The Business Times, 21 December 2001

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIME MfTA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2001 85*
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  • 77 1 □m umxi (-2.17) □sr-ai •48.44 (-0.87) 8T oqez nrroBES VMM (+5.00) SDDGIPUTOIES 196.70 (+0.80) SITXX MARKET INDICES Thursday Chanise KLSE COMP 082.45 -1.67 NIKKEI 226 _10.4S4.62 -97.41 HANG SENG *****.14 +36-91 SETKDEX 297.92 +2J8 JAKARTA COMP J77.8I *176 MANILA COMP J.1IM7 *10.46 TAIPEI WPI 5,309.10 +87.14 SEOUL COMP
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  • 64 1 F08EX SATIS USS St USSfSSperCSS) L836 2(US8/SSper2) 1.449 1669 EUBO(USS/SS/E). 0.898 1.849 D* 1177 1.186 YEN 69.90 1281 EM 8.800 1070 HKS 7.798 4.24b BAHT 48.87 23.90 RUPIAH 10,119 5,609 PBDKE IATES SINGAPORE* 516 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 BONO KONO 615 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.79 TOKYO 1.375 SEOUL 9.55 FRANKFURT
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  • 794 1 Economy Minister resigns amid fears of destabilisation LAT-WP. AP, Bloomberg, AFP [BUENOS AIRES) After months of escalating economic crisis, Argentina boiled over yesterday in a wave of street violence and looting, raising alarms that Latin America's third-most populous country is being destabilised
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  • 688 1  -  With launching of ASX link, SGX keen on direct trading links with other exchanges By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is in detailed discussions with the Tokyo Exchange for the mutual trading of equities and derivatives. Disclosing this yesterday at the
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  • 357 1  -  T&nChingYeeto take over at IDA from next July By] Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Yong Yirg-I will step down as chief executive of the InfoComm Development Authority (IDA) in January and assume the post of Permanent Secretary for Manpower. She will take
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 113 1 DBBDB Top stortes AT&T merges cable unit with Comcast In USs72b deal. Pg 14 Tokyo plans to cut govt spending by 1.7%. Pg 16 UOL revives plans to sell Tiong Bahru Plaza. Pg 2 Retail rents expected to fall up to 10% in H1 next year. Pg2 Wing Tai, Sun
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    • 68 1 TheßusinessTimes "1 1 fm weekends In our final Christmas instalment, What's In Style tomorrow brings you the ultimate gift guide what to get for those who have everything. And if you have trendy youngsters on your list, check out our suggestions to keep them the Pius, last minute food ideas
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    • 68 1 Domingo CavaUoe The economist Argentines love to hate, Pg 3 Mr -J^l 11- ffifl You never Vjt, I v^y actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely look after it for the next generation. f£ 4T Roy Eastern Watch #01 86/88 #01 74 Lucky Plaza 304 Orchard Road Singapore *****3. Tel:
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 64 2 A SHOPPER keen on a $20,000 sapphire set was recently overheard bargaining at Larry Jewelry: "C'mon, give me more discount. Times are hard you know. So many retrenchments." But jewellers also are trying to use the downturn to their advantage. In promotional fliers, Chip Lee
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      • 64 2 ACCORDING to AMI research company, only one third of Asians celebrate Christmas. The predominantly Catholic Philippines heads the list with 97 per cent of respondents celebrating. Interestingly, Singapore and South Korea ranked a distant equal second at 40 per cent. The survey also
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      • 54 2 SOME Indonesian MPs are planning an all-expenses-paid jaunt around Asia to study the perks accorded to their peers, says the Jakarta Post. Parliamentarians from the National Assembly's in-house affairs committee will undertake the "comparative studies" trip to compare their salaries, benefits and office facilities with those of legislators
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    • 469 2  -  It is renegotiating with a GRA-linked private fond after earlier talks failed Bl Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Wee Cho Yaw's United Overseas Land (UOL) is back at the negotiating table with GRA Singapore to sell Tiong Bahru Plaza mall to a GRA-man-aged private
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    • 740 2  -  OUTLOOK ETiTSEI By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Retail rents in Singapore are expected to ease by as much as 10 per cent in the first half of next year because of the cautious short-term business outlook. But rents
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    • 198 2 IN yesterday's report "CPL, Times Pub holders urged to accept F&N bids", we said that the offeror Norford had received irrevocable acceptances amounting to 84.4 per cent of Centrepoint Properties' issued share capital from parties acting or deemed to be acting in concert namely, F&N, F&N Investments,
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  • ARGENTINA crisis
    • 814 3 In March Cavallo was the country's most popular politician but seven months later half of Argentines wanted him to quit Reuters [BUENOS AIRES] NOT even the raw energy of Domingo Cavallo, one of the emerging market world's most well-known and creative economists, could slay
