The Business Times, 29 November 2002

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  • 64 1 FOBEX BATES uss ss US$ (S$ per US$) 1.766 £(l'8$/S$ per L661 2.7J8 EURDlUSVSS^). 0J9S 1.762 YEN 122.1 89 JO RM 1800 2.163 HKS 7.799 4.41ft BAHT 4140 2169 RUPIAH 8J82 MM PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* US KUALA LUMPUR 149 BONO KONG 6.0M JAKARTA 3800 TAIPEI CiOO TOKYO 1176 SEOUL
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  • 794 1  -  •Rfffnltff, companies' gnidmce for fntnre earnings do not justify the nu-ap From Andrew Marks in New York WITH earnings projections falling sharply in coming quarters, the technolgy sector's rebound is due for a swift reversal that could doom the current rally. US
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  • 486 1  -  Tkari operators most apply for operating licence and will face stringent standards By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] In a significant policy change, the government is set to introduce laws that could facilitate the entry of new players into Singapore's tightly controlled taxi industry. At the
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  • Article, Illustration
    59 1 [SINGAPORE] City Developments managing director Kwek Leng Joo (left) and Cultural Medallion-winning water colour ist Ong Kim Seng showing President S R Nathan their works depicting the ancient water villages of the Jiangnan region in south China. The three-day Timeless Jiangnan exhibition at the Singapore Conference Hall showcases
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  • 320 1  -  Chief of Tibs Tan Hap Foi to fill post as acting CEO By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Yesterday was Boey Tak Hap s last day at the helm of SMRT Corp, but his replacement has yet to be found. The listed
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    • 71 1 maiDE Top Stori** European markets jotted by Kenya terror attacks. M»xt P«g« Hiccup in RHB-Bank Utama merger plan, ifojrf ffag# Clifford Chance* world's biggest law firm, and Singapore's WongPartnership to seal Joint venture finally on Jan 1. fftit Pmgm Merrill's Chartered stake gains $55m. *.»>:*, "j SingTel divests 50% stake
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    • 10 1 CELLULOID CENTRAL Korea's Pusan film festival Executive Lifestyle, Page 24
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    • 485 2 Blast at Israeli-owned hotel kills 14; Israeli liner Reuters, Bloomberg, AP [MOMBASA, Kenya] European financial markets were jolted from a holiday mood yesterday after a car bomb exploded at an Israeli-owned hotel here, killing at least 14 people including three suicide bombers,
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 153 2 THOSE who've been in the US at this time of the year will know that today marks the official start of the Christmas shopping season. And just to make sure everyone is in the mood, stores and malls have been known to offer such hot post-Thanksgiving
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      • 89 2 PSST? Wanna make money from footer? A firm called Sscores International here is promoting "professional consultations and predictions in S-League, EPL, Champ. League, Uefa and Euro Champions matches". It says it aims to provide a comprehensive guide for "investors" and "punters" on upcoming matches. Claiming up
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    • 498 2  -  Contradictory statements suggest discord in the talks From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE long-awaited merger of Bank Utama and tycoon Rashid Hussain's bank to form the last anchor bank in Malaysia has hit a snag. Signs of discord in the talks, which .'began
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    • 829 2  -  New firm win be powerful force in local and regional business law By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] After putting off a proposed joint-venture two years ago, Clifford Chance, the world's biggest law firm, and Singapore's WongPartnership, will finally tie the knot in the New
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    • 512 2 Contenders that earn five-star ratings for good people practices will vie ftr award [SINGAPORE] There are the best employers, the most innovative of tech-sawy enterprises, and of course the Fortune 500 league of financial giants. Now the search is on for Singapore's best-managed corporate
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 193 4  -  Bu Serena Ng SINGAPORE Food Industries said yesterday that all conditions for its $46 million offer for British food producer S Daniels have been fulfilled or waived and the deal is now unconditional. SFI said that as of Wednesday this week it had
