The Business Times, 2 May 2003

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 Internet: httoi/Ousiness-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 85C
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Sars raises hot issues over liability of employers
    964 1  -  Answers may not be straightforward as lawyers take opposing views By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] It has been more than a month since Sars hit Singapore. And that's also about the length of time that companies halted or curtailed business travel. As most
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    Lock icon Q1 business sentiment continues slide: survey
    491 1  -  Bnt there are signs of possible recovery in fourth quarter By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Business sentiment continued to spiral downwards in the first quarter of this year even though there were signs that the economy could begin to recover some time in Q4, the
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    51 1 TTiursday Change KLSECOMP dosed NIKKEI 225 7.863.29 +31.87 ■MB SEM closed SET INDEX Hosed JAKARTA COMP .452.20 1.34 MANILA COMP —closed TAIPEI WPI closed SEOl L COM P closed SHENZHEN B closed AISTALLORD £965.60 -5.30 BOMBAY INI) closed Noon EI)T Change DOW JUNK -89.57 NASDAQ 1.***** -5.12 S&P500 908.35
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    70 1 FOREX RATES U8$ SI I'SS |SS per I.SS) 1.775 5£(l'SS/S$ per V) UN 2.K29 El*RO(l'S$/SSE). 1.112 1.975 YEN 1194 67.30 RM 3*00 2.140 HKS 7.799 4393 BAHT 42.K5 24.13 RIPIAH *.670 4.883 RENMINBI 8.299 4.674 INDIAN RUPEE 47.35 26.67 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONGKONG 5.000 JAKARTA
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    Lock icon Pay cut? Ministers ready to lead by example: DPM
    585 1  -  'When all have to take bitter medicine, we most start at the top' By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Government ministers here may be in for a wage freeze or even another round of wage cuts as they lead by example during the
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    Lock icon Leng Chan's BIL wins battle for London's biggest hotelier
    417 1  -  His S'pore-based firm clinches 52.7% stake in a bid valuing Thistle at £627 m By Vince Chong BIL International, the Singapore-listed investment company controlled by Malaysian businessman Quek Leng Chan, has finally succeeded in wrestling control of Britain's biggest hotelier Thistle
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      12 1 k Greenspan: huge tax cuts not necessary to boost growth PAGE 15
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      21 1 Read independent analyses and consensus recommendations. Go to BT Markets at http://business-times.asial .com.sg. A free value-added service for BT newspaper subscribers
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      108 1 Take a stand against Sars f ps 13 Ernie Els'S Choice «.o-AXiai csiipcuicm 3 year extended warranty British Open champion Ernie Els is enjoying a run of consistently U impressive form so far this year, making him number one both in the M* PGA Tour money leaders and the European
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon PSA Corp takes stake in Thai container port
      505 2  -  I -it exclusive Significant move allows PSA to keep finger in regional terminal pie By. Donald Urqnhart [SINGAPORE] Demonstrating that its overseas expansion drive is alive and well, PSA Corporation has made a "significant" investment in Thailand's main Laem Chabang container port.
