The Business Times, 3 January 2003

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2003
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    Lock icon Private home prices eased just 1.8% last year
    648 1  -  URA flash estimates also show a Q4 drop of 0.3% from Q3 prices By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Private property prices slipped 1.8 per cent last year, showing more resilience than in 2001 when they fell 11.7 per cent. Flash estimates from the
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    Lock icon S'pore staves off recession, upturn expected only in H2
    675 1  -  Figures show 2L2% growth in 2002; electronics PMI edged up in Dec By Anna Too [SINGAPORE] After narrowly staving off a double dip recession, the Singapore economy is expected to stay sluggish in the first six months of 2003 before firm
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKETS
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    Lock icon FINANCE
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    Lock icon US$ up after MAS leaves S$ policy unchanged
    1160 1  -  But greenback may still be vulnerable to further losses, analysts warn By] Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] The US dollar rebounded yesterday after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) left its neutral policy stance on the trade-weighted Singapore dollar unchanged as widely expected but
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  • Article
    Lock icon Factory data powers Dow in morning
    114 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Stocks rallied strongly in morning trade yesterday, driving major market gauges up by more than 2 per cent as a pickup in manufacturing activity fed hopes for a brighter 2003 after three brutal years for Wall Street. By 11am New York
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    • Article
      Lock icon UOB-KH buys Sassoon's brokerage
      608 2  -  S'pore's biggest brokerage is also taking over Sassoon's 174 remisiers Byi Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] JM Sassoon Co (Pte) Ltd, a venerable stockbroking firm that survived the Great Depression and World War 11, has become the latest casualty of the worst bear market in recent history and
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • Article
        Lock icon The limelight hurts
        108 2 NEW year, old complaints. Grapevine has heard that at least one successful corporatised unit of a government division has issued a directive to staff to reduce its marketing and public relations activities following complaints of perceived unfair competition from the private sector. Apparently, the corporatised firm, which
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      • Article
        Lock icon Centennial event
        166 2 WHILE most people were sleeping, the calendar with a little help from the clock presented a mind-bending sequence of numbers early Thursday morning, a once-in-a-hundred-years occurrence: 01-02-03-04-05-06. For those still awaiting a jolt of caffeine, that is Thursday's date followed by the precise moment the clock read 4.05
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      Lock icon No need for fourth varsity: panel
      504 2  -  In its place, NUS will have two new campuses at Bnona Vista and Ontram Byi Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Two years after it was first mooted, the idea of a fourth university has been aborted by a gov-ernment-appointed committee. The Committee to Review the University
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      Lock icon Jakarta raises charges for fuel, power, phone
      527 2  -  It's part of efforts to cat subsidies and contain the deficit FYom\ Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA has ushered in the New Year with another round of tariff hikes, with the government announcing significant increases in fuel, electricity and telephone charges. Electricity tariffs
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      436 2 CI Goods Services Tax Workshops 2003 J Practical Complexities in a Simple Tax Fail to plan, plan to fall this can be true even for the GST Who Should Attend requirements of your business. Now that there's a greater focus Financial Controllers, Finance Managers, on GST compliance with the rate
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon UOB and DBS make headway in China
      534 3  -  Both banks have received permission to do capital account currency conversion business By\ Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE banks are offering more .services to their customers in China as the country liberalises its banking industry. United Overseas Bank (UOB) and DBS Group Holdings are
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      Lock icon Boost for short-selling with SGX open-dated loan tenures
      275 3  -  By] Michelle Quah INVESTORS looking to short-sell in Singapore will soon be able to borrow share scrip on an open-end-ed basis. From Jan 15, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) will offer open-dated loan tenures whereby brokers can borrow shares from a central pool
