The Business Times, 28 April 2003

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    15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: b\p.'/business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003
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    Lock icon Two in five S'pore execs fear being axed
    654 1  -  |:tri exclusive Half don't expect to find similar position if they lose job, finds Bight Management By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Two in five middle and senior executives here live in fear of losing their jobs in the next 12 months among
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    63 1 Week Change STI 1229.14 -53.37 KLSECOMP 627.73 -7.88 NIKKEI 225 7699.50 -175.01 HANG SENG 8409.01 -170.13 SET INDEX 368.53 -15.97 JAKARTA COMP ...435 04 -8.82 MANILA COMP ...1049.39 -7194 TAIPEI WPI 4233.54 -424.76 SEOIXCOMP 566.63 -58.14 SHENZHEN B 210.67 -15.73 AI'ST ALL ORD .2961.70 +44.70 DOW JONES 8306,35 -3130
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    71 1 FOREX RATES us$ u US$ (SS per ESS) 1.784 £(ES$/S$ per 1591 1839 EUROflSS/SS/E) 1.101 1.965 YEN 120.5 67.60 RM 3.800 2.130 HKS 7.800 4.371 BAHT 4250 24.04 REPIAH 8.737 4,896 RENMINBI 8.299 4 651 INDIAN RUPEE 47.15 26.54 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KUALA LUMPUR 641) HONGKONG 5.000 JAKARTA
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    Lock icon Potter's magic puts JK Rowling ahead of the Queen
    714 1 Total wealth of the 1,000 richest Britons slips 2% AP Reuters [LONDON] Britain's superrich have been feeling the pinch lately. The global economic slowdown and falling stock markets have hurt them for the first time in nearly a decade since The
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    Lock icon S'pore firms: Taiwan ban on visitors won't hit business
    687 1  -  Bat hotels here conld be hart; SIA reviews flights to Taiwan By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Companies with a firm foothold in Taiwan yesterday said they do not expect the island's two-week ban on Singapore visitors to adversely affect Singapore business, because
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    Lock icon Asian countries have 2-3 weeks to contain Sars, ADB warns
    903 1  -  Disruption to travel could spread to manufacturing Frovni Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ASIAN countries have a window of only two to three weeks to contain the Sars epidemic before it cripples their economies, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned. ADB
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      69 1 II 111 8 ******1 *****4* Vikram Khanni- Sars could result in a 'new' China, Pg 2 Defying shuts cinemas, Internet cafes, Pg 3 Indian travelfirms reeling from impact of Sars, Pg 10 BT: A print online service BT Online contains a host of Web-based resources, offered free to BT newspaper
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      Lock icon Fears of capital flight from Japan mount
      706 2  -  Analysts cite signs of free fall in stocks, shift into foreign bonds From, Anthony Rowley m Tokyo SIGNS of what some analysts say could turn into a "free fall" in Tokyo stock prices, coupled with a shift into foreign bonds by Japanese individuals,
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      Lock icon Sars could, result in a 'new' China
      792 2  -  Hiicomment ECONOMICS Beijing's U-turn in its approach to the epidemic augurs well for a more open, responsive government vikram khanna THE medical Impact of Sars will, in due course, be contained but its social, political and economic impact could turn out to be
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon Beijing shuts entertainment areas as 'Iron Lady' steps in
      617 3 New health minister warns errant officials of severe punishment AFP [BEIJING] Cinemas and Internet cafes in Beijing were closed yesterday to halt the spread of Sars, as a new health minister got ready for a protracted struggle against the virus. In
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        Lock icon 12 more die of Sars in HK
        76 3 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong reported 12 more deaths from Sars and 16 new cases, bringing the number of people killed by the viral epidemic in the city to 133. The new cases bring the total for the city to 1,543, the government
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        Lock icon 280 quarantined In M'sian hospital
        72 3 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government yesterday ordered more than 280 workers and patients quarantined at a psychiatric hospital where three people recently showed suspected Sars symptoms, an official said. Health Ministry deputy director-general Ismail Merican said concerns surfaced at a hospital in Kuching, the
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        Lock icon WHO chief calls for global action
        131 3 AFP Reuters [LONDON] The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday urged countries worldwide to cooperate in stemming the spread of Sars, saying it was still not too late to halt "the first epidemic of this century". Gro Harlem Brundtland also dismissed criticisms
