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Title Section15 2004-09-01 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MITA (P) 023/03/2004 Wednesday, September 1,200415 words
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Article257 2004-09-01 1 It's all in one big section Starting today. Shipping Times will be incorporated into the main paper. BT will now come in one big section. Aviation News: Pag« 22 Shipping News: Page 23 Shipping Schedules: Pages 28-32 What's new Three-minute Digest For busy executives, there's a257 words
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Article137 2004-09-01 1 sn 1,***** (+12.89) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,920.00 (+17.00) siMsa 231 M (+1.75) SIMSCI FUTURES 231.70 (+2.50) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLSE COMP Closed NIKKEI 225 11.081.79 -102.74 HANG SENG 12.850.28 -27.5 SET INDEX 624.59 >12.14 JAKARTA COMP 754.70 +1.68 TAIPEI yyPI 5,765.54 -23.40 AUST ALLORD +0.50 BOMBAY IND 5,192.08137 words
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Article, Illustration561 2004-09-01 1 DANIEL BUENAS - BT Exclusive Ministries that exceed staffing limit face headcount surcharge By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] In a move aimed at restructuring and streamlining the government, the civil service could cut up to 9 per cent of its headcount, or aroundSource: Budget for the Financial Year 2004/2005 - 561 words
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Advertisement99 2004-09-01 1 COMMENTARY How well has Tfemasek steered its companies? PG4 PUJfr TRIED AND TRUSTED gets a boost pg 36 New HDB flats Yesterday, a BT columnist asked whether singles will be allowed to buy new flats direct from the HDB. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan has now given an answer.99 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article, Illustration538 2004-09-01 2 ALVIN TAY - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ALVIN TAY Editor SOME of you have asked me why so many of Singapore's major newspapers are being revamped. 1 can only speak for one of them The Business Times. It was in 1995 that BT last had538 words
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266 2004-09-01 2 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Wee Cho Yaw's United Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore's No 2 bank, is among the Ave lenders picked by the Indonesian government to bid for a US$4l2 million stake in PT Bank Permata. Standard Chartered, a UK lender that makesBloomberg - 266 words
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Article, Illustration495 2004-09-01 2 Westcomb partners part ways; S J Wong plans new start-up HONG Kong-based financier S J Wong and high-profile IPO maestro Choo Ghee Kong are parting ways over the future direction of Singapore-listed Westcomb Financial Group, formerly known as SBI E2-Capital. Mr Wong is now putting together a new495 words
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Article532 2004-09-01 3 LOH HUI YIN - Westcomb's chairman quits to form new team to compete with financial services group Reports by LOH HUI YIN [SINGAPORE] They were once business partners, but soon they'll be competing head-on in the IPO market. Hong Kong-based financier S J Wong and high-profile IPO maestro Choo532 words
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Article, Illustration298 2004-09-01 3 [SINGAPORE] He advised businessman Oei Hong Leong on a major corporate deal in Hong Kong before the latter returned to Singapore a few years ago. He's an engineer by training but barely practised his profession. A Instead, he prefers "financial engineering'' investing298 words
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459 2004-09-01 3 TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR - India fever is in the air as company mulls secondary S'pore listing By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR [SINGAPORE] If Singapore is worried about India taking information technology jobs away from it, perhaps buying into one of India's leading IT and business outsourcing459 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration516 2004-09-01 4 WONG WEI KONG - Temasek appears in no hurry to up bid, which adviser says is 'fair' By WONG WEI KONG TEMASEK Holdings may have to up its bid for national shipping group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) if its general offer is to succeed, but there are fewSource: Bloomerg; REUTERS - 516 words
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Article481 2004-09-01 4 Competition hits Total Access TOTAL Access Communication, Thailand's second-largest mobile phone firm, said yesterday its net new subscribers dropped 34 per cent in July due to fierce competition. Singapore-listed Total Access, 30 per cent owned by Norway's Telenor ASA, said in a statement it had 89,213 net new481 words
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740 2004-09-01 4 WONG WEI KONG - HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG Temasek Holdings' first public annual report since it was founded 30 years ago will soon be out. But while the effort to improve transparency will be welcomed, its stewardship of the companies under its charge is740 words
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Article, Illustration513 2004-09-01 6 JOYCE KOH - Results boosted by consolidation of fully-owned Thistle Hotels' profit By JOYCE KOH THF recent steady climb in BIL International's share price could find its explanation in the Singapore-based hotel and property-invest-ment group's remarkable full-year turnaround. The mainboard-listed group returned to the black for theCHRIS LOH - 513 words
