The Business Times, 14 December 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14, 2001 85C
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  • 74 1 □sn L5M.73 (-24.86) mM HUT (-8.68) 9T ntDEZ FUTTJBES UmM (-31.00) nOMSCIFUTUIBS mm mm (-4.50) STOCK IUBKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP __J8101 -711 NIKKEI 22ft 10,***** -W8.07 HANG SENG 417i2 SET INDEX 294.81 -118 JAKARTA COMP_J74.« +1M MANILA OOMP .1,107.71 -QM TAIPEI WPI 5,***** -1*1.77 SEOUL COMP
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  • 70 1 F08EX BATES U8S St CSS (SS per CSS)—- L8U £(USS/SS per I) 1.447 MM ECBO(CSS/SS/E). DJM 1.640 DM 1178 U89 YEN 1*4 .8100 B* 1800 1074 HKS 7m 4167 BABTT 4168 2184 RCPIAH ***** IHi mm mb SINGAPORE* 616 KUALA LUMPUR MO HONG KONG 616 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 8.71
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  • 641 1  -  ■namiiuuu If jobless rate rises 1-5-2 percentage points, 2,500 mortgages are at risk, says HSBC Sec By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Falling home prices have put about a third of all local banks' outstanding home loans amounting to a staggering $14 billion
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  • 569 1  -  Aim is to protect consumers in MLM, pyramid selling By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) yesterday spelt out clearly what kinds of multilevel marketing (MLM) and pyramid selling schemes are legal in Singapore, with the aim of
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  • 386 1  -  Some 50 SOX stocks and 51ASZ stocks tradeable initially By: Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] The co-trad-ing link between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will go live next Thursday. The link, first proposed in April 2000, will
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    • 76 1 inside Executive Ufttfylt Winners and damp squibs: a review of the year's film highlights. Pg 1 Jaime Ee: What's X'mas without the useless trimmings? Top Storlas Yen seen plunging to 130-140 to US$. Next Pag* 'a 1" Jiang backs Tung for second term as HK Chief Executive. MmxiPmgm Giant to
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    • 69 1 THEBISLNE^NIES The mood may be sombre and the budget tight, but it's that time of year to show appreciation of clients and customers. What's In Style checks out the favoured corporate gifts this Christmas. J Elsewhere, we look at toys f for men, gifts for foodies and the the best
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    • 101 1 How would of Pirelli's 2002 I calendar? Pick up grt Mpjpdwy f today to find out how you can 0* your hands on the collectible icon. I It's not for aala, and you won't find it on L Santa's list, but you can be one of the lucky reader* to
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    • 557 2  -  Farther drop could be accompanied by fall in other Asian currencies: Mr Ten From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese yen, which is already at an eight-month low, could plunge to 130 or 140 to the US dollar given the "dismal condition" of Japan's
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    • 553 2  -  HE chief executive launches his re-election bid From. Audrey Tan in Hong Kong CHINESE President Jiang Zemin yesterday threw his support behind Tung Chee Hwa for a second five-year term as Hong Kong's chief executive, hours before Mr Tung launched his re-elec-tion bid in
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    • 536 2  -  Vajpayee says It will be a fight to the finish' new From' Yogi Aggarwal in Bombay FIVE gunmen armed with automatic weapons and grenades attacked the Indian Parliament in New Delhi yesterday, killing seven and injuring 15 others. Four of the terrorists were killed in the
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 98 2 GOLDMAN Sachs vice-chairman for Asia, Kenneth Courtis, recently related an anecdote that throws some light on the perilous state of Japan's banking system. A man took a safe deposit box at a Tokyo bank without opening an account Every day, he would go to his
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      • 49 2 A TOP civil servant was seeking treatment at the A&E department of a hospital recently when a minister arrived. Thinking the minister was there to see him, he ambled up and asked how the minister knew he was there. The minister said he was visiting someone else.
