The Business Times, 6 November 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 2001 66$
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    66 1 FOKEZ SATES OBI St GSSfSSpcrUSS) L818 £fUSS/SS per L467 U49 EUBO(US&SS/E). OJ98 MM DM U7t LIS? YEN 111.7 17.00 SX UN UN HKS 7J90 4290 BAHT 4U8 Si*7 KDPIAH 1UN W* PUKE KATES SINGAPORE* SJ» KIALA LUMPUR 7 JO JAKARTA »W BANGKOK IH MANILA I1.M HONGKONG I TAIPEI 7M
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    Lock icon DBS boosts Tier 1 capital with $2.1b placement
    1072 1  -  2 investors allowed to raise stakes above 5% limit; bank posts 20% fall in 9-month profit By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] DBS Group Holdings (DBSH) surprised the market yesterday by placing out 221.8 million new ordinary shares which, besides raising $2.1 billion,
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    Lock icon Asean, E Asia in major move to cut dependence on US
    892 1  -  Plan to tap region's internal dynamism' and create an Asean-China FTA in 10 years From Yang Razali Kassim in Bandar Sertßegavxm ASEAN leaders, backed by their East Asian counterparts from China, Japan and South Korea, yesterday took a significant
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    Lock icon Silicon Valley office vacancies hit 10-year high
    617 1  -  i (exclusive Desperate owners dangle cash, cars to entice agents From J Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE technology slump In Silicon Valley has led to the highest office vacancy rates ever seen in a decade, and these are expected to reach "unprecedented"
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    Lock icon Swaying train shakes up Thai plan for Cabinet meeting
    306 1 Test ride proves carriage wobbles too wildly AP [BANGKOK] A Thai government plan to hold a Cabinet meeting on a moving train was on shaky ground after a test run yesterday revealed that the special ministerial carriage swayed too wildly for
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      132 1 XMjSIDJB Top stories 7^TEI!2B I COE system gets mixed review In IMF study. P§ 2 UN report links S*pore firm to arms smuggling in Liberia. Rg 2 SMRTCorp, Sing Power bosses swap jobs. Pg 3 Fed expected to cut rates by 25 basis points. Pg 17 Hook Look Slew: Where
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      Lock icon UN report links S'pore firm to arms smuggling in Liberia
      648 2  -  -H exclusive S'pore govt probes violation of UN arms embargo By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Singapore government is seeking more information from the United Nations to help investigations into charges that a Singapore-registered company is involved in arms smuggling in
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      Lock icon COE system gets mixed review in IMF study
      682 2  -  I-ii exclusive Byy Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE'S vehicle quota system, which has sometimes led to high prices for certificates of entitlement (COEs) to buy cars, has had mixed results, according to a study by an IMF economist. While it has succeeded in controlling
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Reg FD celebrates first birthday
        153 2 A YEAR ago, the US Securities Exchange Commission introduced the controversial Regulation Fair Disclosure or Reg FD, which requires companies to reveal all relevant information to everyone at the same time. This means that selective analysts' briefings are no longer allowed. Some hailed it as
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        Lock icon Payoff for rational exuberance
        114 2 FIVE years ago next month, US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan made his now famous comment that "irrational exuberance" in the stock market posed a serious hazard to the health of the US economy. At that time (Dec 5,1996) the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at
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      68 2 CBp gerald genta SINGAPORE THE HOUR GLASS Takashimaya S.C. Tel 734 2420 Scotts S.C. Tel 235 7198 Lucky Plaza Tel 733 1262 Peninsula Plaza Tel 337 8309 Raffles Hotel Arcade Tel 334 3241 Millenia Walk Tel 339 4870 MALAYSIA THE HOUR GLASS Lot 10 Shopping Centre, Lot Gl, Kuala Lumpur
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chiefs of SMRT Corp, SingPower swap jobs
      452 3  -  Both Kwek and Boey will take on their new roles in January By Christopher Tan SMRT Corp chief Kwek Slew Jin and Singapore Power boss Boey Tak Hap will swap jobs next year in what appears to be a routine "strategic rotation" for
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      Lock icon Where will DBS'growth come from?
