The Business Times, 5 May 2003

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internot: http://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY. MAY 5, 2003
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  • 1148 1  -  They're baying stock at lows to support prices or boost their control By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] As investors shy away from equities amid fears of a global economic slowdown and the Sars outbreak, many controlling shareholders are buying stocks in their own
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  • 663 1  -  US pressure group members are happy over key provisions From Jennifer Lien in Washington, DC A GROUP of US companies and trade organisations are about to see their lobbying efforts come to fruition, with US President George W Bush and Singapore Prime Minister Goh
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  • 65 1 Week Change STI 1299.22 +7008 KLSECOMP 627.26 -0.47 NIKKEI 225 7907.19 +207 69 HANG SENG Ml +399.17 SET INDEX ***** +671 .JAKARTA COMP 447.82 +12.78 MANILA COMP .*****5 +18.76 TAIPEI WPI 4187.82 -45.72 SEOILCOMP ***** +30 81 SHENZHEN B 212.37 +1.70 Al'ST ALL ORD .2941.00 -20.70 DOW JONES 8582.68
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  • 73 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ l"SS|SSp«TSS) 1.770 £(l'SS/SS per 1.600 2.848 El'ROfl SS/SS/E) 1.121 1.984 YEN 118.9 67.20 RM 3.800 2.147 HKS 7.799 4.407 BAHT 42.80 2418 RIPIAH 8.655 4.891 RENMINBI 8299 4689 INDIAN RI PEE 47 :16 26.76 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* in KI ALAU MPI R 64<l HONG KONG
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  • 1265 1  -  BTiaimiumj But most credit card deals online are below $100 By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans seem to be more comfortable shopping online than doing their banking over the Internet probably because cyberspace plastic spending is in small amounts, bankers
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  • 778 1  -  BTiamiuwj Sale of facility by Sime Darby could top RMIOOm From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur ANOTHER major cross-bor-der deal could be in the pipeline, reflecting perhaps a thawing in the often testy bilateral ties between Malaysia and Singapore. Sources say
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    • 18 1 m*4«i« ♦nnjfcaw anti-Sars measures, Pg 3 Sara in China not likely to hurt chip market, Pg 13 (Hi
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    • 43 1 CWna Fociw poww tOJOM |BWiP(liui<ibiljj on SQX p| I H »J 19 ■■I How will the S 'pore stock market perform today? To find out, go to: http://business-times, asial.com.sg Singapore Inc should als leverage US-S'pore FTA VIKkAM KH-WNA P- 2 Cr L B
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    • 776 2  -  ECONOMICS US Anns are clear about potential gains; S'pore Anns need to do likewise vikram khanna A BOUT three years ago, when the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was still somewhere between a dream and a plan, the then US Ambassador to Singapore,
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
    • IN Brief
      • 83 3 AFP [BEIJING] Chinese film producers are preparing to shoot a film on the nation's fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome, with leading lady Gong Li being recruited to play a head nurse at the front lines of the fight against the
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      • 68 3 Reuters [SYDNEY] A Qantas Airways Ltd flight attendant taken to hospital with possible Sars had greatly improved yesterday, the airline said, as it scrambled to contact passengers who flew with her from Singapore. The airline has so far tracked down around 90 per cent of the
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      • 76 3 Reuters [HYDERABAD, India] India said yesterday it has released from quarantine 97 foreigners isolated in the southern city of Secundrabad after two Australians among them were suspected to be suffering from Sars. Doctors certified 74 foreigners, mostly Australians at a youth hostel, and 23
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      • 81 3 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's trade ministry will expand an insurance policy that covers the losses of Japanese firms overseas to include losses due to the deadly flu-like disease Sars, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) said on Saturday. Overseas investment insurance has so far protected the assets
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    • 289 3 AFP [WASHINGTON] The Sars virus can survive for hours on common surfaces outside the human body, and up to four days in human waste, according to a Washington Post article yesterday detailing new scientific findings. The virus can survive at least 24 hours
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    • 638 3 Govt keeps schools shut longer; ship outbreak turns oat a alarm Reuters AFP AP Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China concerned over the virus spreading to the provinces fired health officials nationwide for failing to implement stringent measures to control the epidemic. Meanwhile in Hongkong, new Sars cases
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    • 254 3 Reuters Bloomberg AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Tourist arrivals from Hong Kong and Taiwan to Malaysia are down 90 per cent, while travellers from China had dropped to near zero due to the Sars outbreak, The Star reported yesterday. Arrivals from Singapore were down
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      318 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 2 VALUE CLOSE WOMB -113.00 +79.00 BTCAW -*****.00 +141.00 ■T 10-day MA -*****.00 -11.00 MkNE««M 349.67 +3.82 SG Elact 122.06 +0.86 SGMdtfMFia 1096.36 +17.49 SCEjdH-Pwp 303.63 +5.45 MSOSNppw* 159.48 +1.98 SMSdFabns 157.20 +2.70 Stock* Volume Leong Hin 20c 261,322,000 Hint 15c 175,840,000 Chart SemiCond 26c 150,473,000
