The Business Times, 7 December 2001

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http7/business-times.asial .com.sg/ S INGAPORE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2001 85C
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  • 751 1  -  Key change in revised takeover code likely to aid banks' divestments Ky Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The revised takeover code coming into effect next month will make it easier for companies to divest, and local banks in particular are expected to be
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  • 807 1  -  Citibank is not in first shared ATM network by foreign banks By, Angela Tan, Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Barely two days after getting their qualifying full bank (QFB) licences, Maybank and HSBC have teamed up with existing QFB Standard Chartered Bank to give customers
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  • 655 1  -  COMMENTARY Before a recovery comes, there's important work to be done, says KBIVIVETB JAMBS KENNETH JAMES IN these confusing times a mixed metaphor or two might not be out of place; so, sorry to rain on your parade but this current "recovery"
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  • 667 1  -  BTia'JJIIUIUJ By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The Controller of Housing is closely monitoring the property market and might review the deferred downpayment scheme now being offered by developers if there is excessive speculation in the market Replying to questions from The Business Times, the
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    • 80 1 maiDß Executive Lifestyle Will weekend markets fill a niche in the S'pore retail scene? Pg2 Shipping Times PSA loses container shipping line to Jurong Port. Pg 1 Top stories Developers likely to sell more private homes next year. Nmxi Pmge Top HK developers attend Shenzhen land auction. Nmxt Page Tech
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    • 407 2  -  6,000-7,000 units seen versus this year's 5,000: Wing Tai director Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Developers are likely to sell an estimated 6,000 to 7,000 new private homes next year, up from this year's figure of about 5,000, said Wing Tai's property
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    • 535 2 Analysts expect good take-up rate for Ht Sinai condo [SINGAPORE] Wing Tai is the latest to take advantage of the current buying wave for low- to mid-priced homes, releasing its 99-year leasehold Mount Sinai condo at $575 psf on average. Most property consultants and
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    • 502 2  -  From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE continued tech recession in Silicon Valley has caused median home prices here to retreat for the first time in six years. The median price of a single-family resale home in the San Francisco Bay
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    • 546 2  -  But high prices deter most from bidding for 3 lots From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong developers were out in full force at a land auction in Shenzhen yesterday, though most refrained from bidding for the three residential lots near the
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 88 2 YESTERDAY four top Chinese PC makers Legend, TCL, Great Wall and Tsinhua said they will bundle Windows XP on their full range of products. As they account for 60 per cent of China's personal computer market, this is good news for Microsoft. According to the Business
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      • 71 2 THAI journalists yesterday boycotted a government media workshop on "Reforming and Improving the Efficiency of Media", saying it was an attempt to stifle criticism of the new administration. While a government spokesman said it was organised with nothing but good intentions, Chavarong Limpatmapanee, secretary of the Thai
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    • 120 2 IN Wednesday's report on unrealised share losses at Singapore Island Country Club (SICC), we stated incorrectly that Koh Yong Guan was chairman of the Public Utilities Board (PUB). The PUB's chairman is Tan Gee Paw, and he hp? appointed Mr Koh to be chairman of SICC effective from January
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  • FOCUS market
    • 491 4  -  Retail players hoping for a sustained rally could end up waiting in vain By Ven Sreenivasan Picture this. Stockbrokers frantically juggling calls from clients while frenetically keying in new orders on their computer keyboards, shouting instructions to colleagues and anxiously monitoring stock activity on their terminals,
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    • 988 4 But some analysts say a month of gains after a month of losses doesn't mean recession is over LATWP, NYT, Reuters [NEW YORK] The rise of Wall Street's two bestknown indexes above key watermarks on Wednesday has added weight to the belief that the
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    • 726 4 They are starting to look pricey as the sector's outlook is still uncertain Reuters [SINGAPORE] Is the latest Singapore tech stock rally a case of buyer beware? Some Singapore technology stocks are up over 20 per cent this week as rising memory
