The Business Times, 8 April 2003

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 j Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg S I N* G A P O R E TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003
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  • Article
    Lock icon Put on your face mask – the business must go on
    801 1  - Put on your face mask the business must go on Companies struggle to cope with Sars, some going beyond govt, WHO advice By* Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] From thermometers to face masks to sanitised hand cleansers, these are some of the measures that companies have adopted to try to put minds
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    71 1 ST! 1,338.83 (+25.10) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,330.00 (+29.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 182.90 (+3.10) Monday Change KLSECOMP 640-35 +933 NIKKEI 225 8149.98 +175.86 HANG SENG 8.***** +***** SET INDEX ..dosed JAKARTA COMP 423.81 +18.14 MANILA COMP ...dosed TAIPEI WP1 4.575.83. +76.65 SEOUL COMP 585.90 +27.89 SHENZHEN B 211.37 1.42 Al'ST ALL
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    78 1 FOREX RATES USS 8$ I'SS (SS per I'SS) 1.782 £(l SS/SS per 1.551 2.764 El'RO(l'SS/SS/E) 1060 1.889 YEN 120.7 6770 R.M 3.800 1132 MRS 7.799 4.376 BAHT 4312 2415 Rl'PlAH 8.886 4586 RENMINBI 8299 4.656 INDIAN Rl PEE 47 39 26.59 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 Kl'ALA LIMPTR 6.40 HONG
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    Lock icon Asia, Europe bourses rally as war goes well for allies
    733 1  -  By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] Asian and European stock markets and the US dollar shot up yesterday on news of major advances by American-led forces in Iraq. And as stocks and the greenback soared, major safe-haven favourites in times of war
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    Lock icon Lawsuit to annul Indosat's sale to ST Telemedia
    553 1  -  Group of 57 in class action includes Megawati's sister By' Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPORE] Trouble may be looming for ST Telemedia's 42 per cent acquisition of PT Indosat, Jakarta's second largest telcom player. A group of 57 prominent personalities which include President
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    Lock icon Public sector gets innovation advice from one of its own
    697 1  -  Ex-civil servant Tony Lai heads Idea Factory in S'pore BTiammmj By* Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] A former civil servant who used to work with innovation consultants on fostering creativity in the Singapore public service is now on the other side he's
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      75 1 Living with San: Banks tread fine line between discretion and health worries, Pg 2 Sars spread slows in Guangdong, Pg 12 Asia still counting tourism toll. Shipping Times Pg 10 Role* Day-Oate and Rolex Datejust. Officially Certified Swiss Chronometers. www.rolex.com THE HOURGLASS TAKASHIMAYA S C. TEL 6734 2420 RAFFLES HOTEL
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      Lock icon Banks tread fine line between discretion and health worries
      435 2  -  ABS advisory circulated among banks, giving pointers on Sars By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Bankers are grappling with being sensible and yet not appearing alarmist over staff concern about the Sars situation as the unknown nature of the killer disease continues
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      Lock icon Manufacturers take Iraq war in their stride
      512 2  -  Sales drop 10-30%; one major reason is higher freight rates By, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore manufacturers have seen their sales to the Middle East fall by 10 to 30 per cent in the past few weeks, but the industry as a whole has
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      Lock icon Is S'pore's zeal sending wrong signal?
