The Business Times, 28 May 2003

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    14 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY, MAY
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    Lock icon SGX lifts ban on brokers on listed firms' boards
    568 1  -  BTI^miMWJ Broking firms can also invite directors of listed firms to sit on their boards By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] In a major policy change, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has scrapped a 12-year-old ruling that barred brokers and broking house directors from
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    Lock icon NatSteel backs resolution to foil opposition to scrip dividend
    878 1  -  It will support 98's proposal aimed at freeing Oei from 60 By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Ahead of today's shareholders' meeting, Nat Steel Ltd said last night it will back a proposal by 98 Holdings to counter tycoon Oei Hong Leong's opposition
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    71 1 STI 1,325.30 (-10.04) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,332.00 (unch) SIMSCI FUTURES 162.90 (-1.10) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 652.11 383 NIKKEI 225 8,120.24 -107.08 HANG SENG 9.420.81 71.90 SET INDEX 400.69 >381 JAKARTA COMP -***** +1^5 MANILA COMP .1.035.99 -10.95 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** —-14.46 SEOl'L COMP 614.30 3.35 SHENZHEN B 223.00 +158
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    73 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ I'SS |SS per ISS) 1.724 £(l'SS/SS per I .Ml 2.830 El R()(l SS/SS/E). 1189 2049 YEN 116.8 67.80 RSI. 3.800 2204 HKS 7.799 4524 BAHT 4166 24.16 RIP1AH 8i00 4.756 RENMINBI 8.299— 4.814 INDIAN RI PEE 46.83 2716 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 Kl'ALA Ll'MPTR 6(MI
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    Lock icon Ballmer pockets almost US$1b from Microsoft shares
    132 1 AFP [WASHINGTON] Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer (right) walked away with US$955 million from his sale of a portion of his company shares, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Ballmer sold Microsoft stock at between U5523.93 and U5524.67
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    Lock icon M'sian ports to have air zones to bypass S'pore
    498 1  -  Plan is to 'consolidate' cargo in special air zone at 8 major ports From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur EIGHT major Malaysian ports will soon have airport facilities as part of the country's strategy to generate more sea-air transhipment business in
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      Lock icon Stock picking—the Oei Hong Leong way
      911 2  - Stock picking —the Oei Hong Leong way Teh Hooi Ling takes a closer look at the companies that have caught the astute tycoon's eye Teh Hooi Ling A FEW common threads run through the companies which have attracted the interest of corporate trader Oei Hong Leong. Most of the companies
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      Lock icon US consumer confidence hits 5-month high
      457 2 Home sales also rose stronger than expected in April Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] US consumer confidence rose to its highest in five months as Americans' expectations for the future soared, aided by the end of fighting in Iraq and a rising stock market. The New
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      Lock icon SIA may consider easing no-pay leave requirement
      532 2  -  Pilots, SIA make some progress in wage cut talks By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines and its pilots' union had a first round of "cordial" talks yesterday in an effort to reach agreement on deep pay cuts sought by management to help the
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      162 2 i V RafflesMedicalGroup Results Announcement for Ist Quarter 2003 (unaudited figures $'000) Ist Quarter Ist Quarter change 2003 2002 Revenue 22,167 20,290 -1-9.3 EBITDA 3,293 1,212 4-172 Operating Profit 2,499 368 +579 Pro-Tax Profit 2,598 213 4-1,120 Net Profit After Tax 2,010 158 4-1,172 Earnings per Share (da) 0.52 0.04
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      30 2 SGX live! Track live stock prices and your own portfolios. Read independent analyses and consensus recommendations. Go to BT Markets at httpy/business-timesiisial.coiiLSg. A free value-added service for BT newspaper subscribers.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon New shareholders of Startech flex muscles
      528 4  -  They vote against key resolutions and look set to shake np board at EGH By Ven Sreenivasan IT LOOKS like a boardroom coup at loss-making Startech Electronics. A group of substantial shareholders with a significant stake in the company killed off several key resolutions
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      Lock icon Veteran banker appointed CFO of SGX