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      322 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 6 VALUE CLOSE BTO&QS 280.00 +39.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -17.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +28.00 Aft-SG Equities 422.90 +4.75 SGEqaWMEhct 136.91 +0.06 SGEqdbesFlB 1390.94 +30.77 SG Prop 424.58 +0.49 MSCI Singapore 200.34 +3.79 SiMSCt Future 200.80 +2.70 Slocks Volume ChinaAvOil 5c 92,314.000 Datacrart 10c 34,743,000 PacificCenturylOc 27,552,000
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    • 274 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan PROPERTY stocks surged this week foUowing the strong take-up at several recent residential project launches. One of the best performing stocks is Nuovo Executive Condos developer, City Development. Yesterday, the counter rose to an 18-week high
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    • 785 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy ON the face of it, the strength shown by local blue chips over the past 3-4 sessions suggests that investors are convinced that the economic recovery is not far off and so have returned to the market in a big
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    • 504 6  -  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a CURRENCIES Ten sinks to 4-month low as yet another bankruptcy adds to Japan's economic woes larry wee AN explosive overnight rally on Wall Street set the tone for the greenback in Asian trading yesterday, with Japanese worries continuing to
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  • 2951 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABM Amro Asset Mgt (S'porc) Star Europe Eqty!* 0845/ Star Europe 8d 0.98* Star Europe Bat 0.903/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.75& Star Ana Bond 1 Ziti Star Asia Balanced 0.87/ Star Global Technology Fund 0 868/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0 34& AM Govett (Asia)
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 757 7  -  Finance director says offer price is fair given business pressures By Teh Hooi Ling LADEN with a huge debt pile and unable to realise the value of some of its assets in the current depressed market, Keppel Transportation and Telecommunications (KTT) has limited options
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    • 210 7 HIGHER marketing and bad debt expenses eroded the net profit of furniture retailer Courts (Singapore) by 32 per cent to $4.5 million for the six months ended Sept. Turnover for the period under review fell 13.3 per cent to $93.3 million
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    • 692 7  -  HOCKiBBTI.-jM'.'J wong wei kong ■■B ISTED companies have been quick to re- —sort to downsizing to earnings and prices in the current downturn. But they should also take an equally hard look at management quality. Recent studies suggest that the stock market, looking beyond short-term financial
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    • 488 8  -  Three new international business onits will handle SingTel's operations globally By Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications yesterday said it has combined three of its businesses with those of its recently acquired Australian subsidiary, Optus. Previously run as separate business operations, the two companies' respective
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    • 336 8  -  By Serena Ng HONG Kong-based electronics contract manufacturer Surface Mount Technology yesterday said its interim profit fell 75 per cent to HK$9 million (Ss2.l million), but added that secondhalf profits are expected to be better. However, the main-board-listed company said full-year profits
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    • 535 8  -  Its strength lies in wide customer base, reviving POSB brand By Ling Su Ann DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's largest retail bank, said it will leverage on customer loyalty, accessibility and cross-selling programmes to defend its market share against increasing foreign competition. Speaking to the press
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    • 481 8  -  By David Boey RIDING the wave of the recent bullish market sentiment is main board aspirant Tsit Wing International Holdings, Hong Kong's biggest coffee and tea supplier. The Hong-Kong-based company said yesterday that it will sell 40 million shares at
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 83 8 AFX-Asia ASIA Dekor Holdings, a China-based producer and supplier of wood flooring listed on the Singapore Exchange, said it is setting up an office and showroom in Singapore to access the South-east Asian market. This will be Asia Dekor's third overseas expansion after setting up
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      • 49 8 AFX-Asia CSE Systems Engineering said its UK unit Servelec has secured a £2.6 million (Ss6.B million) contract from Transco pic for the deployment of a UK-wide telemetry system, which is expected to improve Transco's monitoring of its gas transmission network throughout the UK -AFX-Asia
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      • 102 8 KINGBOARD Copper Foil said profit for the half year to Sept 90 fell 24 par cent to HK$67 million (5115.6 million). Turnover rose 15 per cent to HKs279million. It said global demand for copper foil turned soft owing to the significant correction in the
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      • 81 8 CM Telecom said it reduced its net loss to HKIISO million (Ss3s million) for the half year to Sept 30 from HK$237 million a year ago. Group turnover was up 3.8 per cent to HK1378 million thanks to a gradual recovery of its core businesses.
