The Business Times, 20 April 2004

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    13 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Inteii.r."^.//business-times.asial.com.sg TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2004 850
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    Lock icon Temasek maybe eyeing stake in Thai telco
    518 1  -  It's seeking to buy 30% share of SGX-listed Total Access; report By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Investment company Temasek Holdings may be casting its regional eye beyond banks and towards telecommunications companies. According to a Thai report, Temasek has approached Norwegian telco Telenor to
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    84 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ rss(sspfriss> if\i* V(l SS/SS per K) I fMHi. HIM! H KO|» SS"SS/K) I.2H4 HWI VKN 107 9 M:«i KM Z£M H KS 7 799 41H7 H.MIT XUtt III MAH MjGWI 5,124 KKNMIMtl K299. 4 945 INDIAN RI PF.K_ 43*7 2« 14 AS I ;«7 i»7%
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    Lock icon Raffles Holdings hotel in Cambodia terminates services of 196 employees
    533 1  -  It's among several international hotels affected by strikes By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The simmering labour dispute in the Cambodian hotel industry came to a head yesterday for a Singapore hotel owner there. The luxurious Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor, owned by
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    Lock icon Batam to be split into free trade enclaves
    831 1  -  Jakarta rushing to get bill introduced before July polls From Shoeb Kagda INDONESIA is in the final stages of preparing a new law to formally create free trade enclaves on Batam, as opposed to turning the whole island into a free trade
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      37 1 INSIDE COMMENTARY Informatics not playing fair Wong Wei Kong Pg3 PROPERTY h Microsoft leases space at new NTUC Centre PgB SCANDAL Shell execs hid reserves shortfall for years: report s High-flyer Judith Boynton, Shell CFO, ousted Pgi3
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Back to basics
        106 2 A HI-TECH craze called "toothing" is said to be catching on in Britain. Strangers on trains, buses, in bars and even supermarkets are hooking up through messages sent via the latest in phone technology. "Toothing is a form of anonymous sex with strangers," according to a website
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        Lock icon Read any good wrappings lately?
        121 2 AN investigation is underway at a Nestle factory after a rude message was found on thousands of Aero wrappers. According to a source at the factory in York, England, the rude words appeared where the Best Before date and code would normally be printed. The
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      Lock icon Local producers upbeat about business prospects
      387 2  -  Survey shows 47% expect better profits in Q2 By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Singapore manufacturers are upbeat about business prospects, with more of them expecting growth in profits. About 47 per cent reckon net profit in the second quarter of this year will be better
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      Lock icon Decision on casino may be made in next 6 to 9 months
      576 2  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Reports of govt talks with casino operators not true: Balakrishnan By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans will be kept wondering for the next six to nine' months about whether a casino will be allowed here.
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      Lock icon Minister promises thorough probe into Khoo Teck Puat case
      403 2  -  Onus of disclosure is on shareholder: Lim Hng Kiang By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The late tycoon Khoo Teck Puat's failure to fully disclose his interest in several listed companies will be thoroughly investigated, Second Minister for Finance and deputy chairman
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      Lock icon US leading economic indicator up 0.3% in March
      647 2 LATEST US DATA Economists expect robust growth in second quarter Bloomberg, AFP [NEW YORK] The index of leading US economic indicators rose 0.3 per cent in March as tax refunds put more money in the hands of consumers, jobless claims fell, and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon MAS seen taking more time with casino's IPO bid
      734 3  -  Lasseters' managers confident it'll pass the money laundering test By Loh Hui Yin THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which last year rejected Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp's listing because of money laundering concerns, is leaving nothing to chance with another casino's
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      Lock icon Qian Hu's Ql earnings slide 8.8%
      236 3  -  By Teh Shi Ning ORNAMENTAL fish breeder and exporter Qian Hu Corporation yesterday announced a fall in net profit for the three months ended March 31,2004. Net earnings slipped 8.8 per cent year on year to $1.2 million, from $1.3 million in Ql 2003.