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      Lock icon Why SGX should not have raised fees
      588 3  -  lock siew lee han shih IF there are doubts that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) thinks and behaves like a Civil Service department, just think about its recent move to raise listing and depository fees. On Dec 27 two days after Christmas SGX issued
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      Lock icon ABN Amro offers loan deal without lock-in period
      578 3  -  But packages of local institutions still top: dollar Dex By Angela Tan AS the battle for the huge HDB home loan market intensifies, yet another qualifying full bank has joined the fray, offering features that include NTUC FairPrice grocery vouchers worth up
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      1170 3 MANDATORY CONDITIONAL CASH OFFER by ©OCBC Bank OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) for and on behalf of AFRO-ASIA INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES PTE. LIMITED (Incorporated in Hong Kong) to acquire all the ordinary shares of 550.50 each in S SsangYong SSANGYONG CEMENT (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) other than those
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      313 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 2 VALUE CLOSE BTOMK 90.00 +74.00 1TCIMM -*****.00 461.00 «Tl»4yMA -*****.00 -9.00 mmwgmm 348.67 -0.13 SSEjaMwEhct 119.55 +1.27 S8r|<liifti 1186.90 -8.34 SG EqaMw top 315.78 -0.68 163.99 -0.47 SMSCIFabra 164.20 -0.60 Mwhi Vtkmm Chart SemiCond 26c 15,074,000 Crtiraya2.5c 14,213,000 MultiVis HK7c 13.753,000 Asia Dekor HK15c 13.679,000
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      Lock icon Like other tech stocks, approach DMX with some caution
      286 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byi Wong Wei Kong RECENTLY-LISTED DMX Technologies gained further ground yesterday as investors on the first trading day of the year focused on small caps and newly-listed IPOs. But whether interest in the counter will be sustained is
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      Lock icon Trick is to sniff out special plays
      740 4  -  -l i comment STOCKS wong wei kong PESSIMISTS have said over and over that 2003 won't be a good year for equities. And the first market session of the New Year did little to dispel this notion. Uninspiring, thin trading greeted punters on
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      Lock icon Greenback attempts to bounce higher
      599 4  -  i comment CURRENCIES Ten and Sing dollar are the biggest losers larry wee THE US dollar attempted a modest rebound against some Asian counterparts yesterday, with several players suggesting that a correction of sorts could be overdue after it was heavily sold off last month.
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon NatSteel sells associate
        46 5 Reuters SINGAPORE takeover target Nat Steel Ltd said yesterday it had sold its 50 per cent stake in Industeel Investments Holdings Pte Ltd for *****.000. The sale is not expected to have any material impact on the group, said the steel miller. —Reuters
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        Lock icon SHC completes stake deal
        103 5 SHC Capital's drawn-out effort to acquire a stake in Nanyang Insurance Company from its Malaysian parent See Hoy Chan has finally come to fruition after several delays. SHC said yesterday it has completed the acquisition after a bid from another party for some of Nanyang*s businesses
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        Lock icon BIL left with 4.88% of F&N
        44 5 QUEK Leng Chan's BIL International is no longer a substantial shareholder at Fraser Neave. BIL said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Inscribe Investments, has sold 391,000 F&N shares at $7.80 apiece. BIL now holds only 4.88 per cent of F&N.
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        Lock icon Tuan Sing divests unit
        67 5 TUAN Sing Holdings (TSH) will divest wholly-owned unit Grand Hotel Management (GHM) to its 27.1 per cent Australian-listed associate Grand Hotel Group (GHG). GHG will pay TSH Asl million and assume GHM's net liabilities of about A 5390,000. Separately, TSH said its directors are reviewing the
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        Lock icon US$1.8m orders for MI Tech
        63 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED Manufacturing Integrated Technology has secured orders worth an estimated US$l.B million from major US, European and China-based customers. It has also terminated a preliminary agreement with China's Jiangyin Switchgear Plant Co. It will, however, set up a new subsidiary in Shanghai through its wholly-owned
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        Lock icon Comfort completes acquisition
        44 5 TAXI operator Comfort Group has completed the acquisition of Beta Viet Nam Fund's entire shareholding in Tecobest Investment Limited for US$l.55 million. As a result, Tecobest and its 70 per cent owned unit Vietnam Taxi Company are now subsidiaries of Comfort.
