The Business Times, 22 December 2003

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C SINGAPORE Iniornjt. iittp://business-times.asial com.sg MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2003
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    Lock icon Singapore job market could recover in three months
    652 1  -  But the days when Singaporeans can pick and choose jobs freely are over, says acting manpower minister By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The unemployment rate, which hit 5.9 per cent in September, may have already exceeded the record high of 6 per
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    Lock icon Asian hedge funds surge 75% this year
    822 1  -  Investors poor in US$15b; Temasek, GIC seen putting money in next year By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Asian hedge funds' assets surged by 75 per cent to nearly US$35 billion this year, as global asset allocators and the wealthy look to Asia as the
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    Lock icon First few months of 2004 look good for equities
    989 1  -  But the fear of rising interest rates in H2 may rein in the market says R Sivanithy R Sivanithy THIS time last year, the outlook for the local stock market went something like this: an uncertain, probably weak first half because
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    65 1 Week Change ST1 1710.81 -16.92 UfcKOOMP ***** 22.19 NIKKEI 225 *****.54 ♦***** HANG SENG *****.75 ***** SET INDEX 709.15 ♦3470 JAKARTA COMP -***** +15.55 MANILA COMP .*****4 *38.92 TAIPEI WP1 *****8 99.09 SEOUL COMP ***** +5.12 SHENZHEN B 267.83 -3.96 M ST ALL ORD .*****0 +2210 DOW JONES *****12
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    78 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ ISS (SS per l'S$) 1.707 £(ISS/SS per 1.771 3.024 El"RO(TSS/SS/E). 1142 1121 YEN 107.6 63.00 KM 1800 1226 HKS 7.766 4M9 BAHT 3964 2312 Rl'PIAH 8.496 1976 RENMINBI 8199 4.861 INDIAN RITEE 4551 2666 AS 1553 0.792 NZS 1.545 0505 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5iS Hunt
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      66 1 lilllll 8 *****1 *****4 Will window-dressing lift the market?, Pg 6 Payouts from year 2 to 24 only. Buying a life insurance policy is a long-term commitment. An early termination of the policy usually involves high costs and the surrender value payable may be less than the total premium paid.
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      34 1 S'PORE'S IPO BOOM Why it will carry over into 2004 PAGE 4 INDIAN ECONOMY ON A ROLL USSIOOb reserves and plenty of jobs PAGE 11 BizlT Boom in solutions to can spam ■PAGE 16
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      Lock icon More HDB dwellers buy private homes in Q3
      638 2  -  But demand still lower than at end-1998 when such deals crossed 60% By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The proportion of demand for private homes from HDB upgraders has been growing steadily since the start of the year, lending credence to the view that
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      Lock icon SingTel comes out top in regional telco survey
      441 2  -  It is top in 4 of 7 categories making up overall score in Gartner survey By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Despite its size in the regional telecoms market, Singapore Telecommunications seems to have punched well above its weight, clinching top awards in
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      Lock icon Mrs Lee Kuan Yew almost recovered
      184 2 [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday said his wife, Kwa Geok Choo, is now back to nearly all her routine daily activities, after having been discharged from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) on Nov 26. Mrs Lee turned 83 yesterday and celebrated her birthday
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon IPO cheer of 2003 may continue into next year
      1540 4  -  Optimism rises after 55 IPOs were recorded this year, against just 30 for 2002, with proceeds rising 11.4% to $1.9b By Kenneth Lim IN A year awash with initial public offerings, there were almost twice as many IPOs going to market
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      Lock icon Regulators have to deal with new IPO rules too
      870 4  -  HOCK lock siew serena ng Eighteen months have passed since Singapore's switch to a disclosure-based initial public offering (IPO) regime, but industry and investor opinions remain split over whether it has really been the right move for the local market. Confusion
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      Lock icon KepCorp confirms US$775m contract with Petrobras
      472 4  -  Deal will enable KepCorp to meet forecast of $1.2b to $1.5b worth of new orders in 2003 By Serena Ng A CONSORTIUM which includes one of Keppel Corp's units has sealed a massive US$775 million contract with Brazilian energy company Petrobras to build an
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      Lock icon Insider trades up as X'mas nears
      1418 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS Buyers dominate trading; five stocks worth paying attention to in the near term, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI DIRECTOR and substantial shareholder activity surged last week with 108 transactions worth $63 million clocked up, based on filings with the stock exchange from
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      Lock icon Interra discovers more oil at Myanmar field
      383 5 This could result in a potential 50% increase in the site's proven reserves, it says RECENTLY-RELISTED oil extraction group Interra Resources, formerly Van der Horst, has confirmed its discovery of additional oil at the Yenangyaung field in central Myanmar, where it has been
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Will window-dressing lift the market?