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      Lock icon Informatics not playing fair
      707 3  -  HOCK lock siew wong wei kong IS Informatics Holdings doing the right thing in suspending its shares for such a prolonged period? In a word, no. Last week, the education services provider shocked the market by announcing that it overstated its unaudited pre-tax profit for the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Amtek sets up subsidiary
        40 4 IN a move to expand its automotive business, precision tooling and metal stamping group Amtek Engineering has set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Amtek Metalforming (Shanghai) Ltd. The unit will have a registered capital of US$12 million.
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        Lock icon UOB, BOA in US$1b asset-back deal
        112 4 Reuters UNITED Overseas Bank and Bank of America Corp said yesterday they had closed an asset-backed deal with a notional value of US$1 billion. The collateralised debt obligation is the first managed, multi-sector deal done in Asia, according to a statement from Singapore's second
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        Lock icon Richard Li moves shares into trusts
        64 4 RICHARD Li, chairman and chief executive of the Pacific Century Group, yesterday said that, for estate-planning purposes, he has transferred all of his interest in his privately held company, Pacific Century Group Holdings Limited (PCGH), into two trusts. This effectively transfers his interest in
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        Lock icon Gates Electronics gears up for IPO
        48 4 GATES Electronics Limited, a distributor of electronic components in the automotive, consumer electronics and telecommunications industries, yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in preparation for a Sesdaq listing. HL Bank is the manager, underwriter and placement agent.
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        Lock icon DBS Thai Danu Bank Q1 profit jumps
        46 4 DBS Bank's Thai subsidiary, DBS Thai Danu Bank, reported a 230 per cent surge in unaudited net profits to 324.7 million baht (S$13.8 million) for the first quarter ended March 31,2004, helped by higher operating profit and lower provisions.
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        Lock icon SCS plans venture with Indon firm
        56 4 SINGAPORE Computer Systems yesterday has entered into a memorandum of understanding to set up a joint venture company with PT Astra Graphia Tbk, a subsidiary of listed Indonesian conglomerate PT Astra International Tbk, to provide IT solutions to companies. SCS will invest $7.85 million
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        Lock icon Deferred shares for OCBC chiefs
        87 4 OCBC Bank's executive chairman Cheong Choong Kong and chief executive David Conner were granted an award of3,629 shares and 35,483 shares respectively under its "deferred share plan and related trust arrangements". A notification on the deemed interest arising from the grant shows Dr Cheong with
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        Lock icon Exoelpoint ties up with China firm
        87 4 ELECTRONICS components distribution and design company Excelpoint Technology has entered a contract to use GSM/GPRS wireless technology from Simcom Ltd, a China-based wireless technology specialist. Excelpoint, which was listed this year, says it will use such technology to target customers in China and in
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      Lock icon Plan to inject SMOE into SembMarine called off
      459 4  -  SCI's CEO cites valuation gap as reason for not proceeding By Serena Ng SEMBCORP Industries has scrapped plans to inject its private offshore unit, Sembawang Marine and Offshore Engineering (SMOE), into listed subsidiary SembCorp Marine (SembMarine) due to a valuation disconnect. "We've
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      Lock icon Raffles LaSalle to acquire Hartford
      386 4  -  Acquisition of 60% stake will trigger general offer at 24 cents a share By Joyce Koh RAFFLES LaSalle Ltd (RLS) has struck a deal to acquire 36 million shares or a 60 per cent stake in fellow education provider Hartford Holdings for $8.64 million. And
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      Lock icon Trek 2000 working on tie-up with Toshiba
      247 4  -  By Chen Huifen WITH a recent contract win from Japanese firm TEAC Corp under its belt, local IT solutions company Trek 2000 International is said to be working on a "strategic alliance" with electronics giant Toshiba Corp. The mainboard-listed company declined to give
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      Lock icon CapitaLand eyeing more mall funds abroad: sources
      502 4  -  It raises 10b yen in Japan fund; M'sia, Thailand, China, HE seen as targets By Kalpana Rashiwala ly. CAPITALAND, which yesterday announced the 10 billion yen (Sslss million) initial closing of its Japan shopping centre fund, is looking at setting up similar funds
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      Lock icon Funds see big growth in assets under management
      684 5  -  S'pore drawing more boutique fund companies and hedge funds By Siow Li Sen BUOYED by the booming regional stock markets, many local fund managers have had a bountiful year, and the music does not look like stopping any time soon. And Singapore
