The Business Times, 20 December 2004

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  • 10 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE onflfw At MCA9)Q2JMHAOM Monday Dacambar *****04
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  • 533 1  -  By KENNETH LIM {SINGAPORE] Veteran investment banker Saridy Eu was killed in a car crash en Saturday on Malaysia's North-South Expressway. With him was a 34-year-old woman friend, last reported to be in hospital and seriomfy injured. Abo known as Alexander Jr.
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  • 34 1 TOP IfOWJ PQ2 COMPARES ..WJ5 MARKETS MM S*POWE NEW5P<I 7 DfNIN<S OUT Nf EVOVIQVRI rll 0 ATSIA/MDON..M12 OtlNAANOIA~.PG13 ASIA-PACIFIC.. P014 WOULD Pa 14 AVIATION M19 SWPWNG......... *616 STOCKS JQ 1i,19 ®®T PQ 2(*2f
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  • 912 1  -  BT exclusive A share flotation could come anytime in the next 12 months By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] After a threeyear hiatus, some market insiders think that the world's second busiest container port could finally be ready for a listing on the Singapore Exchange.
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  • 131 1 MARKETS Week Chg* STI 2057.98—*41.65 USE COMP 103.00 +*77 NMCEI225 *****32 ....+321.52 HANG SENG *****.44 ......+90.63 SET INDEX ...669.46 +20.68 JAKARTA COMP .....973.35 —.+28.12 MANILA COMP ....*****3 +S2.86 TAIPEI TAIEX *****2 —.+97.69 SEOUL COMP -375.13 -....+30.28 SHENZHEN 8 ***** -5J2 AUST All ORD ....*****0 +83.90 DOW JONES *****52
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 540 2  -  Casino decision must take into account needs of entire country By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] In line with the expected growth in global and regional markets, Singapore's economic outlook for next jpearis"not bad said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The government will
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    • THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      • 75 2 THE Chinese government body that oversees state-owned companies has thrown its support behind a debt restructuring plan for crippled China Aviation Oil, said the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS). CAO non-executive director Gu Yanfei has assured SIAS that CAO's parent and the
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      • 71 2 WITH PSA's listing back in the speculative spotlight, valuation of the port operator takes centre stage. And market watchers say that it hinges on PSA's overseas growth. If PSA shows it can be aggressive in acquiring ports around the world and its overseas
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      • 46 2 LISTED Singapore companies' intangible assets are grossly undervalued, said brand consultant Brand Finance. Though estimated to be worth a staggerings9l.3 billion, the valuation is still below those of other countries such as die US, Australia, Spain and Canada. SINGAPORE NEWS, PG 7
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      • 50 2 BANKRUPT goldsmith Poh Kong Chye (PKC) owes less than $5 million to creditors, sources said, which is not unusual for jewellers. Market insiders said expenses simply outstripped revenue as Singapore's oldest goldsmith saw its market share eroded by aggressive competition. SINGAPORE NEWS, PG 7
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      • 59 2 upset that could make the biggest opposition party an ally of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in parliament. Jusuf Kalla defeated incumbent and favourite Akbar Tandjung by 325 votes to 156 in a ballot on the resort island of Bali yesterday morning, a
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      • 56 2 COME Jan 1% users of the North South Expressway in Malaysia will have to pay 13.6 sen per kilometre from 12.4 sen now. And despite protests even from ruling coalition MPs, the government won't change its mind, says our Kuala Lumpur
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      • 83 2 HONG KONG'S Housing Authority has postponed the sale of its record US$2.7 billion real estate investment trust following a legal challenge, officials familiar with the sale said. The government and the sale's underwriters last night decided to withdraw the stock's listing slated
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      • 88 2 SINGAPORE should capitalise on its status as an aviation hub and the surge in regional aviation activity to build itself up as an international aviation finance centre, according to Robert Martin, the chief executive of Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE).
