The Business Times, 1 February 2002

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  • 18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MTTA (P) 107/03/2001 85* S IN GAPORE j Interne?: http./7business-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1. 2002
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  • 281 1 It could help growing pool of jobless, says Heng Chee How [SINGAPORE] The Economic Review Committee is looking into unemployment insurance as one measure to help the swelling pool of jobless Singaporeans, according to a trade union leader Heng Chee How. "Planning on
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  • 613 1  -  By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Diversified conglomerate Fraser Neave Ltd (FAN) yesterday proposed a capital reduction exercise which could see its shareholders reap $237 million in return. Just before trading was suspended, its shares rose 40 cents, or 5 per cent, to $8.45, the
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  • 666 1  -  MAS gnidelines soon to sharpen banks'risk management By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A tighter risk management regime is falling into place for banks, with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announcing yesterday that a consumer credit bureau will be set up
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  • 639 1  -  P if exclusive By\ Kalpana Rashiwala IsiNUAfUKEj ougis Junction could change hands if plans currently being spearheaded by Keppel Land bear fruit, sources told BT. KepLand, which this week reiterated its intention to divest investment and non-core assets to boost shareholder returns,
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    • 103 1 iJKSBEig Executive Lifestyle What Singapore hotels are doing to beat the downturn. ML oovmr mtory Top Stories STP may not shorten trade settlement period: Tom Kloet N.xl Pmgm ■M a Creative shares soar $3.50 on strong Q2 results. MmxiPmgm r V**- v r S'pore market cap jumped 8.2% in January
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    • 94 1 Credit bureau: MAS stresses confidentiality, Pg 7 Credit card billings up 5% in 2001, Pg 7 ||U 1 1 flf fjyeekend i MW Wvr Mm home_errtertain n 9 gaining in popularity among mm the hip set, chic kitchenware that you can show off rHW while cooking your puttanesca sauce is
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    • 140 1 Unemployment hits 15-year high in December, Next Page /ps. M f AL LUC Heir to a proud watchmaking tradition Stainl«s steel automatic chronometer. LUC IWin" double spring barret. water-resistant to m mm I^K Si H K MB& Hi H H^Vl W HI W www.chopard.com The Chopard LU.C collection is exclusively
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 65 2 IF any proof is needed that Raffles Holdings has turned totally Swiss since acquiring Swissotel, consider this: parent Capita Land says the company will announce its 2001 results on Feb 4. That's a day on which no Hong Kong-listed firm—or, for that matter, probably no other Singapore-listed firm
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      • 57 2 MONETARY Authority of Singapore managing director Koh Yong Guan told a conference yesterday that his "in and out of MAS is just like the volatility of the financial markets". Mr Koh left MAS briefly for six months last year, before returning in October to take over
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    • 520 2  -  By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology was the share to die for yesterday bullish investors went on a buying rampage to lift the share price by a startling $3.50, swelling the company's market capitalisation by $1 billion since the start of the
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    • 506 2  -  About 93,600 Singaporeans and PRs were oat of a job last month Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Unemployment rose to a 15-year high of 4.7 per cent in December, according to preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Manpower. Layoffs climbed to 8,400 in the
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    • 443 2  -  SGX will evaluate various factors before deciding if T+l is feasible By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The implementation of Straight Through Processing (STP) may not result in the shortening of the trade settlement period on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). SGX's chief executive Thomas
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    • 724 2  -  Views divided but most economists see rate hike ahead From l Andrew Marks in New York ECONOMISTS are divided over whether there is a rate hike over the horizon. As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark Fed funds rate unchanged
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    • 487 2  -  New joint panel to review investment environment and recommend improvements From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE and Indonesia yesterday announced concrete steps to make Bintan and Batam islands more attractive to international investors as the two countries explore ways to bring
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 526 4  -  Earnings get $41m doosi irom exceptional sain due to asset sales By Vince Chong SERVICED residence group Ascott yesterday posted a 20 per cent jump in net profit to $41.2 million for 2001, on the back of a $41 million exceptional gain.