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        Lock icon HK police investigate email rumours
        66 3 AP [HONG KONG] With Hong Kong gripped by panic over Sars, police said yesterday they were investigating an email hoax that claimed the virus had been found in the air filters of the territory's subway trains that carry millions of passengers a day. "The allegation
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        Lock icon S Korea nps Sars suspect cases to 12
        34 3 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korean health officials said the country has two more suspected cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome, bringing the total number to 12 Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Scientists warn of multiple Sars strains circulating
      607 3 Washington Post [WASHINGTON] Different strains of the virus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome may be circulating around the world, which could explain why the disease seems more dangerous in some places than others, scientists say. Researchers have deciphered the entire genetic make-ups
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      106 3 COURAGE FUND TO DONATE BY CHEQUE A crossed cheque made out to 'The Courage Fund' should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6, Commonwealth Lane, Level 6, GMTI Building, Singapore *****7 TO DONATE BY PHONE: From now until April 30, members of the public can donate
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      208 3 It takes more than courage to fight SARS. Those battling against it need your donations. Now. If you can spare $5 or more, you can help to make a big difference Donate to Citibank Tho Business Times SARS Fund to the lives of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) victims and
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      288 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 25 VALUE CLOSE TOMB -412.00 -75.00 WOW -*****.00 -43.00 ■nMayJM -*****.00 -41.00 OMCEplw 332.62 -2.12 fBBpMwBwt 115.97 -1.53 S6EM«M Fta 1035.86 -24.25 jQCuWnPrap 285.56 -2.84 ICO Si*g*pcn 150.37 -1.76 SMSCtFataro 150.60 -2.30 nirt 15c 119,567.000 •SfcwCruwtra 10C 79,675.000 Ltiong Htn 20c 68,207,000 Accoo) Customer 2.5c 56,883,000
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      Lock icon ComfortDelgro's shares have good upside potential
      280 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan COMFORTDELGRO'S stock has recently been weighed down by fears over the potential impact on the company from the killer flu virus. Of late, the stock has also been hit by market talk that many taxi drivers are giving
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      Lock icon Wall Street is still a worry
      789 4  -  I-iri comment STOCKS r. sivanithy JUST before the US-led invasion of Iraq and during the three weeks of fighting, stock markets everywhere moved in near-perfect correlation with one another, led mainly by Wall Street. Since the end of hostilities and the onset of the
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      Lock icon NKorea's nuclear news, Sars hurt regkmal units
      1116 4 AFP [HONG KONG] North Korea's reported admission last week that it had nuclear weapons led to a sharp weakening of the South Korean won and reverberated among other regional currencies. The deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) gripping Asia also did some damage
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    2945 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS com GiobaiHeaith index Fd OJ» Com Global Telecom lnde» Fd 0.417/ Com Global mfotec Index Fd!" 0-287/ *f 15 1**™' Com Global Energy Index Fd 082^ Mar Europe Eqty! 0 605/ q,,, Global TrawlIndex Fd 0 647/ SUr toope lig, Com S'pore Bond Fund/* 1 098, Star
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      Lock icon JK Yaming allays fears as shares dive
      306 5  -  Firm not aware of any reason; Nexgen Capital raises stake to 8-8% By] David Boey MAINBOARD-LISTED electrical lighting products maker JK Yarning International Holdings Ltd whose shares plunged 34 per cent to 34 cents in heavy volume last Friday has reiterated that it
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      Lock icon New market trends could make range trading all the rage
      458 5  -  [WW lock siew neil behrmann RANGE trading could well become the order of the day. The Iraq war is almost over and global markets from stocks and bonds to currencies and commodities have gravitated towards reality. The big adjustments have
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      Lock icon Creative to stop e-transfer of shares to US
      316 5  -  Restriction is part of its plans to delist from Nasdaq By] David Boey CREATIVE Technology, the world's biggest maker of computer soundcards, said it will stop the electronic transfer of its Singaporetraded ordinary shares to the tech-laden Nasdaq bourse from June 1.
