The Business Times, 27 August 2002

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2002 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85c
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    75 1 sn L£ll04 (-15.86) OT DiDEX FCTUIES UBOOO (-2.00) smsci FUTOIES I9L00 (-0.50) ffTOCKKAIKET INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 72a« li« NIKKEI 226 W,d$7 74 .200 29 HANOSESG _18C221M 19M SET INDEX 369.02 *ttl JAKARTA COUP .***** IJ* MANILA COMP L091» *5.60 TAIPEI WP! 4JUSS -J2JU SEOULCOUP 7U71 *72 SHENZHEN
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    63 1 FOSEX BATES USS SI rSS(S$ptrUSS) 1.75# £(USS-SS per£| 1.510 1673 ETRO(i:»S&T). ***** 1.708 YEN ItS. 7 68.10 HK a**l £1(1 HKS 7M0 4«6 BAHT 42.33 H.Q7 RtFtAil £.661 PUKE SATES SINGAPORE* KUALA LlUPl R WD HOW KONG 3.125 JAKARTA J9JNI TAIPEI CjQJb TOKYO 1J76 SEOLL 9i6 FRANKfl RT 3•»
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  • Article
    Lock icon July electronics growth of 14.8% best in 20 months
    611 1  -  Manufacturing sector grew 17.8%, a tad below forecast of 19.8% By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The manufacturing sector grew 17.8 per cent year-on-year in July, with the electronics cluster recording its strongest expansion in 20 months. July's rise in industrial output may
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    Lock icon US new home sales surge to hit monthly high
    494 1 AP. Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP [WASHINGTON] New home sales shot up by 6.7 per cent in July to the highest monthly level on record as low mortgage rates motivated buyers to lock in good deals. The advance propelled sales to a seasonally
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    Lock icon Albert Hong gains control of Sum Cheong for just $1
    718 1  -  Move frees listed HK parent from debt guarantees Prom k Audrey Tan in Hong Kong SINGAPORE architect Albert Hong will take control of construction firm Sum Cheong Corporation in a management buy-out worth just Ssl that will facilitate its Hong
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    Lock icon 10 China firms poised to list on SGX over next 12 months
    343 1  -  From] Loh Hui Yin in Hangzhou ABOUT 10 Chinese companies are expected to list on the Singapore Exchange over the next 12 months, with the number building up to 20 listings a year in the next couple of
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      200 1 INSIDE Top stories HK bourse exploring stakes in overseas exchanges. Next Page Angela Tan: Look into capping directorships. Pg 3 Business space: the merging of industrial and commercial space. Pg 16 Virgin Blue sues for access to Sydney Airport gates. Shipping Times Pg 10 What Do They Have In Common?
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      20 1 S'pore proposes two initiatives to woo Chinese business, Pg 7 JMI first IPO aspirant on MAS' Opera website, Next Page
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Waiting for DBS...
