The Business Times, 21 May 2004

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES r fttMtrmnni Internet: http://business-times.asial.com sg S I N G A P O R E FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2004 850
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    Lock icon Indian PM-elect's reform talk fails to lift markets
    677 1  -  From Ajoy Sen in New Delhi INDIA'S prime ministerelect Manmohan Singh yesterday said he will opt for broad-based and balanced social and economic development and investmentfriendly reforms which will tackle head-on the problem of millions of unemployed Indians. In his first press
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    Lock icon G-8 ministers to lean on Opec to raise oil supply
    704 1  -  Price hikes push up pump prices across Asia By Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] The Group of Eight (G-8) leading economies plan to put pressure on the world's biggest oil producers to increase their output, as rising oil prices threaten economic recovery
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    Lock icon Have a holiday on us, grab your BT Weekend now
    270 1 IT'S your Saturday off. You've just settled into your comfy sofa with a nice hot cup of coffee in one hand before panic grips you. Your favourite weekend read is in the office! But fear not, The Business Times Weekend
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    Lock icon CAD probe drags Informatics down 9.7%
    1006 1  -  Grime unit demands documents for investigation into accounting lapses By Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] Shares of Informatics Holdings fell 3.5 cents, or 9.7 per cent, to 32.5 cents yesterday after the company said the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) was investigating its recent accounting lapses. Informatics,
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    75 1 Dsn 1*741.57 (-23.69) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,740.00 (-25.00) SIMSCI 212.65 (-2.65) SIMSCI FUTURES 212.80 (-2.60) Thursday Change KLSE COMP "88.87 -4.96 NIKKEI 225 10.862.04 -105.70 HANG SENG 11,339.62 -129.79 SET INDEX 599.88 -15.11 JAKARTA COMP _Closed MANILA COMP 1,472.25 +3.93 TAIPEI WPI 5,815.33 -45.25 SEOUL COMP 767.79 -10.16 SHENZHEN
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    78 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ L'SS (S$ per l T S$) 1.719 £(US$/SS per £)1.767 3.038 El,'RO(US$/S$/E). 1.194 2.052 YEN 113.4 cj oo RM 3.8OO 2.210 HKS 7.795 4.534 BAHT 40.76 23.71 RIPIAH 9.049 5,263 RENMINBI 8.277 4.814 INDIAN RUPEE 45.24 26.31 AS I.444 0.840 NZS 1.658 0.964 PRIME RATES
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      Lock icon S'pore chief statistician taking up UN post
      581 2  -  By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] From handling a national database to managing an international statistical system, Singapore's chief number cruncher, Paul Cheung, leaves his job at the end of the month to become director of the United Nations' statistics division in New York on
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      Lock icon New Downtown better spot for casino: Leng Beng
      598 2  -  He voices concerns over BFC drawing away existing office tenants By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Property tycoon Kwek Leng Beng is betting on a casino in front of the controversial Business and Financial Centre at the New Downtown. He said yesterday he isn't
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Richard Li about to swing another deal
      750 3  -  HOCK lock siew loh hui yin FOUR years ago, an elderly shareholder at a shareholders meeting quizzed Richard Li why he should support the Internet whiz kid's plan to take over fixed line operator Hong Kong Telecom. After all, Hong Kong Telecom (HKT),
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon A-Reit may buy Woodlands building
        63 4 ASCENDAS-REIT has secured an option to buy Progen Building at 12 Woodlands Loop for $24.8 million. The prospective seller, Progen Holdings, will occupy 23 per cent of the light industrial building under a 10-year lease from A-Reit should the sale go through. The property will
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        Lock icon GK Goh forms fond manager
        70 4 STOCKBROKER GK Goh Holdings will team up with Crest Capital Partners Ltd to form a fund management company that will handle a newly incorporated British Virgin Islands fund. The new unit, Value Managers Ltd, will manage Value Monetization Fund. The fund's objectives will be to
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        Lock icon DMX secures US$2.6m contract
        54 4 uma Technologies has won a US$2.6 million contract from one of the largest telecommunications service providers in Malaysia. It did not name the telco but said the contract to expand its Internet backbone would contribute to DMX's revenue and earnings for the first half of the
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        Lock icon Swing Media cuts stake in venture
        67 4 SWING Media Technology Group has pared its investment in a proposed venture to make and sell optical mouse and other computer peripherals. Instead of HK$2.O4 million for a 51 per cent stake, it will now invest HK$9OO,OOO for a 30 per cent holding. The
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        Lock icon Armarda IPO 16.8 times subscribed
        47 4 THE public tranche of Armarda Group's IPO of just over three million shares has been 16.8 times subscribed. The China-based information technology services provider offered 60 million new shares at 27 cents each. Armarda will start trading on a "ready" basis tnrtav
