The Business Times, 22 April 2002

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA fP) 010(03/2002 SINGA PORE j Internet: http://business-times.asia1.com.sg MONDAY. APRIL 22. 2002
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    Lock icon PM's PSA comments spark interest in IPO
    684 1  -  IPO may still proceed even if major customers given stake By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The future of PSA Corporation's postponed initial public offering (IPO) has taken on a new dimension following Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's revelation that shipping lines might be offered
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    Lock icon Taiwan gets flak over move to regulate flow of workers to China
    570 1  -  Proposed bill aimed at preventing secrets leak: Govt From] Macabo Keliher in Taipei THE Taipei government wants to regulate the flow of Taiwan's high-tech professionals to China. But a proposed new Bill, drafted by the National Science Council
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    Lock icon EDB hiring more mid-career execs now
    773 1  -  BTrmrmm It's new more keen on people with industiy experience By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Even as Singapore mulls new strategies, the Economic Development Board has adopted one new approach: it is hiring more mid-career executives from the private sector. The investment promotion agency,
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    Lock icon US$30 oil mark won't unhinge world economy
    515 1  -  From 3 Neil Behrman in London OIL traders fear that a USled assault on Iraq will cause another spike in oil prices. But the general consensus among them is that crude prices would soon get back to the present range of US$23-US$26 a
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      90 1 IT Comm—it Vlkram Khanna: The ugly side of gveat emptor. Audrey Ten: Searching for some renef on me HK jobs front *9.12 Curbs on auditing ■A greater awarenees of conflicts Interest- 4 if* op StoHMpf^ A stimulus pian that finally works? MurtHipl I 30 firms delisted in 15 to come.
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      22 1 IN BjzjT TODAY ONLINE TRADING Why S'pore brokers must take the global view 36 is here, but are operators ready? ■Page 20
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      Lock icon A stimulus plan that finally works?
      632 2  -  Ttkye to nnveil in June measures t> lift i wptiwi uibmt domestic industries From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo titc THE Japanese government is to produce an "intensive economic revival plan" in June. It will contain measures to boost consumption, speed up disposal of banks'
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      Lock icon G-7 finance officials focus on debt, terrorism
      431 2  -  From Leon Hadar in Washington FINANCE officials from the world's seven largest industrialised nations reiterated over the weekend their commitment to deal more effectively with global debt problems and to restrict the flow of financial aid to terrorist groups. "Economic recovery from the
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      Lock icon The ugly side of caveat emptor
      828 2  -  BT comment ECONOMICS Thar* are loopholes Id Twyer-beware' booreei that need to be r^BF" 1 vikram khanna ITS an oft-repeated sequence. Alter every major stockmarket euphoria comes the crash, and after that, revelations of all manner of financial skulduggery which in turn provoke an
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      211 2 *1 School of Business Management jL PhD in Business Management Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Executive MBA MBA in General Management I f^^mj MBA in Strategic Marketing I &Sm Jt ■pn MBA in Financial Management J ■ml Entrepreneurship MBA International MBA University of MBA in Chinese South Australia Master of
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      342 3 At the recent Standard Poor's Investment Funds Award 2002, UOB Asset Management received 6 awards. Together with 5 awards at the Singapore Investment Fund Awards 2001, we ve won a total of 11 awards for top performance this year. Combine that with our record since 1996, and you can see
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon 30 firms delisted in 15 months, more to come
      558 4  -  With the CMtstf keeping a listing going up, more firms may go private By' Teh Hooi Ling IN the past 15 months, nearly 30 companies have been delisted from the Singapore Stock Exchange. Many were a result of industry consolidation. Some
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      Lock icon Caps for Maybank supplementary cards
      233 4 Limits can be set without affecting main cardholder MAYBANK credit cardholders here can from today set monthly spending limits on their supplementary cards and also ask for separate billings on them. The bank said principal cardholders who want to monitor the expenditure of their supplementary
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      860 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Annual General Meeting of SHINING CORPORATION LTD will be held at 11 Changi South Street 3 #04-01, Builders Centre. Singapore *****2 on Friday. 17 May 2002 at 10a m for the following purposes: As Ordinary Business 1. To receive and adopt the Audited
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Private bankers who go beyond just coddling
      902 5  -  Veteran Law Teo Ping among the senior advisers being hired by bank to do the awiiing By I Siow Li Sen CITIBANK'S private bankers, so used to handholding their clients, will have their own hands held in a makeover to boost their professionalism
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      Lock icon ABN Amro sees Republic as regional hub: country head
      785 5  -  He dispels concern about commitment of foreign banks By. Angela Tan ABN AMRO Bank NV is here to stay, the Dutch bank's Singapore country head and managing director David Wong told BT in an interview. Dispelling a nagging concern about the
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      Lock icon First en bloc sale this year nets 58 owners $49m
      364 7  -  Land cost works out to 32% lower than adjacent site sold in Nov 2000 By Kalpana Rashiwala THE first collective sale of the year has been closed, with the sale of 58 units of Lengkong Gardens in the Kembangan area
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      Lock icon Hiring levels picking up: poll
      478 7  -  3 on the economy employment -By Anna Teo Hiring levels a strong indicator of business and economic performance seem finally to be picking up. A key measure in TMP Worldwide's job index survey for Singapore has risen to its highest in 12 months, with further
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      Lock icon S'pore backs relief efforts for West Bank refugee town
