The Business Times, 1 March 2002

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  • 692 1  -  Capita Land could be major player, with project slanted to finance sector needs: sources By Lilian Ang, Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] The government is looking seriously at the option of giving private developers a free hand to plan and build an integrated
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  • 404 1 Strongest quarterly gain for 2001 strengthens belief that economy is recovering Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US economy grew at a much faster rate than initially thought during the fourth quarter of 2001, logging the strongest quarterly gain for the year and supporting the
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  • 627 1  -  Prominent tycoon submits ambitious RM7b plan to govt From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A LEADING Malaysian businessman has proposed a massive road network in Johor in a bid to help Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad achieve his dream of turning the southern
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  • 1071 1  -  00—WBT China and India may be exciting but banking on Japan, Europe, US is better, says Tlknua Vikram Khanna IF there are doubts that the Singapore economy needs additional engines to propel it in the future, they will be laid to rest by
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    • 71 1 Top itpriii The government slashes development charges. Pg 10 Big job cuts expected from Mteuho merger. *11 US-S'pore FTA talks going smoothly: Tommy Koh. Pg 11 f; t KLSE Imposes trading curbs on 41 counter^"5 -r ',v- li NgTengFongls wealthiest MM S'porean: I Forbes. BlSf Pg 14 MB India cuts
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    • 468 2 r7rmif? a T > Tvm7Tr Twwvri eoonony shrank 2 per 06ft, alter a 10 par cert surge in 200Ql It was Singapore's worst recession in almost 40 years. But early stone of a tumeround have emerged. After three tfrtfght quarters of dec**, 04 saw quvter-orv
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    • 663 2  -  Indicators picking np pace, showing attacks were a short-term glitch; US stamp had BmaD impact Byl Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The Sept 11 incident appears to have been a temporary setback for the economy—Singapore's leading indicators have, for the first time in six quarters, picked
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 100 2 WONG Nang Jang, the veteran banker who is ever ready for a good laugh, was in top form on Wednesday during the media briefing on the OCBC group's results. Recalled from retirement after the resignation of chief executive Alex Au last year, Mr Wong was clearly
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      • 101 2 DBS Vickers is believed to be offering a very attractive package to attract new dealers. There's talk that the perks include giving new dealers all the commission income they generate during their first six months with the firm. An existing dealer who introduces new hires is
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      • 106 2 STOCKHOLDERS voting for or against the mega-merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer have had to contend with contradictory claims and personal attacks from both sides. As the March 20 vote draws near, the war of words has extended beyond the main protagonists. For example, Mona Eriba,
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      • 56 2 THE so-called "Beyond Five Cs" Committee set up by the government has already got some people's creative juices flowing. At a book launch this week, a few wits came up with "ideas" on what can be done to remake Singapore. Among them is a sixth C
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  • ECON survey
    • 509 3  -  It will helm not hinder, Republic's exports MTI Reports by Chuang Peck Ming THE gains that the region's economies make in increasing their share of the global electronics market may eat into Singapore's share, but this could actually spell good news for the
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    • 189 3 THE jobless rate, which hit s 15-year high of 4.7 per cent last December, is likely to worsen this year to over 5 per cent "We expect the unemployment rate to move beyond 5 per cent in the year ahead," Elisabeth Quah,