      798 2  -  COMMENTARY Its attitudes on biomedical research may have emboldened Prof Shorvon, says Catherine Ong Catherine Ong THE scandal at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) should make Singapore pause and take stock as it rushes headlong, consciously or unconsciously, to fulfill the prophecies in Aldous
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      Lock icon S'pore, India to announce launch of free trade talks
      511 2  -  Frorni Chuang Peck Ming in New Delhi PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Indian counterpart Atal Bihari Vajpayee will today announce the launch of free-trade talks that go beyond tariff cuts on the annual $6.8 billion of two-way trade between
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      96 2 Would you mind being turned away? From ABS's Sars advisory While banks are doing their part to increase the frequency of cleaning customer counters and ATMs, we will be advising bank customers not to visit bank branches if they are not feeling well in consideration of bank staff and other
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  • WAR IN IRAQ
    • Article
      Lock icon Markets bet on imminent end to war
      607 3 BAGHDAD Allied troops said to have taken control of key govt buildings in Baghdad AFP Reuters Bloomberg IT is not yet end-game in the war, although financial markets yesterday started to bet on this. The battle proper for Baghdad has not begun, the
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      Lock icon US faces new battle over running of post-war Iraq
      519 3 UNITED NATIONS It seeks leading role for US-led coalition while others want UN to be key player AP AFP US President George Bush and his national security adviser Condoleezza Rice were to hold key talks in Europe yesterday as the United
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    • WAR Briefs
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        Lock icon Russian diplomats reach Syria
        63 3 AP [DAMASCUS, Syria] A convoy of Russian diplomats that came under fire while trying to flee Iraq entered Syria yesterday on its way home, Syrian border officials said. The officials said the delegation from the Russian Embassy in Baghdad crossed the Tanef crossing point on the
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        Lock icon War will lead to chaos: Syria
        82 3 AFP [ROME] The war on Iraq will likely lead to chaos in the Middle East and will do nothing to help revive the peace process, Syria's Foreign Minister Faruq al-Shara said yesterday in an interview with the Italian daily Corriere della Sera. "The United
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        Lock icon Australian firms trim investments
        75 3 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian businesses are scaling back their investment plans amid uncertainty about the impact of the Iraq war on the national economy, according to a new survey released yesterday. The poll by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that while trading conditions for
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        Lock icon UK public against US govt in Iraq
        78 3 AFP [LONDON] Washington's plans to run the administration of post-war Iraq have almost no support among the British public, according to a poll published yesterday. A majority of voters back British Prime Minister Tony Blair's belief that an administration formed by the United
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        Lock icon Bangladeshis offer to fight for Iraq
        73 3 AP AP [DHAKA] Over 1,000 Bangladeshi men have volunteered to travel to Iraq and fight against the US-led coalition seeking to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, an Islamic group said yesterday. "We are getting huge response to our call to join the Iraqi people
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      Lock icon US setting up office to run Iraq
      133 3 KUWAIT CITY Bloomberg THE US government plans to set up its first office in Iraq today for an administration to run and rebuild the country, even as US and UK forces try to take the capital of Baghdad and the oil centre of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      328 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 7 VALUE CLOSE BT06/0S 205.00 +266.00 BTCAM -*****.00 +175.00 BT 10-4«y MA ******.00 +20.00 AH-SG EpHN 358.41 +6.19 122.31 +3.31 SGEqaJttM Flu 1144.58 +19.63 SGEMMmPM* 317.93 +8.74 MSCI Singapore 164.29 +2.80 SMSaFabvw 162.90 +3.10 Upcta \W— Chart SemiCond 26c 43.674,000 Datacraft 10c 27.685,000 •StarCruises 10c 21,374,000
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      Lock icon Medtecs worth a look as Sars is driving demand for its products
      258 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) is bad news for the regional economies. But some companies seem to be benefiting from the scare generated by the deadly flu. One of these is
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      Lock icon When will temporary decoupling end?
      764 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S a fact of life that the stock market and the economy frequently decouple from each other. It's also a fact of life that in times of extreme emotion, markets always overshoot either on the upside or downside. Most important, however, is
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      Lock icon US dollar soars on hopes of swift end to Iraq war
      599 4 Unit hits 2-week highs of U551.0560 per euro, and 3-mth highs versos Sfranc Reuters [LONDON] The US dollar surged more than one per cent against the euro and hit a three-month high against the Swiss franc yesterday as strikes
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    3183 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global lifestyle Index Fd 0 8231 Com Global Health Index Fd 0 792/ rr Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0393/ n*T7, Com Global mfotec Index Fd!** 0273/ IS S2 Com Global Energy Index Fd 0*03/ Com Global Travw Index Fd 0.606/ SJ5v mm Star Asia Bond
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon M1 in new regional mobile data alliance
      384 5  -  Tie-np spanning five countries will provide roaming subscribers with common services Byi Angela Tan MOBILEONE has formed an alliance with four Asian mobile phone operators to give their combined subscriber base of 20 million better access and experience in mobile-phone data services, emulating
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      Lock icon Disclosure code losing out to business interest?