      272 4  -  Seek Wai Kwong will also join the exchange's executive committee By Wong Wei Kong IT'S another top-level change at the Singapore Exchange (SGX), with the appointment of former DBS banker Seek Wai Kwong as executive vice-president and chief financial officer yesterday. Mr Seek, 48,
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      Lock icon Too soon to return to Tokyo market
      718 4  -  hock WWW anthony rowley CORPORATE profits rose sharply in Japan in the financial year to March 31. And the nation's big banks despite reporting big losses from heavy write-offs of bad debt have promised to return to profit and resume dividend payments this
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      Lock icon Healthy Q1 gains for Raffles Medical Group
      380 7  -  It sees effect on Q2 performance to be nentr&l, expansion plans unchanged By Kenneth Lim THE Sars outbreak isn't about to ruffle the feathers of Raffles Medical Group. While acknowledging the dampening effect of the respiratory virus on its Hong Kong operations and
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      Lock icon Thakral's operating profit up 16%
      361 7  -  By Denesh Divyanathan MAINBOARD-LISTED Thakral Corp said yesterday that net profit for the full year ended March 31 fell a sharp 92 per cent to $14.7 million from $175.7 million previously, largely due to the absence of a hefty exceptional gain which boosted the previous
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      Lock icon Cosco posts $3m profit in Q1
      411 7  -  Strong results show revamp is on right track: president By Loh Hui Yin A REVAMPED Cosco Investment turned in a $3 million net profit for the first quarter of this year, close to the $3.9 million that it earned in the whole of 2002.
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      Lock icon AFP's Q1 net dives 44% on less Indon share
      324 9  -  Higher revenue also offset by jnmp in sales costs, other expenses By Michelle Quah SINAR Mas-controlled Asia Food Properties (AFP) saw first-quarter net profit narrow 44 per cent to $14.7 million, as its Indonesian associates contributed considerably less. Share of profit
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      Lock icon Kim Eng starts new HK unit
      345 9  -  Hedge fond broking division will serve investment managers and trade range of pan-Asian products ih Ven Sreenivasan LISTED Kim Eng Ong Asia Securities has set up a dedicated hedge fund broking division in Hong Kong. The new unit, KE Absolute, will provide investment managers
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      Lock icon Micro-Mechanics picks the right niche
      432 9  -  By Kenneth Lim CHRIS Borch was simply trying to be helpful when, as an employee of an equipment manufacturer in Singapore 20 years ago, he suggested to a customer to redesign a replaceable machine component at the root of recurrent production problems. When that customer
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon SIA revamps Brunei service
        95 9 SINGAPORE Airlines is restructuring its services to Bandar Seri Begawan, following the phasing-out of its remaining A3lO aircraft. From June 1, SIA will replace its planned daily A3lO operation with a five-times-weekly service, deploying 8777s twice and A32os three times a week. 8777 aircraft, with a
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        Lock icon Dayen wins $13.75 m job from PUB
        63 9 DA YEN Environmental has secured a $13.75 million contract from the Public Utilities Board for the replacement of mechanical and electrical equipment at Bedok Water Reclamation Plant. Work is expected to commence next month and be completed within 28 months. This contract is
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        Lock icon ABR Holdings directors resign
        37 9 R SINNAKARUPPAN and Tay Swee Sze have resigned as non-executive and independent directors of ABR Holdings. The company said it will be recruiting new independent directors to fill the vacancies in due course.
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        Lock icon United Engineers Q1 profit rises 58%
        42 9 UNITED Engineers has posted a 58 per cent rise in net profits to $9.6 million for the first quarter ended March 31. Turnover was $36.7 million, up 3 per cent from the same period last year.
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        Lock icon Aurio Pactfic back in the black in Q1
        49 9 AURIC Pacific Group achieved a net profit of $1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, against a loss of $2.5 million for the previous first quarter. The was despite a 5.7 per cent fall in turnover to $33.5 million.
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        Lock icon Sinwa profit jumps 19.1% in Q1
        46 9 SINWA KS said yesterday that net profit jumped 19.1 per cent to $1.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31. The better performance came on the back of a strong 33.2 per cent surge in turnover to $13 million.