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      • 81 8 ADVANCED Systems Automation said its earnings for the six months to Sept 30 plunged 97.4 per cent to $177,000 while turnover was halved to $37.5 million. The substantial decrease was mainly due to low sales volumes and engineering costs incurred on its new product
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      • 28 8 I-ONE.NET International has appointed Cindy Lim Kim Soon Lee as an executive director. Ms Um, 35, is currently group financial controller for Superßowl Holdings.
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 486 9  -  By Anna Teo THE economy is widely expected to shrink by 8.7 per cent in the current final quarter of the year, bringing full-year contraction to 2.7 per cent, according to economists polled recently by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The median
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    • 315 9 ABN Amro has decided to rig up a charity wish tree this year instead of the usual corporate Christmas tree in its main banking hall in Chulia Street. "In the past, we've had large, fancy trees in our main lobby, but this
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    • 555 9  -  $15bdevt will also veer northwards into Holland Village in future: BG Yeo By Vince Chong THE Singapore Science Parks will eventually be integrated with one-north, said Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo. BG Yeo was speaking to reporters at a groundbreaking
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    • 327 9 Invest&m&tic to use genXstock software to advise clients THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has awarded an investment adviser's (LA) licence to an investment software solutions provider, Investamatic Research Corporation (IRC). This continues its broad move to open the finance sector here to non-tradition-
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    • 245 9 BNP Paribas said it is setting up a new private banking unit in Singapore, after it recently received approval for a wholesale banking licence (WBL) for its private banking business here. The new unit will be a branch of BNP Paribas Private Bank,
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  • MAIL bag
    • 619 12  -  Ng Kah Wan Singapore THE Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) came into effect on April 1, 2001. However, I have found that many people still have some misconceptions about SRS, and have thus not opened an SRS account. SRS is a new, effective tool for
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    • 293 12  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the letter "SGX clarifies short-selling procedures" by Peter Chia (BT, Dec 3). Mr Chia, executive vicepresident, head of securities clearing and depository, Singapore Exchange, wrote that it would certainly help uninformed investors become aware of the considerable risks
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    • 354 12  -  Tan Kok Tim Singapore I REFER to your report "Half of economic review panel from private sector" (BT, Dec 4). The new Economic Review Committee (ERC) has been formed. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that he would not leave any stones
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 600 14  -  THEHH M?WTWiiTTnfI OPINION dane chamorro The writer was a US diplomat posted to the Philippines in 1989. Ten years later, he was there as an international executive for the Swiss MNC, SGS Societe Generale de Surveillance SA. THE alleged links between al-Qaeda
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    • 165 14 'After two to three months, the fighting will start again.' Ahmad Stab a teashop owner in Kandahar, on Afghanistan's post- Taliban future. 'Oil is both a blessing and a curse.' -Beshrßakheet a Saudi fund manager, on 20 years of economic decline that has worsened poverty and the
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    • 571 14 EDITORIAL IN the past 10 days, President Megawati Sukarnoputri's government has done a few things that should go some way towards assuring the international community that Indonesia under her stewardship may be about to turn the comer after almost three years of political inertia Firstly, there
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    • 922 14  -  Koizumi is leading Japan into extremely dangerous territory, bolstered by several official reports From Anthony Rowley The writer isßT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo IT has been a grim week for the Japanese economy, with a clutch of reports predicting "financial ruin" for the
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    • 467 14 Nobody wants to pay for a deficit that looks 'structural' COMMENTARY Editorial in the South China Morning Post, Dec 6 FINANCIAL Secretary Antony Leung Kam-chung looks to be caught between a rock and a hard place. Not enough money is coming in, too much is going out
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 387 15  -  An IPO is in line with govt plan to retain control of the profitable company From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government is set to float its Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan (Plus), owner of the NorthSouth Expressway, according to a
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    • 212 15 KUALA LUMPUR State debt mediator chief Azman Yahya may hasten revamp Reuters MALAYSIAN Airline System shares rose to their highest level in almost three months after the carrier named Azman Yahya, chairman of the country's state-run debt mediator and asset management company,
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    • 235 15 KUALA LUMPUR AP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad predicted yesterday that Malaysia will record positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2001. Most private sector economists are predicting a slight contraction. "I think we can grow," Dr Mahathir told reporters.
