The Business Times, 6 June 2002

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  • Title Section
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    7 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 SINGAPORE
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  • Article
    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    71 1 m MMM (+6.24) ST INDEX FDTTJHS MMJt (-3.00) smsnnmntEß H MM (unch) CTOCX KUKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 746.93 -163 NIKKEI 225 11.66X87 +10J0 HANGSENO —11,***** +89.83 SET INDEX 411.07 +&53 JAKARTA COMP Jatd.il +1J3 MANILA COMP .1,311.70 -15.59 TAIPEI WPI *71.02 SEOUL COMP 809.59 +316 SHENZHEN B
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    69 1 FOBEX BATES USS St L'SS (S$ per US$) 1.7% £{US$/S$ per 1.4S9 1617 EURO(US$/S$/E). 0.938 1.684 DM 1216 im YEN 124 J 6910 RM 1800 1117 HKS 7.800 4 J46 bart 4149 23.67 RUPIAH 8,925 4.973 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 536 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 126 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI
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  • Article
    Lock icon Freeze basic wages, govt fees: economist
    651 1  -  f^iexclusTve ERC member advocates building up variable wage component From* Audrey Tan in Hong Kong [SINGAPORE] Singapore should freeze basic wages for the next three years and put all wage increments into a monthly variable component. Doing this, said Tan Khee Giap, a prominent
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    Lock icon Bus, train operators apply for fare increases
    308 1  -  EZ-Link cards may result in finer fare permutations By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Bus and train operators have applied for another round of fare increases. On average, rises have been approved and carried out once every two years since the mid-*****. SBS Transit, the
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    Lock icon US outlook increasingly positive: Greenspan
    651 1 But it's not goingto be a dramatic upswing* Bloomberg Reuters [MONTREAL] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said the US economy is in a "soft spot" now and growth is showing signs of picking up as inflation remains tame. "The underlying, remarkably quiescent inflation outlook to
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    Lock icon Energy regulator seeks to prevent price rigging
    681 1  -  Oct launch for new power market If trial is successful By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Energy Market Authority (EMA), the regulator for the soon-to-be-liberalised market for electricity, said it is looking into ways to prevent price manipulation by Singapore's three big power generating
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      90 1 IHSIUE Top Stories Roh Boon Hwee on the rejuvenation of Mediaßing.com. Hw*ftj> Total assets managed in S'pore up 11%. NrnxtPrng* FAN unit, Qenting to develop prime Sydney site. Pg 4 Tajudin attacks Telekom over bid for control of TRI. *91* Japan Q1 capital spending fails 5.2%. Pgl4 BT Comment toZkn:
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      13 1 Betting firms score big in World Cup Next Page Executive Suite, Page 8
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      Lock icon Total assets managed in S'pore up 11%
      623 2  -  Mwe fornix from gltbal investors dted for 2001 jump By I Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Total assets under management (AUM) in Singapore rose by a hefty 130.8 billion to $307 billion in 2001, as global investors allocated more ftinds to the region and more
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Spotlight on Switzerland
        90 2 NEXT week sees Swiss highlights—a programme of events that portray Switzerland as a modern, innovative country where enterprise and humanity blend in a unique way. The guest of honour is famous balloonist Bertrand Piccard, who with English co-pilot Brian Jones, staged a record round-the-world balloon flight in
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        Lock icon Globalised exploitations
        170 2 BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) thought it could ride on the World Cup by signing a deal in Malaysia to sponsor the screening of the games, says a report in Britain's Guardian newspaper. But the deal, which allowed BATs name and logo to be seen, has incurred the wrath
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      Lock icon UK bookies score big from World Cup bets
      656 2  -  Beport shows they craldearn£3oom from wagers on the football tNruimt From] Neil Behrmann in London BETTING companies are experiencing a surge in revenue from the World Cup and Asia will account for a sizable amount of the bets pouring in. The Betting
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      Lock icon The rejuvenation of MediaRing.com
      947 2  -  HiiexcTusive By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] MEDIARING.COM Ltd's direction is a lot clearer, its focus is a lot sharper but it is still a business fraught with technological risks and uncertainties, Koh Boon Hwee, chairman of Mediaßing's reconstituted executive committee warns investors. If restructuring efforts are successful,
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      Lock icon Clarification
      43 2 IN yesterday's report, "PR man joins ERC subcommittee", we described Tham Khai Meng, regional creative director at Ogilvy Mather, as a PR man and a public relations executive. O&M has pointed out that Mr Tham is, in fact, responsible for marketing communications.
