The Business Times, 17 January 2003

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MiTA(P) 010*03/2002 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003 85C
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  • 825 1  -  Restrictions to kick in only in a crisis; deal clears way for S'pore-US FT A By: Larry Wee [SlNGAPOßE] Singapore and the United States have reached agreement on the Republic's right to impose capital controls in the event of an economic crisis, clearing
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  • 732 1  -  Fignre'sonlya shade off 2000's record, bat may slip again this year Byi Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore managed to attract $9.01 billion in manufacturing investment commitments last year, but it may see a drop this year to $8 billion, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said
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  • 75 1 STI 1,379.52 (-7.10) ST INDEX FUTURES IV3SS.OO1 V 3SS.00 (-13.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 171.00 (-0.80) Thursday Change KLSE COMP 670.14 193 NIKKEI 225.. 8.***** 2.58 HANG SENG 9.***** -1.1026 SETT INDEX 370.48 -1.34 JAKARTA COMP...397 11 -849 MANILA COMP .1.074.45 -102 TAIPEI WPI 4.94.129 -7441 SEOl'LCOMP ***** +4)40 SHENZHEN B
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  • 72 1 FOREX RATES US$ L'SS (SS per ISS) 1.733 £(ISS/SS per 1603 1778 EURO(l'S$/S$/E) 1056 1830 YEN 118.0 68.10 R.M 3800 1193 HKS 7.799 4.501 BAHT 42 69 24.64 Rl'PIAH 8371 5.120 RENMINBI 8.299 4.790 INDIAN Rl PEE 47.97 27 68 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 Kl ALA UHPlH 6.40 HONGKONG
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  • 528 1  -  Registration fee cut to just $300 may be one of the reasons By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] The poor economic climate last year did not seem to have staunched entrepreneurial hopes. After a plunge in 2001, new company formation gained a new high last
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  • 566 1  -  Prime Partners founder takes up post from March By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) has appointed former Morgan Grenfell chief Hsieh Fu Hua its new chief executive officer. Mr Hsieh, 53, one of the co-founders and managing partner of homegrown financial firm
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    • 379 2  -  on the economy $5.63b committed last year will yield 11,500 jobs over next three years By< Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Most of the new jobs that will flow from last year's investment commitments will be in the electronics and precision engineering (EPE) sector,
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    • 577 2  -  World Bank says China may become region's key driver Frvml Anthony Rowley in Tokyo WORLD Bank president James Wolfensohn yesterday challenged Japan to make bold economic reforms to enable it to "re-as-sert leadership" in the region and to provide a counterweight to China. His call
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    • 358 2  -  But it stays in 4th place for ElirS Asia-Pac listing By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Singapore remains the fourth most costly city in the Asia-Pacif-ic region behind Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong but seems to have, in half a year,
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    • 324 2 Pungent dorian odour sparks full alert on Virgin Bine domestic flight AFP (SYDNEY] An Australian airliner hit the panic button yesterday, going into full-scale security alert and evacuating the plane and all because of some durians. The Virgin Blue flight from Brisbane to
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 444 4  -  It's proposing a l&rger-th&n-expected dividend of 7.3 cents By Tang Weng Fai MOBILEONE Ltd (Ml), which made its maiden earnings report yesterday, is handing out a more generous dividend payout than it promised at the initial public offering. Singapore's second-larg-est mobile operator posted
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    • 291 4 Reuters CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, the world's third-largest contract chip maker, is mulling a second round of job cuts as much of its factory capacity remains idle, industry sources said yesterday. One source told Reuters the unprofitable firm was mulling a 5 per cent
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    • 660 4  -  lock siew loh hui yin PINALLY, there will be laissez-faire in the stockbroking industry in Hong Kong, which is something of an irony considering that the city is well-re-garded for its free market principles. But then Hong Kong, as an international financial centre, is a
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    • 283 4 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Belgian telecommunications operator Belgacom said yesterday its 2002 revenues fell slightly, hurt by increased competition in the fixed-line market and by the sale of some of its assets. The group, which counts Singapore Telecommunications as one of its major shareholders,
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 110 4 OCBC Bank's preference shares which were placed out to institutional and sophisticated investors will be listed on the Singapore Exchange securities trading platform after Jan 28. In a maiden issue, the bank offered $500 million non-cumulative non-convertible preference shares, each at an issue amount of
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      • 87 4 Reuters PROPERTY developers, sitting cm overvalued office buildings, could begin a write-down of asset valuations in their balance sheets this year to attract investment, property group Jones Lang LaSalle said yesterday. "We would be able to see some of this happening this year," said Terence
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      • 36 4 SANION Enterprises, the investment vehicle of tycoon Oei Hong Leong, bought anothers4,ooo Nat Steel shares at $2.06 apiece yesterday. This lifts Sanion's stake in the steel mill to 29.99 per cent.