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      • 176 2 CREDIT Suisse Private Banking (CSPB) has been named best private bank for the third consecutive year by financial magazine Finance Asia. In the citation, Finance Asia said CSPB strikes the right balance between preserving and creating wealth for clients and excels in providing access to global
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 424 4  -  Dairy Farm's hypermarket arm opens its 2nd S'pore store today By Kalpana Rashiwala DAIRY Farm International's hypermarket arm Giant plans to open more than 20 new hypermarkets in South Asia in the the next three years, bringing the total to about
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    • 767 4  -  hockIEWISEW eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market sees the latest restructuring exercise of the United Engineers MalaysiaRenong group with mixed feelings. On the one hand, market players are happy Malaysia's most indebted group has unveiled a new plan to halve its debts through the
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    • 549 5  -  mD-COMTIMUMT TRIAL Ex HK SFC exec says the duo's transactions seem transparent By\ Serena Ng THE trading activities of the accused in the Mid-Con-tinent trial did not constitute an ofFence under Singapore's Securities Industry Act, a former executive director of enforcement
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    • 234 5 They will buy 3 new Air bus A 320 from Finnair and lease them back to airline Dow Jones Newswires SINGAPORE Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (Sale) said yesterday the company and its US partner Boullioun Aviation Services have reached a deal to purchase
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    • 188 5 Expansion plans and $160,000 start-up costs for investment bite ADDVALUE Technologies yesterday announced an 87 per cent slide in interim net profit to $57,000 for the six months to Sept 30. Earnings per share fell to 0.01 cents from 0.12 cents, while net
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 51 5 HONG Kong coffee and tea supplier Tsit Wing International Holdings' initial public offer was 12 times subscribed. It received 628 valid applications, representing around 24.8 million shares, for 2 million shares offered at 29 cents apiece. The placement tranche of 38 million shares was fully
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      • 85 5 BRILLIANT Manufacturing saw a 74 per cent drop in net profit to $1.6 million for the year ended Sept 30. Revenue fell 26 per cent to $66.1 million. The declines were due to a change in the start of its fiscal year from March to
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      • 50 5 ENG Wah Organisation's net profit for the six months to Sept 30 rose 33 per cent to $1.1 million, as turnover edged up 4 per cent to $10.6 million. Earnings per share came in at 0.76 of a cent. No interim dividend was declared.
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      • 54 5 FIRST Engineering hoisted net profit 34 per cent to $4.2 million for the half-year ended Sept 30. Turnover rose 17.2 per cent to $35 million. The company reported earnings per share of 2.94 cents. It also announced an interim dividend of 2 per cent
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      • 51 5 FORMER cabinet minister John Chen has been appointed director and audit committee chairman of Thai Village Holdings. Dr Chen, who stepped down as Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of State for National Development last month, is also MP for
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    • 191 5 Other regional banks may make gimilar issues Dow Jones Newswires DBS Group Holdings Ltd yesterday completed the first-ever Asian issue of synthetic collateralised loan obligations, or CLOs, outside of Japan, likely prompting similar issues from other regional banks. DBS issued the $224 million in
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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    • 275 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By 1 Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of frozen seafood distributor Pacific Andes has been rising steadily since mid-September —a rally boosted by the announcement of strong interim earnings and an impending restructure. The counter, which edged up half a cent
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    • 713 6  -  S3 8 ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market turned in a fourth straight loss as forced selling hit home following the liquidi-ty-fuelled rally of a week ago. Sentiment was also dampened by sharp retreats in Tokyo and Hong Kong, where the Nikkei 225 and Hang
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    • 682 6 Selling fuelled by finance minister's comment that monetary authorities should guide the yen lower AFP [TOKYO] The yen fell against the dollar and euro yesterday on mounting gloom over the Japanese economy's weakness and speculation about official market intervention, dealers said. The