      332 7  -  UN Security Council must act to carry oat resolutions Mahbnbani Byi Chua Hui Min SINGAPORE supports immediate relief efforts for the besieged refugee camps in Jenin in the West Bank, and backs the United Nations' call to send a fact finding
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      Lock icon A greater awareness of conflicts of interest
      772 9  -  That'll be the big benefit from the consulting curbs on accounting firms, says Boston Consulting Group Reports by. Anna Teo CONSULTING curbs on auditing firms will have but marginal spinoffs for full-fledged consulting firms, says the president and CEO of The Boston Consulting
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      Lock icon Consulting: not about tweaking but gunning for an edge
      557 9 ONE of the first questions prospective Singapore clients invariably ask a consultant is, "Have you done exactly this sort of work before, and if so, where?" And that, in a way, runs counter to The Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) key mission
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      311 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 19 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 53.00 -159.00 VTCMM -*****.00 32.00 W lt-AwBU -*****.00 -5.00 MUSTi Bin 458.54 3.39 SfibpRfM Ebct 162.23 -3.02 SCrprfBiiFhi 1515.59 -17.79 SBrtrfMnhyp 423.72 4.06 M9CI Tl—iurn 217.13 2.18 SWaFwhe* 216.80 -3.10 Slocks Votuma DayenSc 194,757,000 IPCO 20c 150.582,000 People's Food HGK 50c 140,014,000
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      Lock icon SIA looking up but volatile energy prices a worry: analysts
      288 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THINGS appear to be improving for Singapore Airlines. The company cheered the market last week by announcing that it would remain lossfree for the current financial year. This, after it earlier warned that it
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      Lock icon M-E crisis, interest rates fears lift Asian currencies
      669 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies gained ground against the US dollar last week, helped by the Middle East cfiiflict and concern over US interest fm. -> V Japanese yen: The yen rose against the US dollar, on fresh concern over the trend
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      102 6 KOH Brothers Group will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.1 cent) m June Last day for buying in on a cum basis is June 11 and date payable June 24. ♦POHTiongChoon' V» > Logistics will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.90 cent) on May
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      Lock icon Will small caps run out of steam?
      778 6  -  BT STOCKS r. sivanithy SMALL has become beautiful again postSept 11. From Singapore to the US, penny stocks have been turning on investors in the past few months. For proof of the revival in small caps, consider these numbers: the UOB Sesdaq Index
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    2555 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ObBondS'poreA/S 120* OtiBond S pore B/t 1.234/ Gb Money Sing Dollar das t 040V AMI Amro Aawt Mgt (S'pore) Oti Pan-Europe Equity Fund 1.11/ Star Europe Eqtyf". 0806/ CitiSelect Asa Tilt Balanced 1.3 V Star Europe Bd 0972/ CitiSelect Asia Tilt Growth 1.77/ Star Europe Bai 0888/
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      62 7 China jojk Form 2002 Marina Mandarin Singapore 2nd 3rd May 2002 Find out what are the latest tax reforms In China. Understand China tax geography and learn to do effective tax planning for your business In China. For more information, please contact Irene Tan 9 6559 3805 SPECIAL INTERESTS rSs
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      152 7 ikrvoA Connecting People J We know that working intelligently and looking smart Is your ballgame. That is why the new Nokia 6510 combines small size fHB with all the software you need to match a busy schedule. GPRS* fast data connection and convenient WAP browsing k^H Enhanced Calendar view your
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      Lock icon Europe's multilateralist
      1015 8  -  l»ii exclusive In his new incaraation as European Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten talks to vmuMmmtA about foreign aid the npw trade round, and the prospects for a EU-Singapore free trade agreement anoui ioreign aia, uie new VIKRAM KHANNA AS he moved from being head of the
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      134 8 restaurant bar 360 at One Fullerton Special Lunch menu for Secretary's Week 22-26 April Restaurant 360 $48+++ per person inclusive of a glass of Champagne Appetizer Scallop with Rio Pastry, Mesclun mix, Lemon Garlic sauce or Pacific Rock Oysters with Pickled Cucumber Gazpacho sauce Main Course Confit of Lamb bin,
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      Lock icon Foreign talent put off by housing woes
      183 10  -  Kuek Hooi Thye Johor Baru ru, Malaysia via Internet I REFER to your article "One-off HDB exercise fails to clear oversupply" by Andrea Tan (BT, April 9). Why doesn't the Housing and Development Board allow singles and PR-status married couples without enforcing the
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      Lock icon Parks cater to different recreational needs
      423 10  -  Lee Pin Pin (Ms) Assistant Director. Public Affairs National Parks Board WE REFER to the letter 'Unfair to finger civil servants* by Steve Yeo Siow Kuang (Mailbag, April 5). In his letter, Steve Yeo was concerned that parks are not well visited, and made
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      Lock icon Follow NYSE lead on when to delist firms
      391 10  -  Gerald Ang Joo Huat I REFER to your article 'When the local stock market confounds" by R Sivanithy (BT. April 13). Mr Sivanithy raised an interesting point with regard to the Singapore bourse. I don't think there is anything confounding or mystical
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      Lock icon To be creative, let children take risks
      223 10  -  Alan Wong I REFER to your article "To be creative let's un do FOR A CHANGE" by Sim Wong Hoo (BT, April 1). How I wish what Mr Sim said would come true to let go and have a bit of chaos. Let
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      Lock icon Subsidised rate forHDB flats? Hardly
      324 10  -  Lai Ping I REFER to the article "Give developers bigger role, cut HDB's: Wing Tai chief' by Kal pana Rashiwala (BT, April 11). I find it hard to agree with Edmund Cheng that the government is protecting Singaporeans with too much public housing at a
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      Lock icon Art of keeping a bureacracy trim
      159 10  -  Tan Kok Tim MANY of us understand why the goods and services tax has to go up and direct taxes have to come down. It is a worldwide trend to reduce direct taxes to compete for investments. But where will all this lead to?
