The Business Times, 11 November 2002

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2002
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    69 1 STOCK MAKKET INDICES Week Change STI 1425.91 -1.69 SIMSCI Fl"TURE_ 175.80 +0.50 KLSECOMP 656.68 -0.70 NIKKEI 8690.77 +5.05 HANG SENG 9770.68 +3630 SET INDEX 355.0 -2.68 JAKARTA COMP_.365.70 -5.44 MANILA 1074.12 +25.59 TAIPEI WPI 4811.01 +310.46 SEOUL COM P 674.85 +27.20 SHENZHEN B ***** -0.37 Al ST ALL
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    70 1 FOREX BATES rs* ss I SS (SSf*r I SS| I 7fi3 S(U&S$ pcrii)_ 1.363 1757 El'W'Ki ss-ss. una i.7r.<* YES 121* 89.HI KM AMHI i i-V. HKj. 7.799 4423 IIAIIT 4123 2451 Kl 11AH 9.21I 5l2S1 PUME BATES •SINGAPORE* KTAU LimR Mi) HO NO KONC! 5.I2S JAKARTA 39 jUO
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    Lock icon Latest results not sure sign of better times
    954 1  -  Analysts point to non-recurring items propping np corporate earnings By 1 Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The latest crop of corporate results appears to offer some hope that Singapore's listed companies are in for better times, but analysts are quick to caution against
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    Lock icon Firms that do better should reward staff: Boon Heng
    664 1  -  He cautions that an Iraq war could slow down the economy By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Given that the economy is doing better this year than last, companies which are performing relatively well should reward their employees accordingly, National Trades Union
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    Lock icon 2001 trade deficit with US may be a blip: IE S'pore
    558 1  -  =Hexclusive 2002 balance may swing back in S'pore's favour By I Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] In a year that saw its gross domestic product dip, Singapore's exports to the United States in 2001 also slipped below its imports the
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      113 1 INSIDE Shipping Times PSA faces stiff competition for best port locations overseas. Pgi BT Comment R Sivanithy: How low can stock prices go? Pg 4 Slow Li Sen: The long road to China for S'pore banks. Pg s Eddie Toh: M'sia Inc should stay the course. Pg 7 Top Stories
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      119 1 Toshiba's new LCD writ hen plans to ramp up capacity UPgl7 IDA's take on why infocomm is vital in biosciences 1 mpg2o 2' v "4;-* V *-v.-■ ■>■>••■. v>r. <• f >■% "i. 4 r i '<* 'j:. v -y •"4 -i I -v v > :"V; -V; I' THERE
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      Lock icon Jakarta targets domestic demand as growth driver
      877 2  -  lanalysis Restoring foreign investor confidence is the biggest challenge facing the govt, say analysts From 1 Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA is now completely off the radar screens of foreign investors and getting the country back on it is the single biggest challenge
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      Lock icon Parkway Parade income to rise 30% after revamp
      678 2  -  Increase in rents and lettable shop area after $33m revamp Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala (SINGAPORE] Australia's Lend Lease group is looking at a jump of about 30 per cent in rental income from Parkway Parade following a 7-month $33 million refurbishment to
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      Lock icon Investment fund Apic II plans to double property portfolio
      413 2 (SINGAPORE] Asia Pacific Investment Company II (Apic II), which has fully invested about $300 million of funds in some $700 million of retail assets in Singapore, plans to double its portfolio over the next two years. It will start raising more
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      60 2 OUR report on Saturday, "98 Holdings makes spirited pitch to NatSteel shareholders", quoted David Ban as saying that NatSteel shareholders could face "considerable downside risks" if they don't "actively" accept its $2 a-share offer for the steel company. Mr Ban was actually referring to comments made by the independent
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      313 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 8 VALUE CLOSE wom -176.00 -32.00 -*****.00 -14.00 IT lHay M* -*****.00 -18.00 372.93 +0.11 W D«tl 120.73 +0.53 SfiririHiiRa 1272.61 +3.85 ttrvNiihip 346.98 +1.26 *Sa Sfrg»por> 176.31 -0.03 ■BOWw* 175.80 -0.50 Votan* Cmfaya2.5c. 54 39^000 Daracraft 10c 39.802.000 PactficCentujylOc 38.771.000 Cnart SernCond 26c 38.206.000 FJBenW*****6
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      Lock icon AV Jennings good for investors who seek dividends
      281 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan INCREASING market volatility has whetted investors' appetite for dividend plays. One such counter, which has been featured in this column before, is Australian property group AV Jennings. The stock, which is listed in Sydney and quoted
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      Lock icon How law can stock prices go ?