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      1498 6 ASSETS LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY In millions of euros, at 31 December 2002 2001 In millions of euros, at 31 December 2002 2001 Interbank and money market items (note 3): Interbank and money market items (note 14): Cash and amounts due from central banks and post office banks 9,884 3,489
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      267 7 COLLECTIVE SALE Prime Residential Redevelopment Site At Newton Road Novena MRT NeWtOn COUft 0 Novena Sq HO** Prime residential enclave SUBJECT L st M s c <£ e#,J Near Novena and Newton MRT x Fringe of CBD and Orchard Rd Shopping Belt Goidhiii "V xC »ty Near good schools and
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      326 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 27 VALUE CLOSE BTOMDS 32.00 220.00 BTCMN -*****.00 -135.00 BT10-4qrMA ******.00 -3.00 MkSCE«riU« 360.52 -3.63 SGEmMMDM* 124.36 SG Equities Fin 1119.18 -9.54 SGEqafttesPrap 325.26 -6.50 MSCt Singapore 163.24 1.36 SMSCI Fntares 162.90 -1.10 Stocks Vohno Unifiber 10c 75,346,000 HoruonEduc 5c 63,207,000 NOL 25,715,000 Wiroffioe 5c 23,432,000
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      Lock icon Euro hits all-time high against US$
      493 8 AFP [TOKYO] The euro rose to an all-time high against the US dollar in Tokyo trade yesterday, rising past US$l.l9 before falling back under profit-taking, dealers said. The euro was at U551.1842 at 2:09 pm (0509 GMT), after rising to U551.1914 around I:3opm (0430
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      Lock icon Situationals out of play as market slides
      606 8  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE market snapped a three-day winning streak yesterday as players locked in profits and corporate activity subsided. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) wag the main attraction during a lacklustre session in which activity was down noticeably from recent days. The shipping
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3296 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 804/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 429/ ...j Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0282/ J~. ™V 3 ,s P"*' Com Global Energy Index Fd 0835/ Star Europe Eqty! 0.611/ Com Global Travel Index Fd 0637/ St£ 0 942 Com S
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    1055 9 Transaction date: May 27 MTERBAMK CROSS RATES AS C$ Em Htt wtl »M«" TmWoh 8M P* H N<o SS tand Sfr UTS tafct Pound USS Australia 0.907 5.481 0.556 5.151 30.934 54.157 0.771 7.916 2.510 1.127 38.05* 34.938 1139 1267 0.849 22.924 27.518 0.402 0.660 Canada 1102 6.040 0.612
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      897 9 m Banque Internationale a Luxembourg Head Office: 69 route d'Esch, L-1470 Luxembourg Singapore Branch: 9 Raffles Place, #42-01 Republic Plaza, Singapore *****9 Balance Sheet Profit and Loss Account As at December 31,2002 For the year ended December 31,2002 2002 2001 2002 2001 EUR TOO EUR TOO EUR '000 EUR TOO
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      4435 10 Notices tfFt THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED 10 DES VOEUX ROAD, CENTRAL HONG KONG CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2002 CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THF. YFAR ENDED 3IST DECEMBER 2002 2002 2001 2002 2001 HKs'ooo HKSOOO HKS'OOO HKS'OOO ASSKTS Interest income 6352,915 9,742,663 Cash ami
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      389 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 58 WATTY L-DIMET (S) PTE LTD IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTAKY LIQUIDATION Al an hxtraurdtnary General Meeting of the Company convened and held al 4 Steel Street. Blacktown. NSW 2148. Sydney. I Australia, on the 21 si day of May. 2003. the following resolutions
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      360 10 IN THE MATTE# Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EUKUD SOFTWARE PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 26TH DAY OF MAY 2003 At on Extroordmory General Meeting of the Company held at 65 Chulio Street #48-02 OCBC Centre Singapore ***** 3 on
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon US FTA may save moribund factory sector
      409 11  -  Colliers says it will sharpen S'pore's edge against cheaper locations Bv Kalpana Rashiwala THE Singapore-US Free Trade Agreement may "just be the float which may salvage the struggling industrial property market in the coming one to two years", Colliers International said in a
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      Lock icon Business receipts index up 1.3% in Q1
      264 11  -  By Daniel Buenas THE Quarterly Business Receipts Index (QBRI) for services industries rose 1.3 per cent year on year in the first quarter, led mainly by growth in the insurance and medical services sectors. Excluding financial and insurance services, the index was up
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      Lock icon Weekly arrivals up 14%, but full recovery long way off
      235 11 FIGURES released yesterday by the Singapore Tourism Board suggest that foreigners are slowly returning as the Sars situation stabilises. For the period May 13-19, visitor arrivals totalled 39,500, STB said. This was an increase of almost 5000 or 14 per
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      Lock icon Newton Court back in enbloc market
      336 11 NEWTON Court, next to Goldhill Plaza, is back on the collective sale market. This time it is asking for $55-$6O million, down from a "$7O-$75 million" tag when it was last put on the market in late 1999. If the freehold development does fetch
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      Lock icon Handling fear of Sars in the workplace
      799 11  -  Why staff welfare must feature prominently in a company's business continuity plan Bu Daniel Buenas, Leonard Lim "FEAR is a question: What are you afraid of, and why? Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information, your fears
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A weak dollar to create a strong Bush?
