The Business Times, 24 January 2003

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet: http://business-times asial com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 2003 MfTA(P) 010/03/2002 85*
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    Lock icon Property deals in Singapore hit $26b last year
    725 1  -  f:i< exclusive! OCBC retains top slot as all banks except DBS make impressive gains By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Property transactions last year hit a bumper $26 billion, resulting in all but one bank booking record numbers of mortgage loans. The exception
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    Lock icon Crowds throng car showrooms after MAS scraps loan curbs
    413 1  -  This despite no new loan packages from car dealers, banks By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] "It's like a fish market here," exclaimed William Choo of Borneo Motors, which was said to have more than 100 shoppers at its Leng Kee outlet yesterday
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    Lock icon Room for price hikes even in tough times: study
    911 1  -  McKinsey draws attention to power of right pricing By. Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Companies that think it's mad to talk about raising prices in these difficult times couldn't be more wrong, it seems. The key to surviving the current downturn and riding
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      Lock icon US leading index up for 3rd month
      481 2 LATEST US DATA Dec's OJ% increase signals better performance in Ql: Conference Board AFP Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A key harometer of the US economy rose in December for the third month in a row, lighting a glimmer of hope for 2003, the Conference Board
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        128 2 SINGAPORE is often the butt of jokes for its ban on chewing gum. But there are stranger laws elsewhere many in the US. In Washington, it is against the law to boast that one's parents are rich. In Maryland, it's illegal to play Randy Newman's Short People
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        Lock icon Bargaining with their lives
        115 2 BARGAINS are hard to ignore. And more so before a festive season. The rush can be so bad in China that police cancelled a Chinese New Year sale last year at a department store in the north-eastern city of Harbin because of crowd-control fears. Right now,
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      Lock icon SEC approves rules allowing audit firms to do tax work for clients
      412 2 The unanimous vote is seen as a victory for accounting firms Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), bowing to lobbying from the accounting industry, approved con-flict-of-interest rules for auditors that allow firms to continue providing tax
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      Lock icon Corporate scams: move to make lawyers accountable
      330 2 US Justice Dept official says lawyers are being looked at critically and seriously Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Lawyers, like accountants, may face government investigations and possibly criminal charges for their roles in the corporate scandals plaguing Wall Street, a top US law enforcement official said.
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      Lock icon HKEx struggles to find new chief despite US$1m pay
      460 2 Govt interference, weak bourse are potential deterrents Bloomberg IHONG KONG] Hong Kong is Finding few takers for the US$l million-a-year post running Asia's biggest stock market outside Japan. At least three bankers have spumed the job so far, according to analysts
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      86 2 IN yesterday's report "Foil terrorism with vigilance: Kan Seng", we missed out the word "just" in a quote from Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng, and so inadvertently gave a different meaning to the minister's remarks. What Mr Wong said was: "So, as Associate Professor Chin Tet Yung and
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      312 2 I HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! Bring your family and greet the year of the Goat in style at Copthorne King's Hotel Singapore. To welcome yet another auspicious new year, we have an array of delectable feasts specially created. Tion Court Sichuan Restaurant Tien Court Sichuan Restaurant presents extensive menus to
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      134 2 In the Matter of The Cwpwien Act (Chapter 50) And la the Matter of CHANGI INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION SERVICES PTE LTD (la fttaahen' Votaatary liquidation) NtmCK OF FINAI MKFnNf, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap 50. the Final Meeting of the members of
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      12 2 SBC to ask funds to disclose votes on shareholder motion, Pg 12
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SIA, DBS, SPH top 3 in corporate governance
      233 3  -  By Elgin Toh SINGAPORE Airlines has been voted once again as the Singapore company with the best corporate governance. Also retaining its second position in the 2002 annual survey by the Asset magazine is the DBS Group. The Asset is an Australia-based
