The Business Times, 7 November 2003

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    6 1 MTAfP)O&MD3/200S 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE
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    Lock icon SP Services sues consultant over billing fiasco
    450 1  -  S'pore power retailer seeks damages from New Zealand's TUI Consulting, local unit By Tang Weng Fai ct t [SINGAPORE] Three years after a power billing fiasco involving tens of thousands of home users, SP Services, Singapore's largest electricity supplier, is suing the firm
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    Lock icon Stock fatigue hits Asia amid rate hike fears
    743 1  -  Aussie and UK rate increases add to US mutual fond worries By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Fatigue was written all over Asian markets yesterday, as investors found excuses to sell stocks that some fear may have run too far ahead of fundamentals,
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    74 1 □sn 1,79*1* (-14.18) ST INDEX FUTURES 1f751.00 (-20.00) nSMSCIRIIUHS mm 215.00 (-2.00) Thursday Change KLSE COMP ***** -4J5 NIKKEI 225 10.***** -***** HANG SENG _*****.» 288.83 SET INDEX 667.54 -616 JAKARTA COMP -632J1 -3.01 MANILA COMP 1.***** -148 TAIPEI WPI 6.013.40 -***** SEOIXCOMP 790.04 15.47 SHENZHEN B 281.78 +462
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    85 1 FOREX RATES USS S$ US$ (S$ per l T S$) 1.742 £(l T S$/S$ per 1676 1919 El'RO(lS$/S$/E) 1.144 1.993 YEN 109.9 63.10 RM 3.800 1182 HKS 7.768 4.4W BAHT 39.89. 2190 RIP1AH 8.493 1877 RENMINBI 8.299 4766 INDIAN RITEE 4629 26.01 A$__ 1.467 0.808 NZS 1.620 0.930 PRIME
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    Lock icon Bank of England raises interest rate by 25 bps to 3.75%
    478 1 It's first among top 4 central banks to do so; ECB leaves its rate intact Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] The Bank of England raised British interest rates by a quarter point to 3.75 per cent yesterday, marking the first increase
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      Lock icon FibreChem's SGX listing hopes dashed
      463 2  -  SGX withdraws eligibility status on receiving additional info on China firm By Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] China-based FibreChem Technologies, which was on the brink of a main board IPO, had its listing hopes dashed yesterday when the Singapore Exchange withdrew the "eligibility to list (ETL)" status
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      Lock icon SM doing well after operation
      127 2 [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is "doing very well" after a prostate operation yesterday, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong told reporters last night Describing Mr Lee's condition as part of ageing, Mr Goh said: "Most men would have prostate problem. His (operation) is scheduled,
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      Lock icon An IPO that's easy on the eye
      107 2 [SINGAPORE] The market may be cooling off, but listing hopeful Beauty China sure knows how to turn the heat up. The China company—which owns the Colour Zone brand of cosmetics and skin-care products in China— splurged on a big bash last night at
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac chip sales to grow 23% next year
      446 2  -  Region will see the strongest growth, says industry body By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The Asia-Pa-cific region, excluding Japan, is set to see the strongest growth in sales of semiconductor chips next year with revalues jumping 23.4 per cent over this year, according
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      Lock icon UMCi ramps up wafer production
      639 2  -  BT exclusive S'pore fab ready to take advantage of industry momentum By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE) Signalling urgency to catch the upturn in the semiconductor business, at least half of foundry giant UMCi's US$6OO million commitment to Singapore next year will be spent before end-2003
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Secret of Koh's success?
