The Business Times, 4 May 2004

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004
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    Lock icon Redevelopment study on Thai Embassy site completed
    548 1  -  Report submitted to Thai PM's office; land unlikely to be sold outright By Siow Li Sen, Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] A feasibility study on redevelopment possibilities for the Royal Thai Embassy site in Orchard Road has been completed and submitted to the Thai Prime
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    Lock icon Informatics' market value plunges 62%
    744 1  -  Mid-cap stock relegated to small-cap status in wake of fiasco By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Informatics Holdings saw $150 million or more than half of its market capitalisation wiped out yesterday as furious investors punished the company for overstating its earnings for nine months and
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    Lock icon M'sian premier's son-in-law tipped to get Khazanah job
    583 1 Report says he's in line for number 2 job at govt investment arm [KUALA LUMPUR] In a potentially controversial appointment, Khairy Jamaluddin, the 28-year-old son-in-law of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, is set to become a senior executive at Khazanah Nasional,
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    Lock icon PMI surge bodes well for economy
    694 1  -  Boost in electronics export orders poshes April index past 55 points By Anna Too [SINGAPORE] In the best sign yet that Singapore's economic recovery is gathering strength, a surge in electronics export orders last month sent the purchasing managers' index (PMI) past 55 points
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    72 1 STI 1,839.23 (-2.80) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,831.00 (-4.00) SIMSCI 223.72 (-0.40) SIMSCI FUTURES 222.50 (-0.50) Monday Change KLSE COMP dosed NIKKEI 225 closed HANG SENG 11,950.62 +7.66 SET INDEX _ek»sed JAKARTA COMP ,„dosed MANILA COMP 1,562.65 +7.64 TAIPEIWPI 6,(129.77 MM SEOl LCOMP 866.11 +3.27 SHENZHEN B .dosed Al'ST ALLORD
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    73 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ I'SS (SS per USS) 1.700 £(l'S$/SS per 1.775 3.018 ElRO(US$/SS/E). 1.196 2.034 YEN 110.0 64.70 RM 3.800 2.235 HKS 7.800 4.588 BAHT 39.95 23.50 Rl'PIAH 8.783 5.165 RENMINBI 8.277 4.868 INDIAN RUPEE 44.74 26.31 AS 1.388 0.817 NZS 1.599 0.941 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon SIA senior vice-president in surprise resignation
      504 2  -  Sim Kay Wee skips retirement route, stunning colleagues By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] It isn't often that a senior vice-president (SVP) of Singapore Airlines quits. Of course, that is partly because the airline has only a dozen people at that top management level. So when
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      Lock icon Global Crossing acts to keep Nasdaq listing
      376 2  -  By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Telecommunications network company Global Crossing, which last week highlighted accounting errors in its financial statements, yesterday said it is facing a possible delisting from the Nasdaq exchange, but will be taking the necessary steps to stave off such an
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      Lock icon Outsourcing leader buys S'pore firms
      421 2  -  BT exclusive Deal will fuel US company's expansion in Asia-Pacific By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] A US leader in the outsourcing of employee care services has acquired two Singapore companies, which will help to fuel its expansion in the "extremely fragmented" Asia-Pacific market. Convergys, a group
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SQOO6 crash trial starts in LA today
        88 4 THE first wrongful death case to go to trial in the US against Singapore Airlines for the crash of Flight SQOO6 will begin today at 9am in a Los Angeles Federal Court. The plaintiffs, Sidney and Christina Wu, filed suit on Feb 23,2001,
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        Lock icon Lian Bengwins Mt Sophia condo job
        53 4 LIAN Beng Group's wholly owned subsidiary Lian Beng Construction (1988) has been awarded the building contract for the proposed 313-unit Condominium Housing Development at Mount Sophia. The $68 million contract was awarded by CPL Sophia and will commence on April 20. Completion is scheduled
