The Business Times, 8 May 2001

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 S I N G A P O R^/E Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2001 85C
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    58 1 MWMl WiMTW lHIMBiS Monday Change KLSEOOMP dosed NIKKEI 226 14,688.41 +107.77 HANG SENG 13,600.78__+209.79 SET INDEX dosed JAKARTA COMP __dosed MANILA OOMP 1,431.91 -10.56 TA1PH WPI ££29.93 -1412 SEOUL COMP 696JO +1050 CLSACHDiAB dosed AUST ALL ORD __3£9120 +1130 BOMBAY INDEX -1,***** +30J2 Noon EST Change DOW 10,911.56
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    73 1 FOREX SATES us$ s* US$ (SSperUSS) 1-823 £(US$/SSper£) 1.436 2.616 EUBO(US$/S$/E) 0m 1.626 DM 2.192 1.202 YEN 121.0 66.40 RM SM) 2.084 HKS 7.799 4578 BAHT 46J6 24.98 RUPIAH 109,60 6,012 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .89.00 BANGKOK™ 9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY
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    Lock icon Chip foundry market to hit bottom in Q2
    835 1  -  J i exclusive But experts nnsnre how soon rebound will begin, even though orders are warming np From Jennifer Lien in San Francisco THE semiconductor foundry market is likely to hit bottom during this quarter, although it's still not clear exactly how
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    Lock icon It's a jungle out there for PSB Corp as it goes it alone
    857 1  -  By* Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] There was no parting golden handshake for PSB Corporation last month when it was cut loose from the government and left to find its own way in the private sector not even
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    Lock icon Don't cry for me, S'pore: 3Fusion founder
    1239 1  -  From. Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley HINDSIGHT is always 20/20. So says Singaporean engineer, investor and entrepreneur Jason Lim in talking about the recent failure of his Silicon Valley startup. But while he wished things had turned out better for his e-commerce infrastructure
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      82 1 maPE Top stories Sing Tel pumps USs2oom into Bharti. Paga 4 Eye on the economy: Job ad volume slips 20% in March. Pg 5 Central bankers see US economy picking up soon. Mexf Page Market Talk: Ifs okay to bid a stock goodbye. Pg 22 Knowledge economy The art of
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      71 1 Raffles' hotel play j I says Lee Han Shih 6 Vr' V GENEVE irfrtfl your own tradition. ,r jAB J^^fr Hal Br '\^P^H *|HjjH^ look after it for the ne*t generation Calatrava by Patek Philippe jfc. 4- -*T Roy Eastern Watch #01 86/88 #01 74 Lucky Plaza 304 Orchard Road
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      13 1 BT's property reports says a reader t I i I Page 6 i
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      Lock icon G-10 sees US economy picking up soon
      867 2 Central bankers also concerned about potential price pressures in the euro-zone Reuters, Bloomberg [BASEL] Central bankers from the world's major economies believe the US economy is set to pick up speed later this year and may even be bottoming out already, Bank of
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      Lock icon Manila shrinks Budget deficit to 824m pesos
      361 2  -  Frorrn Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines has reined in its ballooning Budget shortfall, narrowing it to only 824 million pesos (5529.7 million) in April, the lowest in a year, from 19.9 billion pesos in March. Official data showed that government spending amounted
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      314 2 Pffl UNIVERSITY OF M NATIONAL UNIVERSITY JBJ SOUTH AUSTRALIA M OF IRELAND "Ranked Among Australia's Best Universities" "Ranked Top 9 Business School in Europe" MBA® BSc (Hons) Singapore 21st Intake 8 June Few Places Left! BSc (How) mfon—tkwi Techaeleflf "Ranked Top 5 Distance MBA in Asia" by Asia Week BSc
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      6 2 Warrantless arrests to continue, Pg 11
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SingTel to pump US$200m into Bharti
