The Business Times, 8 October 2002

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    15 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2002
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    72 1 □m U7SJI (+1104) 8T INDEX FDTT7KEB ipriJOQ (+4.00) BDDCIPDTUIES 17AM (+0.40) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Monday Change KLSE COMP 642.09 -100 NIKKEI 225 8,688.00 -339.56 HANG SENG —&931.40 -11*17 SET INDEX -5.04 JAKARTA COMP .401.84 -6& MANILA COMP .149&0I -163 TAIPEI WPI 1224.04 -***** SEOUL COMP 627.40 -2152 SHENZHEN
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    66 1 FOBEX BATES rst si USS (S$ per USS) 1.792 £(US$/S$ per 1J>66 1893 El'RO(US$/S$/E). 0579 1.764 YEN 1240 69.20 RM 3.800 2.121 HKS 7.300 4.354 BAHT 4171 24.49 RUPIAH 9,016 6,032 PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* Sift KUALA LUMPUR 6 *0 HONG KONO 5.126 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6626 TOKYO 1.376 SEOUL
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    Lock icon Lines start rejecting Asian cargo for US
    814 1  -  Protracted US west coast lockout costing businesses billions daily By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The logistics nightmare from the protracted dockworkers' dispute in the US is forcing shipping lines to start rejecting cargo bookings from Asia to the US west coast. The move, led
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    Lock icon Fears rise of tanker attack in region
    539 1  -  Bl Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Sunday's suspected terrorist attack on a Petronas-chartered oil tanker off Yemen should inspire countries in this region to cooperate against any similar threat, local industry leaders have warned. French and Yemeni authorities remain divided over whether terrorists were behind
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    Lock icon NatSteel bid is serious, says Ong Beng Seng-led group
    531 1  -  It clarifies terms under which it can drop the offer By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel suitor 98 Holdings yesterday rejected suggestions it was not serious about its bid and was only using it to draw other bidders out. "After putting
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    Lock icon eWOS being revamped into China food play
    736 1  -  This follows merger with China food firm Kinggga By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Sporting goods retailer eWorld of Sports.com, sidelined by investors since its listing fiasco two years, is being revamped into a China food play. This follows the retailer's merger with food
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      Lock icon Nikkei slumps to new 19-year low on panic selling
      631 2  -  Bank shares fail on tough official stance to NPL problem From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market slumped to yet another 19year low yesterday as investors dumped shares in banks and in companies seen as vulnerable to a threatened
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      Lock icon S'poreans trust govt-backed businesses
      707 2  -  Survey shows high degree of mistrust of business in Asia By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] When it comes to the crunch, it appears that Singaporeans still put their trust in the steady hand of government to help steer the running of businesses. They may complain about
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon ST Engg takes $22m charge as it lays off 460
      387 3  -  Q3 profit of $82.5 m against a restated $80m for last year's Q3 Reports by] David Boey SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering yesterday posted a third-quarter earnings of $82.5 million, slightly above a restated $80 million in the third quarter of last
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      Lock icon ST Engg sets its sights on investing in smart weapons
      412 3 Mindef urges nse of technology to develop cutting-edge arms SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering last night underscored its intention to play a meaningful role in the "revolution of military affairs" as armies acquire high-tech armaments that can give them a decisive advantage
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      Lock icon Back-door listings need more transparency
      702 3  -  lock siew wong wei kong NOW that some companies appear to favour a back-door listing over an initial public offer, it's time for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to ensure that standards of disclosure and transparency are met in all cases. There's nothing wrong with backdoor
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      Lock icon Merrill may end with up to 17% of Chartered
      417 3  -  Poor response expected for rights issue By. Audrey Tan CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing's rights issue is likely to have closed yesterday with a poor response from investors, leaving underwriter Merrill Lynch with as much as 17 per cent of the company. Analysts
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      Lock icon ST taps capital market for $500m
      188 3 GOVERNMENT-OWNED Singapore Technologies Holdings, possibly looking to fund a rights issue in a listed subsidiary, has made its debut in the capital market with a Sssoo million loan. According to a Reuters report quoting capital market newsletter Basis Point, the conglomerate which controls listed
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      Lock icon Raffles LaSalle plans share split
      138 3 SESDAQ-LISTED Raffles LaSalle has announced a share split barely 10 months after it was floated in January this year. The education group said yesterday it is seeking approval for each lOcent ordinary share to be divided into two new ordinary shares with a par value
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Capital raises stake in ST Engg
        49 3 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering said yesterday the Capital Group has raised its stake in the company from 6.56 per cent to 6.58 per cent. Capital Group had bought 537,000 ST Engineering shares at $1.8094 each and transferred 78,200 shares from an existing client account.