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      • 76 4 SINGAPORE Press Holdings—which on Aug 20, 1997, announced that its thai subsidiary Asia Pacific Post Inc (APP) had been placed into voluntary liquidation and that all APP units in Hong Kong fined similar action —yesterday announced that the last three of the Hong Kong
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      • 46 4 REED Group Holdings Ltd said it has appointed Messrs Umar Abdul Hamid and James Hong Gee Ho as directors of the company. The appointment came shortly after major share disposals by founders of the company, Presley Orelle Reed and Patricia Stacey Reed.
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    • 397 5  -  MEW LISTINGS It plans to offer 137 m shares at minimnm of 20 cents apiece Reports by I Serena Ng IT'S not just the local contract manufacturers who have been benefiting from the global outsourcing trend of Western electronics giants. Accord Customer Care
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    • 464 5 Company has strong manufacturing bias, says issne manager FURNITURE maker and interior fit-out firm Design Studio Furniture Manufacturer yesterday offered 20 million new shares at 23 cents each to raise a net $3.4 million in this year's first main board initial public offering. SBI
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    • 424 5  -  By] David Boey MAKING money by making water from air that's what Hyflux Ltd, a watertreatment specialist, which counts Temasek Holdings as a substantial stakeholder, hopes to do in its first deal with a US partner. The Sesdaq-listed company yesterday unveiled a
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    • 428 5  -  By' Vince Chong NICHE steel trader and manufacturer HG Metal yesterday posted a 20.2 per cent jump in FY 2002 net profit and said earnings this year should be enhanced by the start of a manufacturing business worth up
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    • 252 8  -  The 5-year notes are currently almost two times oversubscribed By' Wong Wei Kong STANDARD Chartered Bank has raised $300 million through a five-year bond issue to support its business growth in Singapore. The bank said yesterday it increased the size of its five-year fixed-rate
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    • 313 8 UOB to open 14 branches on Sunday; POSB offers cell phone YET another bank has decided to open its doors this weekend in an effort to entice HDB home loan customers. United Overseas Bank (UOB) will open 14 branches this Sunday while POSB
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    • 383 8  -  Byi Genevieve Cua ABERDEEN Asset Management Pic has sold six'of its tJK unit trusts in an effort to strengthen its balance sheet. The funds are mostly fixed income funds, and one fund Aberdeen Technology Unit Trust is the mother fund of one of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      301 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 16 VALUE CLOSE IT (MHOS 409.00 -196.00 WfCM -*****.00 -135.00 ITlMyMd -*****.00 +41.00 364.89 -2.55 MEjatt—Btt 122.25 -2.21 MUJInHi 1209.87 -4.10 330.90 -2.04 IBCI!1Hipiw 170.32 -0.96 SMKIFatans 171.00 -0.80 Stocks VofcjTO □MX Tech US5c 25.616.000 Chart SemCond 26c 23.235.000 SingTel 15c 22.275.000 IPC020C 16.023.000 Dotacrsft 10c
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    • 252 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan GOLF equipment retailer Transview Holdings has unveiled strong bottomline growth, with full-year FY2002 earnings surging 87 per cent to $3.3 million on a 17 per cent rise in group turnover to $34.4 miUion. The results are particularly
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    • 620 6  -  PTlcomment STOCKS ven sreenivasan AFTER Wednesday's wobbles on Wall Street, the local market yesterday struggled to hold on to gains made during a week-long rally that lifted the Straits Times Index some 5 per cent. The index was largely range-bound near Wednesday's closing level
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    • 966 6 Bnt traders say greenback may fall again as Fed signals economic growth is slower than expected Reuters AFP i [TOKYO] Xhe US dollar halted a fourday decline against the yen on expectations the Bank of Japan wUI sell its currency
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 716 10  -  Takings have already shrank to a quarter or a fifth, lawyers say By Kalpana Raihiwala FULL liberalisation of conveyancing fees from next month is not expected to have a major impact on conveyancing lawyers, whose takings have already been whittled to about a
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    • 307 10  -  He says S'pore is aware old aren't enough By] David Boey SINGAPORE realises that its "old policy packages" cannot keep pace with geopolitical changes in the New Economy and is making sweeping changes to ensure continued prosperity, Second Minister for Finance Lim Hng
