The Business Times, 2 December 2002

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES WA<P) o^o3/2002 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg Singapo re MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2002 85C
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    69 1 STOCK MAXKET INDICES Week Change STI U38L5J -8108 SIMSCI FLTUKE_171.70 -4.10 KLSE COMP 629J3 -9J0 NIKKEI 9115J6 +441.00 HANG SENG 10,069.87 +465 SET INDEX 364.90 >131 JAKARTA (X)MP_***** +8S6 MANILA 1,*****! -7.58 TAIPEI WP1 4.646.69 -60.92 SEOUL COMP 7*4.88. +31.93 SHENZHEN B 194.86 +6.82 AUST ALL ORD .3,*****
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    64 1 FOREX RATES US$ USS |SS per IISS) 1.763 per£) 1.549 1731 EUBO{USS/SS/E). 0.994 1.752 YEN 122.4 69.40 RM 3.800 2.156 RK$ 7.799 4.423 BAHT 43.41 24.62 RITIAH 8,970 5,067 PBOfE SATES SINGAPORE* 5^6 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG g 0Q0 JAKARTA 39 00 TAIPEI. 6*M) TOKYO JJ75 SEOUL 9
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    Lock icon MOM to pull out all stops in fight against joblessness
    503 1  -  idexclusive| Boon Yang It will integrate help schemes to boost results By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Manpower will marshall all its resources to tackle rising unemployment, according to its minister, Lee Boon Yang. "Our priority remains dealing
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    Lock icon Sale of SingPost, Yellow Pages needs IDA's nod
    810 1  -  >-idexclusive| Licences for the Sing Tel units are not transferable By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecom's plan to divest non-core assets Singapore Post and Sing Tel Yellow Pages won't be a simple asset sale. Potential buyers will have to be approved by
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    Lock icon Home sales shore up shaky US economy
    868 1  -  Dow caps first 8-week winning streak since 1998 From* Andrew Marks in New York LIKE a beacon in the darkness, the home sales market has been the only bright light in the US economy for more than a year. The sector, economists say,
    Source: Bloomberg; BLOOMBERG  -  868 words
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    206 1  -  -By! Frank DeMeglio [SINGAPORE] Jose Carreras announced his long-awaited return to Singapore for a one-night-only performance at a press conference with maestro David Gimnez held at the Raffles Hotel yesterday. Carreras, who posed with a classic Mercedes SL for pictures, said he was delighted to return
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    Lock icon GST-hike choice to be announced on Thursday
    365 1 Tharmanand Khaw Boon Wan co-opted into PAP's central executive committee [SINGAPORE] The government will announce its decision on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) increase in Parliament on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. The government is
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      Lock icon M'sian gaming firms bet on level playing field
      468 2  -  Magnnm, Beij&ya Sports Toto look to long-awaited cut in betting duties From 1 Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TO boost their dwindling business, gaming operators in Malaysia are pushing ahead with new schemes to attract punters with or without the long-awaited cut
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      Lock icon Corporate raiders have a role in the market
      572 2  -  lock siew r sivanithy MUCH has been written over the past two months about the tussle for control of Nat Steel Ltd. From the launch of Ang Kong Hua's management buyout bid, to DBS Bank s backing of 98 Holdings' offer, and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Banks seek judicial management for Excel
      554 3  -  Claimants owed $67m; firm argues it still has long-term viability By' Teh Hooi Ling MACHINING tools specialist Excel Machine Tools, which was briefly chaired by a Brunei princess this year, has been served a joint petition for judicial management by its bankers for debts
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com's road to success
      859 3  -  Byy Ven Sreenivasan IT is 1995. You devise what you think is a winning Internet business proposition. Then along comes the big dotcom bust in 2000. Fast forward two years. You have not only survived the ravages of the dotcom collapse but your business has actually
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      Lock icon Semitech to offer 26.5m IPO shares
      163 3 Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED electronics contract equipment maker Semitech Electronics Ltd plans to offer 26.5 million new shares at 20 cents apiece for a listing on Sesdaq, the Singapore Exchange's second board. The company said in its prospectus filed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore it
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      1150 3 -TNatSteel 2 December 2002 j A NOTICE TO ALL NATSTEEL SHAREHOLDERS I All capitalised terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, bear the same meaninn n the circular (the Supplemental Circular") dated 27 November 2002 and issued by Nat Steel Ltd to relating to the Revised 98 Holdings Offer.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      323 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 29 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 15.00 -213.00 IT CAM -*****.00 -84. QQ BT 10-4ay HA ******.00 +2.00 Aft-SGEvribw 366.85 *4.39 129.60 40.24 SClfMnFh 1229.73 -5.48 SG EpBn Pn» 334.27 *4.20 MSO Siwfport 172.00 -1.95 SMSCI Fabtrac 171.70 -3.20 Stocks Vokano Chart SemiCond 26c 509,171,000 Datacraft 10c 86,963,000
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      Lock icon Among blue chips, Keppel may be worth a close watch
      284 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By] R Sivanithy THAT the market is firmly in trading mod) is not in dispute the Straits Times Index has hovered around the 1,400 level for the past two weeks even though Wall Street has gone from
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      Lock icon Is deflation the biggest worry today?
