The Business Times, 16 July 2004

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    15 1 850 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Intetrbi. nt>D"/Dusiness-times.asial .com.sg FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2004
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    Lock icon IPO downturn spurs action from industry players
    784 1  -  Listing aspirants step up marketing as investors become more selective By Joyce Koh [SINGAPORE] The downturn in the IPO market is forcing many in the industry to buck up in their efforts to reach out to investors and stand out from the deluge
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    81 1 STI 1,867.56 (-3.34) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,867.00 (+2.00) nSIMSCI mm in h f n n SIMSCI FUTURES 226.50 (-0.20) TTuirsday Change KLSE (X)MP 838.60 -6.42 NIKKEI 225 11,409.14 *52.49 HANG SENG *****.41 +658 SET INDEX 646.76 -6.03 JAKARTA COMP _745,34 1.02 MANILA (X)MP 1,549.98 15J6 TAIPEI WPI 5,542.8(1 -80X5
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    Lock icon US$5b deal to create biggest casino operator in world
    929 1 Harrah's to buy Caesars, shrinking the field to two major players NYT Reuters Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] US gaming giant Harrah's Entertainment yesterday agreed to buy Caesars Entertainment for more than US$5 billion in a deal that would give Harrah a piece
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    Lock icon JTC revives hotel, condo plans for One-North
    776 1  -  It will invite proposals for 350-room hotel, 450-unit condo By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] JTC Corp is finally rolling out its hotel and condominium plans for the 200-hectare One-North development at Buona Vista another sign that economic sentiment is on the mend. It will
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    74 1 FOREX RATES US* SS US$ (S$ per IJS$) 1.708 S(i:S$/S$ per 1.850 3.159 ElIRO(IJS$/S$/E). 1.234 2.107 YEN 109.6 64.20 KM 3.800 2.225 HK$ 7.800 4.567 BAHT 40.83 23.90 R1JPIAH 8,970 5.252 RENMINBI 8.277 4.846 INDIAN RI'PEE 46.16 27.02 AS 1.387 0.812 NZS 1.540 0.902 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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      187 1 Get a handle on S'pore tech stocks Industry and market analysts give their take on the outlook for the D/j ++1p n IT industry. In the DBS Investment Roundtable. conversation Don't suffer In silence Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is distressing and is common among older women. But
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      Lock icon Things could get rough for Japan soon: Mr Yen
      599 2  -  Inflation and rising interest rates could hit US, China and South-east Asia too From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE world is re-entering a period of inflationary pressures and rising interest rates which could have disastrous consequences for Japan in particular, but
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      Lock icon S'pore among top choices for MNC postings
      430 2  -  It ties with China, drawing staff from 1 in 5 companies By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Singapore is among the top assignment destinations in the world and is even on par with China when it comes to global human transfer. A worldwide survey of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SIA June passenger load highest in 5 months
      394 3  -  Changi Airport traffic also up, at 7-month high of 2.6 m passengers By Ven Sreenivasan IN a sure sign that people are flying again, Singapore Airlines (SIA) enjoyed its highest passenger loads in five months in June. And the number of travellers
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      Lock icon Chartered ties up with 4 China parties
      338 3  -  By Tang Weng Fai IN an effort to expand its reach to Chinese customers, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing is tying up with four Chinese start-ups to transfer its design technology so future Chinese customers will choose Chartered as their preferred manufacturing fab. In a
