The Business Times, 25 January 2005

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1 36 The Business Times
  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAF^&Jufr- online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004 Tuesday, January 25,2005 I—WWBMIWfMi 9
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  • 970 1  -  Remaining amount to be paid over 8 years, with parent getting shares instead By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] China Aviation Oil wants external creditors to cancel 58.5 per cent of its outstanding debt and is offering to pay the remaining US$22O million over
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  • 609 1  -  By KAREN HO [SINGAPORE] Going from the chessboard to the courtroom is a move that not many would expect chess players to make. But nine of them have done just that. They are members of the Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) and
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  • 622 1  -  By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Singaporean leaders, in both the private and public sectors, have arrived at their position largely by accident, according to the first nation-wide study on leadership here. The study, which took three years to complete, covered more than 1,000
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  • 139 1 ST! 2,074.24 (-11.15) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,072.00 (-17.00) siMsa 248.71 (-0.89) SIMSCI FUTURES 248.60 (-1.30) MARKETS Monday Change KLSECOMP 923.33 -6.39 NIKKEI 225 11,289.492 +51.12 HANG SENG 13,386.99 -94.03 SET INDEX 695.92 -0 93 JAKARTA COMP 1,030.717 -5.030 MANILA COMP 2,015.25 +27.41 SEOUL COMP 923.11 +3.50 SHENZHEN B
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  • 42 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2,4 COMPANIES.. PG 5,6, 8,9,11 MARKETS PG 10 SINGAPORE PG 12,13 ECONOMY PG 14 M'SIA/INDON.. PG 16 CHINA/INDIA ...PG 17 WORLD PG 21 AVIATION PG 22 SHIPPING PG 23 EDITORIAL PG 26 STOCKS PG 28,29 PROPERTY.. PG 35,36
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 725 2 Missing BOC execs linked to 1 b yuan embezzlement TWO executives of the Bank of China (BOC) are believed to have fled the country after being involved in the embezzlement of up to one billion yuan (Ssl9B million), a Hong Kong newspaper reported yesterday. According to the South
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    • 561 2  -  Budget carrier said to be seeking up to $25m in fresh venture capital By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who is still a threat to Singapore's ports, may become a part owner of a fledgling budget airline in Singapore,
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    • 353 2  -  It teams up with Japan-listed partner Monex By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings has teamed up with a Japanese partner to launch its second hedge fund, hot on the heels of its first one. Last November, Temasek, through wholly owned Fullerton Fund Management, made
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    • 123 2 In BT's Jan 21 report, "United Engineers pares stake in MFS", we stated incorrectly that United Engineers Ltd (UEL) would book a profit of $486,000 from the divestment of 73 million shares in MFS Technology by its whollyowned subsidiary United Engineers (Singapore). UEL has pointed out that the $486,000
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    • 664 4 Reuters Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Two officials from the Bank of China (BOC) are believed to have fled the country after being involved in the embezzlement of up to one billion yuan (Ssl9B million), a Hong Kong newspaper reported yesterday. The
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    • 696 4  -  But it expects SIA to get same freedom from Australia to fly trans-Pacific route Reports by VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Singapore is ready to grant Australian carrier Qantas full open skies. But it expects Australia to give Singapore Airlines the same
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    • 466 4 [SINGAPORE] After a high-flying 2004, the Asia-Pacific aviation sector will continue to soar this year, thanks to low-cost carriers (LCCs) and booming growth from markets such as China and India, according to the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (Capa).
