The Business Times, 28 June 2003

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    23 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85c THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend s I A P O R E JUNE 28 29, 2003 Internet httn cimji sa
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    Lock icon S'pore, M'sia battle it out for foreign investment
    837 1  -  Both are trying hard to attract more long-term capital into manufacturing Froml Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA and Singapore are set to fight tooth and nail for a slice of the shrinking foreign direct investment (FDI) pie. In the past two
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    Lock icon Help citizens connect with remaking S'pore ideas
    607 1  -  Saturday soapbox chuang peck ming IT'S refreshing to see that the Remaking Singapore Committee was in tune with current public sentiments early this week. One of its sub-committees had proposed on Tuesday to allow the use of CPF savings to help Singaporeans tide
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    Lock icon Big wheel turns for new tourism drive
    864 1  -  Huge ferris wheel project set to boost tourism spending by $94m in first year, reports DANIEL BUENAS DANIEL BUENAS MOVE over Esplanade Theatres. Coming up near that landmark will be a veritable new attraction in the shape of a ferris wheel that is
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      68 1 MOTORING The beat goes on with the new Beetle convertible. PAGE 12 jßag'em: best buys in leather goods at tbe Great Singapore Sale. PAGE 16 The Vietnamese Prime Minister pointed his finger at me and said, What are you, white man, doing representing Singapore? 9 Graham Hayward reminisces about his
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      182 1 39 COMPANIES Sing Re chairman offers to take lower fee. VH PAGE 4 MAKING Watch mates flpppvi a love story. PAGE 18 newsbreak US Incomes rite faster than spending In May Surge In sales at S'pore property auctions THE US Commerce Department said personal incomes rose SUCCESSFUL auctions of property
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      15 1 FRANKLY SPEAKING Finding a place for niche sports Pgl3 *****1111 l 8 r BB7 8r*****4"
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  • news front
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      Lock icon AirAsia gets US$26m from 3 partners
      541 2  -  Malaysia's budget airline gears up to stay ahead as competition looms Frorn] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Air Asia has roped in three partners to help it face the intensifying competition in the budget airline business in the region. The three partners will
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      Lock icon Stung by IMF criticism, HK clarifies finance roles
      338 2 Move addresses IMF concern about financial policy coordination, transparency Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong issued a statement yesterday clarifying the roles of key finance ministers and the de facto central bank after criticism from the In- ternational Monetary Fund that its new
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      Lock icon New Japan body vows to restore industrial glory
      852 2  -  Armed 10 trillion yen budget it is diving into corporate restructuring From< Anthony Rowley m Tokyo THE Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan (IRCJ) has started life not with a whimper as many had expected but with a bang, following the launch of
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      Lock icon Personal income growth outpaces spending in US
      573 2 Bloomberg Reuters AFP [WASHINGTON] Growth in personal incomes outpaced a modest increase in US consumer spending in May, the government said in a report yesterday, while a closely-watched survey showed that US consumer sentiment in June was better than earlier estimated. The Commerce
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  • the raffles conversation
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      Lock icon Captain of the Chamber
      1829 3  -  As the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce's longest-serving exec director, British-born Graham Hayward can look back with pride on a tenure that saw the SICC membership of Singaporean companies climb from 12% in 1987 to 38% now. He shares his 40-year Singapore adventure with KENNETH JAMES
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      Lock icon Days of wine and music
      565 3  -  -By Kenneth James GRAHAM Hay ward boasts a collection of some 16,000 music CDs. And if you think that's massive, consider that he used to have 38,000 vinyl records in his music collection, which he sold three years ago in London for around $250,000. "I
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      63 3 Raffles INTERNATIONAL I lorels X Resorts The Raffles Conversation is brought to you through a special arrangement with Raffles International Hotels and Resorts. The Traveller's Palm in the Raffles International logo is an apt symbol. Not only has water stored at the base of this palm provided sustenance, the leaves
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  • news companies
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      Lock icon S'pore Re chairman offers to take lower fee
      489 4  -  EXCLUSIVE $50,000 saved can be given to deputy chairman, he says Ry Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE Reinsurance Corporation chairman Hwang Soo Jin has offered to slash his director's fee by about $50,000 and give the money to the new deputy chairman as
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      Lock icon Time to trade again on KLSE?
