The Business Times, 18 January 2002

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 85C SINGAPORE kiteinci: hitp://business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2002
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  • 78 1 □m UMJa (-14.03) KT-su C7BJ7 (-6.54) ST INDEX FUTUKES MW(-2) smsa FDTDIES ***** (-0.90) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 897.87 -175 NIKKEI 226 10.12&18 49.40 HANG SENG II,***** +49.75 SET INDEX 119.18 -0J9 JAKARTA COMP _42o,04 +1.46 MANILA COMP -1214.16 +J9i2 TAIPEI WPI 5,501.13 +12.80 SEOUL
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  • 526 1  -  m-MAium* New rail link seen putting added pressure on PSA Corp From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) looks set to give its Singapore rival, PSA Corp, a rim for its money. Just days after it won over
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  • 369 1  -  Prom Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA is easing the rules on its "Silver Hair" programme to attract foreign retirees, and may also introduce a scheme to promote Malaysia as a second home to regular tourists, in an effort to
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  • 135 1 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US stocks rose in early trade as better-than-expected profit reports and a surprise drop in jobless claims heartened investors who are anticipating an economic rebound in the first half of this year. Citigroup Inc the biggest financial services company, earned
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  • 510 1  -  He explains timing of layoffs to NTUCs Halimah in letter By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] For Wee Cho Yaw, chairman of United Overseas Bank (UOB), the ongoing retrenchment exercise arising from the merger with Overseas Union Bank has been one
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    • 96 1 DBBPg Executive Lifestyle Arts aiivel A look at upcoming arts festivals in the region. Pg 20 BT Comment Brokers upbeat despite market jitters. Pg 6 Top stories 2002 exports could hit high of 5% growth: TDB. Mmxt Pagm Datacraft in the red for Ist time. Pg J Wing Tai to
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    • 27 1 Which companies in Singapore are the biggest, most profitable or the fastest growing? TheßusinessTimes 1 weekend iSm 'M at-/ ---aewi u'-? Vi. gg afe M r i
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    • 94 1 in my press release of December 21, the selection of the staff for retrenchment was done "following a careful and thorough process of selecting staff at each I level by their respective managers". f I would Wee to add that the retrenchment exercise ha* beenene 1 panM experiences of my
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    • 724 2  -  Reversal of NODX from record lews seen in mid-year, says TDB in first ever forecast By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] After a record slump in 2001, Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) could grow as much as 5 per cent this year,
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    • 661 2  -  But prospects for financial sector are uncertain By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Manufacturing and communications/transport are the sectors likely to lead the economy out of the doldrums, going by past experience, says credit and business information bureau DP Information Network. But the performance
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    • 605 2  -  We reproduce below the letter UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw wrote to NTUC assistant secretary-general Halimah Yacob Wee Cho Yaw Chairman Chief Executive Officer United Overseas Bank Limited IT has been a long time since we participated at the NUS Council meetings. I would, first of all,
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 57 2 HAVE other countries thought of this? To generate revenue to fund cash-strapped pension funds, health insurance and stalled construction projects, Taiwan has reportedly launched a computerised lottery with an estimated top prize of NT$45 million (552.3 million). Guess what more than NT$5 million of tickets were
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      • 105 2 THIS may interest the techno-toy lovers out there. The big thing is digital, and US consumers are going crazy over gizmos such as DVD players, digital cameras and flat-panel digital TVs. Talking to The Street.com after a visit to the annual Las Vegas Consumer Electronics bash,
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      • 136 2 WHAT'S the first image that comes to mind when you see a name like Phonographic Performance Malaysia? If it triggers lascivious images that are best not made public, youH understand why this Malaysian music licensing agency has decided to change its name to Public Performance Malaysia.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 547 3  -  Loss due to restructuring charge; ontlook uncertain Bb Serena Ng REGIONAL communications and network system integrator Datacraft Asia yesterday reported its first net loss and said visibility in the next few months is poor. The company, which previously enjoyed annual profit growth of
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    • 580 3  -  DBS Thai Danu growing loan book; UOB Badanasin keeping fonds in money market From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai units of DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank are taking radically different approaches to doing business in Thailand, leaving the former
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 162 3 THE court's verdict on the high-profile Mid-Continent trial is expected to be delivered late next month, after the 44-day trial which was spread over six months, concluded yesterday. Hie prosecution and defence lawyers win be their written submissions shortly in mid-February, and District Judge Mavis
