The Business Times, 22 November 2002

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    15 1 MfTA (P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2002
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    71 1 HI UBl3l (-1046) ST IMIMSIIVTUIES 13MJ0 (-8.00) smscx FUTUIES ***** (-1.30) STOCK MABZET INDICES Thursday Change Kli»E OOMP 638i1 >1.04 NIKKEI225 8,668.(16 +208.44 HANG SENG _10.003.54 +32.39 SET INDEX 358.44 +6.26 JAKARTA COUP .***** 1.63 MANILA COMP .1,030.84 3J6 TAIPEI WPI 4,***** -74.05 SEOULGOMP 690.18 +858 SHENZHEN B
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    65 1 FOREX KATES uss ss rs$ (SS per I SS) 1.768 £(l S$/S$per IJ»75 2.784 EI'RO(l38/SS/E). 1.M3 1.773 YEN 122.1 6900 KM 1800 2.149 HKS 7.799 4.411 BAHT 4136 2452 Rl'PtAH 9,027 5.106 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* JiiS Kl AU IJMPTR 640 HONG KONG 5.(W<t JAKARTA *MW TAIITII 6.50M TOKYO 1J75
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    Lock icon Tharman issues caution over rising consumer credit
    668 1  -  Personal loans, credit card advances are a potential concern, says minister By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] With household debt in Singapore surging to hit 174 per cent of personal disposable income last year, the government yesterday called for "effective measures" to prevent the rapid
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    Lock icon Comfort, DelGro merger to create $1b company
    667 1  -  New company to be listed, but Comfort and DelGro will be delisted By 1 Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Comfort Group and DelGro Corp yesterday proposed a merger that will create a billion dollar grouping that is set to dominate the transportation market in
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    Lock icon Oei Hong Leong loads up on more NatSteel shares
    456 1  -  Purchases, at $2.05 a share, take his stake to 19.6% By\ Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE) A day after Oei Hong Leong was told by the Securities Industry Council to state his intentions on Nat Steel, the businessman was still in the
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    Lock icon WallStraits under probe over alleged investment advice
    479 1  -  CAD looking into whether it had pushed Osim stock By' Ven Sreenivasan (SINGAPORE! Online in-vestor-relations firm Wall traits.com is being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Department for allegedly giving investment advice without a licence. The company is alleged to have made a stock
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      Lock icon APOLOGY
      239 2 On 14 November 2002, The Business Times published an article entitled "Was sale to 98 a moment too soon?" by Lee Han Shih, which also appeared on the BT Online website. We recognise and accept that the article could have meant or could be understood to mean: (a) that
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      Lock icon APOLOGY
      277 2 On 14 November 2002, The Business Times published an article entitled "Was sale to 98 a moment too soon?" by Lee Han Shih, which also appeared on the BT Online website. We recognise and accept that the article could have meant or could be understood to mean: (a) that
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      Lock icon US double-dip recession unlikely: OECD
      781 2  -  Bat 'relatively weak and uneven' recovery seen for major economies Prom. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo A DOUBLE-dip recession is unlikely in the United States and other leading economies, but recovery remains "slow and fragile" and growth will be muted at least until 2004, says the
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      Lock icon MAS quashes rumours Sing, Brunei $ will delink
      362 2  - MAS quashes rumours Sing, Brunei will delink There are no current plans to review currencies' par relationship, it says By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The fixed one-to-one relationship between the Singapore and Brunei dollars still stands, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) confirmed yesterday in response to a devaluation warning that
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Bearish is his middle name
        115 2 In an Oct 21 strategy report. Morgan Stanley's chief strategist Barton Biggs had this to say: "Is this the beginning of a new bull market? I don't think so. As an investment class, equities are not undervalued enough and earnings growth over the next five
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        Lock icon The Fittfalls of public office
        157 2 The resignation of the controversial Harvey Pitt as chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission has prompted a flurry of critical articles with clever headlines in the popular press. For example, the UK's Financial Times on Nov 7 said it a column titled "The