        142 2 ITS well known that legions of armchair investors follow every corporate move of Koh Boon Hwee, dubbed the man with the Midas touch. But what isn't known is that Mr Koh, who is also chairman of Singapore Airlines, does his homework thoroughly before deciding on an
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        67 2 GUANGZHOU city, the epicentre of this year's Sars outbreak, is again abuzz with Sars talk. But thankfully this is an "epidemic" of text messages spreading on handphones. The municipal health bureau is sending messages telling Guangzhou residents: "Don't under-cook food, wash fruit and vegetables, boil drinking water, pay
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon There's no shortage of See Hup Seng scrip
      465 3  -  Short sales form less than 5% of total trades; suspension to be lifted today hot probe stays By Serena Ng FEAR of a scramble by short-sellers for scrip in See! Hup Seng proved unfound-; ed. Contrary to what some market players believe,
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      Lock icon PhillipCapital buys UK fund manager
      386 3  -  By Serena Ng LESS than a year after buying a controlling stake in International Factors Singapore, privately held financial services group PhillipCapital is acquiring a UK ftind manager for an undisclosed sum. Phillip's founder and chairman Lim Hua Min yesterday declined to reveal the amount
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      Lock icon Optus deserves time to create value
      889 4  -  HOCK lock siew teh hooi ling SINGAPORE Telecom's announcement to acquire Australia's Optus, made around March 2001, wiped out some $10 billion worth of shareholders' value. It's been two-and-a-half years since. But still, SingTel's market capitalisation today has yet to recover to the preOptus
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      Lock icon SingTel seen rising on good results
      691 4  -  Telco's net profit for Q2 climbs 14% to $473m, thanks to overseas arms By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecom's shares could be in for further gains after the telco beat some analysts' earnings estimates for its second quarter ended Sept 30, raised its target dividend
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      Lock icon Asia Environment gets SGX's IPO nod
      408 4  -  SGX attracting more water treatment aid environment firms By Loh Hui Yin SINGAPORE is fast-becom-ing a centre for water treatment and environment stocks. The latest to Join the cluster of such stocks is Asia Environment Holdings, a China-based water and waste water treatment solutions
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      Lock icon 'Emotionless seller' proves critics wrong
      660 8 Once under fire for early overseas forays, CapitaLand is seen posting $45 million Q3 profit helped by its foreign investments Bloomberg CAPITALAND Ltd chief executive Liew Mun Leong described his sale in July of London's 166-year-old Brown's Hotel to UK hotelier Rocco Forte as "an
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Great Eastern Q3 profit surges
        74 8 Reuters INSURANCE group Great Eastern Holdings Ltd reported a sharply higher quarterly net profit of $63.1 million yesterday following an improved economic climate and a rise in equity markets. Great Eastern, 49 per cent owned by OCBC Bank, said net profit for the quarter to
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        Lock icon 47% rise in Huan Hsin Q3 earnings
        54 8 MAINBOARD listed Huan Hsin, a contract manufacturer of telecommunications and electronic products, said net profit surged 47 per cent to $7.3 million from $5 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30,2003. Group revenue grew 83 per cent to $83.8 million from $45.8
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        Lock icon Richard Li on Japan Telecom board
        63 8 Bloomberg PACIFIC Century Group, a private investment company controlled by Richard Li, son of Asia's richest businessman Li Ka-shing, said it's part of a group that has agreed to invest in Japan Telecom Co. Richard Li will become a director at Japan Telecom, the
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        Lock icon TR Networks'ad blitz in S'pore
        56 8 TR Networks has embarked on a series of advertising and promotional activities to promote its products since the group's entry into the Singapore market in June 2003. The directors said they are confident that the Singapore market will contribute about 30 per cent to 40
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        Lock icon CSE's US unit bags US$1.8m contract
        66 8 CSE Global Ltd (CSE) said its United States-based subsidiary, W-Industries Inc, has recently secured a contract valued at US$l.B5 million to provide instrument and electrical construction services for a production facility in the Gulf of Mexico. The project, which is expected to be completed
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      580 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN ASL MariM Nov «GMv«2cMb WE are initiating coverage on ASL Marine with an OUTPERfQMI rating and a target price of $0.86. With a fleet of 107 tugs and barges, ASL Marine services the offshore and marine industry. Its 50-per-cent-owned ASL Energy has secured a
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      Lock icon SingTel's share slides despite strong earnings
      265 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan IT was rather odd to see Singapore Telecom's shares close a cent lower at $1.77 a day after it posted stronger-than-expected second quarter results. South-east Asia's biggest telco grew its profit 14 per cent year-on-year to $473 million
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      Lock icon Market pulls back on fund sell-down
      561 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan ONE can view it as either a pause in the bull run or the beginning of the end. But the volatility and weakness the Singapore bourse exhibited yesterday as a result of selling initiated by hedge funds generated extreme
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      Lock icon Euro, £ unruffled after rate decisions
      504 6 Euro, unruffled after rate decisions Reuters [LONDON] The euro was steady yesterday after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged as expected, while sterling was also largely unmoved by an anticipated quarter-point UK rate rise. The prospect of US weekly jobless claims last night, an increasingly important indicator of
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Two Startech shareholders up stakes
        113 6 XU Sheng, a substantial shareholder of financial-ly-troubled Startech Electronics, has sold a 2.55 per cent stake, or 2.52 million shares to two other substantial shareholders at 11.5 cents per share. Seah Siew Heng bought 1.25 million shares from Mr Xu on Nov 4, raising his