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      • 111 3 SESDAQ bound furniture maker Koda Ltd yesterday announced that 2,778 valid applications were for 1.5 million shares offered to the public under its initial public offer. These applicants applied for some 96 million offer shares with application monies received amounting to approximately $25.5 million At
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    • 397 4  -  It confirms directors sold 61m shares, raising public float to 19.3% By Angela Tan CHINA-BASED meat producer People's Food Holdings yesterday confirmed an earlier BT report of a share placement on Wednesday and reassured investors the share sale was to expand its shareholders'
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    • 507 4  -  Move to encourage institutions to invest By Genevieve Cua IN a bid to cushion institutions' entry into hedge fund investments, BNP Paribas has tied up with a hedge fund specialist to structure capital guarantees around the investments. BNP's partner is the UKbased Momentum Group,
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    • 175 4  -  By David Boey MAINBOARD-LISTED e-ser-vices firm ECS Holdings has appointed Jansen Ek as its first chief operating officer. Mr Ek, 49, a veteran in the information technology sector with over 24 years' experience, was previously vicepresident at Silicon Graphics, Asia-Pacific region. One of his
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    • 570 4  -  hock IM-liU MUM neil behrmann Top-performing uk fund managers are wary of the Japanese equity market. The general view is that investors who dare to enter need to be astute stock pickers. And while yen depreciation is aimed at spurring the economy,
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    • 103 3 Honouring the best in our midst PSB Corporation is always delighted to see business excellence achieved and recognised. It is especially a pleasure to be able to work with organisations that constantly go beyond the limit. We would like to congratulate all the winners of the Singapore 1000 6t Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      307 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 17 VALUE CLOSE 151.00 -102.00 ■TCAM -*****.00 +103.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +15.00 MWrpHii 438.75 -2.30 MMlnau 147.14 +3.94 MbpMMFh 1415.44 -13.25 W TfUlii Ply 455.02 -5.63 WOfcpUn 206.84 -2.14 anna Fatara* 207.80 -090 MfS Tech 10c 52,121^000 ChmaAvOU 5c 27,931,000 GES kit Ltd 20c 22,419,000
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    • 239 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Bl Ven Sreenivasan CLOB-traded motoring stock Tan Chong International has been trending sideways since the third quarter of2ooo, despite several positive calls by analysts. The stock closed one HK cent higher at HK$l.lB yesterday as 1.42 million
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    • 727 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy AS Wall Street continues to buckle under the weight of overly optimistic profit expectations, brokers here yesterday confidently declared that despite likely shortterm turbulence, the underlying trend for equities is still upward. And judging by the relatively tame 14.03-point slide in the
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    • 568 6  -  ■llXJkAiUUHiiJJkJ CURRENCIES Survey suggests As/S$ as a possible alternative for those hedging S$ assets larry wee THE US dollar rebounded impressively yesterday after recent corrective moves and despite Wall Street's rout. And a Reuters forex survey suggested that those hedging Sing dollar assets
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  • 2766 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CitiBond S'por* A/$ 1-207/ CitiBood S'por* l/t 1 23/ Gb Money Sing Dollar Qa> t 1.036/ AW Amto «Mt Mgt (S'por*) Ob Pan-Ctaope Equity Fund 1.07/ Star Europe Eqty!* 0.78V GtiSetect Asia Tilt Balanced 12* Star Europe Bd 1 0.982/ OHM Asia TMt Growth 1.23/ Star Europe
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 366 7  - Allen Gledhill top M&A legal adviser in Asia Bu Conrad Raj ALLEN Gledhill was tops last year in providing legal advice on mergers and acquisitions in Asia outside of Japan beating some of the best and biggest law firms in the world. Singapore's largest law firm provided legal advice on
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    • 291 7  -  By Chuang Peck Ming THE fall in shipments of electronics products which account for 61 per cent of non-oil domestic exports continued to moderate in December 2001, down 20.1 per cent from a year earlier. And the chances of an upturn in the year
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    • 436 7  -  Possible projects include Amaryllis Ville, Tomlinson and Tess&rina Reports by Vince Chong WING TAI Holdings is looking to launch or relaunch two or three prime projects this year, says deputy chairman Edmund Cheng, who believes that the market has
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    • 467 7  -  Case chief says banks are vagne on card terms By Siow Li Sen CONSUMER rights champion Stephen Loke yesterday slammed credit card issuing banks for not being transparent in their dealings with customers and not using plain English in their terms, some of which are
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    • 208 7 OUB Centre will today launch Malvern Springs, a 75-unit residential project being built on the plot behind the former Tay Ban Guan retail parcel opposite Katong Mall. Marketed by Knight Frank, average pricing for the project, comprising two blocks of five storeys
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    • 112 7 '*.1' <r ml SNGATOWE il SYMPHONY J llgf ORCHESTRA mm! m Singapore SynwAy lan Shui conductor lB An innovative, imaflnjMe programme featuring a 9 V selection of contemporary composers from China, the Kingdom and Poland. This eclectic ■■■MHi mix of works surprtfi Might you I Shall we dance? Sfn 99POn