      853 4  - How law can stock prices go Icomment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN rock n' roll singer Chubby Checker sang "how low can you go?" in his 1962 hit Limbo Rock. he probably didn't have US Fed chief Alan Greenspan in mind. Neither could he have conceived of his famous lyrics applying
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      Lock icon Asian units climb as US$ stumbles on Fed rate cut
      723 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Most regional currencies gained strength against the greenback last week on the back of a cut in interest rates in the US, with most expected to continue their climb. Japanese yen: The yen topped 121 to the
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      127 4 ♦SIM Siang Choon will hold its annual general meeting (AGM) on Nov 20 at 11 am, 21 Changi South Avenue 2, Sim Siang Chon Building. ♦TIONGWoon Corporation will hold its AGM on Nov 22 at 11am, 15 Pandan Crescent. ♦SPINDEX Industries will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon OCBC keen on taking stake in Chinese bank
      374 5  -  It's also upgrading licence to conduct renminbi business in six cities Byi Siow Li Sen IT SEEMS yet another Singapore bank, OCBC Bank, is interested in taking a stake in a Chinese bank. So far, OCBC has been rather quiet about its
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      Lock icon New SPH HQ named News Centre
      323 5 Name transferred from former HQ at Genting Lane THE new headquarters of Singapore Press Holdings at 1000, Toa Payoh North will be officially named News Centre from today. The name is transferred from its former headquarters at 82, Genting Lane. "News Centre is almost
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      Lock icon Banks'long road to China
      781 5  -  H3 lock siew siow li sen AS China embarked on setting an economic development blueprint for the next five years in line with its five-year World Trade Organization liberalisation timetable Singapore banks are out to make further inroads into the country, albeit in different ways. The
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      598 5 Ciltoltree 1800 289 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ESI PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) Extroct of the Minutes of an Extraordinary General Meeting of ESI PTE LTD signed by the Representative of the Holding Company pursuant to Section 1
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      378 5 BOUSTEAD SINGAPORE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of Boustead Singapore Limited (the "Company") will be held at 63 Übi Avenue 1, #06-01 Boustead House, Singapore *****7, on 26 November 2002 at
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      242 5 I®! The University of Nottingham A mark of Prestige Quality fee The coveted title of the most popular university in Britain has switched hands several times in recent years in 2002, that distinction belongs to Nottingham. The Times Good University Guide W The Nottingham MBA represents the best of synergistic
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      Lock icon Local ad team scores big at int'l awards
      336 6  -  With sister firm Bates S'pore, 141 Worldwide (S'pore) won 3 of 16 prizes By' Vince Chong IN an impressive show of Singaporean creative thinking. a local team has helped an international promotions agency grab the most awards at a prestigious global industry
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      Lock icon Impact of an Iraq war likely to be small: EIU
      508 6  -  on the economy outlook Byl Tiir Teh Hooi Ling THE likely outcome of a war with Iraq is a relatively quick victory for US-led forces with only a modest impact on the global economy, according to a new report by
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      Lock icon NatSteel MBO is at $1.91 a share