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      119 10 We welcome letters. E-mail us at bttetterQsph.com.sg or fax us at 6319-8277, or write to: The Business Times, SPH HQ, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore *****4. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language,
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      Lock icon Narrowing the US-Malaysia gap
      917 11  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL It'd be wise to temper expectations and focus on areas of mutual interest when meets Bush karim raslan MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is set to visit Washington DC in midMay, his first visit to the White House since 1994. Political relations between the
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      Lock icon Pernas seeks to repay US$74m of bonds
      163 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIAN hotel and property group Pernas International Holdings Bhd is seeking funds to redeem almost US$74 million of bonds after its takeover by a well-connect-ed businessman, New Straits Times reported on Saturday. The Employees Provident Fund, the country's main pensions
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      Lock icon Bank Panin rising fast in Indonesia
      642 11  -  From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S Panin Group, one of the oldest and largest financial groups in the country, has emerged as a fast-rising star in Jakarta's corporate scene. Its unit Bank Panin was recently one of four groups to bid for the
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      Lock icon Taiwan plan to trim bureaucracy by 6%
      141 11 TAIPEI AP TAIWAN plans to cut the number of its civil servants by nearly 6 per cent under a government downsizing plan, officials said yesterday. A government reform committee suggested that up to 14,500 civil servants, out of a current total of 252,000,
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      Lock icon Searching for some relief on the HK jobs front
      258 12  -  I-l I comment HK As scarce jobs attract thonsamb, mainland migrants and school-leavers are swelling nnemployed audrey tan THE bad news is that one in every 14 in Hong Kong's workforce is now unemployed. But the good news is, the headline
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      370 11 DIASOLUTIONS ln %> 0/ IT's All Right Here.^ Wireless Connectivity Technology means Total Mobility in Communication MOBILE KQIIPMEM r k t c I nbeatable Starter Package I Date :24- 28 \pril 2002 (Wed Sun) I TmL i\KC Laptop Special Offers I Time I htm In ft nm I NEC Versa
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      1475 12 Notices Kian Ho Bearings Ltd Notice of Annual General Meeting ™T?° E HER f BY GfVEN that A"" 031 General Meeting of the Company will be held at 5 Changi South Street 3, Singapore *****7 on 15 Mav 2002 at 2.00 pm for the following purposes: 7 AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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      374 12 In The Matter of The Companies Act, Cap 50 And In The Matter of SPIENDORE INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation) MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINMNr. up At on Extraordinary General Meeting of me Members of the abovenomed Company duly convened ond held ot 255 D Bulit Timofi Road, Singapore *****5 on
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      235 12 Standard ft Chartered *****,000,000 Floating Rate Negotiable Singapore Dollar Certificates of Deposit due on 22 July 2002 In accordance with the provision of the above mentioned Certificates of Deposit, notice is hereby given that the Certificates of Deposit are due for interest and redemption on 22 July 2002. Interest Payable
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      1073 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP SO ANO IN THE MATTER Of HBIPASIR RIS) FOOOCOURT PTE LTD (In Creditor* WMuntery UquUrton) T AKE NOTICE M a meeing ol the oedtn rt* abownamed company eiH m pursuance ol Sector 296 a* above Act oe tetd at 139 Cad SUM
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      759 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 [Sodion 290<2Mb)] AND IN THE MATTER Of BIS ADMINISTRATION SINGAPORE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Moating of the Compony held c* 50 Raffle* Ploce. 14-01/ 04, Singapore Land Tonnr, Singapore *****3 o« ilx
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      571 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 [Sedion 290(2Mb)] AND IN THE MATTE! Of TIS TWO ADMINISTRATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntory liqwdrton) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS At on Ejrtrootlinory General Meeting of the Compony held o> 50 Raffles Place. *1401/ 03. Singapore Land Tower, Siwgopore 04*623 on
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      747 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 [Section 290(2Hb)J AND IN THE MATTER Of TIS ONE ADMINISTRATION (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTia Of RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ihe Company held at 50 Raffle* Plan, *1401/ 03, Smgopoie Land Tower. Singapore 04*623 on
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Perc: India most exposed in Asia to external threats
      553 13 SINGAPORE Australia is deemed least vulnerable; HK benefits from mainland Hnk AFP INDIA is perceived as the most vulnerable country in Asia in terms of external threats, while Australia is deemed the least exposed, a regional survey showed. Also among the
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      Lock icon Bringing Las Vegas glitz to Macau
      661 13 US casino moguls Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson have pledged more than USslb to tap China's gambling market Reuters [HONG KONG] BIG Las Vegas casinos learned long ago to cater to every whim of Asian high rollers who think nothing of jetting in and
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      Lock icon Not realistic for PetroChina to buy Canada's Husky
      391 13 BEIJING Chinese official says the price is too high after shares soared Reuters A TOP Chinese official said on Saturday it was no longer realistic for PetroChina, China's biggest oil producer. to consider a takeover of Husky Energy because the price had
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      Lock icon Koizumi blasts S&P for Japan's ratings downgrade
      553 14 NIIGATA, Japan The premier hints the agency's view of Japan's economy is distorted Reuters JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Saturday attacked ratings agency Standard Poor's for downgrading the sovereign credit standing of the world's second richest nation to the level of Malta.