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    • 307 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WABRAMT By R Sivanithy THE hottest segment of the market at the moment is the penny sector, which seems to be foUowing the maxim that some punters go by: "The cheaper, the better." Thus it is that shares which cost less
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    • 768 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy ONE truism about stock markets is that they always have to find something to worry about. If it isn't the threat of terrorism or a US recession, then it's deflation or a war in Iraq. Once the latter ended some
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    • 857 4 AFP [HONG KONGJ Asian currencies surged against the greenback over the past week as the US unit feU out of favour on concerns about the US economy. The Australian dollar was lifted to a three-year high and the yen a onemonth high. Japanese
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  • 48 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LfG£ND Alphas are mtfccaovt ocapt tor Eji Kmggit Acsete, Broadty DivarsifndL I Narrowly Focused; S lower RWc Low to MerSum tek; Medwm to High RMc Higher MA; opaMntfMt Mora wbdMaon of unitt, After tutadraon erf unrtv V after rtodnptt HA- Won Dicing Day: —Hoor MnSSOtIS
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 716 6  -  HocKIWWSTjWI r sivanithy YOU have to hand it to the stock market analysts. First we saw the introduction of Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) about two years ago as a benchmark for evaluating the financial performance of telecom, tech and
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    • 703 6 Lower share price also seen as buying opportunity, analysts say Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR) At the Coffee Bean Tea Leaf Co at Genting Bhd's hilltop casino resort above the Malay sian capital, daily takings have fallen from RM 18.000 (558,400) to
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    • 125 6 AP [YANGON, Myanmar] Singapore Airlines' regional carrier Silk Air has reduced the number of flights from Singapore to Yangon from nine to seven because of the impact of Sars in the city-state, a report said yesterday. The move follows a sharp
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 402 8  -  School is anfazed by economic weakness and committed to S'pore, says dean Bb Andrea Tan IT MAY sound crazy, pumping in $45 million to double the size of a university campus in these times. But Hellmut Schutte, dean of the renowned
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    • 516 8  -  By Siow Li Sen THE excess savings of Asia's private sector could help boost the region's languishing equity markets and also make distressed debt more attractive, said the US investment bank and brokerage JP Morgan. The build-up in private sector savings
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 477 9  -  Gronp linked to chief minister also has aggressive expansion plan From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IT pays to be big in the eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak. Cahya Mata Sarawak (CMS) the listed vehicle of the family of Sarawak's Chief Minister
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    • 190 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE Malaysian government has eased immigration rules to allow foreign wives of Malaysians who have lived in the country for at least three years to work, a report said yesterday. The New Sunday Times said
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    • NOTE Book
      • 99 9 Reuters [MANILA] Leading Philippine telecom firms Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) and Globe Telecom are likely to see a surge in first-quarter net income, driven again by their wireless operations. Analysts expect 2003 net income growth of more than 20 per cent for
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      • 67 9 Bernama [TEMERLOH, Malaysia] The International Monetary Fund has invited Malaysia, along with eight other countries, for discussions on Iraq's reconstruction, Second Finance Minister Jamaludin Jarjis said yesterday. He said the invitation is a big honour for Malaysia as the country is seen to
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      • 86 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's retail sales probably had their biggest fall in five years in March as consumers shunned stores and restaurants following the Sars outbreak. Spending may drop even more sharply in the second quarter, economists said. Sales probably fell 15 per
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      • 69 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Most Thais are happy with the idea of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government wielding power for the next two decades, an opinion poll showed yesterday. Bangkok's Assumption University and KSC Internet's poll of 1,372 voters in Bangkok last week showed 52 per
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    • 459 9 KUALA LUMPUR Measures may be unveiled as soon as Wednesday: source Reuters AFP MALAYSIA may cut interest rates as part of an economic stimulus package this month to boost flagging demand due to Sars, bankers said. The much-delayed package may be unveiled
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    • 1293 9 LKN-PRIMEFIELD LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fortieth Annual General Meeting of LKN-PRIMEFIELD LIMITED will be held at 27 International Business Park, sth Level. PrimefiekJ-Landmark Building. Singapore *****4 on Friday. 23 May 2003 at 10.30 a.m. for the following purposes As
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    • 1403 9 OMNI MOLD LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HFRKBY GIVEN that the 13th Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Wednesday. 21 May 2003 at 10.30 a.m. at SI Joo Koon Circle. Singapore *****9 for the following purposes: 1.
