The Business Times, 22 March 2002

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 010/03/2002 85* SINGAPORE I Internet: httpV'business-times.asial com.sg/ FRIDAY. MARCH 22. 2002
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  • 77 1 Dsn 1,***** (-8.01) U ran (+0.92) ST INDEX FUTDSES VSOOIOO (-0.50) nSDDOIFUTniES Ifl 227J® (-0.60) STOCK KAHET INDICES Thursday Change KL8ECOMP 76*22 +1J7 NIKKEI 225 doted HANG SENG -*****.73 -2018? SET INDEX ***** +199 JAKARTA COMP -***** +136 MANILA COMP .1,***** +753 TAIPEI WP1 6,***** -1164 SEOUL COMP
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  • 67 1 FOBEX RATES uss s$ USS (SS per L'S$) 1825 £(US$/S$ per 1.429 2.607 EURO(US$/SS/E). 0.888 1.616 DM 2216 1115 YEN 1SL4 72.00 RM 3.800 2063 HK$ 7.799 4174 BAHT 4311 23.73 RUPIAH 9369 5.403 FUME SATES SINGAPORE* KUALA LUMPUR 140 BONO KONG 5125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI __17J5 TOKYO 1J375
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  • 648 1  -  Developer will pay buyers the difference if valuation doesn't go np at least 10% by end-2003 By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Buy an apartment at Li Kashing's Costa del Sol condominium on the east coast and be assured of a
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  • 536 1  -  pfiexclusive 50 initially approached by go-between but number now down to 2(h sources Bu Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Major listed healthcaife player Parkway Holdings is taking another serious stab at growing its clinic business three years after its plan with Guardian Pharmacy to
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  • 497 1  -  Split among Asian affiliates as the rest look to KPMG Froml Audrey Tan in Hong Kong ANDERSEN'S Hong Kong and China offices yesterday became the first Andersen units to break away from the embattled firm, by announcing they will combine their
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  • 554 1  -  iiexclusive Investors also include a Zoebel of the Philippines By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Spink, a 336-year-old English brand name renowed for its coins and stamp auctions, is to be sold to a group of Singaporebased investors including investment banker John Koh and
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    • 404 2 Conference Board also cautions road ahead is far from smooth AFP AP [WASHINGTON] The Conference Board said yesterday its closely watched index of leading economic indicators was flat in February, but maintained that the US economy is nonetheless "firmly in recovery". The
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    • 807 2  -  They won't have same chance to exit group at RM6 a share because deal won't triarer irpnpral nffer HocKimmm Eddie toh [KUALA LUMPUR] MALAYSIAN tycoon Rash id Hussain is an extraordinary dealmaker, even though he is up to his neck in debt.
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    • 503 2  -  -f exclusive But Astra will sell manufacturing opg only at right price Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Talks between Toyota Motor and Astra International regarding the former's takeover of manufacturing operations in Indonesia could be concluded this year. Astra chief financial officer
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 54 2 WOW! Those guys at Virgin Mobile sure know how to get your attention. They tell us that at 10.30 am this morning (don't be late, they say) at Clarke Quay, all will be revealed when they unveil their "no-holds-barred, state-of-the-art contact centre". Now what could
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      • 51 2 IN an online poll, BT said: Singapore's exports fell more than expected last month, dampening hopes of an economic recovery soon. This is how readers voted: Yes, February's weakness looks extreme: 45% No, a pick-up in global tech demand is likely: 43% I don't know:
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 391 3  -  J lexclusive It will offer IPO underwriting, managed accounts and online global futures trading Byy Ven Sreenivasan FACED with flat growth or the stockbroking front, pri vately owned Phillip Securi ties is diversifying into new services such as underwrit ing initial public offers, of
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    • 502 3  -  TWy lis* fad UOB'* privatisation of OUT wraU go smoothly »y Angela Tan anAiusnuLOJKKS oi industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB) should not bank on United Overseas Bank (UOB) improving its bid in a privatisation exercise because the offer price is fair
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    • 504 3  -  Company aims to be financier of choice for SMEs By Ling Su Ann ANNOUNCING an 88 per cent earnings jump at new-ly-merged Hong Leong Singapore Finance (HLSF), chairman Kwek Leng Beng said yesterday that he will take advantage of the liberalised environment
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    • 685 4  -  29% conversion premium, bat keen foreigners want S$ exposure, ride on properly recovery By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND's latest bonds can be converted into new shares at a price that's a whopping 29 per cent higher than the* counter's average price yesterday morning. And although