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 426 7  -  Recession hits office demand; fewer tourists affect retailers: NUS don w Vince Chong NATIONAL University of Singapore professor Liow Kim Hiang believes the overall property market could recover by 2003, but says the commercial sector may take longer. He said yesterday he could not
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    • 327 7  -  ■I =*nf 3 on the economy outlook By. Eugene Low OCTOBER'S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) and several leading indicators from the US give some cause for optimism that the economy may be bottoming out, but don't bet on a speedy recovery, says Overseas Union
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    • 303 7 It is transferring technology as part of EDB's Innovation LIUP scheme NETHERLANDS-based electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics has given a boost to the manufacturing capabilities and quality assurance processes of two of its local suppliers, thanks to a programme initiated by the Economic
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    • 301 7  -  MAIIJiTTI Daim Zainuddin Kuala Lumpur I REFER to the report "Mul-ti-Purpose board still intact" by Eddie Toh (BT, Nov 8). I have been following the articles written by Mr Toh wherein he has been making various references to me. I have been very patient
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    • 240 7  -  Rick Clements Vice-President Public Affairs Singapore Airlines Limited I REFER to your article "SIA shelves $300 m plan for inflight Internet service" (BT, Dec 13). The article contains two significant inaccuracies. First, the headline and first paragraph wrongly stated that the e-mail system
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    • 104 7  -  Lee Seng Kong For Director-General Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore WE refer to the letter "Punish bunkering wrongdoers swiftly" (Mailbag, Dec 13) by Jimmy Teo. The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) shares Mr Teo's concerns. We view malpractices in bunkering operations in Singapore
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 810 8  -  ■.f.uM.'.irnra OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT IN THE past a commonly voiced aspiration in Colombo was that Sri Lanka could easily attain the level of prosperity of Malaysia a country similar in size,
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    • 66 8 'Healing the wounds of war requires professionals. The only people left (in Afghanistan) are the warriors.' -Sana Henri a civil engineer in the US, who is helping organise the return of his fellow Afghans. 'Nobody steals Christmas from Filipinos not even Osama bin Laden.' -DaateGuki Philippines Economic
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    • 633 8 EDITORIAL AFTER what has seemed an interminable stretch of economic doom and gloom, there are glimmers of good news over the horizon In the wake of the slew of interest rate cuts and fiscal stimuli this year, as well as the recent rally on Wall
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    • 1109 8  -  There's a growing sense that a weaker yen would be worth the short-term pain for Asia if it helps Japan rebound By' William Pesek The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. [JAKARTA] It's places such
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    • 680 8 Can Thaksin admit to fallibility COMMENTARY None of his government's measures has borne fruit yet Editorial in the Bangkok Post THE latest opinion survey by Abac and Khon Kaen University shows that Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is slipping in popularity with the public. The prime minister is now only popular
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 353 9  -  Authorities okay deal with Seremb&n Two but limits stake to 30% From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has hit a hurdle in its bid to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Malaysian housing developer, Seremban
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    • 425 9 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's five mobile operators need to invest more to improve the quality of service to consumers or face possible financial penalties in the future, the country's top industry regulator said yesterday. Her comments follow the publication of the government's latest
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    • 237 9 SURABAYA Reuters INDONESIA said on Wednesday it was considering a stock option programme for employees of the country's top cement maker PT Semen Gresik in a bid to ease their objections to government plans to sell the firm. "Whoever manages (Gresik), the government
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    • 583 9 KUALA LUMPUR Investors say UEM's plan is too vagne and unlikely to yield turnaround RENONG Bhd shares fell to their lowest level in a month after Malaysia's most indebted group failed to convince investors its plan to sell assets would enable it