      788 4  -  l I comment STOCK! r. sivanithy IT'S a question that hasn't been asked yet but it bears thinking about: Is the Singapore economy under threat from deflationary pressures? More to the point is it the worry of deflation that's keeping the local stock market
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      Lock icon Asian units fall as US$ rides on positive data
      679 4 Dealers uncertain whether Tokyo's share rally will bolster yen-buying AFP fHONG KONG] Asian currencies fell against the dollar over the week as the greenback strengthened on positive economic data. Japanese yen: The yen fell back against the dollar in Tokyo after
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      156 4 Lian Beng Group Ltd will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.27 cent) on Dec 2 2002. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis on Dec 5 2002. Date payable is on Dec 18 2002. Beyonics Technology Ltd will hold its AGM on Dec 4 2002,
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Bankruptcies set to hit 17-year high this year
      401 5  -  3on the economy bankruptcies By Audrey Tan BANKRUPTCY orders in Singapore for both trade and individual insolvencies will likely hit a 17-year high this year, going by the figures for January to September. In particular, the number of individual bankruptcies this year
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      Lock icon Mindef seeks ideas for military use
      658 5  -  Funding available to SMEs to develop ideas in infocomms, satellite technology By David Boey THE Ministry of Defence is on the prowl for new ideas and on its hit list are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) buzzing with ideas that can be adapted for
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      Lock icon URA panel wants more conservation buildings
      263 5  -  By Andrea Tan SOMETHING old. Something new. Something borrowed. The Urban Redevelopment Authority's subject group on Old World Charm wants even more buildings conserved and borrowing from the past could help mould Singapore's identity. The subject group chaired by James Khoo, who is also
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      Lock icon Quotation of Singapore Government Bonds (November 30, 2002)
      241 5 WOCATNE GROSS MATURITY YEAA RASED COUPON AMOUNT WTUCST OF DAYS OF MIDOLEPWCES REDEMPTION RAT! (SM) PAYMENT ACCRUBJ (EXCUHNG YBD tSMCOOE DATES K7EREST ACCRUED WTEREST) (\PA) 01.*****3 N*****0T 1996 416# 70(100 1/2 16 121 100.55 034# SG********** *****003 N*****0S 2001 21/4# 2000.00 1/4
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      Lock icon Petronas H1 net down 7% to RM8.2b
      222 6 KUALA LUMPUR Fall comes despite 12% increase in revenues Reuters MALAYSIA'S biggest company, national oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd, showed a net profit of RM8.27 billion (553.83 billion) in the six months to Sept 30, down around 7 per cent from last year.
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      Lock icon Phuket boosts security for tourists
      376 6 TERROR FALLOUT Spectre of Bali blasts worries tourism industry AFP [PHUKET] Thailand's pre mier island resort Phuket has boosted security and reassured holiday makers as it scrambles to avoid losing hundreds of millions of dollars in tourism revenue because of terrorism fears. Police helicopters have
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      Lock icon Thailand freezes labour exports to Gaza: report
      241 6 BANGKOK Move follows wounding of 2 Thais by Palestinian gunmen AFP THAILAND has stopped labour exports to the Gaza Strip after two Thai workers were wounded there by Palestinian gunmen, local media reported yesterday. Labour Minister Suwat Liptapallop ordered employment agencies to immediately
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    • US firm attacked in Philippines
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      Lock icon Jakarta to open 3 overseas tourism promotion offices
      114 6 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA'S culture and tourism ministry is to open three overseas offices to promote tourism, hoping to move beyond an economic crisis, violence and a terrorist attack that have devastated the industry. Setyanto Santosa, the head of the Culture and Tourism
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        Lock icon China launches A-share market plan
        58 6 Reuters [BEIJING] China launched a long-awaited scheme yesterday to allow some foreign institutional investors to buy stocks in its US$5OO billion domestic A-share markets. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) posted application forms on its website allowing overseas funds, brokerages, banks, insurers and pension funds
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        Lock icon Awaag Adek new Tenaga chairman?