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 548 5  - OCBC UOB among CAO's biggest creditors TROUBLE AT CAO OCBC surprises with USslsm exposure; UOB is owed US$9.7m By WONG WEI KONG TWO local banks have emerged among the biggest creditors of troubled China Aviation Oil (Singapore). CAO released a detailed list of almost 100 creditors for the first time
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    • 629 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG FOR stranded minority shareholders of China Aviation Oil (Singapore), the company's submission of a proposed scheme of arrangement with its creditors yesterday still leaves plenty of uncertainty. Any restructuring of the company which represents shareholders' best
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    • 438 6  -  Move in line with strategy to build international alliances By JOYCE KOH THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said it has signed an agreement with the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) as part of its growth strategy to build international alliances and trading links. With memorandum
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    • 327 6  -  Company appoints restructuring specialist for independent probe By KENNETH LIM THE Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is investigating some employees of Citiraya Industries, the company said yesterday. Citiraya, which suspended its shares until further notice, said it has appointed prominent accountant and restructuring specialist Nicky Tan
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    • 151 6  -  By DALENA LEE SEMBCORP Logistics has entered into a joint venture with Indonesian company, PT Nikos Intertrade (NI), to expand its supply chain management operations. SembLog said yesterday it will hold 51 per cent equity share in the joint venture company, PT SembLog Indonesia.
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    • 176 6 Reuters KEPPEL Corp, the world's leading builder of shallowwater oil rigs, should post a 7 per cent rise in fourthquarter net profit on Thursday, underpinned by a surge in oil exploration amid record crude prices. While 2004 net profit is expected to have
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    • 308 6  -  By KAREN HO THE Securities and Futures Investor Protection Centre (SFIPC) has started legal action in the Taipei district court against Hotung Venture Capital Corp (HVCC), a subsidiary of Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd. SFIPC is acting for investors who had purchased securities in
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    • 737 8  -  Performance bonus cut over delay in start of projects By JOYCE KOH DELAYS in business deals might be commonplace, so when Zhonghui Holdings decided to let its president take a cut in his performance bonus, it won the China-based company applause in the
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    • 442 8  -  PROFIT ALERT Performance is expected to beat that of 2003 Reports by MICHELLE QUAH RAFFLES Holdings has turned more upbeat, saying in a performance update yesterday that its overall level of profitability for 2004 is now expected to surpass that of 2003. The
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    • 308 8 MAINBOARD-LISTED Ace Dynamics yesterday warned that substantial provisions by its property division would affect its results for the year ended Dec 31. The diversified holding company, which has businesses in industrial hardware manufacturing and distribution, multimedia supply solutions and property development, said it
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    • 522 9  -  At least half of last year and this year's full-year earnings to be paid out By KALPANA RASHIWALA FRAGRANCE Group, owner of the namesake budget hotel chain and a boutique residential developer, is hoping its attractive dividend policy will help draw investors to
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    • 307 9  -  By CAROLYN QUEK LINAIR Technologies, a homegrown environment control exhaust systems solutions provider, has launched an initial public offering of 23 million shares at 23 cents each. The Sesdaq aspirant is hoping to raise net proceeds of $3.5 million from the IPO
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 68 9 JAPANESE-MANAGED precision components specialist CDW Holding's entire tranche of 123 million placement shares has been fully taken up. Besides the placement tranche, the company is offering five million shares to the public, bringing its total offer size (invitation shares) to 128 million. New Smith
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      • 69 9 KIM Eng Holdings has increased its investment in the capital of its 80 per cent-owned subsidiary, PT Kim Eng Securities, by subscribing for an additional 20 million shares for cash at par (about $3.53 million). Approval for the increase in share capital was received from
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      • 48 9 MAGNECOMP International shareholders yesterday approved the merger of the group's data storage business with Thai-listed KR Precision Public Company. The Thai company's shareholders also gave their blessings to the merger on the same day. The two sides will now proceed to complete the deal.
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      • 56 9 OCBC Bank yesterday stopped collecting donations through its banking channels and network to the Singapore Red Cross. This is in response to the Singapore Red Cross' announcement that it will stop fund-raising from the tsunami victims on the same date. The bank also thanked its customers
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      • 42 9 KOH Brothers said that the High Court hearing to confirm the company's capital reduction has been adjourned to Feb 14. The Court has directed that, among other things, the capital reduction be advertised in the local papers.
