The Business Times, 18 February 2005

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://biisiness-times.asial.coni.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004 Friday, February 18/20(5
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon MAS: S$ regime can absorb any change in yuan's value
    686 1  -  But US$ could still end 2005 at S$1.58 if Asian units strengthen with yuan, strategists warn By LARRY WEE [SINGAPORE] Singapore's exchange rate regime is strong enough to absorb the impact of any changes in the Chinese yuan, the Monetary
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    Lock icon GDP up 8.4%, at top end of forecasts
    675 1  -  By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economic growth powered home close to the top end of official forecasts for 2004, fuelled by an unexpectedly strong surge in manufacturing in the final quarter. But the good run isn't expected to last. With risks abounding
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    137 1 ST! 2,***** (+9.10) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,165.00 (+17.00) SIMSa 257.62 (+0.95) SIMSa FUTURES 257.90 (+1.80) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 912.62 -6.81 NIKKEI 225 11,582.72 -18.96 HANG SENG 13,967.82 -47.67 SET INDEX 734.68 -4.69 JAKARTA COMP 1,082.97 +9.53 MANILA COMP 2,096.99 +18.51 SEOUL COMP 972.56 +1.00 SHENZHEN B 247.05
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon China, India fuel HP's robust growth in Asia-Pacific
      655 2  -  Asia wide revenue US$3.3b in Q1 best regional growth of 15% By U CHELLAM gkJUQAPORE] US giant Mkst-Packard said yesstrong growth in $fQ£jand India helped the 3«3i»J*acific region report &srighest growth among jtjjn&ons globally in its fisCijgfjjt quarter ended Jan including Japan
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      Lock icon GIC, Temasek are big-time investors in South Korea
      368 2  -  By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] Singapore is becoming an investment force to be reckoned with in South Korea, led by the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and Temasek Holdings. With investments totalling some 15 trillion won (Ss24 billion), Singapore is already
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    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      697 2 A China hard landing will hit Singapore, says MTI A HARD landing for the Chinese economy is likely to shave 0.5-0.6 percentage point from the gross domestic product of newly industrialised economies including Singapore, accordiit£JtlßT6 Ministry of Trade and Industry. Quoting studies by the International Monetary Fund and
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  • ECONOMIC SURVEY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon A China hard landing will hit Singapore, says MTI
      654 4  -  But private economists differ on size of impact By CHEN HUIFEN 4JfIJ€APORE] A hard landing for the Chi)«£e,economy is likely to shave 0.5-0.6 $*$entage point from the gross domestic |fl£cxftict (GDP) of newly industrialised including Singapore, accord-' Ministry of Trade and
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Rival telecom firms take battle to prepaid arena
      490 6  -  M1's M Card offers free incoming calls and free IDD to M'sia and China By ANGELA TAN THE battle for the telecom dollar remains unrelenting. Mobile One (Ml), Singapore's second mobile phone operator, will start selling today a prepaid phone card that
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      Lock icon Australia's Optus wants regulation for Telstra sale
      360 6 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's Singtel Optus is seeking regulatory changes to ensure a planned sale of government shares in dominant telephone cotnpany Telstra Corp Ltd does not make it harder to compete. Optus, Australia's second-larg-est telecommunications operator and a unit of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Kok Siew always willing to serve: PM
      384 6 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife yesterday expressed their "deepest heartfelt condolences" to the family of the late Wong Kok Siew who died on Wednesday. Mr Wong, who was deputy chairman and chief executive of SembCorp Industries, died at the age
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Kim Eng on acquisition path as profits leap 40% to record high
      718 7  -  Broker to pay out 7.5 cents per share; sights set on India, Korea, China By JOYCE KOH A RECORD profit, a record dividend payout and the best bonus in the business Kim Eng Holdings had a good run