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    • 368 4  -  Chartered stock soars 22% on deal with IBM By Serena Ng INVESTMENT bank Merrill Lynch yesterday saw the value of its 11 per cent stake in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing swell by a sizeable $55 million, after the chip-maker's shares gained a stunning 22 per cent
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    • 656 4  -  HOCKII.U!!M« r sivanithy WHAT do Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, DelGro and SembCorp Marine have in common? On the face of it, not much—the first is in the electronics business, the second is a transport operator and the third is a logistics company. But look beyond the
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    • 483 5  -  Joint venture partner FailSafe Holdings will buy np its stake By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE Telecom has ceased to be a shareholder of FailSafe Corporation (Singapore), which provides data and disaster recovery services. In a statement yesterday, Sing Tel said it has sold
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    • 216 5 Bloomberg C2C Pte, an undersea cable company majority owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, will expand into Malaysia through an alliance with Time dot Com Bhd. C2C and Time dot Com will provide phone companies with networks that link Malaysian cities
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    • 214 5  -  By Andrea Tan DRAGGED down by provisions for higher doubtful debts, Courts (Singapore) Ltd suffered a 34 per cent decline in interim net profit to $3 million in spite of a 11 per cent rise in turnover to $104 miUion. Higher doubtful
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 38 5 GUOCOLAND, formerly First Capital Corp, has received acceptances and excess applications totalling 101.8 million ordinary shares and 101.8 million new NCCPS (non-redeemable convertible cumulative preference shares), representing 100.1 per cent of its rights issue.'
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      • 60 5 COMFORT Group said Huam Chak Khoon, a director of a Comfort subsidiary, sold 60,000 shares on Nov 22. Meanwhile, Chua Huat Hwee, also a director of a Comfort subsidiary, exercised his options for 125,000 Comfort shares. On Wednesday, Yang Ban Seng, another director at the
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      • 55 5 NORELCO Centreline Holdings, a specialised contract equipment manufacturer listed on Sesdaq, said all key conditions relating to the proposed investment by Baring Asia n Holdings (13) Limited, a subsidiary of the Baring Asia Private Equity Fund n, and individual investors Koh Boon Hwee ami Lee
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      • 61 5 THE three local banking groups each now owns a third of the local electronic payment system company, Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore), after DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank struck an agreement to equalise their ownership as required under the company's Articles of
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      • 25 5 DATACRAFT Asia has been awarded a three-year US$6.75 million outsourcing contract from Hanaro Telecom, South Korea's leading broadband telecommunications service provider.
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      • 47 5 HUA Kok International Ltd's 95 per cent owned subsidiary, PD Manufacturing International, has secured a 126.8 million yuan contract in downtown Puxi, Shanghai to design, supply and install the aluminium and glass facade for the Shanghai Shi Mao International Trade Building.
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      • 49 5 SUPER Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd has formed a joint venture with CCL Products (India) Limited (CCL) and MTR Foods Limited (MTR) to establish an instant noodle factory in Bangalore and to make and sell food and foodstuff. The joint venture is called Super CCL Foods.
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      • 48 5 ASJ Holdings, a maker and seller of leaded and surface mounted chip resistors, said net profit for the nine months to Sept 30,2002, totalled $4.94 million, up from $4.89 million in the previous corresponding period. Turnover was up 1.2 per cent at $34.46 million.
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      • 52 5 CHEUNG Woh Technologies Ltd is slated to launch its initial public share offering in mid-December, Reuters reported yesterday. Cheung Woh, which makes metal plates for the hard disk drive industry, is offering 51 million new shares, according to its prospectus filed on-line with the Monetary Authority
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      • 45 5 SINGAPORE Press Holdings has clarified that the combined net lettable space of Paragon and Promenade —after the rebuilding of Promenade is completed in the third quarter of next year—will be approximately 610,000 square feet, not 568,000 square feet as stated in its annual report.
