The Business Times, 13 May 2004

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 Internee r.i p:/'bi'oiness-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPO RE THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2004
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    Lock icon Temasek's offer 'too cheap', says Wee
    646 1  -  He'll reconsider if it tips offer; he also defends bank's own preferential offer From Siow Li Sen in Bangkok TEMASEK Holdings' offer for United Overseas Bank's shares in United Overseas Land was "too cheap". That, said UOB chairman Wee Cho Yaw, was why the
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    Lock icon Sumitomo's move a blow to Jurong Island project
    770 1  -  NEWS analysis Petrochemical giant leaning towards Saudi venture, delays joint study with Shell on S'pore cracker By Ronnie Lim C HILLING news this week that Japan's Sumitomo Chemical appears to be favouring a planned Saudi petrochemicals venture over a Singapore one, is
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    78 1 1,802.17 (-1.22) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,810.00 (+7.00) nsvmsci mm 219.08 (-0.25) SIMSCI FUTURES 218.80 (-0.50) Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 818.72 +856 NIKKEI 225 11,***** +246.40 HANG SENG 11,528.18 20.09 SET INDEX ***** +191 JAKARTA COMP —744.29 +26.03 MANILA COMP 1,540.96 +3170 TAIPEI WPI 5358.79 +7143 SEOUL COMP 817.09 +26.07
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    77 1 FOREX RATES U8$ S$ IJSS (SS per ISS) 1714 1l(ISS/S$ |ht 1.763 8.022 El RO(l S$/S$/E). 1.187 2.034 YEN 112.7 65.70 KM 3800 2.217 HKS 7.800 4.550 BAIIT 40.46 23.60 Rl'I'IAH 8,953 5.22:1 RENMINBI 8.299 4842 INDIAN RUPEE 45.37 26.47 AS 1.429 0.833 NZS 1.632 0.952 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE
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    Lock icon Oei Hong Leong mops up 17.3m Informatics shares
    1104 1  -  Counter rises 7.5C on heavy volume of 97m shares By Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] Just as the United Overseas Land saga sparked speculation about whether tycoon Oei Hong Leong would move on the Wee Cho Yaw stable of companies, the shrewd trader swooped
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      55 1 ■As a banker for 45 years, I've overseen 1 five acquisitions in Singapore and two iL outside Singapore.! Jk 9 4 A Wee Clio Yaw, talking about UOB's Sib deal to buy Bank of Asia V W FULL REPORT, Page 3 Merger of DBS, UOB not so far-fetched j HOCK
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      Lock icon Hurdles to Basel II bank capital reforms removed
      654 2  -  Transitional period to reduce capital requirement extended by a year By Angela Tan [SlNGAPOßE] Global bank regulators yesterday agreed to a sweeping overhaul of how banks should set aside money to protect against unforeseen risks, putting Basel II back on track with
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        85 2 THE Swedish army, faced with flabby male recruits, is looking to women to give it more muscle. "It's a fact that many men of military-serving age are in worse shape today than was the case earlier, so in order to get the most qualified person for
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        Lock icon Intel-ligence is not a factor
        132 2 REUTERS news agency reports that "buy high, sell low" summed up Wall Street's advice last year on Intel shares. "The analysts were wrong, completely wrong," said Marshall Front, chairman of Front Barnett Associates, an investment company that has about 2.1 million Intel shares. "And these
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        Lock icon Taking your name in vain
        99 2 THIS has to be the ultimate in spam an e-mail sent from your own address field instead of the usual ang moh types like Raphael Atkins, Joy Warner or Diane Snow. The subject is "Great Collections". And many people are bound to open it out
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      Lock icon THE THREE PILLARS TO BASEL II
      253 2  -  Compiled by Reuters PILLAR ONE: Capital Adequacy Minimum capital requirements will be recalculated by assigning a risk weight to assets in a way that should more accurately reflect a bank's credit risk profile than the simple approach used today in Basel I. Banks can
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      Lock icon Another casino in S-E Asia feasible: experts
      362 2  -  But govts mast be clear why they want to develop the industry By Teh Shi Ning [SINGAPORE] Gaming consultants say another casino in South-east Asia is feasible, but governments looking to develop the industry must be clear about why they want to do