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        Lock icon Yongnam chairman exorcists options
        106 6 ENGINEERING and construction group Yongnam Holdings' executive chairman Kevin Yap Foo Seong exercised options for 4.2 million shares at 2.64 cents each on Nov 3. The shares represent a 2.33 per cent stake in the company, and based on yesterday's closing price of 5.5 cents, Mr
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        Lock icon IP Morgan, TPV director in mors trades
        146 6 HONG Kong and Singa-pore-listed monitor maker TPV Technology said yesterday its director Pen Tseng-Kwan sold 750,000 shares in the group, while US-based bank JP Morgan Chase Co picked up another 3 million shares in the open market. Mr Pen sold 550,000 shares on
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        Lock icon China Toll new substantial owner
        82 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG TOLL bridge operator China Toll Bridges Roads has a new substantial shareholder in Century' Investments Co, which yesterday emerged with a 10.75 per cent stake or 80.8 million shares in it. Century said the stake is a "strategic investment" and "part
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon The art of selling your shares
      1106 7  -  CHRIS FIRTH offers tips on how to ride an upswing, yet limit risks and lock in profits CHRIS FIRTH MAKING money on stock markets has been easy recently. Just by sticking money in any equity fund, or any half-decent stock, you would have come
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      1971 8 AmtekiSl I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Third Annual General Meeting of AMTEK ENGINEERING LTD will be held at Jurong Country Club, Reus Room, Level 2, 9 Science Centre Road, Singapore *****8 on Friday, 28 November 2003, at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive
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      789 8 Hi «<mtbc call Wil-fwt 1100 M) 8821 ■otke«»sph.co».sg HITCHINS GROUP LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 30, Toh Guan Road, #07-01, ODC Distncentre, Singapore *****0 on the 24* day of November 2003 at
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      424 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 AND GAGEFORD PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding lip) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap. 50 a Final Meeting of the Members of the ahovenamed Company will he held
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      Lock icon Hongkongers put in most hours in Asia
      274 9  -  EYE on the economy employment By Chuang Peck Ming IT'S no secret that Asians put in more hours at work than Europeans. But who among Asians work the longest? Hong Kongers apparently, according to Swiss bank ÜBS. They each spend 2,398 hours working
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      Lock icon China-S'pore airport institute opened
      153 9 SINGAPORE and China jointly launched an airport management training institute, the first of its kind China has set up with another civil aviation authority. Located on the premises of the Xiamen Airport, the China-Singapore Airport Management Academy (CSAMA) will provide training to China's airport staff in
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      Lock icon JV wins $322m polytechnic job
      351 9  -  Sino-Japanese venture to build Republic Poly's Woodlands campus By Chen Huifen A JOINT venture between China Construction Development Company (CCDC) and Tasei Corp has won a $322 million contract to build Republic Polytechnic's campus. The biggest single public construction project this year, it covers a
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      Lock icon Twist in Wishing Star-JTC trial
      527 9  -  Firm had assembled 15 people to pretend to be designers By Daniel Buenas THE Wishing Star-JTC trial took an unexpected turn on its third day yesterday, after one of Wishing Star's most important witnesses admitted that the company had asked people to pretend to be
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon Vietnamese now don't need a visa
        113 9 FROM next Monday, visa requirements for Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian nationals visiting Singapore will be lifted. Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo said yesterday at the opening of a Singapore visitor's centre in Ho Chi Minh City. "The revised visa policy will make
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        Lock icon NUS, Indian business school tie up
        59 9 THE National University of Singapore Business School has launched a Joint executive programme with the Indian School of Business. Called the 1SB-NUS executive programme on Doing Business in Asia, the 12-day intensive programme starts at the end of this month. It will be conducted
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        Lock icon Today ex-adrleer Joim PR agency
        59 9 PN BALJ1, the forma- executive adviser of MediaCtop's free tabloid Today, has been appointed director of a new PR agency called Bang Public Relations. It is an offshoot of Crush, an independent advertising agency. Bang will offer the spectrum of PR services, specialising in Issues
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      Lock icon You can't fool all the people all the time
      798 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION leon hadar WASHINGTON is sometimes described as Spin City. This is, after all, the city where political consultants, PR operators and business lobbyists will massage any message and market it successfully to receptive audiences. From the White
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      62 10 'A central problem for Bush in Britain is that while he is greeted with wary respect at 10 Downing Street, his unilateralism and folksy Texas style don't go down well with the chattering classes, who regard him as exceedingly dangerous and something of a buffoon.' -Anthony King
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      Lock icon Recurring message for Singapore
      547 10 EDITORIAL IT IS a message that keeps coming up. This time it was Gail Fosler, chief economist of The Conference Board, who wasn't mincing her words: the government needs to be far less involved in the economy if innovation is to flourish here, Ms Fosler, who
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      Lock icon No limit to number of high-technology jobs
      1053 10  -  Jobs being outsourced are just a tiny proportion of America's 10-million-strong IT workforce. Besides, they'll return in new, exciting forms when the economy recovers By Robert B Reich LAT-WP THERE'S good news and not-so-good news in the American workplace. The good news is
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      Lock icon Is China undercooking its books?
