The Business Times, 15 February 2003

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  • 10 1 MITA(P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE FEBRUARY 15 16.2003
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  • 823 1  - Pick up new skills or stay jobless S'poreans, especially jobless execs, had better get used to 'reskilling', says CHUANG PECK MING CHUANG PECK MING Andy woh, not his real name, has been out of work for four years. And he's not your ordinary worker. Mr Woh was trained as a
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  • 656 1  -  EXCLUSIVE SIAS speaks in defence of Unit Share Market By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The creation of a Unit Share Market by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) where single shares can be bought or sold may raise administrative costs for companies, but it'll be
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  • 722 1  -  List includes OAS and Singapore Cruise Centre By i George Joseph, Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation yesterday announced the divestment of four of its "non-core" businesses, kicking off a corporationwide restructuring that may also see job cuts for the first time in
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  • newsbreak
    • 165 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The nagging threat of war in Iraq and the economic outlook in February drove US consumer sentiment to a nine-year low, raising new worries about spending. The University of Michigan's preliminary February consumer sentiment index fell to 79.2, its lowest since
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    • 201 1  -  By ANDREA TAN [SINGAPORE] She was Woman of the Year and Hotelier of the Year. And now, Raffles International icon Jennie Chua is Person of the Year Pacific Asia. The affable Ms Chua was chosen by US publication Travel Agent Magazine for
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    • 91 1 [UNITED NATIONS] UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix told the Security Council yesterday there were banned Iraqi weapons still unaccounted for, and said Baghdad must detail the status of anthrax and VX stocks and long-range missiles. But his suggestions for more
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    • 50 1 MOTORING 156 OTA: Harking back to Alfa Romeo's tL glory days. PMBEU SPORTS Michael Jordan rose in the East The West sends him off into the sunset FAMI4 EXECUTIVE JOBS Big staff shortage in healthcare industry. And we're not just talking of nurses, but executives and managers as welL PAM
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    • 20 1 PERSONAL FHUmt Car loans: Beware triple whammy of interest costs, pre-payment penalties and deep depreciation. PAGE 6 111 8 "*****^*****4
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    • 44 1 n..- POPERTY Big interest in small apartments. PAGES Unfinished uUo^usiness Phillip brokerage Hua Min, executive chairman and founder of Phillip Capital, on coping with upheavals in the broking industry Interview Page 4 HEALTH Sports can hurt How to protect yourself from sports injuries. paocis
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  • newsfront
    • 833 2  -  Saturday soapbox raju chellam THERE'S a new game in town. It doesn't yet rim on Sony's Play-station or Microsoft's X-box consoles, but it soon might. It comes from the gaming stations at the Pentagon, and has the blessing of the Big Boss,
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    • 730 2  -  He claims SM Lee told Mm PM Goti didn't like new bridge plan Reports from Eddie Toh inJohorßaru MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad claimed yesterday that his country had no choice but to proceed with the plan to build an odd-looking bridge
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    • 264 2 Imminent EU membership makes country attractive [SINGAPORE] The imminent accession of Poland to the European Union could provide opportunities for Singaporean businessmen, Acting Minister for Trade Industry Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. He was speaking at a lunch for visiting Polish Prime Minister
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    • 338 2 He also pledges supply of treated water forever MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday expressed love for Singapore on Valentine's Day, respect for the Republic's sovereignty, and Malaysia's willingness to sell treated water to Singapore forever. "We love you. On Valentine's Day, we love
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    • 469 2 Oil price slips, stocks gain as he seeks more time Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg [UNITED NATIONS] UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix, giving a report which could be crucial to whether war is waged on Iraq, said yesterday that banned Iraqi weapons
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  • the raffles conversation
    • 1897 3  -  The iconoclastic money manager Marc Faber talks to VIKRAM khanna about his unique investing philosophy and his take on the markets VIKRAM KHANNA 0N Dec 21, 2000, I interviewed the unabashedly contrarian investment adviser, Marc Faber, in one of his favourite haunts in Singapore, the bar of
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    • 463 3 "IT's not the information, it's the interpretation," says Marc Faber, on the art of investing. "Whether you're sitting in Dalian or Surabaya or New York or London, these days you can have access to the identical information over the Internet or Bloomberg. It's what
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 61 3 Raffles INTERNATIONAL Hotels Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles International Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles International logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves rest in
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  • news companies
    • 368 4  -  $22.3 m exceptional gain from revamp of long-term Cameroon debt boosts earnings By Andrea Tan RUBBER plantation owner GMG Global bounced back into the black for the six months ended December with net earnings of $21.2 million. GMG's earnings have been on a yo-yo.