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      701 5 Simple they jnst don't show np for talks with creditors Bloomberg EIICHI Isozaki and officials from 10 foreign governments owed almost US$l billion by Asia Pulp Paper Co were snubbed by the controlling Widjaja family, who failed to turn up for a meeting to discuss
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      1028 5 PROGEN NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Progen Holdings Ltd ("the Company") will be held at 12 Woodlands Loop. Singapore *****3 on Monday. 12 May 2003 at 10.00 a.m. tor the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and adopt
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      Lock icon Occupany rates of serviced apartments drop to 60-70%
      495 6  -  But rates compared with pre-Sars 80-96% not as bad as hotels'low of 20% Bui Andrea Tan ALTHOUGH not as dramatic as the plunge in hotel occupancy rates to as low as 20 per cent, occupancies of serviced apartments have also taken a
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      Lock icon 60% of S'pore firms fettered by competition: poll
      521 6  -  on the economy business sentiment By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE businesses feel more hampered by competition, red-tape and money than their global counterparts, according to a poll by accounting firm Grant Thornton International. Three in five of the local firms polled say the
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      Lock icon Bosses don't hold back the treats in Secretaries Week
      390 6  -  Hotels, restaurants report robust FAB business last week Byi Cheah Ui-Hoon ALTHOUGH Secretaries Week started with a whimper, it ended on a high note. Most hotels and restaurants reported it to be a success by the end of last week. The
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      Lock icon Bomb blast at Jakarta airport injures 11
      641 7  -  Explosion from homemade bomb second in 2 weeks; seen hurting investment, tourism From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta A SMALL homemade bomb ripped through Jakarta's international airport early yesterday, injuring 11 people, including one woman who lost her leg. The bombing incident the
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      Lock icon M'sia may well be headed for deflation
      678 7  -  MlcommeiT KL STOCKS This may cause headaches but It also means lower costs eddie toh IS Malaysia headed for deflation or disinflation for the first time in over three decades? The prospect seems real as the consumer price index has been easing since
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        Lock icon Thaksin suggests tourist VIP card
        79 7 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is touting an ambitious scheme to sell "membership cards" to wealthy tourists. Speaking in his weekly radio address on Saturday, he said he has proposed selling "Special Friend of Thailand" cards at 1 million baht (5541,500) apiece to
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        Lock icon China not Invited to be G8 participant
        87 7 Reuters [WASHINGTON] China has not been asked to be a Ml participant in the annual Group of Eight (G6) summit, but rather to Join in a meeting between G6 leaders and about a dozen other nations, US officials said on Friday. French Prime
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        Lock icon Thai March exports rise to record
        85 7 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's exports rose IS per cent to a record US$6.6 billion from a year before, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his weekly radio address. Exports in Ql rose 21.7 per cent from a year earlier, he said. Rising exports of goods
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        Lock icon Thai chemical firm may cot lorecast
        60 7 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's National Petrochemical Pfc said it may cut its 2003 revenue estimates if chemical prices were dented further by falling demand from Sars-hit areas. "China and Hong Kong are main customers of olefins. If the Sars situation prolongs, we have to revise
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      Lock icon Sars outbreak shakes commodity markets
      793 8 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Alarm over the spread of the deadly Sars virus rattled world commodity markets last week, undermining demand for many raw materials and helping to bolster the price of "safehaven" gold. Oil prices meanwhile fell on signs of rising US crude oil
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      Lock icon Worries taint South Asia's hopes of rebuilding Iraq
      515 10 NEW DELHI They fear if rebuilding money is slow, Iraqis may rush to the Golf Reuters LIKE everyone else. South Asia is licking its lips at the prospect of grabbing a share of the huge job of rebuilding dilapidated, war-torn Iraq. With
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      Lock icon Indian travel firms reeling from Sars impact
      471 10  -  Bookings to South-east Asia, a popular destination since the Sept 11 events, have plunged Prom Ajoy Sen in New Delhi SARS has started to hurt India's travel industry, which is seeing plunging ticket sales and the cancellation of many business trips to South-east
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      Lock icon Vietnam, US in clothes and textiles trade pact
