The Business Times, 12 April 2004

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  • 16 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE internet: U utp://business-times.asial .com.sg MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2004 mm
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  • 726 1  -  BT exclusive Despite home loan rale changes, board has no objection if bank is agreeable By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Bank foreclosure may be less of a threat to many mortgagors than they fear. Despite rule changes on home financing, home owners can
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  • 772 1  -  L'Oreal Singapore reports surge in male job applicants By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Woman power is drawing the guys in Singapore women spending power that is. From engineers to architects, men are flocking to the beauty care industry long regarded as the
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  • 61 1 Week Change STI 1901.92 +21.47 KLSECOMP 883.09 -425 NIKKEI 225 *****.51 +81.56 HANG SENG *****.37 +177.61 SET INDEX 691.39 -1.73 JAKARTA COMP .779.62.. +28.97 MANILA COMP .1516.81 +65.90 TAIPEI WPI 6620.36 +74.82 SEOUL COMP 905.44 +21.75 SHENZHEN B 309.26 +4.52 AUSTALLORD 3456.60 +19.20 DOW JONES *****.03 -28.56 NASDAQ 2052.88
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  • 881 1  -  BT exclusive Some are eyeing cross-border deals involving third countries By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Singapore's major law firms, most already active in China, are deepening their coverage of the Chinese market. Not only are they recruiting more lawyers and opening new
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    • 317 2  -  BT comment ECONOMICS vikram khanna In markets pond lead tana freq they stayed at home. Many of those that have moved to China and Malaysia are electronic component producers who have been able to benefit from dramatically lower costs by
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    • 487 2  -  Flare-up in Iraq stokes fears of terror attacks From, Andrew Marks in New York US first-quarter earnings reports got off to an up-and-down start in the Easter hol-iday-shortened trading week, but profit reports were trumped last week by renewed investor worries over the uprisings
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    • 491 2  -  BT exclusive STB meets property and retail giants over multi-million dollar plan By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] The multi-million-dollar revitalisation of Orchard Road could finally be taking shape. The Singapore Tourism Board has started sounding out property and retail players about the
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    • 740 2  -  US 'twill deficits' will also hurt global economy, it warns By Matthew Saltmarsh in Brussels THE International Monetary Fund's upcoming global macro-economic report will again highlight unease about China and other East Asian governments accumulating US dollars through foreign exchange intervention to
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    • 91 2 IN last Friday's article, "Citigate, SBI take early lead in IPO race", we wrongly said DBS Bank raised $45.4 million in gross proceeds from one listed initial public offering this year that closed at a 58.3 per cent premium to its offer price on its debut. Including the IPO
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 664 4  -  HOCK lock siew serena ng COULD former "Remisier King" Peter Lim be gearing up for a comeback in the stockbroking world? The market's curiousity is certainly piqued after listed investment company Rowsley in which the millionaire is the sin-gle-largest shareholder last
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    • 721 4  -  BT exclusive It hopes to get a share when Bering's 132.5b renminbi pension fond invests abroad By Loh Hui Yin FIRST to Hong Kong and next, to Singapore and other capital markets. That's what Singapore Inc is salivating after, now that China's national pension
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    • 385 5  -  Company has broken some covenants governing its bank loans, say auditors By Tang Weng Fai THE auditors of Sesdaqlisted door-maker KLW Holdings have raised concerns about the company's ability to carry on as a going business concern. In its report, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
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    • 1122 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS Delinquent trades in ST Engg raise transparency issue, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI SELLERS dominated trading last week, which was shortened by the Easter holiday. Eighteen shareholders of 16 firms posted 25 disposals worth $6.3 million against 12 insiders, 12 companies,
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    • 639 8  -  They're named best in their categories while NOL takes the booby prize By Tang Weng Fai REGIONAL corporate banking magazine Asiamoney has honoured two Singapore companies in its 2003 roll of notable corporate finance deals of the year. And dissed a third. Singapore Technologies