        82 2 THOSE watching the housing loan war have been waiting for the market's biggest mortgage player to respond to recent rate cuts by the competition. After United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank's sharp rate reductions, DBS Bank had been rumoured to be working on a "very good" package
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        Lock icon ... and the aftermath
        48 2 and the aftermath BUT is the housing loans war good for banks? Here's what readers thought when asked in a recent BT Online poll: Yes, it'll increase activity in the housing loans market: 38% No, it'll eat into their profit margins: 47% Consumers are the real winners: 15%
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        Lock icon Rock on with Uriah Heep
        134 2 ROCKERS of the '70s may wish to keep their diary open on Sept 6 for the legendary Uriah Heep. The UK rock band is coming to town to perform at Fort Canning on that day, thanks in part to the NTUC Club. For those still
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      Lock icon HK bourse exploring stakes in overseas exchanges
      406 2  -  Move aimed at improving earnings, creating more strategic alliances From A Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) may take stakes in overseas exchanges, in an effort to improve earnings and create more strategic alliances. Apart from a one
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      Lock icon Tokyo exchange makes plans to up profile
      808 2  -  It is working with Shanghai bourse to woo Sino-Japan JYs From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AS Nasdaq prepares to retreat from Japan, the Tokyo Stock Exchange is planning a series of initiatives which it hopes will raise the international profile of the exchange
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      Lock icon JMI first IPO aspirant on MAS' Opera website
      464 2  -  By- David Boey ee ISINGAPORE] Bermuda- registered JMI Internation- al is the first stockmarket aspirant to take centrestage ly on the Monetary Authority s. of Singapore's (MAS) le "Opera" webpage and ot market watchers have 14 }e days to quiz JMI on
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      Lock icon 'Co-opetition' the key to win-win relationship, says PTP chief
      561 2  -  Top execs now open to both cooperation and competition to give the best product By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] In an unexpected twist to the rivalry between PSA Corporation and Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), top executives from both sides have
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      147 2 SINGAPORE BUSMESS MO Awards 2003 Top 500 Profitable Corporations In Singapore www.Singaporeßusinesssoo.com Closing date: September 15 Organized by PRNeWSAskJ r 1 NOVOTEL MEANS BUSINESS I Shanghai Novotel Atlantis Shanghai US$9l Beijing Novotel Peace Beijing US$BO" Beijing Novotel Xin Qiao Beijing US$BO" Shenzhen Novotel Watergate Shenzhen US$6B" Hong Kong Novotel Century
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      6 2 Mallhag- Remarks personal, not PSA's, PglO
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon PDC Corp to diversify into IT-linked businesses
      468 3  -  It expects sales from tech unit to form 60% of turnover in 2 years Byi Arthur Poon MAINBOARD-listed PDC Corp plans to diversify from construction and property into technology and IT-re-lated businesses. Formerly known as Hong Lai Huat Group, the diversified construction company
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      Lock icon KepCorp clinches deals worth $72m
      260 3  -  By Conrad Raj KEPPEL Corporation's offshore and marine units have clinched contracts worth a total of $72 million as KepCorp continues to battle arch-rival SembCorp Industries' offshore and marine units for repair and conversion orders. Two of the contracts for Keppel Offshore Marine are for
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      Lock icon F&N denies talks with San Miguel
      376 3  -  Manila firm also dismisses talk of buying stake, assets Byi Conrad Raj FRASER Neave yesterday denied speculation that it is in talks with San Miguel Corporation on the sale of assets or shares to the Philippine conglomerate. In a notice to the Singapore Exchange,
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      Lock icon Look into capping directorships
      654 3  -  ißHfllocksiew angela tan LAST week, the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) suggested higher compensation for non-executive directors in anticipation of the more onerous workload and heavier responsibilities they will face as Singapore moves towards greater transparency and corporate disclosure. Justifying the call at a time when
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      26 3 X -f J ■i hh Everything from conversational French to antiques, find them all in The Straits Times Classified. c/lx^ Buy it Sell it Find It
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      117 3 "Ranked top SO bacwHv* MBA in the world In 2002* FINANCIAL TIMES 2002 One of Europe's leading business schools, HHHHHHHH Date Wednesday 4 September 2002 The University of Strathclyde welcomes Time 700 pm Venue Times Management Institute applications for the prestigious itoter^wi* 02 14/15 Strathclyde MBA and MSc in Finance.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      321 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Aug 26 VALUE CLOSE HOMOS 96.00 44.00 BTCMN -*****.00 -120.00 STI*4*RM *****.00 +9.00 /MHQCHMii 407.80 3.48 124.52 -0.06 SG Equities Fb 1340.44 -17.38 SGE«attMPN» 408.24 -4.31 MSCI Singapore 190.08 -2.25 SMSCfFatew ***** -0.50 Stock* Volume Citiraya 2.5c 59,439,000 Datacratt 10c 34,536,000 Links Island 10c 15,260.000 FJBen W*****6
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      Lock icon Lion Asiapac's acquisition deal could spark interest in stock
      313 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byy Ven Sreenivasan LION Asiapac is one of those stocks which is rarely in the limelight. But details of its deal to buy Kuala Lumpur-listed Angkasa Marketing Berhad's (AMB) 100 per cent stake in Angkasa Transport Equipment Sdn
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      Lock icon Is it time to look at stocks again ?