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    • Article
      Lock icon Yeo Hiap Seng puis out profit guidance
      288 7 PROPERTY tycoon Ng Teng Fong's food and beverage unit Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (YHS) has issued a profit guidance after its Malaysian and China operations reported poorer performances. A day after the Malaysian subsidiary Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) (YHSM) reported a sharp drop
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    • Article
      Lock icon Parkway predicts rosy '05
      143 7 Bloomberg PARKWAY Holdings Ltd, Singapore's biggest private hospital operator, expects its net income this year to be better than in 2004, chairman Anil Thadani said. 1 j •\f "The board is generally optimistic that we should be able to improve on our profit this year over
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tata Steel marks acquisition of NatSteel Asia
      652 8  -  Completion of deal leaves vendor NatSteel Ltd with a mix of operations By WONG WEI KONG INDIA has come to Tanjong Kling, a dusty stretch that's home to shipyards and Singapore's only steel mill. Steel of India marked the completion of its acquisition
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      Lock icon Banks keep eye on multiple-card holders
      348 8  -  By SIOW LI SEN THE more credit cards a person carries, the higher the chance of getting into financial trouble. And it seems banks are taking note, says Mark Rowley, general manager of Credit Bureau (Singapore). Initial findings suggest that people with more banking
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Ascott unit under member's voluntary liquidation
        59 8 THE Ascott Group, the serviced residence arm of CapitaLand, yesterday said it is placing its wholly owned subsidiary, Scotts Development under member's voluntary liquidation. It said the liquidation "will not have any material impact on the net tangible assets or earnings per share of
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        Lock icon SingTel expects $39m gain from Intelsat deal
        111 8 SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday said as a result of the acquisition of Intelsat Ltd by a subsidiary of Zeus Holdings Limited, SingTel and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Optus Networks Pty Limited, are entitled to get US$18.75 in exchange for each share in Intelsat which they
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        Lock icon Fragrance unit exercises option to buy land
        152 8 FRAGRANCE Group, which deals mainly in property development and hotel operations, yesterday announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fragrance Land, has exercised an option to purchase a plot of freehold land measuring 600.2 square metres located at Mangis Road, District 15, for 552,288,000. The
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        Lock icon Easyknit requests trading suspension
        49 8 EASYKNIT International Holdings, which deals with the sourcing and export of cotton based knitted garments, garment dyeing and property investments, last night requested a trading suspension. It said the suspension was pending the "issue of an announcement regarding a very substantial disposal of the company".
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      • Article
        Lock icon Clarification
        111 8 IN AN article 'Ml sets compelling 3G video call price' (BT, Feb 17), Mi's spokesman Chua Swee Kiat was quoted as saying "The 40 cents per minute charge is based on mobile party pays, meaning the initiator pays". Ml would like to clarify the charges: (1) If the video
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4275 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UP G'teed 5.0/2 1.*****/ UP G'teed 7,<V2 1.*****/ ABN Antra Aaet Mat K'nara) G'teed Fund 5.0/3 1.*****/ to 0 807/ I* G'teed Fund 7.00 1.*****/ S ?K Fund 5.<V1 0.8661/ \Z Ed Up*"* fund 7.01 0.*****/ s£ nwl UPSW»fc FUND 5.00/90% 0.*****/ ,?SI UPSWING FUNO 5.0/2/100% 0.*****/
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      Lock icon DMX seeks upgrade to main board
      381 9  -  Full year earnings almost double to US$10m, beating earlier guidance By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AS it posted sterling results for financial year 2004 yesterday, Sesdaq-listed DMX Technologies Group Ltd also said it has submitted an application to the Singapore Exchange to upgrade its listing
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      Lock icon C&C Bintang's net profit down 39%