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 813 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A GAMBLER might be tempted to wager that the Straits Times Index is set to rise even higher this week simply because it has crossed the 1,900 level a level that's proven notoriously difficult to beat in the recent
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    • 75 6 Events investors can watch out for Accord Customer's Bonus Issue, ex-date, Apr 16 CEI Contract's dividend payment, Apr 15 Oslra Intl's dividend payment, Apr 16 Chip Eng Seng, AGM, Apr 13 FDS Network, AQM, Apr 14 Accord Customer, AQM, Apr 14 WPG Intl, AQM, Apr 15 OCBC, AQM
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    • 446 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Regional currencies followed the yen downwards over the past week as the Japanese unit eased against the greenback, which was boosted by the release of healthy US economic data. Japanese yen: The yen eased against the dollar on the
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    • 971 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling THE one-month top winners portfolio put on a turbocharged performance last week, surging 7.3 per cent. It easily beat the Straits Times Index's 1.1 per cent gain. Four stocks rose by more than 25 per cent L&M, Wee
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    • 374 7  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy SINGAPORE Press Holdings' (SPH) proposed stock split-cum-capital reduction plan has breathed new life into the DBS Bank covered warrant on SPH. In the space of a few days, the instrument has shot up from 22 to
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    • 1840 8 EUROPTRONIC GROUP LTD (Incorporated in The Republic of Singapore with Limited Liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Europtronic Group Ltd (the "Company") will be held at 80 Marine Parade Road, #16-06 Parkway Parade, Singapore *****9 on Thursday, 29 April 2004
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 471 9  -  Govt, stat boards, sectors regulated by industry body are excluded By Chen Huifen ENTREPRENEURSHIP in Singapore looks set to get an added push with a new Competition Bill that is slated to be enacted next year. In a draft Competition Bill released by the Ministry
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    • 301 9  -  By Vince Chong PROPERTY veteran David Chia is striking up an alliance with Hamptons Real Estate through his firm Associated Properties Consultancy (APC). A merger of the two firms could even be on the cards if the partnership works out, said Mr Chia,
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    • 226 9 AFP SINGAPORE Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar will visit the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland from April 12-19, the government said on Saturday. The visits to the Netherlands and United Kingdom will be made just before the sixth Asem (Asia-Europe Meeting)
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    • 742 9 Grouping not doing enough to capitalise on brightening economic prospects Reuters IGNORING the maxim that you should make hay while the sun shines, South-east Asia is taking only baby steps towards badly needed financial and economic integration despite the region's brightening
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 264 10 HONG KONG Term limits bar Tung from staying in office after 2007 AP HONG Kong Financial Secretary Henry Tang, considered a possible candidate to succeed Tung Chee-hwa as the territory's top leader, said he hasn't set his sights on higher
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    • 698 10  -  BT comment KL STOCKS Recent boardroom changes could underpin stock market sentiment eddie toh INVESTORS who have been disappointed with the Malaysian Cabinet line-up after the recent general elections can still enjoy the winds of change in the corporate sector. Two
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    • 193 10 HULU TERENGGANU Bernama THE Terengganu government is planning to build an international airport in Hulu Terengganu in the next five years. Deputy Finance Minister Tengku Putera Tengku Awang said two locations are being looked at for the airport. He said this after a briefing on
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    • 469 11 JAKARTA Her party leads in only 4 provinces against Golkar's 24 AP PRESIDENT Megawati Sukarnoputri boasted her party would win a landslide victory in parliamentary elections, but partial results available yesterday from last week's polls showed her losing control over many of her
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    • 441 11 BANGKOK The US$2.5b system is due to open in Jane after a year of delays AFP THAILAND'S teeming capital may be about to jettison its reputation as one of the most gridlocked cities on earth, as its long-awaited subway system begins trials this week.
