The Business Times, 5 March 2004

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 I Internet: hti j://Dusiness ~v* SINGAPORE V'f.-i, ■< r FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 2004
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    Lock icon Foreign banks take hefty chunk of consumer loans
    870 1  -  BT exclusive Despite smaller networks, they gain ground against DBS, UOB, OCBC By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Foreign banks with their small branch networks are punching above their weight in getting their share of new business. Last year, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC,
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    Lock icon Ibra sounds financial warning
    721 1  -  Lessons of last meltdown may not have been fully learnt From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE former head of Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) has warned that financial turmoil could convulse the country yet again because the lessons of the Asian financial crisis may not have
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    77 1 Sfl (+12.43) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,888.00 (+6.00) MSIMSCI U 229.24 (+1.32) SIMSCI FUTURES 22&80 (+0.10) Thursday Change KLSE COMP 882,13_ +5.13 NIKKEI 225 11.401.79 *49.87 HANG SENG 13,***** 2.50 SET INDEX ***** +4.35 JAKARTA COMP 774.77 2.06 MANILA COMP 1,474.07 11.07 TAIPEI WPI 7.0CM.10 *101.93 SEOUL COMP 907.43 +11.62
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    77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ IJSS (S$ per IS$) 1.710 £(1S$/S$ per £)1.834 3.135 El T RO(lJS$/S$/E). 1.221 M YEN 110.2 64.40 RM 3.800 2.223 HKS 7.791 4.557 BAHT 3943 23.06 Rl'PIAH 8,543 4,997 RENMINBI 8.299 4.854 INDIAN RUPEE 45.30 26.50 AS 1.327 0.776 NZ$ 1.487 0.870 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE
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  • Article
    Lock icon UOB relaunches first-year zero interest home loan
    643 1  -  Plan extended to HDB market; move may spark loan war By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] In a bid to regain ground, United Overseas Bank today relaunches its first-year zero interest home loan and has made it available to the Housing and Development Board
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      31 1 :v r IRevolt in the! 11l Boardroom Zh Jp '-it VT' > m&fiitney chief Michael Eisner loses chairmanship. Royal Dutch/Shell chairman Philip Watts axed. I "Fill RBWIS, PAGE 19 HBi 8 (ll
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      56 1 Raffles m CONVERSATION Up f 1 I When I came back g from Singapore I was on V fire. Unfortunately for some *1 conservative people, 12 years j^ later, I am still on fire.® V I Mohamed Ali Alabbar, billionaire businessman and modern Dubai's economic architect In 4 r The
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      Lock icon SingTel wants out from int'l market obligations
      320 2  -  It says it's no longer a dominant player; IDA seeks public feedback By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications has asked the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) to free it from dominant licensee obligations in the International Capacity Services (ICS) market, claiming it is no
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      Lock icon S'pore PMI dips but stays in expansionary zone
      637 2  -  New-export orders sub-index falls to near-50 level By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] A dip in new orders and in production sent the purchasing managers' index (PMI) lower in February, although at 53.1, the index has now been in the above-50 expansionary zone for
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      Lock icon Belgacom IPO puts ring into SingTel shares
      569 2  -  Investors eye bonus dividend from telco's divestment By Angela Tan, Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Shares of Singapore Telecom rocketed yesterday on expectations of a bonus dividend payout following an overseas divestment. Interest in the stock was fuelled by a special dividend that Sing Tel
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      Lock icon Productivity data lifts hopes for US job gains
      549 2 LATEST US INDICATORS New jobless claims and factory orders also decline AFP Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Corporate America's tearaway productivity gains hit the brakes harder than first thought in the final quarter of 2003, data showed yesterday, offering hope for a break in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered CEO paid just US$339,000 in 2003
      621 3  -  Payout to directors slashed by two-thirds to just US$771,000 from US$2.5m in 2002 Reports by Serena Ng A FAR cry from the US$4 million pay packet that Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's ex-chief Barry Waite received in 2001, current president and chief executive officer Chia
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      Lock icon Chip maker may need to raise funds
      197 3 CHIP maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, which is planning capital expenditures of US$7OO million in 2004, may require additional financing this year to fund its growth plans and technology upgrades, it said in its latest annual report. The company said the bulk of the