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      Lock icon APB sees higher profits this year; eyes India
      261 4 Reuters ASIA-PACIFIC Breweries (APB), maker of Singapore's top-selling Tiger brand of beer, said yesterday its FYO4 net profit would exceed last year's $94 million, buoyed by strength in Indochina. In an interview with Reuters, APB chief executive Koh Poh Tiong also said
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      Lock icon Aussie decision on SingPower deal soon
      433 4  -  Clearance for TXU purchase may hinge on Sing Power giving up SPI Powernet By Tang Weng Fai SINGPOWER'S planned purchase of power generator TXU Australia for Ass.l billion (556.2 billion) looks set to affect its subsidiary SPI Powernet if Australian regulators force it to
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      Lock icon SingTel joins BlackBerry fray
      422 4  -  But incumbent Star Hub confident its first-mover advantage will hold By Angela Tan IT is proving to be one blackberry that is too juicy to ignore. Yesterday, Singapore Telecommunications said it would offer corporate customers Blackßerry a popular service that has been exclusively offered by rival
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      Lock icon Role of independent directors in spotlight
      713 4  -  HOCK lock siew kenneth lim THE recent Informatics accounting saga has catapulted the role of independent directors into the spotlight. Perhaps it's time for shareholders of every company to take a closer look and ask whether their independent directors really serve as watchdogs and
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      Lock icon Hosen plans IPO to raise its profile
      328 7  -  By Angela Tan CONSUMER goods brand development company Hosen Group has obtained the Singapore Exchange's nod for a Sesdaq listing to raise funds to expand its business. Chairman and chief executive officer Lim Hai Cheok said yesterday the planned listing will help the
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      Lock icon A-Reit posts 42% surge in Q1 income to $15m
      433 7  -  It expects to pay more than the estimated 8.86 cents per unit for year ending March 2005 By Andrea Tan ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has reported a 42 per cent increase in distributable income to $15.3 million for its
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      Lock icon SMRT poised to expand to Indonesia and China
      408 7 It'll allow dilation of stake in Today if partners were to put in more money Bloomberg SMRT Corp, the bigger of Singapore's two subway operators, expects to win a contract as management consultant to the US$63O million Jakarta monorail project and will
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      Lock icon APP launches US$6.6b debt plan
      359 7 Reuters ASIA Pulp and Paper (APP), the biggest corporate defaulter in emerging market history, is seeking creditors' approval of a US$6.6 billion debt workout plan after months of delay. "APP launched the exchange offer to bondholders mainly in the US in accordance with the direction
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        Lock icon GEH free-float factor in STI to change
        64 7 GREAT Eastern Holdings' (GEH) free-float factor will be adjusted in the Straits Times Index (STI), says Singapore Press Holdings, which publishes the index. Following the acceptance of OCBC's offer for the GEH, the latter's free-float factor used for calculation of the STI will
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        Lock icon SembLog appoints new directors
        41 7 SEMBCORP Logistics says Richard Hale and Noel Hon joined its board on July 15,2004. Mr Hale was formerly the Singapore chief executive officer and director of HSBC, while Mr Hon is chairman of NEC Solutions Asia Pacific.
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        Lock icon Daka Designs IPO oversubscribed
        50 7 CONSUMER products design, development and marketing company Daka Designs says the public and placement portions of its initial public offer have attracted strong interest. Based on the offer size of 77 million new shares, the IPO is approximately 4.7 times subscribed. Trading will start this Friday.