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    • 129 15 KUALA LUMPUR AFX PUAS Emas is bidding for Indah Water (Consortium (IWK) and is planning to invest RM2S billion (Ssl2 billion) in the company over the next 33 years, Bernama reported. Former minister of domestic trade and consumer affairs Megat Junid Megat Ayob has
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    • 454 16 BANGKOK The suit is seen as an attempt to allot blame for the 1997 financial debacle AP THAILAND'S central bank took the first legal step yesterday to seek US$4O billion in damages from a former governor accused of nearly emptying the country's
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    • 304 16 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIAN state tin mining concern PT Timah, labouring under low prices and illegal mining, may cut its workforce by almost three-quarters from next year, a company executive said on Wednesday. "We will have to see how the prices are
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    • 202 16 MANILA Dow Jones Newswires THE Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) said yesterday it will block a reported plan of San Miguel Corp chairman Eduardo Cojuangco to seU unissued shares of the Philippine food and beverage conglomerate to fund expansion projects
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    • 278 16 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIAN lawmakers endorsed three central bank deputy governors for posts that were vacant for most of this year, said Benny Pasaribu, head of the House finance committee. The panel is backing Maulana Ibrahim, Maman Sumantri and Bunbunan Hutapea as replacements
      Bloomberg  -  278 words
    • 261 16 BANGKOK AFP BANGKOK clubbers are in for a treat when the Ministry of Sound, Britain's biggest nightclub, opens its first venue outside Britain this month. The 150-million-baht (Ss6 million) club, to be built on Sukhumvit road, in one of Bangkok's trendiest nightlife areas,
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    • 326 16 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia will seek new buyers for a stake in PT Semen Gresik, the country's largest cement producer, if talks with Mexico's Cemex SA end without agreement, State Enterprise Minister Laksamana Sukardi said yesterday. Cemex said it is continuing talks with the government
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    • 183 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Foreign investment approvals in Indonesia from January to October this year plunged by 49 per cent to U556.47 bUlion from U5513.14 biUion in the same period last year, the government said yesterday. The number of projects approved fell to 1,086 from 1,256
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    • NOTE Book
      • 56 16 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Tanco Holdings Bhd and its creditors have agreed to restructure debts totalling RM294.7 million (*****.3 million), the Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee (CDRC) said yesterday. It said the deal was expected to help ease the company's financial woes and restore
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      • 71 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to invest US$3 billion in a coconut plantation complex in the eastern part of the archipelago to boost living standards, State Minister for Eastern Indonesia Development Manuel Kaisepo said yesterday. "We are planning an integrated coconut plantation (complex) with investment of
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      • 64 16 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine central bank yesterday cut interest rates to a six-year low and eased bank reserve requirements in its latest move to encourage growth. It announced a quarter percentage point cut in overnight rates and a two-point drop in bank liquidity reserve
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      • 63 16 AP JAKARTA Former president Suharto s youngest son Tommy has denied any involvement in the murder of the judge who sentenced him to jail for alleged graft, police said yesterday. Chief detective Col Adang Rochjana said that despite claims of innocence, he was certain
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      • 83 16 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippines' National Development Corp, a government-owned financier of projects undertaken by other companies, may sell bonds to help fund the construction of a casino and entertainment centre in Manila. The company will sell 18 billion pesos (Ss63o million) of bonds
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      • 52 16 AP [BANKGOK] The Thai government's plans to hold a media workshop ran aground yesterday after outraged journalists slammed it as a blatant attempt to stifle the media criticism of the new administration. The Thai Journalists Association said in a statement that it will boycott the government-organised
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    • 310 17 HONGKONG New World boss believes fnnHanumtnlg remain strong AFP HONG Kong's property prices are expected to rise by 10 per cent next year from current levels, chairman of New World Development Henry Cheng said yesterday. "I agree with (property tycoon) Li
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    • 95 17 HONGKONG AFX SUN Hung Kai Properties sold out 30 units at its Park Central residential development reserved for private sale in one hour on Wednesday, the Hong Kong Economic Times cited market sources as saying. The average price
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    • 366 17 BEIJING SocGen also keen on investing in arm of biggest China bank Bloomberg HSBC Holdings pic, J P Morgan Chase Co and Societe Generate SA are in talks to invest in the brokerage arm of China's biggest bank, competing to be the
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  • Article, Illustration
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    • 373 18 Bloomberg [OSAKA] Aoki Corp, a Japanese general contractor, filed for court protection from creditors in a sign that pressure from the Koizumi administration is forcing banks to clear away bad loans. The company said it filed at the Tokyo District Court under the
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    • 213 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg HEWLETT-PACKARD Co's planned U5525.2 bUlion acquisition of Compaq Computer Corp would reduce earnings more than expected, director Walter Hewlett said, as Compaq's prospects worsen and PC sales slump. The acquisition would now reduce per-share profit by 34 per cent in
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    • 313 18 NEWYORK Reuters SEMICONDUCTOR equipment companies posted their worst-ever decline this year, a trade group said on Wednesday, as sales of equipment used to make and test microchips dropped 38 per cent. Adding a bit of sugar to the sour news, Semiconductor Equipment
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    • 246 18 NYT [NEW YORK] A. Alfred Taubman, the shopping mall mogul who became chairman and largest controlling stockholder of Sotheby's auction house, was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with his supposed rival Christie's to set the same rates for sellers at auctions over the past six years.