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    • 463 3 S'pore can gain from rising outflow of investments from China: MTI study CHINA is stepping up investments abroad, and Singapore can position itself to divert more of that outflow its way and to its fellow Asean member states, says a Ministry of Trade ami
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    • 63 3 TheßusinessTimes "I 1 weekend Nfceft At Styt* this week looks at the business of fashion from two points of view: Paolo Zegna of menswear group Ermenegildo Zegna talks about the Importance of staying family-owned, versus the experience of public-listed Ralph Lauren. Elsewhere, we profile mm CYC's lady boss, go skiing
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  • US economy
    • 1076 4  -  COMMENTARY Fed chairman gets behind 'recession is over' movement, but also warns that the recovery will be muted and risks of weakness remain From, Andrew Marks in New York THE Fed chairman's testimony supports economic recovery but offers reasons for investors to take a cautious approach to
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    • 807 4  -  COMMENTARY By i Caroline Baum Bloomberg A NYONE looking for Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan to break new ground in his semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress the scene of the debut of many new Greenspan pet indicators was sorely disappointed. This was cut-and-paste Greenspan
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    • 209 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US government budgeting that results in a deficit harms the economy because it drains capital from the private sector, Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday. "It's not very helpful," he said in testimony before the House of Representatives Financial
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    • 108 4 Reuters US FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Wednesday that be would support holding corporate chief executives responsible for upholding accounting practices. t The general propoeal is to switch tl» onus of decision-mak-ing with nqeet to a Whole series of corporate f»—rfiwt question*
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    • 606 4  -  JUAAaiilluUiJ CURRENCIES Greenspan does just enough to keep global financial markets In reasonable shape larry wee THE US dollar slipped modestly off recent highs after US Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's masterpiece of moderation on Wednesday, while the Bank of Japan did just about
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    • 656 5 SONY. The Sony Cyber-shot is the only digital still camera that gives you They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but a picture from a Sony Cyber-shot is I Na worth considerably more than that. Using the world's most powerful digital technology I B available, Sony has created
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 565 6  -  Industry consulted on risk-based capital for S6Z members, insurers Byi Angela Tan THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking into whether the regulatory framework can be better harmonised across the financial sector, John Palmer said yesterday in his maiden speech as
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    • 141 6 THE free float-based weighting of SembCorp Industries in 4be Straits Times Index will be raised from 0.40 to 0.47 with effect from the start of trading on Wednesday to reflect increased liquidity following the company's recent share placement. SembCorp
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    • 930 6  -  Volume dropped to $10 Jb on fewer trading sessions, fallout from Enron collapse By Ven Sreenivasan THE capitalisation of the Singapore stock market slid 3 per cent last month, weighed down by the fallout from Enron, holidayshortened trading and fears that
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    • 257 6 INDICATIVE WIWUY YEM RAISED COUPON AMOUNT HTWST OFMBaF TKSEP ffiS^ON 2SSS1 A 9 (XilS) SMCOOE DATES MTBCT WTEREST) (%PA) 15.*****2 L«R 1 1982 61/4 SMQ 1WJ5/10 196 100.70 0.69 15.*****2 WaflWflOH am 27fl 27PQl00 15M 15/10 1I6 ***** 0.96 SG********** 15.*****2 umrmi
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    • 322 7  -  It had 4.9% market share last year, and its loans book grew by 2% to RMl5b By\ Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank (Malaysia) continued to be the No 1 foreign bank in Malaysia by loans last year, despite the difficult economic environment.