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      • 56 9 Bloomberg SINGTEL Optus, Australia's second-biggest phone company, said Peter Kaliaropoulos resigned as managing director of its unit that sells services to businesses. Mr Kaliaropoulos will leave Sydney-based Optus, a unit of Singapore Telecom, by mid-year to work for an overseas company, Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 566 10  -  STOCKS It sheds 0.5% as investors turn attention to oil price rise, interest rates TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THE new year euphoria which has permeated the Singapore market came to a halt yesterday as investors began to face squarely the few issues that look
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    • Article, Illustration
      885 10  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH V Yellow Pages Jan 24 close.* $2.01 (+3 cents) DBS VICKERS SECURITIES, Jan 19 Yield play with upside: Yellow Pages (Singapore) Pte Ltd is a cyclical cash cow that should see its operations improve due to a time-de-layed cyclical rebound and new As one
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    • 527 10  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar suffered a sharp retreat yesterday, especially against its non-Asian counterparts, after taking a thrashing last Friday when US central bank officials made it clear that they were not wor- ried about inflationary pressures on the home
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 110 10 A FOUNDING director of Metal Component Engineering (MCE), Chiu Choon Piah, has transferee! 800,000 shares to his immediate family, paring his stake in the precision metal stamping company to 4.93 per cent from 5.641 per cent previously. Just last Friday, Mr Chui had raised about
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      • 150 10 ROLY International's substantial shareholder Robert Wang Lu Wei pared his shareholdings in the company from 5.84 per centto 3.19 per cent last Friday. Roly said the stake change was due to the termination of a family trust, of which Mr Wang is a
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      • 78 10 LEONG Hin's shareholder Tan Kok Hiang yesterday bought 100,000 shares in the open market at 34 cents each. With 900,000 shares now, this raises Mr Tan's direct interest in the company from 0.48 per cent to 0.54 per cent. Leong Hin has said it is
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      • 118 10  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH ARMSTRONG Industrial Corp's director Koo Tin Fook sold 150,000 shares in the open market at 16 cents each last Wednesday. This leaves Mr Koo with 128,000 shares after the sale, representing a direct interest 0f0.025 per cent in the company. According
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    • Article, Illustration
      412 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 24 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 88.00 -293.00 BTCADI -*****.00 J56.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +9.00 All-SG Equities 543.09 -2.72 SG Equities Elect 160.66 -5.38 SG Equities Fin 1619.18 -8.21 SG Equities Prop 530.62 -1.36 SIMSCI 248.71 -0.89 SiMSCI Futures 248.60 -1.30 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME MFS
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 969 11  -  Stock option expensing adds to reasons to seek other ways to align interests By MICHELLE QUAH IN 1957, billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes (dashingly portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "The Aviator") ended the 30-year career of his long-time right-hand man, Noah Dietrich, because the
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 637 12  -  His suggestion to win international recognition is now its core strategy By CHEN HUIFEN SOUND advice from a visionary political leader paid off for medical device maker Biosensors International, which today counts as one of the success stories of Singapore biomedical R&D. According to
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    • 473 12  -  By CAROLYN QUEK THE Economic Development and SMEs Feedback Groups have suggested adopting Islamic banking as one way to overcome the funding problem of SMEs here. This was among several recommendations made at a media briefing yesterday before the Feedback Unit's
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    • 517 12  -  More firms using the country as a stepping stone By CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPORE is still a hot spot for innovative startups, with more high-tech businesses setting up shop here last year. The number jumped from 3,517 in 2003 to 3,664, said the Economic Development
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    • 3625 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Shenton Thrift! 1.162> Shenwi Income 1.504 (Spore) SSJSfS*?" nSS Europe Eqly!** <177/ SaiS-~ °S%t, Sor Europe Borxi 1JS7/ :°J* StarEuropeW f" &W 0.931/ Star Asa Bond tjftf y"""- 300 0,707/ Star Asa Balanced 054 ShmloiiGlobaJ Advantage 2.101/ Star Global TednologyFimd!** 0.153/ IP 60 1065/ Star Bhv Finance
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    • 517 13  -  New infocomm security plan to be unveiled in a few weeks' time By DANIEL BUENAS SINGAPORE'S businesses must be prepared for disruptive events such as terrorist attacks to ensure business continuity, and should consider security and continuity spending an investment, and not a