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      • 85 11 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's Shin Satellite pel plans to put its fourth high-speed broadband satellite into full commercial service by the third quarter. Executive chairman Dumrong Kasemset said yesterday that Shin Sat was on track to launch the US$35O million satellite, iPSTAR, by the end
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      • 76 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] A power blackout struck parts of Taiwan's Silicon Valley and caused minor damage at the world's top two microchip foundries, company executives said on Saturday. Back-up generators helped to mitigate losses, which were estimated at up to a few million US dollars by
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      • 46 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] IJM Corp Bhd said on Friday it has won a contract worth RM693 million (*****.7 million) to complete work on a highway. The contract was awarded by Kaseh Lebuhraya Sdn Bhd, which is part of Antah Holdings Bhd.—Reuters
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      • 68 11 AP [TAIPEI] A former political dissident who spent decades in self-imposed exile in the United States was appointed Taiwan's new foreign minister yesterday. Chen Tan-sun, 68, will replace Eugene Chien, who resigned on Friday. Mr Chen, a lawmaker for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, returned
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    • 656 12  -  OUTSOURCING But backlash against outsourcing expected to continue: Nasscom From Yogi Aggarwal in Bombay WHILE India's outsourcing industry under pressure from American legislators has been given a reprieve by recent promising US employment figures, it expects the backlash against American companies outsourcing to India to
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    • 247 12 [BEIJING] The Chinese government is to offer selected local software companies support in training, financing and marketing as part of a plan to help them win a greater share of outsourced business from the US and Europe, the Financial Times reported. The
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    • 582 12 SHANGHAI AFP ALLEGATIONS that sacked Lucent Technologies senior executives in China broke US anti-corruption laws by offering bribes highlight the risk for foreign multinationals of doing business in China. Despite official pledges to stamp out rampant corruption, China is a country where graft is
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    • 1826 10 PSC CORPORATION LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirtieth Annual General Meeting of PSC Corporation Ltd will be held at 348 Jalan Boon Lay Singapore *****9 on Wednesday, 28 April 2004 at 11:00 a.m. to transact the following
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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    • 1458 11 j^&ri ASTI Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ASTI Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Blk 25 Kallang Avenue #06-01, Kallang Basin Industrial Estate, Singapore *****6 on Wednesday, 28 April 2004
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    • 489 12 Straits Trading Company Limited (Incorporated in Singapore in 1887) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of members of The Straits Trading Company Limited will be held at 9 Battery Road, #03-05 Straits Trading Building, Singapore *****0, on Wednesday, 2$ April 2004 at
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    • 2416 13 g£t£o CDRPDRRTIDN LIMITED NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at M Hotel, 81 Anson Road, Singapore *****8 on 27 April 2004 at 9.30 a.m. to transact the following business:AS ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive and consider the Audited Accounts of the
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    • 4545 14 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF AKSES ENGINEERING PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Chapter 50, the Final Meeting of the Members of the
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    • 556 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50, 1994 ED) AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHOLZ FRIENDS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50, 1994 Ed), the Final Meeting of
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  • REGION world
    • 829 15  -  Jeju meeting will address exchange rate mechanism, among others From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AFTER Singapore, where Asean finance ministers and central bank governors agreed last week on the need to bolster South-east Asian economic cooperation and integration, the scene will shift next
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    • 346 15 BOMBAY Move will boost their attempt to restart power plant Reuters GENERAL Electric Co and Bechtel Group Inc have won bankrupt Enron Corp's stake in Dabhol Power Company in India in a US bankruptcy court for US$2O million, the Times of
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    • 174 15 Bloomberg [PRINCETON, New Jersey] McDonald's Corp, the world's largest fast-food chain, will begin selling burgers and sandwiches without buns in its 13,600 US restaurants early next month in response to some customers' demands for low-carbo-hydrate foods. The bun-less choice
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    • 1063 16 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices rebounded last week after a surprise fall in US inventories and heightened tensions in Iraq, which also helped to support the price of gold and silver as dealers looked to invest in safe-havens. The
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    • 982 15 t ENGINEERING LIMITED TWINWOOD ENGINEERING LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Twinwood Engineering Limited will be held on April 29, 2004 at 11.00 a.m. at 10 Penjuru Close, Singapore *****8 to transact the following