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282 2004-09-01 6 JOYCE KOH - By JOYCE KOH HESHF Holdings has slashed its full-year loss despite a big drop in turnover. The Sesdaq-listed company narrowed its net loss to $4.9 million for the full year ended June 30, from $21.3 million in FY2003. But turnover sank 62.5 per282 words
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350 2004-09-01 6 VINCE CHONG - By VINCE CHONG RAFFLES Hotel has become the first in the industry to join the wage restructuring bandwagon. The monthly variable component (MVC) for the hotel's staff" will rise to 10 per cent from 3 per cent. The350 words
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Article, Illustration651 2004-09-01 7 KENNETH LIM - Lim Seek Yeow, who has two other companies lined up for listing, shares some pointers with KENNETH LIM KENNETH LIM LIM Seek Yeow may not have taken his 0 Levels, but he can tell you which are the meatiest breeds of pig andCHRIS LOH - 651 words
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285 2004-09-01 7 TANG WENG FAI - By TANG WENG FAI HOPING to steal a march on its rivals, Mobile One (Ml), the second largest mobile telco here, says it may launch a high-speed wireless Internet service by the middle of next year. "Yes, we're planning to launch something next year285 words
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212 2004-09-01 7 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (AReit) yesterday said it bought an industrial property in the Ang Mo Kio area for $75 million, bringing its total portfolio to $1.3 billion. The acquisition of Techpoint building from its parent, the Ascendas group, is expected to212 words
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304 2004-09-01 9 JEAN CHUA - Medicine maker proposes to place out 46.2m shares, offer 3.8m shares to public By JEAN CHUA MEDICINE maker Pharmesis International yesterday lodged its preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, making it the latest Chinese company to seek a listing here. The mainboard aspirant304 words
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Article, Illustration397 2004-09-01 9 Bloomberg DBS Group plans to more than double the number of branches and representative offices in China to take advantage of a trade agreement that may further lower entry requirements. Singapore's largest bank by assets "plans to open another seven or eightBloomberg; REUTERS - 397 words
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Article, Illustration512 2004-09-01 9 JEAN CHUA - By JEAN CHUA EVEN as it rides on a profitable year, recently main-board-listed Jets Technics International Holdings is already looking beyond home market Hong Kong for its next stage of high growth. "We have been enjoying rather good margins in Hong Kong butAFP - 512 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration936 2004-09-01 8 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent T HANKS to a sharp pull-back in oil prices, both Wall Street and the US dollar have exhibited a much healthier tone over the past week but the real test of their resilience could well936 words
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Article, Illustration451 2004-09-01 8 KENNETH LIM - Compiled by KENNETH LIM Keppal Corp Aug 31 dose: 557.10 SINGAPORE Petroleum Co chairman and Keppel executive d irectoi Choo Chiau Beng made two separate open market purchases ol 50,000 SPC shares at 553.06 and 552.98 each last week. Mr Choo's stake now stands at 150.00 C sharesSource: Bloomberg - 451 words
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Article, Illustration384 2004-09-01 8 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent FROM a purely psychological and technical standpoint, the fact that the Straits Times Index has managed to stay above 1,900 is comforting to some players. Ditto the Dow Jones index and the 10,000 mark. These performances have come about apparently384 words
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Article, Illustration340 2004-09-01 8 LIM SAY BOON, K AJITH - CHART POINT By LIM SAY BOON, K AJITH OCBC Investment Research AMIDST the agony of our rangebound market, some interesting action has emerged on the small cap front. And while small caps still look the most promising sector near-term, absolute gains maySource: Reuters - 340 words
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Article374 2004-09-01 8 KENNETH LIM - Compiled by KENNETH LIM Elite KSB owners in married purchases THE controlling family of chicken slaughterer Elite KSB increased their stakes in the Sesdaq-listed company company last week through married deals. Founder and executive chairman Chew Koh bought 500,000 shares at 12.5 cents on Friday and now374 words
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Article, Illustration430 2004-09-01 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES AUG 31 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 339.00 +43.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +28.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +34.00 All-SG Equities 499.32 +2.92 SG Equities Elect 160.69 +1.15 SG Equities Fin 1573.55 +9.10 SG Equities Prop 458.08 +9.26 SIMSCI 231.48 +1.75 SiMSCI Futures 231.70 +2.50 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME SingTel430 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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869 2004-09-01 10 ANDREA TAN - But Mah says for now, govt wants to reserve new flats for families By ANDREA TAN SINGLES aged 35 and above may one day get to buy their homes direct from the Housing and Development Board again. Minister for National Development869 words