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      Lock icon Property play Lee Kim Tah worth a closer look
      808 3  -  HOCK lock siew teh hooi ling CONSTRUCTION-related stocks have been so despised for the past few years that most people wouldn't touch them with a 10-foot pole. Yet, it's precisely because the sector is so ignored that there's a greater chance
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      Lock icon Jade short-sellers make tidy profit from SGX buy-in
      321 4  -  By Serena Ng PUNTERS who did not cover their short sales of Jade Technologies' shares last Friday turned lucky yesterday when the Singapore Exchange conducted its buy-ing-in exercise at lower prices than what many traders had shorted the counter at. The exchange
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      Lock icon DBS launches first put warrant on ST Index
      285 4  -  By R Sivanithy AFTER the rash of covered calls on blue chips that cater to bullish investors, local punters who take a bearish view on the stock market can now try to profit from their view DBS Bank yesterday launched the first-ever
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      Lock icon New Lakeside names Alan Yeo non-exec head
      430 4  -  China-based firm plans to offer 42m shares for Sesdaq listing By Kenneth Lim NEW Lakeside Holdings, a China-based apple products specialist which is eyeing a Sesdaq listing, has roped in Alan Yeo, former chairman of Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd, as a non-executive chairman.
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      Lock icon NOL shares dip below $2 in volatile session
      596 4  -  Analysts divided over carrier's business outlook By Wong Wei Kong IS it time to sell shares in Neptune Orient Lines (NOL)? It all depends. To some analysts, it may be the season to short the stock. To others, it remains a buy.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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      Lock icon Reits start making their presence felt
      532 7  -  They shine as earnings play on blue chips, small caps fades By Vinoe Chong INVESTORS who have one or two real estate investment trusts (Reits) in their portfolios could be feeling a little less heat now that the earnings play on bluechip and small-cap
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      Lock icon Ex-APB exec to stand trial on March 26
      260 7  -  By Joyce Koh CHI A Teck Leng, the former Asia Pacific Brewery (APB) finance manager accused of cheating four Singaporebased international banks of more than $150 million, has been ordered to stand trial on March 26 in the High Court. At a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      691 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Neptune Orient Lines Mar 4 dosing: $1.99 FYO3 results were strong, but we are concerned about a downturn in 2005-06. Our initial view is that NOL will trade closer to the lower end of a $2.00-2.40 range over the next six months. Upside may
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      Lock icon Accord seen benefiting as investors get more picky
      309 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE market is entering a volatile phase with no more huge gains to be made from random stock picks. Looking ahead, liquidity will flow selectively to counters which offer attractive valuation, good prospective growth and strong
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      Lock icon Analysts' calls push SingTel up, NOL down
      499 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy HELPED largely by investors buying Singapore Telecom, the Straits Times Index managed to rebound 12.43 points to 1,893.01 yesterday, recouping all of its Tuesday loss. The index's rise also helped ease some of the recent pain in the
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      Lock icon Trading marked by position adjustments
      587 8  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Yen, Sing dollar weaken but Korean won exceptional gainer among Asia currencies larry wee NERVOUS position adjustment was the main theme in Asian currency trading yesterday, causing the US dollar to finish off some of Wednesday's best levels but only after it
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Accord directors raise holdings
        158 8 THREE directors and substantial shareholders of Accord Customer Care Solutions, including the group's founder and CEO, yesterday bought a total of 650,000 shares in the open market. CEO Victor Tan (right) bought 100,000 shares at 80.5 cents each, raising his direct stake in the af-ter-market mobile
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        Lock icon Jaya MD acquires more shares
        88 8 THE managing director of Jaya Holdings, Pang Yoke Min, bought 200,000 shares in the offshore vessel builder at an average price of 80.13 cents per share on March 3. The open-market purchase, which took place a day after Jaya announced an investment in a new
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        Lock icon Fund manager boosts stake in Sincere
        47 8 CHARTERED Asset Management's CAM-GTF increased its direct stake in high-end watch retailer Sincere Watch to 7.71 per cent from 5.96 per cent through an open-market purchase of about 1.15 million shares on March 1. Sincere shares last traded at $1.60 yesterday.