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        Lock icon Kim Eng Ong Asia ups capital in unit
        63 3 STOCKBROKER Kim Eng Ong Asia Holdings Ltd has increased its investment in its wholly owned subsidiary, Kim Eng Capital Pte Ltd, from $2 to $1 million. Kim Eng Capital was formed to provide corporate finance and advisory services, and ha« received in-principle
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        Lock icon Approval for Zhongyin not needed:GP
        49 3 GP Batteries said shareholders' approval is not needed for its proposed acquisition of a 75 per cent equity interest in Zhongyin (Ningbo) Battery. GP said the Singapore Exchange has confirmed that Rule 1014 of the SGX-ST Listing Manual does not apply to the deal.
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        Lock icon $4.2m HK deals for Lantrovision
        48 3 LANTRO VISION said yesterday it has secured several new installation projects worth $4.2 million from several financial institutions in Hong Kong. The deals are not expected to have any material effect on earnings per share and on the NTA for the current year.
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        Lock icon Berger's DBP decision by Oct 23
        82 3 BERGER International said it has up to Oct 23 to agree to subscribe for up to 3 million shares of 100 pesos each in a rights issues in its Philippines associate DBP. The proceeds are intended to finance part of the construction of a
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      Lock icon FCC investors approve 3 deals, rights issue
      665 5  -  Moves to yield cash inflow of $165 m, cut gearing to 1.02 By Kalpana Rashiwala r IKS i capital Corps (FCC) independent shareholders yesterday approved three deals involving the company and its parent Guoco Group, as well as a proposed rights issue. The
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      Lock icon Hotels seen hurting CityDev shares
      237 5 Bloomberg THE Plaza on New York's Fifth Avenue and other hotel holdings bolstered City Developments shares this year as other Singapore property stocks slumped. Now, investors say the hotels have become a liability. City Developments which gained 9.1 per cent in the 12 months through
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      Lock icon Will UOB-Kay Hian go private?
      573 5  -  i exclusive Market ponders possibility amid share-buying by related parties; UOB declines comment By Ven Sreenivasan I IS UOB-Kay Hian Holdings, the brokerage arm of Singapore's second-largest bank, destined to be taken private? Some market watchers have been pondering the possibility as parties related to
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      286 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 7 VALUE CLOSE TOM* 342.00 487.00 WCIM -*****.00 -76.00 BT KMbpm -*****.00 34.00 "WriiiMn 359.27 40.82 SQEfriM—Btct 103.84 -0.34 MrmMiiFh 1232.76 419.84 Mfpihihii 331.54 -2.20 WCIfcppw 170.33 41.29 ana fat—» 170.00 40.40 Stock* v«imm Chwt S*ni6ond 26c 21.042X00 D*acraft 10c 16.904,000 Int 20c 11,472,000 C**ay« 2.5c
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      Lock icon SPH stock recovers after volatile few weeks
      286 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By\ Ven Sreenivasan MEDIA giant Singapore Press Holdings was a key supporter of the Straits Times Index yesterday as it rose 30 cents to $20.10. The stock has had a volatile few weeks, plunging to as low as $18.70,10 days
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      Lock icon Poor liquidity a stumbling block
      720 4  -  I lri comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Business on the local bourse yesterday had a distinct technology flavour with Chartered Semiconductor and Datacraft Asia heavily traded, though with differing fortunes. Elsewhere, the suspension of ST Engineering had the rumour mill in overdrive with mainly negative results
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      Lock icon US$ jumps on fresh Nikkei plunge
      602 4  -  I-I i comment CURRENCIES Asian currencies hit; short yen positions still the favourite larry wee THE US dollar exploded after Japan's Nikkei stock index was hammered to a 19-year low yesterday on worries that a long-overdue Japanese banking sector clean-out will not only hit
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    2591 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 77* Com Global Tefecom Index Fd 0 3S4 Com Global Infotet Index Fd!** ***** MN Autre tad Mgl (S pore) Com Global Enerw Index Fd 0 79* Star Europe Eqty!**!. ***** Com Global Travel Index Fd 0 63V Star Europe 8d.