      JOYCE FANG/ST  -  517 words
    • 407 13 MKDIACORP chairman Ho Kwon Ping highlighted the "paradox" faced by the Singapore television industry at a talk organised by the Singapore Press Club yesterday. Mr Ho, speaking at length about MediaCorp's future for the first time since he became MediaCorp chairman last July,
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    • 171 13 THE police are advising members of the public to exercise caution when transacting in i-chqs, and that those who are holding onto them may wish to seek legal advice on the matter. Investigations into the alleged offences committed by Indigoz Exchange Pte Ltd, the company
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    • 166 13 FORMER Singapore Tourism Board (STB) chief executive Yeo Khee Leng has taken over the helm as president and chief executive officer of Island Leisure International Pte Ltd, the master planner of Bintan Resorts. He replaces Chin Chow Yoon who is now president of
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 487 14 Survey shows more rich Americans are positive about the economy Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Wealthier Americans regained some confidence in the US economy as the year began, a private survey found. The percentage of affluent Americans in a McDonald Financial Group survey taken Dec 18 to
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    • 341 14  -  By JOSEPHINE TAY [SINGAPORE] Inflation was well under control last year with consumer prices rising by only 1.7 per cent over 2003, according to the Department of Statistics (DOS). Prices of all items have gone up except for housing. Indeed, prices in
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    • 434 14 Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US businesses expect strong economic growth to continue in the first half of the year, a survey showed yesterday. Most companies are also planning to boost capital spending during the year, even though the outlook for hiring has dimmed, it said.
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    • 385 14 BOJ will maintain quantitative easing, says official Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's deflation may end later than initially expected, Bank of Japan deputy governor Toshiro Muto said yesterday, suggesting no quick change to the central bank's ultraloose policy. In an interview with Kyodo, Mr Muto
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    • 348 14 NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF FIRST MEETING IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF EXPECT MUSIC PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****5646W COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 175 OF 2004/F Notice is hereby given that the first meeting of the creditors of the
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  • MALAYSIA COMPANIES
    • 588 15  -  The original plan was for a beer and liquor production facility: sources By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN authorities have approved a proposal by the Philippines' San Miguel Corporation (SMC) to build a soft drinks plant worth some RM24O million
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    • 377 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Trenergy (Malaysia) Bhd has found a strategic partner in shipping transportation group Malaysian Merchant Marine (MMM) Bhd to drive the expansion of its operations regionally this year, The Star reported yesterday. The partnership seems to have potential as both shipping companies share
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    • 507 15 MANY like to describe Malaysia's cellular market today as a telecom battle zone. From a price war to claims of superiority on billboards that was the scene last year. A heightened price war in the last quarter of 2004 did loosen entry barriers
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 739 16  -  INDONESIA INSIGHT That's the key message from Yudhoyono to investors SHOEB KAGDA Jakarta Correspondent IT is high season in Jakarta. Over the past week, under cloudy skies and torrential rain, the country's political leaders have been extremely busy criss-crossing the capital city addressing various business forums
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    • 365 16 But other M'sian products may be reinstated Reuters |KUAlJ\ LUMPUB] The European Commission is proposing to drop Malaysian palm oil from the EU's new generalised system of preferences (GSP) from April, since the oil commands a large share of the market, a
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    • 368 16 AP ILANGKAWI] South-east Asian governments yesterday urged foreigners not to scrap vacation plans over tsunami concerns, saying the region is taking steps to ensure its resort islands and beaches are safe. Tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations
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    • 2242 16 WOl FS8M .031 0.03 89 —I rmm FTEC Resources .0.45 0.01 2266 A A M Furqan Bus. Org 334 0.05 ***** A ftM Realty .1.32 -0.05 20 Gadang MS -0.03 898 Abric.............. .0.56 -031 71 Gamuda .550 -0.10 974 115 "2? .2! General Corp 351 undi