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    • 371 4  -  By\ Vince Chong UNITED Overseas Bank subsidiaries Overseas Union Trust (OUT) and Industrial Commercial Bank (ICB) both reported lower audited net profits yesterday for the year ended Dec 31. OUT posted earnings of $16.4 million, down 51 per cent, while ICB's gain fell
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    • 581 4  -  Volume soared 63% to $17 .9b, helped by US rebound and funds switching out of HE, China By R Sivanithy THANKS to a combination of an improving US economy and a market flush with liquidity that is attracting the interest of
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    • 829 4  -  iToTTi lock siew teh hooi ling MERA Telecommunication is one of those quiet jSformers often overloqkecfß B the general run of invested But those who are patient have been handsomely rewarded. Since it was listed in 1969, the Counter has appreciated by 88 per cent,
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    • 381 5  -  Contracts won after nnit increases share capital to gain A 1 grade By Vince Chong KOH Brothers further announced yesterday that it has secured another $78.5 million worth of public sector contracts. This follows its subsidiary's recent increase in share capital in converting from
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    • 396 5  -  Byi Chua Hui Min YOU'VE heard of surfing the Internet. But cruising it? Alpha-Glyph Technologies, a new unit of main boardlisted construction company Hong Lai Huat Group Ltd (HLH), is introducing an in-car personal computer that will let users navigate both the Net
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    • 307 5 The software firm is also going to list associate on HE'S GEM, cut dividends Reuters SHARES of Cytech Software Ltd fell as much as 6.7 per cent yesterday after the Chi-na-based software developer issued a profit warning and said it was
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    • 196 5 Dow Jones Newswires SINGAPORE'S SembCorp Logistics said yesterday that it has formed a new affiliate in Japan to buy certain assets of a Japanese logistics company. SembCorp Logistics, the listed logistics unit of conglomerate SembCorp Industries Ltd, holds a 25.5 per cent stake
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    • 184 5 Reuters IPC Corp said yesterday the Hong Kong stock exchange had given in principle approval for the listing of the Singapore software developer's application processing unit on its Growth Enterprise Market (GEM). IPC said in a statement it will place 125 million
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    • 323 5  -  By' Vince Chong FREIGHT Links Express Holdings (FLEH) posted a $73.9 million net loss for the interim period ended Oct 31 due largely to massive provisions of $72 million, subject to a year-end audit. The group registered a $10.7 million loss in
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 94 5 SINGAPORE systems integrator Frontline Technologies Corp said yesterday that its Hiai unit' won US$7.5 million of coo tracts from Thailand's top two mobile phone operators in second-half2ool. Frontline's Logic Company unit sealed the deals with Advanced Info Service and Singapore-listed Total Access Communication. "Logic's
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      • 104 5 JADASON Enterprises says it expects to report a km for 2001, despite cost-cutting efforts. Second-half turnover from distribution activity was affected by the continuing slowdown in the global electronics industry and aggravated by the Sept 11 shock, it sakL Jadaaon's graphic arts and digital media
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      • 44 5 INCHEM Holdings yesterday issued a profit warning tor Its first financial half ended Dec 31.2001. It said that given continued weakness in the global economy, it expects to stay in the black but will post a lower Interim profit
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      • 27 5 HG Metal Manufacturing says it has received in-prtnciple approval to list on Seedaq. SBI E2-Capital will manage the initial public offering.
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      • 49 5 SWING Media Technology Group says its initial public altar of 87 million shares was about 63 times subscribed The enlarged public offer tranche of LOOS million shares was 196.7 times subscribed. The rest of the offer comprised placement shares. Ths shares start trading today.