      622 5  -  hqcklWl!M angela tan DBS Bank scored the dubious honour of being among the first blue chip company to snub the code of corporate governance last week when it decided not to comply with parts of it. As a market leader, the onus is
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      Lock icon F&N units exit KL Sentral project at loss
      458 5  -  F&N will suffer loss of 5.5 cents per share from sale of 50% stake in Harmonic From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TWO subsidiaries of Singapore's Fraser Neave have decided to sell their combined half stake in a prime property project at
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      Lock icon ST Engg Q1 profit fall sharper than expected
      477 6  -  sSober start to reporting season as its earnings drop 12% to $73.5 m By Kenneth Lim SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering kicked off the first-quarter corporate reporting season yesterday with a bigger than expected 12 per cent fall in net earnings. Net profit for
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      Lock icon Comfort-DelGro merger sets new tax, voting precedents
      544 6  -  Court ruling allows CPF investors to cast own votes By Ven Sreenivasan WHILE the recent ComfortDelGro merger fanned considerable debate on cost savings, retrenchments, fair valuation of stock and pensions, few noticed that the marriage set a precedent on a handful of tax
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      Lock icon JP Morgan ups SIA rating
      178 6 Reuters US investment house JP Morgan said it has raised its rating on Singapore Airlines Ltd to neutral from underweight following improved valuations, saying the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) was unlikely to have a material long-term impact. In a report dated April 4, analyst
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      Lock icon TPV posts US$51m 2002 profit, slowest growth since '99
      209 6  -  By] Kenneth Lim COMPUTER monitor maker TPV Technology yesterday matched analysts' expectations with earnings of US$5l.l million for the year ended Dec 31, 2002. Earnings growth at 18 per cent was the slowest since TPV listed on the main board of
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      Lock icon Bond-holders still supportive, says LKN-Primefield
      214 6 LKN-PRIMEFIELD said yesterday it believes its bond-holders are generaUy still supportive and that its ongoing debt restructuring exercise is expected to be concluded by June. The IT, hotel and construction group said the bond-holders had met on April 4 to discuss the breach of certain
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      1410 6 xanu EE UNITED =g"" ENGINEERS LIMITED NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighty-Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 81A Clemenceau Avenue, sth Storey, Park Avenue Suites, UE Square, Singapore *****8, on Tuesday, 29 April 2003 at 11.30 a.m. for the
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Fair to CapitaLand, folly to some
      719 7  -  PROPERTY For AIG Tower stake, it paid way above fair value of HE office buildings lee han shih IS Capita Land throwing good money after bad by deciding with partner American International Group to pay HK$463 million (*****.8 million) for a bigger stake in
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      Lock icon Real estate latest economic casualty of Iraq war
      491 7 Bloomberg [CHICAGO], Although mortgage rates hover around 40-year lows, housing sales in the US appear to be the latest economic casualty of the war in Iraq. Mortgage applications and housing sales have been chastened by the hostilities as real estate buyers head
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      Lock icon Chesterton shares soar on buyout talks
      148 7 Bloomberg [LONDON] Shares of Chesterton International pic rose by a third after the real-es-tate seller and manager said it is in talks to be bought by an unidentified company. "The board of Chesterton International confirms that it has received an approach which may or
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      1089 7 (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Total Automation Ltd (the 'Company") will be held at 45 GuJ Drive, Jurong. I Singapore *****2 on Wednesday, 23 April 2003 at 11.00 a.m. to transact the following
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Takashimaya posts record net profit of $17.6m in 2002
      633 8  -  Turnover np &2%, $9m capital from stake sale boosts earnings BWIJIIUHi,! By. Kalpana Rashiwala THE city's biggest department store, Takashimaya Singapore, achieved a record net profit of $17.6 million last year, lifted by a $9 million capital gain from the sale
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      Lock icon Citigroup also cuts S'pore GDP outlook
      446 8  -  EYkleTiI 7T5W?F7FST7T7T7!TflM By Audrey Tan YET another forecaster has slashed his economic growth forecast for Singapore this year, as the outbreak of the Sars respiratory illness is seen as "clearly bad news for the Singapore economy". This time, it is Citigroup's economist Sim Moh
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      Lock icon Cap on life insurance returns may be cut again
      574 8  -  Lower equity returns, interest rates to blame By < Genevieve Cua THE standard cap for projected returns for traditional life insurance plans may be revised downwards again, as lower equity returns and interest rates take their toll. At a briefing yesterday
