The Business Times, 27 April 2001

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    23 1 THE BUSINESS TIME MITA (P) 107/03/2001 lnte r net: http:A :jsiness-times.asial .com.sg/ S I N G A PORE FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2001 850
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    78 1 sn 1,870.07 (-0.76) BT-SRI mXI (-2.66) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,***** (-6.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 210.00 (-0.70) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 679.89 +6.89 NIKKEI 225 +145.53 HANG SENG +43.56 SET INDEX 297.14 +018 JAKARTA COMP ***** -1.84 MANILA COMP _1,***** -24.68 TAIPEI WPI +2J1 SEOUL COMP 561.62
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    80 1 POREX RATES us* s$ USS (S$ per USS) 1.823 £(US$/S$ per 1.441 2.626 EUBO(USS/SS/E) 0.897 1.634 DM 2.181 1.197 YEN 1214 67.20 RM 3.800 1086 HKS 7.799 4.279 BAHT 45.74 25.10 Rl'PIAH 121,50 6,667 •SS to 100 units PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon GIC to open up to attract top foreign talent
    848 1  -  But financial disclosure is not in nation's interest, says SM Lee Reports by Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew wants the low-profile Government of Singapore Investment Corporation to open up, so that it can attract the sort of
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    Lock icon K K Fong exits i-One as company posts $31m loss
    849 1  -  Group begins layoffs, dumps disastrous Net kiosk project By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Hounded by creditors and faced with a company awash in red ink, K K Fong yesterday resigned as chief executive of i-One.Net International. And with his exit, the
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    Lock icon SM: Govt may not stop hostile takeovers of banks
    240 1 [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew has indicated that hostile takeovers may occur in the Singapore banking industry, and the government will not step in to prevent them. "(Hostile takeovers), that's bound to happen sooner or later, and we're not going
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    Lock icon KL mulls radical plan to sell profitable govt entities to bumiputras
    442 1  -  Proposal follows study commissioned by Cabinet From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian finance ministry has proposed a radical approach to help boost the economic welfare of the predominant Malay community, whose share of the national wealth has
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      Lock icon US economy could hit zero growth: IMF
      537 2  -  But most likely scenario is 1.5 per cent US growth From' Vikram Khanna in Washington THE US economy could be headed for a hard landing with zero growth this year, according to the IMF in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) released yesterday
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      Lock icon StarHub, SCV in $3b merger talks: sources
      430 2 Merger will allow Star Hub to offer telephone services to homes: analysts Reuters [SINGAPORE] Star Hub, Singapore's No 2 full-service telecoms operator, is in merger talks with Singapore Cable Vision (SCV), which has an islandwide broadband network, industry sources said yesterday. The two
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      Lock icon SPH MediaWorks launching 2 TV channels with media blitz
      540 2  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Two new television channels are coming into your living room. Singapore Press Holdings' broadcasting subsidiary, SPH Media Works, yesterday received Singapore's second television licence from the Singapore Broadcasting Authority. For the next two weeks, the company
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Fantasy cooking
        153 2 THE last question posed to famed feminist Germaine Greer (above) at the Singapore Advertising Lecture 2001 last night was a curious double-barrelled one: "Why are men considered better cooks than women? What do women think about when they masturbate?" Professor Greer looked surprised at the pairing of the
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        Lock icon Cultural exchange
        84 2 IN what is believed to be the first time, DBS Bank has invited a group of 25 Thai journalists to Singapore to view at first hand its operations here. The "cultural exchange" comes at an opportune time as its Thai unit, DBS Thai Danu, has just turned in
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      Lock icon Koizumi makes surprise choices for his Cabinet
      614 2  -  He picks 79-year-old Shiokawa as his finance minister From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday surprised and disappointed financial markets by naming as his new Finance Minister 79-year-old former transport and economics minister Masajuro Shiokawa. Analysts said Mr
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      480 2 Asia not heading for crisis, Pg 13 KPMGSeminarSeries Banking Laws, Regulations Taxation Seminar Thursday Friday, 17 18 May 2001, Orchard Hotel Singapore What Compliance with banking laws and regulations should be a priority for all bank CEOs. With recent changes to various regulations, banks should ensure that their personnel understand
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon UBS warrant on Optus offers entry into SingTel
      628 4  -  Covered call wrt values Sing Tel at $1.59,10.7% below yesterday's close Byl Ling Su Ann SINGAPORE investors who want to conveniently trade Australian-listed Cable Wireless Optus shares will soon be able to do so via a call warrant issued by Swiss bank
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      Lock icon M&C cautious over immediate outlook
      261 4  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala MILLENNIUM Copthorne Hotels (M&C) chairman Kwek Leng Beng yesterday warned the group is "cautious about the immediate outlook" because of the economic slowdown in the US and foot and mouth disease in the UK. "But we expect the second half to improve,"
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to sell stakes in 3 hotels