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    • 215 10  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala LOW-PROFILE Pontiac Land chairman and managing director Kwee LiongKeng has been elected president of the Real Estate Developers' Association of: Singapore (Redas) for a two-year term. This is the third presidential term for Mr Kwee —the eldest of four
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    • 258 10 THE $302 million driverless Sengkang light rapid transit (LRT) system will start service tomorrow. But eight of its 14 stations all in the less populated west loop will not be open until later. Operator SBS Transit, part of DelGro Corp, said the west loop
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 801 12  -  mnm bottom line OPINION frank ching WHEN President Jiang Zemin met last October with President George W Bush at the latter's ranch in Crawford, Texas, he made an interesting proposal: that China could pull back the short-range missiles it has deployed on the coast
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    • 60 12 It's a big vat of social Darwinism. There is a finite pool of management and capital resources.' w ■arm* the head of biotechnology investment banking for Banc of America Securities, on small biotech companies seeking to sell out their business. 'It's capitalism in the absolute rawest of
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    • 657 12 EDITORIAL KEEP expectations in check, Singapore's labour movement advised workers in a banner headline on the front page of its journal last week. It was a prudent, if somewhat pessimistic, message to kick off a new year that harbours high hopes of an economic turnaround.
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    • 1155 12  -  The following are edited excerpts of the speech by Singapore Exchange Ltd chairman JY PILLAY at the 29th Annual Report Awards (ARA) Dinner on Wednesday JY PILLAY IT is reasonable to infer that the founders of the ARA competition 29 years ago
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    • 194 12  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to recent BT articles "OCBC whizzes past rivals with $400 m in HDB home loans", "They heard, they came, and they borrowed SlOOm", "POSB cuts home loan rates", "ABN Amro offers loan deal without lock-in period" and
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    • 168 12  -  Tan Kin Lian I REFER to the article "Don't base decision to buy flat on low interest rates, Mah cautions" (BT, Jan 14). I agree with the timely advice given by National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan. Current interest rates for housing loans are
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    • 341 12  -  Ang Hao Yao I REFER to "Tax credit pool could swell dividend payout" (BT, Jan 15). The article mentioned that listed companies could pay up to $9.8 billion of franked dividends over the next five years. But I think it will be difficult for small investors
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    • 152 13 THE 2003 CAMRY. Success is nothing without its rewards. I »*/?s\ WUL, --mm I W Jfl GOMRV Success in Motion "The gold standard "Hands down the car "Best Pick."* turns platinum." of the year for 2002."* /nsWule The New York Times (2002 Camry) The Detroit News for Highway Safety Woodgrain-look
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 600 14  -  Possible election in next few months will give market a lift: analysts Frorn Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market which got a shot in the arm from a new stateowned fund manager last week could remain buoyant ahead of a possible
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    • 400 14 SINGAPORE Bnt a war in Iraq would spoil things, economists say Reuters WAR in Iraq and nuclear tensions in North Korea could derail what should otherwise be a year of solid but unspectacular growth throughout AsiaPacific, the latest Reuters quarterly poll of over 100 economists
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    • NOTEBook
      • 88 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd plans to sell its Formula One racing circuit to the Ministry of Finance for RM389.4 million (5J177.6 million) to help it cut costs. The payment will be offset against the concession fees due to the government
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      • 102 14 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan plans this year to sell 55.23 per cent of Chinese Petroleum Corp, a stake it values at NT5136.4 billion (516.85 billion), as part of a government push to cut holdings in companies and to plug a budget deficit. Taiwan's biggest