      201 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy are what new fic US ated into a familiar sight it's now almost entirely house trader versus house trader and the chosen stocks are those priced as low as possible (preferably under 20 cents) and new IPOs. The former enables
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      377 6 Payment El Books Pay (cts) date dose date Abeadeen tOp f 1*2 0 IMk 15-Ok 25-F* Vimm f 14N 03*b OWeb 1W* Mb Mai WISc I MMJ4TA IUk IMk O la AsiMMllic ee 0-21 11-Ok IMk !»ftt Auono Grp ISc. f 1-S7STI 150k 1M« OMai AuBWiCnp p AUS05
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      Lock icon Asian units stable against US dollar
      581 6 No big movements amid sluggish holiday markets AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were largely stable against the US dollar over the past week as fears of a new spread of Sars in the region eased and some markets were sluggish ahead of the Christmas
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      Lock icon WEEK AHEAD
      98 6 Events Investors can watch out for Wm Poll's rights Issue, sx-dat*, Dec 23 Ban Joo's rights Issuo, sx-dato, Dec 31 Now listing of ExeolpolntToch, Jan 7 Ban Joo's dMdwid paymont, Dec 22 Pontox's dhridond pay isoiit, Dec 22 Surfaco Mount's dlvtdond paymont, Dec 22 Croatlvs's dhrldond paymont, Dec
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      Lock icon Most portfolios beat STI as year winds down
      851 7  -  BT portfolio STOCKS teh hooi ling FOUR of our portfolios outperformed the Straits Times Index as the year winds down to a close. The ST! slid one per cent to 1,710.81 points in a lethargic week. The lowest forward price earnings portfolio
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      Lock icon YTL's '09 wrt: complicated but interesting
      283 7  -  By R Sivanithy IT'S a point highlighted in this column before but it bears repeating the Malaysian market is a lot more progressive than the local market when it comes to company-issued warrants. Several companies have unique, innovative features embedded in their warrants, all
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    Lock icon BROKERS' RECOMMENDATIONS
    425 6 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/E/S OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 19 VALU CLOSE +> BT OB/OS -244.00 +132.00 BT CAM -*****.00 -32.00 BTlO-itoyMA ******.00 -24.00 AR-SGCqiiiUM 460.73 -1.34 SOEquMwIhct 171.95 +0.39 SG EqitrttM Fin 1431.40 -0.56 SC Equlbi Prop 421.99 +1.87 MSCI Singapore 209.06 -0.45 SiMSG Futures 209.50 -0.2C
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      136 7 When 1 Ronn JPF *W~ h e was to tap water when he was hungry, because he no money for Ik Thankfully, The Straits Times School Pocket Money has Ronn 8-year-old brother Jinzi. Both have regular V meals during recess now. W They are among the 8,152 children J^^^H| A
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Exciting times ahead for power industry
      1189 8  -  With a big bang and CEO changes this year, next year is set to be more eventful By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE'S $2 billion plus a year electricity industry is set to see an even more eventful year in 2004 than the past year.
