The Business Times, 21 January 2003

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 010/03/2002 l^te^uLhttpT/bus^ SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 85*
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Circle Line to lift value of several estates in north-east
    645 1  -  Springbloom, Chiltern Park, SnnGlade, Chnan Park among those to gain from Stage 3 By Christopher Tan, Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] The value of properties in a score of estates in the north and northeast corridor could rise thanks to Stage 3
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    72 1 □sn 1,363.19 (-3.64) ST INDEX FUTURES M65.00 (-20.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 16&20 (-0.60) Muodav Otantfp KLSECOMP 6UX 417 NIKKEI 2© I3L-M HAMi SENG S.oolW «»T SET INDEX S7l4a _-429 JAKARTA WMF 4<M« -17T M AMLA CDItP l.Off 70 14 TAIPEI Wfl 4J»1 08 .4 *i:> SEOU.mMP —SM -V»l 196 SHENZHEN
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    82 1 FOREX RATES US* M rSSfSSprrfSSi I7tt X|1 SS SS prr St 1611 ±7!»l Kl KU(I SS-SR F). HK4 I M4 YEN 111** ***> KM SUM ilW f IKS 7 799 4,V*i HAIFT 4±M» 24 7« HIM AH k.l tfi RKNMINHI x 4 7911 INDIAN R1 HEE 47 91 J7.«o
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    Lock icon Performance appraisal – the Siyang way
    396 1 Performance appraisal the Siyang way China district snspends,cntspay of nnderperformers fingered by public Reuters [BEIJING] A district on China's east coast held a landmark and highly unusual vote this month picking the worst public and private sector performers and tossing them out. Private entrepreneurs in Siyang voted out the county's
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    Lock icon Report soon on lawyers doubling up as realtors
    501 1  -  Bat L&wSoc can't say when draft rnles will be ready By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] A controversial plan for lawyers to engage in real estate work has yet to see the light of day seven months after it was voted in at a
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    Lock icon High-tech investments up but jobs down
    406 1  -  Trend seen as move towards sophisticated manufacturing By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Industries in Singapore's electronics and precision engineering cluster committed $5.63 billion in manufacturing fixed-as-set investments (FAI) last year a slim gain from 2001. But there's a flip side that may not please job
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      38 1 Editorial: Foreign investors will return, PglO Conveyancing fees dialogue next week, Pg 9 y «v "MMrftH" iir "».>» ■f|W —»-»i- Cof tlf )(l Di Iikc fi-.ti•» 11 Go%"»Cin Wdldii s Roy [(isti'111 Tlic Horn Gloss CORUM (SINGAPORE) PTF ITD
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      38 1 LEE HAN SHIH Imagine hair dressing salon that cruises Raffles Place 1 PAGE 8 IBM slashes iSeries prices by SG% NEXT PAGE KL to unveil pump-priming measures ■PAGE 11 Thailand pins hopes on healthcare, entertainment, education PAGE 13
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    • Article
      Lock icon IBM slashes iSeries prices by 80%
      523 2  -  Move conld affect 900 enterprises in nse its mid-range server By] Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] In a surprise move, IBM has slashed prices of its mid-range computer servers called the eServer iSeries by a whopping 80 per cent. The move dubbed "the broadest transformation of
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      Lock icon Global economy set to rally after Iraq conflict
      482 2  -  Bat S'pore most adjust to new realities to ride growth: BG Yeo By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Once the fog surrounding a likely USIraq war clears, growth in the global economy led by the United States will bounce back, according to Trade
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        123 2 THE next time you see an elderly gent or lady scrutinising the baby food shelves at the supermarket, don't assume he or she is buying a treat for the grandchildren. According to Business Week, the characteristics that make baby food appealing to babies soft, small pieces, low
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      • Article
        Lock icon A trip to Splurgeville
        171 2 TIMES may be hard, but the rich are always with us. The Robb Report is a magazine that started off as a fun thing for Rolls-Royce owners the title being a play on the same initials, RR, in case you hadn't noticed. In last month's issue,
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        Lock icon Battle of the airwaves
        161 2 ALL Nippon Airways Co and Japan Airlines Systems Corp are extending a battle for supremacy in the skies to the airwaves. Good Luck!!, a soap opera set in the air, has started on Japanese television with popular actor Takuya Kimura starring as an All Nippon pilot,