      788 4  -  lock siew quak hiang whai DBS Group's double-barrel announcement yesterday wasn't exactly a shocker, considering the speculation that has been going on in the market about its capital adequacy and current economic conditions. DBS will raise Ss2.l billion with a placement of up to 121.8
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      Lock icon S&P raises credit ratings for Optus
      302 4 STANDARD Poor's has raised the credit rating of Australia's Optus following its Asl4 billion (5512.9 billion) takeover by Singapore Telecom. Optus's long-term rating has been hoisted to A+ from A- and its short-term rating to A-l from A-2. The US-based ratings agency has also
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      Lock icon Keppel stands to gain over $22m from sale of rig
      455 4  -  SmedvigAsia exercises option to buy over KHFs 72% stake Byi Conrad Raj THE Keppel group stands to gross over $22 million from the sale of its 72 per cent interest in the semi-submers-ible rig, West Alliance. The group's subsidiary, Keppel
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      Lock icon Asia Food, Golden Agri accept BII Bank package
      344 4 Bank also provides security in 5-year repayment plan for USs297m deposits AFX ASIA Food Properties Limited and Golden Agri Resources Ltd said that they have accepted the repayment and security package proposed by 811 Bank Limited for deposits totalling US$297 million. The
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      Lock icon IDA reviewing issue of 4th 3G mobile licence after April
      283 5  -  Regulator releases info paper on spectrum planning By' Teh Hooi Ling THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) said yesterday it is reviewing whether to issue a fourth third-genera-tion (3G) mobile phone licence after April 2002. The review is part
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      Lock icon Ban Joo sees double digit growth in China
      843 5 China is expected to be its fastest growing market in next 10-15 years AFX BAN Joo Co Ltd is hopeful that it will grow its sales in China in double-digit terms annually after China joins the World Trade Organisation. "I think for
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      Lock icon IGB shareholders OK sale of Ipoh stake
      115 5 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian property company IGB Corp said shareholders yesterday approved the sale of its entire 21.4 per cent stake in Australia's Ipoh Ltd to a Singapore real estate company for A 555.7 million (5551.6 million) cash. The plan received unanimous approval from
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Ipco buys 65% os SAL Construction
        76 5 IPCO International has agreed to acquire a 65 per cent stake in SAL Construction Pte Ltd for $8.45 million, which it will satisfy through the issue 0f40.238 million new Ipco shares. The acquisition is subject to satisfactory due diligence, a moratorium on the shares
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        Lock icon Poh Lian cuts salaries by 10%
        63 5 CONSTRUCTION group Pch Lian Holdings said yesterday it has implemented an across-the-board 10 per cent salary cut for management and staff, effective Nov 1. Also, bonuses this year will be reduced and recruitment has been frozen. Poh Lian does not expect the measures to
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        Lock icon CEI venture with Japan's Toyo Tec
        67 5 CEI Contract Manufacturing has entered into an agreement with Japan's Toyo Tec Co to set up a joint venture company in Singapore to market contract manufacturing services to Japanese customers. The venture, in which CEI will hold a 53.33 per cent stake, will have
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        Lock icon Nucleus Elec Q3 net plunges 91%
        69 5 NUCLEUS Electronics yesterday announced a 91 per cent plunge in third quarter net earnings to $401,000 despite a 33 per cent jump in turnover to $50.7 million. The company blamed the poor performance on a drop in gross margins, an increase in operating expenses
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      Lock icon Acma unit rides on James Bond car
      183 5  -  By\ R Sivanithy DIVERSIFIED Internet company Acma Ltd's Hong Kong subsidiary Creative Master (CM) has been awarded a contract by Ford Motor Company to make scale model replicas of the new James Bond cars. In a statement yesterday, Acma said the replicas will
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      251 4 This announcement appears as a matter of record only. Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London Branch up to 5,000,000 China Opportunity X-certificates relating to the China Opportunity X-lndex Primary Listing Frankfurt Stock Exchange Secondary Listing Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited Issue Price US$lOO for each China Opportunity X-certificate Lead
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      105 5 It's what you expect from a leading global financial services group. We bring together foremost provider of private banking services, ÜBS Private Banking, with ÜBS Warburg, a leading global investment banking and securities house strengthened by the recent addition of ÜBS PaineWebber, and ÜBS Asset Management a giant in fund