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      Lock icon Asia's recovery pace may disappoint
      275 8  -  EYE on the economy By Serena Ng THE cyclical recovery Asia experienced this year is likely to continue into 2004 on the back of accelerating export growth, but the pace of recovery could disappoint, says Barclays Capital. The investment banking division of Britain's Barclays Bank
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      Lock icon Oil soars on worries about stocks
      860 8 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices raced ahead last week to levels not seen since the run-up to the war in Iraq amid concerns about tight stocks. The arrest of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein over the weekend triggered knee-jerk selling of commodities
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    743 8 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Dec 19 sdioapoeb gammr securities dipicatite prices amp t™ »s lis— Chw Mitytty Uttrt YltM Htm Umm MifarHT Utett YkM M*****0H 3.5 01 FEB 2004 B 100.29/A 100.33 0.882/0.529 NX*****H 5.625 01 JUL 2008 B H3.47/A 113.57 2.462/2.441 N*****1T 3.375 15 MAY 2004 B 101.01/A 101.06
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon S'pore investments in Indonesia to grow: Tony Tan
      778 9  -  Amount has crossed $2b and if economic conditions are stable, investment will expand From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta SINGAPORE investments in Indonesia, which to date have totalled more than $2 billion, are expected to continue to grow if the country's macroeconomic conditions
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        Lock icon Govt sells 7.6% of Commerce Asset
        119 9 -Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Commerce Asset Holding Bhd, Malaysia's second largest lender, had 7.6 per cent of its shares sold on Dec 15 by the Minister of Finance, its fifth largest shareholder. There were 198.8 million shares sold in a private placement, according to a
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        Lock icon Politics weighs on Philippine peso
        151 9 -Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine central bank governor Rafael Buenaventura (left) said a presidential election in May and a smaller current account deficit may cause the peso to weaken next year. He said the peso could fall as low as 56 to the US dollar from Friday's
        -Bloomberg  -  151 words
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        Lock icon Taiwan to attract high-tech talent
        57 9 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's cabinet will seek to attract high-tech professionals from abroad by easing restrictions on work permits, it was reported yesterday. It is expected to unveil the new measures on Wednesday under which foreigners with masters or doctoral degrees would be allowed to apply
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        Lock icon China robots US criticism on WTO
        102 9 AFP [BEIJING] China on Saturday reacted to US criticism of its progress in reforming its economy in line with WTO rules, saying it had gone a long way already to dismantle barriers to trade. "China has taken considerable steps in the past year to
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        Lock icon HK housing body plans HK$20b Reit
        106 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Housing Authority said on Friday it was pursuing plans to sell around HK$2O billion (554.4 billion) in commercial assets through a real estate investment trust structure. It said its supervisory group on divestment adopted a recommendation made by the
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      Lock icon Consumption expected to drive Indon growth
      517 9 JAKARTA Investment likely to stay modest next year: economists Reuters DOMESTIC consumption will bring Indonesia faster growth next year despite its exit from a four-year International Monetary Fund support programme but investment will remain modest, economists said. The decision not to extend the loan
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      Lock icon It'll get worse in KL before it gets better
      722 9  -  BT comment KL STOCKS Housekeeping by new PM a dampener eddie toh THE Malaysian stock market is not likely to end this year on a high note. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) last week closed at 769.75 points after having
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      Lock icon Thai economy seen to sizzle
      579 10 IN THE NEAR TERM It's set to shine in 2004 with bourse, property rallies drawing investors AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's economy steamed ahead in 2003 to become South-east Asia's top economic performer and is poised to continue its dizzying comeback from the 1997 financial crisis in
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      Lock icon Malaysian economy set to pick up in 2004: analysts
      424 10 KUALA LUMPUR Upcoming general elections will give added boost AFP MALAYSIA faces rosier growth prospects in 2004 following some disruption this year, with upcoming general elections expected to give a further boost to one of South-east Asia's fastest growing economies. The
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      Lock icon Philippine economy set to benefit from 'booty capitalists'
      504 10 MANILA However, country will suffer in the long term: experts AFP BUSINESSMEN making big bets on the outcome of next year's Philippine presidential election will give a short-term boost to the economy but there wiU be a price to pay, officials and
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      Lock icon US$100b reserves and plenty of jobs – India's on a roll
      510 11 US$100b reserves and plenty of jobs India's on a roll NEW DELHI Govt reform policies gain momentum as growth is expected to hit 7% this year AFP INDIA'S economy shows signs of a boom with foreign exchange reserves crossing the US$lOO billion mark and the creation of 280,000 jobs in
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      Lock icon Chinese firms catch globalisation fever