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Indon Finance Minister, officials face graft charges
      455 9  -  They are alleged to have abused powers in disbarring funds during 1997 crisis Froml Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S Finance Minister Boediono and former central bank governor Soedradjad Djiwandono, along with two other former Bank Indonesia officials, could face jail if convicted for
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      Lock icon M'sian property overhang hits RM29b
      449 9 KUALA LUMPUR It's up 4% in (K from Q3 as building exceeded demand Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S unsold properties rose by 4 per cent in the final quarter of 2002 to RM29.2 billion (5J13.7 billion) from the third quarter as developers overbuilt homes and shops. Developers continued
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      Lock icon Malaysia to take action against 6 police officers
      167 9 AP AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian police win penalise six officers believed to be responsible for the alleged mistreatment and wrongful arrest of scores of Indian migrant workers, the national police chief said yesterday. India lodged a diplomatic protest with the Malaysian government
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      Lock icon Philippines exceeds Q1 deficit target by almost 10%
      352 9 MANILA Reuters THE Philippine government, despite repeated assurances that its budget was on track, has exceeded its first quarter deficit target by nearly 10 per cent. Signs that the government is failing to rein in its runaway budget deficit may hit the
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon No stimulus package from KL for now
        89 9 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The government is not planning on announcing any new economic stimulus package for now, said Acting Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday. "The date would be fixed. April is too near to announce any package or measures to be taken,"
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        Lock icon Bank Mandiri bond sale still on
        95 9 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's largest lender by assets, will proceed with a plan to sell US$2OO million of five-year bonds with a visit to Singapore, undeterred by the spread of a deadly respiratory disease. The dollar bonds will carry a fixed coupon
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        Lock icon Indon economy grew 3.2% in Q1
        87 9 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's central bank estimated the country's economic growth in the first quarter was 3.2 per cent year-on-year as consumer spending started to slow. The preceding quarter's economic growth was 3.8 per cent, while it was 2.7 per cent in the same period
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      Lock icon Stiglitz: push for Asian monetary fund
      252 11 MANILA AFP EAST Asian economies should set up their own fund mechanism to weather financial crises and rely less on the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz said yesterday. "I am a very strong supporter of the (proposed) Asian Monetary Fund
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      Lock icon Iraq war to hit earnings of Indian software firms
      378 11 BANGALORE/BOMBAY Analysts say US clients may delay orders dne to war uncertainties Reuters INDIA'S top software exporters are likely to kick off the corporate reporting season this week with an uninspiring earnings outlook for the current year, as clients delay orders
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      Lock icon Morgan Stanley may take on China banks' bad debts
      247 11 SHANGHAI AFP US financial giant Morgan Stanley is seeking to set up a consulting company to help China's debt-saddled state banks dispose of their non-performing assets, state press said yesterday. An application is under review by authorities with a decision expected
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      Lock icon Lettuce go vegetarian
      42 11 [NEW DELHI] An Indian model displaying an outfit made from fruits and vegetables, during a fashion show. The show was organised by an animal rights group to promote vegetarianism arid to encourage fashion enthusiasts to stop consuming meat. REUTERS
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      Lock icon India to plug leaks with value-added tax regime
      421 11 NEWDELHI 12.5% VAT a key change to help govt combat tax evasion AFP BUY anything from a pair of shoes to sunglasses in any small store and some big ones too in India and chances are that the shopkeeper will offer a
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Ensure rights of 'occupied' civilians
      804 10  -  OPINION THEHH MTTTTTiiiiiii^j john gee THE ongoing "Operation Iraqi Freedom" looks more and more like a war of conquest As the war continues and allied troops are reinforced, the area under their occupation will grow. Whether they only control parts of Iraq or occupy the
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      39 10 'We believe this medical crisis is the gravest since the 1998 Asian crisis.' -Andy fie Morgan Stanley's chief Asia economist, in a report on the economic effects on Asia of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars).
