The Business Times, 4 September 2004

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    21 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend MITA (P) 023/03/2004 S»pt»mt)»r 4-S, 2004 o«lm<* 'H http 'Vbinrn< k V; com «g SINGAPORE 85 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    137 1 STI 1,936.55 (-431) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,935.00 (-8.00) SIMSCI 233.69 (-1.04) SIMSO FUTURES 233.70 (-1.20) MARKETS Friday Change KISECOMP 841.90 -0.14 NIKKEI 225 11.022.49 -130.26 HANG SENG 12,948.10 -50.97 SET INDEX 629.08 +0.30 JAKARTA COMP 786.49 +6.22 TAIPEI WPI 5,761,14 -91.71 AUSTALLORD 3.584.40 -10.30 BOMBAY IND 5,218.46 +19.74
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    Lock icon A $500 million event to watch
    925 1  -  Inspired by the success of this year's timepiece exhibitions, collectors and retailers are talking of a blockbuster event next year By VINCE CHONG [SINGAPORE] Watch this space. Major timepiece players and collectors in Singapore are talking of an exceptional effort to jointly stage a
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    Lock icon Bush hits the campaign trail in earnest
    219 1 LAT-WP AP Reuters [WASHINGTON] In an often eloquent and at times visionary speech yesterday, President George W Bush accepted the Republican nomination to run in November's election for another four years in office. He pledged to work towards fundamental government reform and a
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    Lock icon US fund puts Temasek on the defensive over its $2.80-a-share NOL offer
    675 1  -  It says board should solicit buyers as NOL is worth more By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] Is an American fund "doing a Temasek" on Temasek? In a surprise move yesterday, New York-based Paulson Co which has built up
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Has Anwar missed the reformasi boat?
      1349 2  -  Abdullah has stolen a march on Anwar with his anti-graft drive but Anwar could still have aces up his sleeve, says EDDIE TOH in KL EDDIE TOH TRAFFIC at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur came to a standstill six years ago as some 30,000
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      Lock icon PSA to add 10 berths to cope with surging cargo volumes
      406 2  -  New berths at Pasir Panjang will help ease congestion By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] In a further move to ease the extreme pressure building up on its facilities as a result of surging volumes, PSA has decided to build 10
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      Lock icon US jobless, payroll numbers show pick-up
      401 2 LATEST US DATA AP AFP Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] America's payrolls picked up last month, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, the most since May, suggesting the economy is emerging from a mid-year lull. The unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 per cent last month from
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      769 2 PSA decides to build even more berths PSA Corp has decided to build 10 more berths at its Pasir Panjang Terminal over the next five to seven years to ease rising congestion. The new berths are on top of five that the port operator has already commissioned under
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Don't get too comfortable
      1158 3 Step out of your comfort zone and learn something new. HP Asia-Pac MD Paul Chan tells RAJU CHELLAM why it's a rewarding experience HE'S the highestranking Singaporean in the world's second-largest infotech company, Hew-lett-Packard. He is responsible for about US$ll billion in annual revenues that the
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      Lock icon Sold on S'pore
      409 3 US giant Hewlett-Packard Company is betting big on Singapore. Apart from Singapore being its Asia-Pacific and Japan headquarters, the company does more than US$B billion of manufacturing in Singapore annually and runs its regional R&D hub from Singapore. According to the Economic Development Board (EDB), HP's cumulative
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Chartered update signals worse times to come
      515 4  -  Intel also warns of falling demand for products like PCs and mobile phones By TANG WENG FAI CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing (CSM) saw its guidance for a stormier second half coming true as its update for the third quarter cements earlier warnings of stagnating
      Source: Bloomberg  -  515 words
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      Lock icon Bank NISP chief joins OCBC board
      178 4 PRAMUKTI Suijaudaja, the chief of Indonesia's Bank NISP, may have become the first Indonesian to join the board of a Singapore bank. OCBC Bank, which earlier this year acquired a 22.5 per cent stake in Bank NISP for 119 million, has roped in Mr
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      Lock icon Koh Beng Seng's not leaving: UOB
      392 4  -  Talk rife that ex-MAS banker and colleagues quit By KENNETH LIM DESPITE United Overseas Bank's earlier denial, rumours continued to swirl yesterday that veteran financier Koh Beng Seng was leaving the group. And the talk was that the deputy president was quitting after at
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    • Article
      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      6884 4 Transaction date: Sep 3 l*t Vol Day Lift Quota GrOtv Mv GfTM Nat MCa> High low Coda Company Sala fOOO) High low luyar Sa«ar Cyr Pit SmS 25.5 5.5 5716 1st Software 5c 5.5 -0.5 481 6 5.5 5.5 6.5 218 34.5 22 3148 8TelecomUS2c .27 -1 2948
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      Lock icon SGX
      4058 5 Transaction date: Sep 3 STRAITS TIMES INDEX STOCKS Stock nam* Wt Oom Chang* Stock name Wt Oom Chang* Stock nam* Wt Oom Chant* Allgreen 50c 0.31 1.080 -0.040 HKLandUSIOc 2.66 1.920 ♦0.040 STEngglOc 1.71 2.140 BIL Intl US20c 0.49 1.010 40.020 Haw Par Corp 0.49 5 000 -0.050 STATS
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      Lock icon Mega deals heating up the M&A industry
      870 5  -  CORPORATE ANALYSIS And Temasek's the driving force, analysts tell JOYCE KOH JOYCE KOH THE past few months have seen the rise of mega deals in the region as companies seek to grow their business, and this flurry of activity has been a boon