      688 11 But their ventures sometimes leave analysts scratching their heads Reuters [BEIJING] AC H I N E S E chemicals firm bids for a troubled South Korean car manufacturer. A Chinese television maker teams up with a European electronics giant. A Chinese phone company buys a
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      Lock icon China wakes up to problem of migrant labourers
      374 11 AFP [BEIJING] TIAN Deyou, a 36-year-old farmer from central China, spends 13 hours a day at a Beijing construction site, calls his two children once a week, and makes 500 yuan (*****.5) a month. He considers himself lucky and is ready to
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      203 9 &Telreat to a fyfyor/(/ of &er4onai Attention In A City Of Endless Pursuits y\ Sometimes, it's the smaller details that mean the most. The lighting in a room. A sense of calm. The warm smile of recognition as we welcome you back to A—4 your sanctuary in Shanghai. While you
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    1568 11 SICOM FUTURES Dec 19 RUBBER Futures (dosing pocrs) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Lot Sett (touts) Interest Jan 04 216.50 Feb 04 2T7.75 Mar 04 219.00 Apr/Jun 04 222.00 RSS3(USce«tefo) Volume Open Month High Lot Sett (tomes) Interest Jan 04 127.00 127.00 125.00 800 900 Feb
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      Lock icon Asia seen to lead global growth
      772 12 NEW YORK Global economic growth expected to rise to 4.1% next year compared to 6.6% for Asia SPURRED by a sizzling US$lO trillion US economy, global economic growth is expected to gather steam next year but to advance unevenly. Predictions are that Asian economies
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      Lock icon BOJ urged to apply stimulus amid growth concerns
      329 12  -  From Anthony Rowley in lokyo UNDERLINING continuing concerns over the health of the economy, Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka called on the Bank of Japan to apply extra monetary stimulus, while Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki warned that it was too early for Japan
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      Lock icon Japan's huge debt brings market focus to govt bonds
      676 12  -  Dealers fear bond saturation as issues next year are set to hit record 162t yen From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S government bond market will be the focus of market attention today as it reacts to news the Finance ministry will
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      Lock icon US recovery? Tell it to the unemployed
      476 12 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina Jobless pool highlights risk that growth may not last Reuters FOR Diane Back, the growing US economic recovery still feels like a recession. Her husband, Ed, and youngest son, Alan, have PhD and MBA degrees between them but both have
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      141 12 Complimentaiy BT at Far East Square ASK for your complimentary copy of The Business Times on weekdays at any F&B outlet at Far East Square, courtesy of DBS (while stocks last). Better yet if you're a DBS Black card-holder, as privileges include: parKing at convenient points:
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      Lock icon Funds set to trim current heavy stock holdings in '04
      550 13 LONDON Fed seen raising rates in mid-2004, causing stock markets to level off Reuters INVESTORS across the world have been generally raising exposure to equities on the back of solid econom ic growth prospects but many expect to row back
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        Lock icon SEC deal with Canadian bank goon
        88 13 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Securities and Exchange Commission was expected to announce a legal settlement soon in its probe of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's ties to Enron Corp, a source said. The settlement, which could be unveiled as early as today, was expected
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        Lock icon Ex-Merrill trader admits to fraud
        85 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Former Merrill Lynch Co chief energy trader Daniel Gordon pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud, admitting he embezzled US$43 million in 2000 from Merrill, the world's largest securities firm. Gordon admitted creating a phony Merrill energy trade with an offshore
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        Lock icon Domestic demand to boost Japan
        65 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Domestic demand will propel Japan next year as companies earn and invest more, Economy and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka said, two days after the government said the economy will grow 1.8 per cent. "Growth will come from within Japan," he said. "That's
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        Lock icon News Corp gets okay to tray DirecTV
        71 13 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] News Corp said it received approval from US regulators to purchase control of DirecTV, clearing the final hurdles in its US$6.6 billion bid to acquire the biggest US satellite TV service. News Corp will buy 34 per cent of DirecTV parent
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      Lock icon US fund troubles spilling into Europe
      471 14 LONDON European govt agencies and pension plans take steps against trading abuses NYT EUROPEAN regulators and investors have opened a second front in the fight against mutual fund trading abuses. Government agencies that oversee the activities of portfolio managers in some of the largest
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      Lock icon Separately managed accounts gain ground
      253 14 AP [ATLANTA] As the mutual fund scandals continue, separately managed accounts are drawing more attention. These accounts are a way of hiring your very own money manager, rather than depending on a stockbroker or mutual fund manager. Assets in separately managed accounts totalled U*****.29 biUion