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      Lock icon Hong Kong sags under Sars
      609 10 EDITORIAL Usually vibrant Hong Kong has turned into a "masked" city besieged with fears of the deadly atypical pneumonia And no wonder. At least 22 people have died from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), hundreds more are suffering from it and there's no cure in
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      Lock icon War could blast a hole in America's finances
      1295 10  -  It's a hole the US can fill only by making some major policy changes, including pursuing a mnch stronger multilateral economic diplomacy By, Jeffrey E Garten NO one can confidently predict how America's foreign policy will unfold in Iraq and beyond when
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      Lock icon Govt jobs not limited to honours degree holders
      301 10  -  MAiurrm Joyce Chia Assistant Director (Public Affairs) For Permanent Secretary Prime Minister's Office I REFER to "Paper qualification's still the key" by Edmund Loi Pei Siang (Mailbag, April 3). Mr Loi has the wrong impression that "students without honours need not apply
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      Lock icon CapitaLand not getting its money's worth
      176 10  -  Ooi Kooi Keat Singapore I REFER to the letter "Capita Land directors: yes, they're worth it" by Basskaran Nair, senior vicepresident for communications at Capita Land (Mailbag, April 3), in response to the article by Lee Han Shih, entitled "Capita Land directors worth their
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    1076 11 Transaction date: Apr 7 [MTBRBAlfE CROSS RATES AS C$ Bui) Enro HKS Mid Ks taptali Yon Won Wi »2S Hfc to Nto S$ tand Sfr *T$ Balit Hmi US$ AastraSa 0.886 4.930 0.561 4.633 28.149 52.784 0.717 7.471 2.257 1112 34.330 31.648 1059 4.789 0J34 20.697 25.672 0.383 0.594
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  • SARS outbreak
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      Lock icon Sars spread slows in Guangdong
      737 12 WHO says virus may be weakening at source; 41 new cases in HE Reuters AFP AP Bloomberg [HONG KONG] A World Health Organisation expert yesterday said the course of the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) appears to be slowing at its source in southern
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      Lock icon HK watch trade could lose HK$10b sales
      282 12 [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's watch industry could lose up to HK$lO billion (552.3 billion) in business after being forced out of a trade fair in Switzerland amid fears about a deadly virus, the business group said yesterday. John Wong, vice-chair-man of the Federation
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    • Article
      Lock icon Telcos benefit as bug keeps people indoors
      259 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hutchison Global Communications Ltd, City Telecom (HK) Ltd and other phone companies said call traffic and Internet use surged as more people stayed at home to avoid a deadly virus spreading worldwide. Businessmen prevented from travelling and housebound children playing
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      Lock icon Halve rent for 3 mths, HK retailers ask landlords
      397 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Swire Pacific, Wharf (Holdings) and Hong Kong landlords are being asked to cut rents by 50 per cent for three months as a deadly virus keeps customers away. Malls with stores such as Chanel and Gucci saw sales
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon HK reports more flight cancellations
        113 12 AP (HONG KONG] International airlines cancelled 120 flights, or 24 per cent, of total services in and out of Hong Kong International Airport yesterday due to the outbreak of a deadly virus, the Hong Kong Airport Authority said. "The airport authority believes the outbreak erf
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        Lock icon Tributes to healthcare workers
        137 12 AP [HONG KONG] As the mystery illness maintains a frightening grip on Hong Kong, frontline doctors and nurses have bea>me heroes. No hospital worker is known to have died, but many of those who have recovered have gone right back to work in the Sars wards.