      809 4  - Is it time to look at stocks again I:l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN equity and currency markets are as nervous as they are now, risk aversion takes over and the natural result is that money flows into safe havens, or at least investments that carry as little risk
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      Lock icon US$ steadier despite Wall St relapse
      307 4  -  Bat eyes are still on how US stocks will react to this week's numbers larry wee THE US dollar was looking a lot steadier yesterday, despite a bout of profit-taking on Wall Street last Friday. But currency traders remain a little wary ahead of
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3767 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS AM Amro Asset Mgt (S'porc) Star Europe Eqty ,A 0 6S& Star Europe Bd 1 045/ Star Europe Bal 0 838/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0 728/ Star Asia Bond 1 26/ Star Asia Balanced 0 84/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0177/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund'**
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon ASJ H1 net profit op 5%
        141 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED electronics firm ASJ Holdings has reported a 5 per cent increase in net profit to $3.5 million for the six months ended June 30. Turnover was up a marginal 0.28 per cent to $23.32 million while earnings per share rose from 2.45 cents
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        Lock icon F&N in $1b note programme
        103 5 Reuters DIVERSIFIED soft drinks bottler Fraser Neave (F&N) said yesterday it had established a $1 billion medium-term note programme. With this establishment, it is proposing to issue $300 million of five-year paper. F&N said the new five-year notes will pay an interest rate of 3.26
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        Lock icon YHS names independent directors
        47 5 YEO Hiap Seng Ltd has appointed Lum Ooi Lin and Chandra Das as independent directors with effect from yesterday and Sept 1 respectively. Ms Lum is founder of Sesdaq-listed Hyflux Ltd while Mr Das has been chairman of NTUC Fair Price since 1993.
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        Lock icon Penguin Boat's interim earnings soar
        100 5 Reuters PENGUIN Boat's net profit for the six months to June 30 rose to $653,000 from $67,000 a year ago. Earnings per share was up from 0.03 cent to 0.33 cent. Turnover dipped to $29.52 million from $31.27 million. Penguin Boat provides public ferry services
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        Lock icon Thakral's Q1 back in the black
        84 5 Reuters THAKRAL Corp has returned to a net profit for the three months to June 30 of $600,000 from a net loss of $5.97 million a year ago. Earnings per share was 0.04 cent from loss per share of 1.02 cents. Turnover in the
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        Lock icon Fn Yi lifts H1 net profit by 18.2%
        82 5 Reuters FU Yu Manufacturing's interim net profit rose 18.2 per cent to $6.49 million from a year ago. Earnings per share for the six months to June 30 increased to 1.44 cents from 1.22 cents. Turnover rose to $127.80 million from $97.60
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      Lock icon Datacraft shares fall further on heavy volume
      293 5 Reuters SHARES of Datacraft Asia, the region's largest network systems integrator, extended their slide yesterday on concern over the probe by the city state's white-collar crime unit. Datacraft slumped over 8 per cent yesterday to US$O.B4 in heavy volume of 35 million shares,
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      Lock icon Huan Hsin's H1 net profit drops 21% to $10.2m
      285 5 MAINBOARD-listed Huan Hsin Holdings, a China-based manufacturer of telecommunications and electronics products, yesterday reported a 21 per cent net profit fall to $10.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2002. Turnover rose 23 per cent to $66.5 million. Earnings
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      Lock icon Lion Asiapac eyes Angkasa Transport
      587 5  -  It seeks shareholder approval for purchase at Sept 4 EGM By' Ven Sreenivasan LION Asiapac (LAP) is seeking shareholders' approval to buy the profitable Chinabased motor vehicle arms of its sister company, Kuala Lumpur-listed Angkasa Marketing Berhad (AMB). Shareholders at its Sept 4 extraordinary general
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      Lock icon Analysts upbeat on Venture printer
      324 5 Printer expected to add up to USs2m to profits this year Reuters VENTURE Corp's new industrial digital colour printer may boost earnings at Singapore's largest electronics contract manufacturer as early as the second half of this year, analysts said yesterday. The VP2020 model launched at
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Sun Hung Kai project sees brisk sales
      148 6 Reuters [HONG KONGJ Hong Kong's residential market saw some signs of life at the weekend when Sun Hung Kai Properties, one of the territory's leading developers, sold nearly 2,000 units of its latest project. But while the robust take-up will likely help sentiment
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      Lock icon The Esplanade: Will it do the job ?