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      Lock icon Temasek's role in Hyflux only as stakeholder
      533 2  -  It lias no plans to raise 5% stake in firm at the moment Byl Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings yesterday said its interest in Hyflux Ltd, a water treatment specialist which has just won the government's $250 million seawater desalination project, will only
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      249 2 New Independence Regime Date Why Attend Tuesday, 28 January 2003 The impact of developments on auditor independence will affect all 7.30 am to 9.30 am Singapore companies for the first time during the 2003 reporting season. The Public Accountants Board (Amendment) Rules 2002, Venue developed based on recommendations of the
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      7 2 Hyflux headedfor the big time, Pg 4
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon Improvement seen in property groups' FY02 results
      735 4  -  Kttord home sales, absence of residential provisions cited Byl Kalpana Rashiwala LISTED property groups are expected to release better results for last year than they did for the previous year. This, analysts said is due to the absence in 2002 of provisions on
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T seen posting a profit with M1 sale
      255 4 Reuters KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation Ltd, a unit of Keppel Corp, is expected to report a profit for 2002 despite unveiling a big write-off before Christmas as the group undergoes restructuring. Analysts said Keppel T&T, which is to release 2002 results after
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      Lock icon Courts, P&O Nedlloyd to move to new premises
      365 4  -  Retailer heads for Centrepoint, P&O to HarboorFront Byl Andrea Tan TWO leasing deals were announced yesterday. Furniture and electronics retailer Courts is giving up its 53,000 sq ft premises at Plaza Singapura and moving to smaller space in Centrepoint Shopping Centre in
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      Lock icon Hyflux headed for the big time
      553 4  -  1 lock siew angela tan HYFLUX Ltd, a water treatment specialist in water-scarce Singapore, is moving into the big league after the consortium it leads won the island's first seawater desalination project worth $250 million. The award by the Public Utilities Board (PUB) to
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      Lock icon Qian Hu 2002 earnings jump 84%
      436 7  -  It hits record profit of $6.6 m and announces $7.7 m acquisition of 65% of M'sian Arowana farm By\ David Boey THE swanky scenario an entire lounge at Pan Pacific Hotel plus catchy salsa tunes gave a hint of good results to come. And
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      Lock icon CAO gains from China's fuel market move
      284 7  -  By Loh Hui Yin CHINA Aviation Oil Singapore Corporation (CAO) will benefit from a government directive on Friday last week to delay the opening of the aviation fuel market in China. "The market... will not be opened further until the Chinese government has
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      Lock icon Live forex deals joint venture CAPS starts ops
      353 7  -  CLS process gets rid of time-zone settlement risk By Siow Li Sen CAPS Ltd, a $70 million venture among the three local banks to process live foreign exchange transactions, was launched yesterday but the real pay-off will come when it can convince
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Autron plans share placement
        72 7 ELECTRONICS company Autron Corp said yesterday it is in the final stage of negotiations with a financial institution for a placement of new shares. Hie placement is aimed at raising capital to help fund expansion in China and an announcement will be made if it is
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        Lock icon iSoftel changes IFA for proposed deal
        48 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS solutions firm iSoftel said yesterday it has appointed PrimePartners Corporate Finance as independent financial adviser to its independent directors and shareholders for its proposed acquisition of Digital Publishing Solutions. PrimePartners replaces Tokyo-Mitsubishi International (Singapore), which was appointed IFA in late October.
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        Lock icon Del Monte appoints new director
        43 7 FOOD and beverage giant Del Monte Pacific has appointed Tomas P Lorenzo to its board. Mr Lorenzo takes over from Luis P Lorenzo Junior, after the latter was recently appointed Secretary of Agriculture by Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.
