The Business Times, 31 December 2002

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2002
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  • 73 1 sn U3L96 (-9.63) ST INDEX FUTTJXES I&QM (-15.00) smsoFumEs itaso (-1.90) STOCK MABKET INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 648.43 -1.96 NIKKEI 225 8,57(196 -136.10 HANG SENG —9,272.33 -172.92 SET INDEX Closed JAKARTA COMP .Closed MANILA COMP Closed TAIPEI WPI 4,457.75 -89.57 SEOUL COMP 627.55 -29.37 SHENZHEN B 187.14 -2.85
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  • 65 1 FOREX RATES USI s$ l'S$ (SS per l'S$) 1.735 £(TS$/S$ per 1.604 1783 EURO(l'S$/S$/E). 1.042 1.808 YEN 119.4 68.80 RM 3.800 2.190 ffKS 7.799 4.496 BAHT 43.35 24.99 RITIAH 8525 6.145 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 KUALA LUMPUR 640 HONGKONG 5.000 JAKARTA 3900 TAIPEI 6500 TOKYO 1.37a SEOUL 9j$ LONDON
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  • 1416 1 Slow bat steady nptnrn in US also expected to boost Europe Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The global economy will recover next year, growing as much as 2.5 per cent by the World Bank's estimate, as a US rebound starts to pull Europe
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  • 344 1  -  Penetration rate in November hit 76.9% By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The number of handphone subscribers in Singapore surged an impressive 14.8 per cent in November from a year ago, pushing the penetration rate up from 67 per cent last year to 76.9 per
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  • 485 1 Move aimed at narrowing the bulging Budget deficit, it says Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government is considering raising income taxes, now among the lowest in the world, in an effort to erase a bulging deficit, a Hong Kong newspaper reported
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  • 678 1  -  It's an act of self-preservation in face of problems, say critics From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE President Gloria Arroyo yesterday sent shock waves through the nation when she announced that she would not run for president in May 2004. "I have decided
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    • 87 1 iirsroE Top Stories L China sounds warning bells on property fever. Next Page Wall St heading for first 3-year losing streak since 1941. Next Page Visitor arrivals rose 10% in November. Next Page DelGro announces slew of management changes. Pg 3 Neil Behrmann: Markets script a different war scenario. Pg3
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    • 38 1 BT's crystal ball Our senior writers look at what's in store for the economy, the stock market and currencies in 2003. In tomorrow's BT 4 The promise of 3G magic in 2003 p \i J > m I'-:: 1
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    • 7 1 Graft talk behind Arroyo's decision?, Pg 9
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    • 762 2 Developers' focus on high-end homes raises fears of another bubble Reuters [BEIJING] Taxi driver Chen Hui gazes up at the multicoloured Phoenix apartments towering over a bustling Beijing highway. "Nice homes, but too expensive. Probably some people are 'stir-frying'. The prices shouldn't be
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    • 351 2  -  By' Fang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Power Supply Ltd yesterday said it will drop residential and commercial electricity prices by an average 7.9 per cent from Jan 1, giving consumers an unexpected New Year's surprise. Domestic and small commercial customers will benefit from a 7.7 per cent
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 104 2 WE note that Tang Wee Loke has recently been appointed a non-executive director to the board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). As the deputy managing director of UOB Kay Hian has been leading the move to set up an Electronics Communications Network (ECN) which
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      • 125 2 IF you hit a hole-in-one at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club golf tournament on Jan 16, you will find yourself landed with an interesting problem: what to do with a helicopter. As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, Eurocopter South East Asia Pte Ltd