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        Lock icon Challenger CEO ups holding
        59 8 LOO Leong Thye, chief executive of Challenger Technologies, yesterday bought 100,000 shares in the recently listed electronics and computer goods retailer at 17.35 cents per share. The open-market purchase raised Mr Loo's stake in the company to 41.87 per cent, or 64.28 million shares, from 41.81
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        Lock icon Semb Kimtrans director raises stake
        60 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG AN independent director of Sembawang Kimtrans, Stanley Lim Hwee Hong, bought 100,000 shares from the open market at 18.5 cents apiece on March 2. This took his direct shareholding in the logistics group to 749,000 shares, or a 0.24 per cent
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      133 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 4 VALUE CLOSE WOMB -519.00 +65.00 BTCMM -*****.00 +92.00 BTl(M«yMA -*****.00 -52.00 »36E«dMw 509.82 +3.36 SCCMittoiCUct 185.11 +0.30 SfiBpWwFin 1546.12 +2.97 SGEkW—PtbP 466.76 -3.54 smsa 229.24 +1.32 SiMSCI Futures 228.80 +0.10 Clob Closing prices are in trading currencies, but absolute difference is in S$. CURRENCIES Where
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon The retirement bomb looms
      1194 9 Not many realise it, but if you want to retire in comfort you'd better start taking action now DO you think that you'll live comfortably after retirement with little by way of money worries? Alternatively, do you know when you will have saved enough to be
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Oil sub-index boosts export prices
      198 10  -  By Natalie Koh SINGAPORE'S terms of trade (the prices of its exports relative to its imports) rose 0.2 per cent in January, marking a marginal improvement over the previous month. Import prices continued to rise for a fourth consecutive month, with the import price index
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      Lock icon It hurts to resist outsourcing
      805 10  -  New and betterpaying jobs created as businesses move up the value chain, says Hewitt CEO By Chuang Peck Ming JOBS outsourcing is raising concerns of its fallout on employment not only in developed countries like the United States, but also increasingly in Singapore. The impulse
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      42 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND: All prices are indicative; Broadly Diversified; Narowly Focused; S Lower Risk; Low to Medium Risk: Medium to High Risk;** Higher Risk; open-ended; Before subdivision of units; After subdivision of units; SP after stock split; N.A. Non Dealing Day
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      Lock icon Seiyu posts $4.7 m profit for 11 mths to Nov
      571 12  -  BT exclusive New Bishan store in the black within 6 mths; food to be bigger crowd-puller in Bugis store By Kalpana Rashiwala JAPANESE retailer Seiyu posted $129 million in turnover and a net profit of $4.7 million for its latest
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      Lock icon Pare Haven slashes relaunch prices
      463 12 By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Singapore private residential market has seen its first significant price cut this year. The developers of the 137-unit Pare Haven in the Balestier area are relaunching the remaining 70 units in the freehold development at an average $520 psf down from
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      Lock icon GIC Real Estate, UK firm launch £150 m property fund
      276 12 GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) has launched a £150 million (Ss47o million) UK property fund with UK-based iOG to buy under-performing industrial estates and properties. The real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, which manages Singapore's
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      Lock icon NETS to launch reward scheme for users
      199 12 UP to 11 million NETS and Cash Card users stand to benefit from a new rewards programme from this Saturday. Under the NETS Rewards programme, customers using any of the 19,000 NETS locations in Singapore will get one point for every 50 cents
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      Lock icon PCCW narrows 2003 loss to HK$6b
      361 13 HONG KONG It writes off stake in undersea cable venture for second time Bloomberg PCCW Ltd, Hong Kong's largest telephone company, posted a second straight annual loss after writing down its stake in unprofitable undersea cable venture Reach Ltd for a second time. Its
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Capital Group moils Europe listing
        111 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Capital Group, a Chinese property and infrastructure conglomerate, said yesterday it was considering the unusual move of listing its mammoth US$4 billion overseas IPO in Europe. While most Chinese companies seeking overseas listings typically choose Hong Kong or the US, Capital Group
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        Lock icon Thai corporate profits up 47% in 2003
        99 13 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai corporate profits rose almost a half last year, led by earnings from banking, property and energy companies listed on Asia's best-performing stock market. Net income for 415 companies climbed 47 per cent to 310.1 billion baht (5513.4 billion) from 211.6