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      Lock icon KL set to splice three rail systems
      497 2  -  Uli exclusive Two govt agencies take np 15% of EL Infrastructure Grp From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government is set to integrate the three separate urban transportation rail companies serving the nation's capital in a bid to ease the city's
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      Lock icon Saslims gunning for Danamon: sources
      588 2  -  Uii exclusive! They are likely to join Bank Mega, Bhakti Investama consortium From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE'S Temasek Holdings, which is leading a consortium to bid for Bank Danamon Indonesia's fifth largest bank might now have to go head-to-head against the influential Salim family.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon UOB paid staff 21% more despite lower headcount
      393 4  -  It says higher staff costs in 2002 dne to larger operations after OUB merger By\ Siow Li Sen UNITED Overseas Bank paid its staff some 21 per cent more last year when the headcount fell about 15 per cent, reinforcing long-standing market
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      Lock icon Refinancing for Optus' joint venture
      219 4 SOUTHERN Cross, a cable network joint venture linked to Singapore Telecom, has successfully restructured a facility with its senior banking syndicate, Sing Tel said yesterday. Southern Cross is owned by SingTel's Optus Networks (39.99 per cent), Telecom New Zealand (50 per cent) and Worldcom (10.01
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      Lock icon Cosco, Spore make good shipmates
      895 4  -  lock siew loh hui yin ASTUTE observers saw significance in the fact that Singapore's Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong and his Malaysian counterpart Ling Liong Sik attended the 10th anniversary celebrations of Cosco Investment in Singapore last month. Cosco Investment is the Sin-gapore-listed subsidiary of
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      Lock icon Portek clinches orders worth $10m since Jan
      354 5  -  The crane repairer also spreads oat to new markets in Vietnam and Dnbai By' Vince Chong CRANE leasing and maintenance company Portek International has clinched about $10 million worth of contracts since January from new markets such as Vietnam and Dubai as well
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      Lock icon Hyflux's Q1 profit soars despite Sars, Iraq war
      165 5 OLIVIA Lum's Hyflux Limited is one of the few Singapore companies which could confidently declare the Iraq war and the Sars outbreak have not adversely affected business and remain optimistic about the future. Posting a 155 per cent surge in net profit
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      Lock icon MTQ Corp in A$8.5m bid for Aussie firm
      294 5 MARINE engineering services group MTQ Corporation, formerly known as Metalock (Singapore), is making a ASB.S million bid for full control of Austra-lian-listed RCR Tomlinson. The group is offering A 50.25 per share on the market, which represents a premium of 35 per
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      Lock icon Quotation of Singapore Government Bonds (April 30, 2003)
      243 5 NUMBER INDICATIVE GROSS MATURfTY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OF DAYS OF MIDOLf PRICES REDEMPTION RATE (SM) PAYMENT ACCRUED (EXCLU0W6 YILD 1SINC006 (%PA) DATES NTTEflEST ACCRUED WTEREST) (%PA) 15.*****3 Loan 1 1983~61aT* ***** 155 15/11 166 ***** Oaf 7 15.*****3 N*****0F 1996
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Architects tie up for jobs abroad
      554 6  -  Alliance of 4 local firms can bid for bigger projects; aims for 15-20 members By Vince Chong FOUR smallish local architectural firms have consolidated to bolster their standing when bidding for major overseas projects, and their increased size means they can now go for
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      Lock icon Slower supply of industrial land for special use
      483 6  -  Bat still healthy demand for clusters like biomedical By' Vince Chong SPECIALISED industrial land such as sites for wafer fab plants and biomedical facilities will continue to be made available to prospective customers, albeit at a moderated speed, even though market watchers
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      Lock icon Barclays sees zero growth for S'pore
      436 6  -  l=M=J on the economy oUtloCk By' Vince Chong DESPITE its "remarkable containment" of the Sars epidemic, Singapore could still feel the economic impact because of a lack of policy flexibility, said Barclays Capital. The firm said in a report that it has lowered Singapore's
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Gagging China press worsened spread of Sars
      762 8  -  bottom line OPINION frank ching THE dismissal on Easter Sunday of Chinese Health Minister Zhang Wenkang and Beijing Mayor Meng Xuenong for their role in covering up the seriousness of the Sars epidemic was the biggest governmental shake-up in over a decade. It
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      96 8 'It's simply a suspension of disbelief by Americans. They think they're so different that when THEY have bases in foreign territories, it's not an empire. When THEY invade sovereign territory, it's not an empire.' -NiaDFergnaoo the Oxford professor who wrote 'Empire to the Council on Foreign Relations.
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      Lock icon Can Jakarta bid IMF goodbye?
      608 8 EDITORIAL HAS the time come for Indonesia to throw away the economic crutches of the International Monetary Fund? There have been some economists who have argued that exiting the existing IMF programme while simultaneously devising a new economic strategy puts Indonesia's macroeconomic stability at risk.
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      Lock icon From geo-economics to geo-politics once again
      1148 8  -  Changing US foreign policy priorities are giving a new 'spin' to Washington's relationship with Singapore and the rest of Asean From Leon Hadar in Washington THE "spin" game the attempt to provide a media-friendly frame to current events is one of Washington's favourite pastimes.