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        Lock icon Energy security seminar postponed
        60 12 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Malaysia said yesterday it naa postponed an energy security seminar for the 10 Asean nations plus three of Asia's biggest consumers Japan, China and South Korea because of the Sars virus. Senior officials from the 13 countries were due to gather in Kuala Lumpur
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        47 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's number of suspected Sars cases rose to four, a Ministry of Health official said. "All four probable cases are in isolation," said ministry spokeswoman Mariani Reksoprojo. Indonesia has so far not had any confirmed cases of the disease. Bloomberg
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      508 13 SUNNYVALE, California It must maintain surfer base to keep business from firms who pay to be in search resnlts Bloomberg AP YAHOO! Inc. whose Internet service is used by about 40 million people a month in the US, was due to release a revamped
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      286 13 LONDON Bloomberg BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has given British women the right to know how much male colleagues are paid for doing equivalent work. According to new employment rules that took effect yesterday, women may submit a questionnaire
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      376 13 TOKYO Reuters A KEY indicator of the state of Japan's economy held above the key 50 line in February, indicating improved conditions in the months ahead, but a government official warned the data could soon turn sour. A Cabinet Office official said
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        85 13 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Philips said yesterday it plans to move more shaver production to its Chinese plant in Shuhai from Drachten in the Netherlands. The move, which will transfer the manufacture of cheaper shavers, will take place in 2005 and beyond. "This will result
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        54 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Toshiba Corp, Japan's largest semiconductor maker, and International Business Machines Corp said yesterday they will jointly develop software designed to automatically prevent glitches from disrupting information systems. Toshiba will start shipping products developed with IBM, the world's second largest software company, in June,
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        83 13 Bloomberg [OSAKA] Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, the world's largest consumer-electronics maker, said it probably had its first-ever consecutive deficit last fiscal year because of investment and tax-related losses. Matsushita Electric had a group net loss of about 23.5 billion yen (*****.9 million) in the
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      269 13 LONDON Bloomberg GLOBAL advertising spending this year is likely to rise 1.5 per cent, compared with a 2.1 per cent fall in 2002, as US businesses boost profitability and regain confidence. Zenith Optimedia Group said in a study. Advertising expenditure in the top seven
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      519 14 OMAHA, Nebraska He praised Amazon, then took np USs9Bm of itsjnnk bonds last year Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett praised Amazon.com Inc last July for its decision to account for stock options as an expense, saying it took "particular courage" and would
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      1200 16  -  Idea Factory tells Anna Teo that it's now more focused on putting ideas to work in changing lives Anna Teo JOHN Kao preached jamming his metaphor for the free-form free-flow creative interaction behind successful companies. The latter-day Idea Factory, in its rebirth after founder
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      529 16  -  Psychologist cites clear goals, focus on areas of excellence By Elgin Toh A PSYCHOLOGIST who used to help Australia's Olympics champions psych themselves up is now doing the same for the country's corporations. Six key principles are crucial to success, said Graham Winter, who was
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      273 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 20 points to 1997, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 23 points to 2683, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 26 points to 1929 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 95 points to *****. TXME-G&ABTERj Kohfukusan (built 1999) *****0 dwt delivery S Japan 17/19
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      270 17 MX '000 hf 7 St ¥*l CWT Distribution 0.57 0.03 25 Chuan Hup 0.40 unch 166 CHOffshor* 0.20 0.01 361 Cosco Invtstmtnt ...0.22 0.01 962 Fr*taht Links 0.03 unch 57 GBHoiflinos 0.5« 0.01 6 Jay* Holdings 033 0.01 307 K»P0*i Corp 4.44 unch 1597 K1 V*ntur* 0.16 0.01
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      588 17  -  Its vital garment industry will be hit, mainline operators warn By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Mainline operators have warned the Bangladesh garment industry worth an estimated US$7 billion annually that restrictions on foreign flagged feeder vessels will have an impact on
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      337 17  -  They may be planting mines in Golf region: US Navy By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Coalition naval forces in the Arabian Gulf are hunting for two Iraqi vessels they say may be planting mines or other explosives, posing a threat to military
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      408 17 Unilateral move to reduce marine pollution [PARIS] Alarmed by a series of oil tanker disasters, France has created a new maritime ecological zone in the Mediterranean, one that reaches up to 90 miles from its coast, to clamp down on pollution from shipping.