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      Lock icon IDA, IBM invests $32m on infocomm capabilities
      642 2  -  3-year commitment part of plan to develop ICT market By Amit Roy Choudhury [SINGAPORE] The Infocomtn Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and IBM Singapore yesterday announced several initiatives to build the infocomm capabilities of Singapore's information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Called the
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      7 2 C.A.T.S. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Merger of DBS, UOB not so far-fetched
      890 3  -  HOCK lock siew quak hiang whai THE takeover saga at Wee Cho Yaw's United Overseas Land has spawned enough conspiracy theories for another Oliver Stone movie. For its part, surprise bidder Temasek Holdings has made clear that its intentions are "pure" and that
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      Lock icon UOB seals $lb deal to buy 81% of Bank of Asia
      544 3  -  Bank paying ABN Amro 9.6% premium to closing price on Tuesday From Siow Li Sen in Bangkok A TRIUMPHANT Wee Cho Yaw yesterday announced that United Overseas Bank had sealed a $1 billion deal to buy the Bank of
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      Lock icon Datacraft ex-director charged over failure to disclose stakes
      541 4  -  Charges relate to interest in and sale of shares held in trust account Reports by Serena Ng FAILURE to give notice of an interest in shares of Datacraft Asia held in a trust account and their subsequent disposal landed former director Koh
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      Lock icon Datacraft Q2 results fail to impress
      424 4 REGIONAL communications and networking systems integrator Datacraft Asia yesterday posted sequentially higher net profit and sales for its second fiscal quarter, but the modest earnings left analysts and the market unimpressed. The mainboard-listed group chalked up net profit of US$l5B,OOO in the three months
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      Lock icon Fortune Reit yield exceeds forecast
      217 4  -  By Andrea Tan HONG KONG billionaire Li Ka-shing's Fortune Reit has posted a distribution per unit (DPU) of 8.64 HK cents, or an annualised yield of 6.78 per cent, based on yesterday's closing price. This exceeded Fortune Reit's own forecasts by 9.3 per cent "The
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      Lock icon Lasseters wins MAS go-ahead for share offer
      481 4  -  Australian casino outfit sells shares for Sesdaq listing By Kenneth Lim IN the clearest sign of its readiness to accept companies from new and different industries, the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday gave the green light to investors betting on Singapore's first casino
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      Lock icon Cosco Corp's Q1 profit hits $ 11m on high charter rates
      326 4  - Cosco Corp's Q1 profit hits 11m on high charter rates By Chen Huifen BUOYED by higher charter rates and income from associates, shipping services provider Cosco Corp turned in a record Q1 profit of $11.4 million for the three months ended March 31. The sterling performance more than three times
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      Lock icon HTL posts 52% jump in Q1 net profit to $7.7m
      376 9  -  Production in China to be ramped up, to meet stronger US, Europe demand By Chen Huifen SOFA maker HTL International yesterday reported a 52 per cent year-on-year jump in net profit to $7.7 million for its first quarter ended March
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      Lock icon Billionaire buys chunk of Global Crossing
      289 9 Bloomberg BILLIONAIRE investor Richard Rainwater has acquired a 13.6 per cent stake in Global Crossing, the Ber-muda-based fibre optics network operator controlled by Singapore's ST Telemedia. Mr Rainwater used U5524.4 million in personal funds to buy 2.61 million shares between March 17 and May
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      Lock icon UOB-Kay Hian returns to profit path
      274 9  -  Stockbroker reports Q1 profit of $29.1m By Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S largest listed stockbroking group UOB-Kay Hian Holdings chalked up net profit of $29.1 million for the first quarter of 2004 as turnover more than trebled from a year ago to $113.2 million. The robust
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      Lock icon Sats reorganises top management
