The Business Times, 22 April 2003

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  • 16 1 MiTA (P) 024/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003 5 Internet: h(tp://business-times.asial .com.sg 85*
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  • 787 1  -  Pact between Syed Mokht&r and Dubai tycoon includes new Johor logistics hnb By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's position as a leading logistics and shipping hub is set to come under even more pressure, now that Malaysia's port magnate Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary has teamed
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  • 760 1  -  Shares capped at 60C each; Sing Tel to pocket up to $I.oBb By t Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications braved dismal market sentiment yesterday with the launch of Singapore's biggest IPO since mobile phone operator Mobile One's $790 million offer last November. It plans
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  • 70 1 Dsn 1,271.29 (-11.22) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,269.00 (-14.00) SIMSCI FUTURES ***** (-1 10) Monday Change KLSECOMP 634.30 -1.31 NIKKEI 225 7.*****.. *94.57 HANG SENG dosed SET INDEX JJ85.50 *100 JAKARTA COMP .447.94 *4.08 MANILA COMP .1.125.22 >289 TAIPEI WPI *****2 10.18 SEOl'LCOMP 620.83 -394 SHENZHEN B ***** -5.99 AI'ST
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  • 69 1 FOMEX RATES L'SS (SS per LS$) 1.770 £(1'S$/S$ per 1574 1786 El'RO(lS&'SS/E) 1090 1929 YEN 120.1 67 80 RM 1800 1147 HK$ 7.800 4.406 BAHT 4168 24.10 Rl'PlAH 8,663 1893 RENMINBI 8.299 4688 INDIAN Rl'PEE 47.35 26 74 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 KUALA LUMPUR 640 HONGKONG 5.000 JAKARTA 3900
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  • 684 1  -  BTIJJJIIUIM Newcomers look to recovery after war and S&rs By, Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Even as 11 travel agencies have been knocked out of the industry so far this year, 23 newcomers have stepped into the ring, including 12 who started operations just last
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  • 478 1  -  Pertamina could lead way if Jakarta switches out of US$ Froml Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA is considering using the euro as its currency of trade so as to lessen its dependence on the US dollar, a senior government official has told BT. Mahendra
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    • 15 1 For the press release on RMlb Malaysia-UAE joint venture, go to: http://business-times, asial. com. sg
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    • 16 1 1111 8 "*****1 *****4" For the press release on Sing Post's IPO, go online to: http://business~times.asial.com.sg
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    • 93 1 MORE STORIES Do ldasu S 'poreans go for 'hotel quarantines'? Pg 2 KL to roll out economic stimulus package sooner, Pg 2 China starts counting economic cost of Sars, Pg 3 K. JfiiL V -»> a^^l- "N/^ Wrist watch Marin# *Hora Mundi" in 18-carat yellow gold, with indication of the
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    • 576 2 Conference Board gauge dips 0.2% on sliding consumer sentiment Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] The index of leading US economic indicators fell in March for a second straight month, evidence that the effects of the buildup to the Iraq war have dimmed the
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    • 614 2  -  Industry prefers to minimise health check of gnests By' Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] If you have just come back from a country affected by the Sars outbreak and are worried about passing on any infection to your family, what might you do? What some
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    • 514 2  -  From, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA aims to bring forward an economic stimulus package now likely to be announced as early as next month to help businesses hit by the Iraq war and the Sars scare. Acting Prime Minister Abdullah
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 150 2 THE April 6 issue of the Savvy Macrowave Investor says: "A pivotal battle for Buildad looms as key divisions from the War Rally ites seek to Hnd and destroy elite units of the Bearish Fundamentalists. Crack short-co verers and nimble hedge fUnds will join in coalition
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      • 143 2 CHARTING guru Robert Prechter Isn't particularly optimistic about Wall Street's chances During the rebound in stocks In the fourth week of March as the Iraq conflict was ending, he wrote: The technical aspects of the rally are exceedingly weak while It could carry a bit further before
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
    • 463 3 Stocks down 2% on news of more cases; bookings by foreign travellers down Reuters Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China's stock markets slid more than 2 per cent yesterday after the Communist Party came clean on the real impact of the Sars outbreak, boosting the number