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    • 938 2  -  Investor confidence takes a beating from a raft of scandals and overconfident analysts From Andrew Marks in New York CALL it the year of the scandal. From revelations of accounting misdeeds and bankruptcy for Fortune 50 companies Enron and Worldcom,
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    • 426 2  -  eye By Vince Chong (SINGAPORE] THE Bali bomb outrage in October had little effect on Singapore's visitor arrivals in November, which strengthened for a second straight month with year-on-year growth of 10.1 per cent. This followed a 12 per cent rise in October,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 314 3  -  Executive chairman retires, making way for Comfort man to helm the board of directors By Andrea Tan TRANSPORT operator DelGro Corp yesterday announced a slew of management changes ahead of the proposed merger with Comfort Group, including the widely expected retirement of
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    • 455 3  -  HOCKfffy^ neil behrmann IT was predictable that oil and gold would soar ahead of a likely military campaign in Iraq. But other markets haven't copied trends seen prior to previous conflicts. Equity markets, for instance, have been relatively stable and bonds have strengthened. At
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    • 279 3  -  By Andrea Tan KEPPEL Corp said yesterday that staff at its unit. Cathodic Protection Technology (CP Tech), have completed a management buyout of the firm for $3.9 million in cash. Keppel Corp owns CP Tech through Keppel Integrated Engineering Ltd. CP Tech
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      332 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 301.00 17.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -77.00 BTlO-feyMA *****.00 30.00 AM-SG Equities 346.15 -2.13 SG Equities Elect 117.89 SG Equities Fin 1183.63 -9.94 SG Equities Prop 313.39 -2.80 MSCI Singapore 163.06 -1.43 SiMSCI Futures 162.50 -1.90 Stocks Volume Asia DeKof HK15c 24,121.000 TTIntl5c
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    • 264 4  -  By 1 Ven Sreenivasan WHILE many stocks struggled to stay afloat in a volatile market in 2002, some have had a great year. One such prominent "winner" is Osim International. The stock closed 1.5 cents higher at 80.5
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    • 749 4  -  STOCKS BT r. sivanithy Readers would probably think it poor form if we presented a blank page to describe yesterday's session in the local stock market. But in all honesty, a blank page would fit the bill admirably, such was the lack of excitement. In the
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    • 695 4 Currency weighed down by geo-political worries over Iraq, North Korea Reuters [LONDON] The dollar eased to sixweek lows versus the yen and held near its three-year lows on the euro yesterday, weighed by persisting geopolitical worries on Iraq and North Korea. The US
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 80 5 BOARDROOM Limited has appointed Thomas Yeoh Eng Leong as managing director and chief executive. Mr Yeoh will also be appointed a director of subsidiaries Lim Associates (Pte) Ltd and Ee Peng Liang Consultants Pte Ltd. The appointments will take effect from tomorrow. Yvonne Choo will be
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      • 140 5 SEMBCORP Marine (SCM) said as part of its plans to unwind cross-shareholdings within the group, the company will dispose of its entire 24.9 per cent equity interest in JPL Industries Pte Ltd (JPLI) to JPL Corporation Pte Ltd (JPLC), a 70 per cent subsidiary of SCM. The
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      • 74 5 MULTTVISION Intelligent Surveillance Limited has returned to the black for the six months ended Sept 30,2002. The Hong Kong-based company, which specialises in digital video surveillance products and solutions, yesterday reported net earnings at HK$lO.5l million (552.3 million) for the period, against net losses of
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      • 46 5 PANPAC Media Group Limited said the High Court has approved its capital reduction plan and the court order was lodged with the Singapore Registrar of Companies and Businesses on Dec 27. Accordingly, the capital reduction is now complete and effective.
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      • 37 5 OAK WELL Engineering Limited has appointed Koh Tiak Chye, Kwek Swee Heng and Ethel Low Puey Lee as directors of the company with effect from Dec 27. All three are independent directors.