      782 12  -  THEHH KEZsansxi OPINION leon hadar THE general consensus is that the US dollar's slide in the currency markets in the past several months, and the corresponding appreciation of the euro and yen, reflect economic realities and, in particular, the rising US current
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      43 12 'My feeling is that they will move in June. With the currency moving so fast, I don't know how they can hold on without people laughing at them.' Allan SumAw mii a Frankfurt consulting firm's chairman. on interest rate cuts
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      Lock icon The USSFTA and Singapore Inc
      574 12 EDITORIAL DESPITE the steady stream of publicity surrounding the USSingapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) over the past year —and especially in the past two months Singapore companies still appear to be at a loss as to how they can benefit from the agreement This information-gap
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      Lock icon USSFTA: Local SMEs can exploit potential
      917 12  -  They can look forward to tariff savings, waiver of processing fees, enhanced flexibility in role of origin and more f*y Mary Yeo A LOT of attention has been given to the key economic benefits of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USSFTA) and its impact
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      Lock icon Bayer acted responsibly in medicine sale
      491 12  -  MAILI.M-B Dr Stella Yeo Medical Advisor Bayer (South East Asia) Pte Ltd Healthcare I REFER to your article "Bayer unit sold unsafe medicine in Asia: report" (BT. May 23). Bayer and the entire biological products industry continue to express deep sorrow to the haemophilia
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Proton revamps to woo foreign partners
      444 13  -  It wants to make better nse of opportunities in M'sia and abroad From Eddie To in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S national car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional (Proton) has embarked on an internal revamp that will pave the way for the entry of a new foreign
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      Lock icon M'sia demands lower bids for SEA rail project
      401 13 KUALA LUMPUR It may consider other contractors if no deal is reached Reuters MALAYSIA said yesterday it wants lower prices from two firms picked to build sections of a huge SouthEast Asia rail project, warning it might consider other contractors if a
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        Lock icon IPO of 15% of Bank Mandiri in June
        99 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia said yesterday it planned an initial public offering next month of 15 per cent of the nation's largest bank, Bank Mandiri, half the government's earlier target of 30 per cent. "The launch of an IPO in June is still
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        Lock icon Jakarta to ask Iraq to honour deal
        87 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia will ask Iraq's new government to respect a contract agreed in November to allow state-run oil company Pertamina to explore for oil in Iraq's Western Desert. Indonesian officials will discuss the contract at Opec's June 11 meeting in Doha, Qatar,
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        Lock icon Russia to decide on oil pipeline soon
        123 13 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] Russia will make a final decision on building an oil pipeline to China in two weeks, Semyon Vainshtok, the chief executive of the country's oil pipeline monopoly, OAO Transneft, said at a conference. Russia gave principal approval to the Chinese route
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        Lock icon Digi to upgrade cellular network
        57 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Digi.Com Bhd, Malaysia's third-largest cellular phone company, said it will spend between RMIOO million (5545.4 million) and RM2OO million to upgrade its cellular network by year-end. The company yesterday signed an agreement with Siemens AG for the network contract which initially covers
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        Lock icon Philippine March mfg output up 7.3%
        84 13 AFP [MANILA] Philippine manufacturing output rose 7.3 per cent from a year earlier in March after a slight contraction the previous month, the National Statistics Office said yesterday. The government agency reported double-digit increments in wood products, basic metals, non-electrical machinery, rubber, petroleum, non-metallic
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      Lock icon Thailand's April exports rise 22% to US$6b
      263 13 BANGKOK Hike in shipments of electronics, cars behind surge Bloomberg THAILAND'S exports accelerated in April as Hana Microelectronics pel, Toyota Motor Corp and other companies shipped more electronics, computer parts and automobiles. Exports rose 22 per cent from a year earlier to US$6
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      Lock icon Baht at 'appropriate' level: Thaksin