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    • 986 4  -  Phillip Capital's Lim Hua Min tells WONG WEI KONG how the firm copes with the upheavals in the industry WONG WEI KONG AFTER 28 years in the business, you'd half expect to reminisce about the good old days when stock brokers roUed in the money.
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    • corporateroundup
      • 50 4 HUA Kok International will get a lift from Singapore's subway system. The construction and building materials firm has been awarded a government contract worth $18.4 million to improve facilities at subway stations. The company says the project to be completed in 2005 will boost earnings.
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      • 121 4 SAME market, different fortunes. Cheung Woh Technologies has become one of the few companies in recent times to actually tell us good news about its earnings prospects. While others have been reversing their profit forecasts, Cheung Woh yesterday said it expects pre-tax profit for the second
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      • 56 4 LIAN Beng Group Ltd has joined the growing number of companies reversing their profit forecasts. The construction group says it now expects losses for the half year ended Nov 30, 2002, due mainly to losses in projects by its wholly owned subsidiary Deenn Engineerings Pte
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      • 104 4 A LOVE affair with achieving better margins from more efficient processes and productivity has helped electronics contract manufacturer Beyonics Technology grow its profits despite weaker sales booked for its interim period. At a joint briefing for analysts and the media yesterday, Beyonics reported that half-time
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    • 708 4  -  market review r sivanithy WHEN told that "80 per cent of science fiction is crap", the late science Action writer Theodore Sturgeon replied: "80 per cent of everything is crap." This bit of worldly wisdom became known as Sturgeon's Law, and eventually evolved
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    • 203 4 THE market talk wasn't quite way off as "China play" Huan Hsin Holdings yesterday unveiled a $31.85 million share placement only a day after the computer casing firm released its fullyear results. In an announcement after the company suspended its
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    • 70 4 sti 1,273.48 (+5.15) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,273.00 (+3.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 156.00 (+0.60) Friday Change BJBOMP 656.95 *41.41 NIKKKI 225 8.701.92 .***** tummm 9.***** *28.33 SETINDEX *8.71 154 JAKARTA (X).MP JI99.52 +404 MANILA COMP-1.***** 446 TAIPEIWPI 4.***** 1357 SEOI L(X)MP ***** 41.43 SHENZHEN R -061 AI'ST ALL OKI) .*****0 -1610
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    • 74 4 FOREX RATES US* S$ I S$ (S$ per l S$) 1-7&4 £(1 SS/SS per 1620 2.842 EIROO'SS/SS/E) 1084 1501 YEN 12U.4 68 70 RM 3800 2.167 HK$ 7.799 4447 BAHT 4.104 2454 Rl HAH a.089 RENMINBI 8.299 4.732 INDIAN HI TEE 47.86 27i9 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 535 ■IliUUW 640
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  • Article, Illustration
    611 4 Transaction date: Feb 14 IMTERBAME CPRBEMCT BATES Afjtnst S$ Against U$$ Against S$ A#»tast US$ Cnrtflcks BM Offar Bid Offer Carrcnctcs Bid Offer Bid Offer SS>'l'SS to one unit of foreign currency: StliSt to 100 units of foreign currency: Hongkong MUr 22.41 22.4* 12.8210 12.8218 AestrHian dollar 1.0436 1.0448
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  • money property
    • 1074 5  -  These one or two-bedroom units downtown are popular with today's 'urbanists', reports VINCE CHONG VINCE CHONG SMALLER apartments are the big thing for developers these days, with more of them springing up due to the economic downturn, lifestyle evolution or a combination of both. At
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    • propertytalk
      • 167 5 WHAT do mountain goats, supply-demand anri water have in common? They all made for interesting conversation at Tuesday's Chinese New Year gathering of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore (Redas). r\eea a reiresner on supply and demand? Redas president Kwee
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      • 55 5 PREFERRING metaphor to algebra, the chatty chief executive of Sun tec City Development Wong Ah Long, in his opening address urged developers in this Year of the Goat to be like "mountain goats very nimble, very agile, strong and courageous to face the dangers of
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      • 58 5 WHILE pondering the many unknowns and X factors, developers were treated to a toast of water. Explained a Redas spokesman to BT. "It's more appropriate, since the event was in the afternoon and guests had to go back to work." Hram or could this