      823 6  - The Esplanade: Will it do the job l l comment PROPERTY Its heavy funding may leave little for other arts activities lee han shih ON Oct 12, Singaporeans will be introduced to the $1.3 billion The Esplanade that, by its existence, could seriously affect the fledgling arts scene in Singapore.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Biomed won't oust electronics as key driver yet: analysts
      294 7  -  on the economy manufacturing By Eugene Low DESPITE the biomedical sciences cluster's rampant growth, economists don't expect it to replace electronics as the key driver of Singapore's manufacturing sector in the medium term. But it will continue to act as a
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      Lock icon SLA leases out vacant land to sports council
      172 7 THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has leased out two plots of vacant state land at Marina South to Singapore Sports Council. The sports council will convert the two plots totalling 4.4 ha into six soccer pitches with peripheral facilities such as toilets
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      Lock icon Stamford Land, RIL suit expected to be withdrawn
      477 7  -  Both parties to agree to use Stamford name in S'pore in imminent deal: sources By Kalpana Rashiwala TWO suits involving C K Ow's Stamford Land and Capita Land units Raffles International (RIL) and The Ascott revolving around the use of the Stamford
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      Lock icon More property launches expected despite Hungry Ghosts month
      475 7 They include Tiong Aik's Leonie Hill Residences and Fortune's Gallery 8 THERE is no let-up in property launches during the Hungry Ghosts month which ends on Sept 6 a traditionally quiet period for the sector. This week's planned releases include Tiong Aik
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      Lock icon S'pore proposes two initiatives to woo Chinese business
      472 7  -  From i Loh Hui Yin inUangzhou TWO initiatives were suggested yesterday to attract Chinese entrepreneurs to do business in Singapore, including a one-stop centre to assist them. The centre is pitched specifically at businessmen from Zhejiang, the target of Singapore Trade and
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon No more Mr Nice Guy for Taiwan
      767 10  -  mr.4 1 bottom line OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator VICE-PRESIDENT Annette Lu was greeted triumphantly upon her return to Taiwan but her trip to Indonesia yielded mixed results at best Taiwan may well have raised expectations
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      78 10 'Sound balance sheets never go out of style. They can go out of favour, but never out of style.' Keith Tnumer an analyst and Berkshire Hathaway shareholder, on word that Warren Buffett is on a USS2O billion buying spree. The will of the underworld to get you
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      Lock icon Megawati's economic tightrope.