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    • 1579 15 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eighth Annual General Meeting of Want Want Holdings Ltd (the "Company*) will be held at Rosewood Room, Level 2, Orchard Hotel Singapore 442 Orchard Road, Singapore *****9 on 30 April 2004 at 9.30 am to transact the following business: ORDINARY BUSINESS 1. To receive
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  • 1015 16 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Apr 8 PRIME LEWDDf Q RATES BANKS Credit Suisse S'pore 5 ABN Amro Bank NV 5.25 Dexia Ban q ue ln f A ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Luxembourg 6 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 Deutsche Bank AG 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 DBS Bank 4.25 American
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  • 1306 16 SICOM FUTURES Apr 8 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (Scents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 04 233.75 Jon 04 234.75 Jul 04 238.50 Aug 04 239.00 Sep 04 239.75 Oct/Dec 04 240.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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    • 4106 17 To advertise call toll-free 1800 289 8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg SINOMEM TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Slnomem NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 18 Cross Street, Bth Floor, Marsh McLennan Centre, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday,
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  • WORLD news
    • 314 18 LONDON Banks may seize business in 3 months if new leaders compromise safety BANKERS will tell the new management of Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel this week that they must prove their competence within three months or creditors will seize the business, the Sunday Telegraph
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    • 316 18 LONDON Latest deal reportedly worth £250m, 50% up over previous contract Reuters ENGLAND'S premier league soccer clubs have bucked a downturn in fees for sports broadcasting rights by selling their games abroad for a record £250 million (Ss76B million), the Observer
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    • 284 18 LONDON Bloomberg BRITISH Airways Pic, Europe's largest airline, has approved a measure that may help passengers who developed potentially fated blood clots on flights sue for compensation. The airline has agreed to waive legal costs if lawsuits by affected passengers fail. The
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    • 419 18 NEW YORK Meanwhile, Iraqi captors give Japan 24-hour ultimatum Reuters, AFP FBI and CIA Investigators probing the October 2000 terrorist attack against the US Navy destroyer Cole came close to detecting the Sept 11 hijacked airliners plot, the New York Times
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    • 418 20 WASHINGTON Advice stems from concerns over his independence as director Reuters INSTITUTIONAL Shareholder Services, an influential investor advisory service, is recommending that Coca-Cola Co shareholders withhold votes to re-elect billionaire investing magnate Warren Buffett as a director, a US regulatory filing showed
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    • 491 20  -  But open-source software Is eating into Its revenues By Malcolm Dean LAT-WP YOU can buy your way out of any situation. Or so Microsoft Corp has demonstrated yet again. Over the years, the software giant has toyed with various opponents Digital Research, WordPerfect, Corel, Caldera.
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    • 450 20 MILAN Accounting firm argues its Italian unit adhered to prevailing rules DELOITTE'S Italian office, which coordinated the audit of Parmalat's worldwide operations, repeatedly ignored and buried evidence of accounting irregularities uncovered by its sister offices in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal, the US and Canada,
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    • 444 23 SAN FRANCISCO Stock options taken last month surge in value after firm's strong 1st quarter TERRY Semel, chairman of Yahoo, has landed an unexpected US$l3 million stock option windfall since early last month, it emerged on Friday. Mr Semel chose to take the options at
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    • 185 23 AFP [LONDON] An Indian-born tycoon has bought a central London home for £70 million (Ss2ls million), reported by The Sunday Times to be a world-record for a house purchase. Lakshmi Mittal, whose alleged links with British Prime Minister Tony Blair once sparked a cash-for-favours
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    • 192 23 NEW YORK JEFFREY Skilling, former chief executive of Enron, was taken to a Manhattan hospital in the early hours of Friday after he was reported to police for pulling at strangers' clothes and accusing them of being FBI agents. Earlier, he had been seen at
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    • 3730 18 I Notices hhjp UNITED PULP PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirty-Seventh Annual General Meeting of United Pulp Paper Company Limited will be held at The Conference Room, No. 35 Tuas View Crescent, Singapore *****8 on Wednesday, 28 April 2004 at 10.00
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    • 1192 21 Notices NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting ot EASTERN PUBLISHING LTD will be held at The Boardroom of Eastern Publishing Ltd at 1100 Lower Delta Road #04-01 EPI Building. Singapore *****6 on Wednesday. 28 April 2004 at 10.00 a.m. to transact the following business 1 To consider