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      Lock icon Gamma-ray scanners are safe, valuable tools
      317 8  -  MAILI.TTH Lee Boon Hwee Head (Corporate Communications) for Commissioner. Immigration Checkpoints Authority WE REFER to the article "PSA, JTC need to worry about gamma rays" (BT, April 28). The gamma-ray scanner currently deployed at Tanjong Pagar Scanning Station meets the stringent radiation safety standards
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      Lock icon PSA port users protected at all times
      159 8  -  Wong Fong Tze (Ms) Vice-President (Corporate Communications) PSA Corporation Ltd WE thank you for pointing out some of the potential hazards of gamma-ray technology and we would like to point out some factual errors in the article 'PSA, JTC need to worry about
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      Lock icon Safety issues will be fully examined: JTC
      166 8  -  Kelly Wee Kelly Wee, Deputy Director (Marketing Communications) JTC Corporation WE WOULD like to highlight a factual inaccuracy in your article "PSA, JTC need to worry about gamma rays" (BT, April 28). While JTC had indeed called for a tender for one fixed
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon China's Sars toll sparks talk of bio-weapons link
      505 9 BEIJING Many analysts say there is no evidence to support snch link AFP THE mounting death toll exacted by Sars in China has triggered speculation that the virus could ultimately be traced back to a leak from military bio-weapon programmes. Although most
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      Lock icon Deutsche Telekom ends three deals with Celcom
      171 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters DEUTSCHE Telekom has terminated three agreements with Malaysian mobile phone firm Celcom, which is being taken over by state-controlled Telekom Malaysia. Celcom said late on Wednesday that it is taking legal advice. Four directors representing Germany's Deutsche also resigned from
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        Lock icon M'sia seizes weapons from migrants
        85 9 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Military officials seized a large number of weapons and detained 22 migrants when they attempted to sail into Malaysia through the waters off Sabah state, which borders Philippines, a report said yesterday. The Utusan Malaysia said the cache included a large amount
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        Lock icon M'sian firm pays to settle haze case
        95 9 AFP [JAKARTA] A Malaysian-owned plantation firm whose director was ordered jailed for causing smoke haze on Indonesia's Sumatra island has agreed to pay more than US$l million in compensation, an official said yesterday. "Following an agreement on April 23 with the company, PT
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        Lock icon Indon March trade surplus at US$2b
        63 9 Reuters {JAKARTA] Indonesia recorded a trade surplus of US$2.l9 billion in March, beating the average forecast for US$l.99 billion in a Reuters survey. The surplus was US$l.92 billion in February. Analysts said the increase in March was mainly due to higher oil prices during
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        Lock icon Meralco able to continue for now
        71 9 Reuters [MANILA] Manila Electric Co (Meraleo), the Philippines' largest power distributor, said yesterday a court ruling ordering a massive refund to customers would affect its finances, but it would be able to survive for now. "It will affect our bottom line, no doubt. Our
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      Lock icon Sars not seen as fatal blow to China
      629 9 BEIJING Economists say cheap labour, state investment help bolster economy Reuters FROM empty shops to a sparsely attended trade fair, Sars is eating away at China's economic growth, but there are few signs yet that it is gnawing at the foundation of
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      1299 10 recrojtGsghxom^sg FfISTECHm Fastech Synergy Ltd NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Fastech Synergy Ltd (the "Company") will be held on 27 May 2003 at 3:00 p.m. at Jubilee Lounge. Raffles Hotel Singapore. I Beach Road. Singapore *****3. for the purpose of
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      337 10 FORM 69(3) NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Nome of Company Dataplay Pte Ltd (In Liquidation) Address of Registered Office c/o Tf>e Liquidator's Office Last day for receiving Proofs Ist June 2003 Name of Liquidator Mr. Don M Ho, CPA Address c/o Don Ho Associates Certified Public Accountants Corporate Advisory Recoveries Singapore
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      1693 10 HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Thirty-Fifth Annual General Meeting of HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at the Company's Registered Office at 300 Beach Road #41-00. The Concourse. Singapore *****5 on Tuesday. 20 May 2003 at 11.00 a.m. to
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      419 10 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of OSPREY MARITIME (ASIA) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuontto Section 308(1) of the Companies Act, Cap 50, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 16
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      534 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OSPREY VIKING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuontto Section 308( 1) of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Fmol General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be held at 16
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      1310 10 ®POH TIONG CHOON LOGISTICS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) too T,c Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Fourth Annual Genera! Meeting of the Company will be held at Albizia Room, Jurong Country Club. 9 Science Centre Rood, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 23 May
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      323 10 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF INTERNATIONAL FATS AND OILS PTE LTD (In Member*' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extroordinory General Meeting of the members of INTERNATIONAL FATS AND OIIS PTE LTD duly convened and held at Jolon Se Arokundo