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      Lock icon Koh's candour appreciated
      399 3  -  Narayana Narayana lAM not sure how many senior executives" would be happy with business leader and SLA chairman Koh Boon Hwee's more-than-frank comments which were reported in your paper ("Call for revamp of senior executive pay", BT, Jan 22). In more prosperous times, his almost heretical summing-up
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      Lock icon POSB ups ante in HDB loan war
      527 3  -  It promises to better or match UOB and OCBCs initial years' rates By] Michelle Quah ANYTHING you can do, I can do better. This Broadway hit from the late composer Irving Berlin appears to be POSB's mantra as it takes on its rivals
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      Lock icon Fischer Tech inks $3.5m contract
      315 3  -  Deal with US' Wherify involves components for GPS locator for children By\ Stephanie Yap MAINBOARD-LISTED Fischer Tech, a maker of precision engineering plastic components, yesterday sealed an initial $3.5 million contract with a USbased developer of wireless location products and services. The initial deal with
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      Lock icon China giant eyes energy opportunities in region
      616 4  -  I ■ii exclusive| CMEC is in deal with United Fiber System to bnildpnlp mill in Indonesia By Vince Chong WHILE foreign firms are looking to exploit China's burgeoning market, stateowned credit specialist China National Machinery Equipment Import Export Corporation (CMEC) aims to make
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      Lock icon Sunlight to pay $4.62m for 60% of HK firm
      339 4 Purchase is first step in China expansion: exec SESDAQ-LISTED Sunlight Group Hldg Ltd yesterday said it will take control of a Guangdong-based laboratory furniture and engineering firm as part of its plans to expand to China. Sunlight will pay $4.62 million
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      Lock icon Lacklustre showing from IPO debutantes
      310 4  -  Byy Vince Chong THE first initial public offerings (IPOs) this year have been uninspiring over the last two days despite healthy subscription rates. This is a trend that has spilt over from the end of last year, market watchers said. Waterproofing and building protection provider
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      Lock icon ST Elec bags $81m railway solutions job in Taiwan
      255 4  -  By\ David Boey SINGAPORE Technologies Electronics, a unit of listed defence group ST Engineering, has added an $81 million contract to its portfolio of projects for electric commuter train networks in Taiwan. This brings to $136 million the value of railway-re-lated
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      Lock icon MD of Wearnes Technology resigns
      149 4 GMtotakeonMD's duties at WBL Corp subsidiary SINGAPORE-LISTED WBL Corporation yesterday announced that the group managing director of its subsidiary, Wearnes Technology (Private) Limited, has resigned. Colonel (NS) David Wong Cheong Fook's last day will be April 30. No reasons were given for his resignation, but
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        Lock icon YHS unit`s new deputy chairman
        62 4 YEO Hiap Seng has appointed its president and chief operating officer T}ong Ytk Min as the deputy if chairman of its subsidiary Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Berhad A former top civil servant and former group f president of Singapore Press Holdings, Mr TJong is also
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        Lock icon PKTech chief executive quits
        55 4 SESDAQ listed IT solution provider PKTech International Ltd said Yong Kwe* On has resigned and will cease to be chief executive and director on v Feb 5. No reasons were given for his resignation. PKTech International reported net profit of $LB7 million for its last financial
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        Lock icon Advanced System cods stake talks
        85 4 ADVANCED Systems Automation said it has agreed with a group of investors to end their discussion on a proposed investment for a 22 per cent stake inthe listed company. The board will continue its efforts to restructure the operations and financial condition of the company
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        Lock icon Popular, GV tie up for Imar Theatre
        60 4 POPULAR Holdings and Golden Village have come together to market the new Imax Theatre which screens re-formatted traditional or 3D films. The movies featured on the big screen will be oriented towards both entertainment and education. Situated at GV Grand, Great World City
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        Lock icon Ascott introduces e-servoces at flats
        96 4 THE Ascott Group said guests of its serviced residence The Ascott Singapore will soon be able to enjoy a unique lifestyle of e-enabled sm vices and mobile technology. The Ascott Group will launch a pilot intelligent home programme for its units in June this year.