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Datacraft reports 15-month loss of US$35m
      682 3 Company changed its financial year end to September from June DATACRAFT Asia yesterday posted a set of worse-than-expected results but said it has been restructuring operations to strength en its balance sheet and capitalise on opportunities as they emerge. The company, which changed its
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    • COMPAMY Briefs
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        Lock icon Sing Tel trims stake in firm
        54 3 SINGAPORE Telecom said it has sold 123,172 shares in Acasia Communications Sdn Bhd (ACSB) to The Communications Authority of Thailand. The sale has reduced SingTel's stake in ACSB to 14.68 per cent, from 16.74 per cent. ACSB provides development and operational support to telcos
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        Lock icon North 22 interim profit down 33%
        64 3 NORTH 22 Technology Services Group, an IT integration, solution and service provider in Asia, said net profit fell 33 per cent to US$l.2 million for the six months ended Sept 30,2002. The group said the regional economic downturn and the slowdown of the IT
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        Lock icon LC Dev chairman steps down
        73 3 VETERAN businessman Wong Hung Khim has stepped down as chairman and director of property and construction group LC Development. The company said Mr Wong, who resigned of his own accord, served his last day in office yesterday. Mr Wong also relinquished his position as member
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      Lock icon SMRT faces harder fight— for funds and riders
      589 3  -  hock 11.1 J I.JI JIM angela tan YESTERDAY'S news of the proposed merger of Comfort Group and DelGro Corp should not come as much of a surprise. For several years, the government has been encouraging the formation of multi modal transport operators.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      327 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 21 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 79 00 +165.00 STCADI -*****.00 +70.00 «T 10-4«jf IU -*****.00 OMtrpllii 367.71 +3.48 SGEqaMnBsct 118.11 +2^70 tttpBuFh 1245.11 _tl5.23 SG 339.19 +5.26 MSOTlf pin 172.84 +2.23 SMSaFatow 173.30 +3.00 Stocks Volume Datacraft 10c 23,393,000 Citiraya2.5c 11,094,000 Europtron 10c 10,044,000 People's Food HGK
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      Lock icon Strong showing in Q3 seen enhancing Eastech's appeal
      285 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By\ Ven Sreenivasan TAIWANESE-controlled Eastern Asia Technology has surprised sceptics by unveiling better-than-expected thirdquarter results. The world's largest maker of home theatre systems and speaker boxes boosted net earnings by 62 per cent to $13.7 million for the three
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      Lock icon How's the market?— Part II
      820 4  -  -I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A FEW days ago, this column suggested that the question "How's the market?" be answered with the refrain: "Compared to what?" Various benchmarks such as a meaningful timeframe were proposed to give the right perspective to any good or
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      Lock icon US$ runs out of gas as players trim positions
      625 4  -  I^ll comment CURRENCIES Doubts cast on old rumours of Brunei dollar devaluation against S$ larry wee THE US dollar looked a bit out of breath by the close of Asian trading yesterday, as players trimmed long positions ahead of the weekend.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CapitaLand seen buying back 2 more securitised buildings
      809 5  -  Big question: will it write down their values, spin them off in an office Reit liy Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND, which last week exercised a call option to buy back Robinson Point that it had securitised in 1999, is expected to do the
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      Lock icon PCA reports 20% fall in interim profit to $1m
      352 5 Drop in earnings due to foreign exchange losses PCA Technology, .in electronics contract manufacturer that counts Creative Technology as a major client, said yesterday that foreign exchange losses depressed its half-year profits by 20 per cent to $1.06 mil lion. Turnover
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      Lock icon ei-Nets responds to auditors' 'going concern' report
      201 5 SESDAQ-listed e-services and consulting firm. ei-Nets Ltd. last night defended its financial statements after its auditors raised the red flag last Friday. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange. the loss making company said that "sufficient information has been disseminated" on its activities.