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  • FOCUS china
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      Lock icon China will crowd out S-E Asia's growth: economist
      604 3  -  Its manufactured exports will keep eroding region's trade By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Rising trade and investment flows with China will not help Southeast Asia drive its growth. In fact, China will be the cause of South-east Asia's decline, rather than its prosperity.
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      Lock icon Japanese manufacturers to boost chip assembly in China: report
      281 3 AFP (TOKYO! Japaneee semiconductor manufecturers are pluming to sharply incrssae microchip production in China, as the nation heoomee the gtobelmanufecturing taw ft* household electronics mods, a mmm news report sua yefcaraay. The firms will transfer their capacities for pack aging and
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      29 3 I Lianhe Zaobao I I Well-known I I fumilure shops I succymb I market conditions I x •>* j H Wr| J I j i I *'jJ| I I I
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      90 3 On the other side, the planets meet jiHf IBM ■II 1| 14 W CIN .«I jjJH flfi s n *^Bg^*lff?i|H Rkvsmo sW&#S£^U 4iHl|^^H^Mttj||H|P^ q-•. wi^P elegance to offer both the sun and the moon, ana then turns smoothly to reveal its intricate workings through a sapphire crystal on the other
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon F&N unit, Genting to develop prime Sydney site
      740 4  -  As4oom project ejected to reap pre-tax prefit afqitoASMm By] Kalpana Rashiwala IN one of its biggest overseas projects, Centrepoint Properties Ltd, the privatised property arm of Fraser Neave, has joined with Genting International to develop a prime CBD site in Sydney into
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      Lock icon Hotel Prop buys New York hotel for US$31m
      171 4 Dow Jones Newswires SINGAPORE'S Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) said yesterday it has agreed to buy a 124-room hotel in New York from British Airways (BA) for US$3l million. Prior to the transaction, BA had exclusively used the hotel for its flight personnel,
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      Lock icon This fish is growing ever bigger
      738 4  -  J lock siew david boey QIAN Hu Corp's successful $4.2 million-share placement is a lesson on how to court and win over sceptical market players. Normally, share prices tend to fall below the placement price once the issue has been made. But punters who
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Mentor Media profit falls 13%
        106 5 MENTOR Media said group net profit fell by 13.3 per cent to |6.7 million for the year to March 31,3002. Group turnover fell by 5J per cent to 183 million. Mentor said the group was affected by a general slowdown in the US as well
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        Lock icon Raffles Hotel's $40m note issue
        103 5 Dow Jones Newswires SINGAPORE'S Raffles Hotel (1886) Ltd, a unit of Raffles Hoktyngß Ltd, has launched Ss4o million of three-year fixed rate notes with an interest rate of &2 per cent, a banking source said yesterday. The notes will be issued on June 26 to
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        Lock icon Seatown move to restrain creditors
        146 5 SEATOWN Corporation Ltd said tt» unit Seatown Construction Pte Ltd (SCPL) has filed an application on May 30,2002, seeking to restrain certain creditors from continuing with their respective proceedings against SCPL pending a meeting of creditors on July 12. As previously announced, some creditors have
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        Lock icon Teckwah unit ups China investment
        85 5 TECKWAH Industrial Corp said its wholly-owned subsidiary, Teckwah Printing and Packaging Pte Ltd, will invest an additional US$6 million in its subsidiary, Wuxi Teckwah Printing and Packaging Co Ltd in China, increasing its total investment in this manufacturing plant to approximately US$lO million. The additional
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        Lock icon First Engg 2-for-5 bonus
        92 5 FIRST Engineering Ltd (FEL) is proposing a bonus issue of up to 57.1 million new ordinary shares on the basis of two new shares for every five existing shares held. FEL said it was proposing the issue in view of the positive performance of the group
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      Lock icon Food Junction's interim profit jumps 51%