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    • 342 7  -  But progress rests on the mainland's liberalisation pace By. Angela Tan DBS Bank is working on a strategy to expand into China, but the pace of progress is governed by mainland policy, the bank's senior officials told a conference yesterday. Randolph Sullivan,
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    • 273 7  -  Disclosure follows surge in stock to $1.40 this week Vince Chong WATER treatment specialist Hyflux is in talks with a potential investor over the sale of a "small stake" in the firm. In a statement last night which noted increased
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    • 612 7  -  HQCKfffT^M siow li sen ALBERT Yeoh, chief executive of OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd, was not too concerned about Calpers' withdrawal from the Malaysian equity market when asked about it on Wednesday. Calpers, the huge Californian pension fund manager, had earlier this week announced that
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    • 468 9  -  Operating revenue 5.4%, reflecting difficult market conditions By Teh Hooi Ling THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) had a weaker first half if not for smaller exceptional items this time round. Its interim earnings rose 16 per cent to $21.7 million. Ignoring the
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    • 223 9  -  By Ven Sreenivasan CONTRACT manufacturer PCI Ltd's earnings plummeted to $722,000 for the six months to end-December 2001 from $8.1 million in the comparable period a year earlier. Turnover fell 30 per cent to $96.4 million. The company blamed the poor performance on the global
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    • 150 9 LISTED systems solution provider Inter-Roller Engineering returned to the black last year with a profit of almost $l million, compared with a $3 million loss the previous year. Turnover was also up 19 per cent to $34.5 million. Earnings per share fell from 4.5 cents
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    • 253 9  -  Marine business continues to generate steady income By Ven Sreenivasan STABLE income from its core marine business enabled Chuan Hup Holdings to post a small interim earnings growth despite a fall in shipbuilding revenue. The company reported net earnings of $30 million
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 72 9 HWA Hong Corp reported a 22 per cent drop in net profit to $13.9 million for last year. Turnover «iy> fell 22 per cent to $113.4 million. The decline In profit was worsened by smaller exceptional gains of $4 million, against 554.7 million
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      • 65 9 SESDAQ-LISTED Nobel Design Holdings reported its loss for last year ballooned to $5.4 million from $2.1 million a year earlier. Turnover dived 23 per cent to $41 million. Losses per share advanced to 4.92 cents from 1.93 cents for FY 2001. Net tangible assets per
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      • 81 9 r I HOTEL Properties Ltd reported a net profit of $99 million for last year, 9.2 per cent down from the previous year's $43 million. Turnover rose 25.5 per cent to $511.6 million. Earnings per share on a fully diluted basis dipped to 8.62
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      • 64 9 SEMBAWANG Kim trans reported a 32 per cent drop in earnings to $2.1 million for the year ended December *****1, from $3.1 million a year earlier. The earnings decline came despite a 2.6 per cent rise in turnover to $50-3 million, from $49.1 million. The
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      • 73 9 SUPERBOWL Holdings' earnings plunged 93 per cent to $292,000 due to keener competition and failing consumer spending. Turnover for the year ended Dec 31 fell 8 per cent to $33.3 million. The bottomline was depressed by losses in its new Super Iceworld, writedown of $2.5
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      • 46 9 WANT Want Holdings, a maker of Asian food products, said 2001 profit rose 45 per cent to $168.5 million or 28.28 cents a share, from $115.9 million, or 19.74 cents per share previously. Sales rose 29 per cent to $730 million.
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      • 92 9 THE legal suit by an ex-dealer of Grandßanks Yachts Pte Ltd, a subsidiary company of GB Holdings Ltd, was settled on Feb 23 in the US, the company said in a statement yesterday. The claim by Marlow Marine that Grand Banks improperly terminated its dealership
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      308 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Fob 28 VALUE CLOSE BTOMt -378.00 -212.00 VrCMN -*****.00 -64.00 -*****.00 -38.00 tnrpln 451.12 +3.57 tar pWn Dill 151.41 +1.84 1476.86 -3.54 465.29 +8.26 Mgfkppim 215.24 +2.05 —BMwi 214.70 +0.70 Stocki Volume s£St2*£ 23.791.000 20.295,000 Hyftw5c 15.852.000 Food Empire 5c 15.619,000 nol ii 5qannn SjjjVTgMedia US2.5C 1