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      • 82 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to launch single-stock futures trading in March, and shares like Genting, Berjaya Sports Toto, May bank and Max is are likely to be chosen as some of the initial underlying scrips, a source said. The Malaysia Derivative Exchange (MDEX) source
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      • 89 14 Reuters [HONG KONG] Equity investors looking at Asia, which is expected to outpace US and European economic growth in 2003, should bet on Thailand, India, China and South Korea, Merrill Lynch said yesterday. The US investment bank said earnings growth in the region would
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    • 480 15 SHANGHAI Discussions come ahead of meeting of new generation of policy makers Reuters CHINESE economists are engaged in a rare, frank debate over whether China's debt-laden banks are on the verge of collapse, just before a new generation of top
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    • 284 15 AFP [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] The sultanate of Brunei yesterday unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to diversify its oil-dependent economy and attract foreign investment, including plans to build a major shipping hub costing US$l.5 billion. The plan is intended to create new manufacturing industries
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    • 343 15 Bloomberg AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri is willing to reconsider the recent policy of raising fuel, electricity and gas rates but pledged not to roll back plans to remove such government subsidies, said Coordinating Minister for Social Affairs Yusuf Kalla. On Jan
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    • 197 15 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN companies spent US$66.B billion setting up offices and building factories in China since the government permitted mainland investment in November 1990, according to the central bank's estimate. Private estimates suggest the figure may be as much as US$lOO billion. The
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    • 468 16 NEW DELHI Move leaves govt holding USs3b of liabilities; banks to manage one fond Bloomberg UNIT Trust of India (UTI), the nation's largest mutual fund, was split into two separate funds on Wednesday in a move that leaves the government holding US$3 billion
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    • 348 16 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIAN state-run telecoms firms have threatened to deny private mobile users access to fixed-line customers if cellular firms continue to bar calls from operators providing cheaper limited radius services, a newspaper said. Business Standard, quoting unnamed sources, said yesterday the warning was
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  • WORLD news
    • 418 17  -  Appellate Body calls US to adjust anti-dumping legislation From] Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE United States suffered a setback at the World Trade Organization yesterday when the highest appeals court for trade disputes dismissed Washington's Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act
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    • 361 17 FRANKFURT Finns cut investments, rising joblessness deters consumer spending Bloomberg THE German economy, Europe's biggest, grew at the slowest pace last year since the 1993 recession as companies cut investments and rising unemployment deterred consumers from spending. The US$2 trillion economy expanded
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    • 318 17 WASHINGTON LAT—WP THE Bush administration has concluded that it will not be able to balance the federal budget anytime in the next decade. One week after President Bush announced his proposal to cut taxes by US$674 billion over the next decade, his budget director,
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    • 518 18 BRUSSELS Only Iraq's fuller cooperation with UN team can avert the option of war Reuters AP AFP CHIEF UN weapons inspector Hans Blix said yesterday that he would tell Iraq the situation was "very tense and very dangerous" and only fuller
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    • 246 18 DETROIT It gains US market share with new models, rebates Bloomberg GENERAL Motors Corp's fourthquarter profit rose four times as the world's largest automaker increased its share of the US vehicle market and narrowed losses in Europe. Net income climbed to
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    • 202 18 TECH RESULTS Bloomberg [SEOULJ Samsung Electronics Co's profit almost quadrupled in the fourth quarter last year on strong sales of mobile phones and chips that command higher prices. Net income rose to 1.5 trillion won (552.3 billion) from 403 billion won a year earlier.