      302 4 Hotel Plaza will buy stakes in these loss makers for USsB2m CAPITALAND will sell its stakes in three loss-making hotels in China, Myanmar and Vietnam to United Overseas Land's listed subsidiary Hotel Plaza for about US$B2 million (*****.4 million). Capita Land said in
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      Lock icon LTA launches first 15-year bonds
      217 4  -  By Janice Lee THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday launched a $500 million 15-year bond issue the first 15-year bond in the Singapore dollar debt market. The bonds have a coupon rate of 4.17 per cent per annum, payable semi-an-nually. An application will be made
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      Lock icon Creative seen announcing Q3 loss on lower sales
      656 4 Losses will include charges for staff cats, plant closure, investments Bloomberg CREATIVE Technology Ltd, maker of the Nomad Jukebox portable digital music player, may report a fiscal thirdquarter loss as consumers buy fewer of its computer-re-lated products such as the Sound Blaster
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      Lock icon Correction
      51 4 IN yesterday's report, "Delistings up and seen rising further", we said that Hong Leong Finance had been delisted. That is incorrect. Under the group's recently announced merger plan, both Hong Leong Finance and its sister company Singapore Finance Ltd will retain their listing status. We are sorry for the
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      Lock icon Ebitda is apt for SingTel, DBS
      898 4  -  lock siew paul thompson Paul Thompson also lectures at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur SINGTEL and DBS are about to shell out billions of dollars for something called goodwill. And recent changes to how companies should account for goodwill to align
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      Lock icon Informatics profit up 39% at $17.4m
      547 7  -  It aims to expand via organic growth, M&As, franchising and PnrpleTrainxom By' Trina Foo MAINBOARD-listed Informatics Holdings has posted a 39 per cent jump in net profit to $17.4 million for the financial year ended March 31. Turnover rose 18 per cent to $188.5
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      Lock icon Keppel Capital share price soars on buyout talk
      234 7 There's speculation that OCBC may buy out its bank Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Keppel Capital Holdings Ltd rose as much as 11 per cent on speculation its Keppel Tat Lee Bank Ltd unit may be bought out by another Singapore lender, traders said. Keppel
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Federal Int'l unit gets US$8 million deal
        58 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED Federal International's subsidiary, Federal Hardware Engineering Co Pte Ltd, has secured a US$B million (5514.6 million) contract from PT Gunanusa Utama Fabricators to supply materials and services to the TotalFinaelf E&P Indonesie's Peciko development project in Indonesia. This follows a $12 million
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        Lock icon CapitaLand to do quarterly reporting
        50 7 Capita Land said it will start reporting earnings on a quarterly basis at the conclusion of the second quarter of 2001. It said it is implementing this because of multi-jurisdictional regulatory considerations, and the realignment of financial reporting systems among its various strategic business units.
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        Lock icon Lian Beng unit ties up with CEH
        88 7 Lian Beng Group Ltd announced that its subsidiary, Lian Beng Construction (1988) Pte Ltd, has entered into contracts with Chew Eu Hock Construction Co for building works, including civil engineering, electrical and landscaping works in Punggol. The total contract sum is $88 million
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        Lock icon Prima gets Sri Lanka concession
        110 7 Prima Ltd announced that its associated company in Sri Lanka, Prima Ceylon Limited (PCL), entered into an agreement yesterday with the Sri Lankan government to acquire a 55-year concession to operate a flour mill starting on June 20. PCL is a joint venture of four
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        Lock icon KepT&T yet to subscribe for shares
        63 7 Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation clarified yesterday that it has yet to subscribe to a private placement of 24 million convertible preference shares attached with 16 million warrants in SVOA Public Company, following its announcement on Wednesday. It added that the subscription hinges on several
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      610 4 J.P. MORGAN INVESTOR DERIVATIVES LTD. To: All holders of Call Warrants issued by J.P. Morgan Investor Derivatives Ltd. relating to the ordinary shares of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited Dear Sir Madam, EXPIRY OF WARRANTS The rights comprised in the Call Warrants (the "Warrants"), relating to the ordinary shares of Oversea-Chinese
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      338 6 Stocks Volunw Goldtron 5c 31,502,000 Keppel Cap W*****0 25,950,000 North 22 USlc 14,545,000 SingTel 15c 14,338,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 13,003,000 LafeTech US4c 12,720,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 12,453,000 Keppel Capital 11,834,000 KlVentures 10c 10,208,000 Hotung Inv NT5 9,719,000 Stocks DBSGrp 90,043,272 Chart Semiconductor 26c 39,747,516 Keppel Capital 32,321,496 UOB 30,701,027 Keppel
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      Lock icon Speculators turn to recycled KeppelCap takeover rumours
      623 6  -  i-I I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WITH momentum rapidly declining in the second line, punters yesterday searched frantically for fresh themes on which to trade, eventually recycling an old rumour that Keppel Capital is a takeover target. The resulting stampede to buy the
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      Lock icon Optus covered wrts timely