      569 10 EDITORIAL INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Budget proposals last week show how she too is being forced to face the same pressure of public expectations that undid her two predecessors, BJ Habibie and Abdurrahman Wahid The two men did not last more than two years before they were
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      Lock icon The high costs of living in a turbulent world
      999 10  -  Small groups can now do harm undreamed of in the chronicles of human history. Economics the 'dismal science' most lace np to the new deadly trade-offe By Paul Samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of
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      Lock icon UE:Anhui will be profitable in '02
      442 10  -  Eileen Lim WE refer to articles appearing in the Aug 24 editions of The Business Times. The Straits Times and Lianhe Zaobao To enable better understanding, we set out the following. United Engineers' (UE) effective equity stake in Anhui Hefei United Power Generation (AHUP),
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      Lock icon Remarks personal, not PSA's
      163 10  -  John Ong Singapore I REFER to the report "Let's talk it out: PSA exec to PTP" (BT, Aug 26) in which I was quoted in my capacity as PSA senior vice-president (marketing). The quotes arose from an interview given to The Edge Malaysia on a wide
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      Lock icon NatSteel stake not a national asset: Temasek
      259 10  -  Eva Ho (Ms) WE appreciate Chua Soon Hock's views and concerns in his letter "Why sell national assets at big discounts''" (Mailbag, Aug 22). We can reassure Mr Chua that Temasek does not intend to sell its companies or assets for the sake
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon M'sians advised against travelling to Indonesia
      394 11 KUALA LUMPUR Syed Oamid issues advice amid Indon protests over caning issne AFP MALAYSIANS were advised yesterday to avoid travelling to Indonesia because of anger there over Malaysia's treatment of illegal immigrants. "Don't travel (to Indonesia) unless it is necessary," Foreign Minister Syed Hamid
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      Lock icon Thai masses are banks' new darlings
      404 11 BANGKOK They're less likely to default on debts compared to the wealthy: banks Reuters THAI credit providers are focusing more on noodle vendors, taxi drivers and factory workers as they believe such clients are more reliable borrowers than the rich, fuelling a spending boom
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      Lock icon S&P may raise Indonesia's rating
      340 12  -  Upgrade to 'B' or 'triple C possible once govt completes commercial debt restructuring Front 1 Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S long-term foreign currency rating may be raised from selective default to the "B" or "triple C" level once the government completes debt restructuring negotiations with
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      Lock icon HK's Hutchison makes bid for 3G licence in Finland
      363 12 HONGKONG It denies wanting to bny Europe's No 5 mobile phone firm Reuters Bloomberg HUTCHISON Whampoa Ltd, which plans to launch third-generation cellular service in the United Kingdom and Italy in October, said yesterday it has made an offer to buy
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      Lock icon Maybank profit doubles to RM1.6b but S'pore unit RM100m in the red
      454 12  -  Group's loan loss provision down 31% to RMl.4b From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYAN Banking Berhad almost doubled its net profit for its year ended June 2002, but earnings were dampened by losses of its Singapore subsidiary.
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      Lock icon China still mulling foreign A-share access
      181 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's securities and forex regulators are studying a scheme to allow foreign investors to trade on China's domestic stock market, but has no timetable for implementation, state newspapers said yesterday. China has said it would allow foreigners access to the giant US$5OO
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon BOT to review debt repayment issue
        113 12 AP, Reuters [BANGKOK] Bank of Thailand (BOT) governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said yesterday Thailand had not yet decided whether to repay ahead of schedule its remaining US$l billion debt to the International Monetary Fund as indicated by the premier. Mr Pridiyathorn said the BOT would
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        Lock icon Profit gain for China industrial firms
        76 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chinese industrial companies' profit gained in July, lifted by surging overseas demand for mobile phones and other goods, government figures showed. Profit for the first seven months of the year rose 8.1 per cent from a year earlier to 275.7 billion yuan
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        Lock icon Spat threatens TOT privatisation
        69 12 AP [BANGKOK] The privatisation of Thailand's state telephone company may be delayed indefinitely by litigation over unpaid bills, a newspaper report said on Sunday. The privatisation plans for TOT Corp— until recently known as the Telephone Organisation of Thailand could be delayed because of a 6
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        Lock icon Metrobank, Rabobank in NPL deal
        93 12 Reuters [MANILA] Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company (Metrobank), the Philippines' largest bank, said on Sunday it had concluded a deal for the sale of over 16 billion pesos (*****.5 million) worth of non-performing loans to an asset management company set up by a foreign group