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    • 536 5  -  Approval comes despite concern over odd lots By Wong Wei Kong UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has won approval to distribute stocks representing 31.12 per cent of Haw Par Corp to shareholders notwithstanding some unhappiness over the odd lots resulting from the allocation.
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    • 1082 4 Seminar Details Seminar Objective implementation of the one-tier corporate Date :10 December 2002 (Tuesday) The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore s y s^cm relief system. Time 8.45 am Registration has issued circulars on one-tier corporate 9am to Ipm tax system and the loss transfer system of WHO SHOULD ATTEND Venue
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    • 176 5 JfIAVAyA congrat u lations Avaya On winning the Frost Sullivan Engineering Award For Leadership in the Asia Pacific Interaction CRM MiFßet i Surviving The IT Squeeze Rely on Avaya and its Business Partners to enhance your competitive advantage by building meaningful customer relationships. For the third consecutive year, Avaya is
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      318 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 28 VALUE CLOSE ■TOADS 228.00 +56.00 few -*****.00 +96.00 BT lfr4ay MA *****.00 +23.00 m-KEpfci 371.24 +4.13 ICfliiWn Etoct 129.36 +2.63 SBbp«MFfc 1235.21 -1.34 MrpiiiFlip 338.47 +0.15 ■Wftww 173.95 +1.45 wrnar+mm 174.90 _+?5o Chart SemlCond 26c 166,626.000 SingTel 15c 19.483,000 Datacraft 10c 17,594.000 ST Assembly 25c
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    • 268 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of frozen food supplier Pacific Andes has hardly responded to the company's recent announcement that interim earnings rose 11 per cent. The share closed unchanged at 20.5 cents yesterday as 138,000 units changed
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    • 775 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local stock market yesterday gained some respite after three weak sessions, thanks to an overnight rally on Wall Street and furious punting of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's shares following the firm's announcement of a tie-up with IBM. It was an undeniably upbeat
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    • 605 6  -  CURRENCIES But euro stubbornly holds its ground above 99 US cents and 120 yen larry wee A BATCH of mostly better-than-expec-ted US data released just before yesterday's US holiday gave Wall Street players and US dollar bulls a little extra to
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  • 2874 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS S B Sel Gib BusinessIdrsPtfKSGD) on S B Sel Gib Business LAs PrfKUSO) 0M7I 0626/ 0.754/ Star Europe Bd\___ llOW Com Global lifestyle Index Fd OMV a mi Com Global Health mde*Fd 0 797/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0686/ Com Global Index Fd 0 423/ Star Asia
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 535 7  -  Tie-op with Tan Tock Seng Hospital a first by a private developer with govt hospital By Vince Chong FAR East Organization will develop the Novena Medical Centre (NMC) on a site across from Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in order to tap the synergies that
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    • 332 7 WOMEN need to acquire new skills given the changing face of the economy and free themselves from outdated ideas of what kind of work is suitable for them, said MP for Marine Parade GRC and Temasek Holdings managing director Lim
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    • 273 7  -  By Chuang Peck Ming CONSUMER and industrial demand for gold in Singapore stayed largely flat in tonnage terms in the third quarter, said the World Gold Council. Consumers bought 2.6 tonnes of gold jewellery, coins and bars unchanged from a year ago. Purchases
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    • 320 7  -  By Eugene Low FRENCH pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Synthela-bo, which has just set up its regional hub in Singapore, is studying plans to set up a clinical research unit here as well. Singapore, along with Hong Kong and Taiwan, are being considered as possible
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    • 436 7  -  It's marketing Leonie Studio with views from existing Tanglin Studio fa Kalpana Rashiwala IN a novel marketing approach, GuocoLand will use an existing building to help sell a new project that it will develop on the same site. Instead of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 829 8  -  ■■1.111.1,11 m OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group IT is Feb 7, 2003, just after American troops have seized several Iraqi airfields to be used as staging areas. Suddenly, Scud missiles armed with both chemical and conventional warheads strike the airfields.