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        Lock icon Sing Power may issne USs2b of bonds
        87 4 BASIS Point yesterday said Singapore Power's purchase of US power company TXU Corp's Australian assets for US$3.7 billion could lead to a bond issue of up to US$2 billion. Sing Power agreed to buy TXU Australia Holdings last Monday, and Morgan Stanley is
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        Lock icon Media Stream seeks extensions
        104 4 MEDIASTREAM yesterday said it has applied to the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority for an extension for its accounts to be laid at its AGM. It has also applied to the Singapore Exchange for a waiver on the maximum four-month interval allowed between the close of
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        Lock icon SAP sets AsiaPharm fair value at 39C
        84 4 STANDARD Poor's Asian Equity Research yesterday estimated the fair value for new public offer AsiaPharm to be 39 cents per share. Bermuda-incorporated AsiaPharm has its business activities mainly in China and its principal activities include the production and sale of pharmaceutical drugs, active
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        Lock icon Intraco names non-exec director
        58 4 INTRACO Ltd yesterday announced the appointment of Teo Kiang Kok as an independent, non-executive director with effect from May 3,2004. Mr Teo has also been appointed a member of the nominating committee. Mr Teo, a partner of Messrs Shook Lin Bok since 1988, heads the firm's
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      Lock icon CapitaLand gets boost from overseas earnings
      514 4  -  Q1 profit soars 73% due to higher contributions from China projects By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND president and CEO Liew Mun Leong said yesterday the group is on track to lift overseas net earnings to more than 75 per cent of total earnings within the
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      Lock icon GK Goh's Linus Koh joins SGX
      271 4  -  By Serena Ng GK GOH'S executive director and chief operating officer Linus Koh, who resigned from the stockbroking firm last week, will be joining the Singapore Exchange as head of its products and services group from May 20. Mr Koh, who will join as
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      Lock icon Midas proposes 2-for-1 share split to boost liquidity
      335 4  -  Earnings jump 77% in Q1 as turnover doubles By Joyce Koh RECENTLY listed Midas Holdings yesterday became the latest company to propose a share split to boost its share liquidity and expand its shareholders' base. Each existing share of eight cents par
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      Lock icon HK firm bringing China retailer to list on SGX
      532 6  -  Listed CNI takes stake in Chinese firms just before they go public By Loh Hui Yin A FINANCIAL services firm in Hong Kong which specialises in "last mile" financing for companies from north-east China is bringing a supermarket from Liaoning province
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      Lock icon ChinaCast in IPO launch
      231 6  -  By Teh Shi Ning BILLED as the first Chinese Internet play to get a listing here, China Cast Communication Holdings yesterday launched an initial public offer of 110.5 million shares at 49 cents a share. Four million shares will be sold by public offer and the
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      Lock icon S'pore duo invest in China cancer drug venture
      342 6  -  AnnAik directors will control holding company intended for listing By Kenneth Lim TWO directors of mainboard-listed steel company AnnAik are taking a majority stake in a China venture to produce anti-cancer drugs. Ann Aik executive chairman James Ow and chief executive Tan
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      Lock icon Don't judge China by a single yardstick
      815 6  -  HOCK lock siew loh hui yin NOW that China's economic growth is set to slow be it a soft landing or something more painful what does the future hold for shareholders of China stocks listed here? They had bought their shares on the
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      Lock icon Teckwah sells property in asset light strategy
      318 10/11  -  $48m sale will help reduce bank debt; Teckwah to lease back building By Joyce Koh MAINBOARD-listed Teckwah Industrial Corp yesterday said it has entered into a conditional put and call option agreement with Mapletree Investments to sell TIC Tech Centre for $48 million.
