The Business Times, 19 September 2003

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    14 1 MiTA (P) 024/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 2003 Internet http://business-times.asial com.sg
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    Lock icon Scramble to find successor as Grasso quits
    687 1 Potential candidates for interim chairman include Warren Buffett, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker Bloomberg, Reuters, NYT, AP [NEW YORK] Even before Mr Richard Grasso resigned on Wednesday as chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange, his critics were seeking a
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    Lock icon Barclays Capital bucks trend to pick S'pore
    533 1  -  BT exclusive Investment bank setting up global processing centre here despite cheaper options By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Leading investment bank Barclays Capital has plumped for Singapore to handle some of its global infrastructure services even though the growing trend among multinationals is
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    74 1 Dsn 1,001.23 (-1.52) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,000.00 (-7.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 100.90 (-1.00) Thursday Change KLSECOMP 743.43 ,1.57 NIKKEI 225 11.***** +4351 HANG SENG _11.***** 7083 SET INDEX 553.32 -558 JAKARTA COMP -***** -352 MANILA COMP .1519.72 -089 TAIPEI WPI 5.750.81 *3.67 SEOIL COMP 758.18 -8.41 SHENZHEN B 228.08 +152
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    Lock icon Retail investors may have to pay for 'live' stock prices
    687 1  -  BT exclusive Sources say SGX looking at $3-$5 monthly fee per investor By Serena Ng Investors who keep tatis on "live" stock prices may soon have to pay to access this data, which is now provided free in Singapore by
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    84 1 FOREX RATES Ut| t$ ISS (SS per I.SS) 1.751 £(l SS/SS ptr 1611 1821 El'RO(l'S$/S$/E) 1.126 1972 YEN 115.8 66 10 KM .1.800 1170 H KS 7.799 4.454 BAHT 40.57 23.17 RIP1AH 8,490 4.848 RENMINBI 8199 4.740 INDIAN Rl PEE._ 46 05 26 29 AS 1.504 0.859 NZS 1.709
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      Lock icon Make Asian currencies more flexible: IMF
      574 2  -  CURRENCIES AMD THE CAPITAL MARKETS It expects 4.2% growth for S'pore in 2004, the biggest turnaround in Asia Reports by Vilcram Khanna [SINGAPORE] THE IMF has called on Asian countries to make their currencies more flexible which would likely lead them to strengthen against
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      Lock icon US economy: brighter growth prospects, but vulnerable
      356 2 Huge twin deficits and a possible boosing bust are worrying factors [SINGAPORE] While growth prospects for the US economy are bright for the rest of 2003 and next year, ballooning fiscal and external deficits, a vulnerable dollar and a possible housing bust could
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      Lock icon Stock speculation worries Thaksin
      264 2 Bloomberg, Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he is worried by the level of speculation that boosted trading volumes on the country's stock exchange to a record on Wednesday. Excessive speculation "results in a stock market not as strong as it should be," Mr
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      Lock icon Asia, haunted by 1997-98 crisis, moves to stem hot money
      486 2 Thailand, India among countries with controls Reuters [SINGAPORE] Once bitten and eternally shy. That seems to be the case with Asian monetary authorities as foreign capital pouring into the region evokes painful memories of the 1997/98 financial crisis, spurring a
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      Lock icon Leading US index up for 4th straight month
      396 2 LATEST US DATA Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] A key US forecasting gauge rose in August for the fourth straight month, suggesting economic growth will strengthen further in the second half of the year, a private research firm said yesterday. The Conference Board said
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      Lock icon Sunday Times getting new look
      190 2 THE Sunday edition of Singapore Pre* Holdings' flagship paper TtmStraits Times wM hit newsstands on Sept 28 with a new look. The revamped Sunday Times is the result of a six-month re-design effort to give readers a brighter, more colourful and more relaxed paper. Cheong
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered hits 12-month high after roller-coaster ride
      507 4  -  Company quashes stake sale talk, but new rumour surfaces By Tang Weng Fai SHARES in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing went on a rollercoaster ride yesterday before hitting a new 12-month high as the company's dismissal of a stake sale rumour was followed by the
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      Lock icon Five ACCS shareholders sell 63m shares
      538 4  -  Temasek, Fidelity Investments said to be among buyers By Serena Ng FIVE shareholders of main-board-listed Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) have sold 63 million shares at 61 cents each to mainly institutional investors, which sources said include Temasek Holdings and US fund manager Fidelity
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      Lock icon The disturbing bullishness of funds
      607 4  -  HOCK lock siew neil behrmann A VARIETY of surveys indicate that fund managers, investment strategists and other professionals are overwhelmingly bullish about global stock markets, especially in Asia. Rose-tinted spectacles are a welcome relief from the gloom of the first four months of the year.