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        Lock icon Tastyfood ups China unit investment
        58 4 TASTYPOOD Holdings Ltd said it has increased its M investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary in China known as Vitamax Food Beverages (Figian)ftoin US$1 million to almost US$7 million by re-investing the amount due to the company. The additional investment is to farther enhance the operations
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      Lock icon Clob-traded AV Jennings riding high on landed homes
      976 5  -  exclusive Australian firm achieves 7 straight years of growth in operating profits By\ Vince Chong ONE would be as concerned as AV Jennings chairman Robert Sutton if three in four shareholders of his company are Singaporebased while the firm is a pure
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      Lock icon Heat is on for SGX, ASX
      716 5  -  lock siew michelle quah Representatives from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) were in town recently to market securities to the local investment community. And their Singapore counterparts will be doing the same, with a second roadshow in Australia to promote the Singapore market later
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      276 4 A Spring offerings are blooming at OrfbaflMMmgapore to commemorate the arrival of trfe L«KrT4fw Year. 11 UATING A familiar acquaintance to many. Be it celebrating a milestone, a holiday, or simply the moment, Him Ting Has always been a part of the occasion. f?v, hit Lunar New Year, Hua Ting
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      326 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 23 VALUE CLOSE BTOWDS 103.00 -40.00 BTCMM -*****.00 +21.00 BT10-4ayMM -*****.00 +10.00 360.67 -0.68 »MbiEhd 118.54 40.04 SCEpttw Fh 1200.91 -2.42 SGE*«M«Prop 324.11 -0.46 WdlhWiiri 167.91 -0.72 SMSCIFatarM 168.80 -0.10 Stocks Volume Hitchins lc 43,480.000 Chart SemiCond 26c 28.975,000 Mediastream 5c 17,672,000 Datacrafl 10c 17,562.000 Chew
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      Lock icon Consider Qian Hu as trading buy, with entry level at 75 cents
      283 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan A GUPPY that aspires to be a whale that's ornamental fish breeder and trader Qian Hu Corp. And it seems to be gaining weight by the day. The company recently reported an
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      Lock icon Limited downside — and upside
      692 6  - Limited downside and upside ■I i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A QUALITY of the Singapore market that was once valued most by investors was its "safe haven" reputation it might not outperform on the upside, but because of the nation's well-capitalised banks, stringent regulatory standards and conservative accounting practices, it
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      Lock icon Euro could shoot past S$1.90
      594 6  -  I-ii comment CURRENCIES Gold a big beneficiary as war fears hit Wall Street and US dollar larry wee WALL Street and the US dollar were again blasted by talk of mounting opposition to a US-led strike on Iraq without sanction from the United Nations. Gold
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    3115 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS coanMnbaik Aswt Mat Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 731/ -—....i Com Global Lifestyle Indeii fd 0.8V 15 Com Global Health index Fd 0 77V £»2* U»' S™ Com Global Telecom lode. Fd 0 424/ Com Global Infotec index Fd!" 0268/ i~r sy Com Global Energy Index
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      Lock icon No relief for industrial developers
      684 7  -  M'ii exclusive Despite current oversupply, govt says it will release industrial land regularly By Kalpana Rashiwala DEVELOPERS hit by the industrial property glut can expect no relief yet. The Ministry of Trade and Industry, which last week surprised the market by announcing it is resuming
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      Lock icon Teething problems hit RCB's Internet foray
      475 7  -  Finns say Biz File glitches make filing more complicated By\ Michelle Quah A GOVERNMENT agency's recent move online has run into teething problems. The Biz File electronic business registration system, launched on Monday last week by the Registry of Companies and Businesses (RCB), is
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      Lock icon Consumer prices dip 0.4% in 2002
      248 7  -  on the economy CPI By\ Siow Li Sen DEFLATION hit Singapore last year, with the consumer price index down by 0.4 per cent over 2001, dragged lower by cheaper housing and transport and communications costs. It was also the first annual decline since 1998.