        65 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Former Bank Negara assistant governor A wang Adek Hussin is expected to be named today as the new chairman of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, according to sources. They said that Dr A wang, 47, who resigned from the central bank in June last
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        Lock icon Malaysia's EPF detects forgery cases
        65 6 Bernama 1 KUALA LUMPUR] The Employees Provident Fund 9 (EPF) has detected a number of cases where EPF members' statements of account have been forged by certain parties to be used to obtain loans from financial institutions. The cases came to light when an institution
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      Lock icon Chen vows to reform Taiwan's rural credit
      368 7 TAIPEI Govt may invest at least NTs4b in an agriculture bank Bloomberg Reuters, TAIWAN President Chen Shui-bian has vowed to reform shaky rural credit cooperatives, saying the problem could spark a bigger financial crisis if left unchecked. To do this, the government may
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      Lock icon HSBC to freeze HK workers' pay in 2003
      206 7 Reuters [HONG KONG] HSBC Holdings Pic, Europe's largest bank by market value, will freeze pay for its 13,800 Hong Kong workers for a fourth year in five to curb costs. The bank, which controls two of the city's biggest lenders, doesn't rule
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      Lock icon Richard Li hunting for investment targets
      216 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] PCCW Ltd's Richard Li said he is hunting for investments that will generate US$5OO million in annual sales by 2007, boosting profit at Hong Kong's biggest phone company when cost savings and property revenue tail off. Mr Li and PCCW's top
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      128 7 1 I —-BH &f£3fe?ir' 'V ''jV T. IHf^" I'-* sHSISIp M i I <■ T /<*- I In Asia, trade flows freely. Ever wondered why? Free trade 'soneof the driving forces behind Asia's Our unique understanding of Asia means we can Which is probably why a recent independent study shows
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    Lock icon Iraq war fears boost oil prices
    931 8 COMMODn x Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil price gushed higher last week a Iraqi war fears stalked th< market and the onset of colt weather in the Unitec States started to bite int( levels of US oU stocks. Prior to the recovery ol the past
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  • CHINA focus
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      Lock icon China Construction on expansion path
      708 10  -  It wants to expand its portfolio of government infrastructure contracts in South-east Asia, reports VINCE CHONG VINCE CHONG CONTRARY to opinion in Singapore's construction industry, China Construction Engineering said its policy is not to compete in areas which are already well taken care of by
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      Lock icon Eagle Brand's turnaround plan
      678 10  -  It's looking to form alliances, step np exports, lower costs By Loh Hui Yin FORMING new alliances, stepping up exports and tighter cost controls the new management team at Eagle Brand Holdings has set itself these goals to revive profitability at the ceramic tiles and sanitary
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Microsoft hires EU regulator before ruling
      413 11 BRUSSELS Rivals say official is unsympathetic to software giant in antitrust case NYT A TOP European Commission official has left to join the Microsoft Corp, just weeks before he was due to give his opinion on the European antitrust lawsuit against the company. The
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      Lock icon Stanley to bid for casino group LCI
      258 11 LONDON Reuters THE British casino and gaming group Stanley Leisure Organisation pic is set to launch a £250 million (Ss6B2 million) bid in the coming week for the casino group London Clubs International pic (LCI), Sunday newspapers reported. The Sunday Telegraph said an
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      Lock icon Murdoch eyes Italian Serie A club
      182 11 AP [MILAN] Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdoch might take over Serie A club La zio, which is flying high in the Italian league despite the financial woes of its parent company Cirio, Italy's largest sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported. Gazzetta said on Saturday
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      Lock icon Residential property boom continues in US, falters in UK
      426 12  -  House prices in London seen falling next year From Neil Behrmann inLondon [LONDON] The residential property outlook is beginning to differ between the US and UK following an extraordinary boom in both countries during the past few years. The market remains
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      Lock icon EU to probe two S Korean firms
      485 13 SEOUL It's checking whether Samsnng, Hynix broke trade rnles as alleged Reuters AFP. EUROPEAN Union inspectors will be in South Korea this week to ascertain whether the country's leading chip makers have violated trade rules and should be subjected to tariffs, reports said
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      Lock icon Record sales for Wal-Mart on Black Friday