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan telco eyes controlling stake in Transmarco unit
      232 4 INDONESIAN-LINKED Transmarco Ltd yesterday said Sri Lanka Telecom has indicated an interest to acquire a controlling stake in private phone operator Lanka Bell, in which Transmarco holds a 47.87 per cent stake. The mainboard-listed group also said its controlling shareholder, Miel
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        65 4 HONG Kong and Singapore-listed monitor maker TPV Technology yesterday said two substantial shareholders ofthe group are disposing of a combined 20.56 per cent stake at HKs&ss6per TPV share. It said HSBC will be placingout a total of 278 million shares to independent third parties for some
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        56 4 EXHIBITION and interior design and production house KingsmenCreativee starts trading on Sesdaq today after its initial public offer af2omiHion new shares, at 30 cents each, closed 37.4 times subscribed. TTwenlarfedpublictrancbeof 3.015 million shares was 242.6 times subscribed. Substantial recipients of placement scares were Flinderslane Asset Management million shares), and one
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        54 4 PROPERTY gifcupLum Chang Holdings yesterday posted a wider net loss of$&8 million for the year ended June, frert a loss of $356,000 a year ago. Theloes included pntaskms for foreseeable losses of $7.3 millfcm on its properties under development. Revenue for the group, however, more than doubled to
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        Lock icon Cyber Village places out IMm shares
        63 4 SESDAQ4J3TED Cyber Village Holdings, an e-business consulting Arm, is selling up to 19.5 million new shares at 6J cents each in a placement Hie placement agent is SBI-E2 Capital. Cyber Village said it aims to raise net proceeds of around $1.2 million for working
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        Lock icon BIL to sell 2 London hotels for £90m
        65 4 BIL International which took over Thistle Holds earlier this year, has put two hotels in London up for sale with a combined price tag of £60 million (SsloB million). British uuwmapwr Tht Tlmu lupuHed. BIL has appointed leisure property specialist Christie* Co
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      Lock icon At least 10 firms eyeing Robinson?