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    • 442 4 They alky concerns raiaed after SEC prebe into Qwest udObUGMig Bloomberg Qorp, Singapore Telecom ant other Asian phone companies are trying to allay investor concerns about how they book fees from trading network space after authorities began a probe into Qwest Communications
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    • 283 7  -  $2m raised from the sale will be used for working fflpjtfll twH loan repayment By Angela Tan DOOR maker KLW Holdings said yesterday it has placed out almost 17.82 million new shares to Phillip Securities Pte Ltd, raising about $2 million to
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 49 7 Reuters LiKMefelsaAreda2ool net loss of $4.71 millian compared with a2ooonet profit of $340,000. Turnover Ml to $106.49 million from $134-58 million. Lee Metal it engaged to steel merchandising, fabrication and tiie manufacture of steel reinforcement products. Directors expect a smaller loss this year. —Reuters
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      • 71 7 Reuters RKED Group slumped to a 2001 net loss $4.67 million from a 2000 profit of $820,000. Turnover increased to $8.11 million from $7J9 million. Reed provides products and services to manage employee absenteeism and productivity. It said the toes was doe largely to a
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      • 106 7 TMC International Holdings posted a 5.8 per cent riae in 2001 net profit to $770,000. Turnover roee psr cent t0511.54 million front $10.1 million. TMC attributed the rise to higher revenue from computing courses and franchising Earnings per share were 0.72 cents, against OJ9 cents
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      • 46 7 Reuters katflißs international HOJamgs said yesterday it has ctinchedadsal tomanaoß twodebaehotels in Turkey. The contracts will increase Kafllss' portfolio by 527 rooms. The hotels, owned by the Pension Fund ofTurkey and now being redeveloped, will be launched in two years.—Rmtitrs
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      • 67 7 3ESDAQ-Ltylm> VlbcopowMt Corporation said2ool net profit fell 54 per cent to $1.39 million, from $3 million previously. Turnover slipped 3 per cent to $24.8 million. Op«Trting expenses wereathird higher due to costs incurred from altering new markets, while margins were lower. Earnings per share th& to
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      • 58 7 BEDLINEN maker Mayfran International yesterday reported a 58 pa- cent slide in 2001 net profit to $669,000, from $1.2 million in 2000, despite turnover climbing 22 per cent to $26.7 million. Mayfran said profit was affected by higher manpower, materials and advertising costs. It expects better
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      • 68 7 PUBLIC healthcare cluster Singapore Health Services and Sesdaq-listedMedi-Rad Associates and AsiaMedk will set up* joint venture to own a cyclotron—a machine that produces isotopes tar Poeitron Emission Tomography which helps early detection of cancer and the evaluation of cardiac and neurological diseases. Sing Health will
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    • 288 7  -  The company is planning placement or rights issue this year to raise fnnds Byi Adeline Chia MAINBOARD-listed leather tanner and sofa manufacturer HTL International Holdings yesterday posted a 44 per cent jump in net profit to $11.8 million for the year ended Dec 31,2001.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      262 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 21 VALUE CLOSE Hl»t 194.00 "BSjOO BTCOW -*****.00 -3.00 -*****.00 4-20.00 473.86 -2.52 ttfjiiiBi i Bml 172.39 -1,81 mmmrnm 1874.54 +7.32 458.93 -11.39 Twin 226.88 .1.40 —227.20 <0.60 Pnpte's Food HGK 90c 41*18*00 CapKaLand 36,088,000 HQ Metal 20c 30,325 000 19.468,000 18,569*00 *M86*OO PC Corpn 5c
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    • 287 6  -  HOT OTOCg/ WARRANT Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of IT services specialist CSA Holdings was one of the biggest gainers yesterday as it leapt a whopping 17 cents to $1.79 its highest close since July last year. It has added 40 cents
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    • 683 6  -  2 comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market was torn between fear and hope yesterday, with sentiment held hostage to two opposing forces interest-rate jitters and optimism on global economic recovery. The uncertainty was reflected in the movement of the Straits Times Index,
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    • 609 6  -  l-i* comment cufSSices Cross-trades back in vogue, NZ$ resumes rise to hit a seven-month high larry wee A SHARP jump in US February housing starts hit US bond and stock markets as well as the US dollar on Wednesday night, and gave traders
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    • 563 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 ALPS MALAYSIA (S) PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 15 March 2002, the following resolutions were duly passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company be wound up voluntarily
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    • 1653 8 METALOCK (SINGAPORE) LIMITED I Incorporated la the Republic of Staler*) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY tiF.NF.iiAi mfitiw: NOTIC E IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ike Company will be held on 8 April 2002 at Carlton Hotel Singapore. Empress Room I. Level 2. 76 Bras Basah Road. Singapore *****8,