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        Lock icon Yongman director resigns
        23 7 ENGINEERING and construction firm Yongnam said yesterday that one of its non-executive directors, John Charles Moody, resigned on Jan 16.
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        Lock icon Pen-United sells Poly Res stake
        39 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED Pan-United Corporation said it has sold 875,000 shares in Poly Resources to Pan-United Investments for $1 apiece. Pan-United Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pan-United Corporation, now owns 35 per cent of Poly Resources.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      288 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 20 VALUE CLOSE 1T0MH 89.00 131.00 WC— -*****.00 -152.00 -*****.00 >9.00 WtWlM 359.41, -2.13 117.73 -1.83 »r<iiWnFk 1205.43 ->-5.42 323.13 MSOTIiiipiri 167.91 -0.53 168.20 -0.60 Chart SemtCond 26c 26,869,000 lAMlc 20.530,000 Audcn 15.208 ,000 OMXTechUSSc 10,872,000 NOL 9335.000 fC020c 8.291 XXX) TTW15C BJOQJfiOQ Oataoraft 10c 7396,000
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      Lock icon Hyflux cash call likely but share overhang fears may be overdone
      288 6  -  HOTSTOCE/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan HYFLUX has done it again. The company, which has surprised investors with a string of deals and innovative projects to recycle or capture that most precious of resources in waterscarce Singapore, has just announced
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      Lock icon Market slides following thin trading
      669 6  -  I-l t comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan GIVEN the way the local bourse has been performing lately, one would have a tough time believing a first-half rally is on the cards. Not only did the market slide for the fourth straight session yesterday, but business was
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      Lock icon Baht worth close look as US$ hits new lows again
      594 6  -  I ~-ti comment CURRENCIES Thai nnit emerging as a firm favourite among regional currencies larry wee THE greenback hit fresh multi-year lows in Friday trading, hit by another set of depressing numbers from the United States and fears that emerging
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  • FOCUS property
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      655 8  -  n comment PROPERTY Mobile salons or restaurants have taken off elsewhere, and are worth considering here lee han shih THE authorities permitting, Singapore could see a new type of property hitting its streets literally. This "new" property has been around almost from the day Stamford Raffles
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      Lock icon Supply of serviced apartments slowing
      374 8  -  Byy Vince Chong THE supply of serviced apartments is slowing after a rush in the late *****, with corporate rents having slumped as much as 20 per cent. More than 20 per cent of the 3,600-plus serviced apartments in Singapore were opened in 1997 alone,
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      714 8 ®ET PRIME PROPERTIES FOR SALE 63 Mount Sinai Drive, District 10 Site Area: 62,430 sq. ft (approx) Sj|. Strata Area: 120,772 sq. ft (approx) > •20 storey high rise condo J S •45 Units comprising of 3-5 j -".J R jF". bedroom spacious apartments R Immediate Cashflow B 5 Close
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Conveyancing fees dialogue next week
      266 9  -  Law Society seeks members' views on recommended range of fees By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Law Society will be holding a dialogue session on Monday to discuss with its members the impending abolition of mandatory conveyancing scale-fees and to seek the agreement of members on a
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      Lock icon Khattar Wong loses 2 lawyers amid construction downturn
      341 9  -  By Michelle Quah TWO lawyers from the construction and engineering department of local law firm Khattar Wong Partners (KWP) resigned last Friday leaving about half the team behind. Their resignations come amid a downturn in the construction sector, and in the legal
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      Lock icon Case cracks time-share complaints
      125 9 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has resolved more than a third of the 139 complaints it received against companies offering time-sharing schemes. In doing so, the consumer watchdog recovered more than $2 million for complainants over the past two years. In a statement warning consumers
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      Lock icon Why govt issued White Paper on JI
      531 9  -  YESTERDAY Df PARLIAMENT Terrorism threat is very much alive, says Kan Seng By Chuang Peck Ming HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday answered a question on many Singaporeans' lips: Why the White Paper on the Jemaah Islamiyah and terrorism? As he noted,
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    • PARLIAMENTBriefs
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        Lock icon MPA inquiry into collision due soon