      184 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy IT was bound to happen sooner or later. ÜBS yesterday circulated a term sheet for a covered warrant on Cable Wireless Optus to be listed here. The European bank is to be commended for responding to the obvious demand for such
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      Lock icon Stay tuned for Nera story
      225 6  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan ABOUT two weeks ago this column suggested the stock of Nera Telecom had good upside potential and it has since risen about 10 per cent. But it succumbed to profit-taking yesterday, sliding 1.5 cents to 68.5 cents. A total of
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      Lock icon Asian currencies come underpressure again
      507 6  -  I=i i comment CURRENCIES US dollar shoots through 12,000 rupiah, but fails to hold above S$LB2 larry wee WALL Street staged a strong comeback overnight on better-than-expected home sales, Japan's choice for new Finance Minister hurt the Japanese yen, and signs that embattled Indonesian President
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2700 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)Apr27 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.759 0.798 Global Technology Fdl** 0.670 0.705 UK Blue Chip Fdl** 0.783 0.823 American Opport Fd 0.850 0.893 Cont Euro Eqty Fdl" 1.079 1.134 Japan Eqty Fdl** 1.238 1.301 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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      Lock icon IDA to inject $30m into local broadband industry
      375 8  -  New digital content producer Walker Asia Entertainment setnpins6mtie*np By Chua Hui Min THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) yesterday announced a $30 million boost for the local broadband industry. The money will be spent during the the next two years to
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      Lock icon Output growth slows to 6.5%
      405 8  -  I=W3 on the economy output By\ Serena Ng SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output rose 6.5 per cent year on year in March, but grew at a slower rate than in February, due mainly to a 5 per cent fall in output from the electronics sector, figures from
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      Lock icon New governing council for SIM
      177 8 THE Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) put in place on Wednesday a new governing council headed by Lim Soon Hock, chairman of Plan-B Technologies Pte Ltd. Mr Lim takes over from Ho Kwon Ping, president of Wah-Chang International Corporation Pte, as council chairman. "With my
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      Lock icon Liberalised power sector should use the Internet
      398 8  -  Study says firms which use the Net to provide services will have more opportunities open to them By\ Rachel Ong PLAYERS In the deregulated power industry should consider using the Internet to offer new services, says a report by research firm Technowledge Asia
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      Lock icon Technology will affect value of property, says SISV president
      296 8  -  By Vince Chong TECHNOLOGY will ultimately affect the value of property, Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV) president Amy Khor said yesterday. The value of property particularly commercial and industrial will not only be determined by physical attributes, but also
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      Lock icon Asian contemporary art fair ARTSingapore back
      789 8  -  The art fair will host some 30 galleries from around the region By] Parvathi Nayar, Elaine Phua ARTSINGAPORE, the only art fair that focuses on Asian contemporary art, is back. And the 2001 version will be bigger and better than the inaugural one last
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Don't charge for trading bid info
      310 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Investors can see 5 top tiers of SGX trading bids soon" by Serena Ng (BT, April 23) which quoted an unnamed "Internet trading head of one of the local brokerages", among others. I cannot
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      Lock icon Time for SGX healthcarelinked sector
      135 9  -  Sim Siew Tin Carol Singapore, via Internet IT is time for the Singapore Exchange to introduce a new classification sector for listed companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, which the government is pushing. It would be ironic if there is no such related sector
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      Lock icon Penny (stock) wise, pound foolish?
      245 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Proportion of penny stocks on SGX hits 64%" by Andrea Tan (BT, April 14). There is a South Indian saying, "Donkey dung is available for the taking", and your article appears to be pointing in
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      Lock icon Go for scientifically projected ROI
      169 9  -  Teo Chwee Hock Chief Consultant Beach Head Consultants Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Surge in CRM" (BT, April 23). I don't agree with the comment "If you want that hard ROI justification before you do a single thing, you will fail because
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      154 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind
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      Lock icon Great move in getting firms to behave better
      841 10  -  FTTT^ bottom line OPINION david mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT. STANDARDS of behaviour of Singapore
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      67 10 'Knight Ridder was part of the litany of disasters in the newspaper industry this quarter. an analyst, on Knight Ridder Inc's 75per cent drop in first-quarter earnings. 'It reminds me of how every Monday I plan on going on a diet For four years, this company has
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      Lock icon Will G-7 leave it too late?