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  • money personal investment
    • 1027 6  -  It's not like a home loan. Beware of the triple whammy of interest costs, pre-payment penalties and steep depreciation, says GENEVIEVE CUA GENEVIEVE CUA THAT spanking new car may seem so much more affordable now, with the lifting of previous restrictions on car loans. But there
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    • 377 6  -  mailbatg Vasuki Shastry Vasuki Shastry, Director (Communications) External Department, Monetary Authority of Singapore WE REFER to the letter "Easier car loans come at a price" (BT, Feb 11). Mr Tan Suan Tiu and several other members of the public have
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    • 996 6  -  Ong Peng Kiat Business Development Manager First Principal Financial WRITE in if you have been given the run-around or are frustrated with your insurer, banker, broker, finance company, financial adviser, etc. Or, perhaps, you are looking for advice for your specific
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    • 389 7 "IF couples actually sit down and do some family financial planning, there won't be so many divorces arising out of financial stress'," says financial planner Leong Sate Hian. Financial matters are not particularly romantic to talk about given that Valentine's Day was only yesterday and
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    • 964 7  -  show me the money Relative valuation makes use of many ratios but it has some drawbacks and hence should be used in conjunction with other models teh hooi ling IN THE last three columns, we've been looking at the discounted cashflow model as an asset valuation
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    • 874 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE five portfolios we have constructed one-and-a-half weeks ago have put up a respectable showing, all outperforming the Straits Times Index (STI), with the lowest price-to-book portfolio being the star. Between Feb 4 and Feb 13, the STI fell from 1,296.59 to 1,268.33 points,
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  • 1830 6 for week beginning Feb 10 Met urn EPS DM* TV IT IT IT Ciimm'I (Sm) (Sm) (cts) (eti) Ascott Grp 30-Jan P ***** 41.641 183 2.69 Austraiand 04-fab P 90.440 ***** 16 60 1590 Cam Inn 30-0c P 5 1061 2 731L 213L 1.141 Caprtatand Ofrfab
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 304 7 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD (5) ACROSS 7 Sounding angry about doctor 1 Sweepstake? (10) being half-man half-machine 6 Cut nitrogen, say, with hy- (7) drogen (4) 8 Meaning to support hack 9 Thinks about cuts (5) with sound judgement (5, 5) 10 I listen to sully the reputation 11 Sailor dispatched mates
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  • news at home
    • 464 8  -  The 2 estates, totalling 112 units off mostly smallish apartments, were sold for $82m By' Vince Chong JONES Lang LaSalle has finally closed the en bloc deal on King's and Queen's Flats after seven long years and three launch attempts. The
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    • 412 8  -  Brazil-based Embraer flies into Asia to sway the rich By David Boey IF you don't mind burning US$l,OOO an hour to keep a plane in the air, then a corporate jet like Embraer's Legacy might just be the solution for you to
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    • singaporeroundup
      • 190 8 ELDERSHIELD has lifted the Life insurance industry out of its slump. Despite dropping 5 per cent to about $1.2 billion in 2002, from $1.3 billion a year earlier, total new business premiums surged 110 per cent to $486 million in the fourth quarter. The massive revival
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      • 168 8 THE Economic Development Board has stepped up efforts to actively promote disaster recovery and business continuity activities in Singapore. "As part of our continuing effort to enhance Singapore's position as an important disaster recovery and business continuity hub in Asia, we will be announcing a
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      • 170 8 LOCAL healthcare group Pacific Healthcare Holdings Pte Ltd (PHH) will build its second nursing home in Woodlands on a Housing and Development Board site. PHH and William Chong its managing director paid $2.68 million for the 2,000 sq m site at Senja Road in
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      • 120 8 A GROUP of concerned Singaporeans have come together to improve the welfare of domestic workers. Over the next six months, it aims to promote respect for domestic workers through education, with the eventual aim of securing better treatment through legislation. The group, which calls itself