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        Lock icon GE,Sime Darby eye Yallourn Energy
        101 13 Reuters [MELBOURNE] US-based General Electric Co and Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd have emerged as possible bidders for a minority stake in Australia's Yallourn Energy, sources said yesterday. Final bids for an equity stake in Victoria state's third-biggest generator were due last Friday and a
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        Lock icon Malaysia panel to fix poll date today
        103 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Election Commission will announce the dates of snap general elections today, an official said yesterday. "The commission will meet on Friday to decide the nomination and polling dates," a commission official told Reuters. The Malaysian Parliament was dissolved early
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        Lock icon Jakarta to scrap steel import duties
        69 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to scrap import duties on steel because of its soaring price in the domestic market, Trade Minister Rini Soewandi said. The import duties on steel will be eliminated, the minister told reporters last night. The government has yet to say
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        Lock icon China against politicising yuan issue
        111 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Chma is willing to discuss its exchange-rate policy with other countries but rejects attempts to turn it into a political issue, the Foreign Ministry said. "We are aware of foreign economists' opinion on the yuan," spokesman Liu Jianchao said at a briefing in
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      Lock icon Court questions Richard Li's absence
      232 13 Judge to study if he broke law over speeding case AP [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong magistrate questioned whether telecommunications tycoon Richard Li broke the law when he failed to appear in court for a speeding case, newspapers reported yesterday. Mr Li was charged with
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      Lock icon Indonesia raises global bond issue to US$1b
      186 13 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA has increased the size of its first global bond issue for eight years to US$l billion from US$4OO million following strong demand from overseas investors. Finance Minister Budiono announced late on Wednesday that the government has sold US$l billion worth
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      519 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PRINT N ETCH PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE TO SUBMIT PARTICULARS OF DEBTS OR CLAIMS Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the abovenamed Company, whose debts or claims have not already been
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      546 12 NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Name of Company POLIKEN INDUSTRIES PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) Address of former :36 Sungei Kadut Street 1 registered office #00-85/B6 Singapore *****1 Last day for receiving proofs: 19 March 2004 Name of liquidators CHEE YOH CHUANG LIM LEE MENG Address of liquidators c/o Chio
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      407 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF CAYENNE ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTION (Pursuant to Section 290(2)(b)) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 9 Temasek Boulevard #10-01/03 Suntec
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Promises that can't be kept in America
      798 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION paut samuelson AMERICANS these days are not a happy people. Two sources of their disquiet are undoubtedly the unexpected mess in Iraq that shows no sign of a satisfactory solution for as for ahead as the wisest analysts can
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      60 14 'Poverty is seriously affecting children in Hong Kong, leading to problems such as malnutrition. Our situation is a bit like that in third-world countries or developing countries.' See Lai-shan a Hong Kong social worker, on the fact that years of economic stagnation have widened Hong Kong's rich-poor
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      Lock icon Small-cap punting hurts market
      579 14 EDITORIAL PUNTERS in small caps have had a good innings over the past nine months, riding a huge wave of liquidity, an upturn in global equities and a rash of analysts' "buy" recommendations to reap handsome profits. The UOB Sesdaq Index doubled last year and two
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      Lock icon Environment: long way to go for S'pore firms
      893 14  -  Corporate environmental reporting is still in its infancy here, trailing many advanced Western countries By Penelope Phoon-Cohen LAST year's launch by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACC A) of the Singapore Environmental Reporting Awards (Sera) generated considerable local interest in the
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      Lock icon The real purpose of Bush's GME scheme