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Prolonged US port strike mill hit home prices here
      684 6  -  Biu.i.'.i.'.fjua PROPERTY It will accelerate exodni of eapatriates, hit rental market, spark «*m». g lee han shih IF every businessman you talk to refuses to speculate on the impact of an event, that event is either irrelevant or too horrifying to
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      Lock icon HK properly stocks fall as sales stay slow
      414 6 Home buyers still wary despite Ud to restore confidence in property market Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd and other Hong Kong developers' stocks fell as their bid to restore confidence in the property market by
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      Lock icon Poll predicts GDP growth of 3.9% in 2002
      383 7 the economy outlook SINGAPORE'S export-driven economy is expected to grow 3.9 per cent this year and 5.4 per cent in 2003, the latest quarterly Reuters poll of 10 research houses showed. This was at the higher end of a government forecast of
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      Lock icon Terrorist deals tough to weed out
      472 7  -  Transactions are done by preferred clients-people with big money By I Siow Li Sen FINANCIAL institutions (FI) here are woefully unprepared when it conies to detecting terrorist transactions because such dealings are carried out by people with big money investors in bonds and blue
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      Lock icon MSIM offers 17 Luxembourg funds
      267 7  -  Right now they are open only to high net worth investors By Genevieve Cua MUHUAN Stanley Investment Management has registered 17 of its Luxem-bourg-domiciled funds here, a move that is expected to pave the way for its entry into the competitive retail investment market. At
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      Lock icon New envoys for M'sia, Australia
      152 7 Ashok Kumar Mirpuri moves from Australia to M'sia THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said yesterday the government has appointed new high commissioners to Malaysia and Australia. Ashok Kumar Mirpuri will become Singapore's High Commissioner to Ma- laysia on Oct 18. He was High Commissioner to
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      Lock icon More than 8,000 opt back into ElderShield
      264 7 SOME 8,475 people have opted back into the Elder Shield disability insurance scheme, says the Ministry of Health. "They (now) have a better understanding of how Elder Shield can help them cope with the expenses of long term care if they become disabled
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Confirmed-list land sales should resume
      837 8  -  bottom line OPINION kalpana rashiwala The writer is a BT correspondent covering the property market PROPERTY market watchers in Singapore are looking at two important news items on the housing market that hit the headlines over the past couple of weeks. Official flash estimates show
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      54 8 'Is he prepared to run a country like Brazil? One has to have one's doubts. Brazil is at a moment where the government can afford absolutely zero mistakes.' Charles Guml a Miami-based emerging market bond fund manager, on former trade unionist Lula Da Silva, the front runner
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      Lock icon Oil as a weapon is passe
      585 8 EDITORIAL Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's suggestion that Islamic countries employ oil as "a weapon" to reassert their strength globally is plainly a non-starter. Even if oil could have been a potent weapon to end the "exploitation" of Muslims, presumably by the West, the
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      Lock icon The bombshell Time dropped on Indonesia
      1397 8  -  A, growing anti-CIA mood caused by a report of a secret operation is complicating the war on terrorism By' Yang Razali Kassim The writer is BT's regional editor INDONESIAN think-tank director Harry Tjan Silalahi must be resenting the long shadow of the Central Intelligence
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      787 8 Tibet: anew BAR? HOPES are rising among members of Tibetan leader Dalai Lama's government-in-exile for a deal with Beijing. It seems that the model for an agreement on the realm of autonomy that could be granted to Tibet is none other than Hong Kong. Before cynics begin to whoop,
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      Lock icon Fix design flaw to improve CTE flow
      362 9  -  Gerald Ang Joo Huat Singapore AFTER much outcry from motorists on the Land and Transport Authority's (LTA) intention to implement evening electronic road pricing (ERP) on the north-bound stretch of the CTE between the PIE and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1, the decision
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      Lock icon Market needs objective analysts
      143 9  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to "Opinion: What'll become of those stock analysts now?" by Matthew Lynn (BT, Oct 4). Recent data seems to show that a smaller number of stocks are responsible for a major proportion of gains in some markets. For example, according
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      Lock icon Temasek move a good sign
      95 9  -  Chua Soon Hock Asia Genesis Asset Management Singapore I REFER to the letter "Temasek open to any higher offer for NatSteel" by Eva Ho, vice-president, corporate communications, Temasek Holdings (Mailbag, Oct 5). The latest move by Temasek on NatSteel is encouraging. First, the action reinforces
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      Lock icon Tap Prima Ceylon's annual report