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    • 442 3 AFP AP Reuters Bloomberg [BEIJING] The Sars epidemic in Beijing worsened yesterday with another 109 cases and two deaths as the Chinese capital's mayor paid the ultimate penalty for bungling the crisis when he was formally fired. After admitting more than
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      305 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 21 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMBS -146.00 125.00 ■TCHPI -*****.00 -56.00 HT 10-4ay MA -14.00 M-SG Eqaftm 344JL6 -1.66 SCEMBhiBw* 119.27 40.88 SCEMM-fla 1075.04 -11.70 SBEqdM—Prap 298.80 -2.87 ICQ Singapore 156.50 -0.99 SMSCIFataras 156.20 -1.10 •SUvCrutses 10c *****,000 Mediecs USSc 12.319.000 Chart SennCood 26c 10.235.000 Hlntl5c 7,866.000 Gomfc>rtDe4gro25c
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    • 282 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By\ R Sivanithy ONE method traders sometimes use to gauge the attractiveness of a particular counter is to see what the company's insiders are doing on that counter. Thus, if insiders have been buying furiously, it might be a
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    • 747 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IF ANYONE is looking to build a case for cutting the local stock market's trading hours, they need have looked no further than yesterday a session so boring it had dealers almost wishing the war in Iraq hadn't ended. The
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    • 591 4  -  CURRENCIES Bat better Wall Street tone trims greenback losses selectively larry wee CURRENCY markets continued to be dominated by yield plays yesterday, as major European centres enjoyed an extended Easter Monday break, and even as Wall Street's better tone trimmed last week's US
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  • 3060 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global HHlth Index Fd 078/ KJUllUSUliaHHIHI Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 39» Com Global Infotec Index Fd— ***** AM JUnu nilit Mtft (S |wt) Com Global Energy Index Fd 0808/ Star Europe Eqty! 0 S» Cot Global Trawl Index Fd 0628/ S K Com S
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 623 5  -  HocKtmrnn Wong Wei Kong MARKET investors are likely to read all sorts of meaning into Ng Kee Choe's retirement from DBS Bank. It's foreign talent displacing locals, again. Or it's Wall Street types replacing old school bankers. There's some truth in all these interpretations,
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    • 643 5  -  DBS veteran Ng Kee Choe to retire at end-June; he'll remain senior adviser to CEO By\ Siow Li Sen DBS Group Holdings yesterday surprised on the upside with flat first-quarter net earnings of $279 million despite the Sars outbreak that has disrupted some operations
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    • 350 6  -  $15m acquisition will not have any impact on financials in the current year By\ Michelle Quah SEMBCORP Environmental Management (SembEnviro) is expanding its reach into the waste management industry with the acquisition of the Housing and Development Board's conservancy cleansing subsidiary Cleantech Services.
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    • 218 6  -  Byl Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE Food Industries (SFI) yesterday reported a 4.6 per cent increase in first-quarter net profit to $7.9 million. SFI, which makes, processes and distributes food, saw turnover increase 36.3 per cent to $126.7 million, with profit before tax
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    • 280 6 SEMBCORP Logistics (SembLog), which recently revised its 2002 profit downwards by half, has hired a top executive from air express and logistic giant DHL as deputy president and chief operating officer. Charles Chan, formerly general manager of DHL International (S), has rejoined the
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    • 372 7  -  Company says HI and fall year profits will be higher than last year's By' Ven Sreenivasan NO WAR or killer virus can keep a winning formula down. And to prove the point, healthcare and lifestyle products specialist Osim International boosted first quarter earnings 29 per
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    • 353 7  -  Weak earnings dne to poor showing in corporate learning By, Amit Roy Choundhury EDUCATION specialist Informatics Holdings yesterday announced a 43 per cent slide in full-year net profit to $12.2 million from $21.5 million, on a 6 per cent drop in turnover to $188.9 million
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    • 300 7  -  W Ven Sreenivasan BEYONICS Technology yesterday dismissed suggestions that it faces a potential claim of up to $3 million in a High Court action brought against it for alleged nonpayment of commission. Responding to a BT article last week, Beyonics said the claim will
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    • 294 7  -  By'. Michelle Quah ORNAMENTAL fish breeder and trader Qian Hu Corporation continues to do swimmingly well. The company yesterday announced a 25 per cent jump in firstquarter net profit to $1.3 million, from $1.04 million the year before. Much of the