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  • REGION world
    • 397 10 REBUILDING IRAQ Move to show US keeping promise to turn over oil industry to Iraqis NYT Reuters [BAGHDAD] The new civil administration in Iraq has named two Iraqi oil officials and a former American oil executive to lead the country's oil
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    • 463 10 WASHINGTON It's likely to bet on post-war rebound despite weak data AFP US Federal Reserve policymakers will hold interest rates at a four-decade low this week, banking on a post-war rebound despite weak economic data, analysts predicted. Policymakers, meeting tomorrow, would be nervous about
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    • 274 10  -  From Ajoy Sen in New Delh i INDIA'S top trade body has said that Sars may benefit Indian companies involved in consultancy, food processing, hospitality and tourism in the short-term as business is likely to be diverted from Sars-affected South-east Asian countries. "The Sars
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    • 1441 10 s s ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Ninth Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Ninth Annual General Meeting of ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (the "Company" or "STATS") will be held at its registered office at S Yrshun Street
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    • 195 10 In The Matter of The Companies Act (Chapter 50) And In The Matter of TECHNO LIFESTYLE PTE LTD (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore) (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap 50, the Final Meeting
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    • 140 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF CTOE TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD (Formerly known as Kioskmedia (S) Pie Ltd) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of CTOE TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. held at 20 Peck Seah Street #05-00. Singapore *****2 at 10.00
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    • 144 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PRINTER MAGAZINES PTE LTD (Company No: *****50 UK) (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extract of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of PRINTER MAGAZINES PTE LTD held at 8 Robinson Road, #06-00 ASO Building, Singapore *****4
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    • 102 10 In the matter of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In the matter of POLYSKILL PTE LTD {In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the obovenamed Company, duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street *06-308 New Bridge Centre Singapore *****6 on 29th April
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    • 1382 10 aj=f" MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY LTD (incoiporated m Singapore with Limoad LiaMty) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting ot Manufacturing Integration Technology Ltd ("the Company") will be held at Ocean 5. Level 2 The Pan Pacific Singapore 7 Raffles Boulevard Marina Square Singapore
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    • 273 10 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 SING JIANG MANUFACTURING PTE LTD (In Voluntary Liquidation! Ai an Extraordinary General Meeting of die Member, of Sung Jiang Manufacturing Pte Lid dul) convened and held at Blk 202? Bukil Batok Sc 23 #02-94 Singapore *****8 on 28th Apnl 2003. the following Special Resolutions was
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    • 233 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND YEA KEAN CHEOW SONS PRIVATE LIMITED (la Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company
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  • WORLD news
    • 653 11 OMAHA, Nebraska Jump in earnings from its insurance businesses helped Reuters AP BILLIONAIRE investor Warren Buffett told shareholders at his annual Berkshire Hathaway Inc meeting that the conglomerate made record operating profits of US$l.7 billion in the first quarter, more than twice that of
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 78 11 Reuters [LONDON] Defence contractor Lockheed Martin Corp is the frontrunner to win a £1 bUlion (Ss2.B biUion) contract for a UK ground-based air defence system, the Observer said yesterday. The newspaper said industry insiders indicated Lockheed was the favourite to win the contract from Britain's
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      • 72 11 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] AMP Ltd, Australia's biggest life insurer, will lose as much as a third of its market value, about As 3 billion (553.4 billion), after selling shares at a 37 per cent discount to reduce debt, investors said. AMP sold Asl.2 billion
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      • 77 11 AP [TOKYO] A Japanese newspaper apologised on Saturday for a fatal explosion in Jordan's main international airport that occurred when one of its journalists apparently tried to carry a battlefield souvenir from Iraq through a security checkpoint. A customs official was killed in the blast
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      • 66 11 Reuters [LONDON] Tussauds Group, the business behind the world-famous waxworks museum, is considering a stock market flotation that could value the company at up to £1 billion (Ss2.B billion), media reports said yesterday. The company, owned by private equity group Charterhouse Development Capital, has asked