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 854 8  -  HGHlHiillffil OPINION patrick smith The writer is a former Bloomberg correspondent in Asia and the author of' Japan: A Reinterpretation'. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg ALWAYS the same, it seems. Hie Financial Times publishes its annual survey of the "World's Most
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    • 33 8 "Short cuts to reform only lead to more trouble. Hall-measures will not halve the pain, only prolong it' -George W Bush in a speech to the Organisation of American States.
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    • 569 8 EDITORIAL LAST week's sacking of China Construction Bank president Wang Xuebing caused a stir not just in China and Hong Kong but also overseas —Mr Wang is a well-known figure on the international financial circuit A protege of Prime Minister Zhu Rongji, Mr Wang is
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    • 1170 8  -  Experience shows it comes only when the exchange rate regime chosen is a consistent part of a coherent overall macroeconomic strategy By Ramkishen Rajan The writer is a senior lecturer at the School of Economics resident associate at the Center for International Economic Studies, Adelaide University
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    • 592 8  -  COMMENTARY By William Pesek Jr The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Bringing his cab to a halt in downtown Jakarta, Basoeki Peranginangi turns to his American passenger and asks what's become a common question here: "Could you
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  • MAIL bag
    • 567 9  -  Jean Tan Director Corporate Communications Ministry of Manpower I REFER to your article "Why manpower policies need to adapt, Part II" by Vikram Kh anna (BT, Jan 14), where he argued that the government's unrealistic rules for employment passes have caused companies to
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    • 258 9  -  Linda Chee Vice-President Corporate Marketing Communications Ascendas Pte Ltd WE would like to clarify a few points stated in your column titled 'Ascendas not a truly commercial entity yet' (Dec 11, 2001). Ascendas is most definitely a commercial entity and has always operated on
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    • 262 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btiettar*aph.comjsg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Sang Road, Singapore*****s. We need your fuH name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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    • 362 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF AIR TECH PRODUCTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50. the Final Meeting of the members of the
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 297 10 KUALA LUMPUR Syed Mokhtar wants to acquire govt's 32% stake in two stages Dow Jones Newswires BUDDING Malaysian tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Buk-hary has submitted a bid to acquire state-controlled investment holding company, listed Pernas International Holdings Bhd, in a complex deal valued
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    • 560 10 KUALA LUMPUR Analysts say govt might step in to help stitch deal Reuters MALAYSIAN banking groups RHB and Utama Banking were deadlocked over pricing, raising speculation their merger talks would break down despite government pressure to come to terms, banking sources said yesterday. Financial
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    • 160 10 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Maxis Communications Bhd, Malaysia's leading mobile operator, is targeting April for an initial public offering to raise around RM2.5 billion (Ssl.2 billion), sources familiar with the plan said. The privately held telecommunications group, which is majority owned
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    • 380 11 JAKARTA Market watchdog's move follows rumours that former owner Salim Group was behind the deals Reuters INDONESIA'S stock market watchdog Bapepam yesterday said that it has asked the winners of the sale of two listed firms to provide details about themselves and
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    • 260 11 JAKARTA Bloomberg, Reuters INDONESIANS were to pay an average of 22 per cent more for fuel from yesterday as the government ended petrol subsidies for consumers in a bid to reduce its Budget deficit, Finance Minister Boediono said. Diesel will be 25 per
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    • NOTE Book
      • 47 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Next Media Ltd, controlled by Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, may lay off some of its 1,800 workers as part of a plan to restructure newly acquired publications, including Apple Daily, the city's No 2 newspaper. —Bloomberg
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      • 66 11 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine central bank cut key interest rates and lowered the mintmnm reserves banks must hold. It lowered the rate it charges commercial lenders for overnight loans to 9.75 per cent and the rate at which it borrows from banks to 7.5 per
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      • 51 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's unemployment rate rose to a two-year high in December as stalled economic growth forced companies to retrench workers. The jobless rate climbed to 6.1 per cent from 5.8 per cent in November, seasonally adjusted, the Census and Statistics Department
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      • 43 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] MAS Catering Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malaysia Airline System Bhd (MAS), will be sold at more than RM2OO million to the consortium led by European-based LSG Sky Chefs, a source told Malaysian Business Times.