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Article, Illustration336 2004-09-01 10 TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR - By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR DEUTSCHE Bank is beefing up its corporate finance platform in South-east Asia to bolster an uptick in merger and acquisition and capital markets activity this year. Its head of corporate finance for South-east Asia, Jeff Speke, told BT: "Our pipeline336 words
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Article158 2004-09-01 10 MEDICAL devices maker Welch Allyn said its Singapore R&D centre is working on a complex electronic patient monitoring system project for the global market that could potentially contribute to 10 per cent of its sales from 2006. The privately owned, New York-based company158 words
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708 2004-09-01 10 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Move comes as old CBD offices plan to redevelop into flats By KALPANA RASHIWALA THE government yesterday left development charge (DC) rates, payable for enhancing a site's use, intact for most use groups and locations. However, the few changes that it did make708 words
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470 2004-09-01 10 JOYCE KOH - By JOYCE KOH ALTHOUGH more people are holding credit cards, the good news is that fewer are defaulting on their credit card loans. According to the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the number of main cards issuance has risen about 16 per cent470 words
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Article287 2004-09-01 10 NANDE KHIN - The number of people discharged and bankruptcy petitions also rise By NANDE KHIN THERE are still signs that the economic upturn hasn't reached everybody. Bankruptcy rose in July, according to the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office OPTO). The number of bankrupts at July 31 increased287 words
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FOCUS: MOBILE EXECUTIVE
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Article, Illustration1017 2004-09-01 11 RAJU CHELLAM - The trend towards notebook computers is gaining momentum at the expense of desktop PCs, as RAJU CHELLAM finds out RAJU CHELLAM AS desktop personal computer sales start to shrink, notebook computer shipments are set to rise. That's as true in Singapore as it is for mostSource: DeplaySearchSemiconductor Equipment & Materials Int'l - 1,017 words
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Article, Illustration435 2004-09-01 12 Graphics by Ben Cruz Shireen Khoo was pulling in business worth millions as a bank officer in a heartland branch. Her impressive portfolio counted 389 customers with loans of $400 million. But in 2002, the bank's internal audit suspected something was wrong and called in CAD. Khoo's secretGraphics by Ben Cruz - 435 words
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Article797 2004-09-01 12 WONG WEI KONG - COMMERCIAL CRIME The Commercial Affairs Department has taken several steps to make its work more transparent to the public. WONG WEI KONG reports WONG WEI KONG ITS job, in the agency's own words, is to expose the "gentlemen" criminals, and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has797 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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Article, Illustration454 2004-09-01 13 Manufacturing gauge for Chicago also slides more than expected AP, Reuters Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US consumer confidence, which had been rising since April, fell sharply last month, as a slowdown in job creation and rising oil prices weighed on sentiment, a private research groupAP,; Reuters Bloomberg; Source: The Conference Board - 454 words
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Article, Illustration369 2004-09-01 13 TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR - By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR HOME loans continued to power the rise in bank lending in July, according to figures released by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday. Lending to the housing sector jumped by 17 per cent to $56.2 billion,Source: MAS - 369 words
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288 2004-09-01 13 ANNA TEO - By ANNA TEO BARELY a month after raising its forecast for world trade growth in 2004, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has jacked it up again, this time by a bigger margin to 9.2 per cent on the back of stronger trade flows, particularly288 words
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389 2004-09-01 13 Anthony Rowley - By Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FURTHER evidence of a slowdown in Japan's economy emerged yesterday with official data showing that industrial output was unchanged in July after dropping by 1.3 per cent the previous month. Analysts had expected output to recover by one per389 words
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MALAYSIA COMPANIES
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Article, Illustration643 2004-09-01 14 Group is producing world-class services at Third World prices [KUALA LUMPUR] YTL group managing director Francis Yeoh has been ranked 21st among Asia's most powerful businessmen by Fortune magazine in 2004. He attributes the group's success in the global business to the Malaysian643 words