      108 6  -  Lim Su-Ling Company secretary NatSteel Ltd WE refer to the reports, "98 Holdings' offer better than MBO: Adviser" and "Nat Steel H2 profit to be lower than Hi's" (BT, Nov 8). Both articles refer to "Crown's MBO offer" or "offer from management buyout
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      Lock icon Sime in talks on Hyundai deal in Thailand
      469 7 KUALA LUMPUR Distributorship will make up for likely BMW loss in M'sia SIME Darby Bhd is in talks to clinch the distributorship of Hyundai vehicles in Thailand a market fast becoming popular with the advent of the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta),
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      Lock icon Commerce Asset closes Bank Niaga purchase
      200 7 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg COMMERCE Asset Holding Bhd, Malaysia's second largest bank, said it bought 51 per cent of PT Bank Niaga, Indonesia's ninth largest lender, for 1.057 trillion rupiah (Ss2ol million). Commerce Asset said it is paying 26.5 Indonesia rupiah a share, or 1.48
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        Lock icon Malaysia to tighten security laws
        96 7 AFP AP [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia has announced plans to tighten its security laws after a judge ordered the release of an Islamic militant suspect, who was immediately rearrested. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Rais Yatim told the New Sunday Times that the government would
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        Lock icon Taiwan to boost trade ties with Asean
        83 7 AFP {TAIPEI] Finance minister Lin Yi-fu left for Malaysia yesterday as part of Taiwanese efforts to enhance economic ties with South-east Asia following Asean and China's agreement to form a free trade area, an official said. Mr Lin will first fly to Penang,
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        Lock icon Taiwanese dump trash in protest
        68 7 AP [TAIPEI] About 2,000 protesters dumped trash near the presidential office here yesterday to protest against Taiwan's rising unemployment rate and demand that the government help find them jobs. Under a banner reading "Can't Afford to Live", the protesters said most of them have lost
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        Lock icon Arnie to help sell Los Angeles to Asia
        77 7 AFP [LOS ANGELES) US action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger will later this month join a team of officials and celebrities on a trip to Asia aimed at selling Los Angeles as a trade and tourism hub, officials said on Friday. The city's mayor.
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      Lock icon M'sia Inc should stay the course
      627 7  -  l I comment KL STOCKS Companies undergoing revamp should not give up mission to pare down massive debts eddie toh MALAYSIA'S efforts to restructure politically well-connected conglomerates have not exactly yielded full dividends. Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB). United Engineers Malaysia (UEM), UEM's associate
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      Lock icon Fujian province ready for direct links with Taiwan, says party boss
      289 9 CHINA CONGRESS Reuters [BEIJING] Fujian's leaders said yesterday that the south-eastern Chinese province was ready to reopen direct air and shipping links with nearby Taiwan, testing the waters of detente once again. "Fujian is ready for 'three links'," Fujian's
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      Lock icon China to open Communist Party to tycoons
      407 9 Bid seen asa necessary step to reflect reality AFP [BEIJING] Allowing entrepreneurs to enter the Communist Party will help private businesses grow faster and could boost China's economy as a whole, businessmen delegates insisted yesterday in the corridors of the key Party Congress.