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      Lock icon Straits Lion Asset Mgt tie-up to distribute hedge funds
      352 5  -  By Genevieve Cua STRAITS LION Asset Management, the fund management arm of Great Eastern Holdings, has formed a joint venture to create and distribute hedge funds in Asia. SLAM has tied up with US-based Fairfield Greenwich group, which manages over US$7
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    4443 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0.361/ Com Global Energy Index Fd 1.0521 ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) £om a 06 1 0.812/ Sta Eirnpe Eqty'" 0.736/ Com S pore Bond fund/* 1 099/ Star Europe Bond 1.215/ Credit Agricole Asset Mgt S pore Ltd StarEuropeBd 1.039/ Indocam
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      553 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Venture Corp April 19 dosing: $19.80 We maintain our OVERWEIGHT rating but are lowering our 12-month price target to $23 from $24 based on a reduction in our earnings estimates of 9 per cent and 11 per cent for 2004 and 2005, respectively. The
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      Lock icon Plastic injection moulding companies still a buy
      267 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy TECHNOLOGY stocks have had a hard time lately, no thanks to volatility on Nasdaq where earnings have largely not surprised on the upside and fears are now mounting of another bubble bursting. But, according to local broker
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      Lock icon 'Consolidation' continues amid 'bargain hunting'
      494 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN making an investment recommendation, it's customary in financial circles to use language that doesn't offend companies, customers or companies that may one day become customers. Thus "sell" is masked by the use of "accumulate on weakness", "underperform" or "avoid",
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      Lock icon Greenback mixed in narrow range
      469 6 It strengthens against yen but falls against euro as market awaits Greenspan's testimony AFP [TOKYO] The dollar firmed against the yen but eased against the euro in narrow ranges in Asian trading yesterday as the market awaited fresh leads as to when the US might
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        Lock icon Panpac Media chairman's stake reduced
        112 6 TWO directors of Panpac Media reduced their stakes in the magazine publishing group last Friday. Non-executive chairman Low Song Take's deemed shareholding was reduced to 17.1 per cent from about 17.7 per cent after International Press Holdings sold two million shares in the open market
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        Lock icon Sunlight director trims stake
        66 6 ONE of Sunlight Group's executive directors, Tan Boon Seng, yesterday sold four million shares in a married deal at 12 cents per share. The sale of the 2.12 per cent stake reduced his direct shareholding in the switchgear maker to 5.82 per cent, or 11 million
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        Lock icon K K Fong cuts Xpress shareholding
        74 6 THE founder and ex-CEO of Xpress Holdings, Fong Kah Kuen (above), saw his deemed stake in the printing company reduced to 12.64 per cent from 14.93 per cent after his vehicle K K Fong Holdings Pte Ltd on April 16 sold around 13.8 million
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        Lock icon Brilliant director raises shareholding
        59 6 AN executive director of Brilliant Manufacturing, Koh Swee Yong, on April 16 bought 200,000 shares from the open market at 73.5 cents apiece. The purchase raised his direct shareholding in the precision components maker to around 12.1 per cent from 12 per cent. Shares of Brilliant
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        Lock icon CityLimo boss converts Comfort options
        62 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG THE head of car rental group CityLimo, Richard Teo, on April 16 converted 300,000 options into shares of ComfortDelgro Corporation at 77.4 cents apiece. The exercise raised his direct stake in the transport giant to 304,586 shares, an almost 0.015 per
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      432 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 19 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -152.00 -237.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -100.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -16.00 Afl-SG Equities 500.35 -2.51 SG Equities Elect 178.05 -1.03 SG Equities Fin 1489.79 -11.08 SG Equities Prop 455.14 +0.17 SIMSCI 223.52 -1.29 SiMSCI Futures 222.20 -2.20 Unda VBImw Wee Poh 0.5c
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      Lock icon Eng Kong's $20m choice
      929 7  -  It must decide either to return cash pile to shareholders or invest in core operations, says KENNETH LIM KENNETH LIM OVER the years, integrated container services provider Eng Kong has squirrelled away its cash and not unnaturally the cache has grown into a $20.7 million mountain,
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      Lock icon Informatics suspension hits small-cap portfolio