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        Lock icon MAE says it remains a going concern
        73 7 MAE Engineering said that, despite going concern issues raised by its auditors, it has enough resources to continue as it is in the process of negotiating up to about $150 million worth of projects in Malaysia, and is divesting non-core businesses. The company
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        Lock icon Nera Elec's Q2 profit rises 11%
        65 7 NERA Electronics said net profit improved 11 per cent to $1.2 million in the second quarter ended June. Net earnings in the first half, however, is down 9 per cent at $2 million. Nera said it saw a doubling in turnover in the telecommunications
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      691 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN Chartered Semiconductor Mfg My 15 doting: $1.27 DOWNGRADING to SELL (3H) from BUY and cutting one-year target price to US$5 from US$l5 per ADS (American Depository Share) (local target price cut to 87 cents from $2.60). Key downside risks are: a die bank inventory
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      Lock icon AsiaPharm riding high on its strong R&D capability
      281 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan IT is not often that a China-based Singapore listing gets strong favourable ratings from analysts and fund managers. But AsiaPharm seems to have done just that. The company, which was listed on the Singapore Exchange two
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      Lock icon Coming full circle on earnings concerns
      532 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy A FEW years ago, at the height of the Internet bubble, stock market players marvelled at the way all world equity markets appeared to be driven by one company's earnings. If Intel Corp beat analysts' forecasts, stock prices in
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      Lock icon US dollar buoyed by profit taking
      598 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Greenback shrugs off poor retail sales number; US$ index tries to recover above 88 again larry wee US-DOLLAR bears appeared to run out of steam yesterday, despite a poor retail sales number that sent Wall Street lower in Wednesday trading. The
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        Lock icon Digiland director raises stake to 19.03%
        97 6 DIGILAND International's newly-appointed director Tan Kim Yong wasted little time in raising his stake in the IT products distributor, buying 2.9 million shares in the open market on Tuesday, the day he was appointed to a non-executive board seat. Mr Tan, who earlier this
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        Lock icon Sam Goi ups Super Coffeemix holdings
        111 6 Gni, who owns the private Tee Yih Jia frozen food specialist company, raised his substantial shareholding in Super Coffeemix Manufacturing to 14.98 per cent from 14.97 per cent on Wednesday with the purchase of 50,000 shares in the open market. Price details were not
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        Lock icon Boustead director's warrants sold
        96 6 BOUSTEAD Singapore executive director James Lim is now deemed to have 60,000 fewer warrants in the engineering solutions provider after Tham Yew Chin sold those warrants on the open market at 39 cents apiece. Mr Lim still has direct control of about 1.1 million warrants, or
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        Lock icon Chartered Asset pares Sincere stake
        73 6 BOUTIQUE fund house Chartered Asset Management's deemed interest in Sincere Watch dropped to 9.74 per cent from 9.78 per cent on Monday after open-market sales of 22,000 shares. Chartered has been selling its shares in the luxury watch retailer this month, and had 10.14 per
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        Lock icon Schroder sells 705,000 M1 shares
        66 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM FUND manager Schroder Investment Management Group, acting on behalf of clients, sold 705,000 shares of Mobile One on Tuesday at undisclosed prices. Schroder still has a 5.64 per cent stake in the mobile phone services provider, from 5.71 per cent before
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      419 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 15 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS -120.00 -22.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -21.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00_ AH-SG Equities 494.58 -0.66 SG Equities Elect 157.58 -0.29 SG Equities Fin 1557.41 -3.59 SG EquitiM Prop 427.88 -2.64 SIMSCI 226.98 -0.45 SiMSCi Futures 226.50 -0.20 >***• Vein* Cosco Corp 20c 37.699.000 China
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon Time to look at S'pore residential properties?
      1526 8  -  Signs are looking up for a global shift in sentiment favouring Asia, says LIM SAY BOON LIM SAY BOON Beware the extremes in sentiment in global residential property they signal the possibility of significant shifts. On one extreme, property prices in the "western"
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      292 8 LISTEN, MEET AND CONVERSE WITH THE WORLD'S MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS ATTHE GLOBAL BRAND FORUM 2004,16-17 AUGUST k J h| j J ife Ex-Mayor of New York City Oscar winning Film Director CEO, Singapore Airlines Chairman, Centre for Pubiic Leadership "Leadership in Difficult Times- "Cinema, Leadership Society" "Ghbal Brand Leadership: An
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      Lock icon Key exports shrank last month, say economists
      495 9  -  But momentum will sustain year-on-year growth until at least Sept, they say By Chuang Peck Ming NON-OIL domestic exports probably shrank last month after hitting a new high in May, according to economists polled ahead of official trade figures to be released today.