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        Lock icon ST Engg owns all of Cradance
        80 5 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering said its wholly-owned subsidiary Fusion Tech has acquired the entire issued share capital of Cradance Services from Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd for about $3.4 million. Cradance currently has a 51 per cent shareholding in Growth Venture. With the acquisition, Cradance has
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      Lock icon iMAGE again heads list of PR firms doing IPOs
      813 5  -  Smaller rivals closing gap with their lower fees and personalised tonch By David Boey PUBLIC relations firm Citigate Dewe Rogerson i.MAGE has claimed top spot once again in Business Times' annual ranking of PR firms that helped companies launch initial public
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      Lock icon Goldman leads takeover advisory work in S'pore in 2002
      555 5 Bloomberg MORGAN Stanley, Merrill Lynch Co and JP Morgan Chase Co, which dominated takeover advisory work in Singapore during 2001, saw their business slump more than 95 per cent last year as volume shrank three-quarters. Morgan Stanley fell to seventh place
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      6593 6 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 PURSUANT TO SECTION 290(2)(b) and IN THE MATTER OF ***** MICROBOND PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at 6001 Beach Road. #12-11 Golden Mile Tower.
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Net allocation of factory space down in Q4
      420 7  -  f=F2 =4 on the economy industrial land JTC figures show a decline into negative territory of3Bsqm Bu\ Vince Chong FLASH estimates from JTC Corporation show net allocation of ready-built space slipped into negative territory of 38 sq metres in the fourth quarter
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      Lock icon New Year home launches do fairly well
      428 7  -  Medium-sized developers steal a march over big boys By' Vince Chong MEDIUM-sized developers Fortune Realty and Poh Lian are among smaller outfits that stole a march on the bigger boys when they released projects over the New Year holiday and garnered fair sales.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Girl in tudung told to leave school
      171 7 AN 11-year-old girl was told to leave school yesterday for wearing the traditional Islamic headscarf. The girl, Norashikin Azhar, is the daughter of Azhar bin Ali, deputy head of the youth movement of the opposition Singapore Malay National Organisation, better known as PKMS.
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      Lock icon Oil product inventory surges
      93 7 Reuters SINGAPORE'S onshore inventories of refined oil products rose in the week ended January 1,2003 led by a 1.533 million-barrel jump in stocks of heavy residual fuels, International Enterprise (IE) said yesterday. According to lE, a government trade body, residue stocks used by power plants and
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    • INBrief
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        Lock icon Four new High Court judges
        44 7 FOUR new High Court judges have been appointed by President SR Nathan, lite four—all judicial commissioners—are Choo Han Teck, Belinda Ang Saw Ean, Woo Bih Li and Tay Yong Kwang. Their appointment as High Court judges took effect yesterday.
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        Lock icon NCS subsidiary renamed
        30 7 NATIONAL Computer Systems said yesterday its unit Sing Tel Aeradio has been renamed NCS Communications Engineering to "embrace the NCS brand and more accurately reflect business focus".
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        Lock icon Move to widen Fair Trading Bill
        73 7 THE Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) BUI covering financial services may be extended to include financial investments. This follows feedback from pubUc consultation on the draft BilL The Monetary Authority of Singapore will conduct industry consultations this month on the impact of extending the Act
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Reliance ups the ante in the telecom sector
      737 8  -  1 bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT THE mobile telephony market in India is in for a major shakedown with the launch of a service by Reliance Infocomm promoted by India's largest
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      106 8 'We promise that if anyone violates our freedom with pre-emptive action or forward defence, they will get what the Mat Salleh (Westerner) calls a bloody nOS6 Mahathir Midiamad the Malaysian prime minister, in a thinly-veiled response to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's recent threat that he was
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      Lock icon Recovery held hostage to oil
      583 8 EDITORIAL OEL prices, which are up more than 55 per cent from a year ago, are becoming a cause of increasing concern. If they continue to remain firm, they could jeopardise even a modest US economic recovery, especially in the first quarter. The political backdrop
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      Lock icon Astra's debt challenge is also Indonesia's
      897 8  -  It's a reminder that even well-run firms with decent market positions are being held hack by the nation's socio-economic and other woes By' William Pesek Jr Bloomberg OF all the fascinating business stories that unfolded in Asia in 2002, the tale of PT Astra
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      Lock icon Can sports stars teach businessmen?