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      • 104 5 SUBSTANTIAL shareholders of Haw Par Corporation and Kim Eng Ong Asia have again beefed up their stakes in the two companies. In separate announcements, Taiwanese group Yuanta Securities said it raised its stake in Kim Eng Ong with another 3.56 million shares at
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      • 184 5 SEMICONDUCTOR equipment manufacturer Advanced Systems Automation is finalising details for a proposed investment by a group of investors to take a 22 per cent stake in the firm, with options exercisable over three years for another 15 per cent. Issue price of the 22
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    • 238 5  -  It confirms that gains from Ardmore Park sale is capital in natnre, tax-free By Andrea Tan MCL Land has been let off an $82.5 million tax hook by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. MCL said in a
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    • 113 5  -  MAILI.TTI Jeannie Ong Assistant Vice President Corporate Communications StarHub Pte Ltd We refer to the letter by Leong Sze Hian, "Let market forces decide on billing method" (Mailbag, Dec 30). Mr Leong wrote that, "Before the current debate on whether to have free incoming calls, I
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    • 414 5  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore ANG Hao Yao ("Penny stock bid increments too big", Mailbag, Dec 27) appears to have grounds for his comments on minimum bids, and perhaps it would be appropriate to examine the issue in its full context. In earlier days, brokers had
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    • 501 5  -  It cites additional provision for doubtful debts at Malaysian unit By Serena Ng INTERIOR fit-out firm Futuristic Image Builder yesterday said it expects to post a loss for the year ending December. The company was the second of July's crop of initial
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    • 303 5 DBS Bank has appointed one of its senior asset management executives as its new managing director and head of private banking. Yeong Phick Fui will report to Elsie Foh and Edmund Koh, top executives of DBS' consumer banking group. Prior to Ms
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    • 186 5  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "Penny stock bid increments too big" (Mailbag. Dec 27), and suggest that the solution should be for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to adopt the practice of US exchanges, which delist companies whose shares trade below $1 for
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    • 608 5  -  Vince Chong PROPERTY giants Capita Land and GuocoLand confirmed market expectations yesterday by announcing they will redeem their bonds on the securitised 268 Orchard Road and Century Square Shopping Centre. Confirming earlier BT reports, GuocoLand, formerly known as First Capital Corporation, said it has
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    • 324 5  -  By Serena Ng HOMEGROWN company Heeton Holdings, a property development and investment firm that also owns and operates wet markets in several housing estates here, is hoping to raise at least $8 million from an initial public offering to help fund its future
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  • 3348 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Cominerzbank Asset Mgt Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 719Y Am Amro Asset Mgt (S pore) £om "**','<* 082,/ Star EuropeEqty'** 0577/ Com Global Health Index Fd 0 78/ Star £uropeBd 1137/ Com G obal Telecom Index Fd 0421/ Star Europe Bal 0 8 34/ Com Global
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 456 6  -  Current members each paid $9,900 to stay on; 5,000 members targeted By Serena Ng THE soon-to-be-renamed Pinetree Town Country Club expects to launch the second phase of its membership drive in a matter of days at $12,000 a head, new manager Peter Goh
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    • 166 6 A NEW department called Singapore Customs will be set up to focus on trade facilitation and revenue enforcement from April 1 under the Ministry of Finance. Singapore Customs brings together the revenue enforcement and trade documentation functions of the Customs and Excise Department (CED)
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    • 269 6  -  liyi Angela Tan PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, which has helped raise more than $2 billion in new finance this year, has been named AsiaPacific Project Finance Adviser for 2002 by Thomson Financial. A PwC spokeswoman told BT the company has also completed project restructurings with a
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    • 365 6  -  System aims to enhance professionalism Vince Chong A NATIONAL benchmark to bring greater professionalism to the property agency business has been introduced. Implemented by SPRING Singapore, the National Skills Recognition System (NSRS) is a framework for establishing work performance standards, identifying job competencies and certifying