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458 2004-09-01 14 Highway maintenance, concession deals will diversify income base [KUALA LUMPUR] PLUS Expressways Bhd, currently ranked sixth among global toll highway operators in terms of market capitalisation, is on an overseas expansion track and has initiated talks with potential partners in Thailand, Indonesia and India,458 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration674 2004-09-01 15 It expects loans to expand between 6% and 8% in the current fiscal year Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Maybank and other lenders are boosting lending to take advantage of an economy that accelerated at its fastest pace in almost four years in the secondBloomberg; FILE PHOTO - 674 words
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INDONESIA
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Article754 2004-09-01 16 SHOEB KAGDA - Investors returning, but long way to go in corp governance, S&P study finds By SHOEB KAGDA in Jakarta WITH international portfolio investors beginning to refocus on Indonesia, the country's corporate sector is awakening to the need to put its house in order. According to market players,754 words
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Article, Illustration194 2004-09-01 16 AFP, Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday told a pre-poll corruption check that he was worth US$5OO,OOO, a sum likely to be dwarfed by rival Megawati Sukarnoputri. The former general, who faces Ms Megawati in the Sept 20 elections, told theAFP,; Reuters - 194 words
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159 2004-09-01 16 AFP [JAKARTA] British energy giant BP has inked a US$2 billion deal to annually supply 800,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a new facility in Indonesia's Papua province to South Korea's K Power, officials said yesterday. The 20-yearAFP - 159 words
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CHINA
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Article, Illustration595 2004-09-01 17 JEAN CHUA - New pricing rules will bring markets in line with global norms, they say By JEAN CHUA THE suspension of initial public offers plus proposed new rules for share sales will help ease liquidity concerns and bring China's stock markets into line with internationalAFP - 595 words
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Article, Illustration586 2004-09-01 17 LOH HUI YIN - HONG KONG INSIGHT LOH HUI YIN HONG Kong's economy is finally and firmly back on its feet. There's no question that the Special Administrative Region is booming. Confidence is strong among Hongkongers, they are spending freely again (note the number of Hongkongers holidaying in expensive586 words
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INDIA
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470 2004-09-01 18/19 Reuters, AFP INEW DELHII The Indian government is aiming for 20 per cent export growth annually for the next five years to meet its target of doubling its share of global trade by 2009, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath saidReuters,; AFP - 470 words
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Article, Illustration688 2004-09-01 18/19 Reuters [NEW DELHI) They've been dubbed "the mandarin and the Madonna": India's unelected technocrat prime minister and its elected, but unofficial, Italian-born power behind the throne. Since their surprise election win in May, the "odd couple" of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh andReuters; AFP - 688 words
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718 2004-09-01 18/19 AJOY SEN - Investment up from S$19m in 1993 to S$2.2b last year; talks on comprehensive trade pact from tomorrow By AJOY SEN in New Delhi SINGAPORK'S two investment arms and local companies are pouring millions of dollars into Indian banking, infrastructure, civil718 words
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ASIA-PACIFIC
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Article, Illustration622 2004-09-01 18/19 AL LABITA - With deals worth over 25b pesos, the Manila JV is now one of the top investment houses By AL LABITA i in Manila WHEN a group of Singaporean and Filipino businessmen set up an investment house in Manila way back in 1997, not a few622 words
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184 2004-09-01 18/19 AMALGAMATED Investment Bancorp (AIB) executive committee chairman Michael Wee is no stranger to Singapore's banking community, having worked at the DBS group of companies for 20 years before his 1995 retirement. Mr Wee was 60 years old whim he stepped down as executive vice-president184 words
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Article, Illustration287 2004-09-01 18/19 ANTHONY ROWLEY - By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo ASIAN Development Bank president Tadao Chino confirmed yesterday that he will resign from the Manilabased bank from early next year, as reported exclusively in The Business Times on Monday. His successor has not yet been announced, but287 words
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WORLD WATCH
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142 2004-09-01 18/19 AFP (TOKYO) Japan's third-largest lender, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, said yesterday it is not considering a hostile takeover bid if UFJ Holdings rejects its merger offer. "That could be one option theoretically but we have no plan to use that at thisAFP - 142 words