      859 8  -  COMMENTARY Most lessons in business drawn from the world of sports are bogns By Matthew Lynn The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg GARY Kasparov, the former world chess champion, has switched from picking moves to picking
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon BMW in final talks for Pelepas distribution base
      411 9  -  This may signal it'll take back M'sian wholesale business from Sime Darby From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur GERMAN auto maker BMW in Singapore is in the final stage of talks to set up a distribution base at a leading Malaysian port
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      Lock icon Sinopec to trim 10,000 jobs this year
      194 9 HONGKONG Reuters SINOPEC Corp, China's second largest oil company, plans to eliminate about 10,000 jobs in 2003 through lay-offs and retirements to cut costs and boost efficiency, a company official said yesterday. The planned cuts would allow Asia's largest refiner, which presently employs
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      Lock icon Foreigners seen to double investment in China
      258 9 BEIJING Reuters CHINA expects to pull in US$lOO billion in foreign direct investment every year from 2006 to 2010. about double last year's inflow, the China Daily said yesterday. Market opening under the WTO, fast economic growth, a policy to focus on developing
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Minorities reject Henderson Land's buyout offer
      554 10 HONG KONG Shareholders unhappy with price of boy-out deal for its investment arm Bloomberg HENDERSON Investment Ltd minority shareholders rejected a HK$5.6B billion (Ssl.3 billion) buyout offer from parent Henderson Land Development Co, a rare veto as Hong Kong tycoons reorganise their empires to
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      Lock icon Citigroup partner knew of error in statement
      280 10 SHANGHAI Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc's first banking partner in China issued a flawed statement on a planned share sale because correcting it would have delayed the offer, the brokerage managing the sale said. Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co, in which Citigroup's Citibank NA unit
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      Lock icon Megawati's reprieve for former bank owners
      359 10 JAKARTA No criminal action against those who have repaid debts AFP INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri has issued a controversial decree which rules out criminal charges against former bank owners who have finally settled their huge debts to the state. But Ms Megawati, in the
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      Lock icon Optimism for Indian markets
      311 10 BOMBAY AFP INDIAN stock markets are expected to build on last year's modest gains in 2003, driven by privatisations and government tax reforms, analysts said. However, gains could be undermined by poor implementation of the expected reforms and global and regional security concerns, some warned. The
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Commodity prices see sharp rises
      572 11 NEW YORK But changes in supply more than demand led to last year's increases, say economists NYT THE traditional interpretation for a sharp rise in commodity prices and one occurred last year is that the global economy is picking up speed and a rise in
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        Lock icon Phillippine justice secretary resigns
        63 11 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Justice Secretary Hernando Perez resigned yesterday after being hounded by allegations of corruption, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman said. Mr Perez personally handed his resignation letter to Ms Arroyo in a meeting at the Malacanang Palace. Mr Perez, a close confidante of the president,
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        Lock icon Stanehart not in talks with HK bank
        104 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Standard Chartered pic said it is not in acquisition talks with a Hong Kong bank after a newspaper reported it may buy some small to medium-sized lenders in the city. Ming Pao Daily, citing the bank's chief executive of Hong
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        Lock icon Thailand to repay loans in 6 months
        67 11 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand yesterday approved a plan to repay early the loans it borrowed from the International Monetary Fund and other agencies during the 1997-96 economic crisis. Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said the roughly US$4.B billion still owed by Thailand under an IMF-arranged
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      • Article
        Lock icon Memory chip prices may fall further