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      Lock icon Wee Cho Yaw buying into Haw Par again
      390 7  -  Move strengthens talk he will use it to take over UOB's non-core assets By] David Boey NOVEMBER seems to be action time for banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw and his family-owned investment arm Wee Investments and the sale price of $3.70 per
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      Lock icon Avaplas interim profit soars 172% to $2m
      304 7 First-half turnover up 37% to hit record $36m SESDAQ-listed Avaplas, which makes precision engineering plastic components and sub-assemblies, yesterday said net profit rose 172 per cent to $2 million for the six months end ed Sept 30. The rise in earnings was on
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      Lock icon UOB seeks to avoid Manila row
      320 7  -  It asks former stakeholders to keep it out of dispute over their sale of shares to bank AVr>///. Al Labita in Manila UNITKI) Overseas Hank's (UOB) Manila subsidiary yesterday asked its former stakeholders not to drag it and the central bank into their dispute
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      310 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50, 1994 ED) AND IN THE MATTER OF ALMAWELL HOLDINGS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50, 1994 Ed), the final Meeting of the
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon NZ ties to be showcased on Sentosa
      518 8  -  Kiwi group to design a $4m attraction with Kingsmen Exhibits By' Wong Wei Kong STORIES of the Sea isn't just another new attraction on Sentosa. The project also showcases the closer economic ties between New Zealand and Singapore brought about by the free
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to market Mt Sinai project at $598 psf
      355 8  -  By Vince Chong CAPITALAND will release its fifth and last project for the year, Glentrees. at the weekend at a lower-than-ex-pected selling price of $598 per sq ft. This compares with market expectations of a $700 psf tag before the group's
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      Lock icon Wholesale trade up 10.3% in Q3
      276 8  -  on the economy wholesale trade By\ David Boey THE overall domestic wholesale trade index for the third quarter rose 10.3 per cent over the same period last year. This marked the first year-on-year rise for the index since the second quarter of 2001, according
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      154 8 In the matter of Societe Generate Nominees (Singapore) Pte Ltd Any persons having claims against the abovenamed Company in respect of unclaimed dividends are required on or before 9th December 2002 to send in their names and addresses, the full particulars of their claims and the name of their solicitors
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      Lock icon A case of the fourth estate gone awry?
      665 10  -  mr.i bottom line OPINION al labita The writer is BT's Manila correspondent NOT a few have raised a hue and cry over Manila's rambunctious and free press: so free that rumours are sometimes proclaimed as the truth and truth sometimes gets treated
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      76 10 'Every responsible person understands what is in products such as hamburgers and fries, as well as the consequences to one's waistline, and potentially to one's health, of excessively eating those foods over a prolonged period of time.' -McDonald's lawyers in a submission, arguing that the case of
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      Lock icon New face in Pakistan
      543 10 EDITORIAL ON the face of it, General Pervez Musharraf has restored democracy to Pakistan alter a gap of three years when he promised to transfer power to the newly elected prime minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, leader of the pro-president party Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i-Azam). But
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      Lock icon A rude reality check for Japan's economy
      1225 10  -  The consequences of earlier policy decisions may make debate over how to deal with the problems a moot point By. Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent ENDLESS analyses have been written over the past decade about what ails Japan's economy, and
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      Lock icon SIC should leave NatSteel turns to market
      284 10  -  MAiusrm Ee Teck Siew Singapore I REFER to the article "SIC tells Oei to declare bid decision" (BT, Nov 20). Whatever the good intentions of the Securities Industry Council to ensure informed deci-sion-making by Nat Steel shareholders on the two competing offers, there
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      Lock icon Look at impact of low-cost pension funds
      401 10  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the articles "CPF takes in consultant for low-cost pension plans" (BT, Nov 14), and "Navigator shows the way" (BT. Nov 20) by Genevieve Cua. I would like to support the recommendation of the Economic Review Committee's
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      Lock icon Don't cry over new stock option rules
      131 10  -  Lai S Chin Singapore I REFER to the report "Move by US firms to avert new rules on stock options" (BT. Nov 16). It seems the companies which are against stock option expensing are behaving just like cry babies. Many of these same