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  • FOCUS telecoms
    • 583 7  -  Hutchison, the first to test 3G services on a commercial scale, is offering an array of multimedia features from stock quotes to video calls By Mark Landler NYT [FRANKFURT] THE coming year, cell phone evangelists say, will be the year of 3G
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    • 476 7 NYT [NEW YORK] Pity the poor cell phone. No longer is it enough that people can call their loved ones from 6,000 metres, conduct a business conference call while riding in a cab or call for help from the side of a
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    • 472 7 NYT [NEW YORK] When the major record labels complained of copyright infringement during the rise of Napster and its most popular successor, KaZaA, critics of the music industry were fond of noting that there was no legitimate alternative for people who wanted to
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    • 438 7 NYT (NEW YORK] For an industry with an estimated US$l9O billion in revenue this year, makers of communications network equipment are an awfully needy lot. In the coming year, the industry needs accelerating growth in expanding markets like China. It needs a
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 826 8  -  OPINION THEHH frank ching CHINA'S release of prominent dissident Xu Wenli on Christmas Eve is a welcome gesture, but not much more than a gesture, unless the Communist Parly fundamentally alters its policies and allows its citizens such basic rights as the peaceful expression
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    • 51 8 'The beauty of economics is in its ambiguity. Not everything that happened in the 1980s was bad, but not everything was good.' -Diane Swonk chief economist for Hank ()ne and past president of the National Associationfor Business hkonomics. on the return of Reagan style economic policies in
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    • 648 8 EDITORIAL TIS the season to be jolly, but with the Singapore stock market hovering around a 13month low and down 18 per cent for the year, there appears little reason for investors to celebrate. To be sure, it's been a difficult year for other
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    • 1210 8 Consumers have displaced conglomerates as banks' most important customers, and more mergers are inevitable NYT [SEOUL] The word that best describes South Korea's banking sector today might be "frenzied". Five years after the country's financial system very nearly collapsed in the wave of the
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    • 667 8 COMMENTARY The law which set op the accounting oversight board was full of compromises NYT FOR the accounting industry. 2002 was the year of capital punishment, in both senses of the term. But will prosecutorial vigour lead to real reforms in an
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 503 9 BEIJING But Shang Fnlin's record does not inspire confidence, say some analysts Bloomberg SHANG Fulin, who heads a bank at which two-fifths of all loans are duds, was appointed by China to regu late stock markets where 60 million people have money
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    • 97 9 [BEIJING] Gold exhibitions in China, like this one in Beijing recently, have never been more popular. A Beijing department store sold its entire stock of 70 kg of gold bars the first day they were put on the market, store managers said. The apparent gold rush was
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    • 459 9  -  LETTER FROM MANILA By. Al Labita PERSISTENT talk of bribes to officials, including her husband Miguel, may have forced Gloria Arroyo to quit the 2004 presidential race rather than risk an ignominious downfall. The Philippines' anti-money laundering council has frozen 80 bank accounts amounting to
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    • NOTE Book
      • 65 9 AFP [TAIPEI] The Taiwanese government is planning to auction off another 13 per cent stake in state-controlled Chunghwa Telecom Co, the Commercial Times said yesterday. The successful bidder is required to acquire a minimum of 400 million shares valued at about NT$2O billion (***** million)
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      • 68 9 Bloomberg [BANGALORE] Punjab National Bank, a state-owned lender, said it's in talks with two prospective overseas partners to sell insurance. The talks come after Zurich Financial Services pulled out of a planned joint venture. "With Zurich out, we are talking to two partners," said S
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      • 84 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's YTL Corp yesterday said it had won a 12-month extension to use up more than a quarter of proceeds left over from an RMSOO million (*****.2 million) bond issue. YTL, which is involved in hotels and property development as well as
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    • 252 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg TENAGA Nasional Bhd, which runs Malaysia's electricity distribution monopoly, said it expects to maintain its profitability next year, aided by stable power demand and economic growth. "Fundamentally, our prospects are good, and we can maintain our profit of RMI.4 billion