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      • 26 11 AP [DILI] East Timor will hold its first presidential elections on April 14, the territory's UN Administrator announced yesterday. —AP
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    • 502 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMMMES ACT, CAP. 90 (1) PEERLESS BRANDS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (2) MOD.X ENTERTAINMENT PTE LTD (In Mambars'Voluntary Liquidation) At the respective Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Companies deemed to be held on 31 December 2001 and 16 January 2002 the following resolutions were duly
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    • 661 10 This is to inform that Mr SPENSER KUEK TIANG SIEW (NRIC Nos *****8D9E) is no longer under the employment of KS TECH LTD amd KIM SENG HARDWARE A OILFIELD SUPPLY PTE LTD as from 31st August 2001. He is therefore not authorized to transact any business or collect any monies
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    • 474 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SRCG PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of on Extraordinary General Meeting held al 8 Robinson Road. •08-00 ASO Building. Singapore *****4 on the 10th doy of January 2002. The Resolutions set
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    • 806 10 ASK PROXIMA PTE LTD Nona Of sue LAI resolutions NOTICI IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AT AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Of THE COMPANY DUY CONVENED AND HELD AT 10 HOE CHIANG ROAD *18-00 KEPPEL TOWERS. SINGAPORE *****5 ON 7 JANUARY 2002 AT 10.00 AM THE FOLLOWING SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS WERE PASSED Special
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    • 408 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KIMISAWA SUPERMARKET (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Chapter 50. the Final Meeting of the Members of the
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  • REGION world
    • 682 12 NEW YORK Compaq earns USs92m in Q4 while Apple posts Q1 profit of USs3Bm Bloomberg COMPUTER makers Compaq and Apple on Wednesday reported quarterly profits after suffering losses a year earlier. While Compaq Computer Corp had a fourth-quarter profit as sales fell less
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    • 566 12 HONGKONG But q-o-q increase of 5.6% offers hint of recovery: IDC Reuters, Bloomberg POWERED by demand from mainland China, the AsiaPacific (excluding-Japan) market for personal computers rose 1.9 per cent in the fourth quarter from the year earlier to 5.65 million units,
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    • 170 12 AP [BANGALORE] Demonstrating his eagerness for more India-Chinese business, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji gave on-the-spot approval for India's biggest software company, Infosys, to open an office in Shanghai Mr Zhu was visiting the southern India headquarters of Infosys, the first Indian company listed
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    • 280 12 HONGKONG Reuters HONG Kong faces the possibility of higher taxes after a government report concluded that it is suffering from a structural deficit, Hong Kong newspapers reported yesterday. The South China Morning Post quoted government sources as saying that tax
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  • WORLD news
    • 464 13 WASHINGTON Strength of the key sector in a year of economic downturn comes as a surprise AP CONSTRUCTION of new homes and apartments fell 3.3 per cent in December but the total housing activity for the year managed a solid 2.2 per
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    • 409 13  -  From Neil Behrmann in London PANCANADIAN Energy Corporation has made the biggest North Sea oil discovery in a decade. The discovery from two wells drilled in the Buzzard Field, 125 km north-east of Aberdeen, West Scotland, indicates potential oil reserves in excess
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    • 475 13 NEW YORK Q4 profit op 36%; USs69Bm write-off for Enron and Argentina Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc. the largest financial services firm, said fourth-quarter profit rose 36 per cent as consumer lending surged. The company wrote off US$69B million for Enron Corp's bankruptcy and Argentina's default.