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      • 49 2 f JAPAN'S largest semiconductor maker, Renesas Technology, is aiming for gross revenues of US$35O million from its Singapore regional operations for the tUHßffftecal year jteflWwdl year since the compailJHFl -formation in April2oo3. The 4sws4wili consumer electronicand mobile handsets. f ■:> BIZIT, PG2B
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    • 676 2  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT All is not lost despite setbacks last week By ANDREW MARKS toNtwYofk FOR most of last week. Wall k Street appeared to be conI ttnuiog its glide of recent p weeks, maintaining its mo- mention on the way
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 317 3  -  Sias urging CAO's creditors to do the same By KENNETH LIM THE Chinese government body that oversees stateowned companies has thrown its support behind a debt restructuring plan for crippled China Aviation Oil, said the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias). In a
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    • 253 3 IN yet another group asset reshuffling exercise by the ever active Temasek Holdings, two of the Singapore investment company's subsidiaries have transferred their stakes in three industrial park companies to Temasek subsidiary SembCorp Industries for $975,010. Through subsidiaries Seletar Investments and Hong Lim
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    • 592 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By SIOW LI SEN THE latest hike in short-term interest rates by the US central bank last week barely caused a ripple in financial markets. Many in the market have already gone on vacation, of course. In any
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 814 4  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent "J" HE dizzy downward spirai there was still no rebound in sight another 0.3 per cent That's after AftAvnra rinifthbw of ~4 4 n»r cent the week before. The Straite Times Index Still the portfofio is 4 per cent below
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    • 1022 4  -  INSIDE MARKETS Sentiment has remained positive this month with net purchases in 49 firms worth $23m, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI F mj seffing. on the other hand, reJj^ !£rhe sentiment is clearly positive fm month with net buys of 49 compaMs. 105 transactions, and $23
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 533 5  -  It could be as high as 16x earnings if port operator buys aggressively By JOYCE KOH WITH PSA's listing back in the speculative spotlight, valuation of the port operator takes centre stage. And market watchers say that it hinges on PSA's overseas growth.
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    • 593 5  -  OCBC finds mass market clients are low risk and loyal By SIOW LI SEN WHEN OCBC Bank decided on its heartlands strategy almost five years ago, it certainly did not expect to get a "helping hand" from rival DBS Bank which held the captive market through
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 682 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent 'TIS the season to be jolly but 'tis also the season when all sorts of funny things happen in the stock market. Indices, for example, might benefit from a bit of window-dressing if underperforming funds want to pad
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    • 219 6 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies mostly rose against the US dollar last week, with continued concern over the state of the American economy weighing on the US unit Japanese yen: The yen firmed against the dollar as the greenback remained under selling pressure on
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    • 86 6 Investor events to watch out for Action Asia's dividend payment, Dec 20 Kyodo-Allied's dividend payment, Dec 20 Koda's Bonus Issue, Ex-date, Dec 21 IPC Corp, EGM, Dec 22 Asiatravel's dividend payment, Dec 23 Beyonics's dividend payment, Dec 23 Serial System, EGM, Dec 24 Freight Links, EGM, Dec 27
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    • 448 6 Payment (i looks Pay Payment Ei took* Pay tttti «m JIM too. ttttJ <ut* cjo» date Anion Asia 10c w 050 (S-Ok 07-Dk 20-Dk NamleelOt f HO 07-ftfl 14-feb 22 FA APS Breweries F 14N 11 an 03 Feb 16-F*b Noel Gifts Init 10c c 0 50 04
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    • 1379 6 Ninhrr FORPf ACT Median The stock recommendation is the average of all the recom- price mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There recommendation of EPS PE Target is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not COMPANY ThbWeofc/UrtWeek Estimates ffl (times) 31 every stock is followed
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 372 7  -  Valuation of intangible assets here lags other countries By ANGELA TAN WHAT'S in a name? Lots, if you ask Brand Finance. The brand consultant said listed Singapore companies' intangible assets are grossly under-valued. Though estimated to be worth a staggering $91.3 billion, the valuation is still
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    • 324 7  -  Rising expenses, competition ate into its revenue By VINCE CHONG BANKRUPT goldsmith Poh Kong Chye (PKQ owes less than $5 miflkm to creditors, sources said, which is not unusual for jewellers. Market insiders said expenses simply outstripped revenue as Singapore's oldest goldsmith saw its
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 1563 8 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC In light of recent problems surrounding foreign listed companies in particular, is there a need to review current listing regulations and requirements? Corporate fraud occurs in foreign as well as local companies. And no amount of rules and listing requirements will get rid of
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  • DINING OUT
    • 1628 9 Thinking of eating at the new eateries in Clarke Quay? Our reviewers let you know what they think Coriander Leaf Coriander Leaf, 3A River Valley Road, #02-03 Clarke Quay. Tel: 6732-3354 Rating: 7.5/10 THE Coriander Leaf offers one of the best and most consistently interesting
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 474 10 But 3.5% pace next year is still expected to ease jobless rate NYT. Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration predicted on Friday that economic growth would slow next year but still be strong enough to reduce unemployment slightly. The forecast, which will be used to estimate
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    • 495 10 AFP. Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan will slash its economic growth forecast in the current fiscal year to March 2005 to 8.1 per cent from its earlier estimate of 3.5 per cent, reflecting a slowdown in the world's second biggest economy, a report said on Saturday.