      245 9  -  By CAROLYN QUEK JARDINE Cycle and Carriage's Malaysian subsidiary Cycle Carriage Bintang Berhad yesterday said net profit plunged 39 per cent to RM14.82 million (556.4 million) for the 12 months ended Dec 31, 2004. Revenue fell 13 per cent to RM757.26 million mainly due
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      Lock icon Aztech net profit up 142%
      262 9  -  FINANCIAL RESULTS By PEPPER LEE SESDAQ-LISTED Aztech Systems reported its second consecutive year of profitability with net profit up 142 per cent to $6.84 million for the full year ended Dec 31. 2004. Group turnover rose 29 per cent to hit $152.14 million, up from
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    • OTHER RESULTS
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        Lock icon Internet Technology posts profit
        113 9 DESPITE a 17 per cent fall in revenue to $7.2 million. Internet Technology Group Ltd returned to the black for the year ended Dec 31,2004, with a net profit of $158,000, against a loss of $14.2 million in the previous year. Contributing to this were reduced
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        Lock icon LKN-Primefield narrows loss
        101 9 LKN-Primefield Limited reported a 42.8 per cent fall in net loss for the year ended Dec 31 2004, to $13.5 million from $23.6 million in the previous year. While there was no provision for plant, property and equipment impairment this time against a provision of $5.6 million
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        Lock icon King's Safety Wear profit falls
        107 9  -  Compiled by JOSEPHINE TAY PRODUCER of industrial safety footwear and personal protection equipment. King's, Safetywear Ltd, yesterday announced a 26.7 per cent fall in net profit to $3.77 million for the year ended Dec 31 2004, from $5.14 million in 2003. Revenue was up 5.3
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      346 6 Budget 2005 Date The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance will deliver his Budget Tuesday, 1 March 2005 Statement to Parliament on 18 February 2005. This will be Mr Lee V.UUam to l.UUpm Hsien Loong s first Budget Statement as Prime Minister. What special Venue measures will be drawn up
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Tracking Wall Street's behaviour
      530 10  -  STOCKS Push on banks helps ST Index rise in mixed session; small-cap speculatives favoured R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent Greenspan spoke and investors listened, hopeful for clues as to what the future might hold, interest rate-wise. Unfortunately, nothing new was said although Fed watchers will probably debate
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      990 10  -  Compiled by CHEN HUIFEN Ho Bee Investment fob 17 dose: 3S.S cents 1 cent) GK GOH RESEARCH, Feb 17 DRIVEN by development projects: In line with expectations Ho Bee reported a 23 per cent gain in fullyear profit to $16.1 million, against our forecast of $16.4 million. 4Q04
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      Lock icon US$ slips to 2-week low against euro
      478 10 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The dollar eased to a twoweek low against the euro yesterday as an uneventful speech by Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan encouraged traders to unwind bets on further dollar gains. Mr Greenspan provided no surprises in his Congressional testimony on
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Schroder ups stake in MCL Land
        86 10 SCHRODER Investment Management Group's deemed stake in MCL Land has increased from 5.501 per cent to 5.513 per cent after a series of purchases by Schroder Investment Mangement Singapore on behalf of clients on Monday. Schroder Investment Management Group comprising Schroder Investment Management and
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        Lock icon Lim Eng Hock's deemed stake in UPP goes up
        69 10 THE deemed interest of Peter Lim Eng Hock (above) in United Pulp Paper has increased from 11.42 per cent to 12.84 per cent after a series of transactions which raised the deemed holding from 13.294 million shares to 14.95 million shares.
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        Lock icon Aberdeen buys more Eu Yan Sang shares
        95 10  -  Compiled by JEAN CHUA EU Yan Sang International said that the deemed interest of Aberdeen Asset Management has risen to 5.1519 per cent from 5.1225 per cent after an open-market purchase on Tuesday. Aberdeen now owns 14.73 million shares, up from 14.646 million.