      773 4  -  corporate analysis Yes, say fund managers, analysts and the Malaysian PM. EDDIE TOH finds out more EDDIE TOH [KUALA LUMPUR] SHOULD foreign investors including many Singapore retail players who got burned during the Clob saga five years ago take another stab at the Malaysian
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    • corporateroundup
      • Article
        Lock icon Hong Leong Asia unit's managers locked out from Guangxi Yuchai
        115 4 HONG Leong Asia's unit China Yuchai International (CYI) which has initiated legal proceedings against diesel-en-gine manufacturer Guangxi Yuchai Machinery (GYM) over the withholding of some $52 million worth of dividends said following its action, GYM has decided to lock out
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      • Article
        Lock icon DBS re-states total capital adequacy ratio as 14.5%
        130 4 DBS Group Holdings has restated its Total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Tier 1 CAR from 15.1 per cent and 10.2 per cent as of March 31, 2003, to 14.5 per cent and 9.8 per cent respectively. This was due to an
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        Lock icon VDH's $7.3m extraordinary gain
        133 4 VAN der Horst Ltd, which is in the midst of a reverse takeover by Goldwater Company. posted a $9.2 million net profit for the six months ended March from a loss of $8.3 million previously. The earnings came in the form of an exchange gain of
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      • Article
        Lock icon SingTel unit offered Globe stake
        106 4 SINGAPORE Telecommunications Limited said its international unit. Singapore Telecom International (STI), and Ayala Corporation have received an offer from DeTeAsia Holding GmbH, a whollyowned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, to sell DeTeAsia's entire 24.8 per cent stake in Philippines's major telcom player Globe Telecom to
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        Lock icon Singpost unit in services JV
        96 4 SINGAPORE Post Ltd said its subsidiary Data Post Pte Ltd, associate G3 Worldwide Aspac (Spring) and ePLDT, a whollyowned subsidiary of Philippines Long Distance Telephone, have agreed to set up a joint venture company in the business of laser printing and enveloping statements, bills and
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      • Article
        Lock icon YHI names institutional investors
        66 4 YHI International's initial public offer is akin to hot wheels. Seven institutional and corporate investors have taken up 25.4 million shares or 50.9 per cent of the placement tranche. The seven include Pheim Asset Management (Asia) Pte Ltd, Kenrich Partners Private Ltd, The Yokohama Rubber Co,
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        Lock icon FJB sells 35% Gucci S'pore stake
        107 4 F J Benjamin Holdings has sold its 35 per cent shareholding interests in Gucci Singapore Pte Ltd and Gucci (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (the JVs) respectively to Gucci Participations BV, which presently holds a 65 per cent shareholding interest in each JV. The sale was
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        Lock icon Presscrete, Unisteel chairmen quit
        40 4 CONSTRUCTION firm Presscrete Holdings and precision fastener supplier Unisteel Technology both said their non-ex-ecutive chairmen have resigned. Presscrete's Chua Yong Hai resigned with effect from June 25 while Unisteel's Wang Jang Chon resigned from June 27.
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        Lock icon Icahn's new offer as 'insurance'?
        127 4 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Financier Carl Icahn has made a new offer to buy Global Crossing Ltd, a bankrupt fibre-optic network operator, lawyers for the company and Mr Icahn told a judge. The offer is an "insurance policy" in case the company's plan to 9ell a 61.5
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      Lock icon Window-dressing helps break 5-day loss streak
      696 4  -  maricet review ven sreenivasan THE local market snapped a five-day losing streak yesterday, thanks to window-dressing that marked up the Straits Times Index more than one per cent during the five-minute post-closing routine. By the closing bell, the index had surrendered virtually all its
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      Lock icon SingNet gets new chief executive
      109 4 SINGAPORE Telecommunications yesterday appointed Ooi Lay Yong as the incoming chief executive of its wholly-owned Internet arm, Sing Net Pte Ltd. The appointment takes effect from July 1 and runs concurrently with Ms Ooi's existing post as vice-presi-dent of consumer sales and chief executive of
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      68 4 Dsn 1,477.73 (+19.71) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,468.00 (+7.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 182.00 (+1.50) Friday Change KI.SE(X)MP ..691.45 ♦8.73 MKKKI 225 IIWH +NMK HAViSEMi 9.657.21 «CU» Sl-T INDEX 457.51 1.83 •IAKAKTA OWJMX 'W»7 MA.MUCOUP .1.***** 1469 TAIPKI WPI 4.877.90 -|«.|I SHH LCOMP .677.28 *1.53 SHENZHEN B 217 64 4,18 AI'STALLORI) 3.018(10