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        Lock icon HK's July exports jump 9.8%
        59 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's total exports jumped by 9.8 per cent in July year-on-year in value terms, beating analysts expectations, while imports rose 7.3 per cent, the government said yesterday. July's rise in exports was the fastest year-on-year growth rate for 17 months, and
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        Lock icon Citic Pacific's H1 profit up 31%
        68 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Citic Pacific Ltd, which owns a quarter of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and invests in property development, said first-half profit rose 31 per cent as it sold more homes and profit at Asia's sixth-largest carrier rose. Net income rose to HKfl.97
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        Lock icon India's RBI likely to cut GDP estimate
        70 12 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's central bank is likely to cut its economic growth target for 2002/03 (April-March) to 5 per cent from its earlier estimate of 6-6.5 per cent, a central bank spokeswoman said. She was confirming a report in The Financial Express newspaper
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      268 13 WASHINGTON Bloomberg PRESIDENT George W Bush may not need approval from Congress for a possible attack on Iraq, the Washington Post reported, quoting unidentified administration officials. Lawyers for Mr Bush have concluded that he may not need new approval because permission
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      470 13 NEW YORK It plans to offer US$B2-$B5 per share in USslLsb bid: USA Today Bloomberg, AP NESTLE SA has made an US$ll.5 billion preliminary bid for chocolate maker Hershey Food Corp. USA Today said yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Swiss
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      525 13 WASHINGTON Stock compensation info miming from SEC filings Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Richard Grasso, who as chairman of the New York Stock Exchange helps set rules for US companies, failed to meet disclosure requirements as a Computer Associates International Inc board member the past five
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        67 13 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Fewer US firms plan to hire workers in the final three months of this year than in the third quarter, according to a poll. The survey of 16,000 firms by Manpower Inc showed that 24 per cent expected to increase payrolls
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        68 13 Reuters (LONDON] The European Commission will throw a lifeline to mobile phone operators T-Mobile and MMO2 by supporting a cost-sharing deal to build 3G infrastructure in Britain, the Financial Times said yesterday. A final decision will not be taken until a further month of
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        85 13 Reuters [LONDON] European corporates increased their foreign exchange business this year so far by 25 per cent compared with a year ago but dealt with a smaller number of market participants, according to a survey released yesterday. The 390 corporations surveyed by research group
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        65 13 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Siemens AG's fixed-line telecommunications equipment unit ICN said yesterday it was considering shedding as many as 4,ooojobs as it grapples with a difficult market. "That's a planning guide. There have been no decisions," an ICN spokeswoman said. She confirmed statements
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      555 14 WASHINGTON Economists say policymakers also moved too quickly to prop np economy LAT-WP TO understand why the US economy can't seem to muster a stronger recovery, it helps to look for clues in Victorville, California, where 500 unused and unwanted passenger jets
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      896 16  -  Business space has evolved along with S'pore's changing needs, reports Kalpana Rashiwala Kalpana Rashiwala IBM Singapore and Sony's recent move from downtown to the Changi Business Park and International Business Park reflects the growing demand for what is termed business space, or the confluence of
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      272 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose three points to 1,021, the Baltic Panamax was unchanged at 1,021, the Baltic Handymax gained 29 points to 7,744, and the Baltic Capesize moved up seven points to 1,180. TIME-CHARTER: Seattle Trader (built 2000) 75,681 dwt delivery Newcastle Sept 6/10 trip redelivery
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      264 17 MX '000 Agz* st >1 CWT Distribution 0.75 unch 9 ChuanHup 0.44 unch 369 Cosco Investment-..0.20 unch 0 Fr*lght links 0.05 -0.01 129 G6 Holdings 0.71 unch 12 Jaya Holdings 0.24 unch 520 K*pp*iCorp 4.46 -0.08 1120 K*pp*l Marin* 0.16 unch 0 K*pp*lT*l* 1.01 unch H8 Llbroy Marin*
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      IMO faces tough task putting security measures in place
      600 17  -  It has to control how international regulations are implemented at national level By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) faces its most difficult task ever, in controlling how the proposed international maritime security regulations are implemented at the national
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      Evergreen Marine begins shift to Pelepas port
      509 17  -  Taiwan carrier will move 80% of PSA volumes to Johor By I Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Taiwan container shipping line Evergreen Marine Corp moved its first string from Singapore to its new transhipment hub at Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) over the weekend.