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      428 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 17 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 75.00 +30.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -41.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +7.00 All-SG Equities 559.98 +1.17 SG Equities Elect 159.98 -1.30 SG Equities Fin 1666.95 +12.76 SG Equities Prop 544.48 -0.18 SIMSd 257.62 +0.95 SiMSCI Futures 257.90 +1.80 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Jan non-oil exports up 9% from a year ago
      533 11  -  Economists had expected growth of 13% from Jan 2004, 5% from Dec 2004 By CHUANG PECK MING SINGAPORE'S exports, excluding oil, got off to what looks like an unimpressive start for the year, with shipments in January up just 9 per
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      Lock icon Redas chief sees tough HI, better H2 for developers
      724 11 PROPERTY FOCUS THE first six months of this year may be difficult for developers, but the second half will turn for the better, according to Kwee Liong Keng, president of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas). "If I have
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      Lock icon Patrick Lum to take over as Suntec City CEO
      551 11  -  His predecessor Wong Ah Long may be joining German insurer: sources By KALPANA RASHIWALA PATRICK Lum is succeeding Wong Ah Long as chief executive of Suntec City Development (SCD), the property manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust. Mr Lum is
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      Lock icon Jurong industrial site put up for sale
      224 11 JTC Corp yesterday announced the launch of a 30-year leasehold industrial site in Jurong for sale by tender. This follows a successful application by a developer for the site at Penjuru Road, near Jurong Port, to be put up for sale. The site
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    • NEWS ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon Full-fledged TCM centre in Ang Mo Klo
        50 11 THE first fully-fledged traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) centre Hong Hua TCM Medical Centre will open at the Ang Mo Kio Hospital in April. The centre, which will provide services such as general TCM consultation and acupuncture, can handle up to 240 cases daily.
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        Lock icon IRAS pin for those who e-filed returns
        76 11 TAXPAYERS who e-filed their returns in previous years will be issued a permanent Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) pin, instead of the usual tax return package. This pin can be used to access their personal tax information. IRAS has also raised the
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        Lock icon ERS bonus payout raised to 11.4%
        31 11 HOLDERS of Economic Restructuring Shares (ERS) will receive higher bonus rate payouts of 11.4 per cent this year, compared with 4.1 per cent in 2004.
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      Lock icon Call for casino proposals was right move, says MM Lee
      500 11  -  By DANIEL BUENAS AN integrated casino would probably bring more "buzz" to Singapore and create more tourist dollars, but it would also harm Singaporean society. This is why the government's move to call for project proposals was "the right step",
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon BOJ: a case of action belying words
      459 12  -  It avoids expected adjustment of monetary policy By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo THE Bank of Japan (BOJ) claimed yesterday that Japan's economy is still "recovering", despite official data published on Wednesday showing that it slid back into recession for the fourth time in
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      Lock icon Ringgit peg remains basically sound: Zeti
      430 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's six-year-old currency peg remains fundamentally sound and short-term capital inflows will not spark a change in the fixed rate regime, the central bank chief said yesterday. "Any change in the exchange rate regime would be on the basis of longerterm
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      Lock icon Asia begins year with sizzling export growth
      659 12 But economists don't expect region to keep up pace Reuters [SINGAPORE] South Korea, Taiwan and a clutch of other Asian countries have brushed off weakness in key industrial markets and started the new year with cracking export growth, but economists are refusing to
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      Lock icon Central bank sees HK's economy expanding 4-5% in 2005
      329 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's de facto central bank said yesterday it expects the territory's economy to grow by 4-5 per cent this year but reiterated that a sharp rise in interest rates could pose a risk. Hong Kong tends to
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      Lock icon US initial jobless claims fall again; import prices up
      356 12 Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The number of initial jobless claims fell unexpectedly last week in a show of strength for the US labour market, whHe an energy-driven import price rise offered mixed signals on inflation pressures. First-time claims for state unemployment insurance
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      Lock icon More R&D funding needed for the US
      396 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US government needs to boost spending on scientific research to avoid falling behind India, China and other countries that are rapidly gaining ground, business and education leaders said on Wednesday. The Bush administration's slight increase in research and development funding
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Bursa Malaysia planning to raise RM531m in IPO