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    • 4534 22 To •drerttoe call toll-free 1800 289 8822 Email: notices@sph.com.sg_ HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Thirty-Sixth Annual General Meeting of HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at the Company's Registered Office at 300 Beach Road #41-00, The Concourse, Singapore *****5
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    • 191 22 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SUNSHIP AGENCIES PTE. LTD. (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308( I) of the Companies Act, Cap.so, that a Final General Meeting of the abovenamed Company will be
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    • 136 22 LA MAR DIAMANT (OVERSEAS) PTE LTD (In Vol. Liquidation) Final Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) that the Final General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will be held at the Office of M/s Wee Seng Tiong Co., 1
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    • 2176 23 Wj I AnnAik ANNAIK LIMITED v-J Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of ANNAIK LIMITED will be held at Rose Room I, York Hotel, Upper Lobby, 21 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore *****6 on 28 April 2004 at 10.30 a.m. to transact
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    • 2048 23 2^^^^QQ£^^^7^rivertis^alHolHre^Bo^B^M22/Eaiailjioticeses^iXML« 1 ROTARY ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 24th Annual General Meeting of ROTARY ENGINEERING LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at 17 Tuas Avenue 20, Singapore *****8 on Tuesday, 27 April 2004 at 10.30 am for the
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  • BizIT
    • 614 25  -  BT exclusive Electronics components distributor will boost headcount and launch new products, its Asia-Pacific president tells Raju Chellam Raju Chellam US-based Arrow Electronics Inc, one of the world's largest distributors of electronics components and computer products, is strengthening its Singapore arm as it
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    • 242 25 THE surge in communications applications used in mobile phones, networking systems, PDAs and others is driving growth in the pure-play IC (integrated circuit) market worldwide, according to a study by USbased IC Insights Inc. Last year, the pure-play foundry IC market expanded 31 per cent, twice
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    • 306 25 AP [AUSTIN, Texas] With an air of confidence fuelled by double-digit growth around the world, computer giant Dell Inc told investors it's well ahead of its goal of becoming a US$6O billion company by 2007. Dell executives said that the
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    • 291 26  -  IT comment INFOTECH The two biggest operators must work together if they want to make the Wi-Fi surfing experience truly seamless amit roy choudhury imagine main there but Wi-Fi roaming and integrated subscriber billing. Sing Tel and Star Hub are both members of this
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    • 682 26  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon IMAGINE having everything you need to know about your fine art collection whether it's a collection of paintings, sculpture, stamps or watches at the click of a mouse. That's now possible for collectors here through an
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    • IT TAKES
      • 104 27 NGEE Ann Polytechnic School of InfoComm Technology will register a record high of more than 650 first-year students with all their notebooks installed with a dual-boot Windows and Linux OS by June this year. Equipping all students with notebooks is part of the polytechnic's strategy
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      • 66 27 EMC Corporation has announced the EMC CLARiiON Disk Library (above) for high-speed backup and recovery. The product is a purpose-built appliance that offers the immediate benefits of backup-to-disk and a new alternative to traditional tape-based solutions. The CLARiiON Disk Library is available in two preconfigured appliances:
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      • 98 27 QB Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of GreenDot Payment Services (GDPS), a member of Singapore Technologies, in cooperation with Fujifilm Singapore, has extended its "Tap" Programme to enable consumers to pay for their photographic print orders using their ez-link cards. The Fujifilm Digital Print
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      • 59 27 SMC Networks has announced the newest in its EliteConnect family of enterprise wireless networking products, a 2.4GHz 802. llg Wireless Access Point, the SMC2552W-G. Available by the end of this month, the new SMC2552W-G provides secure, high-performance enterprise-class wireless 802.11b and g network access. The product
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      • 85 27 IOMEGA Corporation has announced a new DVD video burner with 8x write performance. The new Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner 8x USB 2.0 External Drive is bundled with an expanded range of software applications. The product features an integrated video capture card for one-touch video
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      • 69 27 HEWLETT Packard has appointed Joseph Poon as general manager for customer support in South-east Asia for HP Services. Mr Poon will be responsible for HP's customer support business and operations for the Enterprise, Commercial, Network, and Education services. He will also manage the team
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      • 64 27  -  Compiled by. Amit Roy Choudhury COMPUTER Associates International has appointed Anthony Lim as brand director for security, Asia South. In his new role, Mr Lim will be responsible for heading up the company's new security business unit to drive eTrust technologies and services in the region.