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    • 285 8  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan MAINBOARD-listed Eu Yan Sang is a fundamentally strong small-cap counter which has been largely ignored by the market. However, the announcement of strong interim results helped attract some attention yesterday, boosting the stock by 1.5 cents
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    • 756 8  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy OST economic #H indicators look I m backwards I m whether it be I m data on indusI trial producI Sr tion, manufactu 1 W ring, consumer v sentiment, GDP growth or inflation. The stock market, on the other hand, looks
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    • 665 8 Dealers say the move has already been factored in and are disappointed by the lack of decisive action AFP [TOKYO] The dollar slipped against the yen yesterday, with investors disregarding a decision by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to ease
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  • 2332 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ft' ji 1 'J >1 CftiBondSporei/$ \22& Citi Money Sing Dollar Cass B 1.037V Oti Pin-Europe Equity Fund 104/ "l* Oti5ele<t Asia Tilt Balanced 1.27/ Star Europe Eqtyl" 0.77V GtiSelect Asia Trtt Growth 1.2V Star Europe M 095* GtiSelect Asia Tilt Enh Grth 112/ Star Europe Bal
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    • 144 9 Steal our cash and you'll be caught red-handed Most financial transactions are carried out electronically these daxs Mm there comes i p«»ini when larue sums of monex haxc to phxsicallx change hands So how do \uu make Mire thai should amthinu uo wrunn. xou re not ihe one seeiiii: red
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 695 10  -  Industry hails revised rates which apply for next six months By] Kalpana Rashiwala THE government yesterday chopped development charge (DC) rates payable before a site's usage can be enhanced by more than had been expected. The rate for non-landed residential use, for instance, has been slashed
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    • 522 10  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala FROM today, the number of surveys to ascertain sizes of units in newly strata-titled properties for the purpose of issuing titles will be cut from two to one, a move seen as putting some pressure on surveyors' fees.
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    • 303 10 MORE than 100,000 workers have received training under the Skills Redevelopment Programme and the NTUC Education and Training Fund, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday in his first official outing as chairman of the Singapore Labour Foundation. Speaking to reporters at the
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    • 196 10 LIANHE Zaobao has organised a "Money-Making Ideas" exhibition and seminar aimed at Chinese speakers keen to start their own businesses. The exhibition takes place from I.oopm to 8.30pm on March 21 at Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre at Suntec City. It is free
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    • 438 11  -  Bloomberg report on snag misquoted embassy official; agreement expected by end-Jane Byi Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE'S talks with the US on a free trade deal are going smoothly contrary to reports that they have hit a snag, according to the republic's chief negotiator
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    • 417 11  -  BTIJ.miUWJ Sources say ap to 30% of about 600 staff here could lose their jobs By* Quak Hiang Whai THE full impact of the me-ga-merger to form the world's largest banking group is likely to be felt today, when Mizuho Holdings is expected
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    • 341 11  -  By Tang Weng Fai THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) of Singapore plans to finalise and announce its new polis cy on the payment settle- ment mechanism for international telecommunications services by the second quarter of this year. IDA yesterday closed
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    • 154 11 THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday released the third instalment of its technology road map, identifying what it thinks are the key directions Singapore IT companies should note. The so-called "road maps" are non-prescriptive documents that spots technology trends, says IDA chief technology officer Brian Chen.
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    • 461 11  -  W Teh Hooi Ling STARHUB, Singapore's second multi-service infocommunications operator, said yesterday its loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation narrowed to $83 million for the nine months to Dec 31, 2001. The figure for the 12 months prior to that was $188 million. Star
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    • 280 11  -  Byy Vince Chong THE Urban Redevelopment Authority said yesterday a 1.5 ha integrated residential/commercial plot at the junction of Choa Chu Kang and Woodlands Roads has been made available for tender application. Purchasers will also have to buy the existing component of this reserve list parcel