      260 9 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats), which last month was identified by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for possible divestment by parent Singapore Airlines, yesterday announced a top-level reorganisation. Karmjit Singh, currently chief executive of Sats Airport Services, will assume the newly-created post of chief operating officer
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      Lock icon HL Asia Q1 profit up 16%
      135 9 HONG Leong Asia, the manufacturing and distribution arm of Hong Leong Group Singapore, reported a net profit of $17.2 million for the first quarter of 2004, up 16 per cent from a year ago. Group revenue was up 11 per cent to $521.3 million
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Tech Group Asia buys rest of Chi Wo
        88 9 PRECISION plastic component supplier Tech Group Asia has acquired the remaining 30 per cent stake in its Chinese subsidiary, Chi Wo Plastic Moulds, for HK$25O million (5554.9 million). Half of the purchase price will be paid in cash through bank borrowings on
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        Lock icon QAF loss narrows to $2.4m
        52 9 QAF's Ql group net loss narrowed by 2 per cent to $2.4 million. Net revenue decreased 32 per cent to $139.2 million as the group sold Shop N Save in November last year to Dairy Farm group. A reduction in commodities trading also caused the
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        Lock icon Food Empire Q1 earnings rise 35%
        54 9 FOOD Empire Holdings, the maker of Mac Coffee, yesterday posted a 34.8 per cent increase in Ql group net profit to $3.9 million as a result of stronger sales in key markets of Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Group revenue rose 26 per
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        Lock icon Labroy Marine Q1 net surges 40%
        67 9 TRANSPORTATION and engineering company Labroy Marine reported a stellar 40 per cent surge in net profits to $8.6 million for its first quarter ended March 31. This was on the back of a 46 per cent rise in revenues to $84.3 million, thanks to
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    4314 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com S'pore Bond Fuid/ A 1.097/ Credit Agricole Asset Mgt S'pore Ltd ASN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Indocam Asa Vision!** 1.013/1 06* StarEirope Eqty!" 0.72V MS Asset Mgt Star Eirope Bond U2/ Shorten Twin City U6H .315 Star Eirope 8af 1.024/ japan Growth! 0855/0895 Star Asian Tigs
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      421 5 I Canon I I work more I I INTELUGENTLY. I I DONT GO INTO I I THE OFFICE TODAY. I H COME TO THE CANON IQ SHOW 2004. H Meritus Mandarin Singapore, Level 5, South Tower, Mandarin Ballroom, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 13th May 2004,10:30am-6:oopm, 14th May 2004,10:00am-6:00pm BH
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      622 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREEMVASAN CapftaCommercial Trust (CCD May 12 dosing: $1.12 CAPITACOMMERCIAL Trust (CCT) began trading on the Singapore Exchange yesterday. We initiate coverage with a NEUTRAL rating and target price of 550.895, implying an annualised FYO4 yield of 7.0 per cent (based on a 95 per cent
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      Lock icon RMG's next bonanza: public sector patients
      262 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan RAFFLES Medical is a company which has started showing strong growth potential. The medical group has become increasingly prominent over the last one year following the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome pandemic. Besides receiving and treating non-Sars patients who
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      Lock icon Too much guesswork needed nowadays
      537 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN your fortunes are dictated by a market on the other side of the world and in a different time zone, it means you have almost no control over the investment decision-making process, which is reduced to an exercise in
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      Lock icon US$ recovers, but bears still defensive
      643 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE US dollar corrected lower from recent highs in overnight trading, but it was not enough to erase fears that it could still have some wind left in its sails. By the close, the US unit had given back
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon GES chief cuts Digiland stake further
        72 6 THE executive chairman of GES International, Goh Lik Tuan (above), yesterday sold 700,000 more shares in GES' listed distribution arm, Digiland International, on the open market, but price details were not given. The sale reduced Mr Goh's direct stake to 8.4 per cent from