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      Lock icon Oil-and-gas plays plan for IPO
      407 6  -  Beng Kuang Marine, Advanced Holdings aspiring for Sesdaq listing By KENNETH LIM AS global suppliers struggle to sate the world's appetite for oil, two companies that provide services to the oil and gas industry are hoping to raise funds through initial public offerings here. Beng
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      Lock icon PowerPlus fails to overcome poor sentiment on debut
      467 6  -  By KENNETH LIM LAUNCHED into a whirlpool of poor market sentiments, Zhongguo PowerPlus failed to raise a spark on its trading debut yesterday, falling 1.5 cents from its 23-cent offer price to close at 21.5 cents. Meanwhile, canned food supplier Hosen Group
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      Lock icon Osim all set to massage the Indian market
      420 6  -  By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR RON Sim may be on his second trip to India, but he already has his sights set on making major inroads into the subcontinent through the opening of Osim India. "I am excited by the new business opportunities in
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      Lock icon Does this qualify as a bull market?
      501 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent A US Supreme Court judge once said that although he didn't know what exactly constituted pornography, he'd know pornography when he saw it. We'd have to say the same about the current stock market. While we're not sure
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4299 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Credit Agricote Ass«t Mgt Sp «re Ltd CAAM Asia Vision Fund!" 1.030.082 0.715/ Shenton 1.401/1.457 Star Europe Bond 1.263/ JapanGrowth!* 7 0.90M944 Stat EuropeST. 1 037/ MendakiCapProFd 0 9789/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.878/ Shenton Thrift!" 152^2 Star Asia Bond 1.351/ Shenton kicome 476 Star Asia Balanced
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  • DBS INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon The big picture for investors
      3287 7 Top Asian investment strategists talk about the directions for the global economy and name their top asset and country picks GREAT minds think alike but not always when it comes to investment strategies. This week we had two of the great minds in the game
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      40 7 ODBS The DBS Investment Roundtable is brought to you by DBS. It aims to help the investor make informed decisions by providing a platform for experts to discuss the impact of current market issues and concerns. DBS hotline No: 1800-*****22
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      733 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Singapore Telecommunications Sept 3 close: $2.35 SINGTEL hosted its annual investor day on Thursday. The overall tone was positive. reinforcing management's confidence in creating long-term value, but also realistically acknowledging several near-term challenges including wireless price competition in Australia. We think Optus is preparing
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Simon Cheong trims stake in Vantage Corp
        214 8 FORMER major shareholder Simon Cheong pared his stake in Vantage Corporation the former Blu Inc on Wednesday, a day ahead of the trading suspension of the counter. Through his private vehicle Edenlia Pte Ltd, Mr Cheong sold 5 million shares in the open
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        Lock icon Panpac substantial shareholder sells entire direct stake
        109 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH PANPAC Media said its substantial shareholder Yin Jianping has sold his entire direct holding of 39.6 million shares, or an 8.67 per cent stake, to Sun Media Investment Holdings Limited through a married deal. Sun Media, which purchased the
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      910 8 For week beginning Aug 30 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS Subsantial luy No of Mce SHAREHOLDING Trans Shareholder Sofl Shares Per ietore After Stock Date Director Cowv '000 Shr ('000) C000) Spore Reinsurance 2-Sep-04 Hwang Soo Jin Buy 780 0.26 720 0.14 1500 0.29 GP Bat 2-Sep-04 Tsang
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      Lock icon Sector diversification the best way to go
      1295 8  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY Geographical diversification subject to wild swings in country indices TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THERE are thousands of unit trusts or mutual funds out there country funds, sector funds, funds employing different investment styles. What's the best way to
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Retailers see big jump in GSS purchases during June
      468 9  -  BT Exclusive Those who did more promotion and marketing did better: retail body By VINCE CHONG MORE than half of the retailers in the Great Singapore Sale this year saw higher sales in June, an industry survey has found. And among
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      Lock icon S'pore to join global alliance of meeting cities
      282 9  -  By DANIEL BUENAS THE buzz in the local convention market is set to get much louder next year when Singapore becomes a member of a global alliance of leading convention cities. Singapore is to officially receive membership of the group, Best Cities.net,
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      Lock icon S'pore retail sales growth seen leading Asia-Pac
      438 9  -  By JESSICA CHEAM RETAILERS might be smiling all the way to the bank in the next six months. Singapore is expected to lead in year-on-year retail sales growth across the Asia-Pacific, according to the latest Masterlndex of Retail forecast released by MasterCard International
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon 7,500 picked for govt health survey
        37 9 SEVEN thousand and five hundred Singaporeans have been selected for this year's National Health Survey. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Health, is being carried out from September to December.