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      • 100 5 Reuters GLOBE Telecom of the Philippines said yesterday it expects 2002 capital expenditure to be UB33sBmillion, most of which will be used to expand its wireless business. Some of the cash may be raiasd on international capital markets, group president Gerardo AUasa said. Globe has
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    • 34 4 US rebound renews catch up theme, Pg 6 iaN 1 hcird K<Mil ~0 1/b PI.I/,j IS'iuj.jpur'i SiiKj.ipich shh >■'* ,'OOy 1 >? N«'W Bridqe R'j.kJ -0 1 J4 i". OhiT-.itnyvn P/)int OVt4 1 ~r,, U")0S I
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      278 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES J«nSl VALUE CLOSE WMil 403.00 +71.00 ■ram -*****.00 +174.00 Wt -*****.00 +40.00 467.es +7.34 168.93 +€.53 WMfciPh 1569.17 +29.88 WfpMhihip 486.92 +11.59 WBfcppw 224.49 +4.10 wrnar+mm 224.00 +3.60 IPCCorpn5c 51.971*000 B»yontes 10c 44.467,000 RafcteTech 10c 26.736,000 People's Food HQK 50c 25.550,000 22,787,000 HotoJnglnvNT5 22.133,000 Ch£fcOH5c 21,107,000 f«Stoal50c
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    • 245 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT Byy Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Food Industries, which this week announced a strong set of results, has attracted a good deal of investor attention lately. Although the stock closed one-and-a-half cent lower at 75.5 cents yesterday, analysts are bullish on the medi-um-term
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    • 720 6  -  I i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE search for new trading ideas and laggards was back in full swing yesterday, thanks to Wall Street's Wednesday rebound after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and issued an upbeat assessment of the American economy. Small
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    • 554 6  -  comment UndertyiigUSbend market eeacenucMld be part of the reason larry wee WALL Street rebounded smartly on a surprisingly strong Q4 2001 GDP number overnight, lifting the US dollar from Wednesday levels. But the Fed's expected decision to leave interest rates unchanged may
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 529 7  -  Contenders are Mercer; Lipper; Towers, Perrin, Ftrster 6 Crosby Byi Genevieve Cua THE tender for investment consultancy services for the Central Provident Fund Investment Scheme (CPFIS) is shaping up as a three-way fight between incumbent William M Mercer, Lipper Inc and Towers, Perrin,
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    • 378 7  -  Byi Adeline Chia JTC Corporation has accepted an initial 21 out of 50 recommendations made by a Customer Panel set up last year to review its policies, products and services, and is set to implement them in the next three to six months. The
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    • 296 7  -  on the enonomy credit spending By\ Serena Ng DESPITE three consecutive quarters of negative economic growth in 2001, credit card billings in Singapore last year surpassed that of 2000 to cross the $11 billion mark, figures released yesterday by the Monetary Authority of
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    • 310 7  -  Bureau to list number and types of loans but not the loan amount By I Siow Li Sen THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) expects high standards of confidentiality from the operators of the consumer credit bureau and its participating member banks. The bureau, to
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    • 212 7 JAPAN'S Mitsui Chemicals Inc (MCI) will boost the production capacity of one of its petrochemical plants on Jurong Island. The USfll million investment will increase Mitsui Phenol Singapore's phenol output by 50,000 tonnes per annum to 250,000 tpa. The plant's acetone
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    • 138 7 AMERICAN Express said yesterday it has bought the business of Keppel American Express Foreign Rrrh«r>gp Services (KAEFES) from OCBC Bank. It now owns KAEFES' nine foreign exchange bureaus at Changi airport OCBCs hwd of consumer and community lending, Victor Ow, said: 'The
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    • 284 7 ■FA says SPpere expects Malaysia te respect its choices SINGAPORE yesterday said Malaysian politicians were interfering in its domestic affairs with their comments on the tudung issue. Malaysia's Deputy Education Minister Abdul Aziz was reported in a Malaysian newspaper to have
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 734 8  -  OPINION paul samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology BEFORE the 1990s, there were three national locomotives pulling the world GDP train: the US locomotive, the German locomotive, and the Japanese locomotive. When they averaged out
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    • 84 8 To have faith in an independent judiciary, you can't have judges taking money from the people they're judging: -cwg*D«j4 director of Texansfor Public Justice, after disclosures that Enron spread prodigious sums of money in apparent hopes of a payback from the Texas Supreme Court. The flip side
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    • 550 8 EDITORIAL WHILE fairly confident that the Singapore economy will turn around this year, the Nanyang Technological University's resident economists are less upbeat about its long-term prospects. At 4 per cent, the NTU team's GDP growth forecast for 2002 is a good two percentage points higher than
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    • 1087 8  -  Acute food shortages doe to rain-damaged agriculture and sharp hikes in fnel and commodity prices conld ignite widespread social nnrest From Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent in Jakarta FOR the past one month, most of Java, Indonesia's most densely populated island, has