        79 9 THE story behind the Republic of Singapore Navy's biggest tragedy—the collision between container vessel ANL Indonesia and RSS Courageous—should be known soon. The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) is due to complete its independent investigation at the end of this month, according to Deputy
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        Lock icon Why Supreme Court`s costs surge
        56 9 THE Supreme Court's operating costs shot up from $12 J million in 1990 to $45 million in 2001. But Senior Minister of State for Law Ho Peng Kee said the money spent was well spent because it boosted the reputation of Singapore's legal system, which
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        Lock icon Hearing fees hike won`t hit poor much
        97 9 LOW income Singaporeans don't have to worry much about the hike in hearing fees when they pursue claims in court, Senior Minister of State for Law Ho Peng Kee said. Most civil cases do not incur hearing fees, he said. Such cases include
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        Lock icon HDB resale prices relatively strong
        72 9 PRICES of HDB resale flats have not tumbled as sharply as those of private property—thanks to prudent matching of demand and supply and the Housing and Development Board's realisation of the effect new flat prices have on the resale market, said Minister for National Development
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon NPT: a treaty commanding scant respect
      825 10  -  pH 11-1 bottom line OPINION mohan kuppusamy SO ONCE again, North Korea has thrown a spanner in the works or more precisely into the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty (NPT). The treaty, which the North joined in 1965, requires a withdrawing nation to give three months'
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      51 10 'People will be stopping at our to-go facilities and taking food home to watch the war, if history is any lesson for us.' IJTTITI -Lloyd Hill CEO of Applebee's International Inc. on how the casual-dining restaurant chain may be affected if the US goes to war against
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      Lock icon Foreign investors will return
      700 10 EDITORIAL POREIGN firais gave Singapore a vote of confidence last year by increasing their investments here at a difficult and turbulent time. But while Singapore can give itself a pat on the back for keeping itself attractive to investors, it is not yet time to heave
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      Lock icon Economic realities and political tactics
      899 10  -  Whether it's the US or the EU, there is an understandable pattern to what may seem superficially random and chaotic in governance By Paul A Samoelson THE workings of American democracy can seem perplexing to any rational observer. One must face two related puzzles: the
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      Lock icon How safe are foreign incorporated firms?
      206 10  -  I t T i Mj 1 bag Kenneth Pang Cheow Jow I REFER to the letter "Foreign incorporated firms: what are the risks?" by Ang Hao Yao (Mailbag, Jan 6). A check with the Singapore Exchange website shows that more than 40 firms are
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      Lock icon Popular: No plans for new share issue
      155 10  -  Isa Wong THANKS for writing about our company Popular Holdings Ltd in your Hock Lock Siew column ("E-learning gives Popular an interesting spin", by Wong Wei Kong, BT, Jan 15). The article was concise and well argued. However, we would like to draw
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon KL to unveil pump-priming next month
      526 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move to bolster economy, shield it from fallout of any Iraq war Bloomberg Reuters Bernama MALAYSIA will unveil new "pump-priming" measures next month to bolster domestic activity and shield its economy from the fallout of any war in Iraq, Second Finance Minister
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        Lock icon Indian cell phone dispute eased
        80 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's cellular-phone operators agreed to connect calls from networks providing citywide mobile-phone services, easing a dispute over, access charges, the government said. Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, in which Singapore Telecommunications has a stake, and other cellular companies have been urging rivals such as
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        Lock icon HK jobless rate rises to 7.2% in Dec
        80 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's unemployment rate unexpectedly rose for the first time in five months in December after companies such as Sunday Communications Ltd and Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd fired workers to cut costs. The jobless rate rose to a
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        Lock icon Thailand to repay IMF loan by July
        74 11 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand on Feb 15 will make the first payment cm a remaining US$4 J billion from a bailout loan offered, by the International Monetary Fund and other donors, and plans to complete payment by July, central bank governor Pridiyathorn Devakula said.