      378 13 The IPO was given a book-building range of RM2.50 to RM3.20 a share uary. Reuters. Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's stock exchange, which is seeking to go public in March, could raise up to RMS3I million (***** million) in its initial public offering (IPO),
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      Lock icon KL hit by power failure again
      132 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Power failures hit the Malaysian capital for the second time in over a month yesterday, blacking out its soaring twin towers and briefly forcing the stock exchange onto a back-up generator. The blackouts were briefer and more localised than the last
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    • Article
      Lock icon Indon fuel subsidies maybe cut by 50t rupiah
      247 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has agreed to cut fuel subsidies by as much as 50 trillion rupiah (SsB.B billion) a year, said Aburizal Bakrie, the coordinating minister for the economy. The cut in the fuel subsidy will mean a
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      Lock icon Aussie firm to build US$330m plant in M'sia
      459 13  -  Grange's iron ore pellet outfit to be ready in 2008 By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur THE Terengganu state government's plans to transform Kemaman into a major steel hub as well as a regional port has received a major boost Australianbased Grange
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      Lock icon Exxon to up spending in Indonesia
      321 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's biggest publicly traded oil company, said it may increase spending in Indonesia by as much as US$2.6 billion to develop the Cepu field in Java. The company is seeking a contract from stateowned PT Pertamina to pump
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      Lock icon M'sia looking to Indonesia again
      401 13 Palm oil, toll roads among sectors it is interested in AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian businessmen, wary in the past of security threats and a weak legal system in neighbouring Indonesia, are giving the thumbs up to new President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership. Some 45 Malaysian
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mesdaq counters have trouble moving to Main Board
      209 13 [KUALA LUMPUR] Market capitalisation will remain a major challenge for Mesdaq counters to seek a listing transfer to the Main Board despite the liberalisation of the listing requirements for these companies to do so; the Malaysian daily, The Edge reported, citing analysts.
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      Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon China overtakes US as world's top consumer
      675 14 It takes lion's share in use of grain, meat, coal, steel, loses out only in oil AFP [WASHINGTON] China has replaced the United States as the world's top consumer, eclipsing the world's rifchest economy in consumption of four of the five basic food,
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      Lock icon Chinese car parts see boom
      571 14 Reuters ffiONG KONG] China's car parts makers are poised to drive away with more of the estimated US$l.2 trillion global components market, helped by low wages and heavy local demand. Top carmakers such as General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co plan to increase buying
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    • Article
      Lock icon Weaker imports may slow China's economy
      290 14 Reuters [BEIJING] China's economy probably powered ahead in the year through January after a strong finish to 2004, but weak imports may point to the start of a slowdown in the world's seventh-biggest economy. Reading China's economic tea leaves will be particularly tricky, analysts
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    • Article
      Lock icon SAIC to hold 70% of JV with Rover: report
      171 14 AFP [HONG KONG] A proposed joint venture between Shanghai Auto Industry Corp (SAIC), one of China's top carmakers, and the troubled British car firm MG Rover would leave SAIC with a 70 per cent share of the company, a report said
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon US brain drain may prove to be India's gain
      363 15 Lobby group warns of threat to American tech leadership Press Trust of India [SILICON VALLEY] The highly skilled Indians that once flocked to the US are now returning home, "turning America's brain drain into India's brain gain", says a report by
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      Lock icon A-Max to double stake in Macau entertainment company
      179 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] A-Max Holdings Ltd said yesterday it had agreed to double its stake in Macau gaming and entertainment firm Greek Mythology (Macau) Entertainment Group Corp Ltd 1 to 13.8 per cent. The Hong Kong-listed telecommunications products maker said it would
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      Lock icon China's premier vows to step up fight against graft
      235 15 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has pledged to strengthen the fight against corruption, stamp out abuse of power and build a clean and transparent government, state media said yesterday. At a State Council meeting on Wednesday, Mr Wen said
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      Lock icon Jobs in India's mobile sector seen growing by 30%
      493 15 [NEW DELHI] The number of people employed by the Indian mobile telephony sector, which now provides direct and indirect employment to over 3.6 million people, is set to grow by 30 per cent over the next 12 months, says a report