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      Lock icon Regulators seek to bar analysts at road shows
      431 14 WASHINGTON This would reduce conflicts of interest, says NASD head Dow Jones Newswires ANALYSTS should be prohibited from participating in road shows to promote stock offerings, US state securities regulators say. "Analysts shouldn't be on the road promoting the same stocks they
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      Lock icon Weather derivatives for World Cup
      153 14 AFP A. [TOKYO] Japan's Daiwa Bank Holdings Inc has begun selling "weather derivatives" contracts to offset potential losses linked to heavy rain during the World Cup, reports said on Saturday. Daiwa Bank and Asahi Bank, both under the umbrella of the holding company, are selling
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      Lock icon Global chain stores boost China exports
      229 14 BEIJING AFP GLOBAL chain stores are offering new opportunities for Chinese companies to sell their goods in overseas markets, Xinhua news agency said yesterday. International chain groups last year bought goods in China worth US$3O billion, or 11 per cent of total Chinese exports,
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      1345 13 lUll'.l.tji Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting I a^ E H H !t R 0 h Y t G, r EN J hat n E c rtrdordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at
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      276 14 Our treats will make every secretary feel like a boss. k I I Celebrate Secretaries' Week at The Pan Pacific Send her on a special Singapore between 22 to 26 April and treat her to a movie date full course of delights at any of our fine dining Whet your
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      189 14 Soon Boon Siong, Senior Vice President, Corporate David Toh, Director, PrtcewaterhouseCoopers Finance, Institutional Banking, United Oversees Bank Gregory Doyle, Senior Consultant Head of Executive Wong Bee Eng, Head of Corporate Finance, OCBC Bank Compensation Business Performance Practice, Ng Joo KMn, Director, Stamford LLC Towers Perrin Thereee Tan, Partner, Helen Yeo
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      176 14 CH7PTIC CROSSWORD 0 6 Son of Adam said to sound 1 1 BM MB BP" 1 1 12 Its a brave man who gn/es archaic (4) 8 ISSSSS!^(^ ne(7) 9 17 may be < dose'(4) arT, tt,ce furniture thai heads -L-LJ— 19 Artist vrtw old retires South ]g a s
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon GRIC planning to double its revenue this year
      749 15  -  exclusive The US-based firm, which provides telecom billing settlements and is 30% owned by S'pore government-linked firms, also aims to turn a profit by the end of the year, CEO Hong Chen tells CBDABomnr CHUA HUI MIN Nasdaq-listed GRIC Communications Inc, which
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac likely to have 120 m Net subscribers by 2005: IDC
      556 15  -  Analysts see scope for robust growth despite current downturn W Tang Weng Fai, Raju Chellam THE Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) will have more than 120 million Internet subscribers by 2005, around 40 million of them with broadband Internet access,
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      Lock icon WorldCom may trim capital spending
      121 15 Bloomberg [CLINTON, Mississippi] World Com Inc. the second-largest US long-distance telephone company, may follow rival Sprint Corp in cutting capital spending to preserve cash, investors said. World Com plans to spend USSS-USSS.S billion this year, down from US$7 billion last year. Investors expect the Clinton,
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      Lock icon Work remotely, wirelessly
      345 15  -  By{ Chua Hui Min WORKERS will soon have an added option for logging on from outside the office, when GRIC Communications launches its new mobile office communications service tomorrow. For upwards of US$6O a month, you can link up to your company's server through GRIC's global network
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      Lock icon NCS to settle for 'modest' profit
      584 16  -  It is aiming for 7-9% profit in an industry hurting from fierce competition and the economic slowdown By 1 Tang Weng Fai ONE of Singapore's largest systems integrators, National Computer Systems (NCS), is planning for a more modest 7 per cent to 9 per
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        Lock icon Internet telephony at IBM facility
        116 16 IBM Corp has installed the latest Internet telephony system at its new facility at the Changi Business Park. The IP telephony system comes from Cisco Systems Inc and is built on Cisco's Awid (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) technology. 'The 1,000-user BP telephony
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        Lock icon E-Security Index from e-Cop.net
        112 16 THE Network for Electronic Crimee and Online Protection—e-Cop.net—has launched its new "e-Security Index". First introduced in February 2002, the index monitors changes in e-security events on a monthly basis. It uses data compiled from monitoring activities on clients' networks by e-Cop.net's Global Command Centres in Singapore,
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        42 16 AUSTRALIA-BASED Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications has introduced its Home Access service in Singapore. "Corporate users can now direct costs of International phnn" ran» made from their residence to the company's consolidated phone bill," Macquarie said. For details, visit www.macquarie.com.sg.