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      301 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 5 VALUE CLOSE IfOM» -168.00 +42.00 if COW -*****.00 +27.00 IT MA -*****.00 -17.00 BWWIWlw 431.03 -0.66 0C1C30 425.80 -1.83 360.31 -0.93 MfiJIii flint 101.83 +1.66 MMjufli 1116.31 -18.28 larpahiniip 338.17 +3.80 MOfappw 164.12 -0.46 —afNlMM 162.50 -2.70 Stocks Volume UniFood HK25C 29,275.000 Datacraft 10c SingTel
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      Lock icon GeneMedix oversold, but charts suggest more downside
      275 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By Ven Sreenivasan AFTER getting off to a promising start, the shares of GeneMedix have gone into a seemingly inexorable slide despite the hype surrounding the biotech industry. The stock was among the leading losers yesterday as it sank another
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      Lock icon DBS news puts pressure on banks
      786 6  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Towards the end of last week, a profit warning by Datacraft Asia pulled the rug out from under the local market. Yesterday, it was the turn of the banks news of a $2.1 billion DBS share issue, as
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      Lock icon S$ up over 2c as sterling, Swiss franc, euro falter
      498 6  -  :j i comment CURRENCIES Traders attribute gains to foreign interest in DBS' $2Jb new share issue larry wee THE Singapore dollar surged to a S$ 1.8120 high per US dollar yesterday its best showing in more than two weeks despite
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    2954 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Akardeea MM Mgt Ma Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd Asian Fixed Income Fd China Opportunities Fdl** Cont Euro Eqty Fdl** Global MNCFd Global Technology Fdl** Indonesia Equity hdl** Japan Eqty Fd!** Malaysian Equity Fdl** »ac*ic Equity fd'** Philippine Equity Fdl** Singapore Equity Fdl Thailand Equity
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Telecoms, IT jobs up 3.9% in Q4
      383 7  -  =J on the economy jobs But Internet, e-commerce firms hard hit, with net -22M expectation By 1 Teh Hooi Ling ONE third of Internet and e-commerce companies in Singapore surveyed by human resource consultant TMP Worldwide said they plan to reduce permanent staff.
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      Lock icon HK team coming to sniff out IT business
      302 7  -  Frorrii Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG KONG businessmen may be better known for their property investments, but a group flying into Singapore this week is keen to explore opportunities in the IT and biotechnology fields. Led by the Hong Kong General
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      Lock icon Deferred downpayments being offered for Wah Khiaw's Thomson Vale
      358 7  -  By. Andrea Tan WAH KHIAW Development is offering the deferred downpayment scheme for its 10-unit freehold Thomson Vale apartment project released at the weekend at an average of $850 psf. It is understood that buyers need only pay 5 per cent
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      Lock icon Local sculptor Ng Eng Teng dies aged 67
      280 7 OBITUARY Reuters NG Eng Teng, one of Singapore's most prolific and well-known sculptors, has died from pneumonia aged 67, his family said yesterday. Mr Ng created more than 300 sculptures over a 40-year career from monumental public sculptures to intimate pieces in
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      Lock icon Conyers Dill & Pearman the first Bermuda-based law firm to open here
      444 7  - Conyers Dill Pearman the first Bermuda-based law firm to open here }'ii exclusive By Conrad Raj CONYERS Dill Pearman has become the first and only Bermuda-based law firm to set up office in Singapore. The firm, which will advise clients on Bermuda and British Virgin Island laws, also appears to
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      Lock icon S'pore hopes to seal FTA deals with Efta, Japan by year-end
      424 7  -  FTA deal with US targetted for next yean Tommy Koh By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE expects to complete its negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) with the countries of the European Free Trade Association (Efta) and Japan by year-end
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      100 7 To satisfy your financial needs, we bring together the world's foremost provider of private banking services, ÜBS Private Banking, with ÜBS Warburg, a leading global investment banking and securities house strengthened by the recent addition of ÜBS PaineWebber, and ÜBS Asset Management, i a giant in fund management. It's a
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      11 7 YiigßiwHr Many potholes on road to East Asia FTA, Pg 14
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Price war will erupt soon
      651 8  -  1 comment PROPERTY Capita Land and Far East have fired first salvo lee han shih IF what took place at Capita Land and Far East is anything to go by, the long-expected price war in the private homes market could start soon. Distracted by the