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      99 10 Fax your letters to 6319-*****r email them to btletterQsph.com.sg or write to: The Business Times, SPH HQ, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore *****4. We need your full name, address and telephone number for verification. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel laws. We reserve the
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      Lock icon Indeijit Singh returns with new chip venture
      424 11  -  Entrepreneur to headlnfiniti Solutions which has USs36m investment Tang Weng Fai AFTER a two-year break since leaving the last company he built, entrepreneur Inderjit Singh yesterday announced the launch of a new venture, Infiniti Solutions, with a US$36 million investment. The money comes
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      Lock icon Consultancy firm banking on outsourcing
      341 11  -  By Vince Chong A SMALLISH consultancy firm is building a business based on bringing together the products offered by top banks. Overseas Star Enterprise distributes every consumer product brochure from the six major banks in Singapore DBS, UOB, OCBC, Standard Chartered, HSBC and Bank of
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Celcom unaware of opposition to cellular merger
      244 12 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg CELCOM Malaysia Bhd, the nation's No 2 mobile phone company, said it is unaware of any opposition from shareholders to a plan to merge its cellular business with that of Telekom Malaysia Bhd. "Nobody came to talk to us it
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      Lock icon KLSE demutualisation exercise to end by July 2003
      407 12  -  This will allow exchange to make public offer by the end of next year Froml Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said yesterday it will complete its demutualisation exercise by July next year to enable it to
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      Lock icon Halim Saad trims Renong stake after criticising firm
      368 12  -  Tynwi Unptm with Bwg plant* plan Mtaharw Prom, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Renong boss Halim Saad has pared down his stake in the company due possibly to disagreement with the government's rescue plan for the beleaguered company. Mr Halim sold
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        Lock icon Pakistan elects first PM In 3 years
        93 12 Bloomberg [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan lawmakers elected Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali as the first prime minister since a military coup three years ago. His Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i Azam) has pledged to maintain President Pervez Musharraf s policies to boost the economy. Mr Jamali, 60,
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        Lock icon London taxi maker eyeing Thai base
        82 12 AP [BANGKOK] London Taxis International, the makers of the trademark London black cabs, is likely to make Thailand its production base for export to other Asian countries, officials said. The Coventry, England-based manufacturer has approached the Thonglor Group, a Mercedes-Benz dealer in Bangkok, about
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        Lock icon China Unioom to buy nine networks
        80 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Unicom yesterday confirmed a plan to buy nine cellular networks from its parent for 22.5 billion yuan (SS4.B billion) to fuel its expansion in the country's fast growing mobile market. Unicom said it will pay 4.8 billion yuan in cash
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        Lock icon Philippines cuts 2003 macro targets
        86 12 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines, already seen as a risky bet by foreign investors, cut economic targets for 2003 yesterday and said its ballooning budget deficit would hit 5.6 per cent of GDP this year. The government said it overshot its 2002 deficit target for the
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        Lock icon Meralco refund may be spread out
        74 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine Energy Regulatory Commission probably won't order Manila Electric Co to refund all at once money a court said the company overcharged clients, Energy Secretary Vincent Perez said. Regulators may give the nation's largest power retailer a refund period equal to
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        Lock icon Alleged Bali blasts mastermind held
        84 12 AP [JAKARTA] Police late yesterday arrested the alleged mastermind in the Bali bombings that killed nearly 200 people, the chief of intelligence said. Imam Samudra, an Afghan-trained militant with alleged links to the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group, allegedly planned the Oct 12 attack and
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      Lock icon Bangkok aims to clear 840b baht of bad loans in 2 yrs
      322 13 THAI RESTRUCTURING BOT governor will meet bank execs next week to discuss solutions Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand said yesterday it would help its commercial banks clear up bad loans worth 840 billion baht (5534.2 billion) over the next two
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      Lock icon New Thai panel to review economic laws: Thaksin
      186 13 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND plans to set up a panel today to review 11 economic laws enacted by the previous government, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said. Laws that may be changed include those on bankruptcies and overseas businesses in Thailand, Mr Thaksin told