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 330 9  -  pi 3on the economy outlook Byi Chuang Peck Ming SIGNS of stronger global demand have led Morgan Stanley to lift its growth forecast for the Singapore economy this year to 3.8 per cent. This is up from the US investment bank's early forecast of
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    • 440 9  -  Byi Chuang Peck Ming HONG KONG not only continues to trail Singapore in offering the good life to expatriates, it is also, for the first time, falling behind China, according to a survey by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy. But
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    • 351 9  -  -i i exclusive The 340,000 gfa property may be the biggest to be sold in recent years By Vince Chong US-BASED infotech hardware giant 3Com Corp has sold its manufacturing plant in Singapore in what consultants believe is the largest industrial property transaction in
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    • 406 9  -  A4jnstmentcapto avoid drastic swing rise for commercial vehicles, m-cycles By Christopher Tan BAD news for car buyers. The supply of mainstream COEs (cars up to 1,600 cc) will shrink 24 per cent in the new quota year. This is the second biggest
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    • 284 9  -  Byi Geraldine Lor DUPONT's new wholly owned subsidiary, DuPont Textiles and Interiors (DTI), yesterday announced the opening of its newest and third lycra plant in Singapore at a cost of $142 million. DuPont said that the new plant to produce lycra a highly elastic material
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 744 10  -  Sib i. bottom line OPINION Shoeb Kagda The writer is BT"s Jakarta correspondent AT a recent lunch where the chief economics minister was speaking on the problems facing Indonesia, the head of a Japanese investment firm made a startlingiy frank comment When
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    • 73 10 'I think what is misleading is that people think Tm playing smarter, but fm not necessarily playing thnt much smarter.' -ItorWttfc who leaped from 10th on the professional golf money list to first with hisfour-strok* victory on Sunday. 'Proving someone urinated in public is a long procedure
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    • 578 10 EDITORIAL EVEN the best economic growth rate among the OECD industrialised nations in 2001 and prospects of good economic growth this year do not seem to have earned Australian Prime Minister John Howard a respite against unrelenting political pressure. Four months into his third term in
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    • 1090 10  -  MjiMmtokiiigimiip •n Mriwu attempts U revive the Japueae economy on It —nnrili InHigfiri US and expert-led recevery From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo THE United States, if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to be believed, is heading
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    • 715 10  -  COMMENTARY By Steven Xn The writer is head of Asian economic research at SG, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Sodete Generate Group HONG Kong's fiscal woes have to be addressed soon. If they aren't, Hong Kong's fiscal reserves the valuable endowment of
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  • MAIL bag
    • 204 11  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to your article "KepCorp admits judgment error in not disclosing loan earlier" by Serena Ng (BT, March 20). It offers little consolation to Keppel T&T shareholders and, more so, the warrant holders to be told that both KepCorp and
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    • 139 11  -  Wong Fund Sim Singapore I REFER to the report "KepCorp admits judgment error in not disclosing loan earlier" by Serena Ng (BT, March 20). As a shareholder of Keppel Corp, I was very perturbed to read the article. It reflects very badly on the
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    • 431 11  -  Lai Siat Fong Singapore I THANK the pro-tem committee for the reply ("Pinetree committee studying all options", Mailbag, March 9-10) to my letter. Whether members should make a bid for the club facilities is not an issue. Most who attended the AGM and the earlier Q&A
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    • 155 11  -  Jim James Director Eastwest Public Relations PteLtd Singapore I REFER to the poll taken by BT online on March 19 on the decline in manufacturing exports. The poll showed 57 per cent of the respondents were worried about the future. I wonder if
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 525 12  -  Independent hffld Arif Arrymai tipped to take ever Fromi Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE head of the powerful Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) will soon be replaced following his fallout with State Enterprises Minister I.akaawmn« Sukardi over the sale of
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    • 264 12 KUCHING It will help state implement some big projects: Minister Bernama THE RHB-Utama merger is "good for Sarawak" as it results in the state having an anchor bank, Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Finance and Public Utilities, George Chan Hong Nam said.