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      345 8 For Lease 11 Beach Road Near City Hall MRT station Accessible to hotels, FAB outlets, retail shops, etc Office suites of 2,000/4,000/6,OOOsf Prime retail space of 4,OOOsf with double street frontage Occupation in March 2002 Attractive Rent Jean Sim Hamidah Mahmood Wendy Lauw 3932 346 3932 349 3932 336 Sole
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon A chance to make up in good faith
      751 10  -  PWTTT^ bottom line OPINION frank ching Frank Ching is a Hong Kong-based freelance writer THE 400 th anniversary of the arrival of the Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci at the court of Emperor Wan Li of the Ming Dynasty is providing an
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      94 10 'My guess is we'll see a revival of the Hollywood Western.' Christopher Fr&ytiiig rector of the British Royal College of Art. who notes Westerns became unfashionable after the 1960s because of their political incorrectness, but says that the simplistic cowboys-and- Indians morality of the genre (cowboys good,
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      Lock icon Megawati sounds the alarm
      550 10 EDITORIAL INDONESIA'S litany of economic woes seems to grow by the day. Despite gaining some respite after securing a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) three months ago, President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government is again fighting an uphill battle. Last week, in her annual address
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      Lock icon Making sure that the investor buck stops here
      1270 10  -  Nothing less than world-class corporate governance and disclosure will do to establish Singapore as a key financial centre in this time zone By John Miller The writer is head of Singapore New Market Development (Asean) at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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      Lock icon Making Windows transparent
      763 10  -  COMMEMTARY Byl Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT ANYONE who has spent time trying to make sense of the Microsoft issue realises that this is one case in which the cliche is true: there are no good answers, and all
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      Lock icon Use of election 'carrots' raises questions
      300 11  -  Henry Lim Li Shun Singapore SINGAPOREANS have come to realise in the recent election campaigning that we are increasingly treated like "rabbits". The incumbent party has resorted to offering all kinds of "carrots" (and surprisingly fat ones at that) to win our votes especially
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      Lock icon Malls attract HDB traffic and kids
      116 11  -  Yen Hoe Lee US via Internet I REFER to your column "Capita Land's Reit: not for individual investors?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Oct 30). I have just two comments. First, the three malls, except for Funan, are in the HDB heartland. So when
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      Lock icon Balance advice, costs to consumer's benefit
      141 11  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to your article "To market, to market, to buy some advice" by Genevieve Cua (BT, Oct 31). In a study last year commissioned by the United Kingdom government, it was found that consumers were paying higher costs for
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Multi-Purpose Hldgs board to see changes this week: report
      532 12  -  Move seen part of drive to dismantle empires controlled by Daim associates From. Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur ANOTHER company controlled by associates of former Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin is set to undergo management changes. According to Asian Wall Street
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      Lock icon Bad loans may rise on downturn: M'sia
      144 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S bad loans may rise because of an anticipated economic downturn linked to the slowdown in the United States, meaning bankers may have to help borrowers, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi said yesterday. "Maybe non-performing loans (NPLs) might rise and
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      Lock icon Maybank fiscal Q1 net profit rises 9.4%
      396 12 KUALA LUMPUR It is confident of satisfactory results in Q2 on govt stimulus measures AFX MALAYAN Banking Bhd posted a 9.4 per cent rise in net profit for the first quarter, and expects to achieve satisfactory results in the current quarter. In the
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      Lock icon UEM seeks buyers for non-core businesses: report
      306 12 KUALA LUMPUR AFX UNITED Engineers Malaysia Bhd's new board of directors has appointed consultants to look for buyers for the group's 12.1 per cent stake in Commerce-Asset Holdings Bhd (CAHB) and 54 per cent in Cement Industries Malaysia Bhd (Cima), The Sun reported,
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      Lock icon Jakarta pays for slow reforms
      753 13 JAKARTA Rnpiah falls after World Bank warns of slower growth and fall in fnnding Bloomberg THE World Bank forecast lower economic growth for Indonesia and warned that the slow pace of reforms will deter future lending, prompting a weakening of the local currency and a