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    • 586 11 MANILA Analyst warning comes as reserves hit USs9oob AFP ASIA is piling up excessive foreign reserves to cushion itself from another financial crisis instead of using the funds to fuel capital markets and spur muchneeded economic growth, analysts warn. Foreign exchange reserves held by East
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    • 437 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's consumer prices unexpectedly fell in November, boosting chances the central bank will lower interest rates for the first time in two years to spur domestic spending. The consumer price index declined 0.3 per cent from a year earlier, reversing
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    • NOTE Book
      • 101 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia yesterday signed its fourth agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on broad economic reforms to be implemented next year, paving the way for a disbursement of around US$36O million in loans. Jakarta also received a welcome fillip, with a positive
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      • 64 11 Bloomberg (BANGKOK] Thailand's stock exchange revamped the benchmark SETSO Index, tracked by fund managers and analysts as a national economic indicator, adding two new companies starting Jan 1 and dropping two others. The exchange will replace the two existing index members with Thai Petrochemical Industries
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      • 72 11 Reuters (HONG KONG] Hong Kong online broker 2cube Securities said yesterday it was folding its operations and was selling its 4.600 active customer accounts to US rival E-Trade Group Inc for undisclosed terms. 2cube, a 50-50 joint venture between Pacific Century CyberWorks Ltd and
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      • 85 11 Reuters PHILIPPINE mobile phone firm Globe Telecom said yesterday it had approved the issue of 8.86 million new shares to cover a fresh equity infusion from its major shareholders. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Globe said its board approved
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      • 91 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Supreme Court said yesterday former President Suharto cannot ever be brought to trial because of ill health. "The doctors who are assigned to examine defendant Suharto stated that he could not be cured so the defendant could not be brought
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    • 339 11 TAIPEI Bans expected to be lifted on four electronics sectors Bloomberg TAIWAN said it will draft rules within two weeks to allow companies in its US$2O billion semiconductor industry to invest in China, one of the fastest growing electronics markets. Officials fTom
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    • 246 11 HONGKONG AFP EWAN Quayle Launder, a former banker who was jailed in Hong Kong's biggest financial scandal, walked free yesterday after the Court of Final Appeal overturned his corruption conviction. Mr Launder, the former chief executive of Wardley Ltd, the former merchant
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    • 417 12 SHANGHAI They reported 7.4b yuan in false assets and 3J>b yuan in false profits Reuters A SURVEY by China's Ministry of Finance has found one in 10 Chinese companies, including listed firms, faked profits last year when they actuaUy made losses, state media
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    • 313 12 BEIJING AFP CHINA has pledged to create eight million new jobs next year by providing employment in the services sector to partly offset shrinking industrial opportunities, the state press reported yesterday. Labour and Social Security Minister Zhang Zuoji told a national
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    • 625 12 MANILA Former finance secretary to help restore credibility Bloomberg ERNEST Leung, the former Philippine finance secretary who later handled one of the nation's biggest banking failures, is about to take on Asia's second-worst performing stock market, where trading has dropped by half and
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  • WORLD news
    • 438 13  -  SINGAPORE It's forecast as sth slowest-growing nation next year By. Anna Teo FOR once, Singapore has found itself in an unusual spot in a global ranking of economic growth near the bottom, among some 180 countries. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit (ElU)'s
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 51 13 Bloomberg [DENVER] Qwest Communications International Inc, which sells telephone services in 14 US states, plans to eliminate 7,ooojobs, or 11 per cent of its workforce, because of falling customer demand. The cuts will reduce the company's workforce to 55,000 by the middle of next year.