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        Lock icon Lum Chang profit forecast clouded
        92 4 CONSTRUCTION group Lum Chang Holdings, in response to Singapore Exchange queries, said it was not in a position to comment if it would report a profit for the year ending June. SGX had asked why the company had failed to issue a profit warning, given
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        Lock icon Sri Lanka Telecom eyes SGX listing
        93 4 Reuters 0 SRI Lanka Telecom, the country's second-largest stock, wants any further government sale of the company's shares to take place on the Singapore Exchange rather than Colombo's, a senior official said yesterday. The Sri Lanka government owns 49.5 per cent of the fixed-line
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        Lock icon Optus may buy broadband firm
        66 4 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications' Optus unit, Australia's second largest phone company, is in talks to buy 66 per cent of broadband company Uecomm Ltd for Aslo9 million (Ssl3o million), bankers involved in the sale said yesterday. Optus is offering to acquire the stake from Alinta, the
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      Lock icon S'pore banks risk being swallowed: MAS exec
      725 4  -  Stronger foreign rivals have the muscle to make bigger acquisitions By Slow Li Sen LOCAL banks have been painted a rather grim scenario: if they do not improve their profitability, they are in danger of being swallowed by rivals. Rivals whose higher return
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      Lock icon Carlos Slim aims for 20% of Global Crossing
      538 4  -  Mexican billionaire seeks permission to raise stake from current 9.75% By Tang Weng Fai DESPITE the threat of class action suits from US law firms and a possible delisting from Nasdaq, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is looking to increase his stake in
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      Lock icon It's still business as usual: UOL's CEO
      205 4 UNITED Overseas Land president and CEO Gwee Lian Kheng faced a barrage of questions yesterday at Jones Lang LaSalle's 7th Asia Pacific Hotel Investment Conference at the Ritz Carlton. But he didn't have much to say. "I will not answer those questions. It's
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      Lock icon Global Crossing's founder no longer has PCGV stake
      439 4  -  By Serena Ng GLOBAL Crossing's founder and former chairman Gary Winnick has distanced himself from an investment holding company that took a sizeable stake in mainboard-listed venture capital group kl Ventures in 2001. According to filings with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday,
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      Lock icon Sinomem's Singapore unit gets IHQ status
      316 9  -  It plans to open R&D centre here to study membrane technology applications By Kenneth Lim MOST of its operations may still be in China, but membrane specialist Sinomem Technology has plans to do more in Singapore, and said its Singapore-based subsidiary has received tax
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      Lock icon First Engineering's profit up 45.5%
      328 9  -  By Joyce Koh HAVING weathered the death of its founder last April, First Engineering yesterday emerged strongly with a 45.5 per cent growth in FY2004 earnings to $21.7 million. Turnover for the precision plastic moulder also increased 23.2 per cent to $123.6 million from $100.4
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      Lock icon Newsprint supplier raising prices for 2nd time this year
      340 9  -  By Chen Huifen PUBLICATION paper supplier Pan Asia Paper said newsprint prices will be going up for the second time this year by US$5O a tonne, fuelled by global demand pressure. This means that the new prices of newsprint, from July
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      Lock icon Merrill's Tracey Woon joins Citigroup
      127 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Citigroup Inc, the world's biggest financial services company, has hired Merrill Lynch Co's Tracey Woon to head its investment banking operations for Singapore and Malaysia, replacing Richard Seow who quit in March. Ms Woon will report to Sanjiv Misra, Citigroup's country officer
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      593 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Singapore Properly RECENT underperformance in the property sector has presented opportunities to accumulate City Developments, Wing Tai and Keppel Land. We see the best entry into CityDev as via its recently issued warrant which is currently trading around its intrinsic value of $2.30 because
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      Lock icon YHI may be innocent victim of China sell-off
      280 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy THE market is witnessing an interesting phenomenon good earnings are being brushed off as inconsequential and, in some cases, actually leads to a sell-off of the stock concerned. This is a reversal of the pattern last
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      Lock icon Worries over US rates, oil prices foil recovery
      545 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy SOME pundits have likened rising interest rates to a visit to the dentist: You know it has to happen sooner or later but you'd rather it was later than sooner. And of course, rising oil prices are
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      Lock icon Asian currencies fall with choppy yen