      547 6 Thai and Indonesian retail giants among those interested Reuters AT LEAST 10 companies, mostly from Asia, are interested in buying the retail business of Singapore's oldest department store operator, Robinson and Company Ltd, which could be worth $270 million to $380 million, analysts said
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      Lock icon Jafco pumping $8m into Autron unit
      450 6  -  This may be prelude to listing of IC Equipment By Wong Wei Kong JAFCO Asia, a major regional venture capital firm, is investing in the manufacturing arm of Autron Corp, which could see the unit eventually listing on the stock exchange. Under the deal,
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      Lock icon Offshore demand boosts ASL profit 28% to $9m
      405 6  -  By Beth Jinks STRONG offshore industry demand boosted ASL Marine Holdings' FY2003 net profit 28 per cent to $9.1 million, with an even brighter outlook ahead. The local shipbuilding, repair and chartering company earned $78.9 million in revenues in the year to
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      Lock icon DBS targeting higher regional fee income
      908 10 CORPORATE analysis It hopes to ride on M'sian pay-TV's mega share sale and reduce dependence on S'pore market Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd, the biggest arranger of share sales in Singapore, says it plans to use its largest transaction outside the city-state as a
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      40 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only |v CH OFFSHORE LTD 5537.2 million Placement of 117,000,000 New Shares in the capital of CH Offshore Ltd Sole Placement Agent BNP PARIBAS PEREGRINE i BNPPARIBAS r' Equities 17 September 2003
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      676 6 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF WK INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Windmg4Jp) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 3003 At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 98A Amoy Street, Singapore *****8 an (he
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      535 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAT 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of FORWARD MARKETING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Winding4jp) SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 12TH DAY Of SEPTEMBER 3003 At an Extraordinary General Mooting of the Company held at 9SA Amoy Street, Singapore *****8 on lb* IMt
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      657 6 KIMDO (S) TRADING PTE LTD (hwt|iwm>ifcl>ipolitrf^h|inn) MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING UP NOTICE OF FIN AL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Final General Meeting of the Company will be held on 18.10.03 at 3p.m. at 65A Neil Road Singapore *****7 for die following purposes: (1) To consider the liquidator's statement
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      572 6 IN THE HIC.H COURT OF THE ■KIHIM JT or SINC. A POKE Companies Winding Up No. 231 of 200.VX la the Matter of Ike CaMpaaiea Act <Cap.»> Aai la Ike Matter of LTJL COMMUNICATIONS PTE LTD (BCNa.I992t7M7M> AnVFBTKKMKNT Of PETITION Notice hereby given thai Petition for the winding up of
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      532 6 to MM* ofn» Compantaa** Cap. 90 and to toe Matter of AMAN CMCLE MVESTNENT PTE LTD (In Memberi" Voluntary Liquidation) MoncgQFFiQi mrnn NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306 of the Companiee AeL Cap. 80. tot the Final Ms sung of the Member* of toe Company wB be held
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      451 6 FORM 55 (tub 112) NOTICE OF MEETING (GENERAL FORM) IN THE HIGH COURT Of THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Compomes Windmg-Up No *****6 of 2001 In if* Matter of the Componies Ad. Cap 50 And In to Motor of KAKI tIIKIT INDUSTRIAL PARK PTE LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) ToU note* *al
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      1038 6 NOTICE OF INTENDED PREFERENTIAL DIVIDEND UNDER SECTION 328 (1 Kb) to (f) AND 328 (4) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 Name of company Dstore Singapore Pte Ltd (In Creditors Voluntary Liquidation) Address of former 116 Changi Road #05-01/02 registered office Singapore *****8 Last day for receiving proofs: 6 October
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      533 7 Volt err a Asia Pte Ltd Celebrates Official Opening Founded in 19% in Berkeley, California, Volterra evolved efficiency, small footprint, high frequency operation from the Info Pad research project at UC Berkeley to become scalability, ease of use and cost effectiveness. Our design a premier supplier of leading edge silicon
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      288 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Sep 18 VALUE CLOSE ITOtrttt 559.00 ->-93.00 ffCMM -*****.00 +133.00 BTlt-dtayMA -*****.00 +56.00 439.64 +0.89 176.88 ±0*3 1365.76 -4.79 WIpJIn hip 395.38 +1.29 196.97 -0.22 *OA£v®rtac* 5c 101.233.000 Chart SemCond 26c 89,681,000 *Sone._ 88,734.000 83,541.000 MediaRto* 10c 53.007,000 Frontline 5c 49.502.000 Beyonics 10c 47,507.000 Xpcess 5c 46.815.000
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      Lock icon Hot newcomer A-Sonic fairly valued after rapid run-up
      298 8  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan NEW kid on the block A-Sonic Aerospace must surely be the hottest stock on the bourse this week. Offered at just 26.5 cents last week, it leaped a jaw-dropping 138 per cent on its debut on
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      Lock icon 'Range bound' or 'rotationally driven'?