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    • 28 8 'I am tired of being stupid/ -Kkeiym heavyweight boxer with a long history of getting into trouble, now reformed and waiting for his next bout.
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    • 556 8 EDITORIAL THE US proposal for zero tariffs on industrial and consumer goods by 2015 is a welcome wakeup call to negotiators in the Doha round of world trade talks. However, the proposal may not fly unless the concerns of developing countries are taken on board Few
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    • 1079 8  -  Is his choice of 2nd finance minister a boost for Najib and a blow for Razaleigh? By Yang Razali Kassim THE appointment of Tenaga Nasional's chief, Jamaludin Jarjis, as Malaysia's second finance minister has come as a surprise to many. With Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
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    • 278 8  -  MAiLnrn Paul Thompson Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance. Director of MBA Programmes. Nottingham University Business School. Malaysia Campus Kuala Lumpur I REFER to the report "Singapore to offer top students varied paths" (BT, Nov 28). A few years ago, British Prime Minister Tony Blair
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    • 172 8  -  Jimmy Tsen Senior vice-president. Corporate Services CPG Corporation THE report, "CPG set to be next Temasek company to mount an MBO" (BT, Nov 28) mentioned that CPG "had a net profit of $3.4 million on a turnover of $7.5 million last year, according to records
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    • 100 8  -  Koh Soh San (Miss) for Chief Statistician Singapore Department of Statistics WE refer to the article "Services sector up 2.6% in Q3" (BT, Nov 28). We would like to point out that in the last paragraph air transport firms reported 5.4 per cent higher
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 440 11 JOHOR BARU Cost-based operations in Malaysia still lower than in Singapore: analyst THE Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore's (CAAS) move to set up a $210 million fund to strengthen Changi Airport as a regional hub will not affect development at the Sultan Ismail Airport
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    • NOTE Book
      • 62 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's central bank, w lich has been trying ta prepare the nation's lende :s for the entry of foreignrtvals, bas a new message: i top being so competitive. Banks cannot kray frqm government-set interest rates and cannot use gifts or lower service
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      • 64 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL Power Intei national Bhd, Malaysia's power producer, said profit influrfjrstQuarterrose3Bpercent,! elpedbythe inclusion of the earnings of Wessex water pk, it took over In March. Net Income rode to RM152.1 million (5170.6 million) in the three months ended September,
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      • 78 11 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank will not sell any of its 40 per cent of Bank Thai Pel to overseas Investors because it wants to keep the lender under Thai ownership and management, governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said. His comment came after Krungthep Thurakit said yesterday
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      • 63 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Parliament has approved a law allowing greater foreign investment in broadcasting and increasing government control. Foreign entities will be able to own as much as 20 per cent stakes in Indonesian radio and TV stations. The law, which ends* ban on foreign
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      • 102 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's central bahk is likely to cut key interest ratesby another quarter point in the second quarter of fe)o3 to boost the island's flagging economy, sfo executive at Citibank Securities (Taiwan) said yesterday: "There's still room for the US to lower Interest
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    • 382 11 PEGOH, Malaysia AFP JAPAN'S No 2 carmaker, Honda Motor Co, said yesterday it will expand its Malaysian presence by investing RM374 million (*****.7 million) in its manufacturing operations by 2005. The company has already invested RMIBO million in a 32-hectare factory in
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    • 326 12  -  This is part of govt plan to posh medical tourism sector From] Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN medical specialists will soon be allowed to advertise their services to prospective patients. The advertisements will include information like medical training, years of practice and
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    • 346 12 MANILA Output of goods and services down 0.1% in 03 Bloomberg THE Philippine economy contracted unexpectedly for the first time in four years as drought then typhoons damaged rice and corn crops, and manufacturing slowed. The nation's output of goods and services fell
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    • 102 12 MANILA AP AUSTRALIA and Canada closed their embassies here yesterday after receiving what they called credible terror threats, prompting the Philippine authorities to tighten security in the capital, which has been hit recently by bombings. Armed police closed streets, set up barricades and circled