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    • 157 12 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA'S central bank said on Wednesday that it expects banking consolidation to leave between six and eight hanka from the current 10 in the country, but stressed the process would be market-driven. Under a sweeping consolidation programme, Malaysia's 54 banks merged
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    • NOTE Book
      • 15 12 Reuters seek another way into tIM Macau |nfettt|lH|^.vt! after Ufriled to wiaetkxaoetafttnatfr^JMf*
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      • 4 12 Bloomberg
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      • 43 12 Bloomberg mom —i —Ar i—r—^hurt frr tn—t nimwiaiC:! (***** million) at the nsrtgonttao In April *Nrt«ip itniffn raw ilniiiMili In li )gm IfWidi Thi i sites are a 14,700 «q meiteta&oertoeiiftaf wAa 10,450 sq m plot in western Kovioon.—AtoenAery
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      • 28 12 Bernama is 98.4 per cent reedy. With jutadeystofDMbr* ERL commence# operation*, Exprees Rail LtokCßO Amlnuddin Adnan said the daily trial nana ewe going on smoothly.-Brano
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    • 429 13  -  HatctiMeeariiip Meier 60%; Wrtoiewecewrtakeetofteywlj, toll— ether ipHy IhwUmiU Report**? Audrey Tan wHonaKona PROVISIONS were the theme of the day at Cheung Kong's and Hutchison Whampoa's results briefing yesterday, as LI Kaahing's companies wrote down their staksa in property, telecoms and other equity investments.
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    • 210 13 He questtai, i&|i irfK art MkMhn Mant HONG Kong's most influential businessman, Li Ka-shing, found himself aaked repeatedly yesterday if he will retire from'his companies to take up a vice-chairman pwUHt at the Chinese Heopis's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Mr Li first thanked his
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    • 300 13 ASSET gETTSM JAKARTA US firm Newbridge and some local firms are also keen Reuters, Bloomberg ANOTHER Indonesian bank will be on the market shortly. This is mediumsized Bank Niaga, in which 19 local and foreign investors had so far shown interest in buying
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    • 146 13 JAKARTA Reuters SOME 700 members of Indonesia's post and telecommunication labour union rallied yesterday to protest any sale of government-held PT Indosat, the international phone operator, to foreign investors. The move reflects growing opposition by workers at state-owned companies to Indonesia's
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    • 278 13 HONGKONG Reuters CHINA will offer a major residential site in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen today in an auction some analysts believe will attract the attention of Hong Kong's top tycoon Li Ka-shing. Some property analysts expect Mr Li's ports-to-tele-coms conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa
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  • REGION world
    • 439 14 BERLIN The centre wfll be 1 of 3 worldwide-2 others are in Munich and the US Bernama MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that German car maker Bavaria Motor Works (BMW) has chosen Malaysia as its operations centre for Asia. The Malaysian centre
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    • 417 14 EMROM SAGA It's the first nuyor Spanish client to reconsider ties Bloomberg Reuters [MADRID] Telefonica SA, Spain's largest traded company, delayed rehiring Andersen as its auditor, following Andersen's indictment in the US and as many of the accounting firm's overseas affiliates consider a merger with KPMG
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 107 14 Dow Jones Newswires [BRUSSELS] The European Union was to later yesterday the level of steel tarilfe and quotas It will impose as a response to US protectionism of Its steel industry, a Commission offlHui Hie EU measures are designed to prevent a surge of