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      359 17 It has plans to grow nascent shipbuilding and repair arm, says president Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Cosco Investment (Singapore) Ltd, a unit of China's largest shipping company, expects 2003 profit to rise from the previous year because of a gain in freight rates and contributions
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      523 17 AWARDS THE Panama Canal picked up an award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc (lEEE) recently for Its etecrrtcai system wrwcn nas run continuously since the canal opened In 1914 The non-profit lEEE awarded the Milestone Award, which recognises significant i i.1,. ~j U 11,
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        1088 18 Airlines in Europe are in a better shape to survive the present crisis than US rivals even without govt aid NYT [LONDON! AIRLINES are suffering all over, from the slump in travel brought on by the war in Iraq and now by worries
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      113 18 PAGE BSA 4 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Columbus 5 China Shpg 5 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Foong Sun 5 Fujitrans 4 Gemartrans 4 Goodway 2 Hangli 4 Hyundai 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL 5 Kapal Kris 4 Kien
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        146 25 Apr 13 Thailand: Thai New Year Apr 14 Thailand: Thai New Year Australia: Bank Holiday Apr IB Thailand: Thai New Year Apr 17 Philippines: Maundy Thursday Apr 18 Australia: Good Friday Hong Kong: Good Friday Indonesia: Good Friday Brazil: Good Friday U.K.:Good Friday Philippines: Good Friday Singapore: Good
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        766 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma nne 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 average sized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        312 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] easy Jet, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, said the fiscal 2003 firsthalf loss probably widened as this year's Easter holiday takes place in the second half and the airline cut fares. The March passenger count rose 32 per cent
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        702 26 SARS CRISIS HK saw 229 flights axed over weekend; bookings for Thailand down at least 20% AFP [HONG KONG] Asia's travel and tourism industry is suffering a bad hit as the region continues to be ravaged by Sars, the deadly pneumonia virus.
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        182 26 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's competition watchdog said yesterday it expected to hand down a draft ruling this week on Qantas Airways Ltd's NZ$55O million (Sss2B million) deal to take a stake in regional rival Air New Zealand. A spokeswoman for the Australian Competition and
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        307 26 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Lufthansa Cargo expects its freight traffic to drop and does not see its sales growing in 2003, the world's largest international air freight carrier said, blaming the sluggish economy. "It's unlikely that there will be sales growth this year," Lufthansa Cargo chief
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        449 26 They have nntil mid-Apr to vote on pay cots or end up in bankruptcy court Reuters [DALLAS] The choices before American Airlines pilots who gathered last Thursday to discuss a concession deal were harsh: accept pay cuts and layoffs, or try for a
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          83 26 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Ryanair Holdings pic, Europe's No 2 no-frills carrier, opened its fourth continental European base at TBI pic's Stockholm-Skavsta airport as it seeks to take advantage of a lack of low-cost flights in Scandinavia. Ryanair will offer more than 30 flights daily, serving six new
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          97 26 Xinhua [GUANGZHOU] China Southern Airlines Sunday launched a new service between Guangzhou, Kunming and the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province. This is the company's fourth service from Guangzhou to southwest China's Yunnan Province, bringing the company's total routes to 668. The
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          61 26 Reuters [MANAMA] Regional carrier Gulf Air said it plans to buy or lease 60 aircraft to triple its fleet over the next decade. Gulf Air president and chief executive James Hogan said the Bahrain-based company would add "60 aircraft over 10 years" as part
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