The Business Times, 26 May 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 850 SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2004
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    Lock icon UOL explores ways to unlock share value
    1196 1  -  It cites recent speculation over its underlying worth for surprise move By Serena Ng, Siow Li Sen Compiled by BT [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Land yesterday gave its shareholders including major shareholder United Overseas Bank even more to digest by announcing that it is
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    77 1 STI 1,766.42 (-13.37) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,770.00 (-7.00) SIMSCI 215.33 (-1.84) SIMSCi FUTURES 215.10 (-2.50) Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 796.48 +2.09 NIKKEI 225 10,962.93 -138.71 HANG SENG 11,692.56 +29,59 SET INDEX 601.51 -7 :19 JAKARTA COMP 717.14 15.45 MANILA COMP 1,49:5.90 +11.99 TAIPEI WPI 5,958.38 +16.30 SEOUL COMP 784.06
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    74 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ I'SS (SS per I'SS) 1.717 £(ISS/S$ per X) 1.801 3.09:1 El'RO(l'SS/SS/E). 1.207 2.073 YEN.. 112.7. 65.60 RM 3.800 2.213 HKS 7.795 4.540 BAHT 40.82 23.77 Rl'PIAH 9,255 5.390 RENMINBI 8.299 4.833 INDIAN RI'PEE 45.31 26.39 A$ 1.424 0.829 NZS 1.633 0.951 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.2a
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    Lock icon Want to punt KL stocks through a S'pore broker?
    544 1 Malaysian exchange says it's working on that possibility [HONG KONG] Malaysia's stock exchange is working with the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to let retail investors in Singapore trade Malaysian stocks through Singapore brokers, Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, Bursa Malaysia's chief executive said. This
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    Lock icon UOL move pats Wee one step ahead
    708 1  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By Wong Wei Kong IF the market was coming round to the conclusion that United Overseas Bank (UOB) was preparing to let Temasek Holdings' second offer for its 49 per cent stake in United Overseas Land (UOL) lapse on Friday,
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      Lock icon Junk e-mail culprits could land in court
      390 2  -  Law proposed to balance needs of users, ISPs and marketers By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] If you jam email in-boxes with spam in Singapore, you're likely to be sued. That's the message the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) wants the world to know
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      Lock icon More firms to be freed of mandatory audits soon
      553 2  -  Small accounting firms expect to be hit; SME association chief warns of potential downside By Daniel Buenos [SINGAPORE] Exempt private companies (EPCs) that generate annual revenue of $5 million or less will not be legally required to have their accounts audited
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      Lock icon Better job prospects lift May consumer confidence
      378 2 LATEST US DATA Reuters, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US consumer sentiment edged up in May, but not as much as expected, although a better outlook for jobs and the economy offset worries over high oil prices and unrest in Iraq, a report showed yesterday.
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      Lock icon Dongguan aims to get S'pore firms to manufacture there
      306 2  -  US$186m pumped in by S'pore investors in last 10 years By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Although not as prominent as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou or Suzhou, Dongguan city is emerging as an up-and-coming manufacturing base for Singapore investors, according to the local government
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      Lock icon Oil prices above US$30 are here to stay, says Opec
      585 2 Venezuela plans to propose increase at next Opec meeting Bloomberg, Reuters [LONDON] Opec members have put the world on notice that prices above US$3O a barrel for crude oil may be here to stay. That would mean an increase from
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      146 2 In The Matter Of The Companies Act, Cap. 50 And In The Matter Of TRANSCENDENTAL PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 143 Cecil Street #19-01 GB Building Singapore *****2 on the 21 51
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon UOL seen launching Twin Regency for sale
      473 3  -  Average price may be set at just under $650 psf; staff sales start this week By Kalpana Rashiwala UNITED Overseas Land (UOL), currently at the centre of a tussle between Temasek Holdings and banker Wee Cho Yaw, is going ahead with its residential
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      Lock icon OCBC taps offshore markets
      419 3  -  Short-term euro paper to raise US$2b planned By Taila Krishnakumar OCBC Bank announced yesterday it will tap the offshore markets for funding through the launch of a US$2 billion euro commercial paper programme and the sale of US dollar denominated floating rate notes. Singapore's third largest
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      Lock icon Will Panpac score with its aggressive China strategy?