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    • 162 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China is targeting an urban jobless rate of 4.6 per centta 2005. slightly higher than tills year's expected jobless rate, the Economic Daily newspaper said on Saturday, citing the country's labour minister. China aimed to find work for five million laid-off
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    • 372 10 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Bad loans at US national banks fell to the lowest level in six years this year as the economy grew and lenders improved their ability to judge risk, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said. The number
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    • 432 10 Reuters [SHANGHAI! It took the Qtishfiopu department store just hours hurt month to run oft of gold bars stamped with a Year pf the Rooster motif, so Being's top gold retailer asked customers to register by phone for a second round. Naarfo
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
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      773 11 Sources: "The Citibank Guide to Building Personal Wealth", MoneySENSE financial education programme CREDIT cards are getting to be commonplace in Singapore these days. And traditionally whether it's because of Christmas shopping or because of the numerous sales and offers available at this time of the year it
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    • 794 11  -  CAMPUS LIFE Four engineering PhD students with no business background had to start from scratch when drafting a business plan. But their effort bagged them a silver award in an NTU competition. NANDE KHIN reports NANDE KHIN WHO says science students or science graduates can't be entrepreneurs?
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 516 12 Petronas leads 21 others in first-ever ranking; they occupy 1 in 5 spots [KUALA LUMPUR] Twentytwo Malaysian companies are in the top 100 businesses in the first-ever ranking of top companies in the Muslim world, reported The Star newspaper. The ranking was compiled
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    • 406 12 AFP IWi [JAKARTA] Indonesia's vice-president won leadership of the Golkar party in a major upset that could make the biggest opposition party an ally of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the touitry's hostile parliament* Jusuf Kalla de&apd incumbent and
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    • 101 12 Bernama [SHAH ALAM] A fire broke out at the painting section of the Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (Proton) factory in the Hicom Industrial Estate yesterday morning gutting several cars. Shah Alam fire station senior assistant superintendent Borhan Madun said 59 firefighters in 10
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    • 669 12  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT PAULINE NG ICL Correspondent GIVEN the strength of the Singapore dollar against the ringgit, Singaporeans who drive up to Malaysia come Jan 1 aren't likely to feel the pinch of the 10 per cent hike in toll charges on the
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    • 1094 12 The stock recommendation is th« average of ail the recom'mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There RECOftMMMTlON of EPS PI Tnat is a total of M brokers sutomftting recommendations but not Mil ftftwptw ft) Www] (SI avery stock is foliowad by ail tha 29 brokers. Their
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 545 13 Housing Authority will consider sale again after legal cases are resolved Bloomberg, Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Housing Authority postponed the sale of its US$2.7 billion real estate investment trust after a series of legal challenges, officials familiar with the sale said. The government
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    • 472 13 Tax savings, increased demand stimulate growth Reuters [BOMBAY] Encouraged by tax incentives, Indian consumer goods makers are shrugging off a year of sluggish growth and embarking on a record spending spree to increase production in anticipation of a pick-up in demand. Despite competition from
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    • 163 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Luxury jeweller Cartier unveiled a new flagship store in China last Saturday, which may overtake Japan as the company's largest within two decades, driven by booming demand from a newly monied elite. Cartier, the flagship luxury watch and jewellery arm of Richemont,
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 407 14 The last of old-line partnerships may raise US$850m NYT [NEW YORK] Lazard, the financial advisory boutique that dates*its origins to 1848. filed for an initial public offering on Friday, becoming the last of the old-line Wall Street partnerships to sell its shares to
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    • 483 14 Baikalfinansgroup's US$9.3b offer beats Gazpromneft AP. Reuters [MOSCOW] An obscure Russian group bought Yukos' core production unit at auction for US$9.3 billion yesterday, gaining control of one of Russia's most prized oil assets. Virtually nothing is known about the winner Baikalftnansgroup except the fact