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1638 4 mi WBL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT RESULTS The unaudited results of the Group and of the Company tor the financial year ended 30 September 2001 art as follows MW COMPLY an an 2Ki 2m sua iw sua vooe Tufnover 955.804 907.909 5 3 Investment income (3.459) 2.572 nm
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    • 36 4 5 I GOLIN/HARRIS I IGolin/Harris Forrest I Scotchbrook-BSMG I We become ONE H Golin/Harris Forrest I with effect from 1 January 2002. H 1 Scotts Road #25-01 Shaw Centre Singapore *****8 Telephone(6s)23s 3121/223 7105 Fax(65)836 3120
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 501 4  -  BTiaUIIUIUJ The partners have laid off the 20-odd local staff at Wing Tai iAdvantage By Tang Weng Fai PROPERTY developer Wing Tai Holdings has closed its data hosting and managed services arm Wing Tai iAdvantage and laid off all 20odd local
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    • 173 4 It says technology units already show signs ofjreco very AFX WBL Corp said it expects its year to Sept 2002 pre-tax profit to be higher than the year-earlier level as the company's technology and manufacturing operations are already showing signs of a recovery. In FY2OOI,
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    • 367 7 A party is exempt from a general offer obligation if it holds less than 30% THE Securities Industry Council (SIC) yesterday clarified its position on parties holding 25 per cent or more but less than 30 per cent of a listed company before the new
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    • 339 7 Bloomberg KWEK Leng Beng, Southeast Asia's fifth-richest man, will seek shareholder approval today to shuffle some of his China investments to bolster the earnings of Hong Leong Asia Ltd, his unprofitable building materials arm. Hong Leong Asia will pay $140 million
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 51 7 Dow Jones Newswires SEMICONDUCTOR manufacturing service provider Asti Holdings said yesterday it expects to report a significant net loss for 2001 in March. The chip sector slump "has resulted in further deterioration of the group's order book and business activities", the company said.—Dow Jones
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      • 59 7 Reuters JADE Technologies slumped into a net loss of $11.9 million for the year to end-September, from a net profit of $7.5 million previously. Turnover was $84.45 million, compared with $72.32 million before. Jade, which produces integrated circuit lead frames, was hurt by costs
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      • 37 7 MECHANICAL and electrical engineering King Wan Corp says net profit for the half-year to Sept 30 fell 75 per cent to $570,000, as turnover slipped 29 per cent to $32 million.
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      • 26 7 Reuters LOSS-MAKING Asia Food Properties has rescheduled another U5527.3 million of its US$l.22 billion debt, after restructuring US$llO.3 million in October.—Reuters
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    • 631 7  -  hockII.IJ I UMI.IM al labita A FEW years back, Globe Telecom Singapore Telecom's listed Manila unit was just an illiquid penny stock. Today, it's one of the most sought after telecom counters, thanks to the partnership between Sing Tel and Ayala Corp. Globe currently trades
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      293 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 20 VALUE CLOSE BTOe/OS -56.00 -157.00 KTCMM -*****.00 ->-57.00 BT 10-4ay MA -*****.00 -6.QQ 420.18 -0.96 136.77 -0.31 MjjJIiiFh 1338.31 -4.94 SG EqmMm Prop 435.38 +4.74 197.88 -0.88 SMSCtFatarw 198.70 >0.80 UrtFood HK25C 22.862.000 TPVUSlc 16,672,000 Surface MTHK20C 15,526,000 Frontline 5c 15,093,000 People's Food HGK 50c
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    • 253 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of water-treatment specialist Hyflux surged 20 per cent to a record high yesterday as the market cheered the company's receipt of a $16.1 million contract from the Public Utilities Board. The counter peaked
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    • 763 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy Despite more profit warnings by US majors such as Motorola, Solectron and Alcoa, the few players active in the local market yesterday made a gallant attempt to lift the Straits Times Index above the troublesome 1,600 level, while simultaneously reviving the ever-popular
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    • 614 6 It fails to break through upper 128-yen resistance levels after hitting 128.80 yen at midday AFP [TOKYO] The dollar firmed against the yen but was off its highs due to late profit-taking in Tokyo yesterday after failing to break through resistance at the
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  • 2813 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Amro taM Mgt (S'pora) Star Europe Eqty! A 0J17/ Star Europe Bd V Star Europe Bal 0895/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.74V Star Asia Bond 1.223/ Star Asia Balanced 0.85/ Star Global Technology Fund 0.323/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fiaid!** 0 796/ AJ8 Govett (Acta) Ltd.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 95 7 SPOT WIN Label of authenticity from Pan-West It's easy to spot an authentic Callaway Golf club. Look out for the Pan-West label of authenticity when you buy from Pan-West outlets and authorised dealers. In fact, Pan-West outlets also offer immediate warranty registration. With Callaway Golf's winning technology on your side,