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    • 421 10 Seminar Details Seminar Outline Date :14 March 2002 (Thursday) The role of the nominating committee The role of the remuneration committee Time 8 .45 am Registration Composition of a Nominating Composition of a Remuneration 9.00 am to 5.00 pm Committee Committee Venue: Merchant Court Hotel, The role of the Nominating
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 769 12  - Message to BJP:perform or else THEHHH| OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT NEW political equations are emerging in India after elections to four provincial assemblies. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government in New Delhi led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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    • 95 12 'I recommended Enron stock because I believed in the company's business model and believed in the company's management' Raymond Nile® an analyst who never issued a 'sell' recommendation on Enron, even when its stock price was plummeting last fall. 'I am ready for whatever they want to
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    • 605 12 EDITORIAL Hongkong wiii unveil a Budget next Wednesday that is being closely watched for unpleasant surprises. At a time when the Hong Kong economy is going through recession and deflation, the government finds itself in a no-win situation. If it chooses to ease the
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    • 985 12  -  Japan's economic fortunes would thus revive, serving the region's best interests by restoring foreign investors' trust in its capital markets By\ Marc Hendriks The writer is global chief economist of Societe Generate THE economic and financial position of Japan is critical. Whether
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    • 888 12  -  COMMENTARY Withdrawing from four SE Asian bourses smacks of ignorance on the pension fund's part By] 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 [NORFOLK, Connecticut] Remind me,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 538 13  -  Errant firms fail to regularise their financial condition under ELSE roles From Diana Oon Abdullah Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur A TOTAL of 41 companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange will begin trading under restricted conditions today, after having failed to regularise
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    • 261 13 KUALA LUMPUR Earnings hit RM956m bnt revenue falls 55% Bloomberg RENONG Bhd, Malaysia's most indebted group, swung to a profit in the first half, helped by money from the sale of its stake in its construction unit, United Engineers Malaysia
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    • 573 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bourse's lifting of listing ban revives firm's debt revamp MALAYSIAN telecom group Technology Resources Industries said yesterday it expects to return to the black in 2002, with its debt revamp back on track after the stock exchange lifted a bar
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    • 569 14  -  Total worth of top 5 S'pore billionaires is only 10% higher than Li Ka Shines Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Developer Ng Teng Fong, who controls the island's Far East Organization and Hong Kong's Sino Land, is Singapore's richest man with an estimated fortune of US$3.l
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    • NOTE Book
      • 66 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's bank rescue agency arid it plans to sell Its stake In a former SaHm Group property company that owns some of Jakarta's moat exclusive office and retail space. PTHoldikoPerkasa, aims to sell its 47JS per cent hokUng in PT Metropolitan Kencana
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      • 47 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa secured a second five-year term unopposed yesterday after standing with the strong backing of Beijing The former shipping tycoon, 84, had been widely critkdawd for hU Knyf flf economic and political crises.—Reuters
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      • 61 14 Dow Jones Newswires (SINGAPORE) Thai telecammunldtlooioperattr Total Access Communication (TAC) said yesterday that 200lftiD-year net profit more than tripled to 2.1 billion baht (SBBB million) fhan 648 miDko baht in 2000. TAC said that at ttw and ofDeoemlMr it had 1.74 million
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      • 60 14 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways, Asia's eighth-largest airUoe. said its board appointed KanokAphiradae as president, a position thai has been empty fbr almost six months. Mr Kanok, now president of state-run Small Industrisl Finance Corp, which offers loons to small enterprises, was picked fhxn a shortlist
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    • 565 14  -  It will be disbursed only if progress is made on 6 issues From\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has informed Jakarta that progress has to be shown on a number of key issues before it will approve