      481 6 Reuters (SINGAPORE] Asian currencies turned lower in volatile trading yesterday, tracking the decline in the Japanese yen and hit by concern over rising global oil prices. Stock markets in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan fell with the Nikkei average, making it harder for the
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon CapitaLand chief acquires CCT units
        95 6 THE president and chief executive officer of Capita Land, Liew Mun Leong (right), on May 19 said he bought 250,000 units of the recently listed CapitaCommercial Trust (CCT). He bought them at prices ranging from 98.5 cents to $1.02 for the units of the office
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        Lock icon Eastech director buys 1.6m shares
        60 6 CHEN Chung-Hsin, a non-executive director of Eastern Asia Technology, on May 18 bought 1.58 million shares at around 30 cents apiece. The open market purchase raised his direct holding in the original equipment and design manufacturer to 0.77 per cent from 0.43 per cent. Eastech
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        Lock icon Asiatravel director adds to holding
        72 6 AN independent director of Asiatravel.com Holdings, Ong Nai Pew, on May 19 bought 100,000 shares of the online hotel and travel reservation service provider at an average 47.3 cents each. The open market purchase raised his deemed shareholding in the Sesdaq-listed company to 2.64 million
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        Lock icon Goodpack director raises stake
        59 6 ONE of Goodpack's independent directors, Wong Weng Foo, on May 18 bought 167,000 shares at 94 cents or 94.5 cents apiece. The open market purchase raised his direct stake in the cargo and packaging specialist to 1.06 per cent, or around 4.23 million shares. Shares of
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        Lock icon Asti director in share sales
        58 6 A NON-EXECUTIVE director of Asti Holdings, Chong Man Sui, on May 19 sold 200,000 shares at 51.5 cents apiece. The open market sale cut the director's direct shareholding in the semiconductor equipment company to 414,000 shares, or a 0.14 per cent stake. Shares of Asti
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        Lock icon Flextech deputy chairman ups stake
        95 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG THE deputy executive chairman of Flextech Holdings, Joseph Au, bought a total of 150,000 shares between May 17 and 19 at around 42 cents apiece. Of these, 100,000 shares were acquired in his name and the rest under a CPF nominee.
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      412 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 20 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -726.00 -57.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -133.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -72.00 AB-SG Equities 468.63 -4.43 SG Equities Elect 157.13 +0.34 SG Equities Fin 1437.64 __-25.47 SG Equities Prop 391.51 -4.75 SIMSCI 212.65 -2.65 SiMSCI Futures 212.80 -2.60 Stocks Voluma Informatics 5c 38,770,000
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon Unfair practices in car loans
      1470 8  -  Most borrowers who redeem their loan early do not realise they are getting a raw deal from their lenders, says JOHNNY TAN JOHNNY TAN A LOT of people are in the dark about car loans. In particular, many motorists have no idea that they get
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    4437 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS mdocam Asia Vision!" 1.001/1.052 MS AM Mat Am Amro Asm* Mgt (S'pore) ShentonTw*ic5y 1.23/1.285 Star Ei*ope Eqty!" 0.72/ Japan Growth!*' 0.86/0.9 Star Europe Bond— 1.231/ MendakiCapProFd 0.981/ Star Europe Bal 1.026/ Shenton Thrift!"" 1.955/2.04 Star Asian TigtrEqty 0.784/ Shenton Income 1.4/1.445 Star Asia Bond 1.295/ Shenton Asia
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      300 9 THOMSON SWEET MAXWELL ASIA mm Law and Practice of Construction Contracts (Third Edition) provides you with an analysis and evaluation of the many substantive issues relating to construction contracts. In an approach clearly distinguishable from other standard works on the subject, it integrates the legal principles of the subject with
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Laggard stock market could hobble Blair
      753 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION Matthew lynn Bloomberg BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair isn't as popular with voters as he once was. Soon, he may be even less so with investors. The reason: Economy good. Stock market bad. Now those who follow and participate in
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      96 10 'We are an old country with an ancient civilisation, and we are proud of it How come Israel can have them and we can't? It makes me angry.' Mansour Jahanbakhsa an Iranian businessman, about his country pushing for nuclear warheads and missiles to carry them. There is
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      Lock icon Revisiting the tender system
      617 10 EDITORIAL AFTER six men were killed recently in building site accidents at the MRTs Circle Line at Nicoll Highway and JTC Corp s Fusionpolis township in Ayer Rajah Avenue the spotlight has fallen not only on workers' safety but the tender system used to award public
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      Lock icon Delicate balancing act ahead for Greenspan
      888 10  -  The Fed says the days of cheap credit are numbered. Now it has to raise rates fast enough to prevent market rates from taking off and slow enough not to choke the recovery By Robert J Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group THERE'S a
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      Lock icon And the big winner is: India!