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      • 33 13 AP [HARTFORD, Connecticut] Health care provider Aetna is slashing 6,ooojobs citing lower membership levels and a decrease in the number of markets in which it participates. AP
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      • 66 13 Bloomberg [LONDON] Standard Chartered was a conduit for more than US$7B,OOO used by the hijackers who carried out the Sept 11 attacks, according to aUS indictment of an accused co-conspirator. A hijacker and an organiser of the attacks each opened accounts at a Dubai branch
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      • 68 13 Bloomberg [BOISE, Idaho] Hewlett-Packard board member Richard Hackborn has resigned from the Hewlett Foundation's board. "Walter Hewlett's decisions to wage an ill-advised proxy fight opposing HP's merger with Compaq deeply conflicts with my and the HP board's belief that the merger represents the very best way
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    • 506 13 WASHINGTON Videotape reveals he knew about attacks before Sept 11 AFP, Reuters OSAMA bin Laden admitted planning the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US in a videotape released by the Pentagon yesterday. In the 40-minute videotape, he explains in detail planning
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    • 337 13 FRANKFURT But it still expects gradual recovery in 2002-2003 Reuters THE European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday slashed its forecast for eurozone economic growth this year and next, but still expects the 12-nation group to gradually recover during 2002 and into 2003. The ECB's December
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    • 341 15 WASHINGTON It hopes to resurrect trading business by selling it to a 3rd party AFP IN a bid to restructure its way out of bankruptcy court within a year, energy firm Enron has unveiled to creditors a plan to sell up to US$6 billion
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    • 552 15 WASHINGTON Reuters, Bloomberg THE US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday told companies and accounting firms that investors deserve full transparency in the portrayal of a company's financial condition. "Today we are issuing cautionary advice to remind company management, auditors, audit committees, and their advisers
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    • 539 16 TOKYO Trade surplus suffers 16th straight fall; yen at 8-month lows Bloomberg JAPAN'S moribund economy looked even more dismal yesterday as its trade surplus narrowed for a 16th straight month, bank stocks tumbled, the yen hovered at eight-month lows and a
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    • 607 16  -  Ten weakness may cause problems for Asia: Goldman exec By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Japan's economy is even more sick than meets the eye, afflicted by a mountain of debt, higher-than-measured deflation and stagnant consumer and investment spending, according to Goldman Sachs vice-chair-man for Asia, Kenneth
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    • 267 16 WASHINGTON Reuters THE United States government posted a US$63 billion deficit for October and November, the largest for the first two months of a fiscal year since 1997, when the government last recorded a deficit for an entire year, the Congressional Budget Office
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1663 17  -  Parvathi Nayar reviews the year's film highlights, the winners and losers COVER STORY Parvathi Nayar IF there were fireworks to mark the year 2001 at the movies in Singapore, they would be pretty dazzling. Especially when compared to 2000, which might be better described as damp
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    • 74 17 THE BEST" 1. Joint Security Area 2.Memento 3 Requiem tor a Dream 4 Shrek 5. Billy Elliott 6 Moulin Rouge 7 The Pledqe 8 T r attic 9. Spy Game 10 Snatch THE WORST" 1 Tomb Raider 2. Sweet November 3. Pearl Harbor 4 Captain
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      • 738 18  -  QFFr.TT?TT.a Has the recession bitten so hard that cards, free calendars and diaries have become a rarity? It's killing a tradition that will be missed jaime ee rrs usually at this time of year that I conclude there are three sure things in life:
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      • 736 18  -  How has September 11 affected the TV industry? Pat Ferns, president and CEO of Banff Television Foundation, talks to flwun ffl-HOOIf about its impact and whats in store for the medium nowadays CHEAH UI-HOON THE soul-searching that went on in the movie industry after
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      • 1052 19  -  Sylvia McCully tells ffITBIH ui-HOOM how these two will be brought together in a concert to spread Christmas cheer CHEAH UI-HOON *1 WANTED firstly to be a nun because I loved singing hymns and praying and nativity plays, and secondly, a policewoman— I loved
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    • MUSIC