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    • 289 14  -  Frorrii Audrey Tan in Hong Kong LOSSES at Hongkong-listed Vision Century Corporation (VCC) deepened to HKJ396.7 million (5193.2 million) last year, as the company's equity investments and Hong Kong property portfolio fell in value. The property and business park developer
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    • 328 16 NEW DELHI But reform Budget falls short of market expectations Reuters THE Indian government announced a Budget yesterday which will cut subsidies and interest rates on gov-ernment-run saving schemes and press ahead with economic liberalisation to boost growth. Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said
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    • 268 16 BEIJING Reuters CHINA announced yesterday its economy grew a powerful 7.3 per cent last year as the global economy faltered and said this year would be a battle against a "grim" world outlook to keep growth at such a stellar level. The growth figure,
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    • 152 16 HONGKONG Dow Jones Newswires AN internal investigation by the Chinese statistics authority has uncovered endemic fabrication of official statistics, the Financial Times reported on its website yesterday. The results of the probe are hardening doubts over the credibility of national growth figures and putting
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    • 948 15 CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LTD (Incorporated with limited liability in Singapore) NOTICE OF PURCHASF Purchase of 555,000,000 5.75 Per Cent Fixed Rate Notes Due 2004 of Centrepoint Properties Limited (the "Notes") NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the exercise by Centrepoint Properties Limited (the Company of its option under Condition 6(B) of the
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    • 170 16 Very Important Asian Paintings 9 Mar 10 Apr 2002 Preview starts now! Sudjana Kerton Affandi In this exhibition, Linda Gallery presents works of renowned artists from Indonesia China, Singapore Thailand and participants. All the paintings being exhibited are authentic. many Aitd*. (fatteuf k THE HOUSE OF PAINTINGS M Blk 15
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      • 92 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US warplanes yesterday attacked Iraqi air-defence sites In a 'no-fly' zone in northern Iraq, after western aircraft patrolling the zone were targeted by radar and anti-aircraft guns, the US military said. The US European command NiH in Germany said all warplanes departed the
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      • 82 17 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Europe's inflation rate rose to a five-month high in January as cold weather in southern Europe lifted vegetable prices and some merchants used the euro cash changeover to boost prices. Consumer prices in the 12 countries using the euro rose 0.5 per
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      • 69 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Renault, which owns 36.8 per cent of Nissan Motor, said it will spend 215.9 billion yen (512.9 billion) to increase its stake in Japan's No 3 carmaker to 44.4 per cent today to expand their alliance. The second-largest French carmaker will buy
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      • 87 17 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Sony Corp will buy the 39 per cent of Aiwa it doesn't already own for about US$ll4 million in stock, gaining full control of the subsidiary in a bid to return the money-losing unit to profit Sony will issue 2.50 million
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      • 53 17 AFP [LONDON] British bank Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday that pre-tax profit rose 28 per cent last year to £4.28 billion (SHI.I billion). Total income rose 18 per cent to £14.58 billion, but provisions for bad debts rose 27 per cent to
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      • 71 17 AFP [VEVEY, Switzerland] The Swiss food giant Nestle said yesterday that net profit grew by nearly 16 per cent In 2001 to 6.68 billion Swiss francs (517.2 billion) from the figure for 2000. Sales increased last year by 4 per cent to 84.66 billion
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      • 54 17 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel showed off a Pentium 4 processor that runs at 4 gigahertz, almost twice as fast as today's best, as the firm revealed details of microprocessors coming out next year. The processor will include a feature introduced this week In powerful server-computer
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      • 71 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Mitsubishi Electric Corp said yesterday it would cut 2,100 hill-time group employees in the year to March 2002. It also planned to reduce the number of contract workers in its chip sector by 4,000 in the year that ends on March 31.