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      446 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Italian liqueur maker Illva Saronno has signed a pact to buy a third of largest Chinese vintner Changyu for almost US$6O million, tapping a newfound taste for wine from the country's nouveau riche. Illva Saronno Investment will pay 481.42 million
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        60 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] MinshenJ Bank, China's first lender, beat expectations yesterday with a 39 per cent jump in fourth-qjfirter earnings, defying crNjjft curbs to cool the ecentony. Set to raise US$l bil|i£h in a Hong Kong stock sale targeted for April, it posted an unaudited net
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        31 15 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch financial group ING is i? talks with China's Bank pf Beijing about a possible, partnership, ING said,,,, yesterday. No details.wgre available.—Reuters
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        53 15 [BEIJING] India SOOn become a full membet oif an inter-governmental'body that sets standards and develops and promotes policies td combat money laundeftkg and terrorist financing according to a report by Press Trust of India. quoting Jean-Louis Foh?, president of the Finaftcral Action Task
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        74 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Illegal Indonesian immigrants who leave Malaysia tindler a government amnesty will be allowed to return nearly immediately if they get their papers in order; the Indonesian ambassador said yesterday. Malaysia's Home Ministry will ui M cooperate with Indonesian Embassy officials
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      569 16  -  It plans rights offer next month to beef up war chest for acquisitions By AL LABITA in Manila HAS San Miguel Corp (SMC) bitten off more than it can chew? That appears to be the case as its financials show
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      464 16 Bloomberg [SEpUL] London-based Standard Chartered, which last month agreed to buy South Korea's smallest regional lender for US$3.3 billion, aims to become one of the top three banks in the nation in five years. The Asia-focused bank plans to increase its share of
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      242 16 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines biggest conglomerate, Ayala Corp, said yesterday that fourth quarter net profit nearly quadrupled due to the sale of a stake in its phone unit and strong growth in its property unit. Analysts said future growth would be
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      221 16 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's Samsung Electronics said it has produced the world's first prototype of ultra-fast, low-power-consuming computer memory chips that will set the standard for next-generation products. The new 512-Megabit DDR3 (double data rate 3) DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) chip can process
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      404 16 New chief pledges to maintain fund's activist position Reuters [SACRAMENTO, California] The board of the biggest US pension fund, Calpers, on Wednesday elected acting president Rob Feckner as its new president, keeping the US$lB3 billion fund under the leadership of a labour official.
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      239 16 AP [WELLINGTON] Australia and New Zealand have pledged to further integrate their economies by simplifying bank regulations and aligning accounting standards to spur investment between the South Pacific neighbours. Australian Treasurer Peter Costello and New Zealand Finance Minister Michael Cullen, however, ruled
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      556 17 Real Madrid and AC Milan are next with Chelsea rising six places to fourth Reuters [LONDON] Manchester United are still the richest club in the world of football as revenues from the game's top 20 teams heads towards the £2 billion (556.2
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      413 17 Fed governor Bernanke is top contender Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Gregory Mankiw resigned as chairman of President George W Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Federal Reserve governor Ben Bernanke is a top contender to replace him, an administration official said. The shift is likely by month's end, the
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      591 17 It will pay US$4.8b to gain 4 casinos, a convention centre AP Bloomberg, [LAS VEGAS] MGM Mirage, the casino operator controlled by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, won US antitrust clearance to acquire Mandalay Resort Group for US$4.B billion. It does not have to sell
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      Lock icon Million-selling Economist magazine bucks gloom in media sector
      394 17 AFP [LONDON] It has an avowedly quirky style and sometimes controversial views. Yet as magazines worldwide sigh about poor circulation and scarce advertising revenue, The Economist is set for a major celebration this week. Figures due to be released yesterday were widely
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      271 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US accounting rule makers voted to back a proposed regulation that limits reporting of corporate tax deductions. Companies including TXU Corp and PepsiCo had argued that the rule would distort balance sheets. The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted to require that
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      184 17 Reuters [LONDON] Oil markets .{j could prove less of a drawn for big-money investment ,< ld funds this year because a >, ,i j forward pricing structure na that guaranteed hjoJi blockbuster returns for i >/. most 0f2004 has t r A disappeared.