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      Lock icon Bullish CSFB report calls a 'buy' on KL blue chips
      329 13  -  It praises influx of professionals into corporate M'sia From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur FOREIGN research house Credit Suisse First Boston has issued a bullish fourthquarter strategy report on Malaysia, calling a buy on the KL stock exchange's blue
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      Lock icon KFC MD's resignation expected: report
      134 13 KUALA LUMPUR THE resignation of Ishak Ismail as managing director of KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd and its 70.6 per cent subsidiary Ayamas Food Corporation Bhd last Friday was expected by the market, especially after his being charged by the Sessions Court in August, the New
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        Lock icon TRI denies talk of Telekom stake
        61 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Technology Resources Industries yesterday denied market speculation that local phone giant Telekom would buy a controlling stake in it. TRl's RM3.B billion (Ssl.B billion) restructuring plan, seen as crucial for its survival, suffered a blow last week when the market
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        Lock icon China delays key meeting
        107 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China has postponed a key meeting aimed at charting the future of financial policy to early next year because of bickering over the agenda, officials said yesterday amid worries Beijing could be slowing reforms. The postponement came as some analysts say they fear China
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        Lock icon Nov 12 set for Anwar's final appeal
        65 13 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's highest court yesterday scheduled Nov 12 to hear the final appeal of ousted deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim against his conviction and six-year prison sentence for corruption, Anwar's attorney said yesterday. Officials at the Kuala Lumpur Federal Court faxed a
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        Lock icon Court jails ex-Bulog chief for graft
        68 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced a former chief of the country's state food agency, Bulog, to two years' jail over a graft case which also involved former president Suharto's fugitive son. The South Jakarta court found Beddu Amang guilty of a mid-1990s
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      Lock icon Jakarta to keep tight monetary policy
      73 13 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S central bank announced yesterday it will maintain its tight monetary policy until the year-end, given a weakening rupiah and continuing inflationary pressure. "We (BI) will maintain a tight monetary policy," Bank Indonesia deputy governor Miranda Goeltom told reporters. But she said
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      Lock icon Jakarta told: Defy local govt takeovers
      365 13 JAKARTA World Bank warns cement takeovers will hurt investments AFP THE World Bank yesterday urged Indonesia to immediately defy provincial government attempts to take over affiliates of stateowned cement producer Semen Gresik, warning that the moves were endangering the future of investment. Jakarta's privatisation
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      Lock icon S-EA oil producers see revenue fall as prices slump
      571 14 KUALA LUMPUR Opec may cut oil output quotas to boost prices when it meets next week Bloomberg SOUTH-EAST Asia's oil producers may see revenue from crude oil fall US$4 billion this year as an oversupply of oil amid a global economic
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      Lock icon Many potholes on road to East Asia FTA
      774 14  -  I iri comment ASEAN The Asean-China FTA, a step in forming an East Asian area, triggers misgivings from US, Australia and Japan yang razali kassim [BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN] HAVING tackled the thorny issue of countering international terrorism late on Sunday, Asean leaders
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      Lock icon Thai shares have little downside, say fund managers
      432 14 BANGKOK It's less exposed to slowdown and is a good long-term bet Reuters THE Thai stock market has little further downside following its recent drop and is less exposed to the global economic slowdown than many of its neighbours, making it a
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      Lock icon Estrada trial judge fights pressure to step aside
      275 14 MANILA Bloomberg FORMER Philippines president Joseph Estrada's landmark corruption trial was in turmoil yesterday as the judge in charge of the case accused a senior colleague of pressuring him to step aside. Justice Anacleto Badoy vowed to cling on to his job,
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      Lock icon China to let foreigners invest in A-shares
      617 16 SHANGHAI Domestic stock market to open np to in vestment fluids after WTO entry Reuters CHINA will allow foreign investors to buy into funds investing in the domestic stock market after it joins the World Trade Organisation, the official Shanghai Securities said yesterday.