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    • 205 16 Reuters [BANDA ACEH, Indonesia] Powerful earthquakes rocked Asia yesterday, killing at least one person and further rattling traumatised survivors of last month's killer tsunami. Almost a month after the tsunami killed as many as 234,000 people across the Indian Ocean, a strong earthquake hit Indonesia's
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 481 17 Trading partners like S'pore would gain from relaxed acreage rules [NEW DEHLI] The Indian government is planning to allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in all real estate projects, including housing something trading partners like Singapore, have been pressing for. At present,
      BLOOMBERG  -  481 words
    • 387 17 Reuters [BEIJING] Two of China's biggest state banks are still waiting for strategic investors as they face the task of becoming world-class. Bank of China (BOC), the country's biggest foreign exchange bank, and China Construction Bank (CCB) are expected to float
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    • 423 17 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's biggest car maker Maruti Udyog Ltd yesterday reported a better-than-expec-ted 70.3 per cent jump in quarterly profit as cost cuts and strong vehicle sales offset rising raw materials prices. The New Delhi-based auto maker,
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    • 250 17 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd, the world's biggest cell-phone company by users, denied a report in a Chinese newspaper that it's in talks to buy Telstra Corp's Hong Kong wireless unit CSL Ltd. "As far as I understand, the Hong
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    • 459 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US regulators are raising national security concerns over IBM Corp's pending US$l.25 billion sale of its personal computer business to China's Lenovo Group, people familiar with the matter said. Members of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the US, including the
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    • 283 17 Reuters [DUBAI] India's exploration giant, the Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), aims to spend US$2 billion this year on domestic production and may invest the same amount overseas in its drive to boost supplies. Y B Sinha, ONGC's director of
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 67 17 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China halved the duty on stock trades yesterday in a long-expected attempt to lift Asia's worst performing bourses off five-year lows, but investors' early reaction was lukewarm. The move boosted the benchmark composite index by 2.5 per cent initially, but the market
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      • 86 17 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian banks have been told to write off property-related loans that are more than 10 years old, The Edge weekly magazine reported yesterday The central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, had asked lenders to adopt the policy this year to reduce the
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      • 98 17 Bloomberg (HONG KONG] Huadian Power International Corp, a Chinese power producer listed in Hong Kong, attracted applications from institutional investors for 32 times the stock available in its first-time share sale in China, the sale's arranger said. Institutions applied for 33.3 billion yuan (556.6
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      • 107 17 AP [SHANGHAI] A Chinese tycoon convicted of running a prostitution and gambling syndicate and bribing local officials has been sentenced to death in southeast China's Fujian province, a state-run newspaper reported yesterday. Chen Kai, a former small businessman who made his fortune in entertainment
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      • 92 17 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Mahindra Mahindra Ltd, India's biggest maker of sport-utility vehicles and tractors, said profit in the fiscal third quarter rose 52 per cent after the company sold more Scorpio and Bolero vehicles and Arjun tractors. Net income in the three months ended Dec 31 rose
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC
    • 549 20 Results better than expected; company expects recovery this year Reuters [SEOUL] LG.Philips LCD Co, the world's second-biggest flat-screen maker, reported a 94 per cent fall in quarterly profits yesterday as a supply glut depressed prices. But the company, which avoided
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    • 498 20 Bloomberg NYT [PARIS] In another shock to the luxury industry's multibrand strategy, Prada Holding NV, the privately owned Italian fashion company, said Helmut Lang, the Aus-trian-born designer of the brand carrying his name, is leaving the label, effective immediately. Mr Lang's 2005 women's collection
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    • 421 20 Reuters [PUPYONG] General Motors' Korean unit has boosted its investment plan in South Korea for developing new models and engines by a third to US$2 billion, the CEO of GM Daewoo Automotive Technology Co said yesterday. Unlisted GM Daewoo, which trails market