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        61 16 JAPAN'S Canon has launched the "Canon Digital Creators Contest 3002" globally with prise money totalling US$ll2,OOO, including a USs2o,oooGold A ward in each of the four categories—digital photo (print), digital graphics or illustration (print), digital movie, and Web-based graphics. The contest doses on Sept 3,2002.
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        62 16 NGEE ANN Polytechnic's School of Electronic and Computer Engineering has tied up with Motorola Electronics to develop solutions in the PDA market using Motorola's Dragonball-MXI Bluetooth processor. Motorola and Ngee Ann Poly will do joint RAD in three areaa: handheld nratkul devices, m-commerce and computing,
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        82 16 SESAMI Inc, a leading 828 commerce service provider, has tied up with China sinoßnet to build an online 828 electronics community in China. "The tie-up will provide an ideal trading environment that covers the Asia-Pacific region with connectivity to the rest of the world," Sesami
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        50 16 UK-BASED Aculab said it has set up a natural language speech recognition system at Singapore Computer Systems' JuzCall third-party call centre. "The system has been developed using digital signal processing resources from Aculab combined with speech recognition software from Nuance," Aculab said. For details, visit www.acuiab.com.
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        35 16 A FREE "SCS Linux and open source" seminar will be held on May 2 at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It is organised by the SCS Linux Competency Centre. For details, e-mail limmhj@scs.com.sg.
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        34 16 A TWO-DAY conference, "Bootcamp@Asia" will be held from tomorrow at the Shangri-La Hotel. It is organised by the Singapore IT Federation, Singapore Enterprise Chapter. For details, fox *****896, or e-mail bootcamp@asia.cneL com.
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        39 16  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam m A TWO-DAY "Public Key Infrastructure workshop" will be held from May 6 at the Carlton Hotel It is organised by Infbcomm Solutions Pte Ltd. For details, fox *****883 or email heUy@infocomm solutions.com.
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      1009 17  -  IT INFOTECH Internet brokliig holds great promise, and the teadlng online brokers are raking it in desrftathad<mm»nmi paul chan The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. THE recent move by DBS Vickers Securities to ramp up its online broking service has
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      153 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] A Japanese lab has built the world's fastest computer one with the computing power of the 20 fastest US computers combined The New York Times reported last weekend. The computer is nearly five times faster than the previous leader, a machine
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      401 17  -  By, Joe McDonald AP [BEIJING] North Korea on Saturday opened the first trade show for its computer software makers, offering a glimpse into an infant industry that the secretive communist regime hopes will help to revive its famine-wracked economy. North Korean officials said
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      544 18  -  Hynix Semiconductor has been the lightning rod in the past year for government meddling in the country's economy. Now comes Dongbu Electronics, russell flammery reports RUSSELL FLANNERY SINCE South Korea's recovery from Asia's financial crisis in the late *****, chipmaker Hynix Semiconductor has
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      188 18  -  Byi Grace Tan DELL Asia-Pacific last week introduced its nextgeneration "blade" servers designed to simplify server management and boost productivity. "Blade servers" are basically plug-and-play computer boards that can operate from a common chassis. "Customers can simultaneously provide for hundreds of servers
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        68 18 r»pg a jrvf Trrhnnlngy hit mrroflsri lis imiwwH digital audio player, the Nomad Jukebox a. It costs $786, offer* up to 98 dB in audio quality, comes with 20 GB capacity that holds uptoWJOO MPS songs, and weighs 289 grams. It the industry's first digital audio
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        80 18 INTEL Corp has Introduced Ave mobile processor* designed for mini and subnotebooks. Hie details (with unit pricing for 1,000 units): Low Voltage Mobile Pentiums running at 188 MHz. Price: US$3l6. Ultra Low Voltage Mobile P3 at 800 MHs (188 MHx PSB). Price: US$2OB. Ultra Low Voltage
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        37 18 NOVELL Inc has unveiled its desktop management solution—ZENworks Synergy. R delivers dynamic content, applications and data to users from a single interface, Novell said. The solution costs USHSO per user. For details, call 1800-*****98.