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      Lock icon Pan-United Q1 profit jumps 64%
      235 10/11  -  By Joyce Koh MAINBOARD-listed PanUnited Marine yesterday announced a 64 per cent surge in earnings to $5.4 million for the first quarter of 2004. Turnover for the newlylisted company also increased 40 per cent to $58.9 million from $42.2 million previously. This was due to
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      Lock icon Thai Village interim profit surges 65% to $2.9m
      403 10/11  -  Disposal of loss-making outlets, cost controls and higher productivity cited By Teh Shi Ning MAINBOARD-LISTED Thai Village Holdings Ltd, which owns a chain of specialty restaurants serving ThaiTeochew fare, yesterday announced a delectable 65 per cent rise in interim net earnings to
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      Lock icon Inno-Pac bid for analyst coverage backfires
      536 10/11  -  Two reports make 'sell' calls after it pays fee to join SGX research scheme By Kenneth Lim MAYBE seeking a higher profile among Singapore investors wasn't such a good idea for Inno-Pacific Holdings. The loss-making owner of the Shakey's pizza franchise in the US
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      95 4 f K1 jXdffr* K J m JM ■71|y xf M W fix mm H Bt Wm m jrl I a a f r^*l J Jjji job \M Nominations for the 2004 eso.startup awards are now open Recognising Singapore's New Enterprises To be eligible, a company be a privately-held enterprise be
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      510 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN United Test And Assembly Center May 3 dosing: 85.5 canto WE are attracted by Utac's growth potential, which will see the company turn around in FYO4 with a net profit of US$l6.9 million. In FYOS, we expect strong earnings growth of 95.9 per cent
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      Lock icon Improving fundamentals make Cerebos promising
      306 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of Cerebos Pacific, the maker of the renowned Brand's Essence of Chicken tonic drink, has retraced from its January and February highs of over $3. It closed unchanged at $2.94 yesterday. The stock was battered by the
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      Lock icon Central banks poised to call the shots
      577 8  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Asian currencies remain on the defensive versus US$ ahead of today's Fed meeting larry wee ASIAN currency markets had a subdued session yesterday. Japanese and Chinese players were on an extended break, and there was caution ahead of today's meeting
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      Lock icon Weak session as market runs true to form
      526 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy LOCAL stocks ran true to form yesterday. The broad market was weak but support for a handful of counters kept the Straits Times Index afloat. Turnover slumped, suggesting the absence of all but the most hardcore traders.
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon QAF raises stake in PSC Corp to over 10%
        98 8 INDONESIAN-LINKED food group QAF, which is controlled by Andree Halim, has raised its deemed shareholding in PSC Corporation to just above 10 per cent from 9.42 per cent, after an open-market purchase of 7.78 million shares on April 30. The move
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        Lock icon Agva president adds to stake
        68 8 THE president and CEO of lifestyle products maker Agva Corporation, Albert Lim (above), bought 50,000 shares in the company at 22 cents apiece on April 29. The open-market purchase raised his direct holding to 48.09 per cent from 48.07 per cent. He also has a
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        Lock icon RSM chief acquires more shares
        61 8 THE chief executive officer and executive director of RSH, Vinod Kumar Gomber, bought 25,000 shares in the open market on April 29 and 30 at 59 cents per share. The purchases raised his direct holding in the sporting goods retailer to 5.4 per cent from
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        Lock icon Penguin Boat director pares holding
        61 8 AN executive director of Penguin Boat International, Alex Yong, yesterday sold 100,000 shares of the ferry and boat services company in the open market at 16.5 cents apiece. The sale reduced his direct holding to 4.96 per cent, or around 9.93 million shares, from 5.01
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        Lock icon New substantial shareholder at Tat Hong
        89 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG TAT Hong Holdings, which rents and sells cranes and heavy equipment, said yesterday Ng Chwee Cheng has become a substantial shareholder after the purchase of 555,000 shares at 45.2 cents apiece in the open market on April 29. The purchase
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      425 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 3 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -970.00 -32.00 BTCAPt -*****.00 -132.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -97.00 AM-SG Equities 493.34 -0.59 SC Equities Elect 170.15 -0.40 SG Equities Fin 1501.46 -7.95 SG Equities Prop 436.16 +2.42 SIMSCi 223.72 -0.40 SiMSCI Futures 222.50 -0.50 Motto Vd— Informatics 5c 106.005,000
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  • SMALLcaps
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      Lock icon Small-cap portfolio pummelled 3.5%
      446 9  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SMALL-CAPITALISATION stocks continued to be clobbered last week, with the UOB Sesdaq Index weakening by 3.6 per cent. The index has lost some 13 per cent in the last 10 weeks. In line with the general poor sentiment, our small-cap portfolio also
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      Lock icon Will Eagle ever fly again?