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      Lock icon Int'l schools in Jakarta stay closed
      416 13 NYT [JAKARTA) One of the foundation stones of American life abroad good schools for the children was shattered here yesterday when three schools for international students announced they would remain closed for most of the month because of a continuing terrorist threat. The closing
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      Lock icon Jakarta to hold regional conference in Bali in Dec
      91 13 AFP [JAKARTAI Indonesia wUI host a regional conference on combating money laundering and terrorist financing in Bali next month despite last month's bombing, the Indonesian foreign ministry said yesterday. The meeting will be held on Dec 17-18 and will be attended
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      Lock icon Indonesia to go after ex-bank owners for unpaid debts
      264 13 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA has promised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) it wUI prosecute former bank owners who still owe it bUlions of dollars in bailout loans which have not been repaid. The government also promises to press on with the sale
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      Lock icon Anti-peg HK analyst quits from China bank
      408 14 HONG KONG Bank distances itself from his call, seen as Bering-linked Reuters A SENIOR analyst at state-owned Bank of China International, who made a controversial call on Hong Kong to ditch its currency peg, resigned a day before China's premier told workers at
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      Lock icon HK mulls doubling spending cuts
      445 14 HONGKONG Report says civil service pay, jobs may be trimmed Reuters THE Hong Kong government is considering making much deeper cuts in spending to battle its deficit, a Hong Kong newspaper said yesterday. The Hong Kong Economic Times quoted sources as saying the government was
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      Lock icon Nina Wang may lose US$2.4b fortune
      418 14 HONG KONG Bloomberg, Reuters NINA Wang, the 67-year-old "Little Sweetie" known for her pigtails and miniskirts, may be at risk of losing much of her US$2.4 billion fortune after a Hong Kong court ruled that her fa-ther-in-law is her dead husband's heir. The High
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      505 15  -  Budget will include 1.5 trillion yen of public works projects: Shiokawa From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN will enact a supplementary Budget of at least three trillion yen (5543.4 billion) in the current fiscal year. Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said last night,
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      196 15 NEWYORK Reuters AN investigation into accounting practices at US software maker Computer Associates is heating up and prosecutors have served subpoenas on former employees and customers, the New York Times said yesterday. Federal securities regulators have been investigating the Islandia, New York-based company for months
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      169 15 TOKYO AFP. Bloomberg THE president of Japan's top consumer credit firm Nippon Shinpan Co Ltd said yesterday he will resign to take responsibility for payments by the company to racketeers. "I keenly feel an unlimited responsibility for the scandal," Yoji Yamada. 54,
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      263 15 NEW DELHI Bloomberg INDIA'S plans to split the nation's biggest mutual fund into two and sell one of them was set for discussion yesterday at a meeting in New Delhi that will be attended by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh. Mr Singh
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      332 16 us data Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators unchanged last month Bloomberg AP. (WASHINGTON! New claims for unem ployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in four months, providing a dose of encouraging news for workers who have been feeling the
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      281 16 [SINGAPORE] Compared with their counterparts in other parts of the world, workers in Asia are the least committed to their jobs or companies, accord ing to a global study by mar ket information group Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS). Employees
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        71 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] IBM and Household Finance Corp are this week leading a parade of companies selling more than US$l5 billion of bonds to yield-starved US investors who are confident that the economy is gathering steam. At least 34 companies, including JP Morgan
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        53 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley is firing 2J200 employees, about 4 per cent of its workforce, in the fourth round of job cuts since the start of2ool, sources said. The Tiring began last week. About 100 employees, including six in Singapore, were affected in Asia,
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        76 16 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank AG may sell about three billion euros (555.3 billion) of investments in closely held companies to managers of its private-equity unit. The bank is in talks with a group led by Ted Virtue, a former Bankers Trust Corp executive who has
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        48 16 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The Netherlands' ABN Amro is readying to cut about 2,ooojobs from its wholesale banking arm by transferring them to EDS as part of an US$l.5 billion outsourcing deal. It expects to sign the deal with the US firm by year-end. Reuters