      761 10  -  COMMENTARY Events following the elections last week augur well By G Panicker AFTER the stunning electoral verdict last week, Atal Behari Vajpayee, the leader of the vanquished coalition, said his National Democratic Alliance lost but India won. His words have proved prophetic by the
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      Lock icon Don't shut out non-littoral states: DPM Tan
      436 11  -  They have role in securing Malacca, S'pore straits against terrorists By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] It is unrealistic to exclude non-littoral states from efforts to secure the Malacca and Singapore straits against the threat of maritime terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday
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      Lock icon New survey focuses on changing buying habits
      167 11 MARKET research company AC Neilsen is launching a new survey technique here that aims to help marketers exploit the moment when consumers are most open to changing their buying habits. Called DeltaQual, it focuses on consumers' familiarity with brands instead of specific product
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      Lock icon Japan honours Lim Chin Beng
      86 11 SINGAPORE Press Holdings chairman Lim Chin Beng (seen here with his wife) received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government yesterday. Mr Lim, who was Singapore's Ambassador to Japan from July 1991 to November 1997, was honoured for
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      Lock icon Many S'pore firms have no business continuity plans
      276 11  -  By Taila Krishnakumar SOME Singapore companies are not fully prepared to tackle significant business interruptions, according to KPMG. In a recent survey of 249 organisations in the AsiaPacific, including more than 30 companies in Singa- pore, it found that almost two-thirds of
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      Lock icon Oil price rise to cut surplus by 3.5%
      189 11  -  EYE on the economy oil prices By Kenneth Lim PERSISTENT crude oil prices of around US$4l a barrel could take a 3.5 per cent bite out of Singapore's estimated current account surplus this year, according to Deutsche Bank analyst Michael Spencer. Borrowing
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      Lock icon Travel industry facing constant challenges
      271 11  -  By Uma Shankari WHILE things are beginning to improve for the travel industry in the Asia-Pa-cific, many challenges lie ahead. The industry will have to get used to frequent crises such as Sars and the war in Iraq that affect it. "When will it (the
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    1093 11 Transaction date: May 20 DrrERBAKK CROSS BATES tr w ■JSP A$ C$ Bmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Ruplah Yen Won 9H HZ$ Ptfc Rs Peso S$ Band Sfr XTS Baftt Pound US$ Australia 0.956 5.733 0.580 5399 31.335 62.678 0.786 8.172 2.632 1.148 40.004 38.695 1.191 4.677 0.892 23.?80
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      309 11 On 21 May 2004, a 16-member delegation led by the Vice-Director of Xi'an Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (HTDZ), Ms Zhao Jing, will be conducting a symposium to promote investments and business opportunities into Xi'an's highly-lucrative industrial zone. Singapore companies interested in Xi'an and Shaanxi as potential investment market sites are
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon Bomb threat in Pahang hospital
        92 12 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] A Malaysian hospital was thrown into chaos for four hours yesterday, evacuating scores of patients and cancelling surgery, after a terrorist bomb threat, Bernama news agency reported. A man claiming to be a member of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network called
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        Lock icon Board seat row delays Liverpool deal
        95 12 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said that negotiations to buy a 30 per cent stake in English soccer club Liverpool had been bogged down because the team had refused a Thai demand for two seats rather than one on its executive
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        Lock icon US$3.6b China refinery going ahead
        99 12 Reuters [BEIJING] ExxonMobil Corp, Saudi Aramco and Sinopec Corp aim to start building a US$3.6 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China in late 2005, an industry source said yesterday. "The project is moving ahead. Bids for engineering contracts are being evaluated and will be
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        Lock icon No damages in Cebu earthquake
        58 12 AP [MANILA] A 5.2 magnitude earthquake roused villagers from sleep and slightly damaged a shopping centre yesterday in central Philippines, but there were no reports of injuries, police said. The earthquake, set off at dawn by movement in a local fault, was felt in Cebu
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        Lock icon Manila calls for regional oil stockpile
        60 12 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines has renewed calls for a regional oil stockpiling facility at the former US naval base in Subic Bay, north of Manila, the energy department said yesterday. Energy Undersecretary Emmanuel de Dios revived the proposal at the second meeting of the