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      Lock icon New resource book on civil cases for lawyers
      202 7 THE legal fraternity can now draw on a fresh resource a comprehensive commentary on the Rules of Court, called Singapore Court Practice 2003 (SCP). Launched yesterday, the 1,900-page tome covers all relevant cases and related sources of law in Singapore. Authored and
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      Lock icon Toys 'R' Us eyes more market share
      339 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala TOYS *R' Us is gunning to grow its Singapore market share to about 50 per cent in about four to five years from 30 to 40 per cent now. "We're looking at achieving this through opening a new store particularly
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      Lock icon Chemicals sector may see drop in investments: EDB
      536 7  -  By. Audrey Tan THE $2.27 billion which Singapore's chemicals sector attracted in manufacturing and services investments last year will create some 1,330 new jobs, or 62 per cent more than a year ago, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday, but pointed
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      Lock icon Politics rated higher than economics
      689 8  -  Hi:i=4 bottom line OPINION frank ching THE new year has begun with conciliatory messages from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, suggesting that both mainland China and Taiwan want to avoid undue tension in their relationship, although neither side seems likely in the short term
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      92 8 'We can call this blackmail. But the reality is, if we want to prevent the North Koreans from going nuclear, we will have to give them something.' -IvoDaalder senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, on the US position on North Korea. 'Polo is
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      Lock icon Some breathing space for Jakarta
      569 8 EDITORIAL IT MUST have come as a huge relief to many Indonesian ministers that international donors have decided to continue extending fresh loans to Jakarta without sticking to rigid rules on how the money should be spent The Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) meeting in
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      Lock icon Making business trustworthy again
      2021 8 The following are edited excerpts of the speech by Singapore Airlines chairman KOH BOON HWEE at the 'IHT Visionaries Leaders' event earlier this week A COUPLE of weeks ago, I came across a report that rated different kinds of organisations on the level of trust that
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      Lock icon MASkargo sets up 'air zone' in Northport
      594 9  -  Drive for sea-air transhipment aimed at plugging 'leakage' to S'pore From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has stepped up its drive to promote sea and air transhipment business in a bid to plug the "leakage" of Malaysian goods being channelled through Singapore
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      Lock icon KL plans more foreign investment tax breaks
      407 9 KUALA LUMPUR Other incentives include longer stay for expatriate workers Bloomberg MALAYSIA will give more tax breaks to foreign investors, cut red tape and ease labour restrictions to attract investments into the country, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. The government
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      Lock icon Renong plans new share and asset sales: source
      398 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters DEBT-LADEN Malaysian conglomerate Renong Bhd is considering the launch of a revamp in February that envisions a share issue and asset sales, a financial source close to the firm said yesterday. Renong is studying a plan aimed at cutting
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        Lock icon China now seoond-biggest PC market
        109 9 Reuters [TOKYO] China overtook Japan as the world's second-biggest market for personal computers in 3002 after Japan's PC sales shrank by 11 per cant the largest year-on-year fall on record, an Industry group said yesterday. The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association said Japan's
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        Lock icon Another senior exeo quits RHB
        85 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] The merger between Malaysia's Utama Ranking Group Bhd and Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) brought another management casualty yesterday with the exit of a senior executive from RHB group. George Ratilal, managing director of now-private RHB Sakura Merchant Bankers Bhd, wiU quit to
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        Lock icon Taiwan investment in China un 30%
        78 9 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan companies investment in China jumped more than a third last year as the government eased investment curbs, paving the way for local manufacturers to shift more production to the mainland where wages are cheaper. Load companies' investment in China rose 39
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      Lock icon HK credit bureau wins public backing: official
      389 10 HONGKONG Concerns about rising personal bankruptcy, debt levels help posh proposal Bloomberg HONG Kong's proposal to let banks share customers' credit histories won public backing in the face of a rising number of bankruptcies and loan defaults, an official said. The endorsement, which
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      Lock icon Watch out for that air
      56 10 [HONG KONG] Visitors yesterday looking at the 88-storey Two International Finance Centre, being constructed in Hong Kong's CBD. The air pollution index was up to 130 in downtown areas, which isdefinedas "very high". TheEnvironmen Protection Department has advised persons with existing heart or respiratory illnesses