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 217 8  -  By Eugene Low DESPITE signs that the retail sector may be turning around. Singaporeans' appetite for dining out remains poor, according to the latest catering trade index figures. Although the retail sales index rose a better-than-expected 2.7 per cent year-on-year in October, the catering
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    • 142 8 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] Two whollyowned units of Singapore Power International yesterday launched a total of 210 billion won (Ss29B million) of three-year fixed-rate bonds, sole bookrunner and placement agent Salomon Smith Barney said. SPI (Seosan) Cogen, a provider of power and
      Dow Jones Newswires  -  142 words
    • 306 8  -  Older vehicle premiums increase by $15 to $879 for Categories A to C By David Boey THE prices of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) in the open-bidding exercise for January 2002 fell for all cate- gories of vehicles, except goods vehicles and busses (Category C).
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    • 541 8 Economists say it suggests economy is near or at trongh AFX NOVEMBER industrial output is expected to have fallen 19.3 to 22.5 per cent year-on-year following a 21.4 per cent decline in October, suggesting that the economy is near or at bottom, analysts say.
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    • 326 8  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala FIRST Capital Corporation (FCC) has jumped on the price-cutting bandwagon, chopping the average price of Sanctuary Green at Tanjong Rhu by about 15 per cent to $610 per sq ft and that of Gardens at Bishan by 25 per cent to
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    • 304 9  -  On-site sales now inactive; it will focus on bungalows and one-off sales By Vince Chong PROPERTY consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle has retrenched its entire residential team of nine, with its sales department taking over residential sales as well as those in other sectors.
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    • 523 9  -  MAiLrm Steven Yeo Deputy Executive Director for Executive Director Singapore Sports Council WE REFER to the letter "Sports in a sorry state in Singapore" by Jonathan Chua (Mailbag. Dec 12) and would like to thank him for his comments and views. The Singapore
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    • 202 9  -  Ann Lim Senior Consultant Huntington Communications, Singapore I REFER to your article "SMEs have no succession plan: study" (BT, Dec 13). Planning for an exit is something entrepreneurs should do from the outset. After all, if you invest in someone else's business, a major factor is
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    • 538 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF UNICURRENT PTE LTD (MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 541 Orchard Road, #16-00 Liat Towers, Singapore *****1, on 14th December 2001 st 10.00 am,
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    • 541 8 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO. AND IN THE MATTER Of PAUISTER PTE LTD (IN MEMKRS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Al on Exlroordinory General of die membef» of IHdßstsi P>» Ud, duty convened and held at 122 Middle Rood Mt-03 Midßnit Plaza Singapore *****3 an It Dob—Aar2ool et 1
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    • 359 8 FIUID-fLO (INTERNATIONAL) PTE LTD (IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION! NOTICE IS HEREBY given pursuant to Section 308 (2) of the Companies Ad. Cap. 50 dial tie Final Meeting of Members of Ihe abovenamed Company wiB be held at Block 809 FRENCH ROAD 805-168 SINGAPORE *****9 on 24-1-2002 at 9:3oam lor the purpose
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    • 666 8 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 ANO IN THE MATTER Of MOMI SINGAPORE OLEFINS CO. PTI LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE Of RESOLUTION Resolutions in Writing of the Members of the abovenamed Company dated the 13* day of December 2001 pursuant to the Company's Articles of
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    • 395 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MQ SHPPMG (ASIA PACIFIC) PTE LTD (In Members Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Ejdnonfcnary General Meeting of Ihe members of the abovenamed Conpany <*#y corwaned and held at 9 RafTte6 Place #19-02, Rapubkc Plaza,
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    • 465 8 IN THE MATTES OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 58 AND IN THE MATTES OF NEWTON INVESTMENT LTD (la Members' Voluntary Liquidation! MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai die creditors of the abovenamed Company, which is being wound up voiuntanly. we required, on or before the 21st day of
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    • 245 8 YEO SOt4S INVESTMENTS PTE LTD On Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO BECDON 306 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO THAT A RNAL GENERAL MEETMG OF THE COMPANY Wll BE HELD ON THE HTM DAY OF JANUARY. 2002 AT 10.00 AM. AT 5 JALAN BESAR, #05-01, SINGAPORE *****5
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 772 10  -  Ho33iHijlE3 OPINION harish mehta The writer is BT's Bangkok correspondent THAILAND'S national dish, Phad Tliai, is about to be internationalised A US company is planning to introduce the signature noodle dish into the American market Unfortunately, it is also expected to patent