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 72 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China's economy is likely to grow around 8 per cent in 2003, powered by a strong flow of foreign investment and an expected global economic recovery, a senior State Statistical Bureau official said yesterday. "China's economic growth is expected to match
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      • 80 12 Bloomberg IHONG KONG] Hong Kong mortgage approvals fell 14.6 per cent in October to HKJ7.7 billion (SSI.7 billion) as fewer people bought new apartments, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said. The money actually drawn from lenders to buy homes also fell, dropping 16.3 per
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      • 91 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's financial markets regulator said yesterday it had authorised three hedge funds to be sold direct to the retail investing public, but declined to give details on which firms had won the approvals. "The SFC has so far authorised
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      • 66 12 Ratters [SHANGHAI] Chinese brokerage CITIC Securities Co said yesterday it has launched China's first composite bond index to give investors a benchmark bridging the country's two segregated debt markets. The CITIC Bond Composite Index tracks treasury, financial and corporate bonds listed on China's stock exchanges
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    • 243 12 TAIPEI He allegedly breached party investment roles AFP A TAIWANESE financier, who once controlled the huge business empire of the former ruling Kuomintang party (KMT), has been questioned about his alleged role in kickback scams, prosecutors said yesterday. Liu Tai-ying, chairman of China
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    • 725 12 BUKIT SEMBAWANQ ESTATES LIMITED ANNOUNCEMENT 4 Unaudited Results for the Half-year ended 30 September 2002 The Directors of Bukit Sembawang Estates Limited announce the unaudited results of the Group and of the Company for the half-year ended 30 September 2002 as set out below: The Group The Company $000 $000
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  • REGION world
    • 380 14  -  Investors hope it will set np a framework for recovery From Anthony Rowley in To/cuo TOKYO stock prices jumped to a twomonth high yesterday on hopes that a timetable for proposed banking and corporate sector reforms in Japan, due to be announced today,
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    • 363 14 BEIJING But party paper gives more prominence to Jiang AFP CHINA'S new Communist Party leader Hu Jintao made a rare foray onto the front page of the party's official newspaper yesterday, after virtually vanishing from public view since his accession. The 59-year-old vicepresident, who took
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    • 253 14 NEW YORK Reuters FOREIGN investors, a key source of demand for US corporate bonds,, cut their net purchases by 60 per cent in September from a year before, the US Treasury Department reported on Wednesday. Net foreign buying of US
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  • WORLD news
    • 522 16 LONDON Nearly a third of London staff have lost their jobs or are being relocated Reuters, FT, Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE financier George Soros' fund management group is significantly reducing hedge fund activities in Europe amid continued market turmoil, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The
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    • 439 16 PARIS Reuters Bloomberg THE French government plans to invest 9 billion euros (5515.8 billion) in France Telecom to help the former phone monopoly meet debt payments, French newspapers said yesterday. The government plans to create a state-owned company that would borrow the vast sum
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    • 408 16 It warns of unprofitable Q4 also en stock writedowns Bloomberg [MUNICH] Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurer, posted a third-quarter loss of 859 million euros (Ssl.s billion) and said it will also be unprofitable this quarter as falling stocks force the
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    • 251 16 NEW YORK Motdy'sciits ratings of4l firms, upgrades only 5 Reuters THE ability of US companies to make payments on the huge amounts of debt they took on in the go-go 1990s is sinking, even though the economy appears to be on the mend, Moody's
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    • 352 17 ATLANTA This is in contrast to Wall St's recent surge, highlights urgency of rate cuts LAT-WP THE economic recovery is alive but limping, according to the snapshot offered on Wednesday by the US Federal Reserve. Although the Fed's periodic report is anecdotal and
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    • 247 17 LAT-WP THE brand name, website and technology of pioneer file-swapping service Napster Inc were sold to Silicon VaUey software company Roxio Inc on Wednesday after a bankruptcy judge dismissed an unorthodox last-minute objection by Napster's first boss. Record labels and other creditors wiU
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    • 515 17 Reuters [CHICAGO) Sex sells and money talks. US retailers are banking on these cliches to drive sales this holiday season, with Abercrombie Fitch Co famous for its skinfilled catalogs turning to scantily clad instore greeters to lure reluctant consumers.