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      84 4 FOREX RATES US$ S$ ISS(SSpeiTSS) 1753 V(I SS/SS per S) 1.656 t»M El'Rdfl'SS/SS/E). 1 142 2.001 YEN 119 7 6# 30 RM 3HII0 ±168 HKS 7798 4.448 BAHT 41.82 23J<5 RI'PIAH 8.285 4.726 RENMINBI 8*99 47:M INDIAN Rl PEE_ 4652 2654 AS 1.5(12 0.857 NZS 1.721 0.982 PRIME RATES
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  • money property
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      Lock icon On the right track
      1059 5  -  Interest in homes near the newly-opened NEL is set to pick up. ANDREA TAN looks at what's on the market ANDREA TAN THE North-East Line is open, finally. While property consultants expect activity and interest in projects near the NEL to pick up, prices are unlikely
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    Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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    Lock icon Househunt Property transactions lodged for selected districts between June 19 and June 26, 2003
    1275 5 District 02 NON-LANDED Dragon Mans Apt 21/05/2003 FH 1324 638 482 Icon Apt 04/06/2003 99 570 394 690 Icon Apt 04/06/2003 99 904 627 693 Icon Apt 03/06/2003 99 570 417 731 Icon Apt 03/06/2003 99
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  • money personal finance
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      Lock icon Manipulation games
      1120 6  -  Knowing that market manipulation is a very real feature of daily trading is the first step towards protecting your own interests, says R SIVANITHY R SIVANITHY IT may not have come as a surprise to active stock market participants that an academic study reported in the Financial Times
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    624 6 Transaction date: Jim 27 hrTEBBJLMK CUBKEMCT KATES Against S$ A««tnst US$ Agoinst S$ Afotest US$ Carr-cta W Ofltf M Off* Owtfctes M< Offtr *4 Offf SITSS to 100 Sl l Xt la rmr unit nf Airrtgv mrrrnry: units of torrign Australian dollar ***** I1677 0 6655 0 6660 r
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      116 6 Are you still big, strong and growing despite these tough times? Companies can nominate themselves for the 2003 Enterprise Award by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition), with three years of audited statements. Nomination forms or® available
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  • money personal investment
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      Lock icon Can school fees rise faster than national inflation?
      786 7  -  ft/ Genevieve Cua DO school fees rise faster than inflation? This has been the subject of some debate since last week's column "Saving for education need not be a burden". In that article, Joseph Chong of New Independent argued that advisers who
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      Lock icon Straightforward companies score
      1017 7  -  show me the money The market accords better value to firms which are upfront with investors and analysts teh hooi ling DOES a company pay a price for lack of transparency in its business operations, financial statements or strategy? In other words, are companies with complex business
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      Lock icon Target Realty boosts lowest forward PE portfolio
      787 7  -  Teh Hooi Ling Tc2^oltww^heßvs«sSflrt»in<lour booet irom Tmmi Reaty. A oorapany n tw laotq itble.'ftagttAetfy to being token over by Cly The (jnl hM vetoed Tarsjel Rooky ehtree pdoiMpitlkirttiihmi OnTiH«i%Niidß*9MplntorV»ooirtvMi OPS cm*. Cmi|BM«l a week y, ■toip 4? per cork Tharfo to Terg* Ruly.
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  • news at home
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      Lock icon Property auction sales see a jump of almost 50% in Q2
      464 8  -  The trend is in tandem with the revival in home buying seen since May By] Kalpana Rashiwala PROPERTY auction sales have jumped nearly 50 per cent this quarter to $61.3 million compared with the preceding quarter. The latest figure
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      Lock icon Advertisers take to the green
      227 8 The Business Times-Erme-negildo Zegna 27th Anniversary Advertising Golf Tournament teed og smoothly yesterday with some 240 specially invited guests at Tanah Merah Country Club's Tampines Course. Comprising senior executives of client companies and advertising agencies plus 11 top local golf professionals, the guest list was
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    • Article
      Lock icon IDA didn't tell telcos to head for court
      81 8  -  M AILB AG Jennifer Toh Manager Corporate Communications Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE refer to the article headlined "IDA: SCV Sing Tel row a matter for courts" (BT, June 26). We wish to point out that this headline does not accurately
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    • inbrief
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        Lock icon Increase in electricity tariffs
        82 8 ELECTRICITY tariffs wUI go up by an average of 4.7 per cent or 0.71 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) from July 1 because of dearer fuel oil. For low-tension users, the rise Is 0.71 cents per kWh; for high-tension users, it is 0.74 cents per kWh
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        Lock icon Higher coverage under DPS