      1057 14  -  COMMENTARY It's to create a perception that US wants to make up with the Europeans From Leon Hadar in Washington ATTEMPTING to bridge the transatlantic rift over the Middle East that the war in Iraq has produced, Bush administration officials have been trumpeting
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon India's outsourcing gain is rich Asian cities' loss
      644 16 BOMBAY/BANGKOK Office demand to grow in Bangalore, Bombay, Delhi; rents to fall in S'pore, HK, Tokyo Reuters A BUILDING boom is sweeping India as global firms hive off jobs to Bangalore, Bombay and Delhi for cheap labour and rents, spelling gloom for
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      441 17 BRUSSELS Belgian-Brazil brewer will control 14% of global beer market NYT Reuters IT may take three years to achieve, but the coming together of two of the world's top five brewers will eventually generate more profit than the two could separately, Interbrew
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      267 17 SEOUL Reuters HIGH raw material prices threaten to knock a fragile South Korean economy off track, even as signs emerge of a gradual recovery in depressed consumer spending, Finance Minister Lee Hun Jai said yesterday. South Korea imports all its crude oil
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      493 17 LONDON Tough laws may posh firms to go where rales are more flexible Reuters FINANCIAL regulation is increasingly complicated and burdensome both globally and in Britain, the finance director of the world's second-biggest HSBC Holdings, said. Douglas Flint said global bank capital rules
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      240 17 GENEVA Bloomberg GENERAL Motors Corp expects China to become the world's second-largest car market within five years, and the most populous nation has "a reasonable chance to pass the US within my lifetime", said chief executive Rick Wagoner.
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      134 17 PHUKET Property Exhibition Following the success of the September 2003 Phuket Samui Property Exhibition in Hong Kong we now come to Singapore with many more interesting homes, villas, land and investment opportunities on those two famous islands. Many new properties and developments will be on display. Also, representatives of other
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      595 19 PHILADELPHIA He will remain CEO, despite 43% of shareholders voting against him LAT-WP Reuters WALT Disney Co's Michael Eisner, hobbled by a powerful shareholder revolt, was removed as chairman of the board on Wednesday but will remain chief executive, even after 43 per cent
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      618 19  -  COMMENTARY By Floyd Norris NYT CORPORATE democracy in America has most often been a lot like Soviet democracy: The votes didn't really matter, because only one candidate was on the ballot and was assured of winning whatever the voters thought. In a sense, the vote
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      407 19 LONDON NYT FT Reuters Bloomberg THE top executive of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the world's third-largest oil company, was forced to resign on Wednesday after an internal investigation into the company's surprise disclosure in January that it had overstated its oil and natural-gas
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  • WORLD news
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      480 20 WASHINGTON Economic activity continues to expand but employment growing slowly: Fed report Reuters US employment grew only slowly in most areas of the country over the past two months although the pace of overall economic activity was strong, the Federal Reserve said on
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      339 20 NEW YORK NYT FORMER World Com chief executive Bernard Ebbers pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges of conspiracy and fraud arising from the accounting scandal that drove the company into bankruptcy protection in 2002. Ebbers, 62, was brought to US District Court in
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  • THE ARTS/EPICURE
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      881 21  -  CHEAH UI-HOON finds out how I La Gilago journeyed from text to stage, culminating in its world premiere here under Robert Wilson's direction CHEAH UI-HOON TO most in Singapore, the term Bugis conjures up swashbucklers and seafarers; or to the non-history oriented, the more
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      364 21  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon IT'S worth watching out for the Asian component in the Prudential Children First festival this year the fifth year of the festival which brings in top international theatre groups especially for the young. The Kazenoko-Kyushu Theatre Company from Japan
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      441 21 THEY used to serve its famous seafood meegoreng by the sea at Punggol. Next questions: What sea? What's Punggol? Never mind. Those born in post baby-boomer years more familiar with the seafood mee goreng swathed in tomato chilli sauce commonly touted as "famous" in food courts
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      573 21  -  In the mood for a good home-cooked meal, but not at your own home? We check out two places that do the job pretty well Reports by Jaime Ee THE first thing that you notice about My Choice restaurant isn't just the philosophical name what is "choice"?