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    • 445 5 Call toll-firee 1800 289 8822 SPP LIMITED NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of SPP Limited (the "Company") will be held at 9 Oxley Rise, 1* Storey Foyer, j Podium Block, The Oxley, Singapore *****7 on Monday, 12 May 2003 at 10:20
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    • 32 5 You never JSir^Ofe actually own a Patek Philippe. You merely SSlr take care of it for the next generation. Annual calendar by Patek Philippe Geneva Master Time, Tel: (65) 6732 1506. www.gmtsingapore.com
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 375 6 OSIM INTERNATIONAL LTD Results Announcement For First Quarter Ended 31 March 2003 (these figures have not been audited) is* 131 March 2003 31 March 2002 change Turnover $52.5 m $42.0 m +25% Operating profit $7.3 m $7.0 m +3% Operating margin 13.8% 16.8% Pre-tax profit $5.2 m $5.0 m +5%
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    • 345 6 Corporation I Keppel Corporation Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of Keppel Corporation Limited (the H "Company") will be held at Intercontinental Singapore, Ballroom 2 3 (Level 2), 80 Middle Road, Singapore
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    • 340 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CFTC PRECISION PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 17TH DAY OF APRIL 2003 Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company h#ld at 50 Telok Btongoh Road #03-05 Crtrpon Centra Singapore *****8 on
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 532 8  -  Boost on Easter Sunday, but Secretaries Week bookings slow in picking np By\ Cheah Ui-Hoon JUST what the doctor ordered, for restaurants at least the Easter weekend and now, Secretaries Week. But restaurateurs still aren't convinced that last Sunday's bookings and this
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    • 366 8  -  Indonesia-born Ong Sin Seng built firm np from scratch By] Kenneth Lim THE founder of mainboardlisted precision engineering firm First Engineering, Ong Sin Seng, also known as Supardi, died yesterday of complications from cancer. He was 61. Born in Jakarta, his first job was
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    • 215 8 THE Institute of Manage ment Consultants (IMC) Singapore has set up a task force on business revival to help businesses affected by the Sars crisis. The task force is headed by Suhaimi Salleh, chief executive of SSA Consulting group, and comprises 39 members
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    • 282 8  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE'S economy may be down but it is not out, thanks to its strong manufacturing base, says JP Morgan Chase. In a recent report, JP Morgan says Singapore's relatively diverse economic base, particularly its emphasis on the twin engines of manufacturing and
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    • NEWSRoundup
      • 81 8 FAR East Organization has sold another 11 units at its 387-unit Pasir Rls executive condominium Whitewater over the past week and Including the long Easter weekend. Priced at an average of S3S0 psf. seven of these were homes from a 60-unit tower launched
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      • 54 8 SINGAPORE Expo yesterday announced the new names for its three exhibition companies following Its transfer to Hazeltree Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings. They are Singapore International Venues, formerly PSA Singapore Expo; Singapore International Exhibitions, formerly PSA Exhibitions; and Singapore International Exhibition Ventures,
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    • 1630 8 mmm WANT WANT HOLDINGS (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of Want Want Holdings Ltd (the "Company*) will be held at Rosewood Room, Level 2, Orchard Hotel Singapore, 442 Orchard Road. Singapore *****9 on 16
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    • 1391 8 CYBER VILLAGE HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore I NOTICE OFANNLAI r.FNKKAI. MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of Cyber Village Holdings Limited will be held at Copthome Orchid Hotel. 214 Duneam Road. Singapore *****6 on the 8* day of May 2003 at 10.00
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  • FOCUS property
    • 821 9  -  INFOTECH Raffles Holdings' management should review their optimism and be more open lee han shih IF Warren Buffet ever thought of investing in Raffles Holdings, he would change his mind after seeing its latest results. On an asset base of $1.9 billion and riding on an
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    • 506 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF 1) MANHATTAN PRESS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) 2) PANPAC TECHNO INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE QF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 (2) of the Companies Act