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    • 405 17 LONDON AFP THE deputy chief of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, will become its governor next year. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown announced on Wednesday. Mr King will replace Edward George who retires next June after 10 years as governor. Like Mr
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    • 783 17 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT CHAPTER 50 Section ?90<2Hb| NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS VF CAPITAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED (In Memberi Voluntary liquidation) Al an ExtroorcWiory General Meeting of VT CAPITAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED held a Ciou Street. *17-00 PWC Iwldeg. Singapore 04*424 on the 21st day of November 2002
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    • 1643 20 <;V> Registered Office: 3rd Floor, Absa Towers East. 170 Main Street. Johannesburg. 2001 ABSA Absa Bank Limited. Singapore Branch: 9 Temasek Boulevard #40-01 Suntec Tower Two. Singapore *****9 croup limited 4A amount* are In Rand million Balance Sheet Income Statement as at 31 March for the year ended 31 March
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    • 313 20 IN THE MATTER OF SEABANC CREDIT PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap 50, that a Final General Meeting of the members of the abovementioned Company will be held at 10 Coiyer Quay. #21 -01 Ocean Building. Singapore
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  • THE ARTS
    • 669 21  -  David Auburn's award-winning play is well fleshed out, if a little lacking in edginess, says PARVAIHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR DAVID Auburn's 2001 Tony and Pulitzer Prizewinning play, Proof, is very much like the mathematical proofs his characters bicker, worry and fantasise about elegantly simple on the surface but
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    • 501 21  -  By Aaron Lye WHATEVER else you may call it, Theatreworks' Da Vinci Project version 1.0 was one of the most ambitious undertakings by a theatre company here in recent memory. The goal was simple in a way to challenge the modern notion that the arts
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  • EPICURE/BOOKS
    • 718 22  -  The execution is French and the palate, mainly Asian. CHEAH UI-HOON enjoys the clean taste of Salt CHEAH UI-HOON A LOT of things about Salt, on Amoy Street, are understated, including its phone number. A couple of calls to SingTel's 100 service to get the number for
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    • 652 22  -  By Corinne Kerk TIME To Live Jannie Tay's Journey, a biography on the managing director of watch retailer, The Hour Glass, will be launched today at the Women Inspire 2002 event. The book chronicles her life as a daughter, wife, mother, entrepreneur and businesswoman, and
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  • CINEMA/ENTERTAINMENT
    • 451 23  -  By Kannan Chandran LIKE inadvertently biting into a piece of chilli, there's never a dull moment when the unpredictable Red Hot Chili Peppers are anywhere within hailing distance. In their two decades on the scene, they've stretched the limits of imagination with albums and antics
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    • 626 23  -  By Corinne Kerk ENTERTAINMENT is serious business. While there may already be a grouping of entertainment outlet owners under the Association of Entertainment Organisations (AEO), a subsector of pub, bar and club owners has formed a separate panel to look into their specific
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    • 566 23  -  Audrey Tautou returns to the screen as a wide-eyed ingenue whose infatuation with a married man becomes somewhat twisted. PARVATHINAYAR tries not to give the game away PARVATHI NAYAR EVERY love story, indeed almost any story, has two points of view. This
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1904 24  -  GEOFFREY EU In a relatively short time, Korea's Pusan International Film Festival has become Asia's cinematic nucleus, drawing top-notch directors, well-versed fans and hungry dealmakers. GEOFFREY EU looks at the event the players, and the turning point in Korean film WHEN it comes to the single most important
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    • 393 24 SCORE one for the home team: Singapore films enjoyed a winning start at this year's Pusan International Film Festival, then continued to make a strong impression by snagging a coveted award at the Pusan Promotion Plan (PPP), which provides marketing momentum for unfinished film
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 271 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose 25 points to 1,514, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 19 points to 1,479, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed 87 points to 10,010 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up 46 points to 1,950. TIME-CHARTER: Pantagruel (ex Royal Excelsior)
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    • 606 25  -  USssm equipment to be stationed at Taqjong Pagar and Pasir Panjang terminals By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] In order to boost security at Singapore's sea and land entry points, the Customs and Excise Department is adding to its arsenal of new technology by acquiring