      112 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "Prima should disclose more about Prima Ceylon" by Chia Hui Ping (Mailbag, Oct 7) who requested that Prima Ltd provide detailed information on its associate company Prima Ceylon's wheat importation, flour distribution and sale operations, since that
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      Lock icon Where nature, technology merge
      765 10 Business parks today are no longer just a collection of sterile buildings. A look at how physically conducive they have become Nature walks. Biking trails. Old Banyan trees. Welcome to the business parks of today. "It's no longer just building the four walls," says Richard Tan,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Penang seeks to be 'fish & chips' hub
      490 11  - Penang seeks to be 'fish chips' hub WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM WEF delegates told it wants to attract foreign chipmakers and venture into marine biotech Reports by Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CHINA continued to be the main theme at the World Economic Forum yesterday, but delegates were also presented with
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      Lock icon PM Goh to meet Mahathir today
      181 11 SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will speak at the World Economic Forum in Kuala Lumpur this morning and meet his Malaysian counterpart in the afternoon. Mr Goh will make a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad at his office in Putrajaya, according
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      Lock icon End of the road for Malaysia's finance companies
      536 11  -  Bank Negara nudging 10 remaining anchor banks to absorb their finance arms From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur WHILE Singaporeans can still go to finance companies for car loans, Malaysians must visit their banks instead by next year. This is because Malaysia
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      Lock icon Petronas may sell US$800m of bonds
      264 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIAN state oil company Petroliam Nasional plans to sell about US$BOO million of bonds, five months after completing a record offer by an Asian company, bankers said. Petronas sold U552.73 billion of dollar and euro bonds in May to help fund
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      Lock icon Thai business families control new cabinet
      437 12  -  THAILAND'S MEW CABINET Fun raised that pod corporate governance and fair trade practices conldfce hart Firm, Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S new cabinet is controlled by six powerful business families, making the government look more like a large business corporation and raising fears it
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      Lock icon First Pacific sees new interest in its PLDT stake
      345 12  -  Prospective investors to present their offers soon From Al Labita in Manila NEW offers to buy Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co's controlling stake in the Philippines' largest telco are being finned up after taipan John Gokongwei backed out last week. Up
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      Lock icon CK Life forms joint venture in Indonesia
      170 12 HONGKONG Reuters HONG KONG biotech firm CK Life Sciences, controlled by Asia's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing, said yesterday it had formed a joint venture in Indonesia to boost sales of fertiliser, the loss-making company's main product. The eco-fertiliser will be distributed by PT
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      Lock icon Sarawak building new port to serve aluminium smelter
      357 12 KUCHING USs2b plant will be state's single largest investment THE Sarawak state government is building a new port in Similajau, 58km from Bintulu, to deliver raw material to a proposed US$2 billion aluminium smelter being built, the Malaysian Business Times reported. The
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        Lock icon Study on reclamation effects over
        75 12 fPONTLAN] The Malaysian Defence Ministry has completed its hytlrographic study on the effects of Singapore's reclamation project on shipping lanes along the Johor and Tebrau Straits as well as soil erosion in the areas, says a New Straits Times report. The report would be submitted
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        Lock icon Terrorist suspect in hiding in M'sia
        76 12 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A terrorist suspect gone into hiding in Malaysia after being named by the US as a wanted man, the New Straits Times said yesterday. Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, 24, a US citizen, was seen on the campus of the international igiamjr University
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        Lock icon Indosat sale on track, says Jakarta
        62 12 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] Indonesia is on track to sell 42 per cent of PT Indonesian Satellite Corp, the country's main overseas call operator, by mid-December as planned, an official at the State Enterprises Ministry said. "There's no change in the divestment schedule as a whole,"
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        Lock icon Boeing eyes Binariang satellite sale
        53 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Boeing Co expects to secure by the end of the year a contract worth US$130 million to supply Malaysia's Binariang Satellite Systems with its third satellite. "We think we've done everything we can to earn that business," Paul T Walters, w Boeing's
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        Lock icon Call to suspend Indon A-G
        56 12 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Calls are mounting for President Megawati Sukarnoputri to suspend attorney-general M A Rachman, who has been under fire for allegedly failing to report the ownership of a luxury house worth around 5 billion rupiah (S$B9S,000) and a bank deposit of800 million rupiah to