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        Lock icon Avaplas directors exercise options
        132 6 TWO directors of plastics group Avaplas yesterday converted options into shares. Chairman and CEO Boone Quek Howe Sear exercised 1.08 million options at 23 cents or 22.65 cents each, raising his direct shareholding in the Sesdaq-listed company to 45.28 per cent from 44.84 per cent. Executive
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        Lock icon King's Safetywear director ups stake
        71 6 AN executive director of King's Safetywear, Yeo Loy Kiang, bought 100,000 shares from the open market, raising his direct shareholding to 450,000 shares or a 0.21 per cent stake. He acquired 30,000 shares on May 7 at 27.5 cents each and 70,000 shares on May
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        Lock icon Sim Lian director adds to holding
        64 6 ONE of Sim Lian Group's executive directors, Kuik Sin Pin, yesterday bought 128,000 shares of the construction group at 28 cents apiece. The open market purchase raised the director's stake to 0.73 per cent, or around 1.9 million shares, from 0.69 per cent. Shares
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        Lock icon Challenger chief buys more shares
        66 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG THE chief executive officer of Challenger Technologies, Loo Leong Thye, on May 10 bought another 50,000 shares in the computer and IT products retailer at 16.5 cents per share. The open market purchase raised his direct stake to 42.44 per cent
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      420 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 12 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS -571.00 +135.00 BTCAW -*****.00 -13.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -57.00 All-SG Equities 484.26 -1.90 SG Equities Elect 161.42 -1.53 SG Equities Fin 1487.23 -1.06 SG Equities Prop 401.74 -2.53 SIMSQ 219.98 -0.25 SiMSa Futures 219.80 -0.50 Stocks Volume Informatics 5c 96,834,000 Wee
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  • BLUE chips
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      Lock icon SembCorp must work harder to stay in favour
      761 8  -  If Q2 results fail to show the expected earnings rise, it could be hit by a round of downgrades. WONG WEI KONG reports WONG WEI KONG SO, SembCorp Industries has disappointed with its first-quarter earnings. But will things get better for the
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    1074 8 Transaction date: May 12 DITERBAlfg CROSS RATES AS C$ Bmb Euro HK$ Ind Bs Bupiah Y»n Won BM HZS Pak Bs Peso S$ Band Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.%9 5.809 0.590 5.460 31.756 62.668 0.789 8.270 2.660 1.143 40.390 39.097 1.200 4.786 0.909 23.450 ***** 0.397 0.700
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      1175 8 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Singapore) HALF-YEAR RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUDITED HALF-YEAR RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2004 1. Income Statement Group Qrpup 01/01/2004 01/01/2003 01/10/2003 01/10/2002 to to to to 31/03/2004 31/03/2003 31/03/2004 31/03/2003 $000 $'000 $000 $'000 Revenue Hotel operations 24,643
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      793 9 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 In The Matter Of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In The Matter Of E-MAX TRADING PTE LTD Notice of Creditors' Meeting Pursuant To Section 296 Of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Section 2% of the Companies Act,
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon Aussie mortgage approvals down 1.2% in March
      292 10 It's 6th consecutive monthly foil as property market cools after interest rate hikes AFP [SYDNEY] The number of new home loans approved by Australian lenders fell 1.2 per cent in March, the sixth consecutive monthly fall, official figures showed yesterday. The data supports
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      Lock icon Delight in your palm
      639 10  -  GARDENER'S log By Thien WE have grown accustomed to things that go bump (on our patio roof), even at night. But a soft, cascading sound, like seeds slowly spilling out of a grain bag, got wifey and I puzzled the other day. The first, we know,
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      Lock icon Alexandra industrial site for sale on 30-year lease
      302 10 THE first industrial site has been released this year and is now open for application. The 0.5 hectare site at Alexandra and Leng Kee roads is expected to fetch about $4.7 million or $35 per square foot of potential gross floor area.