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    • 99 10 The crime has been committed on our soil, so we will probe it and we will punish it' Atal Bahari Tqfraym the Indian prime minister, on last week's attack on the Indian Parliament, vowing that 'thepunishment will be as big as the crime'. 'Peace has been breaking
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    • 582 10 EDITORIAL EVEN if some may have written off the first half of 2002, the good news is that the world economy should be looking a lot better by this time next year. But the not-so-good news is that we may not quite witness anything
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    • 1027 10  -  The interaction between Wall Street and Main Street this time ronnd is more ominous, threatening to result in a disastrous downward spiral By Paul Samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology LAT-WP "IT was the
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    • 818 10  -  COMMENTARY Pressure growing in Europe to match US protectionist tax breaks, subsidies By I Guillsume Parmentier The writer is head of the French Centre on the United States at the French Institute for International Relations, a Paris think-tank THE agreement at Doha to launch a new
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 93 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 Emerging Asia CBO Limited U5528,000,000 Class 1 Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2012 U5524,000,000 Class 2 Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2012 U5512,000,000 Class 1 Mezzanine 7.54% Notes due 2012 U554,000,000 Class 2 Mezzanine 8.87% Notes due 2012 U5512,000,000 Subordinated Notes due 2012 Lead Manager Investment Manager Credit
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 374 11  -  Each will now have 4448% in bank; move will quicken its privatisation From Al Labita in Manila FILIPINO-CHINESE taipan Lucio Tan has finally sealed a deal for an equal stake with the government in a listed major bank to hasten
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    • 312 11  -  GDP should hit &3%0n strong domestic demand From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines economy is stable and has managed to weather the lingering effects of the Sept 11 attacks in the US, President Gloria Arroyo said yesterday. "We have a stable economy. We
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    • 287 11 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S government is considering clearing former president Suharto, who is seriously ill in a Jakarta hospital, of graft charges because of his poor health, an official said yesterday. The development came a week after the Supreme Court said Suharto was
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    • 144 11 AP [KUALA LUMPUR) The de-cision-making body of Malaysia's largest ethnic Chinese political party suspended all its top youth leaders yesterday a sign that an internal dispute is worsening ahead of party elections next year. Ling Liong Sik, president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), said
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    • 254 12 News Corp unit wins rights for 24-hour channel in Guangdong province FT [BEIJING] Rupert Murdoch yesterday realised his long standing ambition to broadcast TV legitimately to China when his News Corp media group won an agreement to launch an entertainment channel for
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    • 348 13 BEIJING New rales, effective Jul, are part of country's WTO entry conditions Bloomberg CHINA issued new regulations for foreign investment in its telecommunications industry, allowing international investors to own almost half of individual Chinese phone companies. The regulations, published yesterday, help
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    • NOTE Book
      • 82 13 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] China Telecom is expected to launch a US$3 billion initial public offering and list in Hong Kong early next year, the Hong Kong Economic Times reported, citing unnamed investment hanking sources. Beijing had hoped to launch an
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      • 65 13 Dow Jones Newswires [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Mortgage Authority yesterday said it would ease borrowing conditions for people buying older properties and offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to help homeowners. New measures include modifying mortgage purchasing criteria to include mortgage loans refinanced at loan-to-
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      • 73 13 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's government left Thai Airways International's board unchanged after the entire 14-member board quit this week to give the largest shareholder a free hand to make changes needed to boost performance. Thailand's finance ministry, which owns 93 per cent of the national carrier,
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      • 91 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd said it mayfreeze wages for its 14,000 staff in Hong Kong and Macau next year. "Banks will &ce a tougher operating environment because of a lack of lending opportunities and rising bad loans," said
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    • 457 13  -  But direct shipping out of China will limit this growth From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong may see a slight pick up in its exports next year, but companies choosing to ship directly out of China will dampen this recovery,