      571 4  -  Fands will help Bharti build pan-India mobile and fixed-line footprint Vince Chong SINGAPORE Telecommunications said yesterday it will plough up to US$2OO million more into Bharti Group, India's largest private fixed-line phone network provider. Apart from Sing Tel, another US$26O million will come from
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      Lock icon Horizon will survive Internet meltdown: chief
      366 4 Dow Jones SINGAPORE-based Horizon.com Ltd, which sells educational material and advisory on-line, says it can survive the global meltdown of Internet firms because its business model actually makes money. Executive chairman Ng Jui Ping says business this year will be good enough for the
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      Lock icon Unlocking Keppel Carp's value
      624 4  -  I!MJM lock siew wong wei kong Kpw that Keppel Corp's status as a leading blue chip and bellwether stock for Singapore is a thing of the past, privatisation is increasingly looking like the best hope for the group's long-suffering minority shareholders. It would be an understatement
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      Lock icon Acma clarifies report on its debts
      191 4 ACMA issued a statement yesterday clarifying a media report on its indebtedness. The report had said Acma was talking to bankers about refinancing its short-term debt in line with its auditor's comments on the position of the group's assets and liabilities. The article had
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      423 4 mF" ADVERTISEMENT HIS With greener efforts, BASF is committed to a greener Singapore. "i'l Til ''liidn ifif rTmr'i^ BASF strives to protect the environment for future generations. BASF is a transnational chemical One such product is Ecoflex*. This As a member of the Singapore company committed to Singapore's is a
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      1324 4 ©INTERNATIONAL FACTORS (SINGAPORE) LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of Internatkpial Factors (Singapore) Ltd will be held in the IFS Boardroom at 7 Temasek Boulevard, #10-01 Suntec Tower One, Singapore *****7 on Wednesday 30
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      7 4 CATS. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Job ad volume slips 20% in March
      309 5  -  on the economy 10b ads By Janice Lee MANPOWER demand has slackened, going by the volume of job advertisements in the newspapers. The volume of job ads slipped 20 per cent year-on-year in March, compared with 15 per cent growth in February. According
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      Lock icon S'pore banks keen to muscle in on a slice of Thai action
      961 5  -  -ii exclusive DBS Thai Dana, UOB Radanasin are quick to pitch for customers among top-tier firms, consumers By Siow Li Sen THAILAND may have triggered the Asian financial crisis and continues to suffer some of the after-effects, but
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon A not too convincing hotel play
      744 6  -  -II comment PROPERTY Rallies Holdings' hotels yield good operating profits, trat wh&t're the net returns? lee han shih AS Raffles Holdings tries to reinvent itself as a "pure hotel play", its directors and managers have to convince shareholders they can earn a better return
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      Lock icon BT reports on property too pessimistic
      782 6  -  kVJUbag Ng Say Weng Singapore ALTHOUGH The Business Times is well-regarded as a business newspaper with adequate news coverage and analysis and generally balanced reporting, it is, however, perceived to be overly bearish and pessimistic in reporting on the local property market. Your reporters
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      113 6 Ford Motor Credit Company Floatiaf Rate Notes Dim April 28,2005 Comma Code No.: *****67 ISIN No.: U*****97 RX36 CUSIP Ha.: *****7 RX3 In accordance with the terms of the documents governing the above-referenced Notes, notice is hereby given that the Interest Rate per annum for the Interest Period commencing April
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Dotcoms are dying. Long live new media!