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98 2004-09-01 18/19 AFP IJAKARTAI Indonesia's second biggest telecoms company Indosat announced yesterday a first-half net profit of US$77 million, a 78.5 per cent year-on-year rise, due to growth in its cellphone business. It said sales increased 30.7 per cent to 5.07 trillion rupiahAFP - 98 words
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114 2004-09-01 18/19 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hutchison Whampoa is set to pre-market an October initial public offer worth up to US$2 billion in Hong Kong and New York for its emerging market telecoms business, sources said yesterday. Hutchison, controlled by Asia's richest businessman. LiReuters - 114 words
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97 2004-09-01 18/19 Reuters (SHANGHAI I Oow Chemical, the top US chemical maker, is in talks with potential Chinese partners to build a US$3 billion complex on the mainland to tap feverish demand for chemicals. The facility would include an ethylene cracker withReuters - 97 words
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169 2004-09-01 18/19 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's largest supplier of made-to-order chips, and its rivals face declining factory use in the second half this year on falling demand for consumer electronics, an analyst said. "Slowing sales in consumer products requiring advanced technology willBloomberg - 169 words
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162 2004-09-01 18/19 Reuters [BEIJING] China should allow banks to offer higher deposit rates as rising inflation has dented people's enthusiasm to put money in banks, a State Statistical Bureau official said yesterday. Slowing growth in household bank savings in recent months has sounded alarmReuters - 162 words
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Article, Illustration513 2004-09-01 20 Those who shipped most jobs overseas won a pay hike five times the average CEO raise: study CHIEF executives at US companies that shipped jobs overseas won a 46 per cent pay hike last year, more than five times the average CEO raise,Compiled by BT - 513 words
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502 2004-09-01 20 Reuters, Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The infrastructure arm of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing and other investors will buy part of the gas distribution business of Britain's National Grid Transco Pic for about £1 billion (553.07 billion) to spur overseas growth, a bankerReuters,; Bloomberg - 502 words
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413 2004-09-01 20 [NEW YORK] US companies are sitting on large stockpiles of cash they have accumulated from rebounding profits rather than spending it, reflecting a cautious business outlook and reluctance to take risk, the Financial Times reported citing credit analysts. The London financial413 words
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Article, Illustration562 2004-09-01 21 SAMUEL EE - But its design with just a few elements is a complex job, SAMUEL EE learns SAMUEL EE THE clean lines of the new Audi A 6 may look simple, but they were complex to design, revealed Satoshi Wada, the senior designer responsible for the exterior of the562 words
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Article, Illustration678 2004-09-01 22 VEN SREENIVASAN - Budget carrier's site saw over 4.5m hits; moves to improve booking system By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways' promotional $1 tickets for its inaugural flights attracted such overwhelming response that its online booking website crashed and was out of service for much of678 words
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210 2004-09-01 22 [HONG KONG] Australian no-frills air line Virgin Blue is in talks to launch t new China-focused airline from Macau, a press report said yesterday. A South China Morning Post repon said the new airline will ibcus on tapping the emerging China air travel market210 words
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396 2004-09-01 22 NANDE KHIN - It will push for more landing rights and development of three-star hotels By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] The Asean Business Advisory Council (BAC) wants more landing rights for budget airlines in Asean-plus countries, or Asean plus China, South Korea, Japan. Through the Asean396 words
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Article, Illustration567 2004-09-01 23 DONALD URQUHART - S'pore-based ship chandler Sinwa implements own security code By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Ships' supplies and provisions are a weak link in the security chain which could be exploited by terrorists, despite tough new interna-tionally-mandated security rules, according to a leading Singapore-based ship chandler.567 words
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314 2004-09-01 23 AL LABITA - By AL LABITA in Manila THE Philippines' largest container port operator has opened a control facility for dangerous cargo to comply with the new stringent international security and safety rules, company officials said. The International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) said the314 words
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102 2004-09-01 23 [NEW ORLEANS] The Greek-flagged, 98,880-dwt crude oil tanker Astro Altair hit a ferry terminal in New Orleans on Sunday, reportedly putting it out of operation for two weeks. According to local press reports, the vessel "lost steering" and veered into the structure. It is102 words