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        76 16 Reuters [NEW YORK) Global conglomerate General Electric Co yesterday cut its 2002 earnings forecast, said it would take charges totalling US$l.4 billion at its money-losing reinsurance unit, and signalled that 2003 profit would be softer than previously thought. In a widely expected move, the company said
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      498 17 PALO ALTO, California It posts USs39om in earnings for Q4; shares jump 10% in after-honrs trading LAT-WP, Bloomberg HEWLETT PACKARD said on Wednesday it is beginning to realise financial benefits from its merger this year with Compaq Computer, and announced
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      206 17 MURRAY HILL. New Jersey Bloomberg LUCENT Technologies booked some sales at the expense of future results for at least two years, top company executives said. Sworn statements by chairman Henry Schacht, former finance chief Deborah Hopkins and 12 others hint at how Lucent spurred
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      402 19 TOKYO 15 of Tokyo Electric Power's 17 reactors could be shut down early next year Reuters IF they're unlucky, Tokyo residents could be huddling for warmth under blankets this winter. If they're really unlucky, the city's bright neon lights may
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      336 19 Stanford Univ project to find ways to curb gas emissions Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Four companies will spend US$225 million in a de-cade-long study of energy systems aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Exxon Mobil Corp, General Electric Co, Schlumberger Ltd and
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      494 20  -  AARON LYE talks to the SSO composer-in-residence whose Symphonia Anamneseos premieres today AARON LYE FOR US-based Singaporean composer Er Yenn Chwen, life this past year has been a lot of hard work shuttling back and forth from his full-time job in Houston as the director
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      478 20  -  By 1 Eleanor Wong COMIC Potential started late by almost half an hour on opening night. Given the performance, it should have waited a few more weeks. As it was. the cast seemed under-rehearsed, stuck in that awkward stage when you
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      551 20  -  The film is an effective vehicle to explore how power can corrupt ordinary men By Parvathi Nayar LORD of the Flies in a sense said it all: the divisiveness of any them/us situation which, carried to extremes, proves that civilised behaviour is the thinnest of veneers waiting to
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      655 23  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon WHETHER you're a party-goer, family person, shopper, marathon runner or even if you're broke there's a fund-raising event for you. Such is the variety of events being planned from now till the end of the year. High-profile fund-raising events like the 3D at Sentosa's
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      652 23  -  By Kannan Chandran JUDGING by the rush for CDs after the George Brooks Summit on Friday night, it's safe to say the group's first concert outside of the US could be deemed a success. Even if the Esplanade concert hall wasn't full on
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      1040 24  -  PARVATHINAYAR talks to some arts companies to find out how their innovative fund-raising events are reaping returns PARVATHI NAYAR 1M NNOVATlONisthenewfaceof the old fund-raising game. Take Singapore Repertory i Theatre's (SRT) inaugural Theatre Ball last Saturday where costumed revellers mingled with stilt walkers and I contortionists, against Venetian
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      516 24 ITS unusual that a watch company underwrites a theatre company's fund-raising dinner, as opposed to a specific product, like a play. Even more unusual that the watch company's president of sales and marketing flies halfway across the world from LA to attend the event. But not
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      216 25 Reuters The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose one point to 1,447, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained four points to 1,412, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 35 points at 9,754 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down five points to 1,1843. TIME-CHARTER: Bulk Australia —170,000 dwt
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      713 25  -  PRESTIGE FOUL-UP 42m euro oil clean-op underway on Spanish coast By Donald Urquhart (SINGAPORE) The heated rhetoric for more decisive regulatory action against substandard ships is gathering steam as the estimated 42 million euro (5574.4 million) clean-up of the oilslicked Spanish coastline is
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        175 25 AFP (TOKYO] Japan's coast guard has sent two patrol ships and a plane to the place in the Sea of Japan where gunmen apparently seized a Russian fishing trawler with a crew of 23. "We have sent two vessels and one plane to the spot in
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        91 25 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Strait Shipping Ltd. a closely-held New Zealand sea freighter, said it expects to begin a new passenger service between the nation's two major islands in January to compete with Tranz Rail Holdings Ltd. Strait Shipping has just bought the 132-metre merchant vessel Santa