      390 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE suspension of Informatics which last week dropped the bombshell that it had overstated its first nine months' profit dealt a big blow to our smallcap portfolio. Without a bid price, the holding is valued at zero. As a result, the
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      1250 7 £!!L STARTECH ELECTRONICS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on 5 May 2004 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose of considering and,
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Unfinished Duchess Manor sold for $33m
      349 8  -  By Andrea Tan THE uncompleted Duchess Manor in Bukit Timah, whose previous owner went belly up, has been sold to a low-profile developer for $33 million, sources said. The new owner is understood to be linked to a Ma-laysian-listed developer and has done landed
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      Lock icon Microsoft leases space at new NTUC Centre
      647 8  -  BT exclusive New Downtown's first tower is now almost fully taken up, reports Kalpana Rashiwala Kalpana Rashiwala Microsoft is said to have signed a lease for just over 100,000 sq ft at NTUC Centre at One Marina Boulevard. This means the 31-storey building,
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      Lock icon UK housing boom continues
      212 8 Reuters [LONDON] The UK housing boom continued unabated in March, two reports said yesterday, in spite of difficulties for firsttime buyers and the prospect of higher interest rates. Asking prices rose 2.8 per cent in March compared with the month before, according to property website Rightmove,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore most e-ready country in Asia: study
      502 9  -  It's at 7th spot globally thanks to high broadband nse, govt-industry ties By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE is now Asia's top Internet-savvy nation, the world's seventh most wired country, and has made the greatest advance in this year's Web rankings. That's the verdict from
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      Lock icon Best of S'pore F&B industry honoured
      939 9  -  Ex-Les Amis chef Justin Quek snags top chef award By Cheah Ui-Hoon IF you're a stickler for the best cuisine and service in Singapore, this list is worth taking note of since the World Gourmet Summit (WGS) gave out 16 awards of excellence at
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      Lock icon Films' relocation overseas not main cause of job losses
      306 9  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT By Chuang Peck Ming COMPANIES may be shifting operations to cheaper locations overseas, but such relocations are not the main cause of job losses in Singapore, according to Minister of State for Trade and Industry Raymond Lim. Only
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Australia pressed to open skies pact
        139 9 SINGAPORE is pushing hard for Australia to let Singapore Airlines to fly to the US from Sydney, now that the aviation industry has recovered from last year's slump. "I can assure you we are engaging Australian authorities. I intend to press the issue very
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        Lock icon Panel to study bldg maintenance bill
        102 9 THE Building Maintenance and Management Bill which seeks to make changes to existing laws governing the management and maintenance of buildings has been referred to a Parliamentary Select Committee for a more thorough examination. This is necessary because of the complexity of the issues
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        Lock icon Citizenship rules relaxed
        68 9 PARLIAMENT yesterday passed a constitution amendment bill which eases restrictions on the grant of citizenship by descent. It also lengthens the time from six to 12 months that a person may spend away from Singapore in reckoning the residence period of citizenship applications. Female Singaporeans can now
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      Lock icon ECI moves Asia-Pacific HQ to S'pore
      294 9 NASDAQ-listed ECI Telecom has moved its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Singapore to be at the heart of the South-east Asian market. ECI, which provides telecommunications infrastructure and equipment solutions, says it sees great growth potential in South-east Asia, and being in Singapore
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      577 9 I DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE I THE AMOS KOH MEMORIAL FUND COMMITTEE A REAL ESTATE EVENT IN TRIBUTE TO THE LATE DR. AMOS KOH In 2003, the NUS Department of Real Estate established the Amos Koh Memorial Fund to commemorate the lifetime achievements of the late Dr. Amos Koh. The
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon How Bush can 'cut'without 'running'
      817 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent IN his last press conference, US President George W Bush argued that the choice the United States is facing in Iraq is between "staying the course" or "cutting and running". The Americans can
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      44 10 'We are all going to die one day, by Apache (helicopter) or by cardiac arrest. I prefer the Apache.' Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi Hamas leader assassinated by Israel, a few weeks ago on the prospect of being a target of the Sharon government.