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      Lock icon China's economy seen growing 8%: minister
      115 9 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's economy is expected to grow 8 per cent this year, up from 7.9 per cent in 2001, China's State Development Planning Minister Zeng Peiyan told a press conference yesterday. Asia's fastest-growing economy expanded 8.1 per cent in the third quarter, spurred
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    Lock icon New 5-month lows for oil
    940 8 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP (LONDONI Oil prices skidded to their lowest level in five months last week as concern mounted that supplies were set to outstrip demand, and as interest in a possible US-led war on Iraq subsided. Meanwhile gold prices rose as a deep cut
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    1609 8 k?»yya»^4ww»^wiy SICOM FUTURES jy W 8 RUBBER Futures (ClosinQ prices) RSS1 <s cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Dec 02 147.50 Jan 03 148.25 F«b 03 148.25 Mar 03 148.25 RSS 3 (US ceotsAq) Volume Open Month High Low Soft (tonnes) Interest Dec 02 84.00
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      Lock icon Bank talks cover independent research ideas: source
      394 10 NEW YORK Regulators are to specify what is independent research Reuters REGULATORS and banking officials who met last Thursday discussed requiring each bank, individually, to provide retail investors with independent research, a source said on Friday. Under the plan, the regulatory officials, who
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      Lock icon SEC chief accountant resigns
      222 10 WASHINGTON Reuters THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said last Friday that its chief accountant Robert Herdman had resigned, following his boss chairman Harvey Pitt towards the exit door of the market-regulat-ing agency. "It is with profound regret that I accepted Robert Herdman's resignation this
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      Lock icon China's top 3 banks plan share sales by 2005
      425 10 BEIJING Bloomberg CHINA'S top three banks, with combined deposits of more than 5.5 trillion yuan (SSI. 17 trillion), plan to go public by 2005 in order to raise money to cover bad credit that soured up to one yuan of every
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      Lock icon Cable & Wireless to take £1b charge: reports
      336 11 Cable Wireless to take £1b charge: reports LONDON It's expected to post £550 m loss and axe 3,ooojobs Reuters UK corporate telecoms group Cable Wireless pic is set to post a £1 billion charge connected to restructuring at its C&W Global international business, the Sunday Telegraph and Observer newspapers reported
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        Lock icon Berkshire posts US$1b Q3 net
        69 11 Reuters [OMAHA, Nebraska] Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, reported a large quarterly profit on Friday, against a year-ago loss. Berkshire reported a net third-quarter profit of US$l.l4 billion, or US$744 a share. That compared with a loss of US$679
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom may out spending
        73 11 Bloomberg [BONN] Deutsche Telekom CEO Helmut Sihler, who took over in July to reduce the company's 64.2 billion euros (Ssll4 billion) in debt, may announce spending cuts and asset sales with its third-quarter earnings report on Thursday. He will probably name his successor, with board
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        Lock icon Vodafone may post H1 loss: analysts
        65 11 Bloomberg [NEWBURY, England] Vodafone Group will this week probably report a fiscal first-half loss on costs associated with acquisitions, analysts said. The net loss is expected to be £4.73 billion (5513.1 billion) for the six months to Sept 30, less than half the £9.74
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        Lock icon EC, OECD out eurozone growth target
        69 11 Reuters [LONDON] The European Commission and OECD are both about to slash their 2003 economic growth forecasts for the eurozone to around 2 per cent, draft figures showed on Friday. The figures show the EC is marking down projections for next year to 2
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        Lock icon Soros denies insider trading charges
        87 11 Bloomberg it-AKiaj ueorge aoros, manager ot the world s largest hedge fund group, told a Paris court he didn't think he was privy to confidential information when he bought shares in French bank Societe Generate in 1988. Taking the stand where he is on trial
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      440 11 TOKYO Their assessment of bad loans too lax, says member of bad debt panel AFP, Reuters A LEADING member of Japan's government team focusing on the nation's bad loan problem on Saturday slammed the lenient assessment of the problem by major private-sector banks. The lashing by
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      Lock icon Takenaka in favour of new tax cut package
      163 11 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan s Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka voiced his support for fresh tax cuts of about two trillion yen (Ss29 billion) to help revive the world's second biggest economy. Mr Takenaka said tax cuts are needed because "deflation is stronger
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      Lock icon Matter of time before terrorists hit US again
      532 13 LONDON Bosh adviser tells BBC Al-Qaeda sleeper cells operating in US AFP. AP PRESIDENT George W Bush's Homeland Security Adviser Tom Ridge said in an interview with the BBC broadcast yesterday that it was only a matter of time before America was
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      Lock icon Opec could defend prices in December
      306 13 CARACAS, Venezuela Reuters OPEC will act to keep oil prices within its preferred US$2228 band at its next meeting in December if they continue their recent slide, Venezuela's oil minister says. "If the price continues moving down and maintains that tendency, we will definitely
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      Lock icon Procter & Gamble alleges theft of toilet paper secret
      144 13 Procter Gamble alleges theft of toilet paper secret CINCINNATI, Ohio AFP THE toilet paper secret formula is out of the bag, Procter and Gamble says. The consumer products titan said it filed suit on Friday against Potlatch Corporation "to protect its critical trade secrets in the manufacturing technology used to
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      2077 12 The Business Times, Monday, November 11 2002 MMI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Thirteenth Annual General Meeting of MMI Holdings limited ("the Company") will be held at 29 Woodlands Industrial Park El, #01-11 North Tech Building.