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    • 203 18 LAT-WP Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES) Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday reported a loss of US$B million for the last three months of 2002, the first time Apple has recorded two consecutive quarterly losses since founder Steve Jobs returned to the company's executive offices in 1997. Apple's
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    • 156 18 Reuters [LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK] Internet media company Yahoo Inc on Wednesday reported a quarterly profit versus a year-earlier loss, and forecast a second consecutive year of doubledigit gains would carry revenues above the high-water mark of the Internet boom. Its fourth-quarter net profit of
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    • 359 18 LATEST US INDICATORS Fall in latest jobless claims in Jan unexpectedly large Reuters [WASHINGTON] US consumer prices rose slightly in December but ended the year on a tame note, the Labor Department said in a report yesterday that underscored the lack of
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    • 672 19 WASHINGTON It is expected to leave rates unchanged at next meeting AP The US economic growth was sluggish as the old year ended and the new one began, according to a survey the Federal Reserve Board's policy-makers will use when they meet on
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    • 508 20 WASHINGTON Supreme Court's ruling setback for Internet industry and common folk LATWP AP THE United States Supreme Court gave Hollywood studios a big victory on Wednesday when it upheld a law that extends the copyrights of movies, songs and books that appeared in the 1920s
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    • 433 20 NEWYORK US move makes it harder for firms to hide debts, assets NYT UNITED States accounting rulemakers took steps on Wednesday intended to make it harder for companies to hide debts and assets from their shareholders. The accounting group, the Financial Accounting Standards
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    • 417 20 NEWYORK Reuters COMPANIES that strive to paint a positive picture by ignoring negative realities will still be able to work some magic under new rules for reporting financial results issued by US regulators on Wednesday. The US Securities and Exchange Commission voted
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    • 300 20 WASHINGTON Bloomberg HOUSE Financial Services Committee chairman Michael Oxley called for a US government study of how mutual funds disclose fees to investors, saying hidden costs may hurt confidence in the market. Mr Oxley, of Ohio, and fellow Republican
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      1635 21  -  Japanese designers are influencing the restaurant scene in S'pore in their own way with their contemporary yet traditional styles. GEOFFREY EU talks to two of them to find out more about their distinctive designs GEOFFREY EU J-STYLE may refer to that particular brand of cutting edge Japanese
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  • PURSUITS
    • 722 22  -  Orange Racing Trust looks set to be a winner. CORINNE KERK looks at the trust which makes horse ownership more attainable CORINNE KERK THE first racing trust is about to be launched in Singapore and as far as Larry Foley can tell, it's going to
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    • 439 22  -  To The Last City By Colin Tlmbron Published by Chatto 6 Windna 168 pages; MM before OST Reirieived by I Sandhya Shyam BETTER known for his travel writing, author Colin Thubron undertakes a more complex journey into the human condition with his latest novel. Marrying
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    • 135 22 CRAVINGS AFTER some retail therapy, tucking into an afternoon high tea is a perfect way to unwind and rest those tired feet. Hence, the new English High Tea at Royal Plaza on Scotts can only be good news for Orchard Road shoppers and anybody
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    • 184 22 HEINE KEN and Olio Dome cafes have put together a tapas dish to go with, what else, the Dutch lager. For your casual social gatherings and al fresco dining, besides topping off the Mediterranean cafe experience, Olio Dome patrons can enjoy a Heineken with
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    • 127 22 BILL Granger is known to many Sydneysiders as one of the city's leading trendy chefs, and some in Singapore got to taste his food at a breakfast media event organised by Tourism New South Wales (TNSW). Guests who convened at the riverfront bistro Pierside Kitchen
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    • 294 22 Off The Cuff has been held over 4TC* Spring offerings are blooming at Orchard Hotel Singapore to commemorate the arrival of the Lunar New Year. HUATING Restaurant 10 January 15 February 2003 A familiar acquaintance to many. Be it celebrating a milestone, a holiday, or simply the moment, Hua Ting
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    • 228 22 .V<w INTRODUCING BEEF SO TENDER, YOU CAN CUT IT WITH A BUTTER KNIFE. 4 December 2002 28 January 2003 v £t *Z-~^— -it 7 _jji^te3K Reputed for its exquisite tenderness, American Beef Slice with Crispy Garlic and Chilli Oil in Kobe Beef (also known as the Butter Knife Soy Broth