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    • 467 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SNP SIR IV AT AN A COMPANY PTE LTD NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (PURSUANT TO SECTION 290) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of SNP SIRIVATANA COMPANY PTE LTD duly convened
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    • 497 9 2 KALUVNGfILto SECTOR I P I Prominent frontage along PIE I I 9 Available space: 6th 33,020 sq ft Fully raised floor, false air-con lobby Ample space 9^B^^^lHfllH!ilßß Brenda 9616 3336 Boon Leong 9817 0009 gSS| IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF
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    • 1409 9 SING LUN HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE ft HEREBY GIVEN that the Third Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 30 Marsiling Lane Singapore *****9 on Friday. 9 May 2003 at 3.00 p.m. to transact the following business:
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 663 10  -  OPINION MTTTrTMIrTEI chuang peck ming IT MAY be the land of information technology, but dialling to link up your laptop computer in India with Singapore is infuriatingiy slow especially when you've got a deadline to meet Which was what Singapore journalists covering Prime
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    • 128 10 'Over the weeks, as people saw how their government tried to manipulate information, Sars became a serious political problem for the government as well as a medical one.' -Ding Xnetiang a Chinese politics expert at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, on China's handling of
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    • 520 10 EDITORIAL THERE never was any question that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak was hurting Singaporeans and damaging the economy. Even so, many must have been shocked by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tongas grim assessment over the weekend The prime minister, never one for hyperbole,
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    • 922 10  -  Learning from the US dotcom disasters of 2000, Chinese start-ups are proving more nimble and making profits Byy William Pesek Jr Bloomberg PERHAPS it's fitting that dotcoms are making their comeback in the world's most dynamic economy. In China, Internet startups are
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    • 602 10  -  MAlLiren Ronald Tan Singapore WHILE we are saddened by the number of deaths from Sars, as well as by the plight of those infected, our entire nation has become psychologically bogged down by this crisis. The world media has played no small part
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    • 246 10  -  Sueanne Mocktar-Ng Assistant Director, Marketing Communications Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre I REFER to your article "Not curtains yet for trade show industry" (BT, April 14). We would like to update your readers on figures for events held at
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    • 126 10  -  Dilys Yong Mee Hiong Singapore Association of Convention and Exhibition Organisers and Suppliers IN your article "Not curtains yet for trade show industry" (BT, April 14), you stated that "more than 80 per cent of trade shows and exhibitions due to be held in the
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 387 11 JAKARTA Deadline for bids extended to Apr 28; Danamon Q1 profit jnmps 39% y-o-y Reuters Bloomberg A CONSORTIUM led by small-sized Bank Mega has teamed up with Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in a bid for a majority stake in Indonesia's fifth-largest
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    • 348 11 THE planned implementation of minimum commission rates for stockbrokers could effectively put a lid on the development of electronic-broking (e--broking), industry observers say, Malaysian Business Times reported. The Association of Stockbroking Companies Malaysia (ASCM) has set the rates for online broking. The new rates
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  • Article, Illustration
    1092 11 Transaction date: Apr 21 Source: HSBC Bank USA, N.A. S'pore Branch MTERBAME CROSS RATES *> C$ Km* Uro WKS t* t» Igl Ym Won H g$ P* fa Nto S$ Und Sir 6TS 8*t P—d IBS Australia 0.993 5.106 0.545 4.801 29.M6 ***** 0.739 7.438 2J39 1.105 35.573 *****
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  • 1539 11 SICOM FUTURES Apr 2, RUBBER Futures (dosing prices) RSS1 (S cwtsAfl) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 03 177.75 Jun 03 175.50 Jtd 03 ***** Aug 03 ***** RSS 3 (US ceats/kq) Vo(ww 0pm Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 03 9925 1200 Jon
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    • 1777 12 SINGAPORE PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 1 Maritime Square #10-10, Harbour Front Centre, Singapore *****3 on Wednesday, 14 May 2003 at 2.30
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    • 2100 12 IPC CORPORATION LTD Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS^ HEREBY GIVEN fat fa Annual General Meeting d »C Corporal Ltd ("fa Company') w« be held at 23 Tai Seng Drive, IPC Buildmg, Singapore *****4 on 14 May 2003, Wearwtdayat 10.00 am for fa following purpoie*: AS OUMNAKT MMNM 1.