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    • 224 9 HONG KONG Reuters FUNDS raised from new listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange will plunge by more than half to HK$25 billion (555.6 billion) in 2003, amid an absence of large issues, accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said yesterday. The number of
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    • 230 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co closed its Malaysian equity research unit, completing its withdrawal from the Southeast Asian country as the world's largest securities firm by capital cuts costs. The decision was conveyed to the firm's three analysts in the country two weeks
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    • 411 9 HONGKONG But analysts say outlook for the index is brighter Reuters HONG KONG stocks will ring in the new year with a whimper rather than a bang, with the benchmark share index expected to notch up its first three-year stretch
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    • 484 10 BEIJING Foreign investment, govt spending on infrastructure projects, exports all surge Bloomberg CHINA'S economic growth accelerated in 2002, driven by a surge in exports and foreign investment as well as increased government spending on roads, dams and sewage treatment plants. Asia's second biggest economy
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    • 256 10 SHANGHAI This is a key step in opening of China's financial markets Reuters [SHANGHAI] Dutch financial giant ING Groep NV said yesterday it has launched China's first Sinoforeign fund management venture, a key step in the country's gradual opening of its huge but
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    • 550 10 NEW DELHI Bloomberg COLOUR TVs and computers may drive India's manufacturing growth in the six months to June, the nation's biggest industry group said, indicating pricier goods may continue to find buyers in spite of a drought. "The recovery in manufacturing that took place
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    • 258 10 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S Citic Securities Co Ltd said yesterday it would list its 1.8 billion yuan (***** million) initial public offering, the first by a domestic brokerage, on Jan 6. Citic Securities' 400 million A shares, open to Chinese and select
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  • 1609 10 SICOM FUTURES RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Mowth Hjgh Low Sett (tomes) Interest Jan 03 M9.50 Feb 03 149.75 Mar 03 150.00 Apr/Jun 03 152.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month Low Sett (tonnes) Interest j«03 I 8&00 300 Fete 03 86.50 3350
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  • WORLD news
    • 390 11 MINNEAPOLIS It will pay USs33m in fines and contribution to research Bloomberg US BANCORP Piper JafTray agreed with state and federal regulators to pay U5532.5 million to settle allegations that it misled customers with biased research, a Washington state official said. The company
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    • 426 11 SEOUL Reuters. AFP. AP RISING military tensions on the Korean peninsula, combined with a raft of downbeat economic news, yesterday slammed South Korean stocks on the last trading day of the year. The key Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi)
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    • 465 11 POLITICAL TENSIONS It will hit consumer confidence and hike oil prices, says Wim Duisenberg Bloomberg, Reuters AP. Reuters [AMSTERDAM) A war in Iraq would hurt the global economy with increased oil prices and diminished consumer confidence, Europe's top banker said
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    • 405 11 LATEST US INDICATORS Bloomberg (WASHINGTON) US existing home sales fell in November for the first time in three months, an industry report showed. Low mortgage rates kept the pace strong enough so that 2002 will probably be the best ever for the industry.
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    • 675 12 NEW YORK Millionaires leave to pursue their passion or second careers Bloomberg LAWTON Fitt retired from Goldman Sachs Group Inc in October with enough wealth to donate US$l million to her alma mater and pursue a passion for culture as head of the Royal
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    • 502 12 SEOUL AP, Bloomberg IN the latest bailout of a troubled South Korean computer chip giant, creditors yesterday approved a 4.9 trillion won (SS7.I billion) debt-relief plan for Hynix Semiconductor Inc. officials said. The plan includes a 1.9 trillion won debt-for-equity swap and a
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    • 241 12 LONDON Bloomberg GLAXOSMITHKLINE Pic said a US federal judge invalidated one patent for the anti-depressant Paxil and supported another as the world's second-largest drugmaker tries to protect its top product. Glaxo will appeal against the decision by the US District Court in Philadelphia