      157 10 HANOI AP WASHINGTON and Hanoi have signed an agreement limiting the amount of clothes and textUes the communist country can ship to the US market. The agreement, which was signed on Friday night, will take effect on May 1 and cover 38
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      Lock icon Syed Albar wants ban on unkind press
      87 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S foreign minister called yesterday for a ban on publications that belittle the country, as official anger mounted over the Economist saying Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had "dictatorial leanings". "I think we have to take serious action," state-run news agency
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      Lock icon UK moving to cap golden parachutes at ailing firms
      326 11 LONDON Plan may lead to 'goodbye' payouts to directors limited at six months'salary Reuters THE UK government plans to cap "golden goodbye" pay-offs to directors of failing firms, The Observer newspaper said yesterday. The paper said Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia
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      Lock icon Iraq scientist: Iraq made huge amount of liquid anthrax
      288 11 BAGHDAD, Iraq NYT NISSAR Hindawi, a leading figure in Iraq's biological warfare programme in the 1980s, says the stories and explanations he and other scientists told the United Nations about the extent of Iraq's efforts to produce poisons and germ weapons
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      Lock icon Rise in S&P 500 suggests rally
      482 12 NEW YORK Index np 6% this month as nine out of 10 industry groups post gains Bloomberg THE Standard Poor's 500 Index may be about to have its broadest monthly gain in more than four years. It's a signal that stocks will rally further
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      Lock icon Madeleine Albright tipped for NYSE post
      213 12 NEW YORK AFP MADELEINE Albright, secretary of state in the Bill Clinton administration, is likely to be nominated to the board of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The New York Times reported last Saturday that her selection for the 27member board, composed of
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        Lock icon Cttigroup's Ritch quits in contract rift
        141 12 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc co-head of mergers Herald (Hal) Ritch said last Friday that he had quit after a third attempt by the financial services company to change the terms of his employment contract. Citigroup decided this month that Mr Ritch, hired from
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        Lock icon COO Grivner leaving Global Crossing
        73 12 Bloomberg [MADISON, New Jersey] Global Crossing Ltd, the bankrupt communications-network owner, said last Saturday that Carl Grivner was leaving the company as chief operating officer and CEO John Legere would take over daily operations. No reason was given for Mr Grivner's departure. Mr Legere will
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        Lock icon Schroeder keen to meed ties with US
        104 12 AFP [BERLIN] German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is anxious to heal relations with the US after their acrimonious dispute over the war on Iraq. Karsten Voigt, who is Mr Schroeder"B coordinator on US-German relations, said yesterday that chancellery and foreign ministry officials would meet
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        Lock icon Iraqi arms monitoring chief nabbed
        84 12 Reuters [CAMP AS SAYLIYA, Qatar] US-led forces said yesterday that they were holding General Huasam Mohammad Amin al-Yasin, the head of Iraq's National Monitoring Directorate and a key figure in United Nations weapons inspections. Central Command in Qatar said in a statement only that he
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        Lock icon Argentines vote new president
        102 12 AP [BUENOS AIRES] Argentines were choosing a new president yesterday in one of the tightest races in the country's history and more than a year after the country plunged into economic turmoil. Opinion polls showed three of the five leading candidates, led by former president Carlos
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      Lock icon US board to police auditors now operational
      389 13 WASHINGTON SEC gives final nod after securing more power for board's chairman Reuters THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave its stamp of approval on Friday to a new national board to police auditors, allowing it to begin cracking down on corporate
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      722 11 cPrima J2>imiied (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 43rd Annual General Meeting of PRIMA LIMITED will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, 201 Keppel Road, Singapore *****9 on Friday, 16 May 2003 at 2.30 p.m. for
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      193 11 KOKUYO INTERNATIONAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE 6 HEREBY GIVEN THAT A RNAL GENERAL MEETMG OF THE COMPANY WILL BE HELD ON THE 28™ DAY OF MAY, 2003 AT 10 AJi AT 6 SHENTON WAY *32-00 DBS BULDMG TOWER TWO SINGAPORE *****9 FOR THE FOLLOWMG PURPOSE: Agenda
