02 Bloomberg, Reuters US wholesale inventories fell in October by the largest amount in 19 years. Sales declined at a faster pace, a sign businesses are still struggling to work off
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      499 16  -  Keppel Land latest to have project in Shanghai district From, Loh Hui Yin in Shanghai SINGAPORE businessmen are among the leading foreign investors in Jingan district, where Keppel Land is developing a major residential project, said its mayor Jiang Yaxing. Apart from Keppel Land, other
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        90 16 AFP, Reuters [KABUL] A 1 Qaeda fighters loyal to Osama bin Laden agreed to surrender to militia forces after fierce fighting on the rugged Tora Bora mountain in eastern Afghanistan yesterday. Haji Mohammad Zaman a leader of a local group fighting A 1 Qaeda,
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        75 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Credit Suisse First Boston will pay US$lOO million to end an 18-month probe into how shares were allocated in initial public offerings, the Wall Street Journal said. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers are examining
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        60 16 Bloomberg [ESPOO, Finland] Nokia said yesterday it may exceed its fourth quarter earnings target as it keeps cutting costs amid slowing sales. Earnings will be "at the upper end or even above" the 18-20 euro cent range given in October, it said. It expects
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      338 17 Family won't be punished for failure of Superior NYT [CHICAGO] The Pritzkers, one of the wealthiest American families and heirs to the fortune created by the Hyatt hotels, agreed on Monday to pay a record US$46O miUion to the federal government to
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      1072 18  -  Equity funds may look like they have bounced back, but don't hold your breath for the bulls to return. GENEVIEVE CUA reports GENEVIEVE CUA FUNDS have thankfully bounced strongly off their September lows, but be wary of the notion that markets are set for another bull
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      1146 18  -  I markets Buyb&cks in Chuan Hap, Lam Chang, HE Land; heavy sales in FHTK By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore INSIDERS continued to trade against the market's
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      89 18 q/< I Beaufort. Fhink of it as a weekend in Belli with Orchard Road just 15 minutes away. Experience a different side of Singapore. Where peacocks wander past your well appointed room and the sun sets over a pristine turquoise lagoon. B The Beaufort Singapore. Getting away from it all
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      274 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 874, the Baltic Panama* Index (BPI) was unchanged at 864, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed one point to 6,895 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up five points to 988. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Anangel Solidarity (built 1993) 161,643
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      686 19  -  P ilexclusive Vessel boarded off Pakistan and searched for illegal weapons, terrorists for fonr honrs By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Six crew members of a Singaporechartered container ship were handcuffed and forced to lie face down on the ship's deck for 30
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      331 19 Access to cargo, vessels, terminals must be limited for security reasons Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn wants to create an identification system for all dockworkers and truck drivers at the largest US container port complex to improve security
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      163 19 [SINGAPORE] Australia's biggest container port achieved record throughput volumes during the past financial year, handling 1.323 million TEUs a 2.2 per cent growth. Total trade through the Melbourne Port Corpora-tion-rim facilities increased 1.9 per cent year on year, boosted by a 16 per cent increase
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      154 19 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese police have arrested 22 Chinese aboard a cargo ship at Osaka port in western Japan on suspicion of illegal entry into the country, police said yesterday. "We arrested 17 Chinese men and five Chinese women late Monday for
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      284 19  -  It is checking whether UN law on arms embargo has been violated By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The German Ministry of Transport has denied allegations by the Liberian Registry that it has suspended the approval process for registrations into the embattled West African flag. In response
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      119 19 [SINGAPORE] Five new charterparties have been approved by the world's biggest shipping association, the Baltic and Maritime Council (Bimco). The Bimco Documentary Committee has developed a Standard Meditation Clause in response to growing demand, which will form a new part of Bimco Standard Law and
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      931 20  -  STRAIT TALE By I Seafarer LAST week the International Association of Classification Societies' (lACS) council committed itself to further consultation on "more robust" newbuildings of all ship types. lACS is already involved in this field. French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) recently
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        725 29 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 based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        703 30 Launch date conditional upon management achieving satisfactory cost structure: CEO Dow Jones Newswires AUSTRALIA'S Qantas Airways said yesterday its low cost international carrier Australian Airlines will take off in September next year. The announcement comes as Qantas and its competitors around the
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        462 30 Carriers seen to have used upmost of federal aid LAT-WP [NEW YORK] As they near the end of a year of record losses, airlines already have burned through most of US$5 billion in federal bailout grants, industry analysts say, adding
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        152 30 AFX [WASHINGTON] Boeing Co senior vicepresident Alan Mulally said the aircraft manufacturer still expects to build between 350 and 400 planes during 2002. Mr Mulally was speaking during a press briefing at the Commerce Department in Washington, following the signing of an
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        305 30 Moody's to review its debt because of JAL's merger plans Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airlines Co (ANA) may be reviewed for a credit rating cut by Moody's Investors Service because Japan Airlines Co's (JAL) plan to buy a regional rival is set to snatch
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        142 30 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] A passenger on UAL Corp's United Airlines who nettled the crew with insults and unruly behaviour on a non-stop flight from Shanghai to San Francisco was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. US District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel
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        193 30 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International, Asia's eighth-largest carrier, will resume flights between Thailand and Pakistan as safety has been restored in the region. The national carrier will offer flights between Bangkok and Pakistan's cities of Karachi, Muscat and Lahore, which were sus- pended
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