      774 8  -  ITTT3 bottom line OPINION toh han shih Dr Toh Han Shih is a Singapore-based technology writer who contributed this article to BT TRUE, many dotcoms involved in online media have closed and many more are struggling. But the death of dotcoms does not
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      104 8 'She can be on time, or in two places at one time, and you know she will never get a pimple or ask for a raise. Sometimes I wish all models were virtual.' John CanaManns the founder of Elite Model Management, on a new generation of computer-generated
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      Lock icon A test of Gus Dur's statesmanship
      626 8 EDITORIAL WITH the second censure by Indonesia's legislature, President Abdurrahman Wahid's tenure as the country's first democratically elected leader is all but over. No amount of political posturing or the reshuffling of his Cabinet is likely to save his 18-month-old presidency. And the sooner
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      Lock icon The truth about protectionism
      831 8  -  Although rich countries aren't blameless, poor countries are the worst offenders when it comes to obstructing free trade By, Jagdish Bhagwati, Arvind Panagariya Jagdish Bhagwati is professor of economics at Columbia University. Arvind Panagariya is professor of economics at the University of Maryland. FT IT is
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      Lock icon Defusing the Social Security time bomb
      1006 8  -  COMMENTARY Studies clearly show that the poor are the worst served by the current US system By Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg IN his unassuming way, George W Bush came to Washington
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon KL's Yankee bonds get lease of life
      672 9 HONGKONG Scrapping of exit tax revives interest in the battered bonds Reuters SCRAPPING an exit tax on foreign investors' capital gains has revived interest in Malaysia's battered Yankee bonds, despite fears that the country may be forced to devalue its currency. Malaysian US
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      Lock icon More opportunities for KL brokers
      295 9 THE Malaysian government's move to create investment banks by getting stockbroking companies to merge with discount houses has opened opportunities to many that have yet to clinch partners in the financial industry's consolidation drive, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. As a result, there is
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      Lock icon Warrantless arrests to continue in the Philippines
      558 11 MANILA They will continue despite lifting of state of rebellion AFP, AFX-Asia THE arrest without warrant of suspected leaders of the May 1 attack on the presidential palace will continue despite the lifting of the state of rebellion, Justice Secretary Hernani Perez said.
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      Lock icon No plans to sell property, says CyberWorks official
      188 11 HONGKONG Reuters DEBT-LADEN telecoms and Internet firm Pacific Century CyberWorks has no plans to sell any of its property holdings, the newly-appointed head of CyberWorks' infrastructure and real estate unit said yesterday. "We don't have 'for sale' signs on anything," Michael Moir
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      Lock icon Hanoi may phase out high-priced air fares for foreigners by '03
      312 11 HANOI Reuters A VIETNAMESE government committee said yesterday it had proposed the gradual phasing out of high-priced air fares for foreigners by the end of 2003. The Government Pricing Committee called for an increase in the fares Vietnamese travellers
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      Lock icon Shadow over privatised Angkor ticketing
      555 11  -  l=ail3:J from Phnom Penh Harish Mehta TICKET sales to enter the magnificent temples of Angkor, considered one of the wonders of the world, have been privatised so as to generate a lucrative revenue stream. The government arid a private company are casting their eyes on
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      Lock icon China Unicom, MTRC soar on Hang Seng news
      497 13  -  Analysts also expect possible entrants to the index, like HKEC, to surge From- Audrey Tan in Hong Kong CHINA Unicom and Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) surged sharply yesterday in their first day of trading after news emerged that they will be
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      Lock icon China bourses hire Hong Kong market experts: report
      184 13 HONGKONG Move follows China regulator roping in ex-HKSFC official Reuters CHINESE stock exchanges have hired two Hong Kong market experts in the wake of the China Securities Regulatory Commission's recent recruitment of a local woman as its vice-chairwoman, a Hong Kong newspaper
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Taiwan bank chief to head bourse
        57 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Finance Minister Yen Ching-chang said the government will appoint E Sun Commercial Bank chairman Lin Jong-shong as chairman of the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Mr Lin, 63, an ally of the ruling party, will replace Lee Chung-ying on June 1 when Mr
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        Lock icon Taiwan president hints at coalition
        69 13 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, repeatedly frustrated bylack of a majority in Parliament, hinted for the first time he might be willing to join hands with other parties to push through his policy agenda. His remarks, to members of his Democratic Progressive Party, triggered