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      Lock icon Another shareholder voting against Wharf sale
      231 14 LONDON Bloomberg CANARY Wharf Group shareholder Franklin Mutual Advisers is voting its 6.8 per cent stake against a proposed sale of two buildings by the London developer because it said the disposal might hurt the value of the company. Investors Brascan Corp and Paul
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      443 13 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 SUN EVER ENGINEERING PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of SUN EVER ENGINEERING PTE LTD duly convened ond held at 95 West Coast Drive #06-02 Hong leong Garden Singapore *****2 on the 18
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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      194 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD tefs DOWN 8 OkJ French statesman finding Reefer, 10 Stipends, 12 Inst, 13 1 Choristers were sent around Britain dire, sad, terrible (8,6) Hoard, 14 Zeta, 17 House of the county (14) 13 Not wanting to go over to 2Q Rsh and chjps 23 16 being a Unit,
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      Lock icon Move over, iPod, here comes Huaqi's Aigo
      544 15  -  BT exclusive It's a range of new, sleek, inexpensive MP3 players that the Beijing-based company claims is currently the top-selling brand in China By Amit Roy Choudhury HERE comes a series of sophisticated and stylish MP3 players which could give bther MP3 players
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      872 15  -  IT comment INFOTECH tang weng fai SO it has happened. Last week, the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) broke SingTel's heart by mandating the sale of local leased circuit (LLC) services at competitive wholesale prices. The last major stronghold of the incumbent's monopoly hold on
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      Lock icon Major setback for recording industry in war against online piracy
      224 15 NYT (WASHINGTON] The recording industry cannot use legal shortcuts to force Internet companies to disclose the names of people who trade music online, a federal appeals court in Washington has ruled. The sharply worded ruling, which underscored the role of
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      Lock icon Shanghai Belling to buy Huahong NEC stake
      142 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinese chip maker Shanghai Belling aims to spend about US$B6 million to own at least 11 per cent of Shanghai Huahong NEC Electronics Co, which is eyeing a Hong Kong listing next year. Shanghai Belling, which planned to move to 8-inch
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      Lock icon Billionaire seeking old pay TV wireless licences
      244 15 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Craig McCaw, who became a biUionaire by building the first nationwide US wireless company and selling it to AT&T Corp, is seeking licences for wireless spectrum that has potential for high-speed Internet access. Mr McCaw disclosed in a regulatory filing that
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        55 15 OLYMPUS Singapore has introduced its new Olympus myu-300 Digital Blue, an all-weather, metal-bodied digital camera which offers full-auto operating ease with 3.2-megapixel image quality. The $$49 device can be used in any weather condition without worrying about rain, snow and humidity affecting the camera's optics and
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        49 15 US-BASED Idiom Technologies, which provides content management solutions, has appointed Scandent as its implementation partner and distributor for the Asia-Pacific. The Scandent Group offers end-to-end business process management solutions and consulting services. Idiom has a customer base comprising enterprises like Motorola, eBay, Oracle and General Electric.
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        43 15 MCDATA Corp, which provides storage networking solutions, has appointed Paul Rath (right) as vice-president and general manager for the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore. Mr Rath was previously general manager in charge of China and Asean with EMC Corp.
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        66 15 SMC Networks and Accton Technology Corp of Taiwan said it will Introduce the first in a series of intelligent L2/4 switches based on Accton's new Leo Enterprise Workgroup Switching technology. The SMC6724AL2 Tiger Switch 10/100 L 2 24Port Switch costs US$45O, It will enable intelligent, upgradeable
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        91 15  - and a networking product Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury SMC has launched the newest member of its EZ Connect family of wireless networking products. The SMC2B7OW 2.4 GHz 54Mbps Wireless Multi-Mode Device adapter can be configured to serve as a wireless access point to provide network access to other wireless
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      852 16  -  BT exclusive Many of them offer fixes tailored for both large and small businesses, Raju Chellam reports Raju Chellam WITH the menace of spam set to increase exponentially over the next couple of years, IT vendors and other service providers are scrambling to offer
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      348 16  -  It joins govt organisations to file lawsuits against individuals in the US, Taiwan, S Korea and Japan By Raju Chellam LAST weekend, Microsoft Corp and the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed lawsuits against a New York-based spamming ring allegedly responsible for sending billions
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      604 17 Attackers' motives cannot be judged till they are caught, says minister -AFP [SINGAPORE] Pirates roaming the waters of South-east Asia should be regarded as terrorists, Singapore's Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said amid a rising number of attacks on ships and