        93 11 Bloomberg [SEOUL] The prices of the most widely produced computer-memory chips may extend their two-week decline as ProMos Technologies Inc, Taiwan's No 4 memory-chip maker, sells more of its output in the spot market, a chip website said yesterday. The spot price of a
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      Lock icon Brazilian president vows to fight trade barriers, subsidies
      423 11 BRASILIA Bloomberg BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to combat US and European protectionism while strengthening trade ties with its neighbours. In his inauguration speech on Wednesday, President Lula pledged to go to the World Trade Organization and the European
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      Lock icon Auto execs see little profit in next few years
      528 11 DETROIT Most expect foreign makers to take business from US brands AP US automotive executives are less confident about the industry's return to profitability than they were a year ago, and most see foreign carmakers continuing to take market share from
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    11 11 Transaction date: Jan 2 for more, go to wwwjasiouonenmarketsjcxym
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  • WORLD news
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        Lock icon 0il jumps 2% as US stocks dip
        79 12 Reuters [LONDON] World oil prices opened the year with a 2 per cent leap yesterday, as a month-old Venezuelan strike cut deeply into US fuel supplies and pushed national crude oil stocks close to a 26-year low. International benchmark Brent crude oil climbed
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        Lock icon Eurozone Dec manufacturing shrinks
        65 12 Reuters [LONDON] Business shrank further in the eurozone's manufacturing sector last month as bosses cut jobs, new orders fell and output slowed, a survey of around 2,500 companies showed yesterday. For the fourth month running, the Reuters Eurozone Purchasing Managers' Index was below the critical 50
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        Lock icon F1 team Arrows appoints receivers
        59 12 AP [LONDON] Troubled Formula One team Arrows yesterday appointed financial receivers who will attempt to salvage the company. In December, Arrows was refused entry into this year's Fl championship. Arrows missed six of the final seven races last season. Owned by Tom Walkinshaw, Arrows has
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      Lock icon US factory data surprises on upside
      439 12 US ECONOMY New jobless claims up 13,000 last week to 403,000 Bloomberg, AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON] Activity in the beleaguered US factory sector jumped in December by the most in livi years as new orders and production accelerated, an industry report showed yesterday, beating analysts'
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      Lock icon Corporate spending may fuel recovery
      387 12 NEW YORK US economists say rising profits will spnr investment AP, AFP AFTER two years of costcutting, economists expect companies to start using rising profits to rebuild inventories and make capital improvements in 2003, helping to fuel an economic recovery in the US, a survey
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      Lock icon Bush finalising economic package
      295 12 CRAWFORD, Texas Reuters AFTER weeks of closed-door deliberations, President George W Bush and his advisers are close to finalising an economic stimulus package expected to total as much as US$3OO billion and include targeted tax breaks for businesses and individuals. The package, which sources said Mr
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      Lock icon Intriguing M&A deals may be shaping up this year
      785 13 NEW YORK An onslaught of activity is nnlikely bat a variety of deals is expected NYT THE corporate chess game of mergers and acquisitions (M&As), an indicator of confidence in boardrooms and the stock market, may offer some intriguing matches this
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      1276 14  - Wishing hoping If s time to say 'out with the old and in with the new'. It's time, too, to wish for world peace and a strong economy even though we are not quite getting there yet Still, despite a rocky 2002 and the uncertainty, people in Singapore are looking
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      615 15  -  ■•'aa the cuff Think positive yon're better off than yon think yon are. And ditch those resolutions, for they're nothing but guilt trips jaime ee HAPPY New Year. Such innocent words denoting a simple wish of happiness and goodwill to your fellow
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      1176 15 Wishing hoping COVER STORY Lionel Um, regional managing director. Sun Hicrosystems "What I really wish for this region is that the Asean leaders will get their act together and cooperate whole-heartedly to make Asean safe and prosperous. We have to take on China, which is inevitably a competition for investments.