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  • REGIONAL world
    • 371 13 TOKYO They aim to develop chips for new computer games, consumer gadgets AFP Reuters GEARING up for a new, chip-hungry generation of game machines and home electronics, Japanese electronics giants Sony and Toshiba yesterday said they would invest a combined 500
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    • 322 13 ■HONGKONG AFP A PACKAGE of government measures expected this week to help the battered Hong Kong economy cope with the Sars outbreak will give businesses some breathing space but will have little stimulative effect, analysts said. Financial Secretary Antony Leung said on Saturday that
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    • 496 13 NEW YORK Investors sell yen as BOJ governor says that banks in 'severe state' Bloomberg THE yen fell to its weakest in almost four years against the euro after Bank of Japan governor Toshihiko Fukui said bad loans and plunging stocks have
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    • 268 13 Xinhua [BANGKOK] Despite the outbreak of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and the war in Iraq, Thailand's economy grew 6.3 per cent during the first quarter of the year, the Business Day newspaper reported yesterday. Chakramon Phasukvanich, head of the National Economic and
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    • NOTEBook
      • 83 13 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Slam Commercial Bank pel, Thailand's fourth-largest commercial bank, posted a bigger-than-expected first-quarter profit after bad-loan provisions fell by four-fifths and it trimmed interest costs. Net income rose more than ninefold to three billion baht (*****.4 million) in the three months to
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      • 69 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's economy may expand by 6 per cent In the fiscal year that began on April 1 on higher farm production, the central bank governor Bimal Jalan said. Hie Reserve Bank erf India's estimate is based on expectations of a 4
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      • 80 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwanese companies' investment in China rose 35 per cent in March as eased restrictions allowed makers of PCs, components and other goods to take advantage of lower wages and land costs on the mainland. Taiwan's approved investment in China rose to U*****.5 million
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      • 57 13 Reuters [PADANG, Indonesia] Indonesia's central government has agreed in principle to spin off two rebellious units of the country's largest cement maker, Semen Gresik. Jakarta has been trying unsuccessfully since 1998 to exercise an option to sell its remaining 51 per cent stake in
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      • 54 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia said it will ask Iraq's new government to respect a contract agreed in November to allow Pertamina, the state-run oil company, to explore for oil in Iraq. Pertamina won approval from Iraq's Parliament six months ago to start exploration in Iraqi's western
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  • 4676 13 Transaction date: Apr 21 HONG KONG Vel HKRM1 1.02 -0.01 851 Afr17 MS W- -WO Hong Kong Electric 31.00 undi 1366 Hongkong Chinese ....0.61 unch 612 Alpha General... 031 unch 80 Hongkong Chinee Ltd 0.61 unch 612 Ananda WingOn .0.01 unch 0 Hopewell Holdings 665 0.05 493 Angara
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  • 2260 14 Transaction date: Apr 21 KUALA LUMPUR uqj uenerai Soil 1.26 uncn 0 KM room Onong 12.00 -0.10 363 George Kent 0-24 unctt 0 ASM Realty .0.70 unch 0 GlobetronicsTech .4.40 -0.02 6 Abric 0.74 -001 32 GlomacBhd 1.46 0.01 223 ACP Industries 2M 0.04 73 Gold Bndge Engrg 0-36
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  • 508 14 BONDS WARRANTS Lact M Cam liar Caar-Hfeto Cmwrn Ml *m- r686| t0t» Ww hf U* AST1W*****1 17.5 1 16 235 057 14 Acma Ltd W*****6 45 1 50 990 1.11 19 Amtek VW***** 555 1 33 3 1 55 26 Armstrong WM0520 05 1 10 62 13j00 13 BousteadWO4O0O2 12
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  • WORLD news
    • 464 14 NEW YORK Results meet forecasts bat expectations not very high to begin with Reuters Bloomberg THERE were mixed signals as Merck Co and 3M, two components of the Dow Jones index, yesterday kicked off the busiest week for the reporting
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    • 310 14 SEOUL Reuters SOUTH Korean conglomerate SK Group said yesterday key units would provide aid for its ailing trading arm. This marks an about-face after sister firms had distanced themselves from helping SK Global Co. The trading company was shaken by the