      600 10 EDITORIAL THE natural inclination of the Group of Seven leaders meeting this weekend will be to focus on events in the United States, Europe and Japan, but the hope must be that they will also give high priority to the rapidly deteriorating outlook for
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      Lock icon Evoking Sukarno's legacy to save Indonesia
      1336 10  -  The national crisis is making desperate Indonesians driven to despair cry out load for a capable new leader By Pitand Akal The writer is the executive editor of Jakarta weekly magazines Capital and Kapital SHAKEN by fears of balkanisation, a lack of effective national
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      Lock icon Seethe inside — but grin outside
      732 10  - Seethe inside but grin outside COMMENTARY Little bonhomie is expected at this weekend's 6-7 meeting By< Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg APRIL means only one thing to the party planners and caterers in the US capital: the spring
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  • SM LEE interview
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      Lock icon SM Lee: We need top-class players
      841 11 Excerpts from Asian Wall Street Journal's interview with Senior Minister lee Kuan Yew, Apri123,2001 On the need for more talent We learned the hard way that this is a global marketplace, and that we need top-class players. When we started, we were competing in
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Rupiah slides further on political jitters
      642 13  -  Fears mount of show of force by 6ns Dnr supporters against Parliament From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian rupiah came under renewed pressure yesterday as it slipped past the 12,000 level against the US dollar despite assurances mid-week from the the country's
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      Lock icon M'sia Airport gets RM226m payment reprieve from KL
      337 13  -  From'. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA Airport Bhd (MAB) yesterday said it had been given a reprieve on the January repayment of RM226 million (SsloB million), part of the balance of RM1.31 billion it owes the government in concession fees.
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      Lock icon I took leave to clear backlog of files: Daim
      153 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFX-Asia MALAYSIA'S Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said he took two months' leave from official duties to clear the backlog of files on his table to ensure economic activities are sustained. Mr Daim said he sought Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's
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      Lock icon Asia not heading for a recession or crisis: Neiss
      541 13  -  Its economies are now more resilient than during the late-90s Asian crisis By i Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] No more sleepless nights for Asia. The slowing economic growth in the region will not degenerate into a recession or, worse, another Asian
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      Lock icon Telekom to reduce leased line charges for data traffic
      257 13 KUALALUMPUR Reuters TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd said yesterday it would announce lower leased line charges for data transmission next Monday but declined to reveal the extent of cuts. "Wait for Monday. The details and new structure will come out then," chief operating
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      Lock icon Mahathir's son Mokhzani quits corporate scene
      452 13  -  From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE highly charged political climate in Malaysia has taken a toll on Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's second son, Mokhzani Mahathir, who has decided to quit business in order to protect his father from further allegations of favouritism. Mr
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      Lock icon Release of Clob shares a non-event
      185 13 KUALA LUMPUR THE staggered release of Malaysian shares previously traded in Singapore has just three months left to run, and the entire exercise if anything has been a non-event, a Malaysia Business Times report yesterday said. The authorities' recent proposal to reverse two measures
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      Lock icon Stocks slide as 100,000 descend on Manila
      527 15  -  Foreign fnnds lead selldown; peso hit too; Estrada supporters start civil disobedience From, Al Labita in Manila FEARS that the protest rally by supporters of jailed former president Joseph Estrada would spark violence spooked investors yesterday, sending stocks and the peso into a
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      Lock icon Thai minister slammed for appointing Mends
      201 15 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAI Airways International Pel's president and the airline's union criticised Thailand's Deputy Transport Minister Pracha Maleenont for appointing his friends to the carrier's board. Thai Air president Bhisit Kuslasayanon and the company's staff union wrote separate letters to Thailand's Transport Minister Wan
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      Lock icon Krung Thai chief to quit, govt plans revamp
      163 15 BANGKOK Bloomberg KRUNG Thai Bank Pel president Singh Tangtatswas will resign in June and the government will appoint a new chief to help clean up the nation's second-largest lender, a government official said. Viroj Nualkhair, an adviser to Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak,
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      Lock icon Thai central bank halves export forecast for 2001
      523 15 BANGKOK Downgrade is farther sign that global slowdown is undermining crucial sector AFP, Bloomberg IN a further sign that a global slowdown is undermining Thailand's crucial exports sector, the central bank said yesterday it had cut its export forecast for 2001 by
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      Lock icon HK faces shortage of homes in 3 yrs: Tsang
      533 16 Public rental supply will fall by 77% to 12,729 apartments next year, says govt report Bloomberg HONGKONG will face a residential property shortage in three years as the government curtails its construction of rental housing, Financial Secretary Donald Tsang said. Hongkong's
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      Lock icon ASE profits plummet 73% in Q1, sales to slide further
      234 16 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN microchip packager Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) said yesterday profits tumbled sharply in the January-March period and warned sales would extend their slide into the second quarter. Even as the spectre of a continued slump in the semiconductor
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      Lock icon HK's March total exports down 1.2% at HK$121b
      439 16  -  Jobless rate for Jan-March rose to 4.6%, np from 45% in the preceding 3 months From\ Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG yesterday unveiled a fell in the value of total exports and imports of goods in March, continuing a trend of
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      Lock icon China fines 4 firms for price rigging
      302 16 SHANGHAI CSRC says they manipulated stocks of Yorkpoint SAT Co Reuters CHINA'S regulators have slapped fines on four consultancy firms for price rigging in what was once the country's most expensive share amid a widespread probe into market irregularities, state media said yesterday.