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon China's Sars cases mount further
      575 11 Bloomberg AFP Reuters [BEIJING] The Chinese capital has ordered all indoor sports facilities, from swimming pools to basketball courts, closed to prevent the spread of Sars, as it reported 187 more cases and 11 deaths. Hong Kong yesterday posted its smallest daily increase since the
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Surgical masks offer best protection
        96 11 AFP [PARIS] Surgical-quality face masks, but not paper ones, offer the best protection against the Sars virus, according to a study published on Saturday in The Lancet, the British medical weekly. Doctors at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, one of the epicentres for the
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      • Article
        Lock icon No confirmed cases in India: WHO
        81 11 AP [NEW DELHI] There are no confirmed cases of Sars in India, a representative of the World Health Organisation said yesterday. Dr S J Habayeb said the laboratory tests that indicated there were at least 19 confirmed cases around the country were "absolutely not
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        Lock icon A Taipei hotel falls victim to virus
        59 11 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Kinlin Hotel, a 300-room hotel in downtown Taipei, closed its doors and fired 120 workers after the four-day quarantine of a Hong Kong tour group with a suspected Sars case killed off business. "Kinlin is the victim of Sars," general manager
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        Lock icon Taiwan cancels computer expo
        50 11 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan has canceled Asia's largest computer exhibition after nearly all the exhibitors backed out due to Sars fears, a statement on the organiser's website said yesterday. The China External Trade Development Council said Computex would not go ahead as planned during June 2-6. AP
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        Lock icon Real Madrid scraps its Asia tour
        60 11 Bloomberg [MADRID] Real Madrid. Europe's most successful soccer team, cancelled its August tour to Asia because of concerns over Sars, Kyodo News International reported. Madrid will instead take its squad, which includes world players of the year Ronaldo, Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane, to
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      Lock icon Virus seen in recovered patients
      711 11 Doctors in HE also detect scarring in the longs of some discharged patients AFP Reuters [HONG KONG] Doctors in Hong Kong said they had discovered for the first time traces of the Sars virus in the stool and urine of patients thought to be free
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      Lock icon A grisly bug's tale
      3499 12  -  The Sars outbreak provides painful political lessons in how a disease that has spread worldwide could have been prevented By Elisabeth Rosenthal Hunde NYT An HOUR south of Guangzhou, the Dongyuan animal market presents endless opportunities for an emerging germ. In hundreds of cramped stalls that
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  • MAY DAY rally
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      Lock icon Take a stand against Sars
      3195 13 The following is an extract of Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's May Day speech yesterday USUALLY, the May Day speech is about the economy growth, jobs, competition, and wages. But this year is different. The economy is still important. But the economy depends on
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      1145 13 HO TUNG GROUP Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hotung Investment Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at The Landis Taipei Hotel, Banquet Hall, 81, 41 Mm Chuan East Road, Sec 2, Taipei, Taiwan, R O C. on May 27,
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  • Article
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    1350 14 SICOM FUTURES Apr 30 RUBBER Fstarn (Qosinq prices) RSS1 (S ccntVkg) Close Vohme Ope* Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 03 174.75 Jun 03 T70.25 Jul 03 163.50 Aug 03 ***** RSS 3 (US cents/ty) Volume Opm Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 03 9TM 1 650
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US manufacturing shrinks in April
      401 14 LATEST US INDICATORS But productivity rises 1.6% in Q1 as companies stay lean Reuters AP [WASHINGTON] US manufacturing contracted for a second straight month in April, supplying fresh evidence that the conclusion of the Iraq war will not immediately spell an end to the economy's
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      Lock icon Aussie drugs recall hits Asia, NZ
      489 14 CANBERRA Products made by disgraced Pan group being taken off shelves Reuters Bloomberg THE fallout from Australia's medical recall spread offshore yesterday, with Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand and New Zealand pulling products made by disgraced drug group Pan Pharmaceuticals Ltd off the shelves. The
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      Lock icon Enron's ex-CFO faces more charges
      322 14 WASHINGTON AP Reuters FORMER Enron Corp chief financial officer Andrew Fastow faces 31 more charges and his wife and nine other former executives were indicted yesterday on a host of fraud, insider trading and other counts. Fastow now faces 109 charges related to the 2001
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Exxon Mobil Q1 profit triples
        82 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Exxon Mobil Corp yesterday said its first-quarter profit more than tripled, boosted by surging oil and gas prices. The Irving, Texas, company reported net income of US$7.O4 billion, or US$l.O5 a share, compared with net income of US$2.O9 billion, or 30 US
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        Lock icon Oil reason for war: Blair aide
        95 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] The US and UK went to war against Iraq because of its oil reserves, an adviser to British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. Jonathan Porritt, head of the Sustainable Development Commission, advises Mr Blair's government on ecological issues. In a Sky News
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        Lock icon Nasdaq profit plunges 88% in Q1