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      107 15 CAST YOUR VOTE: Go to the BT Online website (businesstimes.asia l.com.sg) and take part in the interactive poll based on this column. RESULTS OF THE LAST POLL: Which of the following characters best represents Singapore? Phua Chu Kong—lo% AhMeng—ls% Jack Neo when cross-dressing 73% Yummy King's top hawker—l% Lee Kuan
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      909 16  -  Bakers Inn comes out strong in its signature pastries and sandwiches at its two new outlets but its main course section needs some beefing up, says JAIME EE JAIME EE BAKER'S Inn has come a long way since its birth in late 1999 in sleepy Sembawang, turning
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      608 16  -  By J Jaime Ee YOU could call it the new kid in town. With the new lunar new year heralding the Year of the Ram (or goat), there'll no doubt be puns aplenty for a new meat that's now available in Singapore. Chevon and cabretto
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      240 16 Jp l, i u\ v I r\ *_J|EL m_ J(t x INTRODUCING BEEF SO TENDER, YOU CAN CUT IT WITH A BUTTER KNIFE. 4 December 2002 28 January 2003 Reputed for its exquisite tenderness, American Beef Slice with Crispy Garlic and Chilli Oil in Kobe Beef (also known as the
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      270 16 STRAVINSKY'S rfUss f ™RITE« J= SPRING Ml# SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA V Lan conductor V Augustin Dumay DUKAS The Sorcerer's Apprentice CHAUSSON Poeme* RAVEL Tzigane* W STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring DATE: 17 A 18 JANUARY 2003 (FRIDAY A SATURDAY) a CONCERT TIME: 7 30PM H|| VENUE: CONCERT HALL, ESPLANADE-THEATRES ON
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      456 17  -  A play about Bui Xuan Phai hopes to immortalise the Viet artist who lived through tumultuous periods. AARON LYE reports AARON LYE HIS is not a name commonly known in Singapore, but the late Vietnamese visual artist Bui Xuan Phai was, to those who knew
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      123 17 J A, I W'" if?® I Function Room avaSable for your I I Maximum -100 pax I Minimum Seminar -15 pax I I For enquiries, call us at 430 4119 I 218 Queen Street, Singapore *****9 M Amemb.roj*mßjS KOH MOTHERS GKXJP MBH Moot Chin neeteurmt since 1935 IWI at Golden
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      120 17 FOR lAN 2, 2003 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 10 Typeofporcelainfood 6 Langua'ge ofhatfthe' container (8) universe (4) I 12 Port in a bottle (4) 7 MM M 14 Vote cast by objector? (4) Are they found in literary 20 Increasing distress suffered Parts in pictures(s) 24 The numbers game (5) Embraces sweetheart
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      858 18  -  When it comes to New York, no one knows it better than Martin Scorsese. His 'Gangs of New York' is a compelling look at the Big Apple gangland of the past complete with coarse dialogue and colourful characters By Geoffrey Eu THERE'S plenty to admire in
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      466 19 Tanker carrying highly flammable kerosene manages to refloat itself Reuters [LONDON] A tanker transporting highly flammable kerosene collided with a sunken car carrier off France on Wednesday, becoming the second ship to miss a series of hazard signs and plough into the vessel,
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      260 19 Hi© freight market report is not available SOX '000 Ja*2 nt CWT Distribution 0.70 unch 0 ChoanHup 0.44 -0.01 187 Cosco Investment 0.18 0.01 277 Freight LMu 0.03 unctt 204 GB Holdings— ...0.60 uoch 0 JayaHoldinqs 0.24 0.01 513 KeppelCorp 3.68 -0.02 103 Kappel Marine 0.17 0.01 1
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      485 19  -  M'sian port's 2002 throughput was 2.66 m TEUs By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas says it expects to handle 30 per cent more containers this year, down from its earlier 40 per cent projected growth, after reporting a throughput
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      235 19 [SINGAPORE] Amid conflicting reports of its whereabouts, the cargo ship Jin Bi at the centre of a controversy surrounding the alleged murder of its Canadian captain by a Chinese crewman has turned up in the Chinese port of Guangzhou. A harbour bureau official
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      111 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] P&O Princess Cruises ended a joint venture with Royal Caribbean Cruises without incurring any costs as it fulfills conditions for a takeover by rival Carnival Corp. The decision to end the agreement had been made last October, P&O Princess said in a