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    • 123 11 OMAHA, Nebraska Bloomberg MIDAMERICAN Energy Holdings Co, a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, wants to buy assets such as natural gas pipelines and electric utilities in the US or overseas. Mid American is considering large purchases of US$l billion or more,
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    • 256 11 PARIS He sees improved economic situation this year Reuters GROWTH in the European Union should pick up this year as the end of the war in Iraq reduces uncertainty and countries pursue structural reforms, said Nikos Christodoulakis. the chairman of
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    • 780 12 COMMODITY WeekJyßoundup AFP [LONDON] The threat to global demand from the Sars respiratory virus sent many commodity prices tumbling last week, while also helping the safe haven of gold to climb. Oil prices recovered slightly from a lengthy postIraq war slump as the
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    • 2541 11 TOP GLOBAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2003 Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held on Wednesday. 28 May 2003 at 18 Cross Street Bth Floor China Square Central Singapore *****3 at
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • 746 12 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: May 2 SDfQAPORE OOYERlHiEMT SECURITIES DfPICATCVE PRICES AMP HELPS Prk« Prk« TctC—tUtwttr OO T TII m Off* TwCwpw Wtacttr C— T TII 1 Iter 7 YR 2.5 15-Jun-03 N*****0F 0.89% 0.453% 100.18 100.23 5-YR 1.5 01Apr-08 N*****0S 1.44% 1.43% 100.27 100.32 5YR 5.125 OVSep-03 N*****1X 0.66%
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  • 1572 12 S1C0M FUTURES May*. RUBBER Futures (dosing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jun 03 ***** Art 03 160.75 Aug 03 160.75 Sep 03 160.75 BSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tomes) Interest Am 03 9SOO 9X25 200 TTOO
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  • CHINA focus
    • 684 13  -  A handful of Chinese firms are scheduled to list here soon, reports Loh Bui Tin Loh Hui Yin After a gap of one-and-a-half years, initial public share offers by Chinese companies are making a comeback on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), with at
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    • 369 13  -  From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) crisis happening in China right now will not have any impact on the semiconductor market or supply chain, the president of the Semiconductor Industry Association said last week. "Remember
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  • 1022 13 Till mill IIIiMpMidiiMli II illi IIIilIII II RECOMMENDATION FORECAST the stock, llmv tea total of 29 brokers submitting recom- COMPANY NAME TWS WEEK LAST WEEK EPS PE (timet) nnndaUon> birt not iwy itock it foMoidd by il lh> 29 broton. Thofcr mwh mentations arc on 11 to 5
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    • 745 13 PDC Corp Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of PDC Corp Ltd will be held at Raffles Manna. 10 Tuas West Drive. Singapore *****4 on 29 May 2003 at 2.00 p.m. for the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • BizIT
    • 724 14  -  INFOTECH raju chellam THE shock and awe of Sars should see at least one infocomm sector eCRM, or electronic customer relationship management thrive, at least in the short term. That's because more people now work from home, and therefore do their banking,
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    • 410 14  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury LAbTMAN Kodak company has introduced two new digital cameras and a printer dock in Singapore under its Kodak Easy Share system. The products: Kodak Easy Share L 5633 zoom digital camera: It's the first digital camera with an
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    • 197 14 AP [BANGKOK] This year's summit of 21 Asia-Pacific leaders will involve a lot of talk as usual but a lot less paper, Thai officials said last week. Delegates will rely more on computers in a bid to reduce the usual reams of
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 62 14 SAMSUNG has launched two new LCD monitors, the 15-lnch SyncMaster 153 v (right) and the 17-inch SyncMaster 173 v. The monitors have anti-glare coating technology for high contrast images and contemporary hidden control button style. Both monitors are available in Singapore. The 153 v sells
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      • 57 14 be available in Singapore from mid-May, priced at $5,888. For details, visit wwwfujitsu-pc-asia.com. FUJITSU has launched a new high-end Lifeßook E4OlO for corporate executives. Using the latest Intel Centrino mobile technology, the Lifeßook E4OlO is equipped with 512M8 DDR266 SDRAM upgradeable toIGB, a6OGB storage capacity and
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      • 89 14  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choodhury NETSCREEN Technologies has announced a software upgrade for its intrusion detection and prevention product line. This makes it the first platform to protect against exploitation of instant messaging (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application vulnerabilities, the company claims. Net
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    • 400 15  -  By' Tang Weng Fai THE Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), an arm of the Agency for Science Technology Research (A*Star), said last week it had achieved a new world speed record for wireless data transmission. Lye Kin Mun, deputy executive