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    • OTHER RESULTS
      • 139 13 Bloomberg {FAIRFIELD, Connecticut] General Electric Co's fourth-quarter earnings rose 9.7 per cent and sales fell for a third consecutive quarter, as the US recession hurt businesses such as plastics and broadcasting. Net income increased to U553.93 billion, or 39 cents
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      • 74 13 Bloomberg [SUNNYVALE, California] Advanced Micro Devices Inc reported a smaller-than-expected Q4 loss as holiday shoppers bought more PCs. The loss was US$l5.B million, or 5 cents a share, compared with net income of U*****.97 million, or 53 cents, a year ago. Sales fell
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      • 131 13 AP (DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co posted a US$5.O7 billion loss for the fourth quarter of2ool, mostly due to heavy costs related to its recently announced restructuring plan. For the full year, it lost U555.45 billion, its first annual loss since
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      • 142 13 NYT Reuters [NEW YORK] Yahoo chief operating officer Jeff Mallet said on Wednesday he would resign and leave in April, even as the Internet portal announced higher revenue and lower losses than it had forecast. Mr Mallet was one of the
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      • 63 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bank of New York Co, the biggest custodian of investor assets, said Q4 profit fell 8.4 per cent, after the company wrote off US$235 million in loans. Net income fell to US$33l million, or 45 cents
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    • 637 14 BNKOXSMA Ex-Enron consultant did stndy which concluded a collapse would pose little risk to economy NYT, Reuters [WASHINGTON] The White House said on Wednesday that President George W Bush's top economic adviser, who had served as a paid consultant to
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    • 263 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US economy entered the new year on a weak note, although some scattered signs of improvement emerged, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. "Reports from the Federal Reserve Districts suggest that economic activity generally remained weak from late November through
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  • THE ARTS
    • 758 15  -  Anoushka Shankar tells oeoffset eu she's playing more of her own style and less of her father's stuff GEOFFREY EU EVEN if you can't tell your reggae from your raga, Indian classical music, as practised by Anoushka Shankar, will make you sitar I mean sit up
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    • 570 15  -  Compiled b) Aaron Lye Static: 348-5555 Ticket Charge: 296-2929 PERFORMANCES Four Sides To A Ring A blend of voice, dance, poetry and mime, Fours Sides To A Ring is a story about love that uses each individual artistic element and fuses them into coherent whole. Feb 7-9, 8pm,
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      211 15 Tka buzz: Music that asks you to believe in yourself; to have faith, hope, love, joy and peace; music that says it's alright to be different, and to be grateful for the little things in life. Phi MNI players: That is what Tony Deßlois wants his music to communicate.
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    • 388 15  -  By Frank DeMeglio THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra opened their 2002 season last Saturday with one of the early successes of a great composer, the world premiere of a piano concerto from a Singaporean composer and a staple of the Western classical canon by one of
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  • CINEMA
    • 639 16  -  Ridley Scott lets the maimed and wounded bodies do the job of story-telling in Black Hawk Down; what's missing is the emotion to* Parvathi Nayar WHEN Philip Caputo wrote about "the guttural rumbling of the beast, war, devouring its victims" in A Rumour of War,
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    • 614 16  -  CINEMA The Devil's Backbone's rich textnre comes from its adept portrayal of these two forces By Susan Tsang THE Devil's Backbone is a term used by the superstitious to describe a condition in malnourished foetuses, where the spine is external. An example of this, preserved in
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  • PURSUITS
    • 1166 17  -  TAM HWEB hwee checks out the various ways to purge toxins from the body, from the more painful methods to luxurious treatments TAN HWEE HWEE After ail the binge ing and boozing during the holiday season, maybe you're sitting at your desk, feeling bloated and hung-over
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    • 765 17  -  The singer once again shows why she's the most successful pop artist of all time, reports tax hwee hwbb TAN HWEE HWEE WHEN a preview copy of the highly hyped Madonna "Drowned" concert landed on my desk, I became unusually popular, especially
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  • EPICURE
    • 765 18  -  oosnmß berk discovers Oceana at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and finds it too pleasant a place to keep to herself CORINNE KERK IT is a real dilemma. When you discover or think you've discovered a nice new eating place, should you share the good news with others
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    • 1107 18 WINE CONNOISSEUR ByH K Yong WHAT makes a wine memorable owes as much to the circumstances, place and people associated with it as the wine itself. Reliving the wines below is like looking at photographs, recalling memories of the time when they were tasted. BORDEAUX 2000 The most