      808 9  -  China ceramic tiles and sanitary ware maker is reeling from keen competition and weak management, writes ANGELA TAN ANGELA TAN CERAMIC tiles and sanitary ware maker Eagle Brand, once a darling of investors looking for a China play, has become an example of how a
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      Lock icon Bumpy flight
      38 9 Operating margin -30 44% Return on cap -13.90% Pre-tax margin -33.19% Asset turnover 0.37 Return on assets -12.31% Financial leverage 1.13 Return on equity -13.91% Effective tax rate -1.46% Fiscal year-end is Jan 31 Source: Bloomberg
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Chip makers the most upbeat: EDB
      623 10/11  -  Two-thirds of electronics manufacturers expect better business in next 6 months By Raju Chellam AMONG manufacturers, Singapore-based semiconductor makers are the most optimistic about the next six months. They see more orders for chips used in communications and consumer electronics, and most expect to
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      Lock icon MFA perm sec Tan Chin Tiong to retire
      242 10/11 TAN Chin Tiong, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), will retire from the administrative service on July 15. Peter Ho, now Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence (Mindef), will take his place. Mr Tan, 59, joined the admin
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      Lock icon Harry Elias beefe up sport law practice
      126 10/11 LAW firm Harry Elias Partnership (HEP) said yesterday Annabel Pennefather, Singapore's Chef de* Mission to the Athens Olympics, will join its new Sport Law practice. Ms Pennefather started practising in 1972 and specialised in property law and international business transactions. One of the
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      Lock icon Services sector's outlook positive
      398 10/11  -  Only department stores and other retailers are expecting lower sales By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE'S services industries are forecasting a favourable business outlook for the six months ending September, with a net balance of 31 per cent of firms seeing improved business conditions, according to the Department
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      Lock icon Govt won't raise retirement age yet
      436 10/11  -  By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE is not ready yet to raise the retirement age from the current 62 years as there is still a sizeble segment of the workforce that can be tapped, according to Acting Minister for Manpower Ng Eng Hen. He was referring
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Foreign owners in prime areas fall
      525 12  -  Take-up rate of homes in the central area hovers at 25-30% compared to 40% eight years ago, consultants tell Vince Chong Vince Chong THE proportion of foreigners who own properties in prime districts has fallen compared with the figure eight years ago, according to
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Celcom may re-list on KL exchange in Q4
      436 13 KUALA LUMPUR Move could come after its network integration with TM Cellular CELCOM (M) Bhd could be re-listed on the Malaysian stock exchange in the fourth quarter, after completing the bulk of its network integration with TM Cellular by July, The Star
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      Lock icon ACP Industries eyes stake in IJM Corp
      255 13 KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIAN building material maker ACP Industries Bhd plans to acquire a stake in construction firm IJM Corp Bhd from some institutions through a stock and cash deal, a business weekly said yesterday. The Edge weekly, quoting unidentified sources, reported the move
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      Lock icon Bakun Dam will meet deadline, says consortium
      253 13 KUALA LUMPUR Main power tunnel completed 4 months ahead of schedule THE Bakun Dam will meet its September 2007 deadline, New Straits Times reported yesterday, citing the Malay-sia-China Hydro Joint Venture, the consortium building it. "We have completed the main power tunnel, the
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    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon HK fund suffers huge loss in April
        70 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Exchange Fund, part of the city's official reserves, made an investment loss in April that wiped out its first-quarter gain of HK$l6.B billion (553.7 billion), the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said yesterday. "The figure has been very volatile
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        Lock icon Suicide attacks feared in Thai south
        63 13 Reuters [PATTANI, Thailand] More than 800 heavily armed troops arrived yesterday in Thailand's Muslim south where authorities are on full alert for possible suicide attacks after a bloody uprising last week, officials said. The soldiers will join a stepped up security effort in the
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      • Article
        Lock icon Acer expects to double PC shipments
        77 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Acer Inc forecast its shipments of desktop computers will double this year and plans to be the world's third-biggest maker within three years. Acer last year re-entered the US, the world's largest PC market, through agreements with retailers such as Best Buy
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        Lock icon HK economy remains robust
        63 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's economy remained robust in April as global economic recovery boosted business although the pace of growth eased slightly from the previous month, the latest monthly Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) shows. The seasonally adjusted PMI dipped to 54.8 in April from 55.4
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Indian IT companies in the big league
      806 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal THE Indian software industry has come of age. Three of the largest information technology (IT) companies have each achieved a turnover level of over US$1 billion recently. The largest, Tata Consulting Services (TCS), crossed the threshold last
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      35 14 'A lot of the world's stability or instability is resting on the leadership in Beijing there is no question about that.' Richard Koo an economist, on the significance of the Chinese economy.