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        83 17 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] American Funds, the biggest US seller of mutual funds, violated securities rules for three years by paying brokerages US$lOO million in commissions in exchange for promoting its products ovSr other firms', the NASD said. The kickbacks were made to about 50
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        Lock icon Credit Suisse's Q4 profit up 22% to 959m Swiss francs
        74 17 Bloomberg, Reuters [ZURICH] Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland's second-largest bank, said fourth quarter profit rose 22 per cent, helped by higher earnings at its investment-banking unit. Net income climbed to 959 million Swiss francs (Ssl .3 billion) from 784 million francs
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        67 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's biggest retailer, yesterday said quarterly profit rose 16 per cent on strong sales growth from store expansion, beating Wall Street expectations. Earnings for the fourth quarter ended Jan 31 rose to US$3.l6 billion, or
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        93 17 Reuters [SEOUL] A leading creditor to South Korea's LG Card denied yesterday a media report suggesting that HSBC Holdings Pic had contacted it about a possible £1.4 billion (554.3 billion) bid for the troubled card issuer. The Times newspaper reported that
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        69 17 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australia's largest wine producer, Southcorp Ltd, urged shareholders yesterday to reject a A 52.5 billion (553.2 billion) hostile bid by Foster's Group Ltd, and forecast a 30 per cent net profit rise next year. Southcorp, the maker of Penfolds, Lindemans
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        63 17 AFP [TOKYO] Three former executives of Japan's UFJ Bank pleaded guilty yesterday to obstructing a government probe into non-performing loans at the bank. Former vice-president Kazuyoshi Okazaki and former executives Sen Hayakawa and Masayuki Inaba all testified at the Tokyo District Court
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      594 18  -  Rival carriers wage battle over giving Singapore access to Aussie-US route By VEN SREENIVASAN [/SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday challenged Qantas chief Geoff remarks that the Hfejistralian carrier did not Pteve the same rights out of qpingapore to third counas SIA would have
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      109 18 AFP [HANOI] Air France will suspend direct flights from Paris to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for six months to concentrate on more lucrative Chinese and Japanese routes, a company official said yesterday. The airline would suspend its code-share contract with Vietnam Airlines
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      428 18  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Low cost carrier Tiger Airways is looking into setting up subsidiaries and joint ventures in regional countries where regulatory hurdles currently prevent it from flying there. While not spelling out specifics, the Singapore -Airlines associate's chief executive,
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      204 18 Reuters [DUBLIN] No-frills airline Ryanair has begun coyrt proceedings against an Irish pilots' union in an effort to stop what it says is an organised campaign of harassment and intimidation being conducted through a website. "In addition to threatening and intimidating Ryanair pilots,
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      443 18 Regulations cover flights cancelled and delayed due to bad weather AP [BRUSSELS] Laws come into effect across the European Union yesterday to provide airline passengers with hefty compensation for excessive delays and cancellations. The regulations cover flights cancelled and delayed because of
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        85 18 Bloomberg [COLOGNE] Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's third-biggest airline, said it will increase mid-year seating capacity by 1.5 per cent with new flights to India, Nigeria and the US. Intercontinental capacity in the flight plan from March 27 to Oct 29 will be increased by
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        84 18 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine Airlines, the nation's largest carrier, posted a wider loss in the fiscal third quarter as higher fuel prices boosted costs. The airline posted a net loss of 272.2 million pesos (558.15 million) loss in the three months ended Dec 31, compared with
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        82 18 AFP [LOS ANGELES] Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways on Wednesday shifted its North American headquarters to the California city of San Francisco. The carrier has officially opened brand-new offices in the coastal hub 15 years after leaving the city to set up
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        90 18 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh private carrier GMG Airlines said it will start flying to Colombo and Kathmandu from May and will seek permission to fly to Bangkok and New Delhi. "We've already received permission from the civil aviation authority to fly to the Nepalese capital