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  • PERSPECTIVE
    • 658 19  -  OFFfIiTTaTTii Let's not descend into a nation of fearful citizens. Here are some simple common-sense tactics to adopt in the light of recent happenings jaime ee HOW things change. Just less than a month ago, Osama Bin Laden was but a mere TV spectre in combat fatigues, yabbering
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
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      2233 20  -  COVER STORY Fbur arts festivals are coming up in New Zealand, Perth, Adelaide and Hong Kong. PAR VATHI NAYAR discovers they offer enough to satisfy the most ardent arts aficionado PARVATHI NAYAR YOU'RE putting aside the greenbacks for Broadway, scouring the web for West Knd productions, informing travel
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  • S1000/SMF 500
    • 188 21  -  Teh Hooi Ling IF there are only two lists you can have in these difficult times, make sure they are the f Singapore 1000 and SME 500 ranking lists. From these lists, you have a snapshot of I Singapore's most finan- cially successful corporations and
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    • 1172 21 Depressing reports on retrenchments, downgrading of economic forecasts and profit warnings dominated the headlines in Singapore for the greater part of2ool. Dark clouds started forming towards the end of2ooo when the US economy expanded just 1.4 per cent in Q4 2000 against its peak of 5.6 per
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    • 923 22  -  Teh hooi ling finds out from Sing Tel CFO Chua Sock Koong the profit topper's priorities after a year of acquisitions which transformed its business profile TEH HOOI LING YEAR 2001 was a watershed year for Singapore Telecommunications. Not only did
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    • 831 22  - Low profile, high profit Matex mantra By EUGENE LOW CHANCES are, you've probably never heard of Matex Specialty Chemicals. Founded in 1989 by managing director Alex Tan, the company has built up a thriving business producing specialty chemicals for the textile, leather, plastics and paper industries. Perhaps not the most
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    • 866 22  -  By\ DAVID BOEY SPECIALIST plastics packaging maker C-Pak Pte Ltd has set its sights on posting record sales of $50 million a new record for the company for 2002 at a time when scores of electronics companies are struggling to cope with the recession.
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    • 1300 24 More homegrown firms turn franchisors to extend their reach FRANCHISING isn't just for McDonald'* any more. An increasing number and variety of local SMEs are turning to franchising as a way to grow quickly and efficiently in Singapore, the regiop, and beyond. Quite simply, franchising is
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    • 903 25  -  chua hui min speaks to its MD to find out what makes the company tick CHUA HUI MIN THE "global footprint" of US technology giant, Hewlett-Packard Company, has been impressed particularly deeply on Singapore. Before the market turned sour last year, its
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    • 1295 27  -  Going through a tough exam period that is likely to extend well into 2002, the financial sector will have to work harder to get the grade up to an A. allem merrill has some tips ALLEN MERRILL The writer is a managing director Bain Company,
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    • 974 27 The Pro-Enterprise Movement endeavours to make Singapore the No 1 pro-business environment in the world A LEANER, more efficient service provider, and facilitator of an environment for businesses to flourish. That's what the government hopes to achieve with its Pro-Enterprise Movement. The movement was started in September
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    • 581 29  -  vince chong discovers that the Soilßuild Group's real estate arm had an active year in 2000 and achieved a hefty $90-million rise in sales VINCE CHONG SB Development, Soilßuild Group Holdings' real estate arm, had an active year of property launches in 2000, giving it
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    • 1277 29  -  Assessing the indications can be difficult. It's easy to miss the more subtle signals from non-financial sources By S RAJAGOPALAN, ANDRE TOH MORE companies are experiencing difficulties trying to survive the existing downturn in the local economy. On the international scene, several well-known companies
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    • 1047 29  -  bemmy coh says good communication with shareholders benefits firms BENNY GOH A QUICK look at listed companies in Singapore shows that quite a few are trading below or at their net tangihip asset (NTA) per share. It means that they are undervalued. True, the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 270 31 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose Ave points to 969, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained three points to 1,064, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell six points to 6,804 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up 13 points to 1,065. TDCB-GHAHTER: ♦Aquahope (built 1997) 167,102