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      Lock icon GIobalTRONICS gets new focus
      318 9  -  DESIGNtech Asia will cater to growing design automation market By Gea Swee Jean A GROWING market for electronics has warranted a greater focus on electronic design automation in this year's GIobaITRONICS, Asia's largest and longest established electronics manufacturing exhibition. In its seventh year, the exhibition is
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      Lock icon AMD posts record Q2 sales, bounces back into the black
      485 9  -  NEWS analysis Meanwhile, TSMC factories are operating at fall capacity By Raju Chellam HARD on the heels of semicon supremo Intel Corp's robust revenues for the second quarter, the world's second-largest processor maker, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD), yesterday said
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      Lock icon Overall retail sales index up 7.2% in May
      206 9  -  EYE on the economy retail By Chia T-Chien THE overall retail sales index rose 7.2 per cent year-on-year in May, according to data compiled by the Department of Statistics. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales increased 13.4 per cent. Most retail activities recorded
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      Lock icon Seminar highlights opportunities in India
      218 9  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury SINGAPORE businessmen can take advantage of the "win-win economic opportunities" in India, especially after the bilateral free trade agreement is signed, if they have a flexible attitude and are culturally savvy about the country. This was the consensus emerging from a
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      228 9 There is no holding it back. One glance is enough to tell anyone that this is no ordinary Jaguar. The new Aluminium XJ breaks the mould with a reinforced aluminium body that is 40% lighter than steel, yet 60% stronger, providing increased manoeuvrability and stability. Difficult corners are effortlessly cut
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      Lock icon Iraq: every side in US has it wrong
      701 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION leon hadar THE report condemning the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for its Iraq pre-war assessments that was released by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week has ignited a storm of bipartisan debate. The debate rages over the way
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      88 10 'I don't know where they get all these conspiracy theories. It's inside-the-Beltway coffee talk, is all it is' Matthew Dowd the Bush election campaign 's chief strategist, on rumours about Vice-President Dick Cheney's future on the Republican ticket. 'Migrant workers in the purportedly modern society that the
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      Lock icon Mud-slinging Down Under
      656 10 EDITORIAL FOR reasons best known only to themselves, Australia's politicians seem to have decided that the war on Iraq should be the major campaign theme in the run-up to the general election. To hear it told, one could be forgiven for assuming that Australian troops in Iraq
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      Lock icon Linux shows the way forward for business
      1020 10  -  A new book says open-source software breaks the links between developing and owning a product. This could have startling consequences By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg EVER since the popping of the dotcom bubble, the world has been short of technology visions. We've heard little
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      Lock icon EU arms for China a bad idea
      636 10  -  COMMENTARY Lifting the embargo would send a wrong political signal By Reginald Dale IHT A NEW strategic confrontation between Europe and the United States is threatening to inflict further serious damage on trans-Atlan-tic relations. This time it is European unilateral action that risks
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        Lock icon DRB Hicom buys 6% of EON Capital
        89 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian auto group DRB Hicom Bhd bought 6 per cent of lender EON Capital Bhd yesterday in an off-market deal valued at nearly RMI37 million (5561.5 million), traders said. The acquisition raises DRB's stake in EON Capital to 20 per
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        Lock icon Bambang keeps his lead in poll
        82 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a former Indonesian security minister, kept his lead in the presidential election with about four-fifths of the votes counted. He will probably face incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri in a second round. Mr Bambang, 54, had 33.6 per cent of the
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        Lock icon Hopewell plans Guangdong highway
        83 11 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Hong Kong tycoon Gordon Wu's Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Ltd plans to build a RM84.9 billion yuan (Ssl billion) expressway in Guangdong, the second phase of a project that will link major cities in the Pearl River Delta. The 46-km highway will connect the cities
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        Lock icon Petronas CEO to be acting chairman
        103 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Petronas chief executive Hassan Marican (right) will be acting chairman of the oil and gas group to succeed Azizan Zainul Abidin, who died on Wednesday, the prime minister saidyesterday. "I am thinking of taking Tan Sri Hassan Marican as also
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        Lock icon HK offers US$1.25b 10-year bond