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    • 420 14 BAGHDAD His team says US doesn't recognise 'mayor'of Baghdad Reuters US ADMINISTRATOR Jay Garner made his first visit to Baghdad yesterday, pledging to build a new Iraq from the ashes of war, but opposition stiffened to American domination of Iraq's reconstruction. Mr Garner, a
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    • 129 14 AFP AP [LONDON] Iraq's toppled leader Saddam Hussein is still inside the country, a key Iraqi opposition leader said yesterday. Ahmed Chalabi, who heads the Iraqi National Congress, told BBC radio in Baghdad that Saddam's son Qusay has been seen over the weekend
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 38 14 Reuters [LONDON] Unilever is looking to sell several popular toothpaste brands and other businesses worth a total of US$3OO million to US$4OO million, sources said yesterday. A Unilever spokesman declined to comment. —Reuters
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      • 53 14 NYT [NEW YORK] United Technologies is in discussions to buy Chubb, a British security systems company, for more than US$l.3 billion, executives close to the talks said on Sunday. The negotiations are expected to become more intense and formalised this week as United Technologies
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      • 40 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Joint venture talks between Sony Music Entertainment and its former boss Tommy Mottola have collapsed, paving the way for Vivendi's Universal Music to negotiate with the executive, The New York Post reputed yesterday.—Reuters
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      • 60 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] AT&T Latin America Corp yesterday said it had made a voluntary Chapter 11 filing seeking bankruptcy protection for its US entities. The move comes a week after creditor Matlin Patterson forced the company into involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It then
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    • 362 15 LONDON They're lobbying against US oversight by next May THE new organisation charged with policing accountants in the United States is poised to give non-American audit companies until May next year to submit to its oversight, the Financial Times said. The Public Company
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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    • 1692 16  -  Maps are useful in managing information, but they have their pitfalls. Patrick Lambe discusses their merits in the first of a two-part series Patrick Lambe ONE evening in the second half of August 1906, the well-to-do Warren family, vacationing in Oyster Bay, Long Island, had
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 689 17  -  Indon-flagged cargo ship attacked in Malacca Straits, 3 crew kidnapped ify Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A recent kidnapping piracy attack in the Malacca Straits by heavily armed pirates along with the killing of a fisherman has revived fears that regional waters are
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    • 347 17 [SINGAPORE] NOL Group companies announced two more senior appointments yesterday as part of a major reorganisation exercise started last year. Its global supply chain management company APL Logistics (APLL) named Daniel C Ryan as head of its Europe region, based in London. A statement from
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    • 75 17 [RIO DE JANEIRO] Rescue workers are seen alongside a boat, carrying 64 tourists, which capsized near Cabo Frio, north of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. At least 12 people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl, when the boat sank in rough seas and strong winds, officials
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    • 278 17 The freight market was closed for Good Friday MX 000 Agrn *h W CWT Distribution—0.52 unch 0 ChuanHup 0.39 -0.01 633 CHOfftlwr* 0.19 -0.01 54 Co*colnva<tfnant...0.22 0.01 571 Frataht Link*-—0.03 unch 0 GB HokUngt 0.57 uncti 0 Jaya Holding* 033 -0.01 756 KappalCorp 4.52 -0.02 1047 K1 Vantura
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    • 440 17  -  Trackers' strike forces ships to leave empty as there is little export cargo By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Ports across India remain virtually paralysed with basic commodity prices beginning to soar as the nationwide truckers strike drags into its second week. Nearly 2.4 million
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    • 116 17 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau issued a warning to ships early yesterday as medium-strength typhoon Kujira was heading towards the island's south-east coast. Typhoon Kujira, the first storm to threaten Taiwan this year, was about 560 km southeast of Oluanpi, the island's southernmost point, at