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    • 978 23  -  Museums don't rank high on a tourist's checklist when visiting Mexico. But CHEAH UI-HOON decides to take the cultural route CHEAH UI-HOON POR some reason, Mexico isn't usually on the travel agenda of many Asians. Distance could be one factor, making you go manana each time it's
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  • THE ARTS
    • 397 24  -  By Mona Lim THERE was anticipation in the air as conductor Lan Shui stepped on stage and just swept the Singapore Symphony Orchestra together with the audience into 19th century Europe in SSO's first concert for the 2003 season, at the Esplanade's Concert Hall
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    • 230 24  -  Byi Cheah Ui-Hoon STRONG images and movements that evoke nostalgia, reflection and the imagina tion marked Little Lee 1. Arts Fission company's curtain-raiser for the 2003 season. In different scenes and acts juxtaposing what the old and young could do, choreographer
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    • 742 25  -  Hero is attention-grabbing more for its artistic merits than its storytelling skills By I Geoffrey Eu WITH the assured strokes of a master artist and a grand cinematic palette at his disposal, director Zhang Yimou has tapped the Middle Kingdom's vast historical reservoir and emerged with
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    • 387 25  -  By i Geoffrey Eu AFTER amusing audiences with the sight of Robert De Niro as a mafia don afflicted by self-doubt and hamming it up with Billy Crystal as his neurotic shrink, the moviemakers responsible for Analyze This (1999) figured it would
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    • 553 25  -  What's real and what's not? Full Frontal makes the andience wonder By] Parvathi Nayar DIRECTOR Steven Soderbergh was responsible for indie films invading the mass market with his seminal sex, lies and videotape (1989), which also changed the way we looked at the immediacy of images.
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    • 249 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Stop transmitting from suburban 8 Major road once? St*H an important cul-de-sac (7, I l I I I I I I 11 CNr>e in transactions for a cosmet--12 Brief return to peace at last? (5) 16 Horseman seizing a brigand (6) 17 Study capturing some light in
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      875 26  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN fIHI HE Caltex Masters- presented by Carisberg, Singapore I 1006 tees off next week with defending champion Arjun Atwal of India determined to retain his title. V But Atwal will have a battle on his hands with South African star and British Open champion Ernie
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    • 541 27  -  The upgraded facility is poised to become one of Asia's premier golf clubs, reports ven sreenivasan VEN SREENIVASAN SINCE its takeover by motoring tycoon Peter Kwee, Laguna National Golf and Country Club has been aggressively positioning itself as one of the region's premier clubs. This effort
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    • 447 28  -  Carlsberg MD tells ven sreemivasam why the fifth largest brewer in the world goes hand in hand with golf VEN SREENIVASAN GOLF is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. In the last de- < cade alone, the number of golf courses in Asia has almost
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    • 748 29  -  Volkswagen's strategy of niche marketing has also contributed to development of golf here, reports ven sreemivasam VEN SREENIVASAN FOR the folks who distribute Volkswagen cars in Singapore, golf isn't just a game it's a passion. Why else would Car Cars run a golf driving range, put golf
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    • 874 30  -  Ernie Els, with a bag full of wins, is the man to watch at the Caltex Masters in Singapore, says VEN SREENIVASAN VEN SREENIVASAN SINCE last month's announcement that British Open champion Ernie Els would be leading the star-studded cast battling it out for the
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 281 31 Kmght-Ridder Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 5 points to 1748, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 34 points to 2342, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 14 points to 1825 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 22 points to 9679. nME-CHARTUR: Mineral Ordaz (built 1996) *****2 dwt delivery Gijon
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    • 523 31  -  Its ports will join programme within months KL transport official Reports by\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia has "no problems" signing onto the US Customs Container Security Initiative (CSI), despite an earlier lukewarm response, according to the Ministry of Transport (MOT). A
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    • 225 31 [SINGAPORE] Japan's Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) has undertaken a major equity restructure of its Singapore joint venture companies. Mitsui OSK Lines (Singapore) Pte Ltd, formerly a 50-50 joint venture with Singapore Shipping Corporation (SSC), has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MOL Japan. MOL said the equity