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      229 10 ORCHARD RD 1? BPCOAUSTSHPGCTR f JU Am Of iO UOL BLOG ©rvycDQCT B St Thomas Walk DEVONSHIRE RD EXETER RD Plot A (N0.26): 7,904 sq ft 1 Total vV, COMCENTRE > o Plot B (N0.22): 21,227 sq ft J 29,131 sq ft Zoned Residential, plot ratio 2.8, itggq up to
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Finance Ministry rebuts claims in FEER article
      451 11 It responds to allegations about fiscal policies, ministers' pay THE Ministry of Finance yesterday issued a rebuttal to an article in the weekly business magazine Far Eastern Economic Review, saying it contained "factual inaccuracies and wilful distortions". Contributor Dan Fineman had attacked Singapore's
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      Lock icon New body Acra to oversee disclosure, account compliance
      330 11  -  By Joyce Koh LOCAL businesses can expect a stronger regulatory environment with the official launch of a new statutory board yesterday. The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) operational since April 1 with the merger of the Registry of Companies and Businesses
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon Western Union, Indian bank in tie-up
        84 11 WESTERN Union Financial Services, a top player in the money transfer services business and a subsidiary of US-based First Data Corp, has announced a strategic tie-up with India's Vijaya Bank to provide inbound money transfer services in India. The service will be available at
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        Lock icon PowerSeraya seals back-up gas deal
        55 11 ELECTRICITY provider PowerSeraya yesterday sealed a deal that provides it "back-up gas" should its existing gas supply be disrupted. The supplier is Gas Supply Pte Ltd, with which it had inked a deal in 2001 for gas supply from Jan 1,2006. The back-up contract runs
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        Lock icon LTA incentive to ensure safety
        73 11 THE Land Transport Authority yesterday announced a scheme to enhance construction safety at rail and road projects. It will award an additional 0.5 per cent of the contract sum, up to $1 million, to contractors who maintain a good safety performance. Conversely, it will deduct
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      Lock icon DPM Lee on China, S Korea trip
      514 11  -  Delegation includes ministers, senior officials By Loh Hui Yin DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit China today at the invitation of Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi. The five-day visit will begin in Beijing, where he will meet Chinese president Hu Jintao, National
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Monsanto: it's all coming home to roost
      795 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION harish mehta THE giant American corporation spearheading the development of genetically modified (GM) food and growth hormones is suddenly under fire in several countries. First, Monsanto announced a 50 per cent cutback in the sales of its GM bovine
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      55 12 'He was finally tripped by the realities he was either afraid, or too complacent, to tread: grinding poverty, farmers preferring death over debt, development schemes more virtual than real.' -The Indian Express in an editorial, on why Chandrababu Naidu, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, lost his
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      Lock icon Another coalition in India
      560 12 EDITORIAL Although the counting following the Indian general election is not yet over, this much is almost certain from early trends: India will end up with a hung Parliament and yet another coalition government —probably one with an even slimmer majority than in the last Parliament
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      Lock icon Taking some of the 'shock' out of oil prices
      1109 12  -  Note that the implications of a rise in price coining from reduced supply are different from those coining from increased demand By Caroline Baum Bloomberg IT didn't take long. No sooner did US job growth disappear as a stumbling block to
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      Lock icon Blocking Taiwan again
      499 12  -  COMMENTARY How much longer can China keep Taiwan out of global bodies? By Dennis V Hickey LAT-WP ONCE again, China is gearing up to block Taiwan's annual bid to rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO). For Taipei, the stakes are high. Taiwanese medical authorities are unable to
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      229 12 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 27 to change monu^ ments that we find in 8 Could be pink or black, but ined Turkish city (4) churches (5-5) definitely feline (10) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION DOWN 11 With a vehicle (European) YESTERDAY s SOLUTION 1 Once a measure nronnri. waiting, she looks after the Across: 1
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Indon central bank warns against rupiah speculation
      430 13 JAKARTA It tells three or four banks not to fish in muddy waters Reuters INDONESIA'S central bank has issued a "very strong warning" to three or four banks over speculation in the rupiah, which suffered sharp losses in recent days, its chief said
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      Lock icon Japanese firms eye India for its market, low-cost production
      836 13 TOKYO They expect India to rival China but infrastructure woes hold back investment Reuters JAPANESE companies with a stomach for risk are eyeing India in hopes the south Asian giant may rival China as a low-cost production centre and booming market.