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        56 18 UK-BASED Vertu, a subsidiary cf Nokia Corp, has launched its hand-crafted cellular phones, adorned with precious metals. Hw internal technology of the phones can be updated without changing their casings, Vertu said. The phones are available in platinum (137,000), while gokl yellow gold ($21,500), and stainless
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        90 18 FUJI Xerox Singapore has tied up with US-baaed Celestix Networks, which provides server appliances, to launch the Smart e-Offlce package, targeted at SMEs. The package offlers e-mail, ftx, intranet, document management document delivery and collaborative systems. Prices start at 125,000. Fuji Xerox has also unveiled
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        42 18 SINGAPORE-BASED Signet Technology, a distributor of IT hardware and software products, has introduced Level One Wireless Printer Server from Germany. The server costs IB6oand comes with either a parallel or USB port support For details, fltx *****234.
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        59 18  -  Hi il lfcy Leo Kee Chye INDIA-BASED Four Soft Pte Ltd, a software development firm, has launched its web-centric enterprise application solution 4S e-Supply targeted at the transportation and logistics industry The software offers firms end-to«nd solution tar their supply chain management, said Four Soft. It
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      215 18 AFP [SEOUL] Merger talks between South Korea's troubled Hynix Semiconductor Inc and Micron Technology Inc have become stalemated, with the US firm weighing an alternative deal with Toshiba Corp, analysts said. The talks once advanced to the brink of a final accord but falls
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      459 19  -  He will address role of Microsoft, PC makers, software vendors in making computing available By Corinne Suisan [WASHINGTON] Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is scheduled to testify today in an anti-trust case brought against the software giant by nine US states and the
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      337 19 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said Fujitsu Ltd, Toshiba Corp, NEC Corp and Wistron Corp will use Microsoft's software to build wireless computing devices for connecting with home PCs. Mr Gates announced the new partners for its so-called Mira devices in a
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      255 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Hitachi Ltd, the world's third largest data storage systems provider, said last week it was counter suing top player EMC Corp, alleging eight of its software patents were infringed by EMC. Hitachi said in a statement that it filed the suit in the
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      831 20  -  They need a convergent, htnN>.ra«iiy Miiing ftapturft new revenue streams. Else, their very survival could be at stake SAY Ik i G Joslin Vethakumar The writer is proposal manager with CSG Systems in Singapore TELECOM carriers look well set to unleash a string of
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      412 20  -  By 1 Elinor Mills Abren Reuters (SAN FRANCISCO] While technologies to protect personal online privacy have stalled in the world's richest nations, they're still in grave demand from human rights workers in other countries, experts said at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference that
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      731 20  -  It will address issues that affect every listed US company By Brian Bergateta AP [SAN JOSE, California] A courtroom showdown over whether Hewlett-Packard Company fairly won a stockholder vote to acquire Compaq Computer Corp promises to be much more than
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      254 21 NEW YORK GOLDMAN, Sachs Co's chief investment strategist, Abby Joseph Cohen, said US stocks are "modestly undervalued" even though they have risen about 25 per cent from the lows hit in September. Ms Cohen, who was run-ner-up in Institutional Investor magazine's
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      219 21 CHICAGO Bloomberg The Chicago Board of Trade has cut trading fees up to 40 per cent in its auction-style pits in an effort to increase business and prop up membership prices that have lost almost two-thirds of their value in
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      451 21 WASHINGTON Economists expect GDP to have grown at 5% in Jan-llarch Bloomberg THE US economy barrelled ahead at the start of the year, recovering from its first recession in a decade, reports this week are expected to show. Gross domestic
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      234 21 LONDON Reuters THE world's economy may have had a rocky ride over the past few months, but Europe's rich have come through almost unscathed, a report due to be out today showed. Research by market analysts Datamonitor shows the number of Europeans with liquid assets
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      931 21 COMMODn y Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices last week bounced off recent three-week lows in response to a recent, sharp Call in levels of crude oil stocks in the United States, while gold prices benefited from a weaker US dollar. GOLD: Prices of gold
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      643 38 BERLIN Move aimed at raising transparency also remits in flak for generous payouts AFP GERMANY'S biggest companies are breaking with long-held tradition and revealing the salaries of their managers, leaving the firms wide open to criticism. The aim is to increase transparency, as a commission
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      438 38 BUENOS AIRES Freeze stays imtil govt completes plan to convert cash savings into bonds Reuters Bloomberg THE Argentine government last Friday ordered an indefinite halt on all foreign exchange and banking transactions, saying it needed time to finalise a plan aimed at bolstering the banking system.