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    • 432 19 WASHINGTON Weekly jobless claims foil to 475,000; 493,000 in previous week Bloomberg US worker productivity grew in the third quarter at a slower pace than estimated last month, reflecting the worst three months of economic contraction since the 1990-91 recession, government figures
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      • 79 19 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US orders for manufactured goods rose sharply in October, the Commerce Department said yesterday, as demand for computers and new military planes hinted at a possible rebound for a slumping factory sector. The Commerce Department said new factory orders increased by
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      • 67 19 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] The European Central Bank kept its benchmark interest rate at 3.25 per cent, after cutting by a half point last month. Executives expect the bank to pare rates again next year to help revive the economy. The ECB hasn't reduced rates at
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      • 64 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways, Asia's second biggest airline, opposes rival Japan Airlines Co's takeover of Japan Air System because it will give Asia's biggest carrier an unfair advantage on domestic routes. "Domestic competition has lowered fares and raised service standards," All Nippon
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      • 96 19 Reuters [CHAMAN, Pakistan] Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has decided to hand over Kandahar, his last main stronghold in Afghanistan, in a day or two, a Taliban spokesman told the Afghan Islamic Press yesterday. "Mullah Omar has decided to hand over Kandahar to
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      • 63 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Electronics conglomerates Toshiba Corp and Siemens AG yesterday scrapped a deal to jointly develop third-generation (3G) mobile phones but said they still planned to bring their own 3G handsets to market next year. The unravelling of the alliance makes it likely both firms
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    • 387 19 NEW YORK NYT FORD Motor Co, the US' sec-ond-largest automaker after General Motors, said on Wednesday that its loss for the fourth quarter would be five times greater than analysts had forecast. Ford officials blamed a tide of car repossessions and delinquent
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    • 364 19 NEW YORK Reuters AOL Time Warner chief executive Gerald Levin, who said on Wednesday he will retire in May, straddled a remarkable era in mass media as traditional 20th century publishing and TV companies embraced the 21st century technology of the Internet.
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    • 274 19 NEWYORK Reuters US corporate credit quality, battered by the Sept 11 attacks, is falling fast and on pace to suffer its worst year in a decade, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday. "There's a sense among some that when the attacks
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    • 434 20 BUENOS AIRES/WASHINGTON Bonds fall on fears it is heading for the biggest sovereign debt default ever Reuters THE International Monetary Fund on Wednesday dashed Argentina's hopes for a much-needed US$l.3 billion loan, taking the country closer to committing the biggest sovereign debt default
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    • 509 20  -  Lawmakers trying to reach compromise on plan /■Yorn Leon Hadar tti Washington WITH Wall Street sending some signals that the US economy may be recovering, lawmakers in Washington are trying to reach a compromise on a major plan to stimulate the economy which could
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    • PERSPECTIVE
      • 691 22  -  OFFnrrgarui Will the Segway Human Transporter that was recently nnveiled ever replace the trusty car? It's unlikely car makers will lose much sleep over the battery-powered scooter jaime ee 'AMERICAN inventor unveils single-seat electric scooter'. Darn these inventors why do they keep inventing things that
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        1848 22 COVER STORY TWO new weekend markets. Two locations. Both endorsed by the Singapore Tourism Board. But are shoppers ready to support the local version of famous, crowd-pulling weekend markets such as London's Portobello or Sydney's Paddington? After a slightly nervous start, the answer appears to be a hesitant
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      • 1161 23  -  Model-turned-jeweller Gurmit Kaur is gaining style-icon status with the fashion elite, reports cat om CAT ONG POR a kampung girl from Yankit Village in Changi who used to fashion her own accessories from the bits and pieces of junk that she could salvage from the neighbourhood
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      • 497 24  -  vbm mmwimm i s impressed with the results of the grand old lady's facelift VEN SREENIVASAN SENTOSA Golf Club's two courses must surely rank amongst the best resort golf courses in Asia. With the sight of free roaming peacocks and other exotic birds, the cool sea
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      • 425 24  -  By Ven Sreenivasan SCHOOLS in the north of Singapore could soon be plugged into the island's biggest junior golf academy through a programme which would make golf a credit-earning ECA (extra curricular activity) sport and eventually qualify for CPF Edusave funding.