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    • 483 20 But watchdog says big groups can invest in start-ups AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's antitrust watchdog yesterday rebuffed a demand from the country's biggest business groups for an end to government curbs on their expansion plans, officials said. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said
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    • 224 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Directors of Hewlett-Packard Co are considering a management reorganisation that would distribute some of chairman and chief executive Carly Fiorina's day-to-day responsibilities among three senior executives, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The paper said that at HP's annual planning meeting between Jan
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    • 618 20 NYT [WASHINGTON] Countries from north and central Europe and South America dominated the top spots in the 2005 index of environmental sustainability, which ranks countries on their success at tasks like maintaining or improving air and water quality, maximising biodiversity and cooperating with
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  • WORLD
    • 500 21 Survey of reserves managers can lead to greenback's plunge: report [LONDON] In actions likely to undermine the US dollar's value on currency markets, 70 per cent of central bank reserves managers said they had increased their exposure to the euro over the past two
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    • 194 21 [LONDON] High-fliers whose hopes of cashing in on blue-chip MBAs were scuppered by an economic downturn exacerbated by the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. But according to MBA 2005, the Financial Times annual ranking of full-time global MBA programmes, the class of 2001
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    • 442 21 Talented chefs to stay in Vegas and run his restaurants AP [LAS VEGAS] Casino impresario Steve Wynn is changing the rules of the Las Vegas restaurant game, reversing a strategy of hiring celebrity chefs that has proved financially irresistible in this
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 123 21 Reuters [LONDON] The average basic salary in the City, London's financial services sector, rose by nearly 4 per cent last year, a survey said yesterday. Since December 2003 the average City basic salary has increased by 3.69 per cent to £45,046 (Ssl 38,386), according
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      • 102 21 NYT [NEW YORK] Johnny Carson, the droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian who dominated late-night television for 30 years, tucking millions of Americans into bed as the host of the Tonight show, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 79. The cause was the effects
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      • 63 21 Bloomberg s [ROME] Telecom Italia board of directors on Sunday agreed to go ahead with a planned 21 billion euro (5544.9 billion) buyout of shares it doesn't already own in its Telecom Italia Mobil wireless phone unit. The acquisition will allow "the optimisation of the
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      • 63 21 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Occidental Petroleum Corp, the No 4 US oil company by market value, said fourth-quarter profit jumped 74 per cent as energy and chemicals prices increased. Net income rose to US$665 million, or US$l.64 a share, from US$3B2 million, or 97 cents, a
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      • 66 21 Bloomberg [PRINCETON] Kimberly-Clark Corp, the largest US maker of disposable diapers, said fourth-quarter earnings fell 3.1 per cent because of more promotions and costs to exit pulp operations. Net income dropped to U*****.3 million from U*****.5 million a year earlier. Sales rose 7.7 per cent to
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      • 91 21 Reuters [NEW YORK] E-Loan Inc, an online lender, yesterday said it entered into an agreement with eßay Inc to provide financing to consumers who buy cars and motorcycles through the online auctioneer. E-Loan, which is based in Pleasanton, California, said users of eßay Motors
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    • 143 21 Reuters IPABIS] Family shareholders of French retailer Carrefour are pressing for board changes, that could include the departure of European director Joel Saveuse, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Carrefour has been struggling to win back customers and market share in its key market of
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    • 454 21 Iraqi elections and Opec meeting also factors in rise Reuters [LONDON] High-flying oil prices climbed within a dollar of US$5O a barrel yesterday as a blizzard enveloped the US Northeast, boosting demand for heating oil. Uncertainty ahead of Iraq's elections and Opec's ministerial
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    • 228 21 Reuters (FRANKFURT] German chipmaker Infineon said it expected lower sales and earnings this quarter, adding to snowballing evidence of a global slowdown in chip demand and sending its shares plunging to 20-month lows. Infineon said yesterday it would cut this year's budget by