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      15 12 Reach your shareholders and potential shareholders by publicising your company's financial resolts in our newspapers.
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      1646 12 STRIKE ENGINEERING LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting b?hiw H a E t R N 1 3 iSTf' N Gef>e l al Meetir >9 of Stnke Engineering Ltd (the Company") 10 00 am S Ta9 re ,ndustnal Avenue Singapore *****6 on Tuesday, 26 November 2002 at iu uu am for
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      444 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF FENG YING (1991) PTE LTD (In Voluntary liquidation) FINAL MEETING NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to Section 308 of die Companies Ad. Cap 50 (Hat Ihe Final General Meeting of the members of Ihe above named
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      1063 12 FORM 69(3) NOTICE OF INTENDED PREFERENTIAL PAYMENT Nome of Company EXPLORATION PNG (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) Address of Registered Office c/o The Liquidator's Office Nature of Matter Companies Winding Up No 368 of 2001 last day for receiving Proofs 10 December 2002 Nome of liquidolor MR. DON M HO,
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      822 17  -  exclusive] The Tampines plant now makes about 30,000 glass substrates a month. Toshiba wants to boost this to 55,000 sheets in the first two years of operations, its president and CEO Tadashi Okamura tells David Boey David Boey JAPAN-based electronic giants Toshiba
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      247 17 SINGAPORE has managed to attract a number of companies to support the manufacture of LCDs, following the drive to build up the industry here. These firms specialise in electronics chemicals, colour filters, glass panels and other areas. "The 35-hectare Advanced Display Park in Tampines is helping
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      551 18  -  Its Ang Mo Kio plant is one of three sites that will be making the chips by mid-2003 By\ Raju Chellam SEMICON giant STMicroelectronics will begin manufacturing its flash memory chips based on the new 0.13 micron technology at its Singapore
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      283 18  -  Users get access to markets through their PDAs via GPRS, Bluetooth Front. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur INFORMATION giant Reuters Pic has released the latest version of its premier information product package targeted at forex and money market traders, with enhancements like
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      169 18 Reuters [SEATTLE] Microsoft Corp should stop denouncing open source software, such as Linux, and instead stress the benefits of its own products, according to an internal strategy document obtained and posted on a website for free software advocates, at www.opensource. org. A Microsoft spokesman said
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        77 18 THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has deployed a Web-based employee portal called myNUS running on SAP AG's mySAP Enterprise Portal. "The myNUS portal offers 6,000 university employees the ability to sign on once to gain quick access to more than 20 applications, services, and information
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        81 18 THE Singapore Network Information Centre (SGNIC) will implement a new system that allows registrar firms accredited by SGNIC to register com/org/net/edu/per.sg domain names with SGNIC. Called the SgR2R (Registry-Registrar) system, it goes into effect from Jan 1,2003. The initial five accredited registrars are Sing Net, PacNet,
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        72 18 NATIONAL Computer Systems, a Sing Tel subsidiary, said it has completed the implementation of the SAP R/3 Enterprise Resource System (ERP) for Hi-P International's four offices in Shanghai. "This is the start of a global rollout to other Hi-P plants in China, Mexico and Singapore,"
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        77 18 REINSURANCE trading hub, ri3k Asia, said it has consolidated its global IT operations in Singapore, and has appointed NCS as the host of both its European and Asian trading hub systems. "Previously, only the Asian Hub was managed by NCS," ri3k Asia said.