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    • 802 8  -  COMMENTARY And psychology plus balanced forces will probably keep it there for some time By John Dorfman The writer, president of Dorfman Investments in Boston, is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own Bloomberg THE 10,000 level on the Dow Jones
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  • MAIL bag
    • 531 9  -  Chan Wing Kee Singapore I REFER to the letter "Negative equity problem must be addressed now" by Ang Hao Yao (Mailbag, Jan 21). Negative equity is a result of the cyclical nature of business that affects assets such as stocks, real properties and even
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    • 191 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to your Hock Lock Siew article, "ST Telemedia could rival SingTel", by Lee Han Shih (BT, Jan 31) who appears to share ST Telemedia's dream of going one up on Sing Tel via its bid for
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 740 10 A review of the in-priuciple pact reached last September new looks likely MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia wants to maintain a good relationship with Singapore but it will insist on an increase in the price of
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    • 130 10 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE controlling shareholder of Utama Banking has agreed to proceed with the long-delayed takeover of the RHB banking group, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Star quoted banking sources close to the deal as saying that Cahya Mata Sarawak, which owns 51
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    • 555 11  -  But govt most control budget, enforce reforms before they return From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo INDONESIA will need further debt relief from official creditors this year and also continued support from aid donors to help it restore economic stability, but meaningful
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    • 788 11  -  I comment ASEAN yang razali kassim SINGAPORE'S offer this week to extend to Indonesia the proposed bilateral free trade arrangement with the United States has come as quite a surprise. The Indonesian dimension was never in the original plan. That this has
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    • 188 11 MANILA Reuters PHILIPPINE stocks surged to a six-month high yesterday on broad-based buying, closing 4.19 per cent up as the market cheered the country's better-than-expec-ted gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.4 per cent in 2001. The GDP figure was slightly higher than
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    • NOTE Book
      • 57 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia issued a decree yesterday to regulate the trading and export of tin in a bid to stem rampant illegal mining. Trade and Industry Minister Rini Suwandi also appointed the Indonesian Rubber Association (Gapkindo) to implement a scheme to cut rubber exports
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      • 74 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government may sue Newsweek magazine over a report containing an allegation that Malaysia was a launchpad far the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, a minister said yesterday. Rais Yatim, minister in the prime minister 1 s department
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      • 87 11 AFX [JAKARTA] An Indonesian court has Jailed two bodyguards who procured forged documents for Tommy Suharto, the youngest son of the former president, while he was on the run from the law for a year. Dedi Yusuf and Ferry Hukom were convicted at
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      • 93 11 Xinhua [BANGKOK] Thailand plans to encourage Daihatsu Co to set up a plant to produce engines ft* the assembly of tuk-tuks under the Thai Chaiyo Tuk-Tuk Program, the Thai News Agency (TN A) said yesterday. Deputy Industry Minister Pichet Sathirachawal was quoted as saying
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    • 547 12 SHANGHAI Investors bank on delay in state share sale programme AFX SHARE prices both A and B closed sharply higher after reported comments from Premier Zhu Rongji and China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Zhou Xiaochuan triggered speculation the government will delay the launch of
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    • 288 12 BEIJING Dow Jones Newswires CHINA'S government is planning to restructure its electronics sector around a core of nine major manufacturers in 2002, as it tries to strengthen local industry against the impact of the global economic slowdown. "We will cultivate a
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    • 162 12 BEIJING Reuters CHINA has opened the door for private firms to invest in the country's infrastructure and public utilities in a bid to spur the slowing economy, the China Securities Journal reported yesterday. "Private investors will be encouraged to participate in building infrastructure projects and
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    • 68 12 [BEIJING] Taxi drivers lining up waiting for customers outside a railway station in Beijing yesterday. British taxi maker Manganese Bronze Holdings has signed a contract with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings to manufacture and sell taxis in the Chinese market, including Hong Kong. The 20-year
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    • 424 12  -  Retrenchment trend seen continuing this year Prom Audrey Tan in Hcmg Kong HONG Kong banks will record lower profits for last year compared with 2000, and there is downside risk for their outlook this year, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) said yesterday.