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      677 22  -  OFF the cuff If yon fell asleep daring the Oscars, yon don't know what yon were missing behind the scenes jaime ee SO you thought the Oscars was the most boring show on earth. Well, you weren't there personally, were you? Unbeknownst to you,
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      447 22  -  David Bowie rocked the Indoor Stadium last night at the Singapore stop of his current world tour. KANNAN CHANDRAN caught the action earlier in Australia KANNAN CHANDRAN Time may change me But I can't trace time Changes, Hunky Dory SEEMINGLY unaffected by the passage of time, David Bowie
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  • TRAVEL
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      1291 23  -  JAIME EE checks out the numerous attractions of Tropical North Queensland JAIME EE IF you prefer the company of fish, particularly those bearing close resemblance to that famous one called Nemo, his other relatives and friends, you don't hit the nearest DVD shop—you head for the Great Barrier
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      1888 24  -  All S'poreans, they are showing Chinese tycoons how to pamper themselves with fine dining and wining, as well as body therapies, in Shanghai's newest lifestyle project reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON WITH the clarion call to Singaporeans to do business in China, much of it has
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      382 24 NO visit to Shanghai is complete without a walk along the glittering Bund or Waitan at night where light bulbs outline the architectural legacy of foreign presence in 19th century China on one side of the river, and on the other, large billboards in
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      300 25 Reuters [SYDNEY] South Australian port operator and grains handler Ausßulk Ltd said it plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year after merger talks with exporter ABB Grain Ltd fell through. Ausßulk was still aiming to list in
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      282 25 SGX '000 Mar 4 SS W- Vol CH Offshore 0.35 -0.01 758 ChuanHup .0.52 0.01 1545 Cosco Investment 0.91 0.01 8428 CWT Distribution 0.53 0.01 6 Ezra Hldgs 1.11 -0.03 190 Freight Unks 0.13 0.01 1076 GB Holdings .0.71 unch 84 Java Holdings 0.79 unch 2630 K1 Venture
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      677 25  -  BT exclusive EMERGING REGIONAL PORTS Tender for 25-year concession opens with responses from 14 industry players By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Major shipping lines and terminal operators including PSA Corporation are among those interested in the concession to design, build and operate a US$lO5
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      56 25 [STOCKHOLM, Sweden] The Finnish barge Bulk, loaded with coal, sinking in the Baltic Sea, north of Stockholm, on Wednesday morning. The tug boat Herakles (on the right of the barge) at the same time had problems with its machinery. The eight-man crew of the tug boat were rescued
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      464 25  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singaporelisted container crane leasing, engineering and terminal operations group Portek International expects container throughput at two of its Indonesian terminals to more than double in 2004, and is eyeing undeveloped ports in China and North Africa. Portek operations director
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      448 25 Reuters [LONDON] British ports and ferries company P&O returned to profit at the pretax level in 2003, and said yesterday its ports business made a good start to the year but it was reviewing its ferries operations amid tough trading. Peninsular
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      1094 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE Court of Appeal in England last month upheld the decision of a lower court that the time charterers of a vessel could extend the charter by the number of days the vessel was off-hire and a
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      273 26 AFP [SYDNEY] Rare porcelain recovered from a shipwreck off Vietnam after 400 years has been sold for more than As 2 million dollars (552.57 million) in Australia, auction house Christie's said on Thursday. Christie's said the Ming dynasty ceramics were recovered from the Chinese junk