      Bloomberg  -  241 words
    • 310 12 AMSTERDAM Reuters GLOBAL semiconductor sales rose 1.3 per cent to U5512.68 billion last month from U5512.51 billion in October, according to the chip industry's main research group. Growth decelerated from October when monthly growth was up 1.8 per cent on the
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    • 415 13 WASHINGTON The Web is now a reliable source of news, information Reuters THE Internet has become a staple source of information for American households about healthcare, government services and potential purchases, finds a survey issued yesterday. About 60 per cent of
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    • 206 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD and particular importance 18 27 Being agreeable, though drowsy (7) room his class trashed (15) 25 A hot issue! (4) 28 Dnnk with cokJ woman peda- 8 Refuses to work in buffets (7) gogue (7) 13 Superior, being in order (5) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 14 Unbridled anger and the
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
    • 1800 14  -  No business leader has faced a greater challenge than Carly Fiorina as she pulls together two vast complex organisations HP and Compaq. Leaders ef the New Century spoke with her at her corporate offices in Palo Alto about this challenge. Here are some excerpts Leaders of
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 447 14 To advertise call toll-free 1800 289 «-#>r«iit<a.«k CHIU TAN FOOD SERVICES PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MFFTINC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 (1) (2) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50. a Final Meeting of the abovenamed Company
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    • 359 14 CALLINGTON INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS'VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final General Meeting of the Company will be held on 31«t January 2003. 10 a.m. at 151 Chin Swee Road, #02-20, Manhattan House. Singapore *****6 for the following purposes--1) To consider the Liquidator's
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    • 556 14 NOTICE Of APPOINTMENT Of PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS VAI MORGAN CINEMA ADVERnSING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) Tol» notice that Christopher Bruce Johnson and Neo Keng Jm of Moor* Slepheni 11 Collyer Quay, #1002 The Arcade Singapore *****7 hove been appointed |dnt ond several provisional liquidators oI the abovenomed company on
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    • 291 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP SO AND IN THE MATTER OF DHARMALA FUTURES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 33/F Gloucester Tower. The Landmark. Central. Hong Kong on 27th December 2002 at 10
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    • 674 14 IN THI MATTER Of THI COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTE* Of CHANG SING INVESTMENT PTE ITD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of ihe Memben of CHANG SING INVESTMENT PTE ITD duly convened ond Said ai 5001 Beach Rood #07-25 Goldan Mila Complex. Singapore
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    • 528 14 IN THi; MATTER OF THI: COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF f:t onlinf: ptf; ltd (la Members' Voluntary l.iqaidatioa) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Creditors of the abovenamed Company, which i» being Mound up voluntarily, are required on or before the 31m day of January 2003
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    • 493 14 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO EQUANT (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Voluntary Winding-Up) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company held on me 30th day of December 2002 the following Special Resolution was duly passed 'THAT the company be wound-up voluntarily pursuant to Section 29CK1 Kb) oI the Companies
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    • 454 14 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT CHAPTER 50 Section 290{2)(b) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS ABERDEEN GOH PRIVATE EQUITY PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of ABERDEEN GOH PRIVATE EQUITY PTE LTD held at 50 Raffles Place #17-01 Singapore Land Tower, Singapore *****3 on the 24th
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 617 15  -  Group eyeing investments in Shanghai, Qingdao, Ningbo and Tiaqjin By 1 Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Clearly demonstrating that the boom in Chinese port development is not yet spent, China Merchants Holdings (CMH) has announced plans to expand its port empire to include investments in
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    • 267 15 MX '000 P"30 5$ Vol CWT Distribution 0.70 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.44 -0.01 456 Cosco Investment 0.19 unch 28 Freight Links 0.03 unch 50 GB Holdings 0.60 -0.01 47 Java Holdings 0.24 0.01 698 Keppel Corp. 3.68 -0.06 314 Keppel Marine 0.15 -0.01 235 Keppel Tele 0.73