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    • 111 12 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Bank of Thailand confirmed yesterday that 2001 economic growth was feeble, but predicted a gradual recovery this year and next as global markets bounced back. In its quarterly inflation report, the central bank said Thai gross domestic product expanded only 1.5 per cent
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    • 3733 10 1 1 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT CHATTER 50 Section 290(2Mb) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS MANNESMANN REXROTH SOUTH EAST ASIA PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At on Extroordinory General Meeting of MANNESMANN REXROTH SOUTH UST ASIA PTE LTD at 19 Kion Tack Way. Singapore 62(740 on lh* 25th
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  • FOCUS UTI
    • 1196 13  -  Yogi Aggarwal, reporting from Bombay, examines the mess in Unit Trust of India, the nation's oldest and largest mutual fund Yogi Aggarwal 0- ot the apparent paradoxes of the economic liberalisation taking place in India is the way some hallowed institutions are
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    • 1326 13 Overseas Union Trust Limited I announcement The Board of Directors of Overseas Union Trust Limited wishes to announce: 1 AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001 J E GROUP THE COMPANY I 31.12.01 31.12.00 31.12.01 31.12.00 SS 000 SS'OOO SS'OOO SS'OOO I Interest income 100 ,822 97,684 3.2
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  • WORLD news
    • 553 14 WASHINGTON Personal income growing as jobless claims slow, though spending still down Bloomberg, Reuters A SLEW of economic data boosted the outlook for the US economic growth ahead yesterday US personal income in December grew at its strongest pace since the summer; employment
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    • 375 14 FRANKFURT Provisions for bad debt np 500 m euros as more SMEs fail Reuters GERMANY'S Deutsche Bank AG yesterday posted a sharp drop in 2001 profits on the back of lower trading revenues and a jump in write-downs and value adjustments of the
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    • 348 14 TOKYO AFX NEC Corp senior managing director Shigeo Matsumoto said the company will lay off some 14,000 employees before the end of March, raising the target cuts from the original of 1,800 jobs as earnings continue to deteriorate due to weak IT
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 81 14 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Credit Suisse First Boston posted a US$l billion loss in the fourth quarter as chief executive officer John Mack settled an investigation over public offerings, fired 2,500 workers and wrote down private-equity investments. The New York-based investment bank's second consecutive quarterly loss
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      • 70 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Verizon Communications Inc, the biggest US local-telephone company, reported a US$2 billion fourth-quarter loss because of expenses related to Job cuts and declines in investments. The loss was 75 cents a share, compared with net income of US$l.9 billion, or
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      • 78 14 Bloomberg [BASEL, Switzerland] Crossair AG renamed itself Swiss Air Lines Ltd as Europe's biggest regional carrier transforms into an intercontinental airline. The airline will begin operating under the new name in October, chief executive Andre Dose said at a briefing. The carrier's brand name will
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      • 78 14 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to post six bogus investment websites to show investors how easy it is to get. scammed, after the agency's first phony site received 150,000 hits this week. The SEC's unusual approach to investor education went public
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      • 82 14 Reuters [CINCINNATI] Procter Gamble Co reported a rise in quarterly earnings before restructuring items as it posted its first sales increase in more than a year. The maker of Crest toothpaste and Pampers diners posted earnings of US$l.O3 a share, ArrhwUng restructuring items,
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      • 83 14 AFP [PARIS] French telecommunications equipment provider Alcatel reported a record loss of 446 billion euros (Ss7.B billion) for last year but said that it was now the leading supplier of telecom infrastructure. The loss, in line with warnings by the group and forecasts by
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      • 78 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Philip Morris said its fourth-quarter profits climbed 11 per cent and said that its chief financial officer will become its next chief executive officer. The company said it earned U552,166 billion for the quarter, or 99 US cents per share on
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    • 515 15 ENRONSAGA Internal probe findings to be released in 3-6 days Bloomberg, Reuters [HOUSTON] Enron Corp interim chief executive officer Steve Cooper said the former top energy trader owes unsecured creditors US$3O billion and secured creditors US$lO billion. A report on Enron's internal investigation
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    • 347 15 Enron used rule to keep USs2.6b off its balance sheet Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US accounting rule-makers may scrap a standard that allowed Enron Corp to shift debt off its books through partnerships with investors who took as little as 3