      • 639 20  -  His slap-happy electronica set many bouncing around all night like an ecstatic kangaroo last week, reports tamhwbebwbe TAN HWEE HWEE HIS mother calls him Q (fbrQuentin) and his wife calls him Pooky, but last week in Singapore, the 5,000 hoppers at Fort Canning Park were
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    • CINEMA
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        1269 21  -  By Susan Tsang OCEAN'S Eleven is the big budgeter that tries to grab our attention from the boy wizard Harry Potter, and the professional Monster scorers. Since this remake cf the Rat Pack movie is aimed at adults, it will probably grab some viewers from Spy Game and
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      • 628 21  -  The plot's simple, bat the fun's in watching hew Cloonej leads his photogenic crew of crooks By Tan Hwee Hwee O doubt about it, Ocean's Eleven is one of best films the year, sweeping you away with its tidal wave of talent George ■HH WH Clooney,
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      • 473 21  -  Yamakasi's well choreographed and flnidly executed action is worth watching for what it is By Parvathi Nayar TO celebrate the potential of the human body as an end in itself: this is the primary reason to go see Yamakasi, a film produced by Luc
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      • 416 21  -  By\ Susan Tsang WATCHING A Hard Day's Night 37 years alter its initial release, one marvels at how The Beatles' first film was really a long, black-and-white music video. Unlike the Elvis movies, the Fab Four play themselves, on an average day's tour taking
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    • EPICURE
      • 835 22  -  cmiiw Tn-Boov discovers how hot the Silk Road can be CHEAH UI-HOON A MARA Hotel's newest Chinese restaurant has set itself some pretty high standards to live up to, being named after the 6,400 km long network of interconnecting roads, or caravan tracts, which served
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      • 830 22  -  I WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yong AN imaginatively planned and efficiently executed tasting at the Oriental Hotel Bangkok at the end of November, conducted by Serena Sutcliffe MW, served to remind us that amidst the hype surrounding the 2000 vintage and the glamour of the
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    • THE ARTS
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        965 23  -  UK's recent festival of contemporary dance has helped London stake its hold on the dance calendar, reports feucsa tap from London FELICIA YAP THE British ■contemporary dance scene may still be a little isolated from the rest of Europe, but Dance Umbrella—the UK's recent festival of contemporary dance—has
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      • 386 23  -  Byi Aaron Lye IN a nutshell, there really isn't anything spoilt about The Necessary Stage's current production, Spoilt. Well, perhaps a couple of things, but with a story about a successful businesswoman who goes insane how far wrong can one go? Without a doubt. Spoilt's greatest
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      • 849 23  -  SCO's new music director has plans to make it an orchestra for everyone, says johvgbb JOHN GEE FOLLOWING his debut concerts conducting the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), Yeh Tsung left Singapore on Sept 10 for an engagement in Chicago. The World Trade Center terrorist attacks forced the diversion
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    • the fast lane
      • 682 25  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN THEY say it's lonely at the top. And to a large extent, that has been the case for the world's finest carriages, which have long
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      • 149 25  -  By CHRISTOPHER TAN JAGUAR has unleashed a two-litre version of Its X-Type, and the car—the first in the crucial segment —will arrive in the next few months. In the UK, the base 2.0-litre V 6 X-Type is 10-12 per cent less expensive than the 2£-Ufre car. This could
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        1012 26  -  Recession or not, guys just wanna buy cars. Christopher tam peeks at some of the most wonderful new wheels that will hit our shores soon CHRISTOPHER TAN WHAT do carmakers do when there is a global economic slowdown? Why, they launch more new cars of course, TTiere is
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      • 623 27  -  a 3H Porsche is set to hit a record this year despite a staid car sales ranking more or less the same as the last three years christopher tan AS far as car sales go, the year doesn't look like it will end with any big surprises. Except
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      • 802 28  -  ANDRE lam writes on developments in the tyre industry ANDRE LAM TYRE performance has not taken that quantum leap we predicted some years ago. Instead, manufacturers have concentrated on "rounding out" product performance. And technology has not improved dramatically since the introduction of the radial ply.