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    • CINEMA
      • 1198 25  -  By Susan Tsang MORE and more blockbusters! And oh, the stars! George Clooney, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Andy Garcia light up Ocean's Eleven, which previews this weekend, about robbing a casino vault. Another caper movie opening this week is The Score, which boasts the three-generation whammy of
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      • 664 25  -  A tight script and solid acting make up for the cliches in the robbery caper movie By Susan Tsang NICK Wells is a master thief who attributes his continued success not to flair or daring, but to a deep conservatism. He never takes risks, and
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    • THE ARTS
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        414 26  -  While energetic, the use of high-level physicality robbed Plunge of an emotional core, says PARVATHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR THE May 1998 race riots— whose horrors included gang-rapes of Chinese women were one of the more terrible climaxes of the Asian economic crisis, or kris-mon it was called in
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      • 461 26  -  S'pore&n Tan Pin Pin wins Discovery Channel's Asian budding filmmakers contest By Aaron Lye "MAKING sense of an ever-changing landscape" a refrain more commonly heard on a certain local news channel, but highly reflective of the theme of the Discovery Channel's Asia First Time Film
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      • 576 26  -  Compiled by Aaron Lye Static: 348-5555 TteketChaffts: 296-2929 PERFORMANCES TIm Second 42 Ttoaba Festival u/, m fiwi roiir The fourth week of Action Theatre's month-long festival featuring works by new and experienced artistes, playwrights and directors. Till Dec 9, Action Theatre, 42 Waterloo Street. Tickets available from TicketCharge.
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    • EPICURE
      • 500 27  -  Though the French cuisine at Jaan is competent oouinnnßXis bowled over more by the restaurant's spectacular views CORINNE KERK IT'S supposed to be the jewel of The Equinox Complex the new dining and entertainment concept which replaces Compass Rose at The Westin Stamford (soon-to-be renamed Swissotel, The
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      • 171 27 WANT to check out the chic, new Equinox Restaurant (replacing the Compass Rose) at The Westin Stamford? Then why not combine that with a good cause. Next Saturday, Pomellato jewellery will host a dinner at the restaurant-with-many-dramatic-views by presenting That's Amore!, an Action For Aids (AFA)
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      • 391 27  -  CRAVINGS By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE hot and sour, sweet and salty blends of Thai food are hard to resist. I mentioned Tom Yam soup to an acquaintance and the answer was an enthusiastic "yes" to lunch at the ANA hotel for their Tempting Taste of
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      • 182 27 LEARN to cook nonya cuisine in the historical city of Malacca tomorrow and Sunday at the Hotel Equatorial. Food tour organiser foodies 'n' friends have put together a two-day culinary package that features nonya cooking lessons with celebrity chef Florence Tan and Japanese cooking lessons helmed by
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 262 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 869, the Baltic Panamas Index (BPI)lost three points to 866, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 19 points to 6,850 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up two points to 979. TDIB<BABIQb ♦Eleftheria (built 2001) 76,134 dwt 14.5
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    • 485 29  -  Two vessels a week will be calling at the newly corporatised port By Donald Urquhart {SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation has lost another container shipping line, this time to its home-grown Singapore rival, Jurong Port. Shipping Times has learned from well-placed sources that
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    • 521 29 Reuters [SEOUL] New shipbuilding orders by Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding will fall about 30 per cent in 2002 along with a global slowdown, but an offshore engineering boom will compensate for the decline. The world's secondranked shipyard expects to win new shipbuilding
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    • 350 29 Panamas rates for US Golf to Japan at new 3-year lows Reuters [TOKYO] The failure of energy trader Enron Corp will likely dent sentiment in the Asian dry bulk cargo market, pushing panamax rates for the US Gulf to Japan to new
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    • 240 29  -  Freight rate drops would have to be restored: carriers By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Virtually all the major shipping lines have warned of a potentially large rate rise next year after chief executive level meetings between members of the Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (TSA)