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      Former Lorenzo Shipping exec in US$10m tax scam
      232 17  -  Frorrii Alec Almazan in Manila A FORMER shipping executive of the Philippines' largest domestic container shipping company has been charged in court for his alleged involvement in a tax diversion scam amounting to close to US$lO million. Ronilo T Yu, who was
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        931 18 Being able to cater to the supply side of the port business is no longer enough and PSA is finding new ways to stay ahead of the competition Portview [SINGAPORE] Efficiency is no longer enough for PSA, says group president Ng Chee Keong. The
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        GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        179 25 Ab| 31 Malaysia: National Day Philippines: Nat Heroes Day Sep 2 United States: Labour Day. Vietnam: National. Sep 3 Canada: Labour Day. Sep 15 Japan: Respect-for-the-Aged Day. Sep 20 Korea: Harvest Day. Sep 21 Korea: Harvest Day. Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival. Sep 22 Hong Kong: Mid-Autumn Festi vaL Korea:
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        824 25 THIS report, complied by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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    • AIR & LAND transport
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        520 26  -  It wants deal with airport for use of gates at former Ansett terminal upheld By Beth Jinks (SINGAPORE] Richard Branson's discount Australia domestic airline Virgin Blue is suing Sydney Airport Corporation Ltd (SACL) for access to gates at the country's busiest
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        Rolls-Royce's H1 profit plunges 81%
        218 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce pic's first-half profit fell 81 per cent as airlines delayed plane orders following the Sept 11 hijackings and the world's second-biggest maker of aircraft engines spent money cutting jobs. Net income fell to £16 million (Ss44 million), or 0.98 pence a share,
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        Bank may pick up Air Do stake: paper
        378 26 This would help ANA to invest in the ailing airline Bloomberg [TOKYO] The Development Bank of Japan may buy about 20 per cent of bankrupt Hokkaido International Airlines Co, paving the way for investment by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), the Nihon
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        China again extends war risk insurance for airlines
        169 26 AP [BEIJING] The Beijing government has approved another extension of war and terrorism risk insurance for Chinese airlines running through Sept 24, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The extension was the 11th granted to Chinese airlines since insurers capped coverage for
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        Taiwan to seek direct transport links with China
        249 26 Reuters [TAIPEI) Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian has ordered government agencies to map out plans for direct transport links with China at present banned between the two rivals, local media reported yesterday. In a weekend gathering with top government officials, Mr Chen repeated
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        Air Canada plans 'temporary' job cuts from Sept 30
        388 26 1,300 workers to be affected; onion calls it a pressure tactic Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Air Canada plans to cut 1,300 jobs on a "temporary" basis as the summer travel season ends and Canada's largest airline seeks to contain costs in its home
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        Outlook tough, says China Southern Air
        132 26 Reuters [HONG KONG] China's largest air carrier, China Southern Airlines, warned yesterday it expected a challenging operating environment in the second half of this year because of strong fuel prices and fluctuations in exchange rates. Howeverm the airline, which on Friday reported a 39
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      389 17 I-. PEOPLE HTHE UK P&l Club has appointed Christopher Brown V as its Asia Pacific regional director, with responsibilities for all Thomas Miller's managed clubs, from October. Mr Brown is an economist who has practised law in the US and spent 12 years with Gard P&l Club, rising to head
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