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    • 575 16 BUENOS AIRES IMF opposition ignored; USs7b private debt at risk: analysts Reuters ARGENTINE lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bankruptcy bill opposed by the International Monetary Fund that analysts said could lead to defaults on foreign debts amounting to billions of dollars this year alone. While the
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    • 297 16 Bloomberg AFP, [BUENOS AIRES] Argentines raced to withdraw bank deposits and swap their pesos for US dollars on Wednesday on word the government plans to repay bank deposits in the national currency and end its peg to the greenback. A senior official in the Economy
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    • 263 16  -  By Ravi Kanth in Geneva MEMBERS of the World Trade Organization yesterday worked hard to launch the crucial trade negotiations committee (TNC) that would oversee the Doha Development Agenda talks to liberalise global trade in farm and industrial products, and services. After some
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      1575 17  -  n \V.< 1 U( .»v I\ I"«t* .> \0 W .i\ v M >-1 M' >»:;•:;;; \>V*« A M ,AI v,«\\^ Tan Hwee Hwee SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, was a bad day for the world, and especially for those whose business relies on people travelling around it. No one
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      • 715 18  -  Mad the cuff What sets thieves apart from normal people is their inability to see that it is not always possible for someone to share what he has with them jaime ee I'VE been reading one too many stories like this lately: "Burglar breaks into
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      • 558 18  -  By' Tan Hwee Hwee I* you're a trendy Jet-setter tired of generic hotel lobbies and bland lounge music, the Gallery (formerly the Gallery Evason) could be the hip alternative you're looking few. The floors are ambient with club music, the walls are painted funky
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      • 1063 19  -  Sarah Brightman has made a career of reinventing herself to suit her situation, oeoffhetbu finds out how she's been exercising her Gift lately GEOFFREY EU SARAH Brightman has a great set of lungs and her voice isn't too bad, either. We all know the sultry
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      • 726 20  -  Don't neglect your teeth for they can affect your general health.""" ui-hoom reports CHEAH UI-HOON SO you're conscientious about your health—you might faithfully go for annual checkups as provided for in your executive health plan, where your heart, blood pressure and other aspects of your physique
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      • 770 21  -  CINEMA Sidewalks Of New York, though not as insightful as it aspires to be, does well in imparting its own brand of wisdom Bu Geoffrey Eu Sidewalks or New York is a character-driven film that examines, in typical New York fashion, the everyday concerns of
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      • 666 21  -  FOOD PROMOTION By\ Parvathi Nayar KERALA, you must have noticed, is one of the flavours du jour of the international traveller. You could argue The God of Small Things was responsible in a significant part, but once the spotlight was turned on that strip of
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      • 472 21  -  CINEMA Everything about the movie is convoluted, and the MTV-type gimmfckg only worsen things By\ Susan Tsang DO not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body
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      • 439 21  -  CINEMA By Geoffrey Eu ONCE upon a time, Charlie Sheen was the bad boy of Hollywood, with media coverage of his prodigious sex life and outrageous behaviour far exceeding anything it had to say about his professional life. Yet early in his career, before
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    • 664 22  -  Singapore golfers, who have paid half a billion dollars in fees to join Johor clubs, will be keen to know how they stack up. BT brings you the 2001 rankings of the best Johor courses in this special focus. By Nicklaus D'Cruz The writer is
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    • 308 23 THE BT ranking criteria has remained the same since its inception in 1997. We looked at both fairway and green condition. We noted the general maintenance and graded the flawlessness and grooming of the greens and the putting surface. We looked for sogginess, overall aesthetics,
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    • 676 24  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN OPEN market membership prices for golf clubs enjoyed a rare respite from their seemingly inexorable slide in January, perhaps from the "bonus effect". The open market prices of leading outfits like the Singapore Island Country Club, Laguna National and Seletar
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    • 279 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell five points to 910, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost seven points to 930, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) eased 17 points to 6,691 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was down four points to 1,065. ♦Cape Africa (built 1991) 149,533
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    • 549 25 Carnival raises share portion of offer and drops some conditions Reuters [LONDON] The fight for British cruise operator P&O Princess Cruises pic intensified on Wednesday with Carnival Corp improving its offer to £3.6 billion (559.3 billion) and stripping some conditions from
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    • 306 25  -  Operator hopes for ELSE listing by third quarter -By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Penang Port hopes to expand its role by positioning itself as an intra* Asian feeder hub following its intended listing on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) main board later