        65 8 FROM today, CPF members insured under the Dependants' Protection Scheme will be able to enjoy higher coverage at current premium rates. The insured sum under the scheme will go up from $36,000 to $46,000 without any increase in premium rates. Those already insured under the scheme
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      Lock icon Mild Q3 growth seen for Singapore: Tharman
      261 8  -  wages By\ Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE'S third-quarter showing will be positive but not robust, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday. But there are hopes of a sharper pick-up in the fourth quarter. "(Our economic recovery) depends
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      Lock icon New medical school to aid S'pore
      401 8  -  The graduate school will have more diversity: DPM Tan By< Anna Teo THE goal is not simply to turn out more doctors. The Graduate Medical School (GMS) to be set up jointly with Duke University in 2006 will give Singapore another "strategic capability". Deputy
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4837 8 Transaction date.Jun 27 HONG KONG Vol HKRInrl 1.31 -0 07 7694 HKS *1- 000 Hong Kong Electric 30 80 -0 10 3286 Hongkong Chinese 086 unch 5954 Alpha General. 0-28 unch 0 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 0 86 unch 5954 AnandaWingOn 0.01 unch 0 Hopewell Holdings 7 95 0
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  • executive jobs
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      Lock icon 800 jobs up for grabs at Toa Payoh fair
      344 9  -  Today's event will also offer skills upgrading courses and business ideas By i Chuang Peck Ming SOME 800 jobs including management trainees as well as restaurant and retail managers will be up for grabs today at a community job fair and
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      Lock icon Online help for old boys
      524 9  -  Several distinguished old boys' associations are putting up job ads on their websites to help their alumni in these tough times, reports LEONARD UM LEONARD LIM IT is said that our strongest friendships and networks are forged during our school days. And leveraging on those
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      Lock icon A portal for Asia-Pac employment rules
      248 9  -  By Leonard Lim AS a regional human resource (HR) professional, do you have all the information required about the ev-er-changing employment laws across the Asia-Pacific region? CCH Asia, a leading information provider for professionals, yesterday launched a new Web-based one-stop facility to meet the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      339 9 CRVFTIC CROSSWORD *rortcc 6 Palaver about a right and left with an imposter (9) 1 New rep strolls around mak- 7 grandee really upset mg introductions (9) (7) 9 Articles about permit a sports- s Fed-up with being in the man required (7) wrong and getting put off (9) 10
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  • news region
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      Lock icon Tajudin fails to regain control of Naluri
      503 10  -  Listed Atlan Holdings wins 32% Naiuri stake with RM437.5m bid From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kiuila Lumpur DANAHARTA Nasional yesterday announced that listed group Atlan Holdings was the successful bidder for a 32 per cent stake in Naluri Bhd with an offer of
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      Lock icon India wants free movement of people
      387 10 tt will lobby for this in upcoming WTO trade talks AFP [NEW DELHI) India will use its status among developing nations to try and knock down barriers on the movement of people between countries in upcoming WTO trade negotiations at Cancun, a statement said
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      Lock icon India to set up fund to give fashion industry a makeover
      438 10 AFP [BANGALORE] India's nascent fashion design industry is considering creating a fund to transform the disorganised sector into one worth 10 billion rupees (***** million) annually over the next 10 years. "While the designer-wear market in India is currently
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      Lock icon Rare appearance by Ananda Krishnan
      236 10 [KUALA LUMPUR) When tycoon T Ananda Krishnan stepped into the auditorium at the Astro headquarters here on Wednesday to make a donation to the Universiti Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Utar) fund, he created a rare buzz of excitement. The Star reported. This is because over the
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      Lock icon Satyam to recruit more local engineers in China
      300 10 Bloomberg (SHANGHAI] Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India's fourth-largest software company, plans to hire more Chinese engineers and programmers to expand its business of writing computer software for clients in China and Japan. The company, which opened a software centre in Shanghai in
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    • inbrief
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        Lock icon China PM to attend HK FTA pact signing tomorrow
        79 10 Reuters IHONG KONG] Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the signing of a long-awaited China-Hong Kong free trade pact tomorrow, the first of several measures that Beijing could implement over the next few years to help boost the territory's piling economy.