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Article113 2004-09-01 23 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, said new orders rose by a third to US$B.7 billion in the first seven months of this year, as rising international trade spurred demand for new ships. Shipbuilding orders rose 70 per cent from a yearBloomberg - 113 words
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129 2004-09-01 23 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The cost of shipping gasoline, jet fuel and other so-called clean petroleum products from the Middle East to Asia may rise as increased hiring of ships reduces the number of available vessels in the Middle East. The rate for shipsBloomberg - 129 words
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532 2004-09-01 24 ALTHOUGH oil prices have eased from a historic peak of U5548.70, it may be only a respite the factors behind the 37 per cent run-up in prices in the last two months have not disappeared. The confluence of events that vaulted oil prices532 words
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Article, Illustration1326 2004-09-01 24 YOGI AGGARWAL - A decade of economic liberalisation and competition has left Indian companies leaner, meaner and more confident of making overseas acquisitions YOGI AGGARWAL A QUIET revolution is taking place in corporate India. Just a decade ago Indian companies were running scared as the economy opened to foreignPHOTOS BY AP,; REUTERS - 1,326 words
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Article, Illustration739 2004-09-01 24 ROBERT SAMUELSON - THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON AS Republicans gather in New York, the lacklustre job market must dishearten President George Bush. He had hoped that a strong economic recovery would favour his re-election, and in some ways, he's gotten his wish. Gross domestic product739 words
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Article610 2004-09-01 25 Ee Teck Siew Singapore - Ee Teck Siew Singapore I REFER to the BT article. "CAO's shine all due to one man" (Aug 19). Mr Chen Jiulin. managing director of main board listed China Aviation Oil. turned around the haemorrhaging foreign subsidiary of a Chinese state enterprise within a610 words
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Article, Illustration271 2004-09-01 25 Tan Kok Tim Singapore - Tan Kok Tim Singapore I COMMEND the government for listening to grassroots feedback in setting up the Council on Governance of Institutions of a Public Character. And I look forward to the council's report on public feedback on good governance. Overseas, the American Internal271 words
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Article5265 2004-09-01 27 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES ta tac*l ran tatt MUSS yr tfy yr ity %yt Aug 30 lnd«» 0>«iq« O\tngt Chug* Qvng* Owiq» Owtg* World Index Preliminary 783.7 -0.2 0.7 -0-2 03 -03 -0.7 EAFE Preliminary 720.7 -0.1 2.8 -ft! 0.8 -0-2 -0.1 Eurqpe Pretirranary 976.7 -0.1 0.95,265 words
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Article1696 2004-09-01 33 JOYCE KOH, TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR - The ever hungry Singapore consumer is spoilt for choice as banks dish out dining discounts to win business. JOYCE KOH and TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR find out more JOYCE KOH, TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR IF the way to a man's heart is through his stomach, one might assume it's the same route1,696 words
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Article480 2004-09-01 33 JOYCE KOH - By JOYCE KOH THEIR job is droolworthy. They are the people who go around to the restaurants, sampling the food to bring you the best deals in their bank's dining programmes. After all, the hundreds of restaurant tie-ups don't just happen. Behind all the dining480 words
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Article, Illustration1048 2004-09-01 34 LIM SAY BOON - MONEY MATTERS The longer US markets remain range-bound, the more compelling Asia becomes LIM SAY BOON ASIA appears to be reestablishing itself as the market to be in for equities, even if locals are finding it hard to believe it after seven yearsSource: Compiled by Foo's Fund Service - 1,048 words
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Article236 2004-09-01 34 AFTER the one-year rally in US equities, triggered by the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the S&PSOO has found itself trapped in sideways action that has been frustratingly difficult to trade. About a month ago, the S&PSOO chart cut below the crucial 200-day moving average. That led236 words
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960 2004-09-01 35 POK SOY YOONG - YOU AND THE TAXMAN Under the new one-tier tax, an operating holding company has an advantage over a pure investment holding company. Ernst Young explains By POK SOY YOONG The one-tier tax system was introduced on Jan 1, 2003. It will not take full effect until960 words
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Article551 2004-09-01 35 GENEVIEVE CUA - COVER STORY: TRUSTS By GENEVIEVE CUA REGUIjVTORY changes are expected to usher in a more challenging operating backdrop for trustees. But clients, who are the settlors of a trust, can expect two-fold benefits. They'll enjoy relatively greater flexibility, for one, in their trust instruments, and the assurance551 words
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