        64 11 Reuters [HONG KONG/LONDON] Hong Kong yesterday offered for sale a US$l.25 billion 10-year bond, its first US dollar issue, at a spread of 74 basis points over comparable risk-free US Treasuries, the lead managers said. The Al/A-plus rated deal is part of a HK$2O billion
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        Lock icon Brunei to reconvene parliament
        73 11 AFP [BANDAR SERIBEGAWAN] The South-east Asian monarchy of Brunei will reconvene parliament for the first time since 1962 as part of political reforms to "engage the citizens", Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced yesterday. The sultan, who has been both chief of state and head of government since
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      Lock icon M'sian manufacturing forecast to grow 10%
      437 11 KUALA LUMPUR Rebound in global electronics markets behind higher revised estimate Reuters MALAYSIA'S manufacturing industry, its main economic engine, could grow by 10 per cent this year, up from 8.2 per cent in 2003, because of robust demand for electronics exports, an industry body
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      Lock icon China allows bank cardholders to take foreign currency
      214 11 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA will let bank cardholders withdraw foreign currency from bank counters in the country for the first time, in its latest relaxation of capital controls. Holders of foreign cur-rency-denominated cards issued by overseas and domestic institutions will be able to
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      Lock icon Indon parliament clears Megawati's forest decree
      261 11 JAKARTA 13 firms allowed to resume exploration projects Bloomberg INDONESIA'S parliament endorsed an emergency decree by President Megawati Soekarnoputri to allow mining companies such as BHP Billiton, PT Freeport Indonesia and PT Aneka Tambang to resume some exploration projects in Indonesian forests. Ms Megawati
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    4642 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Commenbank Asset Mat Com Global Finance Index Fa 0.958/ Inil > Com Global lifestyle Index Fd 1.008/ Am AmroAsset Mgt (S pore) Com Global H«»lth Index Fd 0.87/ Star Europe Eqty! 0.732/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.478/ Star Europe Bond 1.262/ Com Global Infotec Index Fd!"
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      123 11 Hats off to the winner of our Saab Win-A-Convertible Lucky Draw! Congratulations Mr Peter Yang (IC *****632G), the winner of our recent Saab Win-A-Convertible Lucky Draw. hhH The result of the draw will not be published m The Strifes Times. move your mind TRANS EUtOMRS PTE LTD Eurokars Centre. 12
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      Lock icon Norway is the best place to live, says UN report
      550 12 UNITED NATIONS S'pore, Hong Kong and Japan figure in the top 25 of Human Development Index Reuters NORWAY, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands ranked as the best five countries to live in and, from Asia, Singapore, Hong Kong and
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      Lock icon Hong Kong's jobless rate faces structural barrier
      571 12 HONG KONG Many manufacturing jobs have moved to China and workers lack skills for new businesses Reuters HONG KONG'S falling jobless rate is heading towards a barrier of structural unemployment, because the skills of many workers suit businesses that are leaving the city
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      Lock icon Shanghai puts off work on Universal Studios park
      201 12 SHANGHAI AP AUTHORITIES in Shanghai have suspended work on a Universal Studios theme park as China slows down major building projects in an effort to cool down surging economic growth, a city official said yesterday. The city postponed work after a team
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      3361 12 I Notices NOTICE OF INTENDED DIVIDEND Name of Company CORE CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) Address of Registered Office 190 Middle Road #16-01 Singapore *****9 Last Day of Receiving Proofs 6 August 2004 Name of Liquidators CHEE YOH CHUANG LIM LEE MENG Address of Liquidators c/o Chio Lim
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      1123 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50,1994 Ed) AND IN THE MATTER OF MAERSK LOGISTICS ASIA PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 4 Kalkbraenderihavnsgade, Copenhagen O. Denmark on
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    1636 13 SICOM FUTURES Jul 15 RUBBER Futures (Dosing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) CJOM Vota»e Open Month High low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 04 221.75 Sep 04 217.00 Oct 04 215.25 Nov 04 214.00 Dec 04 214.00 Jan/Mar 05 215.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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      1115 13 I A INFORMATICS I HOLDINGS LTD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty First Annual General Meeting of INFORMATICS HOLDINGS LTD will be held at Ballroom 2, Level 2, Sheraton Towers, 39 Scotts Road, Singapore *****0 on Friday, 30 July 2004 at 10.00 a.m. to transact the following business:QRPINARY BUSINESS
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4952 14 Transaction date: Jul 15 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges Clearing..16.65 unch 3614 HKS '000 HKR Int'l 2.38 unch 410 Hong Kong Electric 32.70 0 30 1099 Aeon Credit 4.85 unch 0 Hongkong Chinese 0.92 -0.01 458 Aeon Stores 5.75 0.30 138 Hopewell Holdings 15.00 0.10 405 Alpha General
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      369 21 Reuters [LONDON] A supertanker owned by a South Korean oil company has refused to load at Iraq's Basra oil terminal because of security concerns, the second Asianowned tanker that has re--1 fused to load there this week, shipping brokers said.