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        Lock icon Taiwan's Sept exports surge 27.4%
        73 13 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's finance ministry said yesterday the island's exports surged 27.4 per cent year-on-year to US$ll.2B billion due to increasing intra-Asian trade, beating economists' expectations of weak demand for Its tech products. While the market had expected sharp year-on-year gains due to an unusually
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        Lock icon Apec mulls plan for bond market
        72 13 Reuters [MANILA] The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group of Asia-Pacific economies is considering investing US$6 billion to establish a market for trading Asian bonds, Philippine Finance Secretary Jose Camacho said. The money would come from the Apec, with each member expected to contribute a
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        Lock icon Taiwan's CPI down 0.74% in Sept
        96 13 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) fell in September, marking the second year-on-year decline in a row, but officials said yesterday there was no immediate threat of deflation. The Cabinet's Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics said the island's CPI fell 0.74
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        Lock icon Asian News Network sets up website
        74 13 AP [HONG KONG] The Asian News Network, an alliance of English-language newspapers in the region, said yesterday that it has launched a website and increased its membership to 14 publications. The Asian media alliance was set up in 1999 as a news-sharing arrangement between
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        Lock icon China's GDP to grow 7.7% this year
        60 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China's economy is expected to grow 7.7 per cent this year, powered by strong exports and sustained state spending, according to the latest Reuters quarterly poll. But a global economic slowdown could dampen prospects for 2003, when GDP growth is likely
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      Lock icon PCCW first HSI stock to slip below HK$1 in 4 yrs
      384 13 HONGKONG 4% fail triggered by 2.2% slide on Nasdaq, farther drop expected Reuters Bloomberg SHARES of Richard Li's PCCW, Hong Kong's biggest phone company, fell below HK$l, marking the first decline to that level by a stock in the
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      Lock icon HK regulator probes sale of Panda-Recruit
      164 13 HONGKONG Company sold to major shareholder who wasn't highest bidder Bloomberg PANDA-Recruit Ltd, Hong Kong's only publicly traded job-ad magazine publisher, is being investigated by Hong Kong's securities regulator for choosing to sell itself to a major shareholder that was not the highest bidder.
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      Lock icon China regulator says tycoon Yang's Euro-Asia inflated sales
      341 13 SHENYANG Bloomberg EURO-ASIA Agricultural (Holdings) Ltd, whose chairman Yang Bin was detained by Chinese police, is suspected of falsifying accounts to obtain a Hong Kong listing, Money Times said, citing a letter from China's stock regulator to its Hong Kong counterpart. The
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      479 14 LONDON Irish bank's stock falls as analysts, investors say deal doesn't make sense AP. Bloomberg, Reuters THE Bank of Ireland has proposed to Abbey National that the two companies combine their businesses, the Bank of Ireland announced yesterday. The bank, one
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      284 14 AFP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] Almost 70 per cent of Americans think President George W Bush should focus more on the economy and less on Iraq, according to a New York Times and CBS television joint poll published yesterday. Some 69 per
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      290 14 FRANKFURT Bloomberg, Reuters COMMERZBANK AG shares dropped as much as 9.2 per cent to a more than 20-year low despite the bank's fierce denials of a liquidity crisis. Germany's third-biggest listed bank reacted angrily at the weekend after the Financial Times quoted a
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      357 15 Fear of debt default causes erosion of currency value Bloomberg [LONDON] Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who many investors are concerned may prompt a debt default by Brazil, failed to win a majority in Sunday's presidential election, forcing a second round of voting
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      1350 17  -  James Autry talks to Anna Teo about the art of caring leadership or creating a workplace of support and not of fear Anna Teo LOVE and profit sound like strange bedfellows, but James Autry's work of the same title—on Ihe art of caring leadership—was
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      458 17 ANGELA BRUCE GOH PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai pursuant to Section I) of the Companies Act. Cap 50, that the Hnal General Meeting of the Members of ANGELA BRUCE GOH PTE LTD will be held at the office of Trust
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      715 18  -  A*Star has adopted a three-pronged approach to boost R&D in the industry Reports by 1 Eugene Low A LIVELY research and development cluster generating new knowledge and technology is essential if Singapore is to develop into a hub for the photonics industry. Without it,
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      590 18 It cites growing demand for optical coatings for plastic and glass components PSB Corp's photonics business may now account for only a small percentage of total revenue, but the company is confident it has significant potential with the development of the photonics industry here.