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        577 33 Vessel Voy Wo Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL ANNA Dl MAIO 01/03 J15/16 A/SIDE 05/03 1330 CHINA JOY V004 J14/15 A/SIDE 05/03 0500 KIMTRANSAQUA 3105S J25 A/SIDE 05/03 1200 PULAU NANAS 01/04 J13 A/SIDE 05/03 1430 RIO GRANDE 026A J8 A/SIDE 05/03 1900 TAISEIMARU15 01/04 J6 A/SIDE
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        146 33 Marl South Korea: Independ Day. Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day. Apr 4 HK: Ching M Fest. South Korea: Arbor Day. Taiwan: Ching M Fest. Apr Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day, Apr 8 Norway: Maundy Thursday. Philippines: Maundy Thursday. Sweden: Maundy Thursday. Apr 9 Sweden: Good Friday. Singapore: Good
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        844 33 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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        84 33 U/F unfilterable This report is based on samples analysed by DMV Petroleum Sarvices and is an abstract from their more detailed fuel quality statistics which is mailed to participating shipowners. Key bunker parts have been grouped in geographical ragions for bravity. Compartsons has been made with
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        356 34 Move to help customers lower operating costs Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Airbus SAS, which last year overtook Boeing Co in commercial plane deliveries, is freezing the price of spare parts it sells to airlines to help its customers lower costs, as it tries to win more plane
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        231 34 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways pic, Europe's largest airline, said passenger traffic rose 7.1 per cent in February, the 10th consecutive monthly gain, after the carrier lowered fares and longhaul premium traffic increased. The proportion of seats filled and cargo space used, or overall
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          58 34 Reuters [WELLINGTON] State-owned postal operator New Zealand Post said yesterday it was talking to global courier firm DHL Express about a joint venture. The ongoing discussions related to New Zealand Post's courier and logistics arm, which operates the Courier Post, Skyßoad, Pace! and Contract
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          76 34 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways Ltd filled more seats with paying passengers in January than a year earlier. Qantas said it filled 82.3 per cent of seats in January, up from 81.5 per cent a year earlier. Its capacity rose 2.9 per cent in January
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          90 34 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co said it carried 6 per cent fewer passengers on Japan's domestic routes in February, after it reduced air-fare discounts. ANA carried 3.4 million passengers on domestic routes in February. People who travelled abroad fell 6.7 per cent to 281,289,
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          62 34 AP [MOSCOW] A cargo plane crashed at the airport in Azerbaijan's capital Baku yesterday, killing five of its seven crew members, Interfax reported. The Dyushin 11-76 plane crashed shortly after taking off following a refuelling stop during a flight from Ankara to Kabul, Interfax quoted
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        Lock icon THAI puts plan to buy second-hand planes on hold
        379 34 Carrier to ask Airbus to deliver new jets earlier Reuters [BANGKOK] National carrier Thai Airways International said it will put a plan to buy second-hand aircraft on hold and try to speed up the delivery of new planes on order instead.
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        379 34 Airline criticises plane's controls; Airbus faults pilot training Reuters [WASHINGTON] American Airlines and aircraft maker Airbus blamed each other on Wednesday for the sec-ond-worst air disaster in US history a 2001 crash that killed 265 people in New York. American
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        Lock icon Cathay may ally with oneworld for fuel purchase
        177 34 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Asia's sixthlargest carrier, said it may jointly purchase jet fuel with other members of the oneworld airline alliance to cut costs. Cathay is "interested" in starting joint negotiations on fuel purchases, Alan Wong, the airline's head