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      • Article
        Lock icon China copyright case involves Peter Rabbit
        118 10 Reuters [BEIJING] First he ate some lettuce and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes. And then he went to court. Peter Rabbit, the mischie- vous little bunny who stole into the garden of the ruthless Mr McGregor and barely escaped alive,
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        Lock icon HK Cyberport signs up tenants but shy of target
        69 10 Bloomberg IHONG KONG] Hong Kong has signed up Microsoft Corp, Sybase Inc, Telstra Corp and 19 other ten- ants for its information technology flagship Cyberport, four-fifths shy of the government's target. Only half of the 53,500 sq m of completed office
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        Lock icon Cathay to return to 71% capacity in July
        72 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's largest carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways, said yesterday that it plans to return to 71 per cent of normal capacity in July as passengers trickle back after the Sars crisis. Cathay's North Asian, South-east Asian and longhaul services
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      1140 10 CO D 7 BANK Singapore Branch: l/L DMIIiV 50 Raffles Place #40-01 Singapore Land Tower Singapore *****3 Incorporated in Germany Te(; 6438-0060 Fax: 6223-0082 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET 31.12.2002 31.12 2001 ASSETS In Euro million 1. Cash reserve 87S 952 2. Debt instruments of public-sector entities and bills of exchange eligible
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  • news world
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      Lock icon Nasdaq boss goes back to basics
      670 11 Exchange to dose its unprofitable European bourses to focus on the US equity market Reuters Bloomberg FT [NEW YORK] The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc signalled the end of its international ambitions on Thursday and is getting back to the basics. It would close all
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      Lock icon Companies to pay investors US$1b
      347 11 New shares allegedly sold at artificially inflated prices NYT [NEW YORK] Some 300 companies that sold new shares to the public during the late 1990s agreed on Thursday to pay US$l billion to settle an investor lawsuit contending that the stocks' offering prices were artificially
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      Lock icon Angry shareholders shaking up Japan Inc
      513 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Angry recriminations and demands for greater accountability sent shockwaves through Japan Inc as more than two thousand companies held annual meetings this week. Shareholder activism, a new phenomenon in a country where shareholders traditionally have been docile, was making its mark, pressing
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      Lock icon US accounting firms ask auditors to come clean
      296 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORKJ US accounting firms are asking their auditors to divulge any misdemeanour convictions from the past five years, including shoplifting, trespassing or drunk driving, to comply with requirements of a new oversight board. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which
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    Lock icon KLSE
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  • style motoring
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      Lock icon Hip again
      902 12  -  The beat goes on with the new Beetle Convertible, only with a whole bunch of mod-cons, as SAMUEL EE finds out SAMUEL EE HAPPY, not hippie. Interesting, but not quite iconic. Or not yet anyway. That's the first impression you get of the new Volkswagen Beetle Convertible. Like
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      Lock icon Collectors' fancy
      204 12 YOU could say VW's new Beetle Convertible is a milestone car. After all, it has taken more than five decades for a complete model change. Production of the original Beetle convertible began in 1950 when coach builder Karmann made the first soft-top Bug. But back then, it was
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      Lock icon New Jaguar XJ glides in
      346 12  -  By\ Samuel Ee THE stylish new Jaguar XJ (left) was officially launched last night at the Malayan Motors showroom on Leng Kee Road. The seventh generation of the quintessential luxury limo has ditched boring old steel for a state-of-the-art aluminium body. The car is now
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  • style sports
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      Lock icon Sharapova: young woman on a roll
      934 13 Doing well at Wimbledon so far, the 16-year-old has ambitions of becoming world No 1 NYT [WIMBLEDON] Everybody, it seems, wants a piece of Wimbledon's profits. While representatives of the men's tour are negotiating for a bigger chunk, the British tax authorities are snooping
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      Lock icon Golf's next big thing: teenage golfer Wie
      706 13 NYT [GALLOWAY, New Jersey] Sitting in front of a crowded room of reporters on Thursday afternoon, Michelle Wie answered questions deftly, looking almost as comfortable as she does on the first tee. "It's fun getting more attention," she said, smiling. "I enjoy it."
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      Lock icon Find a way for niche sports to play
      688 13  -  frankly speaking vincent wee THERE was 57 channels and nothin' on, or so goes an old Springsteen song. For fans of unpopular sports, this might seem like a familiar refrain every time they turn on the television. A quick glance at the
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3394 13 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0 298/ ComGtobal Energy Index Fd 087/ Com GtobaUravef Index fd 0 681/ 0647/ Com SPore Bond Fund/V. 1 107/ Star Europe Id 1 295/ Cr*«t Agricata «M Mgt S'pon ltd Star Europe Bal 0 958/ Indocam Asia Vision!•• 0 7854)825 Star
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  • style food
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      Lock icon A passage to Little India
      1090 14  -  PARVATHINAYAR savours the food and shopping on Serangoon Road PARVATHI NAYAR STRONG filter coffee, incense and jasmine, onions frying in ginger-garlic, plump mangoes ripening in straw-lined cases. It's the complexity of aromas real and remembered that spurs on an expedition to Little India. Where can
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