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    • 196 13 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA, as part of a government push to shed state assets, plans to sell its stakes in five profitable state-run software development centres, parks which provide code writers with overseas communications links. The government may sell its entire stake
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 1586 12 S1C0M FUTURES Dec 20 RUBBER (Mm cMnq m at SJOpa) ISS1 CONTRACTS ctots/kq) Ctosa VotaM OpM Wot» L« Ml (Mm) Nrttmt Jw 02 89.75 F«b 02 90.75 M* 02 9100 Apr/Jan 02 9225 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US ceob/kq) Votaw Om Mot> W» I— Sett (Mb) Irttrtst Jan 02 48.00
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    • 320 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER SO) AND IN THE MATTER OF PARIGI PTE LTD (In members' voluntary liquidation) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINCHJP At on Extraordinary Generol M«*tmg of ihe Company Said ot 257 Selegie Rood f IR-279/2RI Selegie Complex. Singapore *****0 or 14 December 2001. the following Special
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • WORLD news
    • 461 14 The USs72b deal will create a giant with 22a subscribers in 41 states LAT-WP [NEW YORK] AT&T on Tuesday night agreed to merge its cable unit with Philadelphia-baaed Comcast Corp in a US|72 billion deal that creates a behemoth with 22 million subscribers in
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    • 302 14 NEW YORK It is heading into new high-speed communications Reuters AT&T chairman C Michael Armstrong's shift to the new cable business mirrors the shift by AT&T to high-speed broadband communications from its historical role as leader of the ailing long-distance telephone industry. "The long
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    • 341 15 Move to help shareholders gauge impact of options Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission voted unanimously to make companies tell investors how many shares may be paid to employees under stock-option plans. The required disclosures will let stockholders gauge how
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    • 526 16  -  BOJ downgrades immediate economic outlook for 7th straight month From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Japanese government yesterday announced cuts in budgetary spending for fiscal 2002, including a sharp drop in public works outlays, even as the Bank of Japan again downgraded
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    • 331 16 Osama voted biggest market-mover Reuters [LONDON] US central bank chief Alan Greenspan was the financial newsmaker of 2001 as he fought recession and calmed world markets after Sept 11, according to economists and strategists polled by Reuters. But in a year when the high
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    • 260 16 WASHINGTON Reuters AN index tracking US economic activity inched lower in November, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago said yesterday in a report that offered limited hope the recession will soon be over. The three-month moving average of the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index
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    • 463 16 WASHINGTON Democrats say plan falls short on help for laid-off workers Reuters THE US House of Representatives yesterday approved President George W Bush's revised plan to boost the struggling US economy but the measure will be dead on arrival in
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      • 128 16 Dow Jones Newswires [NEW YORK] Investors expecting a rapid economic recovery next year may be disappointed, Warren Buffett told CNBC yesterday. The famous investor, who is the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said he sees a "slow" economic recovery. He said he believes if
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      • 118 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Top US investment banks Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lehman Bros Holdings Inc reported that their quarterly earnings fell on weak trading amid a recession and fallout from the Sept 11 attacks. Goldman said its earnings fell 17 per cent In its fiscal fourth
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      • 53 16 Reuters [ZURICH] Man-made and natural catastrophes led to an estimated 2001 loss to the global insurance industry of over US$32 billion, with more than half tied to the Sept 11 attacks, Swiss Re, a top reinsurer, said yesterday. Hie figure is three times the US$lO6
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      • 699 18  -  QFFrraan.-i ~they ask stock questions of Tom Cruise. All the same, he graciously answered them at the press con. Could it be that he was acting or is he really a nice chap? jaime ee ONE of the beauties of journalism is that you, the readers,
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      • 166 18 COVER STORY m J HERE was a time when m Christmas wasn't celebrated in m Singapore with the kind of m fervour it now is. Chalk it up to M the famous Christmas lights on Orchard Road —a tradition which started way back in 1984 firstly to decorate
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      • 1038 18 DONNA Aratani Kwee, 56, came to Singapore when she married Kwee Liong Tek of the Pontine hand Group in 1970. They have four children, Melissa, 29, Stephanie, 26, Evan, 24, and Alison, 17. While Evan and Alison are still studying, Stephanie is working with the Pontiac
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      • 773 18 THE Chews are a Peranakan-Christian family with roots that run deep in Singapore. Dr Chew Chin Hin, 73, was Tan Tock Seng Hospital's medical director from 1979 to 1981, and is now emeritus consultant there, besides holding the post of honorary postgraduate adviser at the