      766 3  -  NEWS analysis New Chinese shareholders will help firm cat costs and quicken access to market By Joyce Koh WILL Panpac Media get it right this time? Five years ago, the company then called Panpac Media.com jumped onto the dotcom bandwagon with two
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      Lock icon Daka Designs of HK eyes mainboard listing
      290 4  -  By Kenneth Lim A COMPANY that designs electronic devices to repel pests and find fish has filed a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in a bid for a listing on the mainboard. Hong Kong-based Daka Designs, which lodged its preliminary documents
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      Lock icon Miyoshi aborts bonus issue
      363 4  -  Company cites SGX rilling; it proposes 10% interim dividend instead By Serena Ng METAL components maker Miyoshi Precision has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent after aborting a proposed l-for-5 bonus issue because it failed to get a waiver against a listing rule. The
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      Lock icon Raffles LaSalle profit doubles in nine months
      324 4  -  Group to pay out third interim dividend, plans share split By Teh Hooi Ling EDUCATION provider Raffles LaSalle said yesterday it more than doubled its nine-month net profit to $7.5 million, tracking analysts' consensus forecasts. In view of the strong performance, the group
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon PNE Ind returns to black in HI
        64 4 ELECTRICAL and electronic device supplier PNE Industries returned to the black for the six months ended March 31,2004, as increased demand in the contract manufacturing sector drove net profit up to $826,000 from a $2.3 million loss the year before. The company expects
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        Lock icon GP Batteries earnings up 39%
        68 4 GP Batteries International said fourth-quarter profit for the period ended March 31,2004, rose just 0.8 per cent year-on-year to $7.8 million, bringing full-year profit to $45.2 million a 38.8 per cent improvement on the previous year. GP Batteries is recommending a final dividend of 10.3
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        Lock icon MFS Tech interim profit up 58%
        104 4 MFS Technology, a supplier of flexible printed circuits and printed circuit boards, said net profit for the six months ended March 31,2004, rose 58 per cent year on year to $18.4 million. MFS is recommending an interim cash dividend of 0.45 cents per share
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        Lock icon Chartered reports deal on chip design
        62 4 Bloomberg CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing said Synopsys and other chip-design software companies have agreed to make their products compatible with chip-making systems it is developing with IBM. The agreement will allow customers to reduce risks and save costs when designing chips by eliminating the need
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      Lock icon Offshore shipping lifts Java profits 86% in Q3
      281 4 SHIPPING company Jaya Holdings said the improved offshore shipping business and the sale of two new vessels boosted net profit 86 per cent to $10.6 million for the quarter ended March 31. And that raised net earnings 86 per cent year on
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      Lock icon KepCorp forms China water treatment venture
      390 7  -  Tie-up with state-owned firm hopes to clinch 12 projects in 2 years By Vinoe Chong KEPPEL Corporation has taken its first step towards tackling the billion-dollar water and waste-water treatment industry in China, by forming a joint venture with state-owned China Cheng Tong Resources
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      Lock icon SMT profit up 26% at HK$120m
      204 7 SURFACE Mount Technology yesterday reported a 25.9 per cent increase in FY2004 net profit to HK$l2O.l million ($26.4 million) from HK595.4 million in FY2003. The improvement came on the back of a 22.1 per cent jump in turnover to HK$2.O5 billion from HK$l.6B billion
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    4156 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Indocam Asa Vision! JL 1.013/1.065 DBS Asset Mgt ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Shenton Twin Gjf 1 -25&H .31 Star Europe Eqty' 0.73/ lapan Growth!" 0.875/0.915 Star Europe Bond 1 -228/ Mendaki Cap Pro Fd .^0.981/ Star Europe Bal 1 035/ Shenton Thrift!** 1.975/2.06 Star Asian Tiger
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      401 4 fz, Goh Kheng Yew JK Luminosity An exhibition of Goh Kheng Yew's illuminating new works. Now open till 31 May 2004 Admission free Monday Friday 11.00 am 7.00 pm Saturday Sunday 11.00 am 6.00 pm Venue SC Private Banking Gallery Alliance Francaise De Singapour 1 Sarkies Rd Singapore 2581 30
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      563 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN CapitaMaH Tmsk May 25cMng:$L55 CMT has proposed to buy Plaza Singapura for $710 million from Capita Land. The price works out to $1,444 psf. Plaza Singapura is a 486,113 sq ft retail complex situated next the Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. It has a forecast
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      Lock icon Market going lower before sustainable rally emerges
      443 6  -  CHART POINT By Lim Say Boon, K Ajith OCBC Investment Research. THE treacherous thing about the market now is that the "sucker rallies" can and often do look convincing. But after you decide to join in, the bottom falls out from under your
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      Lock icon Has the bull lost its steam for this year?