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        Lock icon Philips, Samsung, Datang in China JV
        75 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Royal Philips Electronics NV, Samsung Electronics Co and Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co formed a company to create designs for cell-phones using China's homegrown high-speed mobile-phone technology. Philips, Europe's largest consumer-electronics maker, and Datang will each hold more than 40 per cent
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        Lock icon M'sian police raid Internet paper
        98 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police yesterday raided the office of an Internet newspaper and took away all its computers in a probe into complaints that it had published a seditious letter, editor Steven Gan said. Mr Gan denounced the raid and said it appeared to
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      Lock icon Group seeks to impeach Arroyo for alleged graft
      390 11 MANILA She's accused of soliciting gifts from House member AFP Bloomberg Reuters A GROUP of opposition politicians yesterday asked Congress to impeach Philippine President Gloria Arroyo for alleged graft and other offences. The petitioners, led by former senators Juan Ponce Enrile and
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      Lock icon Two-thirds of Pernas board quit
      237 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Two-thirds of the board of Malaysian hotel and property group Pernas International Holdings Bhd resigned yesterday in an overhaul linked to businessman Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary's takeover of the group. Pernas said in a statement five directors had replaced the eight who left,
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      Lock icon Siemens in bid to build US$1.8b Malaysian power plant
      257 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SIEMENS Power Generation Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd, a unit of German industrial giant Siemens AG, has submitted a bid to build a US$l.B4 billion power plant in the Malaysian state of Johor, a senior official said yesterday. Deputy
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      Lock icon Jakarta delays Danamon sale till end April
      328 12 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA plans to sell a controlling stake in PT Bank Danamon, the nation's fifth-largest lender, by the end of April, the country's bank restructuring agency said. Another 20 per cent will be sold to the public at the same time, said
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      Lock icon Jakarta cuts fuel price hikes after days of protests
      492 12 But concession may not please its donor group meeting today and tomorrow AFP Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government yesterday said it would reduce steep rises in fuel prices which have triggered weeks of nationwide street protests. "The government today has set new
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      Lock icon India seen as IT growth leader
      376 12 BANGALORE, India AFP INDIA will be the fastestgrowing information technology market in the world this year, forecast US-based technology research house Gartner Inc yesterday. "The Indian domestic market is expected to grow between 25 and 30 per cent and will be the fastest-grow-ing IT
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      Lock icon Thai units of DBS, UOB did better in '02
      497 12  -  Better performance in line with industry improvement Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Thai subsidiaries of DBS Bank and United Overseas Bank yesterday reported improved financial performance for last year, along with the biggest Thai banks which posted slim net profits.
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Thai economy to be led by 3 sectors: minister
      350 13  -  Nation has an edge in health care, entertainment, and education From'. Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S economic czar says the country's future competitiveness depends on three industries in which it has a comparative advantage health care, entertainment and education and these
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      Lock icon US$40b bailout for 4 China banks?
      369 13 BEIJING Bloomberg Reuters INDUSTRIAL Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Bank of China and their two biggest rivals may receive a US$4O billion bailout to help them clean up bad loans, the Business Post reported, citing unidentified senior central bank officials. Bad loans at Chinese
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      Lock icon Falling prices start to worry American businesses
      399 13 A deflationary trap is possible, though unlikely: economists NYT fNEW YORK] One year ago, a 50-inch Hitachi television cost US$l,4OO at Circuit City stores around the US. It costs US$l,OOO today. Five years ago, US automakers charged U5525,500 for the average new vehicle.