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        Lock icon HK retail sales surprise with 2% jump
        63 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong retail sales unexpectedly rose in March as consumers bought more durable goods. Sale§ rose 2 per cent from a year earlier to HK$l5.7 billion (553.6 billion), the Census and Statistics Department said. That compares with a 4.1 per
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      Lock icon HK urged to embrace mainland China
      374 13 dinging to colonial ways will hnrt HE: Cabinet member AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong will suffer economically if people cling to the old colonial way of life and distance themselves from mainland China, a member of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa's Cabinet said. "A mind
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      Lock icon HK embarks on security blitz as Jiang arrives for forum
      732 16  -  3,000 police deployed in a'ring of steel' for the Fortune Global Foram From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government is gearing up for the biggest security blitz since the 1997 handover, when President Jiang Zemin arrives here
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      Lock icon Jiang urged to probe nephew's business dealings
      331 16 HONGKONG T&i Zhan is said to be embroiled in a real estate scandal AFP A RIGHTS group has called on Chinese President Jiang Zemin yesterday to look into unresolved financial irregularities involving his nephew. Tai Zhan, Mr Jiang's nephew, is reportedly embroiled in
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      Lock icon ICBC Asia to buy parentis HK business for HK$3b
      335 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg INDUSTRIAL and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd has agreed to pay about HK$3 billion (***** million) for the Hong Kong commercial banking business of its parent. ICBC which last year bought the former Union Bank of Hong Kong
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      3560 10 [NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I m NOTICE OF sth ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I B NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the sth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be convened |M and held at Ficus 1, Jurong Country Club, 9 Science Centre Road,
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      64 11 e In a quarter when the economy slowed we increased profits and improved margins. t The Oracle E-Business Suite is a cost-cutting engine. Get the facts at www.oracle.com Copyright ©2001 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved Oracle is a registered trademark, and Software Powers the Internet is a trademark or registered
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      4135 12 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I ZAGCOy ZAGRO ASIA LIMITED NOTICE OF SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 29 Woodlands Industrial Park El. North Tech #04-15/16, Singapore *****6,
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      45 12 Get to know the many listing items for sale services offered B business opportunities B used car listings I m i announcements B travel destinations B real estate listings ...and bargains I to be found in The Straits Times I Classified! 'I J 1 CATVS.
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon European car parts makers shun online exchanges
      281 17 LONDON Implementation costs cited as main obstacle: survey FT ATTEMPTS by the world's leading car makers to persuade suppliers to use online trade exchanges have largely failed in Europe, according to industry research. A survey of almost 60 "tier-one" component and engineering groups,
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      Lock icon NTT to transfer 60,000 workers, says report
      223 17 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) group plans to transfer 60,000 workers from its regional operators and slash the pay of those aged 51 or over, a report said yesterday. NTT will transfer 60,000 staff from 110,000 from its
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      Lock icon CCT wants to sell stake in Net venture
      297 17 HONGKONG But its exit plan gets complicated as US ally goes off the air Bloomberg CCT Telecom Holdings Ltd, a Hong Kong maker of telecommunications equipment, wants to sell its 60 per cent stake in an unprofitable wireless Internet venture, underscoring the
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      Lock icon Lucent sacks chief financial officer in leadership revamp
      373 17 MURRAY HILL, New Jersey NYT LUCENT Technologies, the troubled maker of communications equipment, dismissed its chief financial officer on Sunday in an effort to revamp leadership at the company. Deborah C Hopkins, who had been chief financial officer for a little more
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      Lock icon Korea Telecom returns to profit in the first quarter
      174 17 SEOUL Bloomberg KOREA Telecom Corp, the country's largest telecoms company, returned to profit in the first quarter compared with the previous three months after spending less to market its high-speed Internet services. Net profit was 338 billion won (*****.2 million) in
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      7 17 W hat s happened to The Economist?