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    • 674 17  -  Move seen as stop-gap action rather than dealing with deflation From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan yesterday delivered its share of emergency measures for shoring up Japan's tottering economy and financial system by agreeing to increase its purchases of
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    • 274 17 NEW YORK Pentagon eased rules for network contract: report Dow Jones Newswires THE Pentagon has relaxed the security requirements for a planned network in a way that let Global Crossing Ltd remain in the bidding for the lucrative contract, the New York Times
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    • 169 17 TOKYO AFP HITACHI Ltd warned yesterday it would suffer a record net loss of US$3.6 billion in the year to March due to weak demand. The nation's largest comprehensive maker of electrical machinery also announced a plan to raise its targeted job cuts
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    • 432 19 WASHINGTON Congressman Kndnich raps hiring, firing of private auditors by their clients Reuters IN the wake of the Enron disaster, a bill was presented before the US Congress on Wednesday proposing that the US government take over corporate auditing This will see a
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    • 325 19 ADELAIDE Small inCTMH dllft to slowest US ICT spending in 7 years Reuters THE global high-tech Industry grew by less than 4 per cent in 2000/01, restrained by the slowest growth in spending on information and communications in the US in seven years, a new
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    • 176 19 Reuters [SYDNEY] Fox Entertainment Group, the film television and cable arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, confirmed yesterday the media mogul's son has been elected to its board, replacing Chase Carey who resigned in January. Lachlan Murdoch, 30, also deputy chief operating officer of News
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    • 319 18 WASHINGTON lift wiD star inflnence of industry over policy LAT-WP A FEDERAL court ordered the Bush administration's Energy Department to turn over 7,500 pages of documents related to Vice-President Dick Cheney's energy task fore*, a decision that would make public for the
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    • 678 22  -  OFFHirraiT.-i Here are The Maid's Ten Commandments, as compiled by the typical Singapore employer; maids have compiled their own set too jaime ee AND so, the inevitable has happened. Singapore parents are breeding a new generation of spoilt layabout youngsters for whom forced labour means
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    • 1224 23  -  Life began rather late for Helen Soo, GM of San Francisco's Tai Seng Video Marketing but she's more than making up for it, reports JtamifHK '-m JENNIFER LIEN SHE is the public face of America's biggest Hong Kong video distributor, running an 80-employee operation in
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    • 1051 23  -  Hotbed Media, a small production house headed by a Sail Francisco-based Singaporean, is making a feature documentary on the bizarre mass cultural event that takes place every year in the harsh Black Rock Desert in Nevada. ooßimiE bbbs finds out more about the project CORINNE KERK
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  • TELEVISION
    • 895 24  -  New BBC documentaries on Sinatra and the Rat Pack attempt to unlock their legendary magic, says ui-hoon CHEAH UI-HOON TWO BBC documentaries have come hot on the heels of the hype generated in the "golden" Hollywood years by the movie Ocean's 11 the Steven
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  • CINEMA
    • 532 25  -  Note-perfect acting helps to give a richly-textured picture of different slices ot life in the Australian movie 'Lantana', discovers partaibi ma yak PARVATHI NAYAR A woman'scar breaks down on a deserted road; her phonecalls from a stray phone booth are recorded on an answering machine; the
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    • 631 25  -  The versatile cast ensures 'Bandits' is 2 hours of pore fan By\ Susan Tsang BANDITS takes quirky Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid type robbers, throws in a sexy woman at the end of her tether, mixes in a menage a troix and comes
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  • THE ARTS
    • 720 27  -  cheahoi-hook experiences the magic of Cirque du Soleil's spectacular production 'Alegria' at the Big Top CHEAH UI-HOON WOULD Cirque du Soleil have been such a hit all around the world if it didn't cart around its own big top and travel with a modern caravan
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    • 534 27  -  Theatre company for kids also includes music in its repertoire By* Cheah Ui-Hoon THE Prudential Children First! festival, which first started off as an international theatre festival, and then included dance to its repertoire last year, has now widened its coverage to music. But
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    • 703 27  -  DBS Theatre Fantasy will feature double-bill of two stellar productions By Aaron Lye RECESSION or not, some things don't change and the theatre's one of them, at least according to James Cundall, director of arts and entertainment for Asia, Australia and New
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    • 362 27  -  CoMpMby Aaron Lye 'jjustc Cfc+nee Maes Mae f The hM in the Chymes Sun day araetc aeries opens witl Danny Loong and Trevor Jails of the local Universal Bluet Band and harmonica player Kelvin Ng. Mar 10, 6pm-9pmi Chymes Fountain Court. Admission it firm. PERFORMANCES Presenting the works
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  • EPICURE