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    • 416 8  -  eyeontheeconomy Byl Chuang Peck Ming ANALYSTS have mixed views about how Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) performed in January, with an average forecast of a 1.4 per cent year-on-year rise. "It will be at the margin, either a small plus
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  • 5 8 Transaction date: Feb 14
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  • news executive jobs
    • 911 9  -  There are jobs aplenty in the healthcare business as demand for health services grows unabated. CHUANG PECK MING finds out which positions have yet to be filled CHUANG PECK MING Healthcare is living up to the description as a recession-proof industry. While others like the
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    • 383 9  -  By Stephanie Yap A JOB scheme was launched yesterday by two ministries to plug the shortage of workers in the healthcare sector. Known as the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme for the healthcare sector, or SMCP (Healthcare), the scheme focuses on training people
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    • APPOINTMENTS
      • 161 9 Four captains of industry have come on board Singapore's Economic Development Board as directors to help chart EDB's growth. The new board members from the private sector, who will serve a two-year term ending January 2005, are: ♦Stephen Robert Dearnley, president (Asia-Pacific), BAX Global Pte Ltd;
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      • 46 9 NEW York-based CLS Bank International has appointed Jonathan Butterfield as executive vice-president for marketing and communications. Mr Butterfield has held senior positions in ABN Amro Bank and Chase Manhattan Bank. CLS provides a "continuous linked settlement" process for crossborder currency transactions.
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      • 84 9 MAINBOARD-LISTED Blu Inc Group formerly known as MPH Ltd has roped in media veteran Wee Hian King to spearhead the growth of its publishing and media subsidiary. The chief operating officer of Blu Inc Media is no newcomer to the group, having been the
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      • 99 9 "OUR output will surprise you. So watch out for us!" Advertising group Publicis made this promise as it announced several new appointments to beef up its Singapore operations. Jaecelyn Kan. described as having "extensive experience in the media industry", has joined as associate media director
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  • news
    • 616 10  -  letterfrom by shoeb kagda WALK into Plaza Indonesia, Jakarta's premier shopping mall, and you might feel like Alice in Wonderland. Outside, the streets are clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic and urchins knock on car windows begging for a few hundred rupiah (10 Singapore cents) barely
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    • 389 10 Joseph Yam warns of possibility in his weekly column Reuters [HONG KONGJ Hong Kong's growing Budget deficit could lead to sharply higher interest rates if it is not brought under control, the head of the territory's de facto central bank said. Joseph
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    • inbrief
      • 104 10 Bloomberg [MANILA] World Com Inc and AT&T Corp are blocking Philippinebound calls from their networks because they don't want to pay a higher fee demanded by Manila phone companies for international calls, a Philippine regulator said. Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co, Globe
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      • 73 10 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China posted a trade deficit for the first time in more than six years last month as imports of cars and crude oil surged. China's trade deficit in January was US$l.25 billion, the first time the nation has posted a shortfall since December 1996,
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      • 75 10 Bloomberg [MANILA] Smart Communications, the biggest mobile phone service provider in the Philippines, said it will start selling handsets this year with Microsoft Corp programs, the first in Asia. The phones, which will allow Web browsing, e-mail and instant messaging using Microsoft software, could help Smart lure
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      • 90 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] National flag carrier Malaysia Airlines said it will extend the contracts of its two top officials as it steps up efforts to return to profit. Chairman Azizan Zainul Abidin had his contract extended by a year to February next year, the company said.