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      2976 18 PARKWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED mcorpomed »w Republe ol Smgep<xe NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Cornpany will be held on Thursday, 24 May 2001 at 11.00 a.m. at The Lecture Theatre, Level 3, Gleneagles Hospital, 6A Napier Road, Singapore *****0
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      610 18 iuatmma In dw mattei of Ikt Componin Act, Cop. 50 and in the matter of WftieUnd (Singapora) Hi lid (In Members' Voluntary Uquidalion) At on Ejtliocwdinoi y General Mxhn j of to abo»e company held on 3 May 2001 tHe following resolution* were potted Thai Wittekind (Singapore) Ma lid be
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      1160 18 (Sic/T) STRATECH SYSTEMS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Stratech Systems Limited ("the Company") will be held at The Function Room, 6 International Business Park, #02-03, The Atrium, Singapore *****8 on Wednesday, 23 May 2001 at 9.00 a.m for the
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Koizumi to set rules for resolving banks' bad loans
      554 19 TOKYO Govt to implement Mori's economic package, set np body to buy banks' cross-shareholdings AFXAsia JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said he will set guidelines for banks and companies to discuss restructuring debtor-creditor relations as part of the government's target to
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      Lock icon US resumes spy flights off China's coast
      343 19 WASHINGTON AP AN Air Force plane yesterday flew the first US reconnaissance flight off China's coast since the April 1 collision between a Navy spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet, a US Defence official said. The RC-135 reconnaissance plane, flying from Kadena
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      Lock icon BNP Paribas bids for BancWest of US
      350 19 PARIS It offers USs2.sb to buy the 55% it does not own of the bank Reuters BNP Paribas, France's biggest listed bank, is offering U552.45 billion to buy the 55 per cent of Hawaii-based bank BancWest Corp it does not own to speed
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      Lock icon Novartis buys 20% voting stake in rival Roche
      341 19 ZURICH Analysts see giant Swiss drag industry merger on the cards Reuters SWISS healthcare group Novartis AG has bought a 20 per cent voting stake in rival drug and diagnostics group Roche Holding AG in a deal that Novartis said yesterday opened
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      Lock icon SEC considers widening IPO probe
      498 20 WASHINGTON It may extend probe to include individual recipients of new equity listings FT US regulators are understood to be considering broadening the scope of an investigation into investment banks' alleged misallocation of initial public offerings (IPO) of shares to include prominent retail clients. The
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      Lock icon Oil firms outdo themselves in cost savings
      612 20 'Underpromising' a ploy to win over inrestore analysts Reuters [NEW YORK] To the delight of their shareholders, oil companies have been well off the mark with cost-cutting promises. Fuelled by mergers and concerns about volatile crude oil prices, Exxon Mobil Corp, BP Amoco
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      Lock icon Banker quits Nomura to launch own fund
      316 20 LONDON FT GUY Hands, the high profile banker who has done £10 billion (5526.1 billion) of deals as head of Nomura's Londonbased private equity arm, is quitting to launch his own £2 billion fund. Mr Hands has given Nomura the option to be
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      Lock icon Korea's Q1 GDP growth put at 3-4%
      419 21 SEOUL Minister says rebound in industrial output kept economy from stalling Bloomberg, Reuters SOUTH Korea's economy probably grew at its slowest pace in more than two years last quarter, Finance and Economy Minister Jin Nyum said. The economy "probably grew about 3 to
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      210 23 Reuters London THE yen held firm within a per cent of recent one-and-a-half month highs against the US dollar yesterday as Tokyo stocks gained following Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's debut speech to the Japanese Parliament. The euro was steady around the U550.8920 handle against the US dollar, showing
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      243 23  -  SOX Derivatives Trading Report MSCI Taiwan Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Taiwan stock market closed mixed yesterday amid quiet trade and low volume. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index added 1.12 points, or 0.47 per cent, to settle at 238.40
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      306 23 AFP Composite Index +10J0 KOREAN stocks rose 1.9 per cent. The index closed up 10.90 points at 596.50. Volume was 468 million shares at 2.1 trillion won. —AFP ■*T Wm *h Anam Semi 4675 55 Bc«4n Tech 640 35 Central Bank 170 unch CheilComm ***** 1000 Dm Gu Bank
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      2826 24 HONG KONG AFP Hang Seng +209.79 HONG Kong share prices rose 1.6 per cent higher yesterday following gains on Wall Street at the end of last week, dealers said. Dealers said the gains were led by financial and property stocks on
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      363 24 AFP pWP Index -14J2 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.3 per cent lower yesterday in lacklustre trade amid cautious sentiment, dealers said here. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index shed 14.12 points to 5,229.93, on turnover of NT$48.82 billion. "Investors became wary in the absence of fresh leads and