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        239 34 Reuters [DUßAl] The propellers of an Iranian passenger plane inexplicably went into reverse just before it crashed in the United Arab Emirates last month, killing 43 people, an aviation official was on Wednesday quoted as saying. Mohammed Ghanim A 1 Ghaith, director of
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        422 34 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF: Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY: Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA), BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG: Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO: Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR:
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      805 28 P| II A O ENQUIRIES/BOOKINQS: *****344 FAX: *****433 E-MAIL: d*lma*«d*lma*.cofn.*a \J C mm I Vl#%W DOCUMENTATIONS/OPERATIONS: *****637 PAX: *****177 MUMS WIST imCACXPKSS OPWSS CONTAMB SOVKE TO SOUTH/WIST AfINCA [vfSSfl VOY SIN REUNION LUANDA POINT! NOIRE MATADI LIBREVILU [ARIDJAN TIMA LOME TIMCAN [COTONOU APAPA j DOUAU jON* IGcby Ddmos 416W 06/03
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      218 28 O WINSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD BATAM UNER: TEL. *****970 fAX 626' 7538 PROJECT CARGO AND TUG A BARGE CHARTERING TEL 6272 1277 FAX; 6272 3227 NO. M*****0000C Homepogo: www.winstor.com.sn E moH: wtatnfY®wins)of.toni.sa BATAM 6 Sailings Weakly (Mm Sot) Loading at Jurong Port Door to Door Fd/ICI/ Conventional Cargo «J| I
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      1511 28 WAN HAI MIERNATIONAL PTE LTD at NOc iwsffoooo/i VT nil MAI I Hire ("UNO) FMfc6224U63 VmWAN HAI LINES V JoNH:m)2SimNUbK7)2slini SMI H:lni)fflM7S MX: |Bt) *****14/*****0$ l-I tom *T BL Wl) S2S4IH HUL |»7I) ***** M rW 1* 714M0/71UI1 HUL7IU7* 1 a»pHMISIIPHUHDtI)«)S»«S/4U;W Ivbsb lyoTr ra 1 na rcu sm «t net
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      652 28 BSA x MYANMA BB FIVE STAR LINE (Myimr Notioul Um) Loading for Yang or VESSEL VOY SIN PKI PEN PGU PAGAN 327W SLO HPA-AN 31IW SU) IN MAUTSIA: IOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUL: 03-*****300 PKL 03-*****101 PEN: 04-*****02 jfcfSßsmm ACCEPTIIia CONVENTIONAL CBO VKSa VOY HKG SIN PGU PKI KIK MARINE VICTOR
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      639 29 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading for PANORMOS PRIDE RTM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN GLORIUS RTM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Sfcyyore. E/W. MMayaia. Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading for J SAFE HDO/JDH/AQA PLAMER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT OLIVETTE DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT REGAL STAR HDD/JDH/AQA *Loada Singapore, EAV. Malaysia, Indoneata USA SERVICE Loading for STEUOS B CAM/NOL/SAV/TPC NENA M CAM/NOL/NFK/SAV *Load> E/W. Malaysia, Indonesia F.E./S.E.A. SERVICES
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      554 30 AHiliH 11 12/03 11-19/031 ■PiffIWIAPIMUMBAI 993S 08-08/03 DISCHARGING ONLY I ■MMMMI TIGER PURL 166N 10-10/03 15-16/03 21 22/03 ■iiIMH TIGER BRIDGE 167S 13-13/03 DISCHARGING ONLY I ■■■■TIGER SKY 168N 15-16/03 20-21/03 27-28/03 SHARK 169N 18-19/03 24-25/03 30-31/03 23-24/03 B HMMMNfI KRIPA 124 12-13/03 18-20/03 28-29/03 ■UU|L|TIGER SPIRIT 083 15-16/03 21-23/03
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      954 30 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTM-Tp* Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore 609H^ ATTRACTIVI lcl rates to these various destinations J SURABAYA CIBU BANGALORE NEW DELHI f SEMARANG MANILA CALCUTTA BELAWAN BOMBAY MADRAS PIS CALL FOR BOOKING 6267 4694/5535/5541/5508/5514/5551/5560/5563/5565/5569 PROJECT fir HEAVY LI FT CARGO IOQnSH Lawrence Lim 6267 5555, H/P: 9749 1977
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      117 33 Jflßf 8 FOR 7AM 5 Mar 2004 Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rain One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day -One full fleche represents 10 knots x Hazy One solid triangle
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      87 34 EAF (ASIA EAST AFRICA) FORUM Rate Restoration effective on Ist April. 2004 Members Lines of Asia/East Africa Discussion Forum, as listed below, having made a thorough review on the present market, have come to the conclusion that the current rate levels do not sustain the Lines' services. They have therefore
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