      634 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy AS stock markets everywhere react to the threat of rising oil prices to economic growth, the question many traders are asking is whether the much-vaunted bull market is over for the rest of this year. On
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      Lock icon Rupiah hits 19-month low as oil jumps
      447 6 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Indonesian rupiah hit its lowest level yesterday since the days following the bombings in Bali in October 2002 as higher oil prices renewed pressure on Asian currencies. Traders said the rupiah hit 9,350 per dollar, taking its losses on the
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Startech deputy chairman cuts holding
        77 6 THE executive deputy chairman of Stratech Systems, Kennedy Chew, sold a total of 200,000 shares on May 21 and 24 at 14 cents and 15 cents apiece. The open-market disposals were part of a "personal assets relocation effort", the company said. The sales reduced Mr
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        Lock icon JK Yaming chairman in stake sale
        126 6 THE executive chairman of JK Yarning International Holdings, Ang Chiong Chai, sold 10 million shares of the mainboard-listed lighting products maker in a married deal on May 24. The 4.93 per cent stake was sold at 46 cents per share as part of a
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        Lock icon Progen shareholder in married deal
        73 6 A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder of Progen Holdings, Yong Kang International, sold one million shares in a married deal on May 20 at 13 cents a share. This reduced its direct holding in the airconditioning and ventilation systems supplier to 8.3 per cent from 8.66 per cent.
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        Lock icon NeoCorp director raises stake
        57 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG AN executive director of NeoCorp International, Eric Tiong, bought 100,000 shares of the construction and engineering services group at 2.5 cents per share on May 21. The open-market purchase raised his direct holding in NeoCorp to 300,000 shares. NeoCorp shares were untraded
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      411 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 25 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS -244.00 -197.00 BTCAPI -*****.00 -82.00 BTlOntoyMA -*****.00 -25.00 AB-SG Eqirities 474.99 -3.72 SG Equities Elect 157.12 -2.88 SG Equitits Fht 1445.65 -4.06 SG Equities Prop 397.27 -2.39 SIMSCI 215.33 -1.84 SiMSa Futures 215.10 -2.50 SlBcto Vohno Interra 5c 62,660,000 Bio-Treat HK40c 28,862,000
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    1094 7 Transaction date: May 25 All-series Maturities > a yr; Short 1-3 yrs. Long: > 3 yrs IHTERBAlfK CROSS RATES A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind «s Ruptoh Yen Won BM WZ$ Pafc»» Peso S$ Sir MT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.961 5.828 0.582 5.474 31.817 64.993 0.791 8.270 2.669
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      1243 7 W s GP Batteries International Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Announcement of Unaudited Results Dividends For The Year Ended 31 March 2004 The Board of Directors of GP Batteries International Limited is pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group for the year ended 31 March 2004
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      Lock icon A case of too much of a good thing?