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    • 244 14 Reuters (NEW YORK] Martha Stewart, the jailed founder of media company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. sold about US$B million worth of shares last miaaU "tJUI. Stewart sold nearly 300,000 of Class A common stock on Tuesday, leaving her with 5,100 shares of the
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    • 384 14 Bloomberg {NEW YORK] Mark Schwartz. Soros Fund Management CBO. is stepping down from the firm founded by George Soros as part of a restructuring put in place three months ago. Mr Schwartz. 50. will leave on Jan 3 to concentration philanthropic interests
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    • 337 14 Bloomberg (NEW YORK] US President George W Bush was named Time's "Person of the Year" in 2004 for his victory over Democratic challenger John Kerry and for "reshaping the rules of politics", the weekly newsmagazine said. Mr Bush and his father,
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    • 194 14 IN THE MATTHt OP THE COMMNKS ACT, CAP. 90 f-y" AND IN THE MATTE* OF GEISUNGER METALWAItE PTL LTD. (IN MEMBERS' VOtUNTAJtY LIQUIDATION) ********** NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308(1) of the Companies Act. Cap. 50, (hot a Final MieSng of the Members of the abovemmed Company wilt
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 190 14 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD wdy {7) 1 1 111 I 1 Cleaner aims to develop per- l 1 11 I I I I I I 1 1 1 sonal quality (8) 2 Almost 50 accepting one line, but getting cosmetic surgery 15 Rude books supporting part of YESTBtDAVS SOLUTION '4-4) Oxford (8)
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  • AVIATION
    • 522 16  -  BT exclusive Move would capitalise on aviation hub status, travel surge By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINp&PORE] Singapore on its status Ml aviation hub and the in regional aviation to build itself up aACinternational aviation Knee centre, according K<sobert Martin, the chienScutive
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    • 594 16 AFP [KUMA LUMPUR] Malaysian discount carrier Air sia yMigrday said it will buy 40 Airbus aircraft and £$ilch (lights to China by 2005 to maintain its jfiion as Asia's leading W §get airline. "We will exercise the option to buy another 40 A 320
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    • 307 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Airbus SAS, the world's biggest com-mercial-aircraft maker, won an order from India's UB Group for 10 singleaisle planes worth US$l.B billion that will be used by ÜB's new low-cost carrier. Kingfisher Airlines. Airbus signed a firm contract with Kingfisher Airlines for
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    • 818 16  -  Both insist their latest models truly reflect market needs By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] THE squabble between Boeing and Airbus h'as edged up a notch with one accused of flip-flopping on strategy and the other of being out of touch with the market. On
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  • SHIPPING
    • 525 17  -  Move to apply anti-cartel laws could disrupt global shipping By DAVID HUGHES in London RESPONDING to the European Commission's (EC) white paper on competition in shipping, published in October, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned of worldwide implications that could follow
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    • 298 17  -  By AL LABITA in Manila CHINA and the Philippines agreed to share port technology and management systems to ease shipment of goods between the ports of the two countries, an official said last week. The agreement, to take effect early next year, initially covers
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    • 55 17 [AUCKLAND. New Zealand] One of the world's largest moving objects, the megaliner 'The Sapphire Princess', entering Waitemata Harbour on Friday. The Japanese-built ship, which can carry 2.700 passengers, is 951 feet long and weighs 113.000 tons, making it two-and-a-half times bigger than the 'Titanic'. The liner is now
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    • 267 17 AFP [LONDON] The London police are holding discussions about possibly mooring a prison ship on the River Thames in a bid to ease pressure on the spiralling inmate population, a police spokesman said on Saturday. "The Metropolitan Police Service needs to increase
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    • 664 17 It would be twice as big as existing ones in US Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Cheniere Energy Inc won a permit from US regulators to build what would be the nation's largest shipping terminal for imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), amid rising
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    • 64 17 [PANAMA CITY. Panama] The replica of Magellan's 'Nao Victoria' passing through the Panama Canal Miraflores locks on Saturday. The original vessel was the first ship to ever survive a voyage around the world, and left the Las Delicias docks in Seville, Spain on the original expedition.