      360 13 WASHINGTON LAT-WP WAL-MART Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, rang up record sales on 'Black Friday', the postThanksgiving day that marked the official start of the holiday shopping season and a day retailers traditionally use to gauge if they'll go into the black
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      Lock icon Warplanes raid Iraqi oil facility
      141 13 BAGHDAD Reuters WESTERN warplanes attacked an oil installation in Basra in southern Iraq yesterday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, residents and officials said. US Central Command in Tampa, Florida and Britain's Ministry of Defence said they had no information on the
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    • Millionaire ranks may shrink this year
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      493 13 ADVERTISEMENT Jfappy C/3ir/Acfciy U.A.E. Today, the United Arob Emirates celebrates its National Day in commemoration of the J founding of the federation in 1971. Growing PbH fr° m strength to strength, the UAE has made iQLIiIJMK'iMLJHii -11 considerable political, economic and social Progress. With a political system combining the traditional
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  • PARTNERING JAPAN
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      Lock icon A new age in Japan-S'pore ties
      1283 14  -  There's much to be gained from moving the two economies closer together, says vikram khamma VIKRAM KHANNA FROM Saturday, Japan and Singapore embarked on a new phase in their economic relations with the coming into effect of the Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA). Touted
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      Lock icon Buried treasure
      882 15  -  Endlessly inventive but insular, Japan's SMEs present great untapped opportunities for any investor, says vikram khaiuma VIKRAM KHANNA IN Japan's bustling industrial city of Osaka, famous for its straight-talking merchant culture, the greeting for "how are you" is "mukari makka" which roughly translates into "how much are you
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      Lock icon Reaching for the stars
      351 15 IN Higashi-Osaka, the mecca of Japanese entrepreneurship, one entrepreneur is almost literally shooting for the stars. Toyohiko Aoki, whose company Aoki Co, makes hydraulic parts for Boeing, now wants to manufacture satellites. An enthusiastic, animated 56-year-old with remarkable powers of persuasion, Mr Aoki has managed to
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      Lock icon Survival of the fittest
      957 16  -  Japanese stores are wooing cautious shoppers with creative gimmicks, observes VIKRAM KHAN MA VIKRAM KHANNA ON the pavement of a busy street in the southern Japanese port city of Fukuoka, a young man in a yellow uniform is standing atop a plastic stool waving a banner
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      Lock icon It's a circus at the mall
      359 16 MAKE it fun, make it free, and they will come. That is basically the strategy adopted by one of Japan's biggest mega-malls to bring in the crowds. And it has worked. The cavernous 240,000 sqm Canal City mall in the Kyushu island city of
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      Lock icon Positive spin-offs for Asia
      1046 17  -  By spurring the Japanese economy, the Japan-Singapore partnership will also benefit the region, says hiroshi tsukamoto HIROSHI TSUKAMOTO The writer is the president ofJetro. Japan's premier trade and investment promotion agency WITH the historic Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA), we can now look forward to more
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      Lock icon A tangle of trade
      1048 17  -  Fromi ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPAN has altered fundamentally its approach towards trade policy over the past two years, from one that focuses solely on multilateral goals to one that also embraces bilateral and regional initiatives. Tokyo's attitude has become more pragmatic and in some ways
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  • BIZIT
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      Lock icon Wireless revenues bring bloom to telecom gloom
      717 18  -  zti exclusive! The Pacific (including Japan) will see wireless revenues cross USsl74b next year ud 18 7% over 2002, as Angela Tan finds out from a recent Frost Sullivan conference Angela Tan nESPITE the general gloom in the telecom sector, the Asia-Pacific region
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      Lock icon Enhanced IP VPN services from SingTel
      260 18  -  By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE Telecommunications has enhanced its private IP-VPN (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network) services to enable network managers to specify the class of service they need to optimise their company's network performance. In Singapore, Sing Tel private IP-VPN is called Sing Tel
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      Lock icon America scrambles to control instant messaging
      192 18 NYT [NEW YORK] Instant messaging (IM) is spreading fast across corporate America a phenomenon that's left employers scrambling to find ways to control and monitor employee usage. Researchers say 85 per cent of US companies now have some type of IM on their computers.