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      Lock icon The real risk of China's economy
      606 14 EDITORIAL FINANCIAL markets are running scared of a slowdown in China's economy when what they should really be worrying about is the danger that authorities there fail to slow the leviathan through the use of conventional policy instruments. This means Beijing might eventually have
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      Lock icon Merits of currency basket arrangements
      1800 14  -  In a world of generalised flexible exchange rates among the major currencies, pegging to a basket of currencies is a feasible and attractive choice By Ramkishen S Rajan FOLLOWING the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) latest consultation with Malaysia, the institution's executive directors acknowledged the overall
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      Lock icon Manila telcos set to post strong Q1 earnings
      468 15 MANILA May 10 elections expected to prompt flood of text messages and calls Reuters THE Philippines' top two telephone firms are set to report strong rises in quarterly profits this week and upbeat conditions for the near-term as better and cheaper services
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      Lock icon More Chinese women finding jobs in MNCs
      412 15 BEIJING Xinhua XU Ling, who is graduating in July from Beijing University, is trying hard to land a job in a Fortune 500 company. "Foreign enterprises offer a decent salary, and a nice working environment," she said. "More importantly, I get to develop
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      477 16 RED CHIP WOES Friends, relatives of senior execs said to have received preferential allotments Reuters [HONG KONG] Corruption watchdogs in Hong Kong and mainland China are investigating China Life Insurance Co Ltd's allocation of shares during its IPO last December, a Hong Kong newspaper
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      263 16 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Wah Sang Gas Holdings Ltd, whose stock has been halted about a month amid a regulatory probe, was fined for alleged foreign-exchange violations as authorities in Hong Kong and China continue their investigation, a shareholder said. The Hong Kong-listed
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      417 18 OMAHA, Nebraska Prices of raw materials rise; Buffett expects trend to stay Reuters WARREN Buffett, the world's second-wealthiest man, said some businesses in his Berkshire Hathaway Inc holding company were starting to feel the pinch of inflation as energy and commodity prices rise. Soaring steel
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      242 19 FRANKFURT Demand fuelled by communication devices and computer producers Reuters GLOBAL sales of chips continued to accelerate in March, rising 32.3 per cent year-on-year, as producers of communication devices and computers fuelled demand for semiconductors, a European trade association said yesterday.