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      382 19  -  By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Transpacific container lines have been warned of an imminent rise in human smuggling from North-east Asia to North America using containers, according to a recent bulletin from the UK P&I Club. The club cited "reliable information" obtained from
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      293 19 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] A high-speed passenger ferry on its way to mainland China collided with a cargo boat in Hong Kong, injuring 97 people, four of them seriously, government spokesmen said. Separately, Star Cruises Ltd's Wasa Queen cruise ship collided with a sampan in
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      622 19 Government report picks holes in seaport grant programme Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US programme to protect ports from terror attacks is distributing its limited funds without a full understanding of which ports are most vulnerable and which projects are most important, a government report
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        76 19 [LONDON] The UK's Port of London has announced that 2004 was its most successful year since 1998. Overall, London's port facilities have experienced growth of 4.4 per cent during the past year. Total cargo handled increased by 2.3 million tonnes to 53.3 million
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        85 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] CP Ships Ltd. a London-based container-shipping line with 79 vessels, said fourth-quarter profit jumped 14 per cent to a record as freight rates increased. Net income climbed to US$32 million, or 35 US cents a share, from US$2B million, or 31
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        62 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese shipbuilders received 58 per cent fewer orders in January compared with the previous month as freight rates fell from last year's record highs. Orders for 21 vessels, totalling 1.1 million gross metric tonnes were placed, down from 50 vessels totalling
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      694 19  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR FOR the second time in the past year, Singapore's Pan-United Marine Ltd has been successful before the Australian Federal Court in Perth in renewing writs in rem to arrest vessels to enforce general maritime claims for monies owed to
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      544 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Teekay Shipping Corp, the world's largest mid-size oil tanker owner. said fourth-quarter profit soared 34-fold as increased production from Opec members helped boost shipping rates to records. Net income rose to U*****.6 million, or US$2.5O a share, from US$6.5B
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      519 20 EDITORIAL ANOTHER shipping-related deal has been hatched by players on both sides of the Causeway. This week, Singa-pore-listed marine logistics company Chuan Hup struck an agreement to sell its shipping assets for more than RMI.3 billion (*****.9 million) to a listed Malaysian company that is
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      1037 20  -  Today's Budget should tackle social security and fix inflexible tax system By NIZAM IDRIS WHILE the 2005 Budget is likely to continue the past attempts at paving restructuring, there is room to spend more on social security or cut tax rates further. For this particular Budget,
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      801 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent MUCH of the media coverage of US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's recent trip to Europe seemed to be preoccupied with the new American chief diplomat's winning style. Apparently "Chere Condi" has succeeded in charming
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      480 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Kenneth Pang Cheow Jow Singapore I REFER to your report "Innovative share scheme pays off for OCBC staff (BT, Feb 15) on OCBCs first employee share purchase scheme launched last July. It correctly describes the scheme, which combines a savings plan with
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      543 21  -  By WILLIAM GRIMES NYT IF the 20th was the American century, then the 21 st belongs to China. It's that simple, Ted C Fishman says in CHINA INC: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World, and anyone
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      995 29  -  Insomnia will kick off the Singapore Season in London next Friday. PARVATHI NAYAR finds out what is in store PARVATHI NAYAR ITS ambition is to awaken an interest in South-east Asian art and issues* in ways more challenging than latte-and-angst. The programme
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      675 31  -  Artistic director Mauro Bigonzetti talks to CHEAH UI-HOON about his work with the modern ballet dance company CHEAH UI-HOON THERE'S a telling description of ballet in Italy: that it's cast in the role of Cinderella, a younger sister living under the same roof of the
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      363 31  -  By FOO CHEN LOONG SHE is set to pull out all the stops again in her next performing visit to Singapore. One of the world's foremost organists. Dame Gillian Weir, takes on the resplendent instrument at the Esplanade Concert Hall in a one-night performance
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