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      447 16 ®IM HI*I, >> I <.*£* 1 il I iTSM fyi l^ij [<AAij I I P Wii^lnHnAMr From 25 April 2001, SPH Media Works Ltd will be embarking on its tuning-in exercise campaign. Channel U, the Mandarin channel, will be launching on 6 May while TV Works, the English channel, will
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      439 17 TECH RESULTS Bat it warns Q3 and full-year profits will fall below estimates Reuters, AFX-Asia [SAN DIEGO] Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday posted secondquarter earnings that met expectations, on higher royalty revenues and circuit shipments. The San Diego-based company, whose patented CDMA technology is fast becoming a
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      229 17 PLANO, Texas Bloomberg ELECTRONIC Data Systems Corp, the second-largest US computer-services company, said on Wednesday flrst-quar-ter profit rose 18 per cent as new contracts to manage other companies' networks surged. Profit from operations rose to U*****.1 million (*****.8 million), or 56 US
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      436 17 PARIS Bloomberg ALCATEL SA, Europe's fourth-biggest phone equipment maker, said first-quar-ter profit fell 19 per cent and cut its full-year sales forecast because of falling demand for its mobile phones and network gear. To stem losses at its handset unit, Alcatel said
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      368 17 TOKYO Ontlook reflects confidence for recovery in PC market Reuters TWO of Japan's biggest electronics groups, NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd, said yesterday they expected sturdy profits in the next 12 months, reflecting guarded confidence for a recovery in the sluggish PC market. NEC,
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      548 18 BUDAPEST Move follows a drop in mobile phone sales that drove its business into the red Reuters SIEMENS AG will cut 3,500 jobs and take other restructuring measures at its communications unit after a drop in mobile phone sales helped push
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      218 18 SAN FRANCISCO Cost-aitting move aimed at a voiding more drastic measures Reuters SUN Microsystems Inc will shut down for a week in July to cut costs, asking employees to take holidays or unpaid leave, Sun said in a letter to employees obtained by Reuters
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      326 18 WASHINGTON Reuters DEUTSCHE Telekom AG, the telecommunications giant partially owned by the German government, won unanimous approval from US communications regulators on Wednesday to acquire Voice Stream Wireless Corp. Some US lawmakers have raised concerns about the implications of the German government's
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        99 18 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo Inc yesterday said it is delaying the launch of its third-generation mobile service until Oct 1 from the original schedule of May 30 because it needs to conduct more tests. "NTT DoCoMo believes that further
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        111 18 AFP [STOCKHOLM] Telecoms equipment leaders Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia said yesterday they would work together to define and promote a universal standard for the exchange of messages and other information between mobile devices. "Instant messaging and presence services are proving to be among the most
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        81 18 Bloomberg [SUNNYVALE, California] NEC Corp, Pioneer Corp, Philips Electronics and four other companies will work jointly to develop a system for preventing unauthorised digital copying of films and videos. The companies will operate as the VWM Group to create a system that will
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        80 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] World Com Inc, the No 2 US long-distance phone company, said its first quarter net income fell 38 per cent as weakness in its long-distance telephone business offset higher data, Internet and international revenues. It said net income dropped to US$745 million
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      514 20 Move paves the way for radical steps to tackle its debt crisis Reuters [LONDON] BRITISH Telecommunications pic chairman lain Vallance stepped down yesterday under pressure from shareholders, paving the way for radical measures to tackle the company's debt crisis. British Telecom said Christopher Bland,
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      424 20 WASHINGTON AP, Reuters AMERICANS' wages and benefits in the first quarter took their biggest leap in a year, suggesting the slowing economy is not hurting workers who still have jobs. However, new claims for state unemployment insurance last
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      575 20 FRANKFURT Most economists had expected this; euro rises to a high of 90.11 US cents after the rate decision AP, Bloomberg THE European Central Bank (ECB) left its key interest rate unchanged at 4.75 per cent yesterday, bucking a global trend of
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      415 20 CORPORATE RESULTS Reuters [NEW YORK] WORLDCOM Inc, the No 2 US long-distance telephone company, said yesterday its first-quarter net income fell 38 per cent as weakness in its MCI long-distance telephone business offset higher data, Internet and international revenues. World Com, which