      908 10  -  COMMENTARY An overheating China is a huge risk for the rest of Asia By William Pesek Jr Bloomberg FOR years now, the suspicion has been that China was cooking the books, overstating gross domestic product (GDP). Now it seems the only thing cooking is growth,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon AirAsia gearing up for Thai foray
      548 11  -  BT exclusive KL-Bangkok flight details out soon; flights to start in Nov, sources say From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur AIRASIA'S impending partnership with Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will expedite the Malaysian budget carrier's plan to go regional thanks partly to Singapore Airlines'
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      Lock icon Shin may not have smooth flight
      564 11 NEWS analysis But its diversification strategy is sound: analysts [BANGKOK] Shin Corp's move into the passenger airline industry may be a wise one but the route to success will not be turbulence-free, Bangkok's The Nation yesterday quoted industry experts as saying. While the telecom
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      Lock icon Felda may be listed early next year
      237 11 SINGAPORE Bloomberg MALAYSIA said it plans to sell shares in the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) early next year, a day after delaying the sale, which would create the world's biggest listed palm oil company, to review its impact on workers' welfare. "It
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        Lock icon Pernas to sell 25% in United Malayan
        80 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Pernas International Holdings Bhd, a Malaysian hotel and plantation group, said it will sell 25 per cent in United Malayan Land, a developer, for RM131.5 million (5580.2 million) in cash to reduce debt. Closely-held Wawasan Perangsang Mewah Sdn, a company
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        Lock icon PCG to invest in Japan Telecom unit
        90 11 Reuters [TOKYO] A private investment group controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li said yesterday it will join Ripplewood Holdings and several other firms in investing in the landline unit of Japan Telecom Holdings Co Ltd. Mr Li heads PCCW Ltd, Hong Kong's
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        Lock icon Telkom needs more time to file report
        69 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia said it needs more time to submit its 2002 audited report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, failing to meet a self-imposed deadline of Oct 31. The country's largest telephone company missed a June 30 deadline and
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      Lock icon Japan plans to expand govt bonds' investor base
      665 13  -  Ministry seeks tax breaks to attract foreigners, domestic householders From Anthony Rowley in lokyo JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance (MOF) plans to expand the investor base for Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) to include more foreign holders and domestic individual investors. If the ministry
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      Lock icon HK set to approve China Life's US$2.5b IPO
      432 13 HONG KONG Share offer may be world's biggest this year Bloomberg CHINA Life Insurance Co, which controls three-quar-ters of the nation's life insurance market, plans to sell as much as US$2.5 billion of its shares in what may be the world's biggest
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      Lock icon China faces big managerial shortage
      410 13 HONG KONG Crisis poshing up wages and company costs: survey Reuters A LACK of talented managers in fast-growing China is pushing up wages and company costs while lowering the country's competitive edge, an international personnel consulting firm said yesterday. Good managers can take their pick
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      5469 12 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50. ((Section 290(2)(b)] AND IN THE MATTER OF RED SEA MARITIME PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extroordmory General Meeting of ihe Company held ot 8 Cross Street, 17-00 PWC Building, Singapore *****4 on the 30th
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      1094 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF 1) KEPPEL EAGLE (PTE) LTD 2) EAGLE ENGINEERING COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Sect ton 308 ol ttie Companies Ad. Cap 50 the
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US Q3 productivity rises 8.1%, jobless claims fall
      401 14 LATEST US DATA Unemployment claims drop to pre-recession levels, raising recovery hopes Reuters AP [WASHINGTON] Productivity of US companies in the third quarter registered the best showing since early 2002 and new claims for unemployment benefits last week plunged to the lowest
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        77 14 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australia's jobless rate fell to a 14-year low and the economy added four times as many jobs as economists forecast after retailers and hotels hired workers to serve rugby fans visiting for the World Cup. The unemployment rate fell to 5.6 per
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      385 17 NEW YORK He says new market could offer expanded opportunities for traders and investors Bloomberg, FT WELCOMING foreign competition in the US futures industry. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday said a new market for US Treasury futures may help make
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      545 18  -  Prism opened in Japan last week, while Pharak Pharam will be staged in Laos this weekend By Cheah Ui-Hoon PERHAPS it's the "lack" of culture and heritage preservation in Singapore, or the rapid pace of urbanisation, that has compelled theatre makers to do their
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      397 18  -  By Sangeetha Madhavan A HOUSEHOLD name in Australia, the Bell Shakespeare Company (BSC) has been conducting programmes in schools here for three years. On Wednesday, it put on the production of All the Word's a Stage at the DBS Arts Centre, a reading of excerpts from the