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      489 18 MAINBOARD-LISTED First Engineering is optimistic about the future of Singapore's photonics industry, and has set its sights on achieving double-digit sales growth over the next few years, j "The prospects for the industry are definitely very bright," First Engineering's executive director J R
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      275 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell four points to 1,354, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost five points to 1,286, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed five points to 8,933 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down five points to 1,783. Cape Lord-ex Optimist (built 1982)
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      246 19 m tmmwm «WT CWT Distribution 0.74 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.45 unch 484 Cosco Invastmant 0.17 unch 0 Fraight Link* 0.04 unch 20 G8 HoWJnoi 0.59 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0J4 0.01 210 KappalCorp 4.18 -0.06 361 Kappal Marina 0.14 -0.01 140 KappaiTata 0.86 -0.02 5 LaProy Marin*
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      656 19 Governments are not acting on concerns author of book on piracy TANKER TERROR THREAT Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Governments are failing to act on fears that oil tankers and other ships laden with explosive cargo could be used in suicide attacks, according to the
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      251 19 US PORT STRIFE Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Shipping company and union officials are meeting for a fourth straight day to end the contract dispute that has shut down West Coast ports for more than a week and may be hurting the
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      378 19 US gives go-ahead to its merger with either Carnival or Royal Caribbean Reuters [WASHINGTON] P&O Princess Cruises says it is now prepared to enter merger talks with Carnival Corp and invited a revised offer from its previously preferred suitor, Royal Caribbean Cruises.
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      219 19  -  Inspection campaign of vessels ends on Friday By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Ships calling Asian ports will face extra inspections this week as part of an expanded annual regional action by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) and unions representing both port workers and
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        721 20 The lockout of US West Coast dock workers has cost the US economy as much as US$l9.4 billion Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] THE negotiations between shipping lines and US West Coast dock workers are focusing on a plan by shipping companies to computerise some port
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        783 27 THIS report, compiled 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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        400 28 It cites impact on airline industry of possible US attack on Iraq Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines has urged the United States to defer for another 10 years the implementation of their "open skies" agreement for passenger traffic, citing a
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        308 28 Xinhua [JOHANNESBURG] South African Airways (SAA) has finalised its bid to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Air Tanzania, SAA said in a statement on Sunday. The airline has offered US$2O million for the shareholding and has emerged the winner in
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        188 28 AFP [BERN] Switzerland's airline company Swiss has filed a formal complaint against a German-Swiss measure to control air traffic, arguing that it could reduce its flight capacity by up to 35 per cent, a company spokeswoman said. In a claim before a southern German
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        568 28 Rising expenses seen dampening demand for IPO Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Craig Johnson does not mind standing in the pre-dawn chill to check in for a flight to Brisbane on Virgin Blue Airlines Pty. "I'll wait 40 minutes for a discount," the 38-year-old analyst
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        232 28 Bloomberg [TAIPEIJ China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, plans to sign a letter of intent this month to buy 10 Boeing Co 747-400 jetliners and 12 Airbus SAS A *****0s to replace ageing aircraft. "The letter of intent will sum up details
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        251 28 Task force to be set np to ensure project finishes on time AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's new transport minister Suriya Jungrungruangkit is to establish a task force to speed up the construction of Bangkok's much-delayed new international airport, a report said. In an
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          73 28 Bloomberg l iviviuj sicynet Asia Airways said it filled on average 54 per cent of its seats in September, down from 85 per cent in August, as travel demand slumped after the summer peak, company spokeswoman Mikiko Hori said. The carrier, which started
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          120 28 Bloomberg [BUENOS AIRES] Argentina plans to pay Lockheed Martin Corp US$2O million in arrears and extend an agreement with the world's biggest defence contractor to maintain its air force fleet. Under the proposed agreement Lockheed will provide maintenance for Argentina's air force for an extra
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      489 19 Wake-up call for littoral states Havoc for exporters Manila urges US to defer open skies pact Thailand to speed up building of new airport PEOPLE has recently appointed a new CEO for the B organisation's entire overseas operations. To be based out Singapore, Albert Zeitler handle the 12 Asia Pacific
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      15 24 KEEP UP TO DATE ON TRENDS WITH THE LINER SCENE FORTNIGHTIY ON MONDAYS Shipping Times
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