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        74 16 AFP [BEIJING] The Chinese government plans to establish a special economic rone in Lhasa in an effort to attract more foreign investors to the capital ofTibet, state media said yesterday. The Lhasa economic and technological development zone will offer incentives such as 15 per
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        84 16 AFX [HONG KONG] Standard Chartered group executive director Mervyn Davtes said he hopes the bank will launch its Hong Kong listing in the first quarter of next year. Cited by the Ming Poo Daiiy, Mr Davies mtri since the bank will have to submit updated
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        79 16 AFX [HONG KONG] Hutchison Telecom is going ahead with its plans to launch its third generation mobile services network in Hong Kong by the end of next year, the South China Morning Post reported quoting managing director Agnes Nardi. She said that, although the
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        63 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] Foreign businesses in Hong Kong have strongly backed calls for racial discrimination laws for the territory as the government seeks opinions on whether to introduce such legislation, a newspaper survey showed yesterday. A survey released by the South China Morning Post yesterday
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      269 16 HONGKONG Bloomberg TELEVISION Broadcasts Ltd (TVB) shares rose to a two-month high on hopes a new venture with China Central Television (CCTV) to distribute programmes overseas will fuel profit at the city's biggest broadcaster. *TVB shares rose HK52.45, or 10.5 per cent, to close
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      602 17 Analysts say it may hold back steeper cat to'save ammunition' AFX Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Federal Open Market Committee will cut the federal funds rate target by a cautious 25 basis points today to 2.25 per cent, analysts said, adding that the committee
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      252 17 TOKYO AP PARTY leaders yesterday dashed plans for Japan's foreign minister to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting and Group of Sight ministerial talks, marking the first time Japan's top diplomat has missed such meetings •luce 1986. > The ruling Liberal
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      370 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] The Royal Dutch/Shell Group may try to buy Houston-based Enron Corp, the largest energy trader, to expand its natural gas and power businesses, the Independent newspaper reported on its website yesterday. But SheU said it is "speculation". Quoting an unnamed analyst,
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      494 20 WASHINGTON NAPM non-factory index declined in Oct as spending on travel, tourism fell Bloomberg AN index measuring business at US service companies fell in October to a record low, as the effects of the terrorist attacks rippled through the economy, a survey of
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        117 20 The Washington Post [WASHINGTON] The Justice Department was to formally begin later yesterday the painstaking process of creating a fund that could eventually move billions of dollars to relatives of victims killed or physically injured in September's terrorist attacks. Legislation passed by Congress shortly
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      590 20  -  Consensus seems to be US will be in recession for 2-3 quarters at most From Neil Behrman in London THE severity of the deterioration of the US, European, Asian and emerging market economies have exceeded economists' predictions by a wide margin. With readings so
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      379 20 OMIYA, Japan AFP A MEMBER of the Bank of Japan's policymaking board said yesterday that the central hank was running out of ways to ease monetary policy while maintaining its credibility and that of Japan's currency. Speaking to business leaders in Saitama prefecture
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      536 22 SYDNEY Investors have withdrawn money from funds after the Sept 11 attacks Bloomberg AMP Ltd, which manages As2Bl billion (Ss26o billion) of assets, said third-quarter net cash flow, an indicator of future profit, fell 60 per cent as investors withdrew money
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      1064 23  -  Layoffs are not the only answer. Other arrangements, likepart-time work, job sharing and sabbaticals, can work too, says IVA BOOK CHOW) NA BOON CHONG The writer is a Singapore-based consultant for Hewitt Associates, a global management consulting and outsourcing firm specialising in strategic
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      267 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell three points to 860, the Baltic Panamas Index (BPI) lost two points to 834, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD eased five points to and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down seven points to 949. i TIME-CHARTER: ♦CapeAraxoe- j (newbuildlng) 170,000
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      528 25  -  Fas& members urge their govts to ratify 1988 Rome Convention By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Asian shipowner groups have called for an Asia-wide government crackdown on piracy and armed robbery at sea. The Federation of Asean Shipowners' Associations (Fasa) and the Asian Shipowners Forum
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      303 25  -  Move follows UN report condemning Liberian govt By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The world's second largest cruise operator, Royal Caribbean Cruises, has announced it will quit the Liberian registry following the damning United Nations (UN) report released last week. The Miami-based company will reflag
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      117 25 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' logistics arm, APL Logistics, has become one of the first foreign companies appointed to an advisory board of China's State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC). The third-party logistics provider has joined the SETC's Modern Logistics Advisory Board, which