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      494 20 LATEST US INDICATORS Growth of US manufacturing slowed last month AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] Construction spending registered its best month on record in March, but US manufacturing growth slowed a bit in April, weighed down in part by higher material costs. The Commerce Department reported
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      398 20 HELSINKI AFP UP to six million computers worldwide may have been infected by the Sasser worm first detected last week, including those of some large multinational corporations, Finnish Internet security firm F-Secure said yesterday. "Our estimate is that at least hundreds
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      248 20 NEW YORK AFP US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said in remarks published yesterday that he would seriously consider former treasury secretary Robert Rubin to replace Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan when he retires. "I'd certainly look to somebody like a Bob
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      150 20 WASHINGTON Reuters GOOGLE Inc excluded Goldman Sachs Group Inc, one of the world's largest underwriters, as a lead manager for its planned US$2.7 billion initial public offering because it was angry with the investment bank, Newsweek magazine said on Sunday. Google asked investment banks
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      337 20 LONDON MBNA, the US credit card company, is thought to be the frontrunner to buy Egg, the internet bank, which could be worth more than £1.4 billion (554.2 billion). Prudential, which owns a 79 per cent stake in Egg, has been
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        79 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] No 1 microprocessor maker Intel Corp yesterday estimated the cost of expensing stock options to be less in Ql 2004 than a year earlier. The Santa Clara, California company, which opposes options expensing, saw stock options cutting earnings by 17
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        85 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] A federal probe of Coca-Cola Co has intensified as a federal grand jury was scheduled and regulators subpoenaed employees, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The grand jury will hear testimony in the case around May 25, the Journal said, quoting
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        91 20 Reuters [LONDON] British phone firm BT Group Pic could get bids worth £15 billion (Ss4s billion) from private equity firms for its national telecommunications network, The Observer newspaper reported on Sunday. The unsourced report said firms such as Apax, Permira and US lease finance
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        81 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US supermarket chain Safeway Inc said Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Co founder George Roberts and KKR partner James Greene will leave its board after pension funds complained that a lack of independence contributed to losses. Mr Roberts and Mr Greene, as well as director
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      59 21 [HONG KONG] People signing a poster saying Protect Harbour, Stop Reclamation' before a march to protest against the reclamation of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Sunday. Enviromental activists have led a campaign to prevent the governmentfrom reclaiming 18 hectares of the harbour which is needed to build a
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      637 21  -  IMO and London Roundtable participation add importance to Asian Shipowners' Forum Reports by Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Asian voice in international shipping, along with Singapore's position as a major maritime centre, will both be given a boost later this month when
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      309 21 [SINGAPORE] Concerns over the impending ISPS Code deadline and piracy are among the topics to be discussed at industry dialogue sessions later this month, according to Federation of Asean Shipowners' Associations chairman S S Teo, who said he anticipates "very open" discussions. Compliance
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      315 21 SGX n '000 Apt 30 St 4 Vol CH Offshore _......0.37 unch 4276 ChuanHup .0.49 -0.01 4348 Cosco Investment .0.75 0.03 ***** CWT Distribution 0 52 -0.01 20 Ezra Hklgj 1.03 0 06 554 Freighttjnks .0.12 0.01 862 GBHoldingi .0.74 unch 163 Jaya Holdings 0.80 0.01 2207 K1
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      460 21  -  ELOGICITY CASE Venture partners seek a minimum of $17m in share value By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA International and P&O Australia Ports, subsidiaries of the world's second and third largest terminal operators, have been accused of secretly collaborating with competitors and
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      156 21 Bloomberg [OSLO] Royal P&O Nedlloyd, the world's fourth-biggest container shipping line, said it is winning higher rates from Asia to the US. "Negotiations are meeting the expectations we had three months ago," spokeswoman Gill Samuels said in a telephone interview from Rotterdam. "We are
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        980 22  -  Analyst says a clean sweep of executive offices would give Grinstein a team that is loyal to his vision and carries less baggage from last year's pay scandal By Russell Grantham NYT [ATLANTA] Leo Mullin and his top lieutenants are now gone, mostly,
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      115 22 PAGE Austral AL 5 Bank Line 4 BSA 4 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Far Shpg 5 Foong Sun 5 Gemartrans 4 i Hamburg Sud 3 Hangli 4 Heung-A 3
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        1700 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES I Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seg berthing Nmbr ACX DAHLIA 075N 075N 1 04/05/2004-17:00 05/05/2004-06:00 T04 ACX RAFFLES 090S 090S 1 04/*****4-07:00 04/*****4-18:30 P06 AKSOY TRUVA 0409 0408 1 04/*****4-10:30 04/05/2004-15:00 K13 ANPA 4107 4107 1 05/05/2004-12:00
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        114 27 May S Japan: Children's Day. Netherlands: Liberation Day. S.Korea: Children's Day. Thailand: Coronation Day. May 8 France: Remem Day (WW2). May 17 Norway: National Day. May 20 Belgium: Ascension Day. France: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. Indonesia: Ascension Day. Netherlands: Ascension Day. Norway: Ascension Day. Sweden: Ascension Day.