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        Lock icon MOE starts Bicultural Studies Programme
        109 9 THE Ministry of Education will be starting the Bicultural Studies Programme (Chinese) next year in Dunman High School and the Hwa Chong family of schools, which comprises Chinese High School, Nanyang Girls High School and Hwa Chong Junior College. This is a four-year programme from
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        Lock icon Hersing unit buys $6m industrial property
        129 9 HERSING Corporation's fully-owned unit Storhub Self Storage is buying a 60-year leasehold industrial property for $6 million at 615 Lorong 4 Toa Payoh. The property is zoned for general industry use and is sold with two existing tenancies occupying part of the property. It
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      Lock icon Temasek wins nod for power venture in India
      350 9 It plans to invest 4.5b rupees with Reliance Energy Bloomberg INDIA approved plans by a unit of Temasek Holdings, Singapore's investment holding company, to invest in power projects in the South Asian country along with Reliance Energy Ltd. The Indian government in
      Bloomberg  -  350 words
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      Lock icon Govt broadening immigration criteria to boost population
      471 9  -  By NANDE KHIN THE criteria for Singapore citizenship and permanent residency (PR) will be broadened so as to help boost the population, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday. In the past, the emphasis was on academic qualifications. "But there are those
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      32 9 Lianhe Zaobao B lc* I lEIIU Ot I I textile quotas I I means little to local I I textile industry's I I regional investments I I W&srjU! I I mms I
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      136 9 In the matter of The Companies Act Cap. 50 And HUM COMPUTER SYSTEMS PTE LTD (In Membere'Vokintary Liquidation) NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 808 of the Company Act Cap 50 that the final meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at 150 South Bridge
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      380 9 In The Matter Of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In The Matter Of Kim Hin Joo Investment Pte Ltd (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Members' Voluntary Winding Up At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 601 Sims Drive, Singapore *****2
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon ECB forecasts euro zone growth
      947 10 But some economists remain sceptical as unemployment rises and business confidence falls NYT THE European Central Bank is sounding markedly more confident these days than it had earlier this year about the economic recovery in the 12 countries that use the euro. But it is
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      Lock icon Index signals gradual S'pore slowdown
      345 10 AFP [SINGAPORE] A slowdown in Singapore's important manufacturing sector in the second half may be more gradual than forecast after a key index of factory orders showed a strong rebound in August, analysts said yesterday. The forward-looking Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) for August bounced back
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      Lock icon China economy seen slowing to 9% growth in Q3
      193 10 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's economy may grow 9 per cent in the third quarter, the Ministry of Commerce said, slowing from the previous three months as government efforts to curb lending to industries such as steel and cement take effect. The world's
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      Lock icon Singapore motorists nonchalant about petrol pump prices
      590 10  -  RONNIE LIM Energy Editor DO most motorists here actually bother with the fine-print prices on petrol station pumps? Not likely. They appear more drawn to promotions like the recent National Day "hurrah", when discounts on pump prices by rival stations "rallied" from 12
      Source: A Singapore oil company Ben Cruz  -  590 words
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      Lock icon Exports boost short-term economic growth in Korea
      425 10  -  But it still needs to increase consumer spending and FDIs By CONRAD TAN BOOSTED by strong exports, Korea's economy is expected to grow further in the short term, but several key changes are needed to revive weak consumer demand and attract foreign investment
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  • CONTACT SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Watching China change
      1122 11  -  LETTER FROM CHINA China gears up to be next economic superpower by focusing on change, writes WILLIAM TAN WILLIAM TAN It has been 11 years since I first started my "affair" with China my first tryst with her took place in Suzhou famed for its beautiful damsels.