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      1110 11 (intraco) INTRACO LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Fourth Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at its registered office a! 230 Victoria Street, #12-00 Bugts Junction Towers, Singapore *****4 on Thursday. 22
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      1916 12 m vMultl*Ch«m Multl-Chem Limited NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2003 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 11 Tuas Avenue 5. Singapore *****7 on Monday, 19 May 2003 at 10.30 a.m. to transact the following businesses ORDINARY BUSINESS
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      157 12 Did you miss these stories lately? Beijing to get armed police to enforce compulsory quarantine for Sars patients Unity of China's leadership in fighting Sars questioned NTU academic: Cross-strait financial integration can prevent Taiwan from independence Work on Shanghai's huge international automobile centre gets underway China needs 300,000 accountants for
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      1072 14  -  The booming Chinese economy and downturn in the US high-tech sector have spurred an increasing number of US-educated Chinese to return home. Jennifer Lien reports Jennifer Lien S S THE economy getting you down? Is it W time to look for opportunities outside Silicon Valley?" asked an advertisement
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      1007 14 Notices A EASTGATE TECHNOLOGY LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) East Gate NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirt»«ntfi Annual General Meeting of the Compony will be held at Rosewood Room, Merchant Court, 20 Merchant Road, Singapore *****1 on Wednesday, 14 May 2003 at
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      963 14 KBSffi BAKER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the Annual General Meeting of Baker Technology Limited (the "Company") will be held at Nautica 111. Level 2. Republic of Singapore Yacht Club, 52 West Coast Ferry Road. Singapore *****7
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      495 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF BI'ILDING PRODUCTS MARKETING SERVICES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) Ai an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at No. 4 Kwong Min Road. Singapore *****7 on 2 In
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      999 15  -  nT^xclusive Most S'pore government agencies now outsource their infocomm projects to IT vendors in the private sector too. as Rajn Chellam finds out Raju Chellam THERE'S a fresh gust of wind blowing the IT outsourcing way, both globally and in the Asia-Pacific region. The Singapore government
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      539 16  - Symantec acts on faith in Asia it's moving regional HQ S'pore a strong contender-it's biggest contributor to US firm's revenue in region By] Daniel Buenas US-BASED Symantec Corp, which provides security software solutions, is planning to grow revenues from the Asia-Pacific region by about 30 per cent this year via
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      431 16  -  In Asia-Pac, Australia leads the pack in contracts; S'pore, HE follow closely behind By Raju Chellam IF you thought the IT outsourcing fad was just that, think again. The total value of the top 100 outsourcing contracts crossed US$22B billion in
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      181 16 AFP [ABU DHABI] Gulf telecom company Thuraya Satellite Telecoms Company wants to set up operations in Iraq, where its satellite phones have seen a dramatic increase in use since the war. Chairman Mohammad Omran said he wants to "speed up the
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      793 16  -  11 i comment INFOTECH Radiation from scanners installed at their ports conld harm humans lee han shih WHAT do Eddie Teh, CEO of PSA Corp, and Chong Lit Cheong, CEO of JTC Corp, have in common with The Incredible Hulk? All three
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      Lock icon Jurong Shipyard testing new Palm handheld, Tungsten C
      434 16  -  Byi Amit Roy Choudhnry US-BASED Palm Inc said it is pushing its newly launched Wi-Fi-enabled Tungsten C handheld at government and corporate customers in Singapore. And Jurong Shipyard is testing the Tungsten C as a mobile computing solution for its workforce. The
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      504 18  -  The $lm investment in the S'poredeveloped system is first of its kind here By Raju Chellam BRITAIN-BASED SCM (supply chain management) giant Exel Pic has launched its Universe Land Transport Management System (Universe LTMS), an integrated freight management system designed and developed in Singapore. The
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      206 18 AP [MINNESOTA] About 10 years ago. Randy Geissler placed a computer chip in his father's hand. Encased in a tiny glass tube, it wasn't much bigger than a grain of rice. His father, a dairy farmer, stared incredulously: "What are you going to do
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      798 18  -  SAYIH Loyalty programmes can reap dividends for telcos If they use the right analytical tools joslin vethakumar AMID the dark clouds of a global slump, telecom operators are coming under increasing pressure to be inventive in their initiatives to woo subscribers and induce spending.