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    • 789 16  -  arMMiium The merits of online training are clearer now, reports Amlt Roy Choudhury Amit Roy Choudhury E-learning has become a powerful new tool in the arsenal of manpower training departments of several Singapore companies as they train staff to keep them on the cutting
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    • 251 16  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury WITHIN the corporate environment, the Ministry of Defence and some of the bigger organisations here have been using computer-based training for many years, according to the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. The finance and banking sectors have been very active in adopting e-learning. But
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    • 625 17  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Danish shipping, oil and industrial group AP Moeller took the unusual step of announcing it had recently paid a ransom to secure the freedom of one of its vessels and crew after pirates hijacked the ship off
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    • 240 17 It hires UK's Halcrow Group to do feasibility study Bloomberg [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei] Brunei may build a new port as part of the South-east Asian state's bid to attract new industries and reduce the economy's reliance on oil and gas. Brunei, run by
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    • 77 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, an affiliate of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, said it won US$235 million worth of orders from Greece and Italy to build nine ships to carry petroleum products. Hyundai Mipo said it won orders to build two ships for Greece's Athenian shipping
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    • 840 18  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes BULK carriers entered with mutual marine liability insurer UK Club accounted for some 40 per cent of Port State Control (PSC) detentions of the club's vessels, twice their club entry proportion. General cargo ships also had high detention
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      • 141 25 MayS Japan: Children's Day South Korea: Children's Day Thailand: Coronation Day U.K. May Day Australia: Labour Day May 8 Soth Korea: Memorial Day France: Victory Day HongKong: Buddha's Birthday May 14 Indonesia: Prop's Birthday Malaysia: Prop's Birthday Thailand: Wisakha Bucha Day May 15 Indonesia: Waisak Day Malaysia: Vesak
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      • 812 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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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      • 284 26 TACKLING SARS ICAO recommends measure for those boarding from infected areas AFP [MONTREAL] The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has recommended that all passengers be screened for Sars before being allowed to board airline flights from, or through, infected areas. In attempts to
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      • 235 26 Xinhua [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International (THAI), the national flag carrier, has announced that it was enlisting 25 airlines flying into Thailand to comply with measures to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), while preparing special promotional campaigns to pull passenger numbers
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      • 335 26 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Air Canada, which filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors April 1, has asked all employees to take an immediate 10 per cent pay cut for the next two months to help conserve cash. Canada's largest airline wants unionised employees,
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      • 190 26 Xinhua [BEIJING] Domestic and foreign airline companies have adopted active measures to contain the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars). China's national flag carrier Air China has implemented thorough disinfection and ventilation measures for aircraft arriving at Beijing. All crew members are equipped with
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      • 203 26 Bloomberg (COLOGNE, Germany) Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's third-largest airline, is losing 55 million euros (*****.9 million) in sales a week because of the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Asia and sluggish economic growth. The 55 million-euro figure, reported last Saturday by
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      • 461 26 Group's earnings soar 74% in a tough year for industry AFP [DUBAI] Dubai's airline Emirates Group reported record profits of 1.05 billion dirhams (*****.5 million) for the financial year to March 31, in a statement received here last Thursday. Emirates' chairman Sheikh Ahmed
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      • 318 26 250 million francs Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Swiss International Air Lines, the Swiss national carrier, plans to create a unit for its regional fleet to compete with low-cost carriers in Europe as slowing economies curb demand for air travel. The carrier
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    • 148 26 SOUTH EAST ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA AUSTRALIA TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE BUNKER ADJUSTMENT FACTOR (BAF) Arising from the regular review, the following Lines in the South East Asia and South Asia Australia Trade Facilitation Agreement wish to inform the trade that the BAF will be revised as follows:
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