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        Lock icon China must slow bank lending: Fitch
        71 12 Reuters [TOKYO] China must slow growth in bank lending and Chinese banks need to raise capital in order to prevent a dangerous increase in non-performing loans (NPLs), credit rating agency Fitch said yesterday. "The key is to slow down bank loan growth rapid loan
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      Lock icon Sultan of Selangor quizzes turf club over move
      227 12 KLANG Committee members summoned to palace to explain THE Selangor Sultan is unhappy over the plan to relocate the Selangor Turf Club (SLTC) from Sungai Besi, the The Star reported yesterday citing sources. It said that a palace official confirmed that three
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      Lock icon Halim Saad returns to corporate scene
      475 12  -  Straggling property group Seloga's shares rise on news of Halim taking a substantial stake From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FORMER bumiputra poster boy Halim Saad has made a quiet comeback to a littleknown construction company amid the government's new drive to foster a
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      Lock icon Thai Q1 corporate profits up 42%
      233 12 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI corporate profits rose 42 per cent in the first quarter, led by increased earnings posted by banks, brokers and insurers. The net income of the 395 listed companies that have announced earnings rose to 107.83 billion baht (554.5 billion), from 76.1
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      Lock icon Falling markets spoil IPO party of Chinese firms
      739 12 HONG KONG Reuters PLUNGING markets and fears Beijing's efforts to cool the economy may backfire are playing havoc with corporate China's multi-billion dollar IPO hopes. Companies including the mainland's second-biggest container shipper, a fast-growing dairy firm and a maker of low-end microchips
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      Lock icon Shanghai tycoon's trial over but no verdict yet
      449 13 SHANGHAI Not much news about case against Zhou Zhengyi, once China's 11th richest Reuters A SHANGHAI court has wound up its case against Zhou Zhengyi, once ranked as China's 11th richest man, after a probe into questionable loans, his lawyer said yesterday,
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      Lock icon Indonesia facing prospect of becoming net off importer
      434 13  -  Poor investment climate, lack of incentives keep investors away From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta WITH oil production falling steadily over the past three years. Indonesia could become a net importer of oil if there are no new investments in the oil and
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      218 13 BEIJING AFP CHINA yesterday hit out at major foreign trade partners, including the US and Japan, for using technical barriers that discriminate against Chinese trade and investment. A Ministry of Commerce report, cited by the China Daily, claims that China's
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      420 14 LATEST US INDICATORS Conference Board sees no softening of economy despite oil price rise concerns AP Reuters [NEW YORK] A closely watched indicator of future economic activity edged up in April, providing more evidence of a sustained recovery, and an
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      197 14 WASHINGTON Reuters THE US will push for more reforms at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank as it is an opportune time to move ahead. The US is the biggest shareholder of the multilateral lenders, set up 60 years ago. US Treasury Under
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        73 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's UFJ Holdings, facing a third straight year of losses, is in talks to sell its trust banking unit to Sumitomo Trust Banking. The smallest of Japan's top four banks is struggling to clean up its balance sheet of bad loans and
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        72 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US Senate approved a 10-year, US$5.6 billion plan to stockpile drugs that can protect Americans in the event of a biological weapons attack. The shares of Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals and other companies rose on the news. The legislation, called Project Bio Shield, passed
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      529 15 CHICAGO It plans to launch electronic trading of gold, silver futures contracts THE Chicago Board of Trade plans to launch electronically traded gold and silver futures contracts a move that could challenge the New York Mercantile Exchange's global leadership in precious metals, derivative
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      423 17 SAN JOSE They pass proposal despite management's objections to the accounting change GOING against management's wishes, Intel Corp shareholders have approved an advisory proposal calling on the chip-making giant to expense stock options in its financial reports. Intel and other companies have
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      143 18 f li> most popular outdoor arts r\rnt in Sin«^aporr." -W jf, l. y SP^i 4-6 June 11 13 June 2004 Fort Canning Green, 7.30pm (Picnic from 5.30pm) DISCOUNT SCHEMES 20% discount for purchase of 5 tickets and above j R^ervo^ If You Don't Need to Know Dance to Love It!