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      322 20 NEW YORK It cites increased sales and price hikes on policies Bloomberg AMERICAN International Group Inc (AIG), the secondbiggest financial services company by market value, said earnings rose 15.2 per cent after it raised prices on auto and business policies and increased sales of life
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        81 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Texaco Inc, the No 3 US oil company, yesterday said first quarter operating earnings climbed sharply, hitting the high end of analysts' estimates, alongside strong crude oil and natural gas prices. Texaco, which is being acquired by Chevron Corp, said
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        112 20 Reuters [MIDLAND, Michigan] Dow Chemical Co, the No 2 US chemical company, yesterday said it ppsted a loss in the first quarter because of charges relating to its Union Carbide takeover as well as high energy costs in the chemical business. Dow, which completed
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        66 20 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Sara Lee Corp, the maker of Jimmy Dean meats, Endust furniture cleaner and Hanes underwear, said fiscal third quarter net income fell 8 per cent, hurt by lower sales of underwear and hosiery. Net income fell to US$24l million (*****.2 million), or
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        108 20 Bloomberg [ABERDEEN, Scotland] Aberdeen Asset Management, the UK's fourth largest mutual fund manager, said first half profit fell 28 per cent because of falling stock prices and ac-quisition-related costs. Profit declined to £6.4 million (5516.6 million), or 4 pence a share, in the six months
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        82 20 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swiss Reinsurance Co said profit increased 21 per cent last year, buoyed by the sale of stock investments and more business in the US. Net income rose to 2.97 billion Swiss francs (553.14 billion), or 208 francs a share, from 2.45 billion francs,
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        90 20 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Aiwa Co's second half loss more than doubled as Chinese and Korean rivals undercut the Sony Corp subsidiary with cheaper mini-stereo systems and CD players when consumers in Japan and elsewhere were holding down spending. Aiwa's group net loss widened to
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        79 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Canon Inc, the world's biggest traditional camera maker and Japan's top producer of computer printers, yesterday reported a comfortable profit rise of 20 per cent for the first three months of what the firm expects to be another record year. Helped by a
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      322 20 PARIS AFP THE pan-European exchange Euronext's new quotation system has had a rude launch this week in the Paris exchange amid technical problems and trader frustration. The Paris stock exchange, after having announced a five-minute early closure for Monday until Wednesday to begin
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      727 22 WASHINGTON Bnt US president also stream need to build Chinese ties in areas like trade Reuters, NYT, AFP US President George W Bush pledged on Wednesday the US would help Taiwan defend Itself against China but appeared to ease away from earlier remarks
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      591 24 BUENOS AIRES Pedro Pon had been accused of tanking a blind eye to money laundering Reuters ARGENTINA sacked its scan-dal-enveloped central bank chief on Wednesday, and appointed an interim replacement in hopes the move would help stabilise Latin America's third largest economy, mired in
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      226 24 BRUSSELS AP FORMER senior managers of Lernout Hausple Speech Products yesterday rejected a report from auditors KPMG that contends they withheld essential Information during an audit process. In letters to Belgian financial dally Dt Financial Economische Ttjd, founders Jo Lernout and Pol Hausple and fellow
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      391 24 NEW YORK NYT IN an Uth-hour attempt to resurrect his bid for control of the World Trade Center, a developer rushed back to the bargaining table Wednesday evening, vowing to sign a US$B.22 billion (515.8 billion) deal and to put down
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      277 24 NEW YORK Bloomberg SEVEN former brokers for Meyers Pollock Robblns Inc avoided a trial by pleading guilty to charges that they swindled Investors out of US$l76 million (*****.6 million). The guilty pleas before State Supreme Court Justice Bernard Fried came on the eve of opening
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      327 24 LONDON Ernst k Yonng report also shows there are signs of European biotechs linking np Reuters EUROPE'S booming biotechnology sector now boasts a quarter more companies than the United States but the big guns of the Industry remain firmly emplaced
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      263 27  -  SOX Derivatives Trading Report £TT Indeac/MSCX S'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen Rtfco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market inched lower yesterday, with electronics and computer-re-lated stocks leading the declines. The Straits Times Index dipped 0.76 point, or 0.05 per cent, to close at 1,670.07