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    • 650 27 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Micron Technology Inc, the world's second-largest maker of computer memory chips, said on Friday it was upbeat on its 2004 prospects, thanks to firming memory chip prices and a broad recovery in the industry. Idaho-based Micron, which has been largely in the
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    • 688 27  -  It'll be big driver of enterprise telephony growth: Frost Sullivan By Amit Roy Choudhury NEW data from Frost Sullivan confirms a growing trend: companies in Singapore will increasingly use the Internet to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been
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    • 597 27 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics conglomerate Toshiba Corp said on Friday it will invest heavily in semiconductors and displays as part of a new business plan aimed at doubling operating profit over the next three years. Announcing a three-year business
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    • 1034 26 a? NORELCO CENTRELINE HOLDINGS LIMITED I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 33 Changi South Avenue 2, Singapore *****5 on Friday, 30 April 2004 at 2:30 p.m. to transact the following businesses: ORDINARY BUSINESS: 1. To receive
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    • 94 27 wmjm i ePlatform Services for eWorld System Integrators JUT.» Welcome to Advantech Solution Day! Insights into emerging technologies, market trends product roadmaps Access to worldwide resources readily-available ePlatform solutions i < industry networking business link up f wFF Application story sharing discussion Register Online (South Asia Pacific): www.advan-asg.com.sg/solutionday Sydney 06/23/2004
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  • Taking IT Abroad
    • 684 28  -  NCS plans to double its staff numbers in Suzhou to keep pace with its plans for expansion in China its CEO tells Tang Weng Fai Tang Weng Fai SINGTEL subsidiary NCS Pte Ltd is gearing up its resources in China to expand its near-term market of $100
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    • 182 28 NCS's core banking activity in China is conducted mostly via its subsidiary NCS-Yubo. Its clients include: China Construction Bank (CCB): NCS implemented system upgrades of the core banking system, as well as the credit and automated teller machine (ATM) cards, money settlement, and corporate banking systems.
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    • 362 28  -  All stories by Tang Weng Fai IF Stephen Lim has his way, Chinese corporations will soon be adding more Singapore names to their list of companies that can produce great software. This mission crystallised when, as vice-presi-dent of the Singapore IT Federation
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    • 513 28 THIS could be a watershed year for AXS Infocomm Pte Ltd. The bill-payment aggregator and service provider expects to break even within the next six months while its maiden efforts in taking its payment platform outside Singapore are about to bear
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    • 552 28 SYSTEM Access* contract last year with the China Development Bank its first customer in China could be the wedge in the door that gives the Singapore software firm a foothold into that booming mega-mar-ket. The banking software provider now aims to set up its
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    • 29 28 jPk An IDA series spotlighting ""■j I ■M\ local Infocomm companies, I H M A""V ow ave ventured J M beyond Singapore with their Infocomm capabilities SINGAPORE and solutions.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 316 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence& Young DRY CARGO: ALTHOUGH there has been a slight dip in chartering rates from the peak, there is no let-up in the rush to obtain fresh tonnage. Major activity has again revolved around the handymax sector with a number of sales recorded at positive
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    • 752 29  -  Non-compliant regional ports could trigger trade bottleneck here, says SSA By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has urged Singapore to share its maritime security expertise with regional neighbours to ensure "uniform compliance", or risk a severe trade bottleneck come July.