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      • 68 14 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's new Economics Minister Lin Yi-ft took office yesterday, saying he would promote private investment and upgrade traditional industries to help pull the economy out of a recession. Mr tin, a 36-year veteran of the ministry who spearheaded Taiwan's marathon bid tojoin the
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      • 71 14 Reuters lujinuunj HSBC Holdings is set to appoint its investment bank chief Stephen Green to replace chief executive Keith Whitson in the next few nwith* industry sources said on Wednesday. Mr Whitson, who is 58 and has been with the bank for more than 40
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      • 58 14 Reuters [WAahiwuTON] landmark legislation to reduce thf influence of money in US politics won final congressional approval on Wednesday, ending a seven-year on Capitol Hffl and drawing a quick pledge from President George Bush that he will u °-nntr imiwiort approved five weeks ago by
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      • 123 14 Reuters [LONDON] Investment guru Guy Hands closed hda last deal for Nomura on Wednesday, selling the Japanese bank's UK pub estate to a consortium including Enterprise Inns for £2.0 billion (Ss&2 billion). Sources close to the deal said Oat Mr Hands, who has made
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      • 57 14 -euters [LIMA] At least seven people were killed on Wednesday when a car bomb exploded near the US embassy in Lima three days before a visit by US President George Bush, police said. It was not immediately known who planted the bomb. Police
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      • 67 14 Bloomberg [PARIS] Orange SA, the biggest mobile phone company in France and the UK. said its ftill-year loss widened after it wrote off the value of its stake in German partner MobilCom The France Telecom unit' had a net loss of 43 billion euros
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    • 467 15 HP-COMPAQ MERGER Company's investors see clear benefits from the deal: Capellas NYT, Reuters [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer said on Wednesday that its shareholders had overwhelmingly approved its US$24 billion purchase by Hewlett-Packard, a day after HP's managers declared a narrow victory in the hotly contested proxy battle.
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    • 262 15 TOKYO AFP JAPAN S Fujitsu and Toshiba are negotiating to form an alliance which would create the world's second biggest semiconductor business, a report said yesterday. However, Fujitsu downplayed the report, saying while it was considering alliances with other companies, it had not
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    • 459 16 Jobless benefit claims drop last week, adding to hopes of recovery LATEST US INDICATORS Reuters Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US consumer prices rose in February for month in a row, while the number of US workers filing new claims for jobless benefits dropped last week
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    • 362 16 CANBERRA Among measures contemplated is lifting of curbs on foreign ownership Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S government plans to repeal foreign ownership laws, a move that could spur mergers and acquisitions of the nation's television, newspaper and radio companies. The proposal ends limits, on foreign companies
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    • 259 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 1,078, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell seven points to 1,075, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed 78 points to 7,292 and the Baltic Capeaize Index (BCD was up five points to 1,3*8. Aquadonna (boilt 1995) 181,010 dwt
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    • 574 17  -  Should it become law, foreign ports will have to impose strict security measures By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A new sweeping US maritime antiterrorism Bill approved on Wednesday is set to impose rigorous security requirements on foreign ports, shipping lines and seafarers should it become law.