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      238 27  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Wong Ann Chuen Rtfco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Taiwan stock market closed on a mixed note yesterday, as chip-makers rose while rising Sino-US political tension restricted gains. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index added 0.70 point, or 0.28 per cent, to close at
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      235 27 Reuters London THE euro rose around half a per cent against the US dollar and the yen yesterday after the European Central Bank left interest rates unchanged. It made Its biggest gains against the yen, which also fell to one-week lows against the dollar. The ECB rate decision
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      2761 28 HONGKONG AFP Pf Han&Seag +4156 HONGKONG share prices rose 0.3 per cent yesterday following gains on Wall Street, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 43.56 points to close at 13,293.11 on a turnover of HK$7.6l billion. Eugene Law,
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      2055 28 TOKYO AFP O Nikkei 225 *148J3 TOKYO share prices rose 1.1 per cent yesterday as the market generally welcomed the choice of economic ministers by Japan's newly elected Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, brokers said. Buying in hi-tech and telecom issues was also boosted by
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      1092 28 Reuters £1 Shenzhen B Index -M 7 CHINA B shares fell in light volume yesterday as retail investors took profits after steep rises since local investors were allowed to trade the hard currency shares in February. The markets ignored reports that regulators had fined four consultancy firms for price-rigging
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      373 28 AFP V WP Index +151 TAIWAN shares were almost unchanged yesterday in thin trading as investors waited for first-quarter earnings results of leading semiconductor companies. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index edged up 2.51 points to 5,518.73, on a turnover of NT559.15 billion. Decliners led gainers 304 to
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      381 29 AFP AFX-Asia QOHnpodtebiez +CB9 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.2 per cent higher yesterday on bargain-hunting in oversold stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 6.89 points at 579.89. The Second Board Index gained 0.51 point to 101.74. Some 122.943 million shares worth
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      311 30 AFP fl Composite Index -4.72 KOREAN stocks closed 0.8 per cent lower. The index fell 4.72 points to 561.62. Volume was 303.4 million shares worth 1.5 trillion won. —AFP Anam Stmt 4560 -190 Brain Tech .610 15 Central Bank 170 unch Ch»n Comm ***** -200 Dm Cu Bank 1400
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      290 30 AFP □Composite Index -24.68 PHILIPPINE shares fell 1.7 per cent on a weakening peso and concerns about violence after the jailing of former president Joseph Estrada. The Composite Index lost 24.68 points to 1,437.50. Volume surged to 1.26 billion shares but value fell to 302 million pesos. AFP Apr
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      263 30 AFP QNZSE-40 +2.71 NEW Zealand shares closed 0.1 per cent higher yesterday, mirroring the lacklustre.performance of market leader Telecom Corp, according to dealers. The NZSE4O Capital Index closed up 2.76 points at 2,097 on light turnover of NZ573.6 million.— AFP *#rM row Advantage HDS 0.85 -0.02 69 AlrNZA 1.06
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      558 30 AFP QAU Ordinaries +12.4 AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.4 per cent higher yesterday as investors took their lead from gains on Wall Street. The All Ordinaries index rose 12.4 points to 3,253.9, while the SP/ASX 200 index added 11 points to 3,312.0. The All Resources index fell 16.6 points to
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      739 30 AFP jSETlndei +0.28 THAI stocks made only slight gains yesterday as late profittaking erased earlier gains in sluggish trade, market analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index edged up 0.28 points to end at 297.14 points. The SET 50 Index was down 0.02 points at 20.17.
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      723 30 AFP n Composite Index -LB4 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.5 per cent down in thin trade yesterday following the rupiah's fall through the psychologically important 12,000 to the US dollar mark, dealers said. They said the currency's weakness reflected heightened political tension ahead of an expected second censure of
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      1282 32  -  B Ramalinga Raju, chairman of Satyam Computer, shares with VIKRAM KHAMNA his views on the dazzling promise of IT-enabled services, from which India is poised to benefit VIKRAM KHANNA EVEN now, after the meltdown in technology stocks, those who invested in Satyam Computer Services of India
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        755 34  -  PURSUITS The by-invitation only Executives' Clnb will add 300-500 more to its current membership of aboot 500 By Corinne Kerk AFTER all the fuss and fury over Raffles Town Club, a 21-year-old club of an entirely different pedigree is quietly launching a membership drive next month.