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      Lock icon Protesting because you can
      811 11  -  LETTER FROM NEW YORK SERENA NG Passion for a cause isn't the only driving force behind protesters, as SERENA NG discovers MY first week living in New York City has been like a replay of Fahrenheit 9/11. For the uninitiated, that's the searing anti-Bush documentary made
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      26 11 All overseas Singaporeans are invited to share their experiences with readers on our new Contact Singapore page. E-mail your contributions to btletter@sph.com.sg. Photos are welcome too.
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      154 11 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 *ecrtrit®Bpt^on^s^ Our clients are Singapore-based Asian investors, with business operations in several Asian and OECD countries. They are involved in the edible FMCG business and wish to recruit: SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGERS -(2 Positions) The successful candidates are expected to have: •At least 12 years
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia promotes its Silicon Valley abroad
      507 12 It plans to set up offices in China and Saudi Arabia to boost ICT sales [PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia] Malaysia has unveiled plans to set up new offices in China and Saudi Arabia to promote its eight-year-old Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and seek out new business
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      Lock icon Asean must put aside rifts and integrate: Mega
      602 12 Reuters AP [JAKARTA] South-east Asian nations must overcome their differences and integrate their economies or face a future on the sidelines of global commerce, Indonesia's president told ministers from the region yesterday. Economic ministers from the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations
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    • NOTE BOOK
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        Lock icon Philippine export growth slows sharply in July
        163 12 AFP [MANILA] Philippine exports grew by only 3.2 per cent in July, a sharp slowdown from the 8.2 per cent posted in June and 15.3 per cent in May, the National Statistics Office (NSO) said yesterday. Total exports in July amounted to US$3.ll
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        Lock icon Merrill upgrades Thai stocks, cuts rating on Indonesia
        119 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Merrill Lynch has upgraded its recommendations on Thai stocks to "overweight" from "market weight", and cut its rating on Indonesia to "underweight" ahead of the second round of presidential elections there. "After our recent upgrade to Korea we are
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        Lock icon SMIC plans capacity hike amid slowdown fear
        161 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI! Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), China's top chip maker, aims to boost capacity by about half by the end of 2005, gearing up for an anticipated leap in sales in a fast-growing US$3O billion market. But analysts say SMIC, the world's
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        Lock icon Bank Negara scaling back incentives in Cagamas bonds
        195 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's central bank said yesterday it was scaling back incentives granted to investors in bonds of national mortgage firm Cagamas, in a move designed to remove distortions in the bond market. Bank Negara said new Cagamas bonds would no
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        Lock icon Manila to award oil exploration deals by end-Sept
        121 12 Reuters [BEIJING] The Philippines is likely to award oil exploration projects by the end of the month and possibly hold another round of bidding next year, officials accompanying President Gloria Arroyo to Beijing said yesterday. The Philippines early this year received 16
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    • Article
      Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      2281 12 VOL FTEC Resources .0.58 -0.02 2274 Sap 3 KM *1- rooo) Furqan Bus. Org. *35 -0.01 419 Gadang 136 -0.02 674 AAMRealty 1.40 -0.05 529 Gamuda 5.40 030 1387 Abric *49 -0.02 47 General Corp .0.52 -0.01 42 AO> Industries 1.42 unch 11 Gerrting 16.50 020
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      Lock icon 2 KL firms emerge top borrowers
      639 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Astro All Asia Networks, Malaysia's pay-television monopoly, and Usaha Tegas, owner of the country's biggest mo-bile-phone company, led Asian loan borrowers this week as demand for funds increased amid the region's economic growth. Kuala Lumpur-based Astro All Asia was offered more
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  • CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon China tells banks to tighten lending to property sector
      491 13 This is to reduce risk of bad loans from a reversal in property prices Bloomberg Reuters [SHANGHAI] China told hanks to tighten lending to homebuyers and developers to reduce the risk of bad loans from a slump in property prices, which
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      Lock icon China likely to have 140m cars by 2020
      316 13 2005 car output seen at over 5m; 30,000 km highway network finished AFP CHINA is expected to have 140 million automobiles plying its roads by 2020, seven times more than now, fuelling demand for transportation infrastructure and services, state media said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Two HK executives jailed for inflating IT company's earnings
      173 13 AP [HONG KONG] Two executives of a Hong Kong technology company were sentenced to prison on Thursday for using bogus documents to inflate their company's earnings figures, anti-graft officials said. Xu Peixin, 41, chairman of Global Trend Intelligent Technologies Ltd. was
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      Lock icon Made in India toiletries to hit world markets soon