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      498 23  -  Technology most go hand in hand with better screening and operating procedures report By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The current industry focus on electronic container seals and "smart containers" to enhance container security is misleading and the use of technology could actually
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      251 23  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) has threatened to launch a "ports of convenience" campaign, condemning the European Parliament's port reform proposals. ITF said it may target ports that liberalise along the draft regulation, which it has slammed
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      140 23 AFP [SOUTHAMPTON, England] The luxury British cruise ship stricken by a highly contagious stomach virus docked yesterday morning in the southern English port of Southampton, the ship's owners said. Shipping company P&O said the Aurora's 1,800 passengers should finish disembarking at around 0830 GMT after
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      184 23 Reuters [OSLO! Norwegian shipping group Odfjell said that it swnng to a net loss in the third quarter, hit by a fine in a US antitrust case over cartel activity in the chemical tankers market. Odfjell, which has admitted to cartel activity, reported a
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      390 23  -  Local throughput totalled 14.96m TEUs in first 10 months By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's Singapore container volumes are up 7 per cent in the first 10 months of the year, while its overseas volumes surpassed last year's total in October. PSA handled
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      245 23 [LONDON] Protesters from environmental group Friends of the Earth (above), hold banners as Phil Shiner, (left), representing the local residents of Hartlepool northern England and Phil Michaels a lawyer for Friends of the Earth address the media outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London. They announced
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      994 24  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK London Convention recognises distinction between substantive rights and domestic procedural rules: Aussie court By Selva Kumar AN Australian court recently decided on an important question of practice and procedure on how the 1976 London Convention on Limitation of Liability for
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      65 24 AFP [SEATTLE] A British Airways Concorde passenger jet is towed on the rampway, while pilot Captain Mike Bannister waves a British flag at Boeing Field in south Seattle, Washington. This Concorde was donated after being decommissioned by British Airways and is one of
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        444 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        467 32 Aerospace firm posts net loss of 58m euros; core profits fall 19% [PARIS] Airbus parent EADS posted a third-quar-ter net loss and a sharp fall in core profits yesterday, hit by a drop in jet deliveries at its plane-making unit and
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        153 32 Reuters [LONDON] British Airways, Europe's biggest airline, said yesterday that passenger traffic in October rose 4 per cent from last year, and that its revenue outlook was now more stable. BA, which has been the most aggressive cost cutter among its European fullservice rivals following
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        335 32 Tie-up would boost network in Russia, says chief exec Bloomberg [TEL AVIV] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's thirdlargest carrier, is in talks to form a partnership with OAO Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline, to grow its network, said Lufthansa chief executive officer Wolfgang Mayrhuber.
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        242 32 Reuters [TEL AVIV] Lufthansa said yesterday it was seeking increased capacity on its Frankfurt-Tel Aviv route this winter in comparison with a year earlier. Israel's Civil Aviation Authority, however, has not yet granted permission to the German company, the leading foreign carrier of passengers
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        38 32 [FRANKFURT] Travellers looking at an OFRO security robot during a demonstration at Frankfurt's airport. OFRO, manufactured by German company Robowatch Technologies, is the first mobile security robot worldwide for outdoor surveillance, and costs 50,000 euros (5599.500). AFP
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        236 32 Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA posted a 4.3 per cent fall in first-half pretax profit yesterday due to higher pension costs and weaker demand for air travel during the Iraq war and the Sars virus outbreak. "A record number of passengers and a
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          96 32 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Government will extend third party war risk liability insurance cover to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and approved SIA subsidiaries beyond Oct 31. This extension is to enable Changi Airport and SIA subsidiaries to continue operations in light of inadequate
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          77 32 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinese flag carrier Air China yesterday said it would order five 737 aircraft from Boeing Co, apparently part of a Chinese shopping spree aimed at deflecting US criticism of China's massive bilateral trade surplus. The order is expected to be firmed
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          68 32 Bloomberg [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines Group said third-quarter net income fell 69 per cent as the airline cut fares amid competition from no-frills carriers. Austrian said it aims to break even at an operating level for the full-year. Net income fell to 9.8 million euros (5519.6
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          71 32 AFP [NEW DELHI] Bhutan's tiny state-run carrier Druk Air will start direct flights from the Buddhist kingdom to Bodhgaya, the Indian city where the Buddha reached enlightenment 25 centuries ago, state press said yesterday. The weekly service will be launched at a promotional round-trip
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