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      • 312 18 WHAT'S one way to make Singapore more attractive? When the Tourism Task Force was exploring this question, they saw the light, so to speak, of having a Christmas Light-Up. The first one started in 1964, and Christmas was chosen as the occasion
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    • EPICURE
      • 630 19  -  The relocated Paladino is now more upmarket than ever, though it ought to relax a little and fine-tune its new menu, says ooboiiib kers CORINNE KERK IN this day and age, it comes as a surprise that some restaurants are still holding onto the archaic practice of giving
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      • 446 19  -  RESTAURANT By Cheah Ui-Hoon AFTER his first year in Singapore, Michelin-starred chef Jeremy Hollingsworth seems to have settled quite well into his kitchen at the Fig Leaf. Understandably, a foreign chef takes time to find his "sea legs", so to speak, and the evidence
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      • 417 19  -  RESTAURANT M&M& Africa's revamped menu features some intriguing medleys By Tan Hwee Hwee IF you're an aspiring Tarzan who's looking for a chic place to romance his Jane, swing by MaMa Africa (Far East Square, 01-01/ tel: 532 9339), where you'll be impressed by
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      • 683 20  -  tam hwee hwbe checks out the music treats of this festive season TAM HWEE HWEE CHRISTMAS is the season where the airwaves are filled with the type of songs that make you want to light a candle and say a prayer to Satan. This might sound
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      • 1032 21  -  Nine successful career women caused a stir at the recent King's Cup Regatta in Phuket, when they crewed together in a heavily male-dominated sport clasessa tan reports CLARISSA TAN The writer is a freelance journalist THE red sun is sinking into the Andaman Sea, and the
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      • 1134 21  -  Gregory Lim tells gordvive berk what's special about his natural moisturiser CORINNE KERK HE had a stable job in Singapore as an accountant. His wife was a legal officer in a big local bank. By all measures, if they had stayed on in Singapore, they would
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        1333 22  -  By Susan Tsang CHRISTMAS is early this year, celluloid-wise, anyway. The first installment of J R R Tolkien's trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, opens, adding to the largesse of Ocean's Eleven, Spy Game, The Score, Monsters, Inc and Harry Potter. The Fellowship of the Ring incorporates some
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      • 1125 22  -  The Cruise visit offers PißVini XiTIK a chance to find out how complex celebrityhood can be PARVATHI NAYAR HE spark that most people acquire on their m |H H w edding day, that's Tom Cruise on a typical weeknight." That's Cameron Crowe waxing lyrical in Vanity Fair, June
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        767 22  -  Lord of the Rinp, the celluloid version, has captured the spirit rather than just the words of Tolkien's fantasy worlds By Parvathi Nayar MUCH has been written about how J R R Tolkien would have hated the idea of his words translated to moving pictures. Indeed, beloved books
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      • 596 23  -  Long alter some of the performances, FRAME DEMEGLXO can still hear some of the whispering violins and mournful sopranos FRANK DEMEGLIO IN a few short seasons the nascent Western classical music arts scene in Singapore has grown into a rapidly burgeoning cultural centre. The number and
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      • 564 23 PUBLISHING stalwart Penguin Books is set to be a major player in the Singapore and Malaysian book scene when it opens in a big way in the two countries next month. Costing seven figures, the set-up will be larger than other
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        589 24  -  NAC celebrates its 10th anniversary with a coffee table book which assesses the state of the arts in S'pore. PARVATHIKATAR reports PARVATHI NAYAR IT is a commemoration indeed celebration of the arts in Singapore, NAC's tenth anniversary and the new Millennium itself. The book in question is Selves
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      • 468 24  -  uompiwo uy Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES II.J, II -j M lUil IIM jvngie nN'flOScQ Chestnuts Wacky comic duo Jonathan Lim and Sean Yeo bring back the Christmas cheer with yet another serving of Chestnuts. Highlights include Missing Saigon, Mulan Rouge, Emily Off Emerald Hill and Theatrewirks Goes to the
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    • 198 23 Magnum Fine Wines are hosting a private tutored wine tasting followed by hot and cold cocktail food on Thursday 21 February 2002. We will be tasting a comprehensive selection of sibling Ist A 2nd growths (eg. Carruades Lafite) from the magnificent 1998 vintage Location: CONRAD INTERNATIONAL HOTEL from 6.00pm -B.oopm.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 262 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell one point to 865, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) was unchanged at 856, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD dropped 19 points to 6,855 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down one point to 976. ♦Stellar Navigator— (built 1999) 172,932 dwt