      187 5  -  Byi Aaron Low SESDAQ-LISTED Food Junction Holdings yesterday reported a 51.4 per cent surge in interim net profit to $2.8 million. Turnover rose 19 per cent to $21.7 million. The strong performance, said managing director Andrew Fu, was due to the defensive and resilient
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      Lock icon Pacific Andes net up 34% to HK$63m
      309 5  -  Byi Adeline Chia MAINBOARD-listed frozen seafood supplier Pacific Andes has posted a net profit of HK163.2 million (5114.5 million), up 34.1 per cent, for the year ended March 31. Turnover rose 31.7 per cent to HK$2.O6 billion. Earnings per share grew 18.9 per
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      Lock icon Citibank moves further into HDB heartland
      305 5  -  It will launch its first offaite ATMatTampines Plaia By i Quak Hiang Whai CITIBANK is making another move into the heartland. The US giant better known for servicing the affluent said yesterday it will launch its first off-site ATM tomorrow at Tampines Plaza. About
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to take Hind Hotels private
      188 5 CAPITALAND yesterday announced an unconditional 11.75-a-share cash offer for Hind Hotels with the intention of delisting the company. The usually quiet counter shot up 46 cents yesterday to close at the offer price. The 252,000 shares traded were a big jump from the one
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      508 4 Notices UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The undermentioned chare certificates have been reported tost, destroyed or iraslaid:Name fiUHraUHn. Nn.n«an—— Estate at Chng Kiat Leng, *****58-4 20 deceased do *****06-1 04 •o°* *****92-4 to *****05-9 14*1000 -*>- *****19-0 to *****21 -3 3x 1000 do *****22-6 500
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      514 4 I DM THE HIGH miiwntiw RHUUT m» sn«r.^f ffK1 > Companies Winding Up No *****2 of 2002 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap 50) And In the Matter of Mac Elmo Mfe Pec lad (RC No *****0222 M) ADVERTISEMENT OF PKITMON Notice is hereby given that a Petition
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      484 4 in THE HIGH miirrnsTw ■rmiMiir ns Companies Winding Up No *****1 of 2002 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Cap 90) And In the Matter of A To Z Trade Pie Ltd (BC No *****0417 D) APVarsT™ "irnow Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the winding up
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      863 5 tsiMUimmVmifMM < iW% SEMINAR DETAILS deferred tax and eliminates accounting SEMINAR OUTLINE Dm: 18 June 2002 (Tuesday) opdo™ in Ac former SAS,I2 11* „jll address the following Venae: Grand Plaza Parkroyal The standard needs to be applied In deail Tune: 8.45 am Registration soine How to calculate and account for
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      274 6 Ann cMfiAffflv INDICES Am 5 VALUE CLOSE ■HEW -610.00 *90.00 mam -*****.00 +73.00 -*****.00 mm+mm 440.26 +1.64 nW*mmW*t 145.50 -0.46 nwwmmm 1467.7e 40.95 HlpiwNp 414.02 +0.97 ■Wfcpnw 205.91 +Q.61 WMw» 206.50 unch UWflbarlOc 27,383,000 AaiamadfcSc 10.775,000 KLWHkfci IOC 9,632,000 ThaMtataSc 7,375,000 SembOmplnd2Sc. 6.841.000 AXEngtlOc 6^06.000 LwjWn 20c 5,689,000 Chart SamtOonducioraOc
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Earnings in Osim's favour as it recovers from retracement
      275 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WABRAMT By Ven Sreenivasan JUST six months ago, most analysts and market players knew little and cared even less about Osim International. It is amazing how things can change in such a short time. Today, this company, which sells
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      Lock icon Brokers stay hopeful amid caution
      709 6  -  -li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy TRADERS were understandably coy about taking on too much yesterday, preferring instead to wait for Wall Street to overcome its current crisis of confidence. This coyness combined with a dearth of news on which to punt, uncertainty created by mounting
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      Lock icon More buying by BOJ lifts US$ above 124 yen
      609 6  -  Prefit-tatiag &1m atari of USjobdata;nipiah tumbles in reality check it comment CURRENCIES larry wee A FOURTH rescue sortie by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in early New York trading on Tuesday night lifted the US dollar back above 124 yen in
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    1829 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global EnarwIndnW 0.983 Com Global Travel Index Fd 0.784 Com S*pore Bond Fiaid/* 1AM MHAbnImI Mgt (5*pere) Star Europe Eqtyf* 0.749 CM* Afrfcaia A«et Mgt 5>«re Ltd 5«ar Europe Id &M7/ mdocam Ada Vision!** *****9ft Star Europe Bd 0479 Asun Tiger Eqty.. 0J07/ OH AmI Mgt