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      Lock icon Work begins on world's biggest memory chip plant in Taiwan
      203 19 AFP [TAIPEI] Construction on the world's largest memory chip plant, a joint venture of Taiwan's Nanya Technology and the German semicon giant Infineon, begins today. President Chen Shuibian has been invited to witness the ceremony presided by Wang Yung-ching, chairman
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    • IT TAKES
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        Lock icon HP's new S'pore Storage Centre
        72 19 HEWLETT-PACKARD has opened a new Singapore Storage Centre (SSC). "This multi-million dollar facility will enable enterprises to test advanced storage apps ahead of deployment," HP said. "It complements the new Enterprise Storage Centre, which opened in Sydney last week. The SSC will showcase solutions developed
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        Lock icon Datacraft's IP telephony solutions
        100 19 DATACRAFT Asia has launched a set of IP telephony solutions and services that leverage on its application network architecture. "These will give customers access to their business systems from almost any type of handset with IP connectivity, as well as provide a variety of communication and
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        Lock icon S*pore Pavilion at Telecom Asia
        48 19 SIX Singapore companies will showcase their wares at the 200 sq m Singapore Pavilion at the six-day ITU Telecom Asia exposition in Hong Kong from today. Led by the IDA, the Pavilion will be exhibiting under the theme, Singapore Your Partner in Asia.
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        Lock icon eLibraryHnb for businesses
        68 19 THE National Library Board's eLibraryHub will use Ufinity's Right Access Single Sign-On solution to extend the library's network to corporate Intranets. "eLibraryHub offers the technology and resources for businesses to establish their digital libraries," Uflnity said. "Employees from organisations such as the MoE's Teachers Network can now
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        Lock icon Boom in IT mgt services outsourcing
        104 19 THE market for IT management services outsourcing in Singapore is expected to cross $1.15 billion by 2006, from $588 million in 2001, growing 14.4 per cent a year during the period, according to Gartner Inc. "This is significantly higher than the 9 per cent
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        Lock icon Macromedia wwwfay
        75 19 MACROMEDIA Inc has announced Macromedia Contribute, "a groundbreaking new desktop application that enables anyone to easily update, add, and publish Web content to existing websites without requiring technical skills beyond basic word processing," the company said. "It works with any HTML website, including those coded by hand or
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        Lock icon Case Watch service lannc&ed
        54 19 COMPANIES can now access information on lawsuits affecting their business through a new service called Case Watch, developed jointly by the Supreme Court and CrunsonLogic. "Case Watch will provide information via e-mail alerts relating to any court action involving the target name monitored," Crimson Logic said.
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        Lock icon Mathtvanan Is new PAA chairman
        61 19 SINGAPORE-BASED Crimson Logic's CEO V Mathivanan was elected the new chairman of the Pan-Asian E-Commerce Alliance (PAA), succeeding Justin Yue, CEO of Trade link, who had served as the founding PAA chairman for two years. Mr Mathivanan was elected at the end of PAA's steering
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        43 19 INTERNET travel portal, Zuji, has appointed Scott Blume as CEO, based at Zuji's HQ in Singapore. Mr Blume has more than 13 years experience in the travel industry, most recently as CEO and executive director of ITG Ltd (formerly Internet Travel Group).
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        Lock icon Cisco Systems'VP of sales ops
        39 19 CISCO Systems Inc has appointed Chris Khang as vice-president of sales operation for the Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore. Mr Khang was previously general manager for the enterprise systems group for Hewlett-Packard in South Korea.
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        Lock icon Concord Commns' appointment
        38 19  -  GompOedbj Raju Chellam NASDAQ-LISTED Concord Communications has appointed Peter Alexander as regional sales manager for the Asia South region, based in Singapore. Mr Alexander was previously Concord Communications' country manager for Australia and New Zealand.