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      • 90 28 Wanna dress up your car with sporty spoilers or shiny alloy rims for the New Year? Or how about a new set of tyres? We have two $350 cash vouchers from Stamford Tyres to give away. All you have to do is to attempt the ytjgbelow (the
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      • 153 28 FIRST issued in 1964, the Pirelli calendar has become a collectible with almost cult status. Never for sale, it is published by the Italian tyre maker to be given to associates and close customers. Over the years, politicians and luminaries in the business and art world
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      • 3780 30  -  TIS the festive season again If s also the traditional car-buying season. Unique to Singapore's Car Obsessed Economy (aka COE), the motor trade is recession-proof. If you're shopping for a car, this is definitely one of the best times to do it To help you along,
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 276 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 873, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost two points to 858, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD was unchanged at 6,897 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up three points to 992. Alcyon (built 2001) 75,247 dwt delivery Southwest
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    • 641 33  -  Shipping industry most operate in a similarly transparent way as air and land transport: ICONS chairman By. Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Shipping flag states will one day face independent auditors with the power to strip them of registration rights, according to
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    • 742 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By! Selva Kumar A COURT in London has clarified how the latest edition of the New York Produce Exchange Form Inter Club Agreement would work when a shipowner settled a cargo claim and later sought to recover the amount from
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    • 367 33  -  Fond to ensure registry's income is not used for illegal purposes By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Bowing to mounting international pressure, the Liberian government has formally asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to monitor revenue generated by the Liberian flag registry. In a letter
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    • 176 33 [SINGAPORE] Lloyd's of London expects to do a record £12.3 billion (5532.59 billion) of insurance business next year as it cashes in on surging premiums resulting from the World Trade Center disaster. Lloyd's said it expects an increase of £1.3 billion over its 2001
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    • 179 33 Xinhua [CAIRO] The number of vessels crossing the Suez Canal have jumped to 11,823 with 385,555,000 tons of cargo in the last 10 months, scoring a record high since the canal's inauguration in 1869, the state-run MENA news agency reported. Ahmed Fadel, chairman of
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    • POSTAL authorities
      • 1055 34 Postal offices the world over have to adjust their strategies so as to survive competition from the private sector Cargovision POST Offices are being squeezed by a potential decline in letter mail and strong competition for parcels from the private sector. Their state sponsorship is also in
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    • 14769 39 THEBUSINESSTIMES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2001 EXPORT Page 7 ETA ETA Advartlsar VMS* voy aqa Tataphona SIN Dast n *«m« Nam* SuraDar NumDar To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvolre 22/12 11/01 MOL MOL VOLT A 1204 A 65-*****(4 24/12 K/Ot MfflM MERKUR BEACH 200W 65-*****44 24/12 01/02 China SApg
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      • 127 43 December 16 Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa Deeaaibar 17 Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Dan—bsr 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday December 28 US Kingdom: Christmas Day United States. Christmas Day Malaysia: Christmas Day Italy: Christmas
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      • 792 43 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine OH Ltd. «hows price rente* in US dollar* Instead of tingle price* for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averegesiied stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 430 44 US carrier wants it to determine if planned tie-np infringes competition law Reuters [LONDON] Third-ranked US carrier Delta Air Lines Inc added a European Union complaint on Wednesday to a campaign against a proposed alliance of AMR Corp's American Airlines and British Airways
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      • 435 44 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] United Technologies Corp, the maker of Pratt Whitney jet engines, expects 2002 profit to exceed the average forecast of analysts as its other businesses mitigate an airline industry slowdown and costs are reduced. Profit will be US$3.9O a share before
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      • 587 44 It faces steep falls in pmeittr aii cargo traffic Reuters [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd's chief executive David Turnbull said the current financial year looks set to be worse than 1998, when the airline posted its first ever loss amid the
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      • 67 44 [HAMBURG] Airbus planes stand in an assembly hall of European plane maker Airbus Industrie in Hamburg, northern Germany. The chairman of the Airbus mother company EADS, Rainer Hertrich, said on Tuesday evening in Munich, southern Germany, that Airbus expects to produce only about 300 planes
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      • 207 44 AFP [TOULOUSE, France] European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie, faced with slowing production, is preparing a new plan to cut spending by 10 per cent to finance the development of the superjumbo A3BO and avoid layoffs, a company source said after a
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      • 193 44 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's biggest airline Qantas Airways said it would reinstate flights to New York and increase services to Hong Kong in a response to a rebound in demand. The carrier, which cut services in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks on the United States,
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      • 208 44 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Bombardier Inc, the third biggest maker of commercial airplanes, said a UAL Corp unit that sells companies ownership stakes in small jetliners may buy aircraft worth as much as US$632 million. The agreement is Bombardier's biggest for the eight-seat planes in at
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