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    • 270 15 Xinhua [TLANJIN] Tianjin, the largest port in north China, aims to increase its annual handling volume to 160 million tons of cargo and 5 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) by 2007, sources with the port administration said. By 2010, its cargo capacity is expected to
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    • 222 15 CALIFORNIA OIL SPILL Deal if approved will end 12 years of litigation AP [HUNTINGTON BEACH, California] An oil tanker owner and other defendants have agreed to pay US$4 million to settle the last remaining lawsuit from a 1990 spill that closed miles of
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    • 411 15 [SINGAPORE] A veteran Labour MP, a top Temasek Holdings executive and the number one man at Singapore's biggest brewery are among the new directors who have joined the PSA Corporation board recently. And with PSA's newly promoted chief executive officer Ng Chee Keong, the£
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    • AIR travel
      • 825 16 The hoped for year-end boost to the air travel sector has failed to materialise AP [WASHINGTON] LIKE the vanished vapour trail of a jet, the flush days of holiday air travel have disappeared. For the last year, people working in the air travel
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    • 121 16 PAGE BSA 6 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Columbus 5 Central Ex 4 China Shpg 5 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink 6 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Evergreen 4 Foong Sun 5 Gemartrans 4 Hangli 4 Hyundai 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL 5 Kapal Kris 4
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    • 12836 20 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT Ln* nl«-. 1'"" V0y4g ETA ETA ««*•«•< Vessel Voyage t wpWn n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 21/01 04/02 COSCO UNI POPULAR 024W 65 *****900 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 21/01 04/02 Wan Mai UNI POPULAR 3 024W 65 *****588
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 641 23 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT CON QUEROR 022 J9 A/SIDE 31/12 235S GRAND OCEAN UK 058 J8 A/SIDE 31/12 180C HMS PREMIUM 42G J24 A/SIDE 31/12 150C MU EXPRESS 02SA J17 A/SIDE 31/12 060C NIAGA 55 05/02 J4 A/SIDE 31/12 1500 SHANNON EXP 27/02 J3
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      • 1508 23 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un Berth m kulMm§ I—fcr ACX HIBISCUS 0745 074S 1_ 31/12/*****80) 31/12/2002 1 BOO T02 ACX MAGNOLIA 058N 058N 1 31/12/2002 2300 01/01/2003 10:30 T01 ALAMJAYA 2 8828 8828 1 0201/2003 1000 0201/*****800 I AMBER 1 029N 029N
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      • 146 23 Dec 31 Thailand: New Year's Eve. Jan 1 China: New Year's Day. Hong Kong: New Year's Day. Japan: New Year's Day. Korea: New Year's Day. Malaysia: New Year's Day. Philippines: New Year's Day. Singapore: New Year's Day. Thailand: New Year's Day. Australia: New Year's Day. Indonesia: New Year's
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      • 817 23 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Lid. 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 indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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      • 525 23 "OHM 990 0.4 15.0 0.05 55 0.03 0**» D»n»t y Water »w»w AsMIumMim Ummmt No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 984.7 02 127 0.05 28 0.02 380 Max 990.8 0.7 17.4 0.09 76 0.04 M^lrl M/M »M/M WW to— Ho abort
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 417 24 MILAN AIRPORT CRASH 67 absent from duty during disaster charged with fraud, interruption of pnblic service AP [ROME] Scores of Italian air traffic controllers who were absent from their posts last year during Italy's deadliest aviation disaster are facing criminal charges, forcing Italian air
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      • 142 24 AFP [PARIS] The second day of a strike by baggage handlers at Paris' Orly airport wreaked havoc on Sunday with delayed departures and frustrated passengers waiting hours to retrieve their bags. The strike delayed some 40 per cent of domestic and international flights at
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      • 55 24 Air s P oei^.^ 37m carrying 144 passengers, landing at the Taipei International Airport, in Taoyuan Taiwan The South Friday earning mostly Korean tourists to Taiwan, the first flight of its kind since diplomatic relations and air unUlFeb 21 an tmalZid between Seouls Incheon airpor, and
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      • 394 24 AFP [BEIJING] China's rail network plans to develop more high-speed trains as it seeks to head off competition from air travel and an increase in car ownership, according to state media. Minister of Railways Fu Zhihua said the rail sector must bring