      106 13 BANGKOK THE Thai baht would be "much stronger" against the US dollar without action by the central bank, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. Foreigners have invested more in Thai stocks because of the country's faster economic growth, pushing up the baht against the dollar, Mr
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      Lock icon Reform expected to follow opening of China markets
      504 14 SHANGHAI Analysts hope influx of foreigners will help clean np troubled bourses Reuters CHINA'S plan to open its primary share and bond markets to foreigners for the first time is unlikely to unleash a flood of money, but will spark reform and
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      Lock icon M'sia seeks to woo more foreign students
      183 14 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA wiU set up education bureaus in China, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Middle East and South Africa as it competes with neighbouring Singapore to woo foreign students, reports said yesterday. Some 32,000 foreign students are enroUed in Malaysian schools, a number
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      Lock icon Because it was there!
      70 14 [KATHMANDU, Nepal] New Zea lander Sir Edmund Hillary, his wife, June (middle), and Junko Tabei of Japan were here, together with about 100 other Everest climbers, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the conquering of Mount Everest. Sir Edmund and Sherpa TenzingNorgay were the first to
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      Lock icon First Pacific loses COO, exec director
      248 14 ■HONG KONGR Departures seen to give chairman greater .control Bloomberg FIRST Pacific Co said two executives left, a move that one analyst says may end a management dispute within the Hong Kong company that controls the biggest Philippine phone operator. Chief operating officer and
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      Lock icon Disputes with US firms may hurt Philippines' Iraq bids
      390 14  -  Promt Al Labita in Manila MANILA'S labour disputes with giant US contractors Bechtel Corp and HalliburtonKBR (Kellogg Brown Root) are threatening to spoil the Philippine's chances for contracts in the reconstruction of Iraq. The rows stemmed from separate class suits over
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      1004 13 Utfir f hei V'VW Ji M POKKA CORPORATION (SINGAPORE) LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Pokka Corporation (Singapore) Limited ("the Company") will be held at 39 Quality Road, Singapore *****0 on Wednesday, 11 June 2003 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4893 14 Transaction date: May 27 HONG KONG v«i hkrhh 159 002 9388 HKS 000 Hong Kong Electric 31.40 -010 2596 Hongkong Chinese 080 4 04 7716 Alpha General .024 0 01 449 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 080 -004 7716 AnandaWingOn 0.01 «*h 0 Hopewell Holdings 7 00 -010 1885 Angang
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon Sars crisis nibbles at China's economy
      678 15 Factory closures, delayed ventures and delivery obstacles plagne businesses AP [BEIJING] Instead of the usual delivery trucks, an ambulance pulled up to a Matsushita factory in Beijing's dusty north and unloaded seven white-coated medics. Their job: to check the quarantine. Two Matsushita factories in
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      Lock icon HK, Chinese experts to test vaccine on animals
      121 15 Reuters Bloomberg (HONG KONG] Scien tists in Hong Kong and China have developed a potential vaccine for Sars which they will soon test on animals. Guan Yi, an assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Hong Kong, said the team will
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      Lock icon Iraq, Sars push Taiwan into recession
      243 15 AFP Bloomberg (TAIPEI) Taiwan's economy moved into recession in April under the double blow of the Iraq war and the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), officials said yesterday. The Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD), the island's top economic planning body,
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      1091 16  -  It's not clear if the WTO will be able to resolve US-EU trade rows, reports Leon Hadar in Washington Leon Hadar JUST as the United States and the European Union (EU) were trying to recover from post-Iraq War diplomatic blues,
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      539 17 NEW YORK New emphasis on firms' internal cnrbs is a positive step: analysts LAT-WP THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was to vote yesterday to require executives of public companies to attest that their firms have controls in place to detect accounting mistakes
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      382 17 HONGKONG Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Pic, facing a backlash over a US$3O million payment it will make to its top US official if he is fired, avoided criticism at a meeting in Hong Kong where shareholder Ng Hui Lam read a poem