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon SGX move to sublet space
      685 8  -  -II exclusive 120,000 sq ft of leased space at The Exchange and OUB Centre may go at a loss, reports KALPAVARASHIWALA KALPANA RASHIWALA THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) is trying to sublet probably at a loss a total of 120,000 sq ft of space at The
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      Lock icon WTO entry, Olympics run-up lift Beijing office property market
      803 8  -  By] Kolly Scott Merris, Andrew Noas LIKE all major world office markets which are strongly underpinned by the requirements of multinationals, the aftershocks of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US caused a fairly sharp downturn in the market for
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      596 8 USTED REAL ESTATE TRUST ON AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE SEEKS GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER USTED ENTITIES MID-SIZE LARGER PRIVATE GROUPS PHONE: +67 2 9233 2520 FAX:+6I2 9233 2530 EMAIL: VERUSINVQOZEMAIL.COM.AU Lm than 5 mins drive to Senai i 1 Airport and North-South highway Complete with container loading bays, cargo lifts, canteen,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Unallocated industrial sites to be moved to reserve list
      485 9  -  JTC's new system ghres interested parties immediate access to such sites Byy Vince Chong INDUSTRIAL sites not allocated under JTC Corporation's quarterly Open Land Application System (OLAS) will from this round be diverted to an on-line reserve list for two years,
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      Lock icon Campaign for green offices launched
      188 9 TO celebrate World Environment Day 2002 yesterday, the Singapore Environment Council and City Developments (CDL) launched the first phase of Project: ECO-Office an outreach programme to remind office workers to do their part in helping protect the environment. Tanjong Pagar MP Indranee Rajah said at
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      Lock icon Wholesale prices fell 2.1% in April
      273 9  -  I on the economy manufactured products By( Chen Huifen SINGAPORE'S manufactured products or wholesale price index continued its downward trend in April, falling by 2.1 per cent from the same month last year to 86.1 points, said the Department of Statistics (DOS). The dip
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      Lock icon COE prices drop again
      446 9  -  Stock market glide, CPF worries and World Cop fever cited as reasons Byi Christopher Tan COE prices softened again in the latest tender as the triple effect of a sliding stock market, an uncertain property front and the World Cup fever kicked in. The mainstream Category
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      28 9 connect. business advantage I -—)i! j it||l I '1.1 I Hi i rriembership 18,000 call 1800-468 8866 network or log on to www.sim.edu.sg «■■■—mm—J SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon CAL crash may spur direct links
      745 10  -  HIB2SSIQ9 OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator RELATIONS between Taiwan and mainland China, frozen ever since President Chen Shui-bian of the proindependence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) assumed office in May 2000, are finally showing signs of movement Ironically,
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      57 10 'I don't support the suicide bombers. But let me tell you: No one does these things for no reason. There is a brother who was killed. Or a house that was destroyed. Or someone who has nothing to eat.' -TUatßirakat A 50-year-old Palestinian, on the Israeli occupation
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      Lock icon Labour cost conundrum
      615 10 EDITORIAL A NEWS report about Hong Kong's labour costs has interesting implications or at least, applications —for Singapore, its economic arch-rival At a seminar in Hong Kong, economist Michael Spence, a 2001 Nobel laureate, is reported to have debunked the conventional notions about the competitive disadvantages of
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      Lock icon Towards Asian monetary cooperation
      891 10  -  There are hopes that it can be achieved bat difficulties loom ahead By I Shijuro Ogata The writer is Pacific-Asia deputy chairman of the Trilateral Commission which is a non-governmental, policy-oriented discussion group of about 350 distinguished citizens from Western Europe, North America and Pacific Asia.