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      Lock icon Citic sees 2002 net down over 50%
      244 13 SHANGHAI Reuters CITIC Securities Co, an arm of China's largest financial group, said yesterday that it expected its 2002 net profit to have plunged more than 50 per cent due to a stock market slump and lower commission rates. The first brokerage to
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      Lock icon Chinese dam builder to raise up to 4b yuan
      221 13 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA hopes to raise up to US$4B3 million when it lists the firm building the world's biggest hydropower project, the Three Gorges dam, in the second half of this year, the official China Daily newspaper said yesterday. It said
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      601 14  -  Indicators grim; big firms issue caution on future revenue, spending Prom I Andrew Marks in New York US STOCKS could lose this week all the price gains they have made thus far in the year if fourth quarter corporate earnings reports
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      318 14 TOKYO Bloomberg IN Japan, it's now all right to admit you're depressed. GlaxoSmithKline Pic, the world's No. 2 drug maker, is pitching that message successfully in a nation where mental illness is rarely discussed in public. "I didn't even know I was depressed," a smiling
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      214 14 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMANY'S Infineon Technologies AG beat market forecasts with a reduced first-quarter loss yesterday as its key memory chip unit made a profit but it cautioned that market conditions were stUl difficult. Infineon, Europe's second biggest chip maker, posted a loss before interest and
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      265 14 SINGAPORE AFP PERSONAL computer sales in the Asia-Pacific region excluding Japan rose 10 per cent last year despite economic woes and security fears, an industry monitor said yesterday. Shipments of PCs last year reached 24.9 million units, up from from
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        76 14 AFP [BAGHDAD] Iraq and the United Nations yesterday issued a 10-point joint declaration in which Baghdad pledged to boost cooperation as demanded by arms inspectors ahead of a key compliance report to the Security Council next week. The accord covers access to all sites, including
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        98 14 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese mega banking group Mizuho Holdings will ask several of its clients to buy several hundred billion yen worth of preferred stock by March, the Nihon KHzai Shimbun said yesterday. Mizuho, the world's biggest bank in terms of assets, fears that losses resulting
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        80 14 AFP [SYDNEY] Insurers yesterday estimated that the firestorm which swept through the Australian capital on Saturday caused up to Aslo6 million (Sslo2 million) of damage in less than 24 hours. The blaze razed 402 houses in Canberra with hundreds of others damaged when three fires converged
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        70 14 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Texas Instruments was to introduce later yesterday a new chip that will allow people to re-charge cellphone batteries by plugging them into their laptop. Cellphones containing that capability will be in stores later this year, according to Bill Chew at Texas Instruments. The
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        70 14 AFP [SEOUL] Moody's Investors Service yesterday began a reassessment of South Korea's economy and its foreign investor climate ruffled by the North Korean nuclear crisis and a recent surge in anti-US sentiment. The two-day survey by a three-member team led by Moody's credit rating bureau
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      374 15  -  Merchants say this Is due to resistance te higher prices and volatility From, Neil Bekrmann in London DEMAND for gold from Asian jewellers and other consumers has come to a "standstill", said precious metals refineries that melt and distribute gold. Resistance to higher prices
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      348 15 SAN FRANCISCO NYT SILICON Valley lost 127,000 jobs, or about 9 per cent of its total employment, from the first quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2002, according to a report issued on Sunday by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, a non-profit
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      318 15 Kidman is best drama actress; 3 awards for Chicago Reuters [LOS ANGELES) The lines were drawn and the battle joined for Oscars on Sunday as one of the hottest contests for Hollywood's top honours narrowed at the Golden Globes with the drama The
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      514 16 TOKYO Japanese economy facing longer period of meagre growth than expected Reuters PRIME Minister Junichiro Koizumi's top economic advisers raised the pressure on the Bank of Japan to take bolder stimulus steps yesterday, saying the economy faced a longer period of meagre growth than
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      392 16 TOKYO Corporate bankruptcies hit 4th-highest level on record Bloomberg JAPANESE corporate bankruptcies reached their fourth-highest total on record in 2002, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's push to force banks to write off bad loans and a slowing economic recovery from recession sent 19,087
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      274 16 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Asians, particularly Japanese, are dining out less and taking fewer cab rides as consumer confidence is dampened by concern over flagging economic growth, terrorism and a war in Iraq, a poll by ACNielsen showed. The majority of Asian consumers