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    • AVIATION news
      • 619 18 They may pull back concessions after news of special pension fnnds for senior executives Reuters [DALLAS] American Airlines faces bankruptcy concerns again this week just days after avoiding Chapter 11 as unions for its flight attendants, ground workers and mechanics threaten to withdraw
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      • 204 18 Bloomberg [MONTPELLIER, France] Air Littoral SA, a French regional airline that linked its frequent flyer programme with Deutsche Lufthansa AG's last year, said the German carrier will sell tickets for it in six European countries where it lacks operations. Lufthansa, Europe's third-biggest airline,
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    • 112 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 Hangli 4 Hyundai 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL 5 Kapal Kris 4 Kien Hung 5
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    • 8544 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA AOvarttsaf Vassal Voyaqa Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsaf VtlMl Voyaqa Talapnona 12/05 08/0* CMACGM CINTSHIP LONDON 3ST1 65-*****100 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cota D*Jvo4ra To DURBAN (OUR) 2118 South Africa S'iK Ril A CTAOOAWUS 23HW 65*2757*00 OI/05 12/05 Kim Huno CONTI BILBAO J02S 65-*****133 °5
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 480 23 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL PHU YEN 1 02 J24 A/SIDE 22/04 2300 TG JOHOR 18 2305R J1S A/SIDE 22/04 0630 ZIM JAPAN 40W J18/19 A/SIDE 22/04 0600 BATAM MURNI JB042A J5 22/04 1000 22/04 2300 BAYSWATER228 E3089 J 3 22/04 1730 23/04 0030
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      • 1717 23 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES I Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX HIBISCUS 078S 078S 1 **********00 *****003 1800 T07 ACX MAGNOLIA 062N 062N 1 **********00 **********:30 TP AIAMIAYA2 8843 8843 I *****003-220) **********00 ALTONA 0329 0328 1 **********00 P03
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      • 138 23 Apr 25 Australia: Anzac Day Apr 29 Japan: Greenery Day Mayl Brazil: Labour Day China: Labour Day Hong Kong: Labour Day Malaysia: Labour Day Philippines: Labour Day Singapore: Labour Day Thailand: Labour Day France: Labour Day Germany: May Day Italy: Labour Day Austria: Public Holiday Belarus: Labour Day
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      • 786 23 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 472 23 Carta* 180 Max 998.5 0.6 6.2 0.08 98 0.03 Afr 17 DMSltr Water tmdw AsMUumrnm Sediment No above E25 1 0 2 0 1 0 380 Ave 984.9 0.2 Mi) 0.04 21 0.02 En* 380 Mil 991.1 0.8 18.9 0.08 46 0.06 M/M-I ww arnm* Wo
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 640 24 More Chinese carriers too make profit warnings dne to outbreak AFP Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's flag carrier Thai Airways is expecting revenue to drop 15 to 20 per cent for April and May due to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak,
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      • 211 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways, which cancelled flights to Iraq during the build-up to the 1991 Gulf war, plans to resume flights to Baghdad after a 13-year absence. Europe's largest airline held talks with UK Transport Secretary Alistair Darling about resuming flights and
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      • 177 24 Xinhua [DALIAN] The Dalian airport customs in north-east China's Liaoning Province seized 31 million undeclared Japanese yen in the first quarter of this year, according to a customs official. The figure is twice the amount of the same period of last year and
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      • 83 24 [MANILA] A Philippine Airlines (PAL) plane is loaded with cargo at the Manila international airport yesterday. Airline officials announced that its net profit in its fiscal year that ended on March 31 amounted to only about half a billion pesos (5516.8 million). PAL had
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      • 121 24 Bloomberg [TAIPEI]China Airlines, Taiwan's largest airline, said unaudited 2002 pre-tax profit rose 84 per cent from a year earlier to NTS3.O2 billion (Sslso million). Sales climbed 4.6 per cent to NT$73.l billion last year, airline spokesman Joseph Wu said. China Airlines, Eva Airways and other
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      • 416 24 Reuters [ZURICH] Swiss International Air Lines will slash some ticket prices to claw back market share in Europe, chief executive Andre Dose told a newspaper, adding that the firm had cash to last until the end of the year. In an
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