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      487 38 WASHINGTON Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett has criticised some of the biggest US companies lately for what he considers their overly optimistic pension assumptions. Now he's publishing his own expectation. Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said in last month's annual report that
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      274 38 BRUSSELS NYT MORE than a year after US authorities found that the two largest art auction houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, had joined in an illegal price-fixing cartel, European anti-trust officials levelled essentially the same charge in formal complaints sent to the two
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      542 39 NEW YORK AUUOUMTIMtt WOES Once very proper, it became reckless trying to bring in more business NYT AMONG accountants, so often dismissed as drones in green eyeshades, Arthur Andersen historically stood out for its arrogance. This was the firm that often defied the resistance not just
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      176 39 LATWP [WASHINGTON] Accounting industry observers said it will be even harder for Arthur Andersen to survive with the collapse of negotiations to avert federal prosecution of the firm, but a spokesman for the accounting firm said it has no plans to file for bankruptcy. "We're
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      211 39 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Deloitte Toucbe Tohmatsu's consulting unit, which the accounting firm plans to spin off in the wake of concerns over auditor independence following the Enron scandal, will cut salaries of senior professionals, a spokesman said on Friday. "Right now we are expecting that
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      1322 22 I tt DBS GROUP HOLDMGS LTD I fl DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES I I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I I I ONSOUDATEDPROFITANDIOSSACCOUNTFORTHEYEARENI *I > DECEMBER 31 CONSOUDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 I 17~ 2001 2000 I 1,026 4,896,910 Cash
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      2029 23 P DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD HOLDING COMPANY I PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 I in SS'OOO BALANCE SHEET AS AT DECEMBER 31 I 2000 In SS'OOO I INCOME 2000 I NON-CURRENT AStfTS I 7 ftgO 2.884.434 Subs.diory compon,es 33, 3,697, ,53
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      2735 24 1 Q DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD I Other fixed assets ore depreciated on a straight-line basis over tbeir estimated useful lives as follows: I yet Plant and mochinery 5-15 years I I toss A Loss grade is appropriate when a credit is considered uncollectible or is of such little Computer
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      1798 25 QDBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD J 9 OTHER INCOME j, 1 Other income comprises the following: 94 c* rt- l r P for the yeor is lower thon that derived by applying the statutory income tax rote of I in (t'nnn DBSH Group I 2001 2000 I Net gains on Insurance
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      2431 26 8 DBS GFIOUP HOLDINGS LTD I Ordinary shares of DBSH of par value S$ 1.00 issued upon exercise of share options during the year yielded the 16.5 GENERAL RESERVE following proceeds, at the followinq market value: rt„> i I J? andT! o4l 9 T,t r i r6SerVe J? mOUnh trans
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      2536 27 QDBSGROUP HOLDINGS LID I I 17.2 "Flie balance in respect of DBS "ftiai Danu Bank Public Company Limited ("DTDB') is a debit balance. A debit (g) Interest is payable annually at a fixed rate of 35% I I minonty interest balance arises where the losses applicable to the minority in
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      2133 28 O DBS GROUP HOLDNGS LTD |Q) 7? ?Sfl n U, V opHo" were between December 15, 2000 and December 25 LIFE FUND NET ASSETS I 28, 2001 and mature between January 7,2002 to May 15, 2006. The payouts at maturity are I. n UH »n th® r\, 1 ™c uj
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      1654 29 Q DBS GROLP HOLDNGS LTD Induded in tfieorov.sion is on amount of *****.0 mill,on (2000 *****.0 million) set os.de for possible valuation losses 33.3 Tfee indirectly-owned subsidiary comoan.es of D6SH ot from foreclosed properties taken in satisfaction of certain loan arrangements of DTDB (Note 32). companies ot D6SH at December
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      1925 30 ————^^—■————I——i^— Q DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD Interest Held B i Cost of Investment Country of Other DISH's Held by DBSH's Name of entity Co., D t_ u Share of total Incorporation/ DBS Bank Subskfiaries Sufesiianes yof Enhty Reason for consolidation assets Sebsidwry Companies Bosinoss Principal Activities 2001 2000 2001 2000
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      2557 31 Q DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD I ul" j^ es an on f "cjwnge transaction, each transaction i, treated separately 33.8 FAIR VALUES OF ASSETS AND UABIUTIES OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Arm wen tor the purpose of determining the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acauired and for The detail*
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      1985 32 O DBS GROUP HOLONGS LTD 34.4 The joint venture companies indirectly held by DBSH of December 31 ore as follows rk T e amounts outstanding at December 31 comprise the following Country of Interest Held By Joint Venture Companies Business Principd Activities 2001 DBSHGfOUp jqqq Ssoo 2001 ''"^OOO Held By
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      2243 33 Q DBS GROLP HOLDINGS LTD I denvahve financial instruments which are held for hedging and are accounted for on an accrual basis) derivative 40 USE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMFKITC I l^T 00 m strumenfc are revalued on a gross pos.tion basts and the unrealised gams or losses are reflected in WWItNTS
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      2089 34 Q DBS GROUP HOLDNGS LTD toble below analyses DBSH Group's net structural currency exposure ot December 31, 2001: I Borrowings which Remaining In SVmiHion Can I ""vestments in hedge ihe net structural currency I lnSs million overseas operations investments exposures Financial assets Cash, ana balances ond placements with central banks
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      1344 35 QDBS GROUP HOLDNGS LTD 44 NON-PERFORMING LOANS AND PROVISIONS Jt 56 <"** dep S co,lechon stock broker °9* 441 DeC^ 3 2 01 SH Grou P s total non-performing loans amounted to 554,512 2 million (2000 Ss4 410 5 n°9en>en products. rn.ll.onJ Non-performing loans ("MPLs") are loans, contingent facilities and