      1242 8  -  Hedge funds have been drawing lots of fresh investments in the last year, and Genevieve Cua wonders if investors should be concerned Genevieve Cua PRIVATE clients and the emerging wealthy in Asia are snapping up hedge funds at a brisk clip,
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      Lock icon Fund of hedge funds investors
      248 8 WHO can invest in funds of hedge funds (FOHFs)? Those who market hedge funds can register their funds in two ways. There is the "restricted recognised" scheme where a FOHF, almost always domiciled offshore, can only be sold to those defined as "sophisticated" investors. The
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      Lock icon Asian investors flock to Man Investments
      733 8  -  By Genevieve Cua MAN Investments raised over US$l billion in fresh assets from private clients in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong last year, with roughly half of the assets in capital guaranteed structures. This is a rise of 42 per cent from the US$7OO
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      1048 8 I National Bank of Kuwait I uubdrut 1 (Incorporated in Kuwait with limited liability) 3 Head Office: Abdullah Al-Ahmad Street Sharq, P.O. Box 95, Kuwait Safat ***** INI CS K. il 77 Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement of Income I As at 31 December 2003 for the year ended 31
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore biotech firm in tie-up with Mitsui
      286 9  -  Research venture will focus on gynaecological cancers in Asians By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE-BASED biotechnology firm Agenica Research has signed a $4.4 million genomics research partnership with Mitsui Co Ltd to develop cuttingedge molecular diagnostic products for Asian gynaecological cancers. The collaboration, to last
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      Lock icon Job ads jump 50% in April led by services
      209 9  -  EYE on the economy jobs By Daniel Buenas THE volume of newspaper job advertisements registered the strongest growth in more than two years in April, jumping 50 per cent year on year. According to data compiled by Singapore Press Holdings, ad
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      Lock icon Inspiring stories about entrepreneurs
      194 9 NON-PROFIT organisation Spirit of Enterprise (SOE) has launched 148 stories about entrepreneurs on its website (www.soe.org.sg), with the aim of promoting a more active entrepreneurial culture in Singapore. The project was carried out with the help of more than 130 students from local universities, polytechnics, and
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Turkey's bid for EU: touchy question
      714 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION shada islam THE European Union's transformation on May 1 from an exclusive 15-mem-ber club of prosperous Western European countries to a bigger, more diverse union of 25 nations, including eight former communist states, marked the beginning of a new era
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      76 10 'A failed Iraqi state would be a strategic nightmare for the US and the West.' the International Institutefor Strategic Studies (IISS), a British think tank, in its annual global survey. 'Both Sonia (Gandhi) and Manmohan Singh have to be protected from certain people around them who are
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      Lock icon Challenges for the Singh govt
      596 10 EDITORIAL INDIA'S new Congress-led coalition government will find itself faced with a number of challenges in guiding the country's destiny, some of them quite different from what its predecessor was up against The new coalition is an unwieldy group, comprised of the centrist Congress Party,
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      Lock icon Dr Singh, close-up
      2165 10  -  Manmohan Singh is widely credited with 'healing' the Indian economy with reforms he initiated in 1991. Today, he leads the country as the PM By Vikram Khanna WHEN I interviewed India's newly appointed prime minister, Manmohan Singh, at his sparsely furnished bungalow on a chilly winter's morning
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon HK auction fetches HK$3b for two plots of land
      457 11 HONGKONG Developers still bullish on long-term outlook for city's property market Reuters, Bloomberg HONG Kong's first government land auction in nearly two years secured better-than-expected bids for two suburban plots yesterday, raising almost HK$3 billion (*****.6 million) in the process indicating
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      Lock icon Vincent Tan likely to launch second M'sian pay-TV
      371 11 KUALA LUMPUR He will use aerials which are cheaper than rival Astro's satellite telecast Reuters GAMING tycoon Vincent Tan plans to launch Malaysia's second pay-TV operator in October, a source familiar with the plans said yesterday, in a move to tap growing
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      Lock icon Armani to help Thai fashion hub ambitions
      179 11 BANGKOK AFP ITALIAN fashion designer Giorgio Armani has agreed to help Thailand's bid to transform itself into an international fashion hub, an official said yesterday. Panlert Baiyok, manager of the government's "Bangkok Fashion City" initiative, said Mr Armani has agreed to provide consulting
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        Lock icon Khairy quits as M'sian PM's aide
        129 12 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's son-in-law has resigned as a member of the Malaysian leader's staff, a move widely seen as a bid to quell widespread gossip that he wielded too much power. The resignation of Khairy Jamaluddin curtails his rapid
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        Lock icon Proton Q4 profit down 31%
        91 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Proton Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's leading car maker, reported yesterday a 30.5 per cent drop in fourth-quarter earnings on the back of falling sales. Net profit fell to RM191.55 million (5586.6 million) in the three months ended March 31, from RM275.69 million in
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        Lock icon India coalition row resolved
        90 12 Reuters [NEW DELHI] A row in India's Congress party-led coalition was resolved yesterday after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh gave in and allowed a key ally to take portfolios of its choice in his council of ministers. Seven ministers from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party refused
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        Lock icon Pertamina hit by cashflow problem
        99 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina is suffering a "critical" cashflow problem and has asked legislators to help it avert a crisis, the company said yesterday. Pertamina finance director Alfred Rohimone said Pertamina is on the brink of running a deficit as
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        Lock icon China bank vows action against fraud
        83 12 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] A Chinese major bank vowed yesterday to take "severe action" against employees implicated in a scandal over falsified documents that threatened to delay plans to sell its first shares to foreign investors. China Minsheng Banking Corp told Chinese regulators last week that
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      Lock icon China to launch Nasdaq-like board tomorrow: report
      473 12 SHANGHAI New exchange expected to have 10 stocks listed in early Jane Reuters CHINA is set to create a board on the Shenzhen stock exchange tomorrow grouping small and midsized firms, a move that analysts said was a step towards a Nasdaq-style board
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      Lock icon Indian animators get into outsourcing act
      400 12 BOMBAY Bat analysts warn of sector becoming low-cost sweatshops Reuters CUTE cartoon characters and slick special effects may not seem obvious candidates for outsourcing, but Indian studios are popping up alongside software firms and call centres that do work for firms in the West.