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      1012 18  -  India's Tata Steel has reinvented its KM programme more than once. Martanmohan Rao looks at the challenges the company tackled Madamnohan Rao AT Tata Steel, one incident more than any other drove home the point that they had to find a way to combine intellectual and technological assets
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      274 19 Knight-Ridder Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 11 points to 1722, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 41 points to 2244, the Baltic Panamax Index rose S points to 1842 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 29 points to 9726. TOfE-CHARTEBi Aquagrace (built 1997) *****2 dwt 14.5 on 60
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      754 19  -  P-f i exclusive Oil spilled from Prestige would have been less if tanker was given shelter Reports by] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The port of refuge issue needs to be urgently resolved to prevent the escalation of casualties like Prestige and Castor, according
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      241 19 [SINGAPORE] American Bureau of Shipping chief Frank larossi has attacked the widespread perception that shipping has a poor safety record, insisting in reality the industry has steadily and remarkably improved its safety and environmental performance. Delivering the 17th Annual Chua Chor
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      678 19  -  IMO proposals cover many aspects of ship and port security By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] With unprecedented speed the global maritime regulator, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), has reacted to the new terrorist threat by creating and passing a raft of security measures
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      214 19 (SINGAPORE] The Hong Kong Shippers' Council (HKSC) has warned exporters that they must comply with the controversial 24hour advance manifest requirement of the US Customs within a week. HKSC had campaigned for an extension of the Feb 2 deadline, but is
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        826 20 A new breed of managers has enabled the once debt-laden Black Sea port to flourish without state support Reuters [POTI, Georgia] NCE a debt-laden smugM glers' paradise, the Black Sea port of Poti is M H enjoying something of a renaissance, despite the H financial
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        132 20 [SINGAPORE] Italian container line Lloyd Triestino (LT) will enter the North Atlantic trades in February with a new service linked to its participation on the NUE pendulum weekly service which links Asia, North America and North Europe. One year after LT began
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        147 26 Jmm SI Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Fab 1 China: Lunar New Year's Day. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Malaysia: Lunar New Year's Day. Singapore: Lunar New Year's Day. Brunei: Chinese New Year Feb 3 China:
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        757 26 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        446 27 Carriers supposed to settle privately Cathay's bid for mainland routes Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's dominant carrier Cathay Pacific Airways and smaller rival Dragonair have abandoned talks on a private settlement of a dispute over Cathay's bid to fly to mainland China,
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        391 27 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Southern Cross Airports Corp, which manages Australia's largest airport, said first-half earnings rose 18 per cent from the year-earlier period, bolstered by an increase in revenue from its aeronautical business. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose to A 5187.5 million
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        312 27 AP [NEW YORK] Six people were injured when a Northwest Airlines plane crashed into a passenger loading bridge at La Guardia Airport on Sunday morning, causing the plane's front landing gear to collapse and damaging another nearby plane, officials from the airline said.
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        501 27 It would probably become part of a bigger group or joint venture: CEO Reuters [COPENHAGEN] Scandina via's SAS Cargo hopes cooperation with Lufthansa, which boasts the biggest cargo operation of all flag carriers, will help position itself for expected industry consolidation, its chief executive
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        555 27 French govt mailing whether to accept bailout plan by Dutch company AFP [PARIS] The fate of troubled French airline Air Lib hung in the balance on Sunday as the French government was expected to decide early in the week on a bailout
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        817 28  -  INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AND port security conference The industry has to cope with the pain of heightened US security measures, writes Donald Urqnhart Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] WITH the US Custom's 24hour manifest rule set to kick in next month, the first of a series of stringent new security
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        143 28 Changing landscape and new challenges in maritime security OPENING ADDRESS: Yso Cheow Tong, Minister for Transport KEYNOTE ADDRESSES: Challenges to Maritime and Port facially A Singapore Perapactivo ChenTze Penn, (right) Director General, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore New ChaHenges to i| J||, mpvbiiiuiio ana rufi Socially
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