        92 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Stock Market's first-quarter profit fell 88 per cent as revenue dropped in its three main businesses: trading, company listings and selling market data. Net income declined to U552.57 million in the quarter from US$2l.3 million a year earlier. Revenue
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        Lock icon AMP to demerge British ops
        99 14 AFP [SYDNEY! Australian financial services group AMP Ltd announced yesterday it was splitting off its troubled British operations and expected to write down the value of the UK businesses by some £1 billion. AMP said it would raise US$l.5 billion in new capital to facilitate
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        Lock icon New drug drives up Glaxo's Q1 income
        88 14 AP [LONDON] Strong sales of some of GlaxoSmithKline pic's newest drugs led to 17 per cent growth in its first-quarter net income, despite generic competition to the company's former best seller. The group posted earnings of £1.19 billion for the three months ending
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        Lock icon Intel veteran joins Applied Materials
        78 14 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Applied Materials Inc, the biggest maker of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, said on Wednesday it had named Intel Corp veteran Michael Splinter to succeed James Morgan as chief executive. Mr Morgan, 64, is stepping down as CEO after running Applied Materials for 27
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      Lock icon Greenspan: huge tax cuts not necessary to boost growth
      490 15 WASHINGTON He says a large federal deficit will undercut any tax cnt benefits NYT ALAN Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, suggested to Congress on Wednesday that a large tax cut like the one favoured by President George Bush
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      130 15 WASHINGTON Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought almost US$9OO million of Tyco International Ltd bonds last year when the conglomerate's two top executives were charged with looting the company. Mr Buffett spent US$6lO million on Tyco junk bonds with a face
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      190 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF 1) GYMTECH FITNESS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) 2) HOCK SING TRAVEL (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) 3) SIN6ELCO CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY
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      803 18  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By. N K Yong I CAN taste wines from popular French, Italian, Australian and Californian wineries pretty often in Singapore, but to be able to taste lesser known but wave-making names from less popular wine regions all in the space of two
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      1669 18 Notices China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (the "Company") will be held at Millenia 2. The Ritz-Cartton, Milienia Singapore. 7
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      734 19  -  I.]3d the cuff Thought the mercury thermometer went ont with the dodo? Well, it's back and making a major social statement at work and in public jaime ee THERE are several things I've learned since the Sars outbreak. One even if I don't get to
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      924 19 Scott Blume, CEO of Internet travel portal Ziqi f 43, married, with two children THE government again receives accolades from this expatriate on the way it's handled the Sars situation. "They've handled it so well, I pretty much got on with life," declares Mr Blume, who's been in
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      197 19 M SINGAPORE ■m s T MI»HON» OUCMfSTBA liplwfc DATE: 9 May 2003. Friday CONCERTTIME: 7.30PM VENUE: ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SCHUBERT'S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY Prokofiev Anniversary Under the influence of Lan Shui here, ■L the orchestra has developed into a 1 force to be reckoned with. Neut LiJ/cffi Zt'itung, r Nov€int)€t 2000
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      267 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Loudly lay into lad. worker being 9 With endless care. 13 How affectionate bndge partners 15 Grand old city seen by American W I I jJ j j j j It could have illustrated one's 18 Charged railway for special i MB i 20 Leo possibly starts job
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      264 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 3 points to 2142, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 2 points to 2797, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 9 points to 2150 and the Baltic Handymax Index fell 17 points to *****. TXME-CHAKTER: La Cordillera (built 1996) *****9 dwt 13/14.5 on 50
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      597 21  -  It expects to complete 25 more container berths by 2020 By] P T Bangsberg SHANGHAI is racing ahead to bolster both sea and air transport facilities in anticipation of continued steady growth. Xu Peixing, director of the Shanghai Municipal Port Administration Bureau, said the
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      219 21 Bloomberg [OSLO] Freight tariffs for very large gas carriers, the biggest ships carrying liquefied petroleum gases (LPG), jumped to a two-year high this week on increased demand. The tankers, which transport gases such as propane and butane, were booked as high as US$33
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      454 21  -  ST Engineering unit aims to help industry meet IMO security code deadline By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Enhanced maritime security required by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) from July 2004 prompted one local company to tap its Singapore Navy training expertise to share with the
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      130 21 Bernama [KOPARGAON, India] The Indian government has allocated 75 billion rupees (Ss2.B billion) to accord international status to Nhava-Sheva and Kochi ports, which will operate on "construct-use-and-handover" basis, Junior Minister for Shipping Dilip Gandhi announced. The ports would become operational soon, Mr Gandhi said.