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      Lock icon Oil prices to cut Thai growth, hit Indon deficit
      274 12 JAKARTA Bloomberg, AFP SURGING oil prices have resulted in Thailand trimming its growth forecast to 7.1 per cent from an earlier projected 7.9 per cent, while Indonesia said it will have to spend three times more than it had planned on
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    1627 12 SICOM FUTURES May 25 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S ceotsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Lew Sett (tonnes) Interest Juo 04 ***** Jul 04 235.00 Aug 04 235.50 Sep 04 234.75 Oct/Dec 04 233.75 Jan/Mar 05 235.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US inflation may top forecast, says business group
      562 13 BALTIMORE But impact of higher oil prices no threat to the brisk economy LAT-WP THERE is a growing consensus among economists that the cost of inflation for businesses is accelerating beyond expectations because of rising prices for energy, lumber, steel and other
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      Lock icon Grasso sued for US$100m excess pay
      679 13 NEW YORK LAT-WP Reuters NEW York attorney-general Eliot Spitzer sued former New York Stock Exchange chief Richard Grasso on Monday, alleging that the man once celebrated as the public face of Wall Street used deception and intimidation to take home at least US$lOO million
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      Lock icon Chip plant use rate hits 3-year high in Q1
      326 13 TOKYO Reuters, Bloomberg RECOVERY in the global semiconductor industry has become broad-based with the world's chip factories lifting their utilisation rate to a three-year high in the first quarter, a global semiconductor industry association said yesterday. The utilisation rate came to
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      Lock icon Private investment firm near deal to buy Refco
      318 15 NEW YORK Stake purchase may cost TH Lee Partners US$2-US$2.5b Reuters PRIVATE investment firm Thomas H. Lee Partners is near a deal to purchase a majority stake in Refco Group, the world's largest independent retail futures brokerage, for US$2 billion to US$2.5
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      Lock icon Ernst faces US criminal probe on shelters
      295 15 NEWYORK NYT DISCLOSURE of the criminal inquiry into Ernst Young by the US Justice Department comes after several statements by Mark Everson, the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, praising the firm for shutting down its tax shelter unit and for cooperating with
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      Lock icon Leading British broker plans sale or share offer
      533 16 LONDON Cazenove's move comes amid reports of Wall St firms eyeing takeover NYT CAZENOVE, a leading financial institution and the broker to Queen Elizabeth 11, said on Monday that it was considering overtures from potential buyers but would prefer to sell shares
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      Lock icon US retail real estate still brings in the dollars
      398 16 LAS VEGAS They hit record prices reflecting soaring store sales Reuters IN the gambling capital of America, retail real estate this year was the big winner, as a flush of cash pouring into the industry resulted in a record attendance at
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      470 17  -  Regent Motors reckons car won't lose popularity. Samuel Ee reports Samuel Ee A THIRD Asean country after Thailand and Malaysia will soon be supplying cars to Singapore. The new Ford Laser scheduled to arrive in Regent Motors' showrooms this weekend will originate from
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      429 17  -  By Samuel Ee FROM next week, the most popular two-litre car in Singapore, the Toyota Camry, will come from Thailand instead of Japan. The facelift of the best-selling mid-sized saloon will also set a precedent for being the first Japanese car to switch origins in the middle
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      261 17 Gone In 50 minutos in IB: $130,000 car (SPH The Straits Times: May 3. 2004) Facts: An average of 2 vehicles are stolen every hour in Malaysia. The number of Singapore cars stolen in Malaysia is increasing every year. It will only take a few minutes for a thief to
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      308 19 Bloomberg VELA International Marine Ltd, a unit of Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil company, hired three tankers with capacity of two million barrels each to ship oil to the US as fuel demand rises, brokers including Interocean said. The latest bookings take the number of vessels Vela