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 831 30  -  to, Selva Kumar LAST month's decision by an Australian court to impose a fine on the country's maritime union for insisting on union labour to clean ships in Australian waters was a nugor victory for the country's competition watchdog. It was
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      • 152 30 [SINGAPORE] The first ofHapag-Lloyd's giant containerships, the Hamburg Express (right), recently called at the Port ofHamburg for her naming ceremony. At 320 metres long, 43 metres wide with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes, the 7,500 TEU (20-ft containers) vessel is one of
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      • 770 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure frMEksn P)M8 5T 06/12/001 06/12/23:59 N HIMMY OHtay J25 06/12/7:35 08/12/400 SwiUl iil M K JO 06/12/8:45 07/12/800 2n Spore 1 I6£k JO 06/12/8:15 06/12/2t00 Winstar 8 I26S01 J03 06/12/7:55 06/12/22*0 Sin IHII JM201 J07 06/12/9:05 07/12/17 OO Bt Fltnana ***** JOI
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      • 765 39 THIS report, compiled by Cocked Mr rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are baaed on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 123 39 Deocmbar 8 Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception DhmlV 10 Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Dsoiaksr 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday Ditatar 25 l/S Kingdom.: Christmas Day United States: Christmas Day Malaysia: Christmas Day Italy: Christmas Day Finland:
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      • 616 40  -  Measure will help spread risk and guarantee capacity at stable prices By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Lufthansa Cargo is pushing ahead with moves to forward sell capacity for between 12 and 18 months in an effort to "share the risk" of its
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      • 199 40 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines, the third-largest US carrier, is cutting fares between New York, Boston and Washington for Saturday travel, offpeak travel and for children and seniors. The reduced fares include roundtrip travel on Saturdays in December between New York's LaGuardia
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      • 404 40 Re-rating will let airlines cash in on World Cup traffic AP [SEOUL] The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) upgraded South Korea's international aviation safety ratings yesterday, lifting restrictions on Korean carriers flying to the United States, the nation's transportation minister said. The lifting came
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      • LOG Book
        • 69 40 AFX [TAIPEI] China Airlines (CAL) said its North America-bound flights will resume normal frequency from next Wednesday due to seasonal demand and a steady recovery of the travel market Weekly flights from Taipei to Los Angeles will be increased to 14 from 12, while flights
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        • 67 40 Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Crossair AO, Europe's biggest regional carrier, said a lawsuit died by France's Air Lib seeking to collect payments due Is "unfounded". Crossair, which will take over two-thirds of Swissair's fleet next year, had no knowledge of the July agreement made by
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        • 47 40 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Virgin Blue, Richard Branson's Australian discount carrier, said it will end services to Mt Isa, Western Queensland, next month because the route is not profitable. Virgin Blue started operating the service when Ansett Holdings Ltd collapsed in September.—Bloomberg
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        • 74 40 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV said November passenger traffic foil 18 per cent as fewer people flew and Europe's No 4 airline reduced services after the Sept 11 attacks on the US. The Call matched October's decline. KLM said it cut passenger capacity
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      • 238 40 Improvement expected in passenger traffic Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Asian air cargo traffic could end 2001 flat or below last year's level due to the global economic slowdown, although passenger traffic will be more resilient. Freight traffic fell 7.2 per cent year-on-year in the
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      • 245 40  -  Asia becoming an important market for French carrier By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Air France has embarked on a cabin service training overhaul designed to better understand Asian flyers and compete with Asian airlines. The French carrier is teaching its crew cultural
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