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    • 284 29 SGX 000 Apt SS W- Vol CH Offshore J»M unch 4*25 Chuao Hup _..0 SA -001 2008 Cosco Investment *-07 unch ***** CWT Distribution 035 uneti 0 EzraHldgs 1.23 unch 290 FrwgmiJrite... -A13 0.01 409 68 Holdings 0.72 unch 10 lava Holdings. 0.93 0.01 2348 Kf Venture _...030
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    • 62 29 [YANGZHOU, China] Barges transport coal along the Grand Canal from the Yangtze River in Yangzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province. The Grand Canal, built over a thousand years ago and said to be the world's longest canal, once meandered almost 1,800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou,
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    • 186 29 APL and PIL join hands with Zim Israel to streamline trade [SINGAPORE] Singapore's APL and Pacific International Lines (PIL) have joined Zim Israel Navigation Company (Zim) to help ease pressure on the unusually busy Southeast Asia-Australia trade. The new ZAP consortium will
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    • 235 29 Agreement offers S'pore line a number of perks [SINGAPORE] Singapore's Pacific International Lines (PIL) recently signed a terminal service agreement with Aden Container Terminal (ACT), making the Yemen-based terminal its hub for the Red Sea region. The Yemen Free Zones Public Authority signed
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    • 165 29 Oana, Xinhua [HEFEI, China] Bodies of three of the nine crewmen missing in a major ship collision on the Yangtze River near Wuhu, east China's Anhui province, have been found. According to information from the rescue and salvage team, the death toll from the
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    • PORT Shots
      • 79 29 [SINGAPORE] Korean port workers have signed a "port peace declaration" with employers and government officials to guarantee no strikes this year. Union leaders, the Ministry of Maritime Affairs Fisheries and the Korean Port Logistic Association reportedly ruled out any industrial action this year, and agreed
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      • 71 29 [SINGAPORE] The Port of Auckland is set for a NZ$55 million (5560.8 million) upgrade over the next three years, including land reclamation at the Axis Fergusson container terminal and the deepening of its key shipping lane. About 500,000 cubic metres will be dredged from the
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      • 201 29 Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S competition regulator said it formally approved a proposal by Port Waratah Coal Services Ltd aimed at reducing ship queues at Newcastle, the world's biggest coal-export port, until the end 0f2004. The proposal involves asking mining companies using the port to cut
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      • 69 29 [SINGAPORE] Italian ship builder Fincantieri earned a record net profit of 90.7 million euros (SslBs million) in FY2003, up 18 per cent on FY2002. The group said its sales were up 7.1 per cent last year, at 2.3 billion euros, and operating profits rose 5.2 per
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    • 843 30  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes WE all know that the world is changing, economically and politically, at a fast pace. While nothing can be predicted with absolute certainty, the patterns of global trade by, say 2025, are likely to be
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    • 202 30 PAGE Alianca 3 AAL 5 Avant 6 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMA CGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink 4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng
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    • 12257 35 thebusinesstimes EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'nNam* Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Numtow 28/04 22/05 NYK CAP CARMEL 402S 65-*****123 TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre 28/04 24/05 Alianca CAP CARMEL 402W 65-*****161 19/04 31/05 China
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      • 382 37 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL LABROY 160 SEM04 J15 A/SIDE 11/04 1200 RUBIN STELLA 75A J23 A/SIDE 11/04 1500 SHANNON EXP 07/04 J13 A/SIDE 11/04 1700 SIAM BHAVAS 122/04 J12 A/SIDE 11/04 2359 TIMBER TDR 6 262 J7/8 A/SIDE 11/04 1200 WESTERMOOR 009W J16/17
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      • 1896 37 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX LILAC 064S 1 11/04/2004-18:00 12/04/2004-8:00 B04 ACX MAGNOLIA 076S 076S 1 14/04/2004 1:00 14/04/2004-14:00 ACX RAFFLES 089N 089N 1 13/04/2004-8:00 13/04/2004-23:30 T04 AKSOY THUVA 403 402 1 13/04/2004-13:00 13/04/2004
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      • 154 37 Apr 12 US: Easter Monday. Switzerland: Easter Monday. Norway: Easter Monday. NZ: Easter Monday. Netherland: Easter Monday. Italy: Easter Monday. HK: Easter Monday. Germany: Easter Monday. France: Easter Monday. Canada: Easter Monday. Australia: Easter Monday. Beilgium: Easter Monday. Apr 13 Thailand: Songkran Fest. Apr 14 Thailand: Songkran Fest.