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    • 169 17 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) will boost security at all terminals to near airport-level in a clamp-down to be partly funded by a new levy on cruise and ferry operators. "Following the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, the
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    • 413 17  -  Evergreen to add west cesstte its service network By P T Bangsberg AS a new entrant muscles into the trade, carriers in the Asia-South America west coast business say rates will rise from April 1. Due to the drop in freight rate levels
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      225 17 Source: MRA nips it In the bud The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MR*) conducted a four-month investigation into bunker fuel contamination In the Port of Sinppore blowing 14 complaints from owners and operators of vessels that had alegedty received contaminated fuel. Here are detafls of the investigations,
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    • 706 18  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar A MARINE insurance policy that covered a vessel for war risks and civil unrest did not also cover the vessel for losses suffered by the insured following prolonged detention of the vessel after drugs were
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    • 326 18 AyiATiownrawa Reuters [ZURICH] The new Swiss national airline is holding alliance talks only with oneworld, having ended discussions with the other two global airline groupings, industry executives said. Swiss is the brand name of the company which is due to take off
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      • 785 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne 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 averagestaed stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 545 28 But lata lowers growth forecast from 2001-2006 to only 2% Reuters [GENEVA] International air cargo traffic, an indicator of the health of the world economy and key to global trade, is likely to rebound in 2003 from a hefty decline in
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      • 342 28 AP [SYDNEY] Air traffic controllers walked out of airports yesterday to protest against stalled pay talks, throwing international and domestic flight schedules into chaos and causing hours of delays for thousands of passengers. Controllers at Sydney, Brisbane and a smaller regional airport,
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      • 428 28 Capacity being added despite weak demand too Reuters [NEW YORK] US airline shares dropped for a second consecutive day on Wednesday on concerns that a battle for market share is leading to a price war and that carriers are adding flights at a
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      • 228 28 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services pel, which plans to raise as much as 500 million baht (5522.6 million) in its first public share sale, set the stock price at 60 baht each, the top of the range. The biggest supplier
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      • 252 28 Bloomberg (CANBERRA] Qantas Airways is in talks with the federal government about easing restrictions on foreign ownership of Australia's biggest airline, Transport Minister John Anderson said. Under current law, foreign ownership of Qantas is restricted to 49 per cent, and a single airline
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      • 339 28 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Hainan Airlines said yesterday it plans to list in New York to raise capital and reported a steep and unexpected 39 per cent drop in 2001 earnings due to fewer exceptional gains and higher borrowing expenses. The small
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      • 599 32  -  Kannan Chandran THINK you have a song that's bouncing around in your head? If you do, you might want to brush up on your potential and realise it in the form of a demo for the forthcoming Singapore Music Festival 2002. The
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      • 181 32  -  Aaron Lye iHe ouzz: ine Singapore Repertory Theatre's (BRT) main season 0f2002, filled with a satisfying selection of award-winning performances and local talent development programmes. Plot a»d players: Leading the charge is the musical Honk.', recipient of the 2000 Laurence Olivier Award for Be* Musical Written by George Stiles
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      • 630 33  -  The first two acts of the S'pore Intl Comedy Fest served up jolly good laughs with great skill, says a tickled PARVATHIMAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR We all need to take time off to chuckle without worrying about Botox to fill in the laughter lines, the work that had
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      • 842 33  -  It's about winning converts early and doesn't necessarily mean a dilution of the art form By. Aaron Lye MUCH has been said about local theatre attempting to cater to new audiences. Certainly, recent weeks have shown the effort that has gone into targeting one
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      • 532 35  -  The Winslet-Dench combination is well-matched by the two actors who play John Bayley Bu\ Parvathi Nayar THE Iris Murdoch story is a fascinating one but Iris, perhaps wisely, doesn't take on the task of trying to examine an entire life. That, you could
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      • 540 35  -  It's a charming, goofy little movie, though its characters lack depth By* Corinne Kerk A STORY about the trials and tribulations of a bunch of teenage boys trying to make their mark as synchronised swimmers is as good a starting point as any for a light-hearted time at
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      • 615 35  -  The film disregards the deeper issues that the novel ruses By Corinne Kerk BASED on H G Wells' classic science fiction novel, The Time Machine is one of those movies with a real potential of becoming a cinematic hit. Yet, after a promising
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      • 634 35  -  Despite being 156 minutes long, the movie does not give viewers a sense of the man By Susan Tsang MUHAMMAD Ali, the Louisville Lip, was the most colourful, talented athlete to grace both his sport and the media. Born Cassius Clay, he changed his religion and
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      • 543 35  -  Gene If adman gives a sterling performance as flawed patriarch Royal Tenenbanm Geoffrey Eu THE Royal Tenenbaums is the quirkily charming product of director Wes Anderson's fertile imagination and tells the tale of an unusually gifted but eccentric and grossly dysfunctional family of
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