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      Lock icon China nabs senior exec, 8 others for tax evasion
      236 10 BEIJING Reuters THE head of a Hong Konglisted mobile phone distributor and eight other people have been arrested in China on charges of tax evasion, police and state media said yesterday. Shi Zhenghui, president of Global Tech (Holdings) Ltd, was accused
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      Lock icon Taiwan export orders up 14% to US$13b in Dec
      419 10 TAIPEI Govt expects orders to grow more than 5% this year Bloomberg TAIWAN'S export orders rose at the fastest pace in three months in December as mobile phone and computer manufacturers' China assembly plants increased production, running down stocks of electronic
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      Lock icon China to be Toshiba's largest foreign market
      235 10 AFP [BEIJING] China will overtake the US as the largest foreign market for Japanese electronics giant Toshiba by 2010, the China Daily reported yesterday, quoting a senior executive. Chairman and chief executive of Toshiba (China) Nobumasa Hirata said his business saw growth of
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      Lock icon Japan car makers get flak for moving to China
      593 12  -  Leading economist says there's little sense in shift From* Anthony Rowley in FuJcuoka JAPAN'S leading car makers came under fire yesterday for shifting production to China, in apparent defiance of economic logic. The unusual challenge to the "hollowing out" of Japan's
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      Lock icon SEC to ask funds to disclose votes on shareholder motions
      342 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg THE SECURITIES and Exchange Commission, rejecting opposition from mutual fund companies including Fidelity Investments and Vanguard Group, was yesterday set to approve rules that will require funds to disclose how they vote on shareholder resolutions, SEC officials said.
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      Lock icon Japan rebound not in sight yet: central bank
      414 15 TOKYO Meanwhile, latest data suggests that conditions may be worsening instead Reuters JAPAN'S central bank yesterday maintained its view that the economy isn't close to recovering, but the latest data told a more worrying story, suggesting that conditions could actually be worsening.
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      Lock icon Nokia sees sales decline in Q1
      627 15 CORPORATE RESULTS [HELSINKI] Nokia Oyj said sales may decline in the first three months of the year after revenue growth at the world's biggest mobile phone maker slowed to one per cent in the past quarter. Net income climbed to 1.05 billion euros (S$2
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      Lock icon G30 launches reform of global clearing, settlement system
      348 15 LONDON Reuters THE Group of 30, a prestigious body of private and central bankers, yesterday issued an ambitious blueprint to reform global clearing and settlement of bonds and shares within five to seven years. The Initiative, which draws on lessons from the
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        Lock icon Kodak plans to cut 2,200 jobs
        90 15 Bloomberg [ROCHESTER, New York] Eastman Kodak Co will eliminate as many as 2.200j0bs as the slumping economy and consumers' shift to digital cameras hurt sales and profit. Costs to fire workers will total as much as US$lOO million this year. Job cuts helped Kodak
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        Lock icon Bosh economist Hubbard to leave
        71 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for the White House, Glenn Hubbard, plans to step down by spring, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Mr Hubbard pressed to eliminate taxes on corporate dividends, a strategy which is now the centrepiece
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        Lock icon AOL, HP to sell instant messaging
        64 15 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] America Online Inc moved on Wednesday to generate a new stream of revenue by teaming with Hewlett-Packard Co to develop and market AOL's instant messaging service for corporate use. While AOL brings a giant user base and software to the partnership, HP
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      Lock icon War fears push gold to its highest level in six years
      508 17 LONDON Declining stock markets also spurring investors to boy the metal Bloomberg Reuters GOLD rose for a third day and to its highest in six years as investors fretted that a war against Iraq could dent economic growth and
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      373 18  -  Byi Aaron Lye THE themes of freedom and deliverance are common topics in the artistic realm, but it's probably safe to say that it's never been explored quite the way dance company Ballet Magnificat intends to with Deliver Us. After all, the production's not quite what you'd
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      574 19  -  Director Chen Shi-Zheng tells CHEAH UI-HOON what went into the staging of Peony Pavilion CHEAH UI-HOON CHEN Shi-Zheng is trained in classical Chinese opera, but having developed a career in directing contemporary stage works, he was the ideal candidate to "bridge" East and West. A fact
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      571 20  -  It has a great sense of rhythm and repartee, with brilliant performances from the main characters By] Parvathi Nayar MEET Oscar Grubman, a Voltairespouting student, who's in love with his stepmother; has a drunken onenight stand with his stepmother's best friend; and thinks a