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      570 18 TOKYO Sale of fixed-wire division to Ripplewood could be worth about 260b yen: reports NYT Reuters Bloomberg VODAFONE Group of Britain is in the final stages of a deal to sell the fixed-wire division of Japan Telecom Holdings to Ripplewood Holdings, an American investment
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      188 18 ■TOKYO AFP TWO former managers of dairy product maker Snow Brand Milk were found guilty yesterday of negligence in causing Japan's worst food poisoning outbreak in 2000. The Osaka District Court handed a two-year prison term suspended for three years and a 120,000yen (551,766)
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      1101 21  -  INSIOEI..MjmU Oei's purchases lift shares of BIL, UIC and Haw Par By Robert Halili THE market's strong performance this month has prompted more selling by directors and substantial shareholders in the past week. Sellers dominated trading for the third consecutive week with a total
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      820 22  -  By Genevieve Cua RETRENCHMENT insurance sounds like a lifesaver for those out of work, but insurers that have tried it have got burned so far. Now NTUC Income chief executive Tan Kin Lian who tried and withdrew a retrenchment insurance plan in 2001
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      809 23  -  Rates this year are steadily increasing on all its major trade lanes By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) container arm APL is on track for a much brighter year, as industry overcapacity reverses to "tight supply" and rates steadily increase on
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      57 23 The freight market was dosed for Spring Bank hnHH^y [SINGAPORE] An Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officer (left) guides a driverfor the scanning of his container before leaving the Tanjong Pagar container port in Singapore. Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority is using gamma ray scanners to
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      491 23  -  Global supply chains must be safe, conference told By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] World port authorities were reminded of the vulnerability of maritime transportation to terrorism and other threats like Sars, as the head of the International Association of Ports and Harbours
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      446 23 Terrorism rnled oat; age of boiler may be a factor AP [MIAMI] Federal authorities tried to determine the age of a ship boiler as they investigated what caused a cruise ship explosion that left four Filipino crew members dead and injured
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      1253 24  -  STRAIT TALK -By David Hughes ACCIDENTS are rarely due to one single mistake. Normally there are a whole catalogue of contributory errors and factors that conspire together to send a ship onto the rocks or into the side of another vessel. The Australian
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        335 32 It will supply 180 of the military transport planes to seven countries Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Airbus SAS, the world's second-largest maker of commercial aircraft, signed a contract worth 20 billion euros (Ss4l billion) to supply 180 A4OOM military transport planes to seven
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        268 32 Airplane maker not in the business of pnrr.haging airlitiAjg Boeing exec Reuters [SANTIAGO, Chile] US airplane manufacturer Boeing Co has rejected the possibility of taking a stake in troubled Brazilian airline Varig once the carrier completes a merger with local competitor Tam. Under
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        375 32 Carrier will announce new aircraft, engine orders at Paris air show in Jnne: CEO AFP [DOHA] Qatar Airways is still growing strongly despite industry turmoil over war and sickness and will announce new aircraft and engine orders at the Paris air show next
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        201 32 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International may scrap plans to set up a low-cost airline because the company's size and high operating costs would make it difficult to compete with smaller carriers. The government may instead ask other private airlines such as Air Andaman, PB
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        292 32 TROUBLED AXRLDVES They want to hold talks with airline as soon as possible AFP [BERLIN] Lufthansa's employees' council is concerned that the airline is set to cut jobs drastically and wants to talk with management about the move, council president Wolf Liebetrau said. "We're
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        475 32 Reuters [MONTREAL/TORONTO] Air Canada said on Monday it had reached a vital costcutting deal with its ticket agents, but its pilots, flight attendants and machinists have yet to accept pay and job reductions aimed at rescuing the
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