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      Lock icon The case for mutual exchanges
      581 10 EDITORIAL ON the surface, a tie-up between the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) would appear to be a no-brainer. Yet both sides, while welcoming in principle the idea of closer cooperation, are treading carefully. Fair enough, given the emotional baggage of
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      Lock icon Days of easy money look numbered
      990 10  -  The global scenario has changed as the spectre of rising US rates, and a spike in global bond yields loom larger From Neil Behrmann The writer is BT's London correspondent FEARS of an upturn in US interest rates and a steep rise in global
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      Lock icon Don't forget political risks
      455 10  -  COMMENTARY By William Pesek The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. IN the annals of odd timing, FTSE Group may warrant a mention. The global index company picked late March to say it may upgrade Taiwan's economy to so-called
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      223 10 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 10 Mohammedan prince turning 17 Pull in military men and plot Exaggerate the time spent -JV-—— 27 Courted in order to obtain jHlf H HI H IHI 28 The team accepting money HI may well go downhill fast! (5) 29 Miller- unde(slood 0) by "average" (4) 30 2
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon MPlant chairman quite amid boardroom tussle
      358 11 KUALA LUMPUR Move may pave way for Temasek to buy into Alliance Bank Reuters, Bloomberg THE chairman of Malaysian Plantations Bhd (MPlant), the parent of Alliance Bank, resigned yesterday in a move analysts said could help resolve a boardroom tussle that has threatened plans
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      Lock icon Delay seen in privatisation of KTM
      245 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] THE long-awaited privatisation of railway operator KTM Bhd (KTMB) is unlikely to happen anytime soon, the Malaysian Business Times cited analysts and sources as saying. This is because privatisation is closely tied to the RM14.5 billion (556.4 billion) electrified double-tracking project, which
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      Lock icon KL city centre hit by morning blackout
      258 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP, Bloomberg A POWER blackout in the Malaysian capital caused traffic chaos for almost an hour yesterday and left some workers trapped behind electrically locked office doors. Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers and much of the rest of Kuala Lumpur's central business
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon East Asia set for 6.3% growth: World Bank
      662 12  -  It sees slowdown in China but a pick-up in HK, S Korea, S'pore and Taiwan From Anthony Rowley EAST Asian economies should grow by a robust 6.3 per cent overall this year their strongest performance since recession hit the global economy three
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      235 12 HONG KONG Reuters, AP ITALIAN luxury products designer Giorgio Armani who picked up a fake Armani watch in Shanghai said yesterday he may shift manufacturing of some goods away from China if rampant counterfeiting persists. "It was an identical copy of an
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      245 12 Two plots to be auctioned for a minimum of HK$1.675b Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong will auction two plots of land for a minimum HK51.675 billion (Ss36o million) on May 25, the government's first land sale in about 20
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      334 12 TOKYO It uses Blu-ray technology that does not need laser AFP ELECTRONICS giant Sony and another Japanese company have developed a "paper disc" that can record more than two hours of high-definition images and be destroyed with scissors for foolproof data security, officials said
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        70 12 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday brushed aside speculation that Malaysia will review its ringgit peg to the US dollar. "Who is speculating? They can go on speculating. We have no plans to review the ringgit peg," Mr Abdullah, who
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        86 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Jusuf Kalla, Indonesia's coordinating minister for social affairs, resigned from President Megawati Sukarnoputri's cabinet to run for the nation's No 2 post. Mr Kalla, 52, is stepping down to be Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's running mate in the July elections, he said. Mr Susilo, who
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        106 12 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies will win a general election starting today although by a smaller margin than first forecast, according to latest opinion polls. The average of five polls published since April 13 gives the
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        94 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's government plans to sell as much as two-fifths of its HK$6 billion (Ssl.3 billion) of asset-backed bonds to individual investors as it develops the domestic debt market, according to documents. The government will offer HK52.47 billion of
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        77 12 AFP, Reuters [SHANGHAI] China has launched a new train that cuts the travel time between Beijing and Shanghai by two hours, Xinhua said. The express train will now take 12 hours for the 1,300 km trip. Separately, Hong Kong's subway operator MTR Corp said it has