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      897 37 I 88 DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD I I 4 RESERVES 5 subordinated term debts, issued on March 21. 2001 comprised the Series A Subordinated Note of I I 4.1 SHARE PREMIUM ACCOUNT l n^, D Se es B rd na d S*'oo,ooo,ooo, and mature on March 15, 2051. The I
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      2731 40 Foreign Policy magazine's editor Moises Nairn interviewed Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loongfor a feature in its latest issue. We reproduce here extracts of the interview. FOREIGN PoUoy: Given the global economic slowdown, terrorist attacks, the bursting of the Internet bubble, and more protectionist instincts, is the
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      916 40 IT: Will you be the next prime minister of Singapore? LHLt That's not for me to decide. The Members of Parliament must decide whom they have confidence in and the electorate must see whom they support. fPs Would you like to be prime minister? LHLt If
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      279 41 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young DRY bulk prices continue to firm up on the back of purchasing Interest Vessels sold far runner tnuitng ♦'Delphic Pride': 65,125 tdw bit 84 Namura reported sold region U555,500,000 to Greek Buyers. ♦'Menites': 64,896 tdw bit 81 Hitachi reported sold region U553,650,000 to
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      534 41  -  OECD report says industry should not have anti-trust immunity anymore By) Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Liner shipping companies should no longer be granted anti-trust immunity for price-fixing and rate discussions, according to an in-depth and hard-hitting report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation
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      239 41 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Port Klang Authority and the Abu Dhabi Seaport Authority, Port of Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a Sisterport relationship. Aimed at expanding mututal commercial benefits to develop traffic
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      161 41 Dow Jones Newswires [MIAMI] Carnival Corp (CCL), the world's biggest cruise line, pleaded guilty to dumping oily waste from six of its ships and will pay US$lB million in fines and restitution. In a plea agreement signed on Tuesday, the cruise ship operator admitted
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      307 41 It then plans to expand Into Canada, Poland, India and Indonesia Bloomberg [MANILA] International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), the Philippines' largest port operator, says that it is close to ending a dispute with workers at a Brazilian port and may expand
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      370 41 Crew's wait nears 2nd week as Japan, Panama puzzle over which side would handle issue AP [TOKYO] A Japaneseowned oil tanker registered in Panama remained in limbo on Saturday, as Japan and Panama puzzled over which side would handle the suspected killing of
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      387 41 Deal is its first sealed outside of the Petronas group Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corp (MISC) has won a three-plus-one year contract to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) for state-owned Gaz de France. "The contract was secured following a competitive
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      776 42  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes IN the middle of March, the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) announced new requirements to enhance the safety of bulk carriers, and especially existing vessels rather than newbuildings. The move annoyed the main shipowners' organisations and the International Maritime
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        170 51 April 29 Australia: Anzac Day Italy: Liberation Day Day AprO 20 Japan: Greenery Day ■Uy 1 Singapore: Labour Day China: Labour Day Germany: Labour Day Hong Kong: Labour Day Italy: Labour Day Norway: Labour Day Philippines: Labour Day Sweden: Labour Day France: Labour Day South Korea: Labour Day
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        789 51 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Lid. (bows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive deacripOoa at the market Prices shown are baaed on averagesiaed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Blinker Price Index change and the individual
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        574 52 Lucrative business travellers are flying less, booking cheaper flights Reuters [CHICAGO] The top eight US airlines reported another US$2.4 billion in losses last week on top of 2001's record US$9 billion shortfall as air travel, although rebounding, is still a shadow
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        403 52 Move to cope with a forecast gorge in passenger nnmbers expected to rise 46 percent Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA Pic said on Friday that it would spend £8.1 billion (Ss2l billion) over the next 11 years to cope with a
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        339 52 Those flying from Curacao to Amsterdam being screened for drag smuggling AP [WILLEMSTAD, Curacao] KLM Dutch airline has turned away scores of passengers for flights from Curacao to Amsterdam, under new screening for drug smugglers that has led to scores of no-shows and 24
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        368 52 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea sent a damaged flight recorder recovered from the crashed Air China passenger plane to the United States on Saturday for hardware restoration before further investigations can be done, officials said. Air China flight CA 129 ploughed
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        459 52 It's also talking to Mitsubishi Heavy Ind and Fjyi Heavy Ind to supply components AFP [TOKYO] European aircraft maker Airbus said on Friday that it was in talks with Japan Airlines Ltd (JAL) to seU its A3BO superjumbo jet in what
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        360 52 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] FedEx Corp, the largest overnight-deliv-ery company, will almost double flight frequency between Japan and China, anticipating rising trade after Asia's second-largest economy joined the World Trade Organization. FedEx will operate 16 flights a week between the countries, compared with
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