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        74 18 KHABAL Gaming, owned by Lycos Asia, said it will be the payment gateway platform for Ultima Online. "Khabal Gaming is the first in Singapore to offer an online payment gateway," the company said. "This gateway covers two-thirds of major subscriptionbased online gaming tides in Singapore. It will
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        54 18 NA VILOGIC SEA Pte Ltd and EBS Consulting Pte Ltd have merged. The new company EBS/NaviLogic will be the largest Microsoft business solutions partner in South-east Asia, the companies said. Jesper Kenborg, managing director of NaviLogic, and Denis Koh. managing director of EBS, will remain as joint CEOs
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        40 18 LONDON-BASED Utell Ltd, a subsidiary of Pegasus Solutions Inc, has appointed Christine Tan as vice-president of hotel services for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Utell provides third-party marketing and reservations services to the hotel industry.
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        27 18 FINLAND-based Finantix, which provides solutions for wealth management and financial relationship management, has opened its Asia-Pacific subsidiary in Singapore, headed by Tomer Serok.
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        35 18  -  Compiled by] Raju Chellam A TWO-DAY "Kinetic flash inspiration" conference and workshop will be held at the M Hotel from Nov 26. It is organised by Asia Events. For details, e-mail events<aasiaevents.com.sg.
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      705 19  -  IH comment INFOTECH The IDA may want to consider postponing the current Ha»hhh«. of end-2004by a yaar ftr two lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. TO 3G or not to 3G that's the question now facing the
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        118 19 CREATIVE Technology has launched two THX-certified speakers under its Mega Works brand. THX 5.1550: It costs $599 and is available now. It consists of five satellite speakers and a sub woofer. It uses Bash amplifier technology to deliver 500 watts of power, is ideal for
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        79 19 RDELL Computer said its OptiPlex SX26O, "the smallest and most flexible desktop computer in Dell history", is now available. Targeted at networked business environments, the system weighs 3.5 kg and is 50 per cent smaller than other OptiPlex systems. A typical configuration is priced at $1,521
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        85 19 AGILENT Technologies Inc is ready with what it claims is "the industry's smallest, low power serial infrared transceiver". The HSDL-3208 is enclosed in a I.6mm package and "provides optimum characteristics for slim portable information appliances such as 2.5G and 3G wireless handsets, PDAs and e-wallets", Agilent said.
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        58 19 LEXMARK has announced its W812 entry-level A3 monochrome laser printer targeted at SMEs. The $3,170 system prints 26 pages per minute and can handle engineering, cartography, retail signage and oversized labels. It offers duplexing, can work with a variety of media including heavy card
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        68 19 LEXMARK has launched its X75 All-in-One Print Centre an inkjet-based printer with scanning and copying W features, for $329. It can be K iwMTWfllffr used with the Mac and PCs. It K offers 2,400 by 1,200 dpi (dots 1 per inch) print resolution in black and
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        52 19 COMPUTER Associates (CA) is ready with BrightStor ARCserve Backup version 9.0 for Windows. "It allows customers to plug in with separately-offered options and agents to develop a customised, distributed solution for virtually any environment, regardless of platform," CA said. Prices start at US$695. For details,
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        67 19 F5 NETWORKS Inc has introduced its Dynamic Security Control Architecture (DSCA), a security structure to protect corporate, mobile and Web services apps. The DSCA is part of its BIG-IP software version 4.5, which "offers features for deploying high-performance intelligent networks that can understand any application
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        72 19  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam FUJI Xerox Singapore said its Document WorkBench suite is noNv available. It is a seamless integrated solution that includes functions such as data entry, automatic full text or key words indexing, comprehensive query methods, version control high security and workflow features. It
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      168 19 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Oracle Corp said the executive in charge of its struggling ebusiness software division had taken leave and that its new sales manager was shaking up his department. Revenues at Oracle, the No 2 software maker, have fallen for six consecutive
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      590 20  -  ■-I.UII Bloinformatlcs professionals are noodod to work with computors to crunch innniioi of data generated by BAP activities lo yoong khong The writer is deputy director (manpower development). Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. A RECENT report by International Data Corp estimated that the biosciences-relat-ed