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      507 13 LONDON Reuters, Bloomberg ROYAL Dutch/Shell executives knowingly hid an oil and gas reserves shortfall from investors for years and feared the game was up as long ago as 2002, an independent review by lawyers revealed yesterday. The company replaced chief financial officer
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        122 13 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson reported first-quarter profit more than twice the consensus forecast yesterday thanks to a booming market and cost cutting. The company made a pre-tax profit of 97 million euros (Ssl96 million) in the January-March period against expectations of
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        91 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Shares in UFJ Holdings, Japan's fourth-largest bank by assets, plunged 8.3 per cent after a newspaper said regulators told the lender to set aside an extra 300 billion yen (554.65 billion) to cover bad loans. The Tokyo Shimbun on Saturday said the provisions may
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      292 17  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' (NOL) container line APL says it will launch one of the fastest direct services between China and Australia next month to capitalise on "flourishing" two-way trade. The weekly AustraliaChina Express (ACX) service will connect
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      121 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Mohd Ali Yasin, managing director of Malaysia International Shipping Corp, one of the world's top three carriers of liquefied natural gas, died of a heart attack at the age of 60, the company said. Sheffield Polytechnic-ed-ucated Mohd Ali died
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      455 17 Business in first quarter stable: CEO Behrendt [HAMBURG] Hapag-Lloyd, the logistics unit of TUI, said sales this year will decline as the company sheds subsidiaries to focus on its main container shipping business in preparation for an initial public offering in the second
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      386 17  -  PEOPLE by BETH JINKS. SINGAPORE container shipping line APL has reshuffled three of its country managers. Former APL Cambodia country manager Waldo Basilla (right) has taken over as managing director of its Bangladesh operations, replacing Aziz Toha, who has taken up the role of managing director of APL's
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      231 17 Infrastructure may not be capable of ha nil ling rising trade with Asia Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] California needs to expand its seaports, airports and other shipping infrastructure to avoid missing much of an expected boom in international trade with Asia, according to a
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      178 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Samsung Heavy Industries Co, the world's thirdlargest shipbuilder, won orders valued at a US$9OO million combined from three companies for 10 liquefied natural gas carriers, container vessels and oil tankers. Samsung Heavy will build two 145,000-ton LNG vessels for Malaysia International Shipping
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        443 18 New insurance law could bar almost all North Korean ships from Japan ports AFP [TOKYO] Japan has tightened a marine pollution insurance law in a move which could see almost all North Korean ships barred from its ports, adding to recent legislation aimed at pressuring the
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        309 18 Reuters [SYDNEY] Greenpeace protesters used magnets to attach themselves to a cargo ship in Australia yesterday and painted the words 'Stop GE imports' on the hull as part of a campaign against genetically engineered food. Greenpeace activists dressed as chickens and holding banners
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        199 18 AP [WASHINGTON] US Federal regulators have approved technological enhancements allowing more thorough checks of sealed cargo containers, part of the effort to prevent terrorists from using US Ports to smuggle explosives or chemical weapons. More than seven million tractor-trailer-size containers from overseas are
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        511 24 Chen's re-election dashes hopes of direct connections with mainland Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's airlines and shippers are seeking new ways to grow their business after the election victory of incumbent President Chen Shui-bian dashed hopes of direct links with rival China and sent share prices
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        255 24 Move follows opposition from unions, Dutch govt Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch carrier KLM, which has agreed to be taken over by Air France, yesterday said it would not give its top executives bonuses linked to cutting costs after the merger, a plan that
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        261 24 Load factor up to 70.7% as economy improves; cargo traffic rises 19% Bloomberg [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines Group, owner of Austria's largest carrier, said passenger traffic rose 24 per cent in March after the company lowered fares to attract travellers, economic growth
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        192 24 AFP [DUBAI] Emirates Airlines, Dubai's flagship carrier, announced on Sunday it will launch its first non-stop service to New York in June. The airline, which earlier this month launched direct flights to Shanghai and Glasgow, will operate its luxury long-haul A 340-500 daily to
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