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  • AVIATION
    • 497 22  -  Threat follows CAAS statement it only just received submission By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Air Asia's Indonesian low-cost associate, PT Awair, said it was prepared to abandon its planned Jakarta-Singapore route if the Singapore authorities were not keen to give it the requisite permit. "We submitted
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    • 400 22 5 in 8 airlines pick power plant slated for maiden flight Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Five out of eight airlines which placed orders for the Airbus 380 have opted for Rolls-Royce's Trent 900 engines, said Alistair CoastSmith, the engine maker's head of marketing. Malaysia
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    • 224 22 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Three leading European airlines are in exclusive talks with two British private equity funds to form a new company to buy out all of Spainbased travel bookings company Amadeus for 4.34 billion euros (559.26 billion). Air France-KLM, the world's
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 100 22 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Aviation Industry Corp 11, which makes helicopters and other aircraft for military and civil use, said profit more than tripled last year from a year earlier-as expanded. The conrlpany, known as AVICII, h«Uf,a 12 per cent increase in sales in 2004,
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      • 111 22 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Sydney Airport Corp, the biggest asset held by Macquarie Airports, said second-quarter profit increased 16 per cent as discounting by carriers and new routes spurred demand for air travel. Sydney Airport's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation climbed to A 5125.9
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      • 88 22 AFP [THE HAGUE] In the last five years, 675 people working at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport have been arrested for helping illegal immigrants enter the Netherlands, Dutch media reported. According to the latest figures with the military police, thousands of illegal immigrants have slipped into
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    • 494 22  -  By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] Sri Lanka launched an aggressive US$35O million "bounce back" campaign yesterday to bring travellers back to the country after the Dec 26 tsunami wreaked havoc at some of its best known beach resorts. But with the affected
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  • SHIPPING
    • 505 23  -  Appeals court tells families and victims to settle claims in Philippines By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Malaysian cruise company Star Cruises has ducked a potential US$lO billion payout to victims of a fatal boiler explosion aboard the SS Norway in 2003 after a US
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    • 302 23  -  By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has urged the US to treat seafarers as partners and not as potential terrorists. During a visit to the IMO headquarters in London last week by US Homeland Security boss Tom Ridge, IMO
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    • 54 23 [PORTLAND, Maine] An engineer watching from the ice-covered bow of the Nordic Explorer as the 115-foot trawler docks in Portland. Maine, where the mercury dropped to minus 11 degrees last week. Some Fishing vessels returned to the harbour to avoid the blizzard that paralysed the midwestern and northeastern
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    • 305 23 SGX 000 Jan 24 S$ W- Vol CH Offshore 0.39 -0.01 135 Oman Hup 0.68 -0.01 432 Cosco Corporation 1.30 0.01 5054 CWT Distribution 0.68 -0.01 108 Ezra Hldgs..._ 1.06 -0.02 605 Freight links 0.10 -0.01 2898 Grand Banks Yacht..._ 1.02 0.02 57 Java Holdings 104 -0.03 1300
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    • 340 23 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Evergreen Marine Corp, the world's third largest container shipping company, expects earnings to grow this year thanks to strong demand for containers to and from China, the company's chairman said. The Evergreen Group, which last week
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    • 202 23 AFP [LONDON] Indonesia has granted a British naval ship permission to study the epicentre of the massive undersea earthquake that triggered last month's devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, officials said here. The Royal Navy's HMS Scott was due to sail yesterday from Singapore
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    • 418 23 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] The cost of shipping crude oil from the Persian Gulf to Asia and the US is likely to remain at a 14-month low this week because supply of vessels to load oil is adequate, brokers said. "The freight market
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    • 201 23  -  DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) said it transported 17 per cent more cargo during a six-week period from midNovember to end-Decem-ber compared with a year earlier, as the container shipping industry continues to enjoy buoyant volumes and freight rates.