      740 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IF you trade blue chips, you'd probably describe movements as "range bound" as demonstrated by the inability of the Straits Times Index to stay comfortably above 1,600 despite four attempts in two months. But if you punt small caps, you
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      Lock icon Greenback fragile ahead of G-7 meeting
      596 8  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Ten hits five-month high IMF warns US$ is still 'substantially overvalued' larry wee THE US dollar yesterday took a turn for the worse again, as European officials warned that US pressure on the Chinese to revalue could backfire, while the IMF
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    2911 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Cidbond Spore Class* 0 989/ MM Aawo Aaat Mat (S'port) 0.866/ StaEtmpeEqty!** 0.667/ Com Global Ufcstyte Mb Fd 091* Star Europe IdT 1.226/ Com Global Mearti Index M 0.85/ SaEwopeM 0.956/ Com Global Telecom mdn M 0.45/ Star Asian Tqv Eel. 0.819* Com Global HotecmdBiFd!** 0355/ Star
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    667 10 Transaction date: Sep 18 nTTBRBAMM CROSS RATES tf a Iw W Mh HHH Vw W 8M M2< Nfc 8s N» 5S 8— Sir W$ 8*t P—< US! MM am 5519 0.590 5.186 ***** 56.454 0.770 7.700 2.527 1.137 30.427 36.765 U64 4.937 0.918 22.668 26.977 0.413 06« CM* UN
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon UMC Japan to invest US$45m in wafer-fab
      381 11  -  By Raju Chellam CONTRACT chip-manufac-turer UMC Japan will invest US$45 million in a new wafer-fabrication facility in Singapore called UMCi being set up by Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC), Singapore's Economic Development Board and European semicon giant Infineon Technologies. The investment will provide
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      Lock icon PowerSeraya may return up to $300m to Temasek
      283 11 SINGAPORE'S second-largest power generator, PowerSeraya, may return as much as $300 million to its parent, Temasek Holdings, if a plan to raise $250 million in debt is successful, reported Reuters yesterday. A source in the industry said that the $250 million worth
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      Lock icon New guidelines, new-look Wisma
      591 11  -  UBA rule change allows mail facades to be pushed outwards By Kalpana Rashiwala WISMA Atria is the first Orchard Road mall that will benefit from a recent URA relaxation allowing mall facades to be extended outwards by four metres. The idea is to inject more variety
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      Lock icon Accelerate connectivity within Asean: PM Goh
      224 11 The group needs to reinvent itself to attract investors ASEAN needs to accelerate the implemention of the information society in the face of keener global competition, says Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Speaking at the third Asean telecommunications and IT ministers meeting which opened
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Indian auto industry makes waves abroad
      817 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION A NUMBER of small, seemingly unrelated events may turn out to be harbingers of a profound change in the structure of the Indian automobile industry. prem snankar jha A few days ago, newspapers carried a small news item datelined Kuala
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      72 12 'For the first time since Herbert Hoover's presidency, a president's economic policy has cost us more jobs than our economy has had the energy to create.' Wesley Clark former Nato commander and Democratic presidential hopeful, on the US economy. 'It is time to admit we are in
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      Lock icon A common economic destiny
      577 12 EDITORIAL THE Bali meeting of Asean leaders next month promises to be ahistoric step for the 36-year-old regional grouping. Forced by a host of external pressures, the 10 Asean nations are expected to endorse the concept of an Asean Economic Community (AEC). Movement towards a common
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      Lock icon Unilateralist chickens come home to roost
      1070 12  -  Since the United States wasn't a benevolent hegemon in Cancun, Washington shouldn't be surprised that other powers reacted in a malevolent way From Leon Hadar in Washington CANCUN is far from Baghdad, in terms of geography, history and style. But the recent collapse of
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      Lock icon 'Misspeak' first, 'correct' later
      746 12  -  COMMENTARY That's the pattern Bush officials are using consistently By Robert Soheer LATWP IT'S hard to believe that it was just a slip of the tongue rather than a calculated lie when US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz sullied the memory of those who died on
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      243 12  -  MAIL bag Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to advertisements that offer to consolidate the outstanding loans of credit card holders under (me loan plan at just 3.8 per cent per annum, an offer that also throws in a complimentary Gold charge