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      463 20  -  Bio-IT expenditure in S'pore set to reach USs3o6m by 2006 c IDC By' Tang Weng Fai A LITTLE-KNOWN, Singa-pore-based bioinformatics company has tied up with six India-based biotech companies including Molecular Connections and Ocimum Bio to do outsourced programming work, and has
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      275 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's saturated mobile phone market grew at its slowest pace on record in October, leaving the big three mobile firms to fight over a shrinking number of new subscribers. A telecom industry group said mobile phone subscribers grew by 363,900 to
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      469 21  -  Internet can now be accessed by a variety of devices By] Richard Chang Reuters [NEW YORK] To be or not to be wireless that is the question consumers are facing as mobile phone, handheld device and accessory companies offer Internet access from
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      125 21 NYT [NEW YORK) Moving swiftly to follow a US federal judge s order, Microsoft said it had appointed a three-member committee of its board to make sure the company carries out the court-ordered antitrust rules. The compliance committee will be led by James I Cash, a
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      235 21 Reuters [TOKYO] Chip industry veteran and Elpida Memory Inc's new president Yukio Sakamoto has a seemingly impossible mission. When he makes the rounds of US, Taiwanese and Chinese semicon companies and users over the next few weeks, he'll seek investment in a memory
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      144 21 Reuters (TOKYO) In Japanese, "docomo" means "anywhere", but now it might just mean "any word" as well. NTT DoCoMo Inc. Japan's top mobile carrier, said it plans to begin sales of a new ultra-thin mobile phone equipped with a 400,000-word English Japa nese dictionary from tomorrow. The
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      552 23  -  Stiff competition for best port locations PSA chairman By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation faces stiff competition for prime ports around the world as it continues its overseas expansion drive by focusing on Europe, North America and China, according to new chairman Stephen
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      111 23 [SINGAPORE] A Japanese Coast Guard helicopter taking part in a joint exercise with the Indian Coast Guard in the Bay of Bengal on Saturday. The exercise is aimed at promoting cooperation and coordination between the two Coast Guard units to enhance mutual capabilities in search
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      200 23 It will build six containerships for German company Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipping Marine Engineering Co, the world's secondlargest shipbuilder, said it won an order for six containerships worth US$34B million from a German firm. Daewoo Shipping sold each ship for US$5B million to Hamburg-Sudameri-kanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesell-
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      709 23 Whether EL joins US pre-screening of cargo programme less of a concern [SINGAPORE] Shippers using Malaysian ports are more concerned about rates than whether their cargo will get special clearance to the US under the Container Security Initiative (CSI) initiated by the
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      856 24  -  LINER SCENE -w David Hughes NpT surprisingly the attention of the liner shipping industry has been almost exclusively focused on the short term issue of the US West Coast port dispute and sorting out its aftermath will be a priority for some time
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        568 32 Move due to redactions in 2003 flight schedule as it tries to cnt costs Bloomberg. Reuters [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines said it plans to lay off an additional 2,700 flight attendants because of reductions in its 2003 flight schedule as the
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        627 32 Deal conld pave way for takeover from BA by March Reuters [LONDON] Europe's biggest budget airline, easy Jet pic, says it hopes pilots at Deutsche BA, the loss-making German airline it is managing and might take over, will agree to work
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        247 32 US cargo airlines allowed 24 such flights under new air pact Bloomberg [HONG KONG] FedEx Corp. the world's largest over-night-delivery company, has applied to the US government to operate 12 weekly cargo flights to Hong Kong. The application, if granted. will give
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        228 32 Reuters [SYDNEY] Travel and retail mogul Richard Branson said he planned to float Australian airline Virgin Blue, which he half owns, in the first half of 2003. "The idea is to bring the public into Virgin Blue sometime in the
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          85 32 [DUSSELDORF, Germany] Thomas Cook AG, Europe's No 2 travel company, plans to ground six aircraft at its main Condor charter airline as demand for travel slumps in Germany, spokesman Rolf-Dieter Grass said. The airplanes, Boeing 757-300, will be cut from a total fleet
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