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      285 17  -  Contributed by Simpson, Spence Young Buyers continue to press for modern tonnage, especially in the dry bulk market. BULK CARKIEKSc Samarinda: 149,646 tdw bit 4/94 Dalian new reported sold region U5533,500,000 to clients of Nan Fung including balance of timecharter until May/June 2004 region US$l3,OOO daily. Bariloche: 73,018
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      273 17 SGX 000 Dxll 5$ W- Vol CHOfMiora 0.34 -0.01 158 Chuan Hup 0.47 unch 333 Cosco Investment—.0.60 unch 1748 CWT Distribution 0.55 unch 0 EiraHldgs .0.88 M1 2S1 Frwght Ufiks .0.12 -0.01 1«8 GBHoWngs.. 0.70 unch 5 Jaya Holdings 0.76 -0.01 757 Kf Venture 022 unch 2268 KeppelCorp
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      78 17 [ST NAZAIRE, France] Captain Ronald W Warwick is seen with the Queen Mary 2 at the Alstom Chantiers de VAtlantique shipyard in this December 2003 photo released on Saturday. The new Cunard liner is the largest and, at US$7BO million, the most expensive passenger
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      254 17 Algiers expects to handle 520,000 containers per year by 2005 Reuters [ALGIERS] Oil-rich Algeria will soon build a second container terminal at the Mediterranean capital's port to trim handling time and prepare for a sharp rise in traffic in coming years, the port authority
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      286 17  -  The former Renters Group COO takes over from Jan 1 By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Anglo-Dutch shipping group P&O Nedlloyd Container Line has appointed former Reuters Group chief operating officer Philip Green to replace Robert Woods as chief executive. Mr Green, 50, will take
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      646 18  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes WHILE the big carriers have been bullish about their prospects and have pushed through multiple rate restorations in the past few months with the promise of more in 2004 there have been indications that the feeder operators
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        167 25 Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Singapore: Christmas Day. Philippines:Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Brazil: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Italy: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day.
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        408 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        Lock icon Air Canada buys 90 planes from Bombardier, Embraer
        496 26 Insolvent airline goes ahead with purchase to become more cost-effective AP [MONTREAL] Air Canada is splitting a 90-plane order for new regional jet airliners between Montreal-based Bombardier and its Brazilian arch-rival, Embraer. Air Canada said on Friday it reached agrpements in principle
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        Lock icon MAS adds 280 flights to meet festive demand
        272 26 Over 45,000 additional seats available between Dec 22 and Feb 1 next year AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] National carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has put on 280 extra flights to meet a surge in demand in the run-up to the year-end holidays and Chinese
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        202 26 AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Commission demanded answers last week from 18 European airlines to see if they are charging varying prices for identical flights to residents of different EU countries. The Commission, the European Union's executive body, said it had written to the
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        303 26 Company facing probe into how it bids on contracts AP [CHICAGO] Boeing Co, faced with a federal probe into the way it bids on defence contracts, has been told to do more to strengthen ethical behaviour in two separate reviews commissioned by the company's
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        Lock icon Skymark Airlines names new president
        151 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Skymark Airlines Co, a Japanese low-fare carrier, said it will appoint Shinichi Nishikubo president after he became the airline's largest shareholder in October. Mr Nishikubo, chairman of Internet service provider Zero Inc, will replace Masayuki Inoue, who became president in January this year,
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          67 26 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines System Corp, Asia's largest carrier, said reservations for overseas travel rose 9.3 per cent during the year-end and new-year travel season. The number of passengers making reservations for overseas trips between Dec 26 and Jan 7 rose to 314,298 people from
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          139 26 Reuters [WELLINGTON] National carrier Air New Zealand Ltd said on Friday its total November passenger load factor decreased to 71.4 per cent, down 3.7 percentage points on the same month a year ago. Air NZ said November revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs) fell 4.9 per
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          133 26 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Macquarie Airports, which manages airports in Australia, Italy and the UK, said the number of people using Sydney airport rose 10.9 per cent in November from a year ago, helped by rugby fans attending the World Cup. International passenger numbers at Sydney airport,
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        410 26 AIRLINE COOFS AA American Attnes I AM.), AfAt France (AfR). Ai Am Ind* (AtC) AY firmar Oy (FM) AZ AAblia Attnes tAZA) BA Bntish Mrways Pubtic Ltd Cc (BAW) BG Brmn Bangladesh Attnes (BBC) Bl Roy* Brunei Attnes Sfr Bhd (RBA) BO Bouraq Attnes (800, BR
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        Lock icon Cathay Pacific buying Boeing freighter
        238 26 have 85 aircraft. Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, the Hong Kong carrier that is planning to begin cargo flights to China, is buying a new Boeing 747-400 freighter, spokeswoman Maria Yu said. Cathay will take delivery of the aircraft in 2005. Ms Yu
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