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    • 190 17 AP [WELLINGTON] New Zealand yesterday defended neighbouring Australia's plan to monitor shipping for terrorists far beyond its territorial waters a scheme criticised by Indonesia and Malaysia, who say it threatens other countries' sovereignty. New Zealand had initially raised concerns last week, when Australia announced
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    • 774 25  -  <cool stuff> A 3G wireless PC card modem that goes into your notebook computer's slot and lets you surf wirelessly at up to 384kbps, says RAJU CHELLAM RAJU CHELLAM WHETHER you buy a 3G phone or not, take some time to check out its
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      • 56 25 STORAGE specialist Hitachi Data Systems is ready with the Hitachi Thunder 9520 V workgroup modular storage. Targeted at SMEs, the 9520 V can achieve 4.2 GB per second of cached bandwidth, and has fully redundant components that can be replaced without any downtime. Prices start
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      • 58 25 TAIWAN-BASED BenQ has released its x 730 keyboard and mouse set that is designed by the BMW Group's DesignWorksUSA. The x 730 keyboard also features BenQ's patented X-Structure key technology that reduces typing noise and provides the feel of a notebook keyboard. It will debut commercially
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      • 58 25 lOMEGA Corp has introduced a portable 40GB external hard drive based on 1.8-inch hard drive technology. The 99gm device does not require an external power supply it draws power from the USB cable. It is USB 2.0 compatible and works on PCs and Macs. It
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      • 76 25  -  Compiled by Roland Lim JAPAN'S Panasonic has unveiled the X7OO, its first smartphone which runs on a Symbian Series 60 operating system. It offers an integrated VGA camera, Bluetooth connectivity and expandable memory via a mini-SD memory card slot. The triband clamshell phone comes bundled with Quickoffice,
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    • 352 25 Reuters [NEW YORK] Siebel Systems Inc, the leading maker of software that manages customer accounts, said it would acquire edocs Inc, an e-billing and customer service software maker, for US$ll5 million to expand in the online market. Siebel said the proposed
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      • 62 26 STARHUB has launched the Safe Surf content filtering service for its Max Online broadband access customers. The server-based service blocks undesirable websites on the Internet from Star Hub's end, and is targeted at parents who want to manage their children's Web access. The Safe Surf service
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      • 64 26 THE Singapore contingent to this year's Asia-Pacific ICT Awards in Hong Kong saw two winners: Mozat Pte Ltd, which won in the communications applications category; and Jade Lite Technologies Pte Ltd, which won in the education and training category. Three other local companies Savi
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      • 68 26 CITRIX Online, a division of Nasdaq-listed Citrix Systems, has launched its suite of remote desktop solutions in Singapore and Malaysia. Citrix GoToAssist enables helpdesks to take control of users' computers for online technical support; Citrix GoToMyPC allows users to remotely access their PCs from any
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      • 45 26 US-BASED storage management and disaster recovery solutions provider, Acronis Inc, has opened Acronis Asia, its South-east Asia regional headquarters, headed by general manager Laurent Dedenis. Acronis Asia said it will maintain a team of sales and support engineers here.
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      • 65 26 SIEMENS Singapore has appointed Hans-Dieter Bott as its new chief executive from Jan 1,2005. Mr Bott has worked at Siemens for the last 36 years and is currently the chief financial officer of transportation systems at Siemens AG. He replaces Thomas Frischmuth, who moves on
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