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      Lock icon Relook cost apportionment
      323 10  -  MAIL Steven Lee Thien Poh Singapore I REFER to the letter "Not right to exclude carparks' devt cost" (Mailbag, June 3) by Wee Kiat Sia of the Housing and Development Board. We need to debate further the board's claim that it is losing money in operating carparks.
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      Lock icon Commitment sets Informatics apart
      284 10  -  Anita A Selvaraj USA I AM a Malaysian writing from the United States to express my appreciation to Singapore's Informatics Group. My younger brother Roy had spent three years doing a course with the group's Kuala Lumpur branch, and was eagerly looking forward to receiving his
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  • ARTS festival
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      Lock icon No flamenco please
      472 11  -  Award-winning choreographer Nacho Duato strikes a different note as he shuns cliches about Spanish culture the flamenco and bullfighting, says cbbabdi-booii CHEAH UI-HOON HE can make the moves and tap the rhythm, but don't expect to see flamenco in any of Valencia-born choreographer Nacho Duato's works. "Flamenco
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      Lock icon FESTIVAL PICKINGS
      191 11 Richard Foreman and Ontological-Hysteric Theatre (USA): Maria Del Bosco, a Sound Opera (Asian premiere) Forty-four statements repeated in different patterns, three beauties who fall in love with a fantasy racing car, a surreal stream of consciousness expect all this and more when internationally acclaimed playwright/director Richard Foreman pushes
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      Lock icon Paradise lost in a spartan setting
      305 11  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE publicity picture should have been a clue: A Tibetan lass, in colourful folk regalia, holding on to a wooden tub behind her back, posing in front of a backdrop of a calm, blue lake and cloudy mountains. A clue that
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      Lock icon An Occupation that spells charm
      673 11  -  By\ Parvathi Nayar HUZIR Sulaiman's Occupation, the single Festival Commission this year, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Japanese occupation of Singapore and Malaysia. The monologue performed by Claire Wong, centres around the wartime experiences of Sulaiman's grandmother Mrs Mohamed Siraj. The basis for the
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    1734 11 gfOOMrPTURBS juns RUBBER Futures (Oosmq prices) RSS1 (S centsAt) Close Volume Open Hlffc Lo» Sttt (tows) Interest Jul 02 I 135.00 02 135.00 Sep 02 136.00 Oct/Dec 02 137.50 RSS 3 (US cwbAfl) Volume Open Mgh Low Sttt (town) Interest J«i 02 74.75 1350 Am 02 75.50 74.50 75.75
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Tajudin attacks Telekom over bid for control of TRI
      428 12  -  Telekom breaching roles by trying to win control without general off en TRI From! Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TAJUDIN Ramli is digging his heels in by launching an attack on Telekom Malaysia in a bid to retain control of Technology
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      Lock icon Bank Mandiri set for IPO, says CEO
      467 12  -  But listing delayed till year-end due to legal hurdles Fromi Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta BANK Mandiri, Indonesia's largest bank in terms of assets, loans and deposits, is ready to proceed with its initial public offering (IPO) despite the growing concerns surrounding the government's
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      Lock icon UBS willing to discuss dispute: Tenaga
      137 12 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S Tenaga Nasional Bhd said ÜBS Warburg may want to discuss a dispute over the termination of two put options related to a 1997 bond sale the Swiss bank arranged. "We note that ÜBS appears to be willing to have constructive
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      Lock icon Air Mauritius to move regional hub to KLIA from S'pore
      405 12  -  From, Eddie Toh m Kuala Lumpur ANOTHER small airline, Air Mauritius, has decided to move its regional hub from Singapore to Malaysia. The airline said it picked Kuala Lumpur over other cities in the region mainly because of the good
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Thailand to cut rubber exports
        91 12 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand, the world's top rubber producer and exporter, has said it would begin to cut exports of the commodity by 10 per cent this year as part of an international agreement designed to raise world prices. A Cabinet statement said Thailand would reduce