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      Lock icon No bidding war for Liverpool: Thaksin
      414 13 BANGKOK AFP, AP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that chances for a Thai purchase of a one-third stake in English soccer club Liverpool are only "50-50" and that he would not engage in a bidding war with a British businessman who
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      354 13 HONG KONG THE Indonesian government is laying the groundwork for the sale of its remaining minority stakes in four banks in a move that could raise more than US$6BO million and further advance the privatisation of the country's financial sector, Financial Times reported
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        101 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's central bank will expand open-market operations from once to twice weekly starting today, strengthening its ability to guide its fast-growing economy to a soft landing. China is the world's sixth-biggest economy but lacks the raft of sophisticated tools employed by more developed
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        74 13 AP [BANGKOK] Opposition parties have filed an impeachment motion against Deputy Prime Minister Wan Noor Matha, a spokesman said yesterday. Wan Noor, the second Thai minister to face impeachment proceedings this year, is targeted for being "unusually rich and concealing assets", said a spokesman for
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        69 13 Reuters [TOKYO] Credit rating agency Standard Poor's yesterday lifted its outlook on Indonesia's long-term sovereign credit ratings to positive from stable. It also affirmed Indonesia's B/B foreign currency and B+/B local currency sovereign ratings. "The outlook revision reflects continuing progress in macroeconomic stability, evident from
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        84 13 AFP [SYDNEY] Australians have been named in an Al-Qaeda manual as the main targets for terrorist attack in Indonesia, it was reported here yesterday. The Australian newspaper said the 11-page manual specifies which foreign nationals to target in Muslim nations, such as Americans in Saudi
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        81 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] In a show of support, Beijing has decided to buy Hong Kong government bonds, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday. Hong Kong, which has been repeatedly hit by recession since the late *****, is struggling to make a comeback and the
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      427 14 LATEST US INDICATORS Rising imports of consumer and capital goods reflect robust US demand Reuters, AP [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit widened a surprisingly large 9.1 per cent in March to a record US$46 billion as a strengthening world economy
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        66 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the world's largest financial services group, yesterday said it will buy Principal Financial Group Inc's mortgage servicing business, bolstering its position as one of the country's largest mortgage providers. Principal estimated proceeds from the transaction will be US$l.26 billion, including
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        66 14 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its satellite telecommunications services business to Intelsat Ltd for US$9O million. The sale of the business, called Comsat General, nearly completes Lockheed's dismantling of an expensive foray into commercial satellite services. Comsat General
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        90 14 AFP [PARIS] The merger of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment was finalised yesterday, creating a new media giant, NBC Universal, its parent companies General Electric and Vivendi Universal said in a joint statement. The new group, 80 per cent owned by GE and 20 per
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        104 14 Reuters [BERLIN] Airbus parent EADS reported a 52 per cent jump in first-quarter operating profit yesterday but it fell short of forecasts as its defence business made a bigger-than-expected loss. EADS said its forecast for the year remained intact, with revenues seen at 29
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      410 14 WASHINGTON AFP, Bloomberg THE US Senate has approved a massive tax reform scheme that aims to bring the US into compliance with a World Trade Organization ruling and to end hefty trade sanctions by the European Union. The Senate approved US$l7O billion in corporate
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      601 14 LONDON Reuters, AFP, AP OIL prices burst to new 13year highs above US$4O a barrel yesterday on concern that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) may not pump enough oil to meet accelerating world oil demand. Adding to the market's
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      481 15 NEW YORK The fair value of an asset or liability at a given date will become the basic guide for recognising revenue Reuters GLOBAL accounting standard setters have made significant progress towards comprehensive guidelines on how and when firms should recognise revenue, officials