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      622 19  -  OFF the cuff Those patty smugglers should be grilled to ensure they're not a new breed of terrorist masquerading as smugglers jaime ee NOT to be all conspiracy theorist and stuff, but you know how the security chaps at is-land-wide checkpoints have been on
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      582 19  - and they lived happily ever after By Geoffrey Eu IN light-hearted animated fare and live-action movies of the distant past, a typical Hollywood ending often meant having the words "and they lived happily ever after" etched boldly across screen just before the end credits, as the hero and his sweetheart
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      416 19  -  By Geoffrey Eu WHAT kind of a dark, heartless being is dis inclined to own up to the truth, even if ii means carrying the burden of sending ar innocent man to the gallows for a murdei that was actually an accident? Answer: the
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      1012 21  -  BT exclusive Such efforts require full involvement of littoral states: Mitroponlos By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) said international action may be necessary to counter the threat from a nexus of terrorism and piracy in the Malacca and
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      130 21 AFP [PARIS] Toxic chemicals from the hulls of ice-break-ing ships are polluting the seas of Antarctica, according to a report in the latest issue of the British weekly New Scientist. Experts found high levels of tributyltin, an ingredient used in marine paints to prevent ship's
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      123 21 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Singamas Container Holdings Ltd, the world's second-largest shipping container maker, said it will make 260,000 20-foot containers in the first half of this year, 17 per cent more than a year earlier. Strong exports from China has also enabled
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      321 21 Only 9-2% of 20,722 ships surveyed have compliance certificates: IMO Bloomberg [LONDON] Most of the world's ships risk a ban from ports and the loss of insurance unless they put an-ti-terrorist measures in place and get them certified within 40 days. Only
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        782 22  -  By Selva Kumar THE UK's Department of Transport has called on the country's Chamber of Shipping to revise its guidelines on alcohol misuse to include strict new laws on alcohol and drugs that will shortly come into effect. The new laws
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        822 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine 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
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        353 30 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest carrier, said it will take delivery of the first of its Airbus A3BO in 2006 as planned. Two rival airlines delayed deliveries of the 555-seat aircraft this week. "We have no plans to alter the delivery of our first
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        221 30 AP [PERTH] A man who made a string of hoax radio calls to pilots flying into an Australian airport, including telling one his plane was on fire, was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence yesterday. Scott Bradley Pike, 20, had earlier
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        130 30 AFP [AUCKLAND] Royal Tongan Airlines has completely collapsed after a lack of funds forced it to halt its in-ter-islands services following the end of its international operations last month, a report said. The South Pacific airline's local division stopped services and laid off 100 workers
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        597 30 Industry group urges govt not to divert oil to emergency reserve AFP [WASHINGTON] The ailing US airline industry, still trying pull out of the slump following the Sept 11 attacks, faces more turbulence as surging oil prices threaten to prevent a return to
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        519 30 It says there was no competitive selection process Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Air Force failed to use a true competitive process to choose Boeing over Europe's Airbus for a stalled US$2O billion-plus plan to lease and buy refueling aircraft, according to a Penta-gon-commissioned
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