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      • 377 24 Fraport to provide China with airport expertise Bernama [FRANKFURT] China's booming economic region of Shanghai plans to use Frankfurt's airport know-how for developing its airports in the future. A cooperation agreement between Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide and Shanghai Airport Group was scheduled
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      • 116 24 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's second carrier Dragonair said yesterday that passenger traffic in November jumped 30 per cent from the same period last year, partly due to an expansion of its fleet. Cargo volume grew by 59 per cent to 22,162 tonnes in the same period,
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      • 1800 24 BP Q» 8*7306 1825 ****** 2359 IH229 2245 *6 IKS S***** 2359 ***** 2245 FMmII S0989 1555 S0990 OIK test*r*a S023 0635 CA9T4 0110 —I— S06C3 W C2352 0835 *1.837 835 *1.834 2330 C2351 2245 5024 2145 WT74I 1325 SO/WI76 1035 **tira«a* *7*400 mo SO/VH175 1840
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 7 15 The freight market was closed for Christmas
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    • 16 15 Air controllers face charges In Milan crash Back Page Strike wreaks havoc at Orty airport *BackPag§
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    • 381 15 PEOPLE EMERY Forwarding has announced the promotion of Christine Callahan, a 23-year veteran of the ocean shipping industry, to the position of vicepresident. As vice-president of ocean services, Ms Callahan, who is based at Emery's Redwood City headquarters, reports to Peter Quantrill, executive vice-president. She will be responsible for driving
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 149 16 r-i L Season's (Greetings L ainudl \)j lObf Best Wishes |v A Happy New Yew r a l\^J* '4V From The Management Staff of (ASIA) PTE LTD WORLDGATE EXPRESS LINES PTE LTD 180, CecM Street, #16-03/04, Bangkok Bank Building, Spore *****6 jHT Tel: *****911 Fax: *****073******63 Email: wgate©mbox2.singneLcom.sg WEBSITE: hftp://www
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    • 884 17 TO USA (SAX SERVICE) VOY SIN fTA LAX OAK DAI HOU CHI COl Mm /m KYC API ENGLAND Ilst 03/01 18/0) 20/01 70/01 20/01 21/01 21/01 21/01 24/01 24/01 Aft CANADA HOC 01/01 23/01 27/01 2S/01 21/01 21/01 21/01 21/01 31/01 31/01 API SCOTLAND 114E 15/01 30/01 03/02 04/02 04/02
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    • 791 18 HYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. Hoatpoje: wwwi—2l.c— q up, 12Q*****000H ™I™ MU I UH IRM I ANT I HAM I ■TllVtSSn VOT SOU liH RTW ANT NAM ORV TBT ,04W W #I 70/01 30/11 MX PtOMBf 00M 11/11 H/ll N/1] l|/|i I il/Tl" NOl PRIORITY 004W 03/01 74/01 M/ 01
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    • 661 18 I© SUtfAc WEEKLY EXPRESS SAILING SCHEDULE ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN ICQ POINTS *BSa VOT SI PJUAN6 {QUI—O B. SWVA MTHTMtft ■OMWCM OPS 30 DK II m Km hum |im UWGMOHI oitw otm Mum i;ia ism HtM ushasib soi7w 13 iaw 11m »m KIM TOMB Mtl U?W mm
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    • 876 19 VOY KHH HKO I aw I PKI DXB Ml DMM UK S3 2'y' 2 01/01 04/01 05/01 17/01 ,3 01 19/01 71/01 07/01 09/01 n/01 H/01 19/01 20/01 26/01 2»/0l 12I 4 01 15/01 /0, 19/01 26/01 27/01 07/02 09/07 21/2! /01 25/01 26/01 07/07 03/07 11 13/02 |IMN HCTIMOZGAN
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    • 450 19 Wsyjyjl i'BBB 1 UK CONTINENT SERVICE 11 Loading tor KOVDOR RDM/A TW/BMNAJK/NAN I SET IF 11 R DM/A TW/BM N/UK/NAN I Loads Singapore, E7W Malaysia. Indonesia J middle-east service Loading for LIN DOS DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT STAR 2000 JDH/AOA EXPLORER S DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT WHITE GUARDIAN DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PACIFIC SUN II DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT Toads Sngapore. E/W
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 114 20 I gKYOWA LINE v,< l^—wi IfcJp—!•—l h^lk—»| iw.* f Imj.TTI Polmos Senator 945E" 31/12 09/01 15/01 16/01 Palmos Senotor 945E" 31/12 18/01 OMIT 28/01 30/01 01/02 Potroos Senotor 945E" 31/1~2 20/01 qi/qo IBN Si"Q 947E 07/01 18/01 OMIT 28/01 30/01 01/02 IBN Sina 947E 07/01 23/01 29/01 30/01 _94Z£_ j)ZM
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    • 154 20 O CWT GLOBEUNK PTE LTD &\22££JL2™*££E£L WEEKLY DIRECT GROUPAGE SERVICE TO CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA MANZANILLOIMEXICO BUENAVENTURA/COLOMBIA MONTEVIDEO/URUGUAY SANTOS/BRAZIL VALPARAISO/CHILE BUENOS AIRES/ARGENTINA For enquirieslbookings. please call *****177 THANK YOU FOR USING CWT GLOBEUNK Xis TOKO LINE UNION 1 SSSS^SiO79O2S V KEOULA »o*o/CONVENT»ONAi SERVICE FAX: |65) TOKOS* JAPAN/HOHG«OHG/STKAITS/MTMI/J«mM WSSfI VOT Ml PGUOAHC
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    • 125 23 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Services Division, NEA K Thunderstorm A Showers Ram T^Z P ?h a,Ure °CJ W,nd direc,l n speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather W c><3 Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds t I flight, *1
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