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    • 167 25 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation and its partners in the Tuticorin Container Terminal on India's southeast coast have been ordered to slash tariffs by the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). The order to cut by 15 per cent came after TAMP rejected
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    • 107 25 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), Japan's largest shipping line, bought back about 6.4 million shares for 2.23 billion yen (5532.3 million) from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Tokyo-based company bought back the shares between Oct 31, 2002 and Nov 27, 2002, it said in a
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    • 239 25 Ship will instead be docked for thorough cleaning after second virus case AP [ORLANDO, Florida] Disney on Wednesday cancelled the next voyage of the cruise ship Magic after dozens of people contracted a flu-like stomach illness this week the vessel's second voyage in a row
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    • 375 25  -  Yemen imposing restrictions on vessels approaching commercial ships By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The global shipping industry has been put on alert after US authorities warned that terrorists mayuse scuba divers to attack ocean-going vessels, while Yemen says it will open fire
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    • 693 25  -  Door finally opened for them to launch products into lucrative market From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley [OAKLAND, California] The long awaited settlement of the US West Coast port impasse has opened the door for technology companies to roll out
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    • 1191 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Shipper sues Norfolk Southern for US$l.5 million for negligence and breach of contract -By Selva Kumar A US appeals court has ruled that a railroad company in the US could not limit its liability for damage
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      • 144 33 Dm 5 Thailand: King's Birthday. DmI Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa. Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Dae 7 Malaysia: Hari Raya Holiday. Dm 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Dae 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 24 Switzerland: Christmas Eve (ha day). Dee 25 Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas
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      • 745 33 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 average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 440 34 Net income rises to 10.2b baht; carrier to pay dividend for first time since 1997 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International pel, Asia's second-best performing airline stock this year, gained 5.3 per cent after it said fullyear profit rose more than fivefold and
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      • 406 34 Bnt global cargo volumes are recovering strongly, led by Asia-Pacific Reuters [GENEVA] World air passenger traffic remains stalled well below long-project-ed growth rates a year after the suicide hijackings in the United States sent it into a tailspin, industry sources said on Wednesday. But they
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      • 150 34 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The International Air Transport Association will open additional air routes between Europe, Asia and Australia, saving airlines US$55 million a year and trimming 30 minutes pff some flights, the industry group said in a statement. A new agreement between 21 countries will
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      • 557 34 Smooth going for most areas, bnt delays reported at some airports Reuters [CHICAGO] Amid tight airport security but generally favourable weather, millions of Americans took to the roads and the air on Wednesday to join family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday, the
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      • 458 34 New CEO stresses need for USs4oom bailout to help carrier stay afloat Bloomberg (RlO DE JANEIRO] Brazil ian airline Viacao Aerea Rio-Grandense SA (Varig) may cut flights as Latin America's biggest airline seeks a US$4OO million bailout to stay in business. Varig.
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      • 137 34 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue, Australia's No 2 airline, said it will start selling package holidays, including accommodation and ground transport, from next January through a new unit called Virgin Blue Holidays. Brisbane-based Virgin Blue, which was founded by UK billionaire Richard Branson and had
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      • 319 34 AP [PARIS] An Italian man with a history of mental illness threatened to blow up a flight as it headed to Paris from Italy on Wednesday with 57 passengers and seven crew members aboard, French police said. The man, identified as Stefano
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