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      819 19  -  111 comment INFOTECH S'pore has placed a lot of prestige on the success of the multi-billion dollar facility to be set ud by UmC and AMD. But analysts question whether the plant will materialise lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent. WHEN Taiwan's United
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        Lock icon Lexmark's All-in-One Print Centre
        70 20 LEXMARK International has introduced the Lexmark X 75 All-in-One Print Centre—an inkjet-based printer that also offers scanning and copying features. The $329 device offers 2,400 by 1,200 dpi print resolution, prints 11 ppm in black and 6 ppm in colour, scans at 600 by 1,200 dpi
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        Lock icon Canon's high-end digital camera ...
        67 20 Canon's high-end digital camera CANON has introduced the EOS-lDs, a 11.1 megapixel digital SLR camera for studio photography. It comes with a full-sized CMOS sensor, a strong magnesium alloy body, 45-point autofocus, 21-point evaluative metering, JPEG recording, 10-mode white balance and 5-mode colour matrix selection. It can shoot up to
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        Lock icon e a e and two new technologies
        87 20 CANON said it is now offering its three digital cameras with two new technologies—Digic and iSaps —on the Ixus V 3, the Powershot 545 and the Powershot G3. "Digic produces better image quality and offers faster processing speeds," Canon said. "And iSaps enables
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        Lock icon Toshiba's e33oPocketPC
        59 20 TOSHIBA Singapore has introduced its e330 PocketPC. It features "a faster processor, increased memory and improved display quality", Toshiba said. The $799 device weighs 147 grams, is 12.4 mm thin, runs on a 300 MHz processor, comes with 64 MB RAM and 32 MB Flash ROM, and has
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        Lock icon TIOO from Sony Ericsson
        64 20 SONY Ericsson has unveiled the TlOO mobile phone. It offers EMS (enhanced messaging service) with pictures, sound and animation, and mobile Net browsing with WAP. It features a gallery with 30 pictures, 15 animations, 10 sounds, and 10 SMS templates. It weighs 75 gms, offers three
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        Lock icon Blaze Advisor 4A here
        59 20 US-BASED Fair, Isaac and Company has announced release 4.5 of its Blaze Advisor rules management software suite. "This release adds faster batch processing, easier business-level maintenance using decision tables, extended support for Java standards, and user interface enhancement," the company said.' Prices start at US$3B,OOO for
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        Lock icon New Creative speakers
        50 20  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam CREATIVE Technology has announced a new PC speaker system I-Trigue 2.l33oo—with high fidelity performance. The U5599.99 device works with PCs, Macs, and the Nomad Jukebox line of portable audio players. It features two 9-watt speakers and one 25-watt subwoofer. For details, visit www.asia.creative.com.
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      Lock icon Why CDMA 2000 makes biz sense in the 3G space
      607 20  -  CDMA2OOO already boasts three big success stories in the Asia-Pacific region South Korea's KT Freetel and SE Telecom, and Japan's KDDI patrick sim The writer is managing director, Nortel Networks Singapore. 3G is no longer a matter of "if', but
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      Lock icon Proposed Pentagon database worries privacy advocates
      329 20 AP [jsain uitouj Deep witftin the US Defense Department, government scientists are hard at work trying to build a massive database of personal information about everyone in the US including details on everything from credit-card transactions to medical records and travel reservations in a
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      Lock icon EU backs standards for health sites
      182 20 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has endorsed plans to recommend minimum quality standards for websites which provide advice on health matters, a spokesman for the EU executive said. Concerns about the quality of information provided by medical and pharmaceutical sites have been growing over
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      Lock icon Most US states agree to Microsoft settlement
      163 20 AP [WASHINGTON] From California to Connecticut, US states have decided to follow the federal lead and abandon the broad-based antitrust fight against Microsoft Corp. Only Massachusetts seeks tougher sanctions against Microsoft after seven other states announced they would accept the landmark settlement reached
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      Lock icon More Americans banking online
      154 20 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Americans are increasingly skipping lines at teUer windows to take care of their banking needs over the Net, according to a survey. The non-profit Pew Internet and American Life Project found online banking is rapidly catching on, as an estimated 37 million Americans now
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      Lock icon Greenpeace targets similar tanker to Prestige
      674 21  -  PRESTIGE FOUL-UP Maritime groups slam Spain's refusal to cat bail of Prestige master By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Environmental activists have targeted a similar-aged tanker to Prestige, calling on European governments to "ban them" altogether. Greenpeace temporarily blocked oil tanker Byzantio a vessel the same