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        798 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine 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 individual
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        636 27 Cirton 18 o Max 989.9 0.6 16.2 0.06 38 0.04 Apr 29 Density Water Residue AshAlumlnlum Sediment No above E25 0 0 t 0 0 0 5T*7ii 380 Ave 986.7 0.3 13.8 0.05 24 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 994.4 0.7 17.8 0.08 64 0.05 m/M'3 HV/V
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        210 28 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) wiH launch the world's longest non-stop commercial flight with its new direct New York services from June 28, the local flagship carrier announced yesterday. The 18 hour, 16,000 km flight using one of its new Airbus 340-500 aircraft
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        275 28 Reuters [ROME] Alitalia flights returned to normal yesterday after five days of strike chaos, as the government prepared to meet unions and management for crisis talks aimed at saving the loss-making airline. The negotiations kicked off yesterday afternoon and ministers hope to reach
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        253 28 AP [SYDNEY] Aviation authorities yesterday launched investigations into a 23-year-old woman who flew her light plane underneath Sydney's Harbour Bridge. The bridge has long been considered a possible target for terrorists and Sunday's stunt exposed how difficult it would be to protect it
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        404 28 Reuters [SEATTLE] Boeing Co's new mid-sized 7E7 jetliner would be a great fit for Continental Airlines, if only the airline had the money to pay for it, the carrier's chief executive said on Friday. "We said we're ready to order, we're just not
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        127 28 Reuters [ZURICH] Airline Swiss is still in talks with rival British Airways for a cooperation deal which would pave the way for the flag carrier to join the oneworld alliance, a Swiss spokeswoman said yesferday. Media reports over the weekend said that
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        476 28 Indian Airlines traffic jumps 28% in April; buying more planes Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Prosperity and cheaper airfares are stoking demand for air travel in India, Asia's third-big-gest economy. Indian Airlines, the nation's biggest airline by fleet, said passenger traffic increased 28 per cent
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      304 21 Cosco Group following'coa Wefjle's S-ngWora from May 19*>» move to chairman of Cosco America. rf> Executive vice-president Ma Zehua appointed Dr Guo Huaw«l as /h/MaytoAtfus^^ director, replacing Liang OITn/MJOTTIIHMMII lIHHiIMM I CHARLES Taylor Consulting has May 24: Legal issues in Freight appointed David Atwyn as South- Management (R5/5-2004) east Asia/Australia
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      1450 25 I VESSEL VOY SIN PKL PXB BAB PMM BIK CHABAHAR KHORRAMSHAHR| IRAN HORMOZGAN PCL367 07/05 08/05 16/05 17/05 24/05 26/05 28/05 30/05 IRAN SATTARI PCLBO3I 15/05 16/05 25/05 26/05 02/06 04/06 06/06 08/06 IRANSHAHRYAR PCLBO33 23/05 24/05 02/06 03/06 10/06 12/06 14/06 16/06 IRAN KERMAN PCL37O 29/05 30/05 06/06 07/06
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      491 25 J k UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for ATERMON RTM/ATW/B M N/U K/N AN KEELUNG RTM/ATW/B M N/U K/N AN Loads Singapore, EVW. Malaysia, Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading for RAVENNA DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT VTC STAR DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT J FRIEND HDD/JDH/AQA J SAFE DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT •Loads Singapore, EVW. Malaysia. Indonesia USA SERVICE Loading for SPLIT CAM/NOL/NFK/SAV/TPC
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      97 28 A tiUBWIIMMMWWWIB m Melbourne. The thrice weekly services wi* operate from VIENNA SINGAPORE MELBOURNE using the yhc new > /m Bo«*ng 777,200 aircraft J EFFECTIVE 3* JUNE 2004 www.austrianairMncs.com \arO\/ MM Definition Flight No. Day* Of Operation Departure Tim* Arrival Time way t(J»Q mG*nm-*omA osoot wbxfw.su* oohmrs o«oh*s VOMA SMGAPOK
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