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      86 20 DANCES OF THE SPIRIT, THE THEATRE OF LIFE Ir Ballet Revue by John Neumiere W 11 HatViburg Ballet (Germany) 1 j—i i ime design by Gioicjio Armani. Music by B 1?- vard Bernstein, American composer and s dor. St;t design featuring spectacular r views of New York City skyline. Performed
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      785 21  -  the cuff What makes people queue np three to four hoars for Lim Chee Gnan's bak kwa? Is it some kind of seasonal psyche? jaime ee IN three and a half hours, some people can drive from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. Some can
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      480 23  -  Unlikely that commercial ships will be called np By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The US government has started activating commercially owned container and break bulk cargo ships under its Ready Reserve Force programme (RRF), as it steps up preparations for
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      573 23  -  INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AND PORT SECURITY CONFERENCE US$3OO fee would help eradicate piracy in Malacca Straits: maritime expert By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Over a decade of sketchy results in the fight against piracy in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore has prompted maritime
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      353 23  -  Attacks down in Malacca Straits, S'pore, M'sia, Thai waters By\ Beth Jinks [Singapore] Indonesia remains the world's worst piracy hotspot, with 103 attacks reported in the archipelago in 2002 up 13 per cent on 2001 figures compiled by the International Maritime
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      393 23 Port employers also vote for 6-year contract Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Workers at US West Coast ports approved a six-year labour contract, ending a dispute that prompted a 10-day shutdown last year and may have cost the US economy as much as US$lO billion.
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      328 23 Harland k Wolff's order book empty, remaining workers to be laid off Reuters [BELFAST] Harland Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, christened a 22,000-tonne vessel Anvil Point last week, which may probably be the last constructed by the 160-year-old company. The
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      915 24  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Charterers did not cancel charters under a war cancellation clause within a few days: English Court of Appeal -By\ Selva Kumar AN option to terminate a charter under a war cancellation clause in a charterparty must be exercised within a
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      39 24 AFP [ZIERBANA, Spain] The Cypriot ship Konstantinos, resting slightly on its side, on its way to Bilbao harbour in northern Spain. The ship on Tuesday suffered a leak after running aground off French harbour Bayonne. —AFP
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        146 31 Jan 31 Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Ml 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: Lunar
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        728 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead at single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        477 32 Airline may now have to end pilot pension plan Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Senate killed a proposal late on Wednesday to allow US Airways Group to restructure payments to its employee pension system, increasing chances the bankrupt carrier will end its
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        Lock icon Garuda pilots threaten strike over pay
        287 32 Partial strike may begin on Sunday and last a week AP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state-owned airline said that its pilots had threatened a partial strike beginning on Sunday over demands for higher pay. Garuda Indonesia, the national flag-carrier, said in a statement that it has
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        61 32 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's China Airlines pilots (from left) Ho Fang, Chang I-sung and Chen Pei-pei will fly the landmark charter service to Shanghai on Sunday for the first time in more than 50 years. The charter will ferry Taiwanese passengers home for the Lunar New
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          122 32 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Air China turned in a 112 million yuan (5523.3 million) profit last year from a net loss, after its merger with two smaller competitors, China's largest international airline said on its Web Site yesterday. Air China, which bought China Southwest Airlines and
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          89 32 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Melbourne airport handled 12 per cent more passengers in the three months to Dec 31 than in the same period a year earlier, helped by an increase in domestic capacity by Virgin Blue Airlines and Qantas Airways. Passengers passing through Melbourne airport rose 12
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        201 32 AFP [TOKYO] A Japanese consortium said yesterday it has won an order for the last major portion of Taiwan's new bullet train project, bringing the total value of its contracts to US$4.6 billion. The service, expected to start operating in October
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        289 32 Internet poll places it akead of Southwest Airlines, Ryanair and easy Jet AFP [SYDNEY] Australian budget airline Virgin Blue has been voted the world's best low-cost carrier in an Internet poll of air travellers, the company announced yesterday. Virgin Blue, which began flying
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