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  • THE GRASSO AFFAIR
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      Lock icon Tough days ahead for next NYSE head
      701 13 Reform of leadership, board seen essential for exchange in aftermath of Grasso's exit Reuters [NEW YORK] Chairman Richard Grasso's pressured exit ends an embarrassing episode for the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), but it leaves plenty of debris for the next leader of
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      Lock icon US lawmakers consider reshaping NYSE
      432 13 Calls to split up body's regulatory, business sides Reuters [WASHINGTON] US lawmakers and regulators are looking closely at possibly splitting the regulatory and business sides of the New York Stock Exchange, even as NYSE chairman Richard Grasso resigned amid the furore over his pay and
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      Lock icon Grasso earned more than Welch
      529 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] New York Stock Exchange chief executive Richard Grasso was awarded an average of US$lO.9 million in annual salary and bonus during his tenure, more than other CEOs criticised recently by investors and regulators for excessive pay, including General Electric's Jack Welch. In
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      410 13 Singapore's Share in ADtfs Procurement Contracts Programme A multilateral organisation, ADB's focus on poverty-alleviation in the Asia Pacific region provides significant business 9:00 am Registration opportunities for Singapore companies in terms of consultancy 930 am Wek:ome Remarlcs MrLeeYiShyan and procurement services. Each year, ADB provides financing Executive Officer to fund
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon M'sian bank loans seen to surge on consumer demand
      433 14 KUALA LUMPUR Moody's expects bank lending to rise 5-6% next year, thanks to expanding economy Bloomberg MALAYSIAN bank lending may next year expand at the fastest pace since the 1997-1998 Asian crisis, according to Moody's Investors Service, which is watching for
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      Lock icon Thai firms scramble to ride on IPO bull market
      537 14 BANGKOK 20 offerings worth over 7b baht set to be launched Reuters DOZENS of Thai companies are hustling to go public to capitalise on Asia's secondbest performing stock market and strong investor demand for Thai shares. Twenty firms, ranging from leasing
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      Lock icon HK property market's outlook stabilising, says Moody's
      237 14 HONG KONG Reuters CREDIT-RATING agency Moody's said yesterday the outlook for Hong Kong's battered property market was stabilising thanks to government efforts to control supply, and an improvement in the territory's economic prospects. Moody's was particularly upbeat on the prospects for Hong Kong's
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        Lock icon 3 Islamic banking license in M'sia
        97 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia said yesterday it would issue up to three new Islamic banking licences to qualified foreign players, in a move aimed at bolstering its share of the regional Islamic finanHng market The country issued the world's first Taiamir global bond, also
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        Lock icon Remorseful Bali bomber gets life term
        105 14 AFP [DENPASAR, Indonesia] A remorseful Islamic teacher was jailed for life by an Indonesian court yesterday after being found guilty of playing a key role in last October's Bali bombings that left over 200 people dead. All Imron admitted helping plot the attacks, which
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        Lock icon Kerry to take stake in Begin protect
        62 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONGI Kerry Properties Ltd, a developer controlled by the family of Malaysian tycoon Robot Kuok, said it will take a SO per cent stake in a 2.9 billion yuan (*****.1 million) residential project in Beijing. The project, located about 10 km
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        Lock icon Sony's China electronic sales surge
        86 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Japan's Sony Corp said yesterday it expects consumer electronics sales in China to quadruple to US$4 billion by fiscal 2005, spurred by the launch of new high-tech products into the market. "We intend to achieve this through new product launches. Our sales in
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Graft in China real estate fuels discontent
      495 15 BEIJING Minister hits out at developers, city planners over graft, forced relocations AFP A SENIOR government official admitted yesterday that China's overheated and chaotic real estate market was riddled with corruption, demolitions and forced relocations, fuelling social discontent. Construction vice-minis-ter Liu Zhifeng also