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      282 21 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE dry bulk sector has remained active. Vessels sold for further trading BULK CARRIER& Corona Luck: 172,00 C tdw bit 89 Cons tan tza reported sold region US$lO,OOO,OOO to Greek buyers following recent drydocking. Trident Fortune: ***** tdw bit 4/83 Hitachi crs 4/25
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      Lock icon Ships collect more than 1,000 tons of oil off Spain
      155 21 Bloomberg [MADRID] Cleanup ships collected more than 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil from the Atlantic Ocean as the most recent oil slick from a sunken tanker neared the Spanish coast, the government said. El Pais newspaper said the mass contains
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      Lock icon Nordic shipping firms' buy of Hyundai unit gets EC nod
      284 21 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Scandinavian shipping companies Wallenius Lines AB and Wilhelmsen ASA were cleared to buy a car shipping unit from South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine, the European Commission said. The commission said it approved the deal once Wallenius and Wilhelmsen
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      Lock icon More pirate attacks prompt M'sia to increase patrols
      326 21  -  Maritime police warn fishermen to be more careful By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Malaysian marine police have stepped up patrols warning fishermen to be cautious as guntoting pirates have been increasingly active ahead of the Hari Ray a festive period. Last week, two
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      Lock icon Time for annual shiprepair show to look East
      669 22  -  DOCKYARD -By\ David Hughes A LOT has happened since the last time I wrote this column, only two weeks ago. Then it looked as if the tanker Prestige and most of its cargo would be saved. Now, ship lies two miles down
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        Lock icon CONTAINER SCHEDULES
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        Lock icon VERITAS BUNKER QUALITY REPORT
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        147 29 Deo 5 Thailand: King's Birthday. Deo 0 Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Brunei: Hari Raya Puasa. Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Dee 7 Malaysia: Hari Raya Holiday. Deo 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dee 24 Switzerland: Christmas Eve 0 day). Deo 28 Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium:
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        Lock icon COCKETT BUNKER MARKET REPORT
        757 29 irao report, complied by Cockett Mr rine Oil Ltd. thowi price ranges in US dollar* instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Price* shown are based on averagesiaed stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index Change and the
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        Lock icon Qantas' Air NZ play puts pressure on SIA: analysis
        566 30 Talk that SIA may take a stake in Virgin Bine to keep market presence AFP (SYDNEY] Singapore Airlines (SIA) risks being frozen out of the lucrative Australian aviation market if it fails to react swiftly to the planned tie-up between Qantas
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        Lock icon Revised air routes cut Asia-Europe travel times
        272 30 Airlines to save USsssm annually in fnel costs AP [SINGAPORE] The largest-ever overhaul in decade-old flight routes between Asia and Europe will slash travel times and help the flagging airline industry cut costs, the International Air Transport Association (lata). Flight paths that previously
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        Lock icon Malaysia Airports' passenger volume stays flat
        242 30 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd said it handled 24.8 million passengers between January and September this year, little changed from the same period in 2001. The country's biggest airport operator said international passenger volume grew 1.1 per cent to 9.87 million from
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        Lock icon UAL attendants approve US$412m pay cut
        206 30 Reuters [CHICAGO] Thousands of flight attendants voted on Saturday to accept hundreds of millions of dollars in pay cuts from United Airlines, but a vote by mechanics to reject wage concessions earlier last week may steer the second largest US carrier on a path
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        597 30 Bnt regional competition may lessen its impact as a hub: analysts AFP [GUANGZHOU, China] The booming southern Chinese city of Guangzhou hopes its massive new airport will make it one of the top three aviation hubs in China, but analysts are more
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      125 29 LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Services Divlsic^NEA K Thunderstorm Showers yC\ Rain w^athp C 0 Wind direction and speed in knots Cloudy Day Weather w IX Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds 1 I Slißht < 1 2,11 ->—Or\e
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      265 30 SOUTH EAST ASIA AND SOUTH ASIA AUSTRALIA TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT NOTICE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION 2003 The following Lines in the South East Asia and South Asia Australia Trade Facilitation Agreement wish to inform the trade of the Rate Restoration (RR) Program for 2003. W th effect from l January
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