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      575 19  -  Deloitte Tonche's action a blow to Liberiangovt By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The government of Liberia and its USbased shipping registry have been dealt a major blow by the withdrawal of international accounting firm Deloitte Touche as auditor of revenues generated from the country's lucrative maritime
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      758 20  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Canadian court dismisses claim that goods have been damaged while in carrier's custody -By\ Selva Kumar THE mere issue of a clean bill of lading by a carrier does not necessarily mean that goods were delivered
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      58 20 AP [ST PETERSBURG] Two boats towing the Georg Ots ferry in St Petersburg, Russia. The ferry sailed last Friday from St Petersburg to Kaliningrad, launching a regular service between the two cities. Russia's Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad will be surrounded by the EU after Poland and
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        139 27 Jan 13 Japan: Coming-ofAgeDay. Ju3l Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Ml China: Lunar New Year's Day. Hong Kong: Lunar New Year's Day. Korea: Lunar New Year's Day. Malaysia: Lunar New Year's Day. Singapore: Lunar New Year's Day. Feb 3 China: Lunar New
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        817 27 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ud. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        494 28 Measure started from New Tear's Day is part of enhanced security Reuters [WASHINGTON] US authorities at airports nationwide began checking all bags for explosives on Wednesday, the latest precaution sparked by the Sept 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks. As of midnight, 100
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        385 28 AP [LONDON] The first stage in the controversial partial privatisation of London's ageing subway system has been completed. London Underground, which owns the network, signed a contract with the private group Tube Lines, handing over responsibility for maintaining and investing in three
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        196 28 AFP [TEHRAN] Iran's Transport Minister Ahmad Khorram has acknowledged that the national airline industry is struggling under US sanctions and that planes are unsafe, a report said "At the moment, several Boeing and Airbus passenger planes have been grounded due to technical problems
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        238 28 This is less than 2 weeks after another TransAsia plane had crashed AP [TAIPEI] Suspected engine problems forced a TransAsia Airways passenger plane to return to Taipei's domestic airport yesterday, less than two weeks after one of the airline's aircraft crashed in
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        164 28 Bloomberg [OTTAWA] Air Canada's 8,500 flight attendants approved a labour contract with the country's biggest carrier that will improve wages, pensions and job security. Flight attendants voted 68 per cent in favour of the settlement, reached with the help of a mediator on
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        192 28 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] United Technologies Corp unit Pratt Whitney, General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce pic are vying to supply engines for 22 new aircraft China Airlines (CAL) is buying from Boeing Co and Airbus SAS. CAL spokesman Roger Han confirmed that Pratt Whitney, General
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          63 28 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Belgian-based no-frills airline Virgin Express said on Wednesday it had carried 14.1 per cent more passengers in 2002, helped by increasing demand for low-cost travel and the bankruptcy of national airline Sabena. Virgin Express, nearly 60 per cent owned by British entrepreneur Richard
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          60 28 AP [BRISBANE] A 21-year-old British man was sentenced to three months in jail yesterday after he threatened to hijack a Qantas plane in north-eastern Australia, officials said. Thomas James Lilico, who is on a working holiday in Australia, pleaded guilty in Cairns Magistrates Court to
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      338 28 Call tall-frec 1800 289 8822 NOTE FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF TCHAD pertaining to the application of a charge of maritime transport as from January Ist, 2003 at 00:00 a.m. (date of loading) As per ministerial decree no. 2400/PM/2002 dated November 25th 2002. all cargoes to Tchad must be
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