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        81 18 THE Linux Competency Centre has commissioned a new 60 processor CPU cluster for the Singapore-MIT Alliance at the National University of Singapore (NUS). "Called Hydra-Hi, this is the first large-scale Itanium 2-based Beowulf cluster to be deployed into production using the open-source Rocks cluster toolkit," said
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        39 18 US-BASED Brocade Communications, which provides solutions for storage area networks (SANs) has created a South Asia-Pacific region, comprising its South-east Asia and Australasia operations, headed by Deb Dutta (right), who formerly managed the South-east Asia region.
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        55 18 JAPAN-BASED NEC Corp has set up the NEC Personal Products arm to offer complete PC operations—from development and manufacturing to sales and support. The company has merged NEC CustomTechnica (which develops and manufactures PCs), and NEC Custom Max (which focuses on sales and marketing). The new company will
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        58 18 MIW, the National Servicemen's portal at www.miw.corrLSg launched in April 2001 by the Ministry of Defence, celebrates its second anniversary this month. MIWs developer and operator, Green Dot Internet Services said the portal' has attracted about 70,000 new users (mostly NSmen) in its second year, bringing
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        51 18 SHENZHEN Airlines, the domestic carrier based in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen, is the twelfth Chinese carrier to sign on for Abacus airline connectivity solutions with direct connect availability service. Shenzhen Airlines' deal with Abacus is its first with a foreign global distribution service, Abacus
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        35 18 ACCORD Express, which offers integrated logistics solutions in Asia, has appointed Poh Choon Lay as chief operating officer and Singapore country manager. Mr Poh was previously strategic development director at Exel Asia-Pacific.