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      767 19  -  13TH ASIAN SHIPOWNERS' FORUM Mitropoulos hints at role for straits users in any int'l action By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Asian shipowners have called upon their respective governments to work with the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to find an effective solution for the ongoing
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      67 19 [SINGAPORE] Commandos searching a cargo ship in the Singapore Harbour during a security exercise held jointly by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, PSA Singapore Terminals and Neptune Orient Lines. The aim of the exercise was to test the operational preparedness of the security plans that have
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      232 19 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Armed pirates believed to be Indonesians have kidnapped four Thai fishermen in the busy Malacca Straits off Malaysia's Penang state, police officials said yesterday Guan Beng Kang, deputy police chief in Balik Pulau district, said the pirates have demanded a 40,000
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      306 19  -  By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday made a strong call for a unified and global support for the work of the International Maritime Organisation and urged individual countries and regional blocs not to make Unilateral decisions where international solutions
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      483 19  -  Platform to discuss Asian perspectives on maritime issues By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The newly formed Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) is introducing an Asian Maritime Lecture series at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo, Sweden, in an attempt to broaden insights on
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      998 20  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes LAST week, something very unusual occurred. The International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) took a formal vote. That happens but very rarely at the IMO which prides itself on its consensual decision making. In general,
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      13109 25 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name N»mper Number SIN Oesfn Name Name N u -oe- Number 23/06 19/07 Alianca ALIANCA SINGAPORE 403W 65-*****161 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voire 03/06 17/07 COSCO EMPRESS SEA 0155W
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        1700 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr AL ABPAll C288E C288E 1 29/05/2004-08:00 29/05/2004-20:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8897N 8897N 1 28A)5/2004 23:00 2905/2004-07:00 AN DA 4125 4125 1 27/05/2004-10:00 27/05/2004-18:00 ANTWERPEN E 30E22 29W19 1 27/05/2004-15:00 2805/2004-11:00 T02
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        834 27 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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        614 27 Carbon 180 Max 989.6 0.6 14.2 0.06 46 0.04 May 20 Density Water Residue AshAiuminlum Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 986.3 0.2 13.6 0.04 27 0.02 Cuwi 380 Max 993.2 0.7 17.8 0.07 68 0.04 K6/W3 v/v m/m w/m
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        67 28 [BISCARROSSE, France] Two planes taking part in an international air show in the south-western French town of Biscarrosse touch each other inflight on Sunday, killing one of the pilots. The pilot of the second plane was injured in the accident. The two planes belong to the Nangis Alpha
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        427 28 AFP [PARIS] The fatal roof collapse at a state-of-the-art new terminal at Paris's main airport is a grievous blow to the plans of Air France to transform RoissyCharles De Gaulle into the primary European air transportation hub. Four
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        479 28 Fierce battle for travellers expected as it is Australia's third budget carrier Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's newest domestic airline took to the skies yesterday as market leader Qantas Airways Ltd launched its own nofills carrier to challenge Richard Branson's discount rival Virgin Blue. As Jet
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        967 28 AP [SEATTLE] The first new American commercial jetliner to be built in more than a decade won't be the biggest or fastest passenger plane in the sky. Nor will Boeing's 7E7 Dreamliner stun onlookers with a radically different appearance. Rival Airbus
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        264 28 AFP [BAGHDAD] Iraq plans to spend US$3OO million on planes and hopes European giant Airbus will come up with a new offer within two weeks, more than a decade after a proposed deal was frozen, the interim transport minister said on Monday. "We have a
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