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      Lock icon RJ Reynolds to cut 2,600 jobs
      229 15 NEW YORK Falling sales and competition from Philip Morris force move Bloomberg RJ REYNOLDS Tobacco Holdings Inc will eliminate 2,600 jobs, or 40 per cent of its workforce, and shift most of its marketing spending to the Camel and Salem cigarette brands. It took
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      Lock icon US manufacturing group lobbies against cheap yuan
      340 15 WASHINGTON It is filing complaint against China's currency policy Reuters AMERICA'S largest manufacturing group said on Wednesday that it will file a trade complaint with the Bush administration over China's currency policy, increasing pressure on Beijing to revalue the yuan. The announcement comes
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      100 15 TOKYO Reuters THE G-7 nations are floating the idea of an unofficial meeting with Chinese officials at this weekend's Dubai summit, Japan's Nihon Keizai newspaper said yesterday, citing sources close to the matter. Proposed by France and Germany and supported by Japan,
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      339 17 NEW YORK They can't stop member banks from also issuing Amex or Discover cards AP IN a defeat for Visa and MasterCard, a federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling designed to give their competitors more access to consumers. The 2001 ruling
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      307 17 Reuters [LONDON] The massive job cull in London's financial centre could be over and banks are likely to gradually crank up recruitment in the next six months, according to a Reuters poll. In the survey of 10 London-based recruitment consultants and headhunters, nine said
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        93 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US Investors plowed almost US$3O billion into stock and "balanced-type" mutual funds last month amid optimism about prospects for corporate earnings and the economy, according to estimates from Strategic Insight in New York. Hie pace of investing "suggests a strong foundation for
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        83 17 Reuters ipUBAI] The World Bank has picked Francois llqurguignon, director of the bank's developing autonomics research department to replace Nicholas Stern as the institution's chief economist a senior development bank source said yesterday. Mr Stan is lowing the post to take up one of
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        73 17 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Texas Instruments Inc, the world's maker of chips that run mobile telephones, CSpects demand for electronics to drive global chip afes higher than analysts'estimates. Sales of consumer products that use semiconductors will fcive annual chip-revenue growth beyond the 10 per cant predicted
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      638 18  -  CHEAH UI-HOON checks out the Australian production that will make its Asian debut here CHEAH UI-HOON EPIC events or characters in political history seem to be popular themes coming to Singapore's stage recently. Next week we see the Asian debut of White Rose, a musical about a
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      326 18  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon CATCH a chapter of Singapore's cultural history on stage next week, as the Gunung Sayang Association puts on their annual play featuring the Straits Chinese community at the turn of the century. Scripted and directed by veteran actor GTT Lye, 63,
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      1285 19 HAT are you doing MM# this weekend?" 1 /I f "Nbthmg" (Si* lence.) "You play ■I Mf mahjong?" If W V you've got-a few W w such .queries re-, cently, you're not the only one. Interest in the traditional game has picked up of late, especially among
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      740 19  -  The English band will perform their evocative music to S'pore fans By Kannan Chandran THE fact they're still in demand, must give new assurances to the choice of name for the band. Yes may be well into its third decade, but
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      589 19  -  The Italian Job is a lightweight caper movie, predictable but fall of fan By Geoffrey Eu SHE'S cute, curvy and has the ability to drive grown men crazy. No, not Charlize Theron although she certainly fits the description. In The Italian Job, however,
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      368 19 CBYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS would cause stress (7) 6 Meant to transform the exteri--1 The mockery of a earner with- or of some home (9) U^™!f (8) 7 Recital involving a member of 5 Hear the poet was shut out (6) th« fam*, <R) 9 Thinking that's incongruous in 0 0
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      155 20 PHP Jl- 7%i^ y jp M M /f iS^B aMligAw» H v iB ||mbJ Interest in mahjong has seen a resurgence of late, especially among young professionals, reports CHEAH UI-HOON. SeePg 29 •'*l r tII jM %|j yßj KM B B, i 1 il m 11' I pid -i^ CLK