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    • 282 23 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian navy on Sunday located and detained a Taiwanese deep-sea fishing vessel, missing since Jan 11 in the Indian Ocean after it was reportedly seized by its mutinous crew, the national Bernama news agency reported. It quoted
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 497 26 EDITORIAL US President George W Bush has attempted to set the tenor and the goals of the second term in office, when he declared in his inaugural speech that in the next four years he would commit himself and the American people to spreading democracy and liberty
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    • 1275 26  -  Beijing's thirst for oil sees it developing strong business ties with Gulf states By BORZOU DARAGAHI NYT LURED by the world's largest oil reserves and some markets considered too risky by Western companies, China is quickly becoming a major economic player in the Persian Gulf, making
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    • 766 26  -  THE BOTTOM LINE YOGI AGGARWAL THE Indian diaspora is now over a century old. Now the Indian government is offering dual citizenship to 25 million persons of Indian origin in around 110 countries. At the recently concluded Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Overseas Indian
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    • 1712 27  -  As Iraq moves closer to polling day, lives of ordinary people under US occupation have become tougher than under Saddam By JOHN GEE IF the coming Iraqi election turns into another fiasco for Washington, it will be, in part, a result of the impact of
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    • 857 27  -  The French strategic vision combined with Russia's vast resources can make for a powerful political coupling By KATRIN BENNHOLD IHT WHEN Foreign Minister Michel Barnier of France cut the tricolour ribbon on a new building for the French high school in Moscow last week, much
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  • SINGAPORE FOCUS: INDUSTRIES
    • 854 34  -  GENERATING COMPANIES Gencos adopt different strategies to stay competitive, especially with new entrants on the horizon, reports RONNIE LIM RONNIE LIM THE good news is there is "more power for the people" with more than enough electricity, and at competitive rates to go around
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    • 488 34 OLDER power station plants here don't get mothballed, they just soldier on. Some even get "repowered" for a new lease of life. This appears to be the lot of lesseconomic, oil-fired steam generation plants here, which have taken a backseat to the more-efficient, gasfired
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    • 518 34 WHILE last year's spike in crude oil prices to over US$55 may not have been over-alarming from a supply viewpoint, as the power companies here have always hedged their physical fuel needs, it has clearly led to more critical fuel strategies, involving alternative fuels and supply sources.
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  • PROPERTY
    • 490 35  -  Wuthelam also joins venture to build townships modelled after HDB flats By LIZA LIN HDB Corporation (HDBCorp) subsidiary, HDBCorp Internationa] (HCI), yesterday received a US$75 million boost from government property investment arm GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd (GIC RE) and conglomerate Wuthelam Holdings
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    • 299 35  -  By LIZA LIN CPG Consultants (CPG) has landed two contracts to develop airport terminal buildings in the Chinese cities of Wuhan and Shanghai, adding to its expanding portfolio of airport consultancy projects. It currently has 15 overseas airport-related developments. Previously, the consultancy firm
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    • 730 35  -  Businesses in the two regions are poised for faster growth than in Europe, reports NEIL BEHRMANN NEIL BEHRMANN US and Asian properties should be better investments than their European counterparts because businesses in America and Asia will grow faster this year, according to
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    • 502 36  -  Estimated $50m gains will be redeployed, says its chief exec By ANDREA TAN PROPKRTY giant CapitaLand is selling its stake in a Shanghai office building for $161 million and will pocket about $50 million in gains. Digitdragon Holdings Ltd, a subsidiary of Lend
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    • 474 36  -  By ALEXANDRA HO PONTIAC Land Group and United Engineers Development are in the running to develop a hotel planned for one-north, the mixed development site of a hotel, offices, homes and shops near Buona Vista MRT. This was disclosed at JTC Corporation's launch of
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    • 244 36 CASA Contendere, an 11 -unit development off Newton Road, has been put up for tender. The owners are eyeing a $25 million price tag or a land cost of $524 psf, inclusive of a $2.9 million development charge. The project sits
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