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        37 18  -  Oonpikd by Amit Roy Choudhury IDG World Expo has postponed "BiolTWorkl Conference and Showcase Singapore 2003" from May 28-29 to August 6-7. It will be held at Sim tec City. For details, visit www. bioitworkkxpo.corrusg
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      175 18 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp plans to release software that will improve the performance of older programs running on its Itanium chip for server computers. Intel, which is counting on Itanium sales to lift revenue and profit as demand for
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      441 18  -  Microsoft hopes new software will be leading platform From, Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley SOFTWARE supremo Microsoft Corp last week finally released its long-awaited new server software Windows Server 2003 after years in development and several launch delays. The company will officially launch the product
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      253 18 Reuters [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan's long-awaited policy to deregulate the telecoms industry is expected to be unveiled before July to help attract private investment. Shahzada Alam Malik, chairman of the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), said at least two new cellular phone licences would be auctioned
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      Lock icon India woos rural consumers with technology
      360 18 AFP [NEW DELHI] In a remote and dusty Indian village, people line up in front of a man operating a computer to get crop information, ask about the weather and clinch sales in far-flung markets over the Internet. The initiative by business conglomerate ITC
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      Lock icon Cisco Systems boosts course offerings via tie-ups
      203 20  -  By] Daniel Buenas US-BASED networking giant Cisco Systems has teamed up with HewlettPackard, Sun Microsystems and Panduit Corp to enhance the courses offered by the Cisco Networking Academy Program here. HP, Sun and Panduit will sponsor new curricula and courseware to be included
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      Lock icon E-mail is more valued than phone
      589 20  -  A staggering 80% of respondents in survey say so By] Tm»f Raju Chellam IT'S now official: the humble e-mail has overtaken the phone as the most valuable means of business communication. In a recent survey of 387 organisations conducted by the Nasdaq-listed Meta Group,
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      536 20  -  William Leong, whose firm Astina folded, is now into Internet telephony Reports by Kenneth Lim WILLIAM Leong was the protagonist of a common enough tale: entrepreneur starts tech company, entrepreneur makes big bucks, entrepreneur falls. But Mr Leong, who went bankrupt when his chip distribution
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      319 20 SINGAPORE-BASED startup, Howdy Communications, has discarded timebased rates for a flat subscription on its Internet Protocol (IP) phone service, which could mean savings for companies with overseas offices. The service uses Howdy's Very Intelligent Gateway (VIG) phones as Internet portals. Subscription starts
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      Lock icon AMD to fight for server share with Opteron
      493 21  -  Firm is pricing new chip aggressively to compete with Intel By' Tang Weng Fai US-BASED chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) last week launched its Opteron, its first in the lucrative market for highpriced processors that run computer servers. The Opteron is
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        53 21 TAIWAN-BASED BenQ has unveiled its Joybook 3000, its latest digital hub notebook that delivers high quality audio entertainment. It features a 15-inch high-brightness screen and a Nvidia Geforce4 Go 32 MB graphic card. The device offers a number of expansion slots and retails at $3,299. For
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        Lock icon ...and Joybee MP3 player
        55 21 BENQ has also launched the Joybee—a combo of MP3 player and USB Flash Drive. With 64 MB of memory, you can download up to 60 songs from the Joybook 3000. The Joybee costs $199 and is available only as a digital hub bundle with the Joybook
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        Lock icon New text-to-speech engine
        78 21 SPEECHWORKS International has introduced a new embedded text-to-speech engine that offers high-quality voice output in 13 languages with a reduced memory footprint of less than 90 kb for one language. ETI-Eloquence SF additionally offers memory performance of less than 200 kb for up to five languages on
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        67 21 US-BASED Krone has launched Krone Air Lan, a high-speed wireless data communication system for enterprises, small offices and home users. Based on direct sequence spread spectrum technology, the Krone Air Lan offers data transmission speeds of 11 Mbps. An Air Lan Access Point costs US$lB9 and
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        56 21  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury US-BASED lomega Corp has launched the lomega DVD+RW 4X2.4X12/CD-RW 16X10X40 EIDE (Atapi) drive. It features a 4X write speed and 2.4 X rewrite speed. The internal DVD+RW/CD-RW drive offers one of the fastest DVD+RW burn speeds, lomega said. It costs
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      Lock icon HP has new laser printers for SMEs
      296 21  -  Two new print solutions also cater to same segment By. Amit Roy Choudhury HEWLETT-PACKARD Singapore last week launched two laser printers and two print solutions targeted at SMEs. The details: ♦HP LaserJet 1300 comes in two bundles, the 1300 and the 1300n (which