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    • 208 31 AFP [SEOUL] South Korean shipbuilders posted record sales last year despite a shaky global economy, company officials said yesterday. Estimates from South Korea's three key shipyards the world's largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries showed each continued
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    • 198 31 Feb 2 deadline won't be extended, says World Shipping Council [SINGAPORE] The World Shipping Council (WSC) has strongly urged all shipping lines and shippers to be prepared to fully comply with US Customs' 24-hour advance cargo declaration requirements from the Feb 2 deadline. Advising
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    • 437 31  -  Current laws stating 7 -day notice period at odds with US' 24-honr requirement By P T Bangaberg HONG Kong appears to be backtracking again on implementation of tighter security measures on containers bound for the United States, even as the deadline looms.
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    • 943 32  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK No opportunity to give notice of abandonment before the vessel has been overcome by another peril and becomes actual total loss: English court -By I Selva Kumar THE English High Court recently decided that an insurance claim for the constructive
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    • 62 32 AFP [LOVIISA, Finland] The Greek vessel Ice King struggling in the ice off the coast of Finland before the Finnish icebreaker Voima takes her in tow to the eastern port of Loviisa on Wednesday. Due to the worst ice conditions in the Baltic Sea for decades,
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      • 148 39 Jan 31 Hong Kong: Lunar New Year' Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Feb 1 China: Lunar New Year's Day. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year' Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Malaysia: Lunar New Year's Day Singapore: Lunar New Year' Day. Brunei: Chinese New Year Feb 3 China:
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      • 740 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne 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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      • 454 40 Move will help it expand services to the Sooth Pacific and Asia AP [SYDNEY! Australian budget airline Virgin Blue said yesterday it has signed a contract with Boeing Co for up to 50 8737-800 jets to help the carrier expand its service to
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      • 322 40 Second straight year of decline dne to lower demand post-Sept 11 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airlines' traffic is expected to have declined 5 per cent in 2002 as demand for air travel fell following the Sept 11, 2001, hijackings, the Association of European
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      • 316 40 AP [LAGOS, Nigeria] Stranded passengers marched through Lagos' international airport, waving signs denouncing troubled stateowned Nigeria Airways for grounding them in the city for days. Separately on Tuesday, police fired tear gas to drive off gangs of thugs trying to storm the cargo
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      • 163 40 [SINGAPORE] PT Republic Express yesterday became the first Indonesian cargo airline to begin operations to Singapore's Changi Airport. It is the only dedicated cargo airline in Indonesia providing a range of services from delivering a document to transporting general cargo. It will operate
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        • 103 40 Reuters [HELSINKI] Finland's flag carrier, Finnair, said that it has raised to record levels its fuel price hedging against a possible spike in fuel prices as the prospect of war in Iraq looms. "We have raised our hedging for the first quarter to more than
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        • 100 40 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, the city's largest carrier, will probably lower the commission it pays travel agents on full-fare tickets as part of its cost-cutting measures. "It's a trend in the aviation business," said Lisa Wong, a company spokeswoman. "We're looking at the
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      • 390 40 More business travellers switching to economy class Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), the Nordic region's biggest carrier, is "pessimistic" about 2003 as the worldwide economy lags and corporate travellers switch to flying economy class. "We're pessimistic about the year and expect to wait
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      • 234 40 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bangkok Airways, Thailand's secondbiggest airline, expects sales to rise about a quarter this year as it adds new planes and extends its network. The airline is also considering an initial public offering. Sales may rise to about 5.5 billion baht (SS22O
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