      645 13 Reuters [BOMBAY] Coming soon to the toiletries aisle in supermarkets around the world: the Made in India label. Multinational consumer goods makers are sourcing more goods from India for their overseas markets, cashing in on new tax incentives and cheaper labour
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      Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
      3094 13 Transaction date: Sep 3 HONGKOWG M w -JSJ i Extrawell Pharm .030 undi 0 AeonCradR _SJ0 unch 0 FEPtymTech 0.07 unch 0 Aeon Store .6.70 -0.15 100 ?SPSRT« )mA 9 ro 0.06 unch "1* Aloha General 032 0 01 392 First Mobile Grp .0.21 unch 300 Angara New
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      Lock icon TAPPING CHINA'S MALE BEAUTY MARKET
      70 13 [SHANGHAI] A Chinese male model shaves using a foreign brand shaving product at a promotion in Shanghai. The male beauty market is on the rise in China, mirroring the passion of an increasingly prosperous society to look andfeel good and the keenness of local andforeign
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Bush plays emotional card with Sept 11 and war on terror
      693 14 However, he fails to deliver a concrete agenda to deal with domestic issues AP LAT-WP Reuters fNEW YORK] An unpopular war and 1.1 million lost jobs is enough to kill a presidency, so President George W Bush tried on
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      Lock icon Aussie trader's own hefty weight foils suicide attempt
      217 14 AFP [SYDNEY] Convicted Australian inside trader Rene Rivkin was rushed to hospital early yesterday after attempting suicide with a drug overdose, his lawyer said. Rivkin, one of Australia's highest profile stockbrokers until his June 2003 conviction for insider trading in shares of
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      Lock icon Intel outlook raises concerns
      499 14 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp's forecast of faltering demand for electronics such as personal computers and mobile phones heightened concern that consumer spending is declining. The world's biggest maker of semiconductors said on Thursday that sales worldwide are lower than expected. Shares of Santa Clara, California-based
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Over 100 killed in Russia hostage crisis
        161 14 Bloomberg AP [MOSCOW] More than 100 people were killed and 400 others wounded, when Russian troops stormed a school in the country's south, as hostages escaped the gymnasium where armed terrorists held as many as 1,500 people captive for two days. Some were
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        Lock icon Lehman offers £500m upfront for UK rival
        191 14 [LONDON] Lehman Brothers, the US investment bank, has offered to pay about £500 million (Ssl.s billion) upfront for Cazenove, its independent UK rival, and about a further £300 million if certain performance targets are attained. Details of Lehman's proposal emerged as talks continue
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        Lock icon Toshiba eyes 22% rise in chip sales
        124 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's Toshiba Corp, the world's fifth-largest chip maker, said yesterday it aimed to boost semiconductor sales by 22 per cent to 1.2 trillion yen (Ssl 8.7 billion) by the business year ending March 2007. Toshiba, which expects its chip sales to
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        Lock icon IBM to recall 553,000 adapters for laptops
        147 14 IBM to recall 553 ,000 adapters for laptops Reuters [WASHINGTON] IBM said on Thursday it will recall about 553,000 AC power adapters worldwide for several models of its laptop computers because of potential fire and electrical shock hazards. The 56-watt adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and
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        Lock icon Enron may recover US$1.5b from partners
        123 14 Bloomberg [NhW YUKKJ Enron Corp, which is suing hundreds of its business partners, said it may recover as much as US$l.5 billion it paid them 'before filing the second-biggest bankruptcy in US history in 2001. Houston-based Enron is targeting more than 1,000 transactions it
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        Lock icon Japan to privatise postal service
        134 14 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's Cabinet wants to approve a government plan to privatise the state-run postal service on Sept 10, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (above) told reporters at his office in Tokyo. Mr Koizumi also said he is aware that his ruling Liberal Democratic Party is
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  • WELLNESS
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      Lock icon Peace on earth
      1169 15  -  Here's wishing for some serious pampering and oh, goodwill to all mankind, CHEAH UI-HOON gets in the mood for spas CHEAH UI-HOON WHEN four female law graduates university mates from London decided to go for an allgirls' holiday last month over the National Day break, their pick
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  • HEALTH
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      Lock icon Thrown off kilter by extra chromosome
      1002 16 The doubling of the X chromosome in men is one of the most common genetic flaws NYT SAM'S parents began to suspect something was not quite right when at age two, their son still was not walking and he said nothing that made any
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      Lock icon Cholesterol is top cause of heart attacks
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      635 17  -  By JESSICA CHEAM MANY people often underestimate the importance of the liver. What they do not realise is that when it fails, the patient may have only days to live. But Singaporeans should be comforted by the knowledge that there is a
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  • MOTORING
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  • FOOD
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