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      447 15 SAN FRANCISCO NYT CISCO Systems, the maker of Internet networking equipment that is considered a technology bellwether, reported a quarterly profit on Tuesday that narrowly exceeded investor expectations. But it gave Wall Street a broader reason for optimism by suggesting
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      315 17  -  By Raju Chellam THE next time you receive an e-mail from a bank asking for personal information, don't respond without first checking with the bank by phone. Because if you do reply, you could have your identity stolen by "phishers" cyber-thieves who pretend to
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      176 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] A flaw in Microsoft Corp's almost universally used Windows operating system could allow hackers to take control of a PC by luring users to a malicious website and coaxing them into clicking on a link, the company warned on Tuesday. Microsoft issued
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      771 18  -  IT comment INFOTECH The insidious software may be present in as many as one in 10 computers in Singapore raju chellam IF you thought spam was a small scam, get ready for the real damn. It's loosely called spyware. It creeps in surreptitiously, like a
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      623 19 Oil-tanker operator keen to offer broader range of services Bloomberg [OSLO] Teekay Shipping Corp chief executive Bjorn Moller, who has spent more than US$3.5 billion in five years to build the world's biggest oil-tanker operator, said the company may make more acquisitions to offer a
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      202 19 Reuters [HONG KONG] China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) may push back the roadshow for an IPO worth up to US$2 billion by one to two weeks in the hope of better market conditions, sources said yesterday. "Given the weak sentiment towards China stocks, I
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      78 19 AFP [MONTEVIDEO] At least 80 people were treated for ammonia inhalation after an explosion aboard a South Korean ship docked in the port of the Uruguayan capital, fire officials said. The cause of the blast, which occurred at about 2 am on
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      296 19 SGX '000 May 12 SS W- Vol CH Offshore 0.37 -0.01 1143 Chuan Hup 0.50 -0.01 626 Cosco Investment 0.76 -0.01 ***** CWT Distribution 0.51 unch 0 Ezra Hldgs 0.95 -0.03 284 Freight Links 0.10 -0.01 234 GB Holdings .0.74 unch 11 Java Holdings 0.75 -0.02 1160 K1
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        672 20 Airline has vowed to avoid Chapter 11, but high costs threaten its long-term viability [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines, battling with its pilots' union over its effort to cut labour costs, said on Monday that it might have to seek bankruptcy protection unless
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        809 25 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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        54 26 [SYDNEY] Firemen run hoses underneath a Qantas plane as more than 300 airport, emergency and health services personnel are involved in an emergency exercise at Sydney Airport yesterday. The exercise, which involved the closing of one of the airport's runways, was a full-scale practice for an emergency situation
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        513 26 Q1 net income up 75%; firm optimistic on hitting 20% profit increase this year Bloomberg [PARIS] European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Co, Europe's largest aerospace company, said firstquarter profit rose 75 per cent after it sold more Airbus planes and cut costs at
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          138 26 Reuters [OSLO] Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle yesterday said that its yield, a key measure of performance for carriers, fell in April from the previous month due to rapid expansion of routes. Norwegian estimated its April yield, or average revenue per passenger carried and kilometre
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          127 26 Xinhua [SHANGHAI] British airline company Virgin Atlantic Airways expects rising sales in China by expanding its ticketing network through cooperation with a Chinese company, a top official said on Monday. Steve Ridgway, CEO of the British company, said his company's cooperation with China Civil Aviation
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        548 26 Travel recovery helped net income hit 62m euros Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's third biggest airline, reported a first-quarter profit compared with a year-earlier loss, helped by growing demand for air travel and a one-time gain from the sale of a
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        241 26 These include engines of Boeing 747-200 aircraft stalling in mid-flight Xinhua [JERUSALEM] The Israeli airline El A 1 is investigating a series of serious flight-safety incidents, including engines stalling in mid-flight, Israel's Haaretz reported on Monday. The incidents involved the engines of 747-200 aircraft, the
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