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      256 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 15 points to 2406, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 14 points to 3479, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 26 points to 2200 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 64 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Bartolomeu Dias (built 1990) *****0 dwt delivery Mizushima 25/26
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      708 21  -  Wallenius Wilhelmsen renews three-year service deal with PSA By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Eager to tap the growing automotive export business in the region, PSA Corporation said yesterday it plans to expand its Pasir Panjang Wharfs ro-ro (roll-on, roll-off) capabilities to position
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      549 21  -  Court has discretion in issuing warrant of arrest: S'pore appeal court By Selva Kumar [SINGAPORE] The Court of Appeal has put beyond doubt the position under Singapore law that a party that arrests a ve96el has a duty to disclose all
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      489 21  -  Lim Teck Chye charged over payments to marine surveyers By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] High profile Singapore bunkering boss Lim Li-Lian testified in the Subordinate Court yesterday over corruption charges leveled against her brother, Lim Teck Chye. Mr Lim is charged with 55 counts
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      354 21 Operations diverted to nearby port after its terminal seriously damaged Reuters {SEOUL] Evergreen Marine Corp, the world's third-larg-est shipping firm, will not pull out of South Korea's Busan port despite serious damage caused by last week's typhoon, a company spokesman in
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      1073 22  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Admiralty Chartering had not contracted with owner Rainbow Spring in charterparty: S'pore Court of Appeal By Selva Kumar THE Singapore Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of the High Court that a sub-time charterer of the vessel Rainbow Spring
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      40 22 AP [CARDIFF] A British Airways Concorde at Cardifflnternational Airport yesterday. The plane en route to London from New York had been forced to divert to Cardiff on Wednesday evening because of an engine problem, British Airways said. —AP
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        138 29 Sep 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox Day. Bap 24 Brunei: Lailat al Mi'raj. Indonesia: Lailat al Mi'raj. Sap 28 Taiwan: Teachers Day. Oat 1 China: National Day. Hongkong: Nat Day. Oct 2 China: Nat Day Hoi. Oct 3 Germany: German Unity Day. South Korea: Nat Found Day. Oct 4
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        803 29 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 average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        431 30 It will cease service from Oct 26; flights to other American cities not affected AP [BASEL, Switzerland] Switzerland's struggling national airline said on Wednesday that it will axe its service from Zurich to Washington at the end of next month. Swiss International Air
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        327 30 Link-up would increase Swiss's chances of joining Oneworld: analysts Reuters [ZURICH] A possible tie-up between Dutch carrier KLM and Air France may increase Swiss International Air Lines' chances of joining the rival Oneworld alliance of airlines led by British Airways (BA), analysts said on
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        363 30 Air traffic not disrupted despite workers' protest Reuters [NEW DELHI} Hundreds of Airports Authority of India workers began a hunger strike yesterday to protest against a government decision to privatise two of the country's biggest airports but there was no disruption in air
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        256 30 Irish carrier renewing fleet with 17 A320 planes Bloomberg (PARIS] Airbus SAS, the world's second-largest planemaker, won a preliminary order from Ireland's state-owned Aer Lingus for 17 A320-series planes worth an estimated US$B5O million to replace the carrier's Boeing Co and BAE Systems
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        167 30 AFP [BEIJING] United Parcel Service (UPS), a US-based delivery and logistics company, said yesterday it plans to operate more flights between China and the US as part of its bid to incorporate Shanghai into its global network. UPS president David Abney said the company's China
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        423 30 AVIATION EXPO The order is worth as much as US$967.5m Bloomberg SHANDONG Airlines Co, a regional carrier based in China's second-richest province, said it plans to purchase 15 Boeing singleaisle 7375, an order worth as much as U*****.5 million, as it upgrades its
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