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    • 173 25 Oana-Antara [SORONG] Indonesian naval ships have seized two Singa-porean-flagged ships for allegedly carrying thousands of cubic metres of illegal logs in eastern Papua waters. The chief of the naval base here, Lt Col Danisworo Pandoe, has confirmed the case. One of
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    • 225 25  -  Govt asked fond to monitor revenue after UN criticism By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has turned down the Liberian government's request that it monitor revenue it receives through its shipping registry following a damning UN report that the
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 743 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A CARRIER that shipped a cargo of air-conditioning machinery from the US to Hong Kong could limit its liability for damage to the cargo to US$5OO under the US Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA), the Hong
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      • 69 26 AFP [LA CORUNA, Spain] A seamen is rescued from the Sao Tome Principeflagged freezer ship Kabou by a helicopter of the Maritime Service of the Galician Regional Government, which may be sinking after afire on the ship, 50 miles off La Coruna, north-western Spain on
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    • 14451 31 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ayo r ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vkw Voyage Tn*phon# SIN Dest'n Name None NumOer Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number M/02 04/03 CMA CGM NORASIA SHARJAH 205-04 45-*****00 TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cota O'lvoire M/02 09/03 Evergreen IT GLORY 0636-102*
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      • 224 35 February I Malaysia: Federal Territory Day February New Zealand: Waitangi Day February 11 Japan: National Foundation Day Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve Vietnam: Chinese New Year Eve February 12 Brunei: Chinese New Year China: Chinese New Year Hong Kong: Chinese New Year Indonesia: Chinese New Year Malaysia: Chinese
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      • 794 35 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 averageslsed stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the Individual
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      • 534 36 Possible signs of explosives on shoe of man who wandered off AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Beefed up anti-terrorism measures implemented in US airports since last year were put to the test here when a chemical analysis showed possible signs of explosives on
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      • 312 36 AP [IRVING, Texas] Engineers and technical workers at Boeing Co's Irving plant have unanimously rejected a three-year contract offer and could vote to go on strike against the aircraft maker within weeks, union officials say. The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in
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        • 119 36 Dow Jones [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV (KLM) yesterday turned in a 94 million euro (551.48 billion) net loss for the third quarter to Dec 31, better than analysts' expectations of a net loss of 121.2 million euros. In the third quarter 2001, KLM
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        • 75 36 Reuters [LONDON] British airline services company Alpha Airports Group pic said yesterday it expected £23 million (5159.8 million) in costs from the restructuring of its business following the impact of the events of Sept 11. The costs include redundancies and writing off goodwill
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        • 84 36 AFX-Asia [TAIPEI] EVA Airways Corp said the company's NTS3.I4 billion (SsB49 million) parent net loss in 2001 derived from a sluggish civil aviation market that was further compounded by the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US. However, the company's cost reduction efforts such
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      • 263 36 Tax levied to pay for anti-terrorist measures NYT [ATLANTAJ Better airport security comes with a price tag starting today. A new air security ticket tax ranging from US$2.5O to US$lO per person depending on the itinerary takes effect to pay for post-Sept 11 antiterrorism
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      • 199 36 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China Southern Airlines Co, the country's largest carrier, said it will buy five Boeing Co aircraft and other assets from its parent for 1.1 billion yuan (***** million) and plans to sell shares to domestic investors. The purchase from China Southern
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      • 234 36 54.9 m euro scheme to compensate airlines for losses Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission (EC) approved a French scheme to pay 54.9 million euros ($47.33 million) to airlines to compensate for losses after the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. "The
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      • 282 36 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Demand for Japan Airlines Co's international flights will recover to the level prior to September's terrorist attacks as early as July, said Katsuo Haneda, senior managing director at Asia's biggest carrier. "Domestic flights are already recovering," Mr Haneda said in an
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