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      519 21 Bat recent moves by China, India may help curb menace: maritime watchdog AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Piracy on the high seas hit record numbers in the first three months of 2003, but landmark decisions by courts in China and India to punish pirates with stiff
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      741 22  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK They told sellers to mis-describe the cargo: S'pore court By\ Selva Kumar THE buyers of a cargo of vacuum cargo oil had only themselves to blame for the confiscation of part of their cargo by Chinese authorities and could not now
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      63 22 AP [RIO DE JANEIRO] Cargo ships unload goods at the Rio de Janeiro port, near the site where the city will build a branch of the Guggenheim museum, Brazil. Mayor Cesar Maia defended the US$l5O million museum as the anchor for a much needed
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        140 29 May 2 China: Labour Day Holiday May 3 Japan: Constitution Day May 4 China: Youth Day May 5 Japan: Children's Day South Korea: Children's Day Thailand: Coronation Day U.K. May Day Australia: Labour Day May 8 Soth Korea: Memorial Day France: Victory Day HongKong: Buddha's Birthday May 14
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        803 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Nla 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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        547 29 Carbon 180 Mai 1005.) 0.7 15.2 0.08 M4 0.03 Apr 24 Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above £25 3 0 3 0 380 Aye 983.7 0J 13.9 0.04 19 0.02 t,x«n 380 Mil 991.1 1.5 18.9 0.08 46 0.06 WW} v/v M/M %M/M mi wtiwi
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        531 30 It says the tie-up, which was opposed by watchdogs, will help secure jobs and future of carriers Reuters [CANBERRA] The Australian government yesterday gave its backing to the proposed alliance between Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand that was initially rejected by consumer watchdogs
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        484 30 It'll also provide USs2.3b to cover airline safety costs following review AFP [WASHINGTON] The US government said on Wednesday it will cut 6,000 of the country's 55,600 airport screener jobs to save money, just over a year since it beefed up the force
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        372 30 Reuters [MONTREAL] Air Canada hopes to slash its annual labour costs by Cs77o million (***** million) or about 25 per cent as part of a restructuring plan under court protection from creditors, the company said on Wednesday. Montreal-based Air Canada, the
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        204 30 Reuters [CHICAGO] A US bankruptcy court judge has approved a U552.56 billion annual concession package from major labour unions at United Airlines that the carrier has called critical to its survival. Workers from various unions cheered when US bankruptcy judge Eugene Wedoff approved the deals,
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        326 30 Bloomberg [MUMBAIJ Air India, the country's biggest overseas carrier, may hire pilots from Singapore Airlines (SIA) and other airlines after it was forced to cancel flights this week because some are refusing to fly. Some Air India's pilots refused to fly with
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        451 30 AXR DVDXA BOMBING TRIAL AFP [VANCOUVER] Witnesses in the Air India trial testified on Wednesday that a mysterious man paid cash for two tickets that were later linked to terrorist bombs believed to have killed 331 people on June 23,1985. Ajaib Singh Bagri
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