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      470 21 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's top shipbuilder wants to enlist foreign capital in a US$l.2 billion dream to build the world's largest integrated shipyard on a tiny island off Shanghai. But first it has to convince investors on how it plans to vie with
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      707 21  -  It's not related to last year's retrenchment, says union chief By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's plans to hire more than 60 new crane operators is not related to its large-scale retrenchment exercise last year, but is based solely on attrition,
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      821 22  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE English Court of Appeal last week overruled a judge who had decided that a clause in a voyage charterparty that referred to the "breakdown" of equipment or machinery should only operate if the breakdown was unexpected. The appeal
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        794 29 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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        647 30 Higher fuel price, increasing foreign debt are eroding carrier's earnings Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co, South Korea's largest carrier, may post a second-quar-ter loss as higher fuel price raised costs and a weaker currency increased the size of its
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        493 30 It wants best-fare-of-the-day policy to allow it to compete with Qantas, JetStar Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd, Australia's second-largest airline, said it's bidding to sell tickets for as much as a third of the government's annual As3so million (*****
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          113 30 Xinhua [ABUJA] Nigeria is in deep negotiations with Virgin Atlantic Airlines (VAA) of Britain and Lufthansa of Germany for a technical partnership for the new national carrier, Nigerian Eagle Airline (NEA), the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Wednesday. The report quoted Nigerian Minister
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          98 30 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] All Nippon Airways and Shanghai Airlines have agreed to start selling tickets on each other's flights, including their domestic services in Japan and China, starting in September. ANA and Shanghai Airlines plan to start operating a total of 28 weekly flights on
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          102 30 AP [SAO PAULO] Brazil's largest airline, TAM, expects to sell up to US$2OO million in shares in a planned stock offering in Brazil and New York early next year, TAM President Marco Antonio Bologna said on Wednesday. "We hope to raise a
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        310 30 US$72m deferment could help its moves to exit bankruptcy protection AFP [CHICAGO] United Airlines said on Wednesday that it is deferring U5572.4 million in pension contributions as it works to put together a financing package to ease its passage out of bankruptcy. "We feel it's
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        247 30 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc, the largest US freight carrier for airlines, won a bankruptcy judge's approval of its reorganisation plan and intends to emerge from bankruptcy before the end of the month. Atlas Air's reorganisation plan already received the
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        52 30 [TOKYO] Japanese auto giant Honda Motor's president Takeo Fukui displaying the company's turbofanjet engine HFIIB, designedfor light business jet planes, at a press conference in Tokyo yesterday. Honda established a new US subsidiary, Honda Aero, to focus on the aviation engine business in the US, world's largest aviation
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        358 30 Bloomberg [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines Group, owner of Austria's largest carrier, said passenger traffic in June rose 37 per cent as the company increased marketing and added long-haul routes to Singapore, Australia and other countries. The number of passengers on the group's scheduled
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