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      400 25  -  By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Federation of Asian Shipowners Association (Fasa) has unanimously appointed Philippine maritime entrepreneur Carlos C Salinas as chairman to succeed Malaysia's Mohd Ali Hi Yasin next year. Mr Salinas currently serves as vice-chairman of Fasa and is also the
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        234 26  -  System will allow shipowners, managers to verily Filipino rating's credentials From j Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippines is developing an Internet-based verification registry for Filipino ratings, the Philippine Department of Labour said. 1 "The registry would enable both local and international shipowners and ship
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        515 26  -  HE box maker to invest USs6m in ma inland firm By\ P T Bangsberg HONG Kong-based Singamas Container Holdings, the world's second-largest maker of maritime containers, is moving into terminal operations in China, with a US$6 million investment for 30 per cent of Shunde
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        403 34 Different standards in various places will result in dangerous loopholes: lata Reuters [NEW YORK] Airlines must work together closely on security efforts to effectively protect the global aviation system in the wake of September's attacks, a trade group said. Without tighter
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        166 34 BA 'arms' its planes [SINGAPORE] British Airways is instating metal armour plates on ttie cockpit doors of As entire fleet in the wake of recent terrorist attacks using planes against targets in the US. The fufl-tength piate is designed to "substantially reinforce cockpit door exteriors and prevent unauthorised
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        162 34 AFX [MONTREAL] Air Canada posted a loss for the third quarter, citing the impact of the Sept 11 attacks in the US on air travel, and said the outlook for the next two quarters remains "bleak". The company posted an operating loss of Css7 million
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        169 34 Reuters [CANBERRA] The Australian government has unveiled a A 57.5 million (556.9 million) scheme to underwrite discount carrier Virgin Blue for flights from Brisbane to the northern ports of Cairns and Darwin, as well as inland Mount Isa. Under the plan, guaranteed until the end
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        113 34 [SINGAPORE] Northwest Airlines has cut back its passenger pre-flight arrival times to normal levels after increasing them for extra security checks following the events of Sept 11. The airline said beefed-up security would continue, but would be handled more quickly with additional checkpoints, "line-busting" check-in
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        393 34 They want more slots at new Narita runway Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), Asia's two biggest carriers, say they will proceed with plans to expand flights to the rest of Asia when a new
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        239 34 Proposal by UK aviation regulator made before Sept 11 terrorist attacks Reuters [LONDON] British airports operator BAA pic said that it needed to "discuss in depth" draft proposals from Britain's aviation regulator that would allow it to increase take-off and landing charges
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        117 34 AFX [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways hopes the Hong Kong government will reach an agreement with its US counterpart on code-sharing between Cathay Pacific and American Airlines, the Hong Kong Economic Times quoted Andrew Pyne, general manager of Cathay Pacific's international department, as
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      740 28 «nsa vor 9M na m km unwt mr ASIA EXPRESS IMA 12/11 10/11 17/11 19/11 147 A N/11 14/11 N/11 01/11 IOA N/U N/U 11/11 14/11 im 10/11 u/11 14/11 N/II Hit MS A/11 SAILED 05/11 17/11 N/11 11/11 HEMULJN 7/01 27/10 U/10 10/11 12/11 13/11 14/11 THO> INRjNB 1/01
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      243 28 WEEKLY EXPRESS SAMJNG SCHEDULE' ALIO MCEFTK TO Mi KMTWMI MB NEITBM CO ram 8858 "a5~ Tjw" "nw" "aw m mmma (MSB mx nt wo so saw n* am aw wan iiswa «rnari>« iy imimmowes mm i« sk Tk mm mww hi Kan mi rs ■nnuu wnii ik 11 h )4w
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      1363 29 FvISSSL VOY 1 KHH I HKO ISN FKL I PXI PMM |W WAN TIHKAN PCTMT" 04/11 05/11 14/11 13/11 24/11 25/11 27/11 29/11 MAN TA3ATABAEI PCL-233 VISSCL SCHEDULED FOR DRY DOCK MANKERMAN PCt-234 13/11 19/11 24/11 25/11 02/12 03/12 05/12 07/12 IRAN ISFAHAN KL-235 25/11 26/11 01/12 02/12 09/12 10/12
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      305 29 UK CONTINENT SERVICE Loading tor DARYA TAAL RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/LPL OCEAN HOST RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/LPL Loads Singapore. E7W Indarw MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading tor PAN QUEEN ADN/JDH/DMT FLORENCE DBIABU/DOH.'BRN/DMM/KWT JILFAR JDH/DMT OKTEM AKSOY AQA/JDH/TRP CMMI P DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DM M/KWT Toads Singapore, EVW Maiaysia. Indoneaia USA SERVICE Loadngtor ULYSSES II CAA4/NFK/SAV/NOL OCEAN JADE MZULAX/VCW/VCB •Loads E7W. Matayaa.
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      489 30 CWT GLOBELINK PTE LTD CTi TCL.-*****3J <24 IIHIS) FAK:*****42 A OmUng (07) *****17 (9 Hnn) THAILAND Zu'££ 7<SHn »S WEEKLY DIRECT GROUPAGE SERVICE TO SOUTH AMERICA I AT THE MOST IRRESISTIBLE RATES BUENOS AIRES SANTOS VALPARAISO CALLAO 1 For •nquirieslbookings, please call *****77 V THANK YOU FOR VSING CWT GLOBELINK
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      101 34 The daily Aircraft Arrivals and Departures schedule is not available today due to a technical problem The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. To keep our readers updated. Shipping
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