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      • 106 10 AFP {TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, yesterday said it remains confident in the long-term development of the global wafer foundry industry. Despite a market slowdown, "TSMC still has faith in the global wafer foundry industry in the long term. In particular,
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      • 82 10 AP [MANILA] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is waiting to see if amendments to the country's antimoney laundering law are acceptable to a global financial watchdog before she signs them, her spokesman Ignacio' Bunye said yesterday. But he conceded that the amendments, passed by lawmakers on Thursday, probably
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      • 98 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Park May Bhd, Malaysia's biggest bus operator, said managing director Mohamad Fakhri Abd Rash id quit after almost three years at the helm. The company has "accepted his resignation". Park May, controlled by Renong Bhd, has been unprofitable for at least the last
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    • 736 11  -  Deflation and central bank reluctance to counter falling prices inflate the figure, they say From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S gross domestic product grew by a stronger than expected 0.5 per cent in real or deflation-adjusted terms in the
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    • 416 11 Runners-up include Salomon Smith Barney, Deutsche Bank Reuters [LONDON] For equity analysts, a top-five ranking from money managers used to mean bigger bonuses. Now it may help save their jobs. European analysts learnt on Thursday how clients judged them in the 2003
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    • inbrief
      • 143 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US businesses stockpiled goods at a faster-than-expected pace in December as sales moved forward tepidly. Inventories at retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers grew 0.6 per cent in December to a seasonally adjusted U551,143 trillion after a revised rise of 0.3 per cent a month
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      • 76 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Enron Corp manipulated the US tax code so aggressively that it paid no federal income taxes from 1996 through 1999, congressional investigators said on Thursday, adding to official worries over corporate America's abuse of tax shelters. The now-bankrupt energy trader treated its
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      • 57 11 NYT [NEW YORK] Ernst Young, which is under fire for advising executives at Sprint to set up tax shelters related to their stock option transactions, has reversed its opinion on how companies should account for such options. It changed tack in a Feb 11
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      • 105 11 NYT [AUSTIN, Texas] War is not worrying Dell Computer Corp which continues to post dou-ble-digit increases in computer shipments. Chairman Michael Dell (right) said his company is not lowering its forecasts despite fear about continued economic woes and a US war with Iraq. Dell's profits rose
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      • 29 11 AFP [WASHINGTON] The US Senate confirmed William Donaldson as the next chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday by voice vote.
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      • 30 11 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] A new computer worm that purports to contain revealing photos of celebrities like Catherine Zeta-Jones, Britney Spears and Shakira has surfaced. Reuters
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 1338 10 CENTRAL PROPERTIES LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 1. Profit and Loss Accounts The Group The Company 2002 2001 Change 2002 2001 Change $000 000 $000 $000 Revenue Investment income 23,472 19,983 *17.5 51,560 18.066
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  • style motoring
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      681 12  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN drives the 156 GTA, a car that harks back to Alfa Romeo's glory days on and off the track CHRISTOPHER TAN IT was only a couple of decades ago that Alfa Romeo ruled the right lane. These days, half a dozen products from bread-and-butter brand names
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    • bravenewwhirl
      • 88 12 LAMBORGHINI's Gallardo (pronounced gar-ya-doe), a new 500-horsepower 300 kmh compact sports car, is expected to erode the Ferrari 360's hold on the sub-$l million market. Expected in Singapore by the fourth quarter, the car could sell for around $800,000-$900,000. The mid-engine all-wheel-drive is capable
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      • 47 12 THE MG TF has passed the European New Car Assessment Program safety tests with flying colours. The car achieved four stars for occupant safety and three stars for pedestrian protection. All other sports cars registered just a single star, according to MG-Rover.
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      • 85 12 THE Automobile Association of Singapore is organising two holiday packages. First, a trip on March 21 to Sepang to catch the Fl Grand Prix by coach. All members and their guests enjoy a 10 per cent discount off the three-day, two-night package rates, which start at $440
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      • 93 12 SAAB's 9-3 is the first car to meet a tough new security standard for locking systems drawn up by the Swedish Theft Protection Association. Engineers at Saab have produced a system that makes it pointless to try to steal from the car. The audio system, for