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      465 25 PTffffttgff'ff pflcgjngnf annnal inspection raises questions NYT THE damaging oil spill off the coast of Spain is a sobering reminder that the world's heavy reliance on oil for energy carries environmental risks that need more urgent attention than they have been getting. This
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      380 25  -  Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE) The Hong Kong Shippers Council (HKSC) has appealed to US Customs for a postponement of the new security-re-lated 24-hour advance cargo manifest rule. The council wants to ex tend the compliance grace period to one year, rather than
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        795 26  -  MNHMMMMMK- JCEMMMUMMfIMMMMMMI ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK -By Selva Kumar A COURT will not look behind a bill of lading to determine who is entitled to delivery, stressed the Court of Appeal in a recent decision in which a local bank's suit
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        45 26 [OSLO] Smoke billowing from the Norwegian navy ship KNM Orkla off the coast ofAlesund, western Norway. The navy minesweeper with 33 crew on board caught fire on Tuesday morning but no injuries were reported and the crew was evacuated to safety. AFP
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        766 33 THIS report, compiled by Coekett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesued stem Market movements are indicated The Coekett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        319 34 AP [MILAN] Relatives of many of the 118 victims of last year's Linate airport crash of a Scandinavian Airlines System airliner and a corporate jet crowded a Milan courtroom for a hearing to decide if 11 people should be tried for Italy's
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        525 34 Company hopes to make half the job cuts through attrition AFP [SEATTLE] Struggling US aircraft maker Boeing Co said on Wednesday that it will slash another 5,000 jobs in its commercial aircraft division next year as the global airline industry takes a
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        435 34 It urges talks towards EU-wide treaty instead Reuters [BRUSSELS] European Union (EU) countries should rip up aviation traffic agreements with the United States and negotiate a wide-ranging EU-wide treaty with Washington, the European Commission (EC) said on Wednesday. The EU's Executive
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        421 34 AFP [WASHINGTON] With traditional airlines struggling for survival. Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday it would create a new low-fare subsidiary to compete with the growing number of no-frills discount airlines. The new carrier set to debut in 2003 will function as
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        358 34 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Fraport AG said on Wednesday it was planning to invest some 3.3 billion euros (Sss.B billion) by 2015 in expanding Frank furt airport to prepare for growth in passenger and freight traffic. The airport operator said the money
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      104 26 WORLDGATE EXPRESS LINES PTE LTD 1 180, Cadi Street, *16-0304, Bangkok Bank BuMdhtg, S*pore *****6 Tel: *****911 Fax: *****073/*****863 Email: wgate@mbox2.sJngnet.com.sg WEBSITE: hftp www woridgate com. sg WEEKLY FCL LCL SERVICE TO FOLLOWING PORTS SOUTH-EAST ASIA SM |Ml {AST 9B MMMfIBOMT 7 «r~ TOW KHAWG/TBUNG 24/11 HONG KONG/CHINA WU~~ tOIOMIO
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      642 28 m gciiirA WEEKLY EXPRESS SAILING SCHEDULE ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AMD WESTERN ICQ POINTS vtssa vot mi pjuamc coto—o h««v> amm untpgmu mwn iik* nm» urn* wuMicm m hiw» aw lIIK HPK |7DK UMUMOH lIWI I7IK NIK Win II IK MOK usHtsm mm «m lIIK ISBK UPK ?IBK tOWBIBOtt
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      572 29 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for OURANIA SMILE RDM/ATW/BMNAJK/NAN HUA GUANG RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN KOVOOR RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Singapore EJW Malaysia Indonesia middle-east service Loading for HABIBE ANA HDO/JDH/DMT HDD/JDH/AQA/DMT VOYAGER V DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT LINDOS DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT STAR 2000 JDH/AOA Toads Singapore. E7W Malaysia. Indonesia USA SERVICE Loadng tor CHRISTOS CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL PONTOPORUS VCW/LAX/MZL BLUE PRINCESS CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL
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      342 30 I^YOWAUNE V«l V*y $lm Xmp Kwr M«>>l Ito—»lM— Pocific Senotor 952E 26/11 05/12 11/12 12/12 Pocific Senotor 952E 26/11 19/12 OMIT 31/12 02/01 04/01 06/01 Pocific Senotor 952E 26/11 ~Q670T OMIT 16/01 18/01 Honjin Homburg 072E" 03/12 19/12 OMIT 31/12 02/01 04/01 06/01 Honjin Homburg 072E" 03/12 ~06/01 OMIT 16/01
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      180 30 ETASFOK IQAPmfOi 21-22 NOV (HITTAGONG CHfNNAI 24-26 NOV KAKINAOA KARACHI 26-27 NOV COIOMIO MALE 15-17 DEC MUMBAI- DUBAI Weekly Container Service to ColonAu, AM Indian Porta and P. GuH ~|i ESP LINES NIW WKKIYIQ SBtVKI TO UCOS Vfssa SAIUNC EVER T THURSDAY LOAHMC EVHT WEP AT KEPfEL HSTRPARK. CONVENTtONAI/BtEAKIULK SfRVKE
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