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      • 805 37 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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      • 611 37 Carton 180 Max 982.5 0.3 12.1 0.05 36 0.04 Apr 1 Density Water Residue AshAlumlnlum Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 983.6 02 12.7 0.04 25 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 990.9 0.4 17.5 0.07 49 0.05 KG/M-3 v/v m/m M/H
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        85 38 [MARSEILLE, France] Cameramen filming the debris of the Lockheed Lightning P-38 plane belonging to famed aviator and author Antoine de Saint Exupery during a press conference at an air force base in Istres near Marseille, France, on Friday. The air force has confirmed that the plane, first spotted
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      • 370 38 Bloomberg [PARIS] Easy Jet pic, Europe's second-biggest lowcost airline, plans to take legal action against Air France SA and the French government for what it calls unfair competition and regulation in the aviation market. Easy Jet chief executive Ray Webster said Air
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      • 180 38 AFP [CHICAGO] The Boeing Company is seeking buyers for some of its US manufacturing facilities as part of a drive to cut production costs, the Wall Street Journal said. The Chicago-based aerospace giant is looking to sell off a fuselage-assembly plant in Wichita, Kansas,
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      • LOG Book
        • 115 38 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Airways on Friday posted record sales of NT565.4 billion (553.3 billion) for 2003 on the back of a continued global recovery. The airline said sales last year were up from NT564.6 billion in 2002 although its net profit was down at
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        • 122 38 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's main air cargo handler said on Thursday freight volumes rose more than 15 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, on higher export volume driven by a pre-Easter holidays rush. Throughput at the world's busiest international air cargo terminal totalled
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        • 97 38 AFP [DUBAI] Dubai-based Emirates Airlines announced on Saturday it has launched its first non-stop service to Shanghai and Glasgow, becoming the 75th and 76th cities respectively that the airline operates to. The Dubai-carrier said in a statement that it now flies thrice-weekly to the
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        • 154 38 AFP [BOMBAY] India's international carrier Air India said on Thursday it would launch three new weekly flights to the United States from Bombay starting June 11, bringing its total weekly flights there to 23. "Until now Air India has been meeting the demand
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      • 246 38 Reuters [CHICAGO] A federal air marshal accidentally left her gun in a restroom beyond the security checkpoints at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, officials said on Saturday. The weapon was discovered by a passenger who alerted an airline employee. The marshal remained on the job
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      • 197 38 Reuters [BAGHDAD] Iraq has invited international investors to help revive its national carrier by operating the five planes that remain from a once-formidable fleet. An advertisement in a local newspaper said Iraqi Airways was accepting bids to overhaul three Boeing 727s and two
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      • 347 38 It is paying Airbus USsl.3b for 15 A320-200s and six A319-100s Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Southern Airlines Co, the country's biggest carrier by fleet, said it will pay US$l.3 billion to buy 21 commercial aircraft from Airbus SAS, taking delivery of the first planes in
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      • 189 38 Xinhua [BEIJING] The biggest aircraft in the world, Airbus A3BO, will be assembled from May and quite a few airlines are expected to put the jumbo aircraft into service on Chinese routes, said Laurence Barron, senior vice-president of Airbus and president of Airbus China.
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      • 231 38  -  It opens bigger office, plans new passenger lounge By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Dubai-based Emirates Airline is expanding its presence in Singapore with both a bigger corporate office and facilities at Changi Airport, including plans for a new passenget lounge. Speaking at the opening of the new
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      • 2142 38 CITY FLIGHT ETA FLIGHT ETD CITY FLIGHT FT* FLIGHT ETO 0*639 0745 MaiaMa B*7381 1840 M*l Bine 0555 U349 0030 0F81 1840 $0403 0730 EK405 0210 Amsttrdra GA9T5 0855 GA974 0130 I* 404 0325 KL837 1450 KL838 2255 EK430 2005 S0404 2325 BB 5553 —MM" Frankfurt
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    • 40 29 1 i an 1 -v w c '3 I INI If M l W Time for Asia to set rules, not follow BACK PAGE China Southern EasyJet threatens buys 21 Airbus legal action planes for over competition US$1.3b in France
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