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    • 627 31  -  Economic prospects of energy resource should not be overlooked: prof Bi Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Changing patterns in energy sources from oil to gas could mean a valuable economic opportunity for Singapore, but only if it is willing to "think outside the box", said
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    • 499 31 Ailing Hynndai 3 box terminals to HK group for USs2lsm AFP [SEOUL] Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) seized on the problems of the collapsed Hyundai group to extend its port empire to South Korea. HPH took over three container terminals from ailing
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    • 105 31 [SINGAPORE] Danzas has appointed Kelvin Leung (left) to head its intercontinental business unit in Hong Kong. The former Cathay Pacific manager of global network revenue operations, Mr Leung, 35, is now responsible for Danzas' long term strategic planning, sales, operations and business development
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    • 837 32  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar AN insurer is under no obligation to inform an insured with an open cover marine insurance policy whether the vessel declared by it does or does not fall within the parameters of the Institute Classification Clauses (ICC).
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    • 288 32  -  It has ordered a USs4oom, 1,968 passenger ship By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The European cruise industry is growing fast while air-sea packages are the key to Asian business, according to Cunard Line, which just ordered a newbuild 1,968 passenger capacity ship. The US$4OO
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      • 210 41 January 21 United States: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday January 20 Australia: Australia Day Fete-vary 1 Malaysia: Federal Territory Day February I New Zealand: Waitangi Day Fete-nary 11 Japan: National Foundation Day Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve Vietnam: Chinese New Year Eve February 12 Brunei: Chinese New Year
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      • 783 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma line Oil Ltd. shows price ranges In US dollar* 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
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      • 197 42 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] FedEx Corp, Walt Disney Co and other US businesses will loan executives to the US Transportation Department to help tighten airline security, Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said. Executives from FedEx, Disney and companies such as Fluor Corp and Marriott International Inc
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      • 443 42 Explosive-detecting scanners to be in place by year-end in all airports AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government said yesterday that its airlines were ready to inspect all passengermatched baggage in the cargo hold from today, as part of a series of new
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      • 424 42 Oana-Kyodo, Reuters [JAKARTA] Passengers from a Garuda Indonesia airlines Boeing 737-300 that crashed landed in a Java river on Wednesday reported turbulence before the crash which police linked to mechanical problems. A flight attendant was killed and 23 people on board wounded in
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      • LOG Book
        • 128 42 Reuters {ZURICH] Swiss airline Crossair, now emerging as the Swiss flag carrier after Swissair's financial collapse, intends to set up its own cargo business, it said Swisscargo, which handles cargo for Swissair and is now operating under court protection from creditors, intends to shut
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        • 77 42 Bloomberg (CHICAGO] Boeing Co was sued in three states by female employees who claim the biggest planemaker denied them pay, promotions and other workplace benefits based on their gender. The suits, filed in US District Court in California, Kansas and Missouri, seek class-action status to represent
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        • 63 42 AFX [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways said it expects to pay up to US$6 million to improve cockpit security following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US. General manager for operators Jeflf Turner said in the airline's magazine that new doors and video surveillance
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      • 224 42 Oana-Kyodo [TOKYO] Japanese airline companies may lift a limit on the number of disabled passengers allowed on board before Japan hosts an international conference for disabled people in October in Sapporo, a major Japanese daily said. The Asahi Shimbun said the Ministry
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      • 504 42 It will also take on carrier's As244m debt to employees Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Tesna Holdings Ltd, the group leading the bids for Ansett Holdings Ltd's assets, offered to pay As27o million (*****.8 million) for airport terminals as part of a package to restart the
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      • 149 42 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Turnover of China Eastern Airlines, the country's second largest carrier, hit 12.88 billion yuan (SS2.B billion) in 2001, the China Securities Journal said yesterday. The newspaper did not give a comparison figure, or say whether the figure was compiled under domestic
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