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      44 15 TOP STORIES Symantec acts on faith in Asia pga E-mail is more valued than phone Pie AMD to fight for server share with Opteron Pg7 COMMENTARIES LeoH&nShlh: PSA, JTC need to worry about gamma rays p«a OJosllnVethaknman It pays to keep customers loyal H4
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      59 15 Leading Companies In Singapore Run Oracle r> Al i Al i Chartered 11 \y 11 semiconductor manufacturing CREATIVE" Eastern STAGS' K SingTel asia's leading communications company These leading companies rely on Oracle to manage all of their information. What do you run? orade.com or call **********1 Copynahl C 2003. Oracl*
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      140 22 I i >.■>[ rNssC 0 WHY NOT STAY AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION WITH THE NO. 1 RISC/UNIX SERVER VENDOR Based on IDC's Q4 2002 Enterprise Server Tracker Report, Sun was ranked the No. 1 RISC/UNIX* server vendor in ASEAN and India Our revenue market share was 45.8 per cent and
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      503 23  -  MPA to continue to keep tabs on movements of pleasure craft By) Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The port of Singapore has eased securi-ty-related commercial vessel movement restrictions implemented around the start of the US-led war in Iraq, but has maintained tight scrutiny of pleasure
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      199 23 [SINGAPORE] Hutchison Whampoa has revealed it owns a small stake in Hong Kong-listed Orient Overseas International (OOIL), the parent of shipping line Orient Overseas Container Lines. The Hong Kong Hutchison, which owns the world's biggest port terminal operator Hutchison Port Holdings
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      195 23 Reuters [HONOLULU] Hawaii officials searched the cruise ship Legends of the Sea, with 1,668 passengers aboard, from stem to stern after discovering two handwritten threatening letters left in a restroom, the FBI said. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship was allowed to continue on
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      722 24  -  LD9ER SCENE By] David Hughes REMEMBER the old saying about the light at the end of the tunnel turning out to be a train coming the other way? Well, liner shipping executives could be excused for feeling that applies to their industry right now. The
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        139 31 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 Belgium: Labour Day Bulgaria: Labour
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        748 31 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma line 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 indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        442 32 AIRLINE WOES Airline will have until June 30 to complete its restructuring Bloomberg [TORONTO] Air Canada, which won protection from creditors on April 1, has been ordered to suspend 200 planned job cuts and will have until June 30 to complete its restructuring,
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        426 32 Plans for labour savings are to help restore carrier's profitability Reuters [CHICAGO] Northwest Airlines will cut wages and benefits for salaried workers by up to 15 per cent under an overall plan to cut labour costs by nearly US$l billion per year and restore profitability.
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        381 32 AP [BRUSSELS, Belgium] The remnants of Belgium's bankrupt airline Sabena were put up for sale over the weekend and set the stage for the May 5 auction of a prized possession a painting by Rene Magritte which became the carrier's symbol. Sabena
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        450 32 Carrier is said to have reached a deal with the flight attendants' onion Bloomberg [FORT WORTH, Texas] The new chief executive officer of American Airlines met flight attendants to salvage cost concessions from unions and avert a bankruptcy filing by the world's
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          79 32 AFP [TOKYO] Japan Airlines System Corp will raise regular Cores on domestic one-way fares by 11 per cent, about 2,600 yen (5138.48) per ticket, starting July 1. reports said. The Fair Trade Commission, which must approve such increases, agreed to the move due to
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          Lock icon S Korea, Qatar in aviation deal
          56 32 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea and Qatar reached a preliminary aviation agreement, paving the way for their airlines to offer flights between the two countries. Qatar is the ninth Middle East country to establish aviation ties with South Korea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
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          Lock icon KLM expects to woo more passengers
          78 32 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Europe's No 4 airline, plans to lure 10 per cent more passengers in Europe and reduce costs when the carrier introduces a new three-tier fare system on June 1. KLM customers will be able to choose from so-called
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          64 32 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, the territory's second largest carrier, said that passenger traffic rose 8.2 per cent in March from the same period last year despite the outbreak of the deadly Sars virus. Dragonalr said on its Web site that it carried 296,588
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      175 23 As far as security is concerned, PTP runs Trading countries, shipping lines a pretty tight ship. Security is in fact part and businesses are all equally happy of our efficiency. Our high-tech tracking to know that their container shipments systems keep tabs on all movements so are secured safe and
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