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      • 115 12 THREE hours. That was all it took Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) to move the launch of the new Mitsubishi Colt from Suntec City to Embassy disco at the Esplanade on Thursday. A crane used to move the Colts into position at Suntec's Fountain of Wealth
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      • 92 12 PORSCHE'S Carrera GT supercar will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next month. The car boasts a 10-cylinder engine with dry-sump lubrication, based on Porsche's 5.5-litre VlO naturally-aspirated engine developed for racing. To suit mass production, Porsche has increased the displacement to 5.7 litres. Maximum output
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      • 87 12 TOYOTA Motor plans to introduce Lexus dealerships in Japan by 2005, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper. The move will help Toyota increase sales of its pricier models. Lexus, Toyota's luxury brand, had sales growth in the US of 4.5 per cent in 2002 and
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      • 180 12  -  Compiled by i Christopher Tan BENTLE Y's Continental GT—to be launched at the Geneva Motor Show late next month looks like a real winner. The coupe, Bentley's first in decades, has already garnered 300 or so bookings in Asia alone (excluding Japan, traditionally the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1064 12 To advertise call toll-free 1800 289 8822 Email rccmitOsph.com.sg •WORLDofSPORTS.com LIMITED (Incorporated in Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 10, Changl South Lane, #07-01, OSSIA Building, Singapore *****2 on 3 March 2003
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    • 339 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of KtS REALTY PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary bqmdofion) At on Extroordmory Generol Meeting of the obove Company held on 13 February 2003 ihe following resolutions we'e duly passed Special resolutions 1 That the Compony be wound
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    • 39 12 n*T©*ri Uanhe Zaobao I number of I I I I in China I I will exceed I 150 MUlon I this year I I I I I To advertise your Notices Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 or email recruit@sph.com.sg
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  • style food
    • 530 13  -  Forget trying to lose weight 'cos the Singapore Food Festival is back, says STEPHANIE YAP STEPHANIE YAP THE time of the year has come to put aside the scales and indulge in Singaporeans' favourite pastime eating. The Singapore Food Festival, jointly organised this year by
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    • 947 13  -  By Sylvia Tan IN our fast-paced world of instant noodles and fast food, slow cooking has sadly gone out of fashion. Yet, we grew up with the goodness of double-boiled soups and homely stews such as tauyu bak (soya sauced pork) and chap chye (braised
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  • style sports
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      915 14  -  VINCENT WEE gives the lowdown on upcoming America's Cup action VINCENT WEE WHEN supermodel Cindy Crawford flags off the first race of the 31st America's Cup today, she may well not be considered the most beautiful thing on the water. To some, the two America's Cup yachts Alinghi
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    • 1052 14  -  frankly speaking ronald kow IT SHOULD have been another glorious exit for the great Michael Jordan but the fans, players and media people who regard him as "the greatest player ever" probably wish the NBA All-Star Game last weekend had turned
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  • style health
    • 993 15  -  Taking up sports is great for fitness and staying healthy, but be aware of the many related injuries that can crop up, as CHEAH UI-HOON finds out CHEAH UI-HOON WAKEBOARDING, scuba-diving, inline skating sports activities like these are Tilling up the activities calender of more desk-bound
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    • 402 15  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon ROLLER-BLADING was a cool weekend exercise, until I broke my right arm, while blading down East Coast Park. I was wearing all my guards, but that didn't minimise the impact. Since the accident, life has changed from small to monumental ways. Like
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    • 274 15 Q: I travel frequently for work, covering multiple time zones to Europe and the US. Unfortunately, I suffer badly from jet lag and find I get very drowsy during working hours after a long flight. In addition, I cannot sleep through the night for at least three nights
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  • 14 15 Transaction date: Feb 14 for live prices, log on to umm 'xisinxmernarketsjoom
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  • style shopping
    • 900 16  -  CORINNE KERK finds sleek settings and luxury finishes at Cream's kitchen, bathroom and outdoor shop CORINNE KERK IT is a truly lovely spot. It's right along busy Bukit Timah Road, just before the turn-off onto the Central Expressway, but it's easy to see why Tristan Tan
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    • 204 16 Looking for stylish kitchen and bathroom fittings? You'll be spoilt for choice. Apart from Creaml36, other options include: kitchen Kite tin Culture 9 Penang Road, #02-21/22/23, Park Mall, Tel: 6336 0030 German designer kitchen systems from Bulthaup and appliances from Germany's Gaggenau and America's
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    • instore
      • 44 16 At last, a table-top mirror that reflects some design savvy: from OpenArredobagno. Made of polished chrome and designed to look like a potted plant, it holds a soap dish and a tumbler. Available at $150 at Equip Design. Plaza Singapura.