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    • 641 25  -  China yard to contribute opto 25% of group's overall profit By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Cosco Investments Singapore Ltd's (CI) just-approved acquisition of China's biggest ship repair yard will contribute between 20-25 per cent of the group's overall profit, the SGX-listed company has revealed. Shareholders unanimously
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    • 327 25 Bloomberg [LONDON] P&O Princess Cruises pic reaffirmed its commitment to buy Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd for US$7.4 billion in stock and debt to become the No 1 cruise ship company after refusing a takeover by Carnival Corp of the US. P&O Princess will
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    • 104 25 Reuters [HELSINKI] A ferry carrying 819 passengers and crew ran aground in the Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea off the southwest coast of Finland but no injuries were reported, the Finnish coast guard said yesterday. "At the moment there is no need for evacuation as
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    • 240 25 AP [WASHINGTON] The crew of a US Navy ship boarded a Belize-flagged oil tanker in the northern Arabian Gulf on Wednesday after the tanker refused permission for boarding, a US defence official said. The official said it was not immediately clear whether any
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    • 299 25  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is restructuring its position of Group President by splitting the responsibilities of its second-in-com-mand. Responding to Shipping Times queries yesterday, a spokesman confirmed that Deputy Group President (Terminals) Ng Chee Keong will be promoted Group President on
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      • 743 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN English county court has dismissed a bid by a group of marine insurance underwriters to reject a claim from a charterer, which was insured under an open cover to cover its liabilities to vessel owners from
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      • 305 26  -  It says errors in bidding documents not substantial From j Alec Almazan in Manila THE Japanese Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC), overruling the Philippine Ports Authority, has decided that the construction of the second phase of the Batangas t International
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      • 178 26 Reuters (HAMILTON, Bermuda] Bermuda on Wednesday introduced new rules to protect historic shipwrecks from treasure-hunters including jail sentences and fines of up to U5525,000 for divers who explore them without a licence. The British colony, which lies 700 km east of North Carolina, is
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      • 768 35 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Mi rlne Oil Ltd. shows price range* In US dollars Instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Pries* shown are baaed on averagesiaed stem. Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 625 36 But volumes still expected to be lower despite rising since Sept 11 Reuters [CHICAGO] After navigating Thanksgiving with flying colours, US airlines are bracing for the second round since Sept 11 of heavy traffic, this time over the Christmas holidays which began on
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      • 423 36 Veteran with carrier's parent to take over as airline heads for steep loss Reuters [TAIPEI] EVA Airways has appointed a new president, its second this year, as the island's second largest carrier heads for one of the steepest losses in its 10-year history, the company
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      • 120 36 Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic said it signed a US$l billion contract with United Technologies Corp's Pratt Whitney unit for the UK company to develop so-called jump-jet technology to help power Lockheed Martin Corp's Joint Strike Fighter. The contract, which had already been announced,
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      • 203 36 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Ansett Holdings creditors will vote on a proposal to sell the airline's assets to Tesna Holdings, owned by businessmen Solomon Lew and Lindsay Fox, two days before a deadline for the plan expires. The meeting will be held on Jan 29
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      • 220 36 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Airlines operating in Malaysia are expected to reinstate a minimum price scheme which was suspended last month in a bid to encourage passengers back into the skies after the US terrorist attacks, a tourism official said. But the reinstated
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      • 209 36 Bloomberg [BERN] Swiss airlines, including Swissair Group and Crossair AG, will not get a further extension of emergency insurance cover from the government for potential damage caused by war or acts of terrorism. The carriers must get private insurance after the state cover
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      • 383 36 Restructuring involves nsing more smaller regional jets to save costs Reuters [NEW YORK] US Airways Group has agreed to meet its pilots to discuss a fleet restructuring plan its executives call crucial to shoring up the airline after September's attacks in
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