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        Lock icon Indosat to delay planned rights issue
        111 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state-owned phone company PT Indosat said it would delay a plan to issue new shares to raise fresh cash for expansion this year. The country's main overseas call operator previously said it was considering issuing rights of about 5 per cent
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        Lock icon Karaha Bodas wins rulings
        148 12 AFP [SINGAPORE] Independent power firm Karaha Bodas said yesterday it had won important rulings from two Asian courts affirming a US$26l million award against state-owned Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina. Orders handed down by courts in Hong Kong on May 23 and Singapore on May
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      Lock icon First Pacific, Gokongwei seal transaction
      565 13  -  Amncaaait stymies rivals' attempts to block tike deal From, Al Labita in Manila TYCOON John Gokongwei yesterday upstaged his rivals' and critics, saying he had sealed a US$925 million deal with Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Co Ltd. In a statement, Mr Gokongwei said he clinched
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      Lock icon Activist art
      100 13 [NUSA DUA, Bali] An Indonesian artist performing as he and other protesters call on delegations to boycott the United Nations Earth Summit which opened yesterday in Nusa Duo, a province of Bali. Some 110 ministersfrom around the globe began meeting there yesterday in an attempt to draw up,
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      Lock icon HK to sell fewer public flats when moratorium ends in July
      391 13  -  From Andrey Tan in Hong Kong HONG Kong will end a 10month moratorium on the sale of public housing flats next month, but the government will sell far fewer flats in the next year than the market expected, chief
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      Lock icon China under rising pressure to create jobs
      199 13 BEIJING Xinhua CHINA is under greater pressure to readjust its employment policy as the economy loses pace and unemployment mounts. Official statistics showed that by the end of March, the registered unemployment rate in urban areas rose to 3.7 per cent from 3
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      Lock icon Oil, sand and federal-state politics
      830 13  -  BT ASEAN Will Indonesia borrow from Abdullah Badawi the Malaysian experience in federalism? yang razali kassim IN the Javanese conception erf the state, power and authority are highly centralised and pervasive. The ruler is the pusat, or navel of the universe, where power is amassed.
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      Lock icon Khazanah renews offer for Time Engineering bonds
      251 13 KUALA LUMPUR Move may help to break deadlock with lenders Reuters MALAYSIA'S state investment arm Khazanah Nasional has renewed an offer to buy back 90 per cent of the US$l62 million of bonds owed by its beleaguered unit Time Engineering, bondholders said yesterday.
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      175 17 Reuters [BOSTON] Hewlett-Packard Co on Tuesday said that it expects revenues to Call by 9-10 per cent in fiscal 2002 to US$72.B-US$73.B billion before returning to growth of 4-6 per cent in fiscal 2003 and 7-9 per cent in fiscal 2004.
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          124 28 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Alaska Air Group Inc, the parent of Alaska Airlines, said it is buying two Boeing 737 jets for US$lOO million as it adds flight capacity. Alaska Air is exercising options to buy the planes for US$5O million apiece for delivery
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        214 28 Move part of efforts to bridge 200b b&ht Budget deficit Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The Thai government plans a first-time sale of shares in the Airports Authority of Thailand in October as part of efforts to bridge an expected 200 billion baht
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        194 28 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's largest carrier China Airlines (CAL) said yesterday that a fatal crash that killed 225 people would not affect its plan to buy 12 new passenger jets from Boeing or Airbus. China Airlines spokesman Roger Han said the company hoped to decide by
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