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        1039 35  -  Sylvia taw gingerly boards Vietnam's Reunification Express in Hanoi for the 15-hour journey to Hue and finds it truly memorable SYLVIA TAN THE Orient Express it was not, but what an adventure it turned out to be! For a whole week, I had been looking forward
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        289 35 HANOI: Check out Cha Ca La Vong, fish restaurant at 14, Cha Ca Street. Only one dish is served here turmeric and dill marinated fish which you cook in a pot of hot oil set over a charcoal brazier, like fondue. Fine enough, except for the uncooked vegetables
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        606 36  -  CINEMA 'Sweet November' is so fall of cliches that the best reason to watch it would be to see the pairing up of Reeves and Theron By'. Parvathi Nayar IT'S a movie genre that was surely conceived in some sentimental filmic hell; about self-centred, if
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      769 37 Antitrust. Computer whiz Ryan Phillippe goes to work for charismatic Tim Robbins, who heads a huge software corporation. He soon figures that all is not right in the kingdom of the mouse. Causeway, Yishun. Billy Elliot. British tale of a miner's son who wants to dance, and his father,
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        2091 40  -  EA TING out in Singapore received a spectacular boost this week when a dozen top-rated chefs from all corners of thegbbe descended on some of ourfinest restaurants, wielding impressive recipes, resumes and reputations. -As the featured attraction at the fifth annual World Gourmet Summit, their mission was to
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        231 40  -  CRAVINGS By. Jaime Ee IF there's one thing Singaporeans are good for, it's sniffing out good food, whether at home or across the Causeway. Is it any wonder, then, that we take every opportunity to hit the North-South highway and jostle with our
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        327 40  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon HOW many ways are there to cook abalone? Let Top of the Plaza Chinese Cuisine restaurant show you how innovative they can get with the fresh and dried delicacy for their ninth Japanese Abalone festival this year. They are serving abalones baked and shredded in
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      350 34 jfe SINGAPORE ARTS FESTIVAL 2001 BS ■HHM Singapore Symphony Orchestra Arena Theatre Company (Australia) The Necessary Stage and Verdi's Requiem Eat Your Young The Theatre Practice (World Premiere) The orchestra performs Verdi's most complex and This futuristic psychological thriller is told through One Hundred Years in Waiting beautiful composition with
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      290 34 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Spelling name of fairytale Hi 5 Little piece of land may come 8 True, departure of fine leader Hi IHHHH «H~ made no difference (6) 10 9 Piton among a set of items for M II I I mountaineer (8) 11 Specious appearance arch- j J j
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      280 41 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 1,462, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 13 points to 1,522, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed six points to 9,503 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up 19 points to 1,808. TIME-CHARTER: Lowlands Kamsar (built 2001)
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      513 41  -  Two in vestments will increase Singapore's share of offshore market significantly By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Two Singapore shipyards Keppel Fels and Jurong Shipyard opened joint-venture shipyards outside the Brazilian metropolis of Rio De Janeiro earlier this week. Keppel's joint venture with
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      221 41 Bloomberg [LONDON] Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Co, the UK's biggest shipping company, said earnings this year will be little changed from 20u0 because of lower profit from property and investment in its ports unit. The company agrees with an analyst consensus forecast that 2001
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      758 41  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar A MORTGAGEE bank's three-year wait to resolve the meaning of the word "arose" in a South African law that dealt with the ranking of admiralty claims, paid dividends last month when the
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      300 41 Reuters [NEW YORK] General Dynamics Corp is planning to buy shipbuilding rival Newport News Shipbuilding Inc for US$2.l billion (553.78 billion) in a move that would create a single maker of US Navy aircraft carriers and submarines, the Wall Street Journal reported
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        175 53 Apr 29 Japan: Greenery Day. Mayl Singapore: Labour Day. Thailand: Labour Day Malaysia: Labour Day Philippines: Labour Day South Korea: Labour Day China: Labour Day Hongkong: Labour Day Vietnam: Labour Day Argentina: Labour Day Belgium: Labour Day Finland: Labour Day France: Labour Day Germany: Labour Day Ireland: Bank
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        781 53 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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        480 53 Carton 180 Max 991.0 05 13 J 0.10 194 0.06 Apr 19 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sidtoiiit No above E25 0 0 0 0 1 0 380 Aw 984.5 0J 12.7 0.06 23 0.02 [m 380 Max 990.7 11 15.3 0.11 67 0.03 M/IT3 %v/v
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        578 54  -  Airports will face great strain on facilities, ground systems: report By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Air traffic within the Asia-Pacific region will double by 2014 and many airports will struggle to cope, according to a new report released by the Air Transport Action
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        432 54 Reuters [PARIS] Ailing French airlines AOM/Air Liberte got a two-month financial lifeline from Swiss aviation conglomerate SAirgroup and its French majority stakeholder on Wednesday pending the search for a buyer. Chief executive Marc Rochet told staff that contacts were under way to find
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        504 54 Govt considering measures to speed np runway construction Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Eight US airports are boosting air traffic congestion nationwide, and only two will be able to reduce delays in the next 10 years, a Federal Aviation Administration study found. Most of the airports
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        500 54 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Boeing Co may get the first orders for its proposed near-supersonic, long-range plane as early as next year and may make deliveries by 2006, company executives said. Boeing expects to spend less to develop the "sonic
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        81 54 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has ordered two new Laarfet 45 super-light aircraft for pilot training. The order will boost SlA's fleet of the business jets to six—each to be used to train more than 150 pilots in the next 12 months to keep up
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      9 52 KEEP ABREAST OF MARITIME LEGAL MATTERS IN EVERY FRIDAY
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