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      2088 24 TOKYO AFP □jjMrtBS *107.77 SHARE prices in Tokyo ended 0.7 per cent higher yesterday as investors welcomed economic reform pledges in the first policy speech by Japan's new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei225 Index rose 107.77
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      684 28  -  Students can progress from certificate level to degree and even beyond, reports MELISSA SIM WORKING individuals might feel that obtaining an overseas degree is but wishful thinking. Well, think again! The Academy of PSB Corporation, formerly known as the PSB Institute for Productivity Training,
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      287 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 1,456, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 11 points to 1,514, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD fell six points to 9,400 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down four points to 1,809. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Bulk Atalanta (built 1990)
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      305 29 SOX '900 *♦/-*> CWT Distribution 0.54 -0.02 24 ChuanHup 0.31 unch 155 Cosco Investment—0.18 unch 171 Freight Links 0.08 -0.01 350 GB Holdings 0.39 -0.03 22 IMC Hoidlngs-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdings 0.15 unch 200 Keppel Corp 3.16 0.02 1008 Keppel FELS 0.90 unch 795 Keppel Marino
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      634 29  -  Many of the DUO legislative changes must be implemented by July 1 next year, S'pore seminar told Reports by'. Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The enormous cost of meeting soon-to-be implemented International Maritime Organisation (IMO) legislation was revealed at a Maritime Law Seminar
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        586 30  -  Contractor's permit to load contaminated mnd for dumping in mainland waters rejected By 1 P T Bangsberg HONG KONG'S Container Terminal 9, which is to add the equivalent of 3 million 20-foot boxes (TEUs) to Hong Kong's capacity, is said to be at
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        220 30  -  -By] David Hughes [LONDON] UK-based Clarkson Research Studies (CRS), part of the H Clarkson shipbroking group, relaunched its Internet information system, Shipping Intelligence Network (SIN), last week. SIN was originally put on the market about a year ago, coinciding with the peak of interest in
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      474 29 People Star Alliance, whose membership includes Singapore Airlines, appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO) and two senior managers to its Alliance management team last week. Mexican national Jaan Aibrecht will assume his new position as Alliance CEO on June 1, succeeding WHIian Meaney, who has resigned. A former pilot
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      21 29 Dispute may delay new HK container terminal Pg2 Air NZ to amass up to NZ$l b cash by June 30 BackPg
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      Lock icon Air NZ to amass up to NZ$1b cash by June 30
      366 40 Carrier plans to use funds to modernise fleet Reuters [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand plans to have NZ$6OO million (***** million) to NZ$l billion in cash on its balance sheet by the end of its financial year on June 30,
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      492 40 Nod for carrier's bnyont of Impulse will come with conditions attached Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's competition watchdog said yesterday Qantas Airways Ltd's play for Impulse Airlines raised serious questions about long term competition and Qantas rivals Ansett and Virgin Blue both had valid concerns.
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      316 40 Reuters [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand chief executive Gary Toomey said yesterday he doubted low-cost airline Virgin Blue would fly in New Zealand. "I would be very surprised if they would want to come into a market that would see Air
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      Lock icon American Bob Kiley named to head London Transport
      373 40 Reuters [LONDON] The British government has named Bob Kiley, the man credited with revamping the metro networks in New York and Boston, as chairman of London Transport, the capital's transport authority. Mr Kiley, the American brought in to overhaul London's public transport
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      190 40 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia has introduced transit visas for US nationals, including travellers whose plane may have to make a forced landing on Russian territory, Interfax news agency quoted official sources as saying. The move coincides with strained relations between Moscow and Washington. There
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      40 40 [NEW YORK] A traveller watches the planes at LaGuardia Airport in New York. As the busy summer travel season approaches, many airlines are looking for ways to unclog airports and decrease travel delays. AP
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      Lock icon Nippon Express aims for 32b yen profit
      220 40 Reuters [TOKYO] Nippon Express Co Ltd, Japan's largest general transport firm, said yesterday it aims to score a group net profit of 32 billion yen (Ss4Bo million) in the year ending in March 2004, recovering from an expected 29 billion yen loss in
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      Lock icon China may favour Airbus over Boeing
      161 40 AFX-Asia [HONG KONG] Chinese analysts believe tension in the country's relations with the US may increase Airbus Industrie's chances of securing aircraft orders from China carriers ahead of Boeing Co, China Daily said. Chinese airlines are expected to expand their combined fleet from 600
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