    • 461 28  -  Cajnn cuisine will soon be included in Stewords River boat's menu By( Cheah Ui-Hoon YEE-HAH! No, that's not the yu sheng cry, not till the next Chinese New Year anyway, but to announce that TexMex has now been corralled into the stable of island
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      600 28  -  The restaurant's cuisine is a compatible match for its lovely surroundings, says CHEAH UI-HOOM CHEAH UI-HOON THE image of having dinner under tall palm trees and surrounded by sweet-smelling shrubs scores pretty high on the romantic quotient. On that strength alone, Halia Restaurant at the Botanic Gardens has
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 115 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDD rose four points to 1,029, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) shed four points to 1,027, the Baltic firmed 44 points to 0,719 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up 11 points tol^ll. 169,770 dwt (Pan Ckmn relet) delivery Cape Passero end
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    • 462 29  -  New mindset to be self-regulating, pro-active: Intercargo chief By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The shipping industry has moved a long way in fostering a collective dialogue on the issues and problems vital to the health of the industry, according to the chairman of
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    • 45 29 [NEW YORK] Passengers scale the rock climbing wall aboard one of Royal Caribbean's Voyager Class ships. In the new millennium, cruise passengers have more choices and options than ever before, from shiny new megashiDs to thrill-seeking shore excursions. AP
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    • 188 29 Shareholders may be asked to consider proposal again: report Dow Jones [NEW YORK] P&O Princess Cruises pic (POC) may resubmit its billion-dol-lar merger deal with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) to shareholders before regulatory probes into both Royal's proposal and a rival offer from
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    • 242 29 Company expected to deliver offer to shareholders by mid-March (SINGAPORE] Hongkong and Singapore listed bulk carrier shipping company, IMC Holdings Ltd, is inching its way towards delisting its shares from the two exchanges with the company's offer expected to be delivered to
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    • 316 29  -  As3o million loan being considered to ease ferry builder's cash flow problems By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A multi-mil-lion dollar state-level government loan is expected to be endorsed to save troubled Australian shipbuilder Incat. Tasmania's government this week reassured the fast ferry maker's
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    • 677 30  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A CHAPTER in the 1996 bankruptcy saga of ABC Containerline was closed by the Canadian Supreme Court last December with the ruling that its Federal Court did the right thing when it ordered the sale of MV Brussel
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    • 52 30 AP [SETE, France] Greenpeace activists raiding the Agia Irene ship, carrying tons of Liberian wood, to block it from unloading its cargo in Sete, southern France. A panel of UN experts ruled last year that revenuefrom Liberia's timber industry was being used to illegally buy
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      • 388 40 Investigator says agency top brass knew of breaches bnt did nothing Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ignored multiple warnings of flight security breaches before the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, an employee of the agency said. FAA investigators repeatedly penetrated
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      • 357 40 US airline going ahead without approval of FAA Dow Jones [DENVER] UAL Corp's (UAL) United Airlines plans to start training its pilots to use stun guns to defend their cockpits even though the devices have not been approved by the Federal Aviation
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      • 258 40 Dow Jones [CANBERRA] UK entrepreneur Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Blue, said yesterday the Australian discount airline is considering buying airport terminals owned by failed airline Ansett. But Mr Branson said Virgin may not buy all of Ansett's assets as Virgin Blue is already
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      • LOG Book
        • 65 40 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Guizhou Airlines, 60 per cent owned by China Southern Airlines Co, the country's largest carrier, will start operating flights to Macau, its third scheduled international route. Guizhou Air will fly to Macau from Guiyang, a south-western Chinese city where the airline is
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        • 107 40 AFP [HONG KONG] A Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd-led consortium been chosen as the preferred tenderer for a new HK$3 billion (***** million) road tunnel project in Sydney, the firm said yesterday. CKI said In a statement that its consortium has been chosen as the
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      • 226 40 AFP [BOSTON] A security lapse at Boston's Logan International Airport has resulted in the arrest of more than a dozen employees of a local cleaning firm, who allegedly used false identification to gain access to secure areas of
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      • 537 40 GP7OOO family of engines to power 1380-800 planes [SINGAPORE] Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for US$l.5 billion worth of engines with the GE-P&W Engine Alliance to power 22 firm and 10 option Airbus A3BO-800 aircraft. The airline
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