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      • 64 16 Here's something to match the flowers: garden gloves that are as pretty as the plants for pruning. Made by Stanley, a household brand in household tools, you can be sure of its quality: reinforced pigskin leather at the palm and fingertips. The full cotton pair of gloves
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        66 16 Some bathroom accessories make a splash in any bathroom. Like this chic trio, designed by Michel Boucquillon. Its immaculate white-and-silver finish is well defined by handsome lines, giving it a strong urban aura. Comprising a liquid soap dispenser ($135), a soap holder ($99) and a tumbler ($99), it
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        65 16 Never thought utensils could be purposeful in form as well as function? Imported from various third world countries, these metallic works of art will certainly dish out an air of fun and gaiety in any kitchen. Made of stainless steel and wire, the arty pieces are designed
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        68 16 Want a cosy and rustic feel in the kitchen? Try this country-style kitchen mixer from Hansgrohe. With its new Allegra Carlton kitchen mixer, Hansgrohe has achieved the ideal mix of retro feel with modern convenience. And its dependable M 3 ceramic cartridge makes temperature setting a breeze. Produced
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      • 61 16 Kitchen Aid. the trusted name in mixers, now comes in a variety of colours that whip up your appetite even before you put in the dough. Its rugged construction ensures a quiet and stable operation while the heavy-duty transmission delivers constant power even for heavy dough.
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      • 45 16 Need something simple yet stylish to organise your cups and saucers? Your answer: This $35.90 stainless steel tray and holder from Japan. It can hold six cups and saucers and doesn't compete for table space. Available at all Song-Cho outlets.
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      • 75 16 If your dinner bashes are getting a little insipid, it's time to give it a twist. And it won't hurt by changing your crockery set, like this one called Swirl. The blue porcelain pieces, from China, render an avant-garde feel and look especially pretty when they're not
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      • 77 16 TantfHn Mall Sale of footwear carrywear by Kyo (till Feb 25, basement 1 atrium). Sale of furnishings and accessories by Kwong Ngai Trading Enterprise (till Mar 9, level 1 atrium). Night Bazaar (today from spm to 11pm, covered walkway). Your last chance today to win $10,000 worth of shopping
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  • style consumer alert
    • 1322 17  -  It's a PDA, it's a digital camera, it's an MMS phone. MICHELLE QUAH looks at the latest on the market MICHELLE QUAH MOBILE phone manufacturers have greeted the advent of multi-media messaging (MMS) with undisguised glee, churning out fresh MMS mobile-phone models at an impressive rate. There are,
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  • 47 17 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND A* prices arc nkKm occpt tor En tenggrt teim/fcaaiyDinnifaA I fUrrowty Fotuwd Lower lli* Low «o Mackum Kok. Mcdwni to High Risk. Hntwr Risk, opcrv-ended. > Mtoii luMiiior of units: Alter subdmsaon of units 9 afMr stock sc*t NA Non Dealing Day: Root fnc*^tO»lS
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  • style pursuits
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      658 18  -  travelling light Real Men don't ask for directions. They just drive on vijay verghese The rain in spain fails mainly on the plain. But where? The road disappeared into the 40-degree heat-haze, vanishing through a parched dustbowl that stretched seamlessly from Madrid to Barcelona. We viewed the
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    • 666 18  -  How do I love thee, let me count the mays Owwww! Valentine's and other weird stories dominate the meek. with jaime ee The kindest cut FED up with giving his wife the usual flowers and chocolates for Valentine's Day, one British man opted for a more unusual present a
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    • entertainmentguide
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        104 18 the women's side WHAT would Valentine's weekend be without at least one production tackling everything to do with love in Singapore today? Action Theatre's Confessions of Three Unmarried Women (until Feb 16, Victoria Theatre, tickets from $20$40 from Ticketcharge) is a refreshing update of a production first staged in
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        217 18 Art and life To quote Mexico's most revered female painter Frida Kahlo: "I never painted dreams. I painted my reality." Look beyond the star studded cast in their sumptuous, authentic costumes and the surrealist art direction to appreciate the reality of Kahlo's tormented soul and fractured body. Ably helmed
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        240 18 good roundup Despite New Order's recent output still drawing fans, their glory days were in the 1980s, when Blue Monday, True Faith, and Touched by the Hand of God came out. People liked the music or didn't, but New Order didn't seem to mind much one way or the
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        176 18 Silence on trial Read My Lips Sur Mes Levres is modern Hitchcock, told the French way. Carla (Emmanuelle Devos) slaves, unappreciated and reviled, in a property company. Her problem? She's bright, not goodlooking, and important to Lips' plot hard of hearing. She learns to lip-read, which comes in handy
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        299 18 Grisham goes flat There's a thrill in catch ing a big, rich, proud corporation doing something dirty. Unfortunately. John Grisham doesn't convey the excitement in The King of Torts, a story of a struggling young public defender seduced by the world of tort law. It's obvious why his books
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