The Business Times, 14 May 2004

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA 023/03/2004 85C Internet. hup://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2004
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    Lock icon Temasek ups UOL ante with comeback bid of $2.26
    887 1  -  Analysts see higher offer forcing Wees' hand in counter bid By Angela Tan, Joyce Koh [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings yesterday took up the gauntlet thrown down by United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw by making a second, higher offer for the
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    Lock icon Demand for finance execs strongest since 1996
    595 1  -  More professionals planning to switch jobs: survey By Slow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] With the job market for financial services and accountants at its best since 1996, those intending to move on or are just starting out in their careers are on a roll.
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    76 1 STi 1,778.59 (-23.58) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,777.00 (-33.00) SIMSCI 216.91 (-3.07) SIMSCI FUTURES 216.50 (-3.30) Thursday Change KLSE COMP 803.11 -15.61 NIKKEI 225 10,825.10 -328.48 HANG SENG 11,***** -131i4 SET INDEX .611.23 -10.78 JAKARTA COMP 739.14 -5.15 MANILA COMP 1.526.47 14.49 TAIPEI WPI 5518.09 -40.70 SEOUL,COMP 790.13 -26.96 SHENZHEN
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    75 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ USS (S$ per i:s$) 1.722 £(i:S$/S$ per 1.767 3.043 El'RO(l'S$/SS/E). 1.186 2.043 YEN 113.8 66.10 RM 3.800 2.206 HKS 7.800 4.529 BAHT 40.70 23.63 Rl'PlAH 9,000 5.225 RENMINBI 8.299 4.818 INDIAN RUPEE 45.10 26.18 AS 1.445 0.839 NZS 1.652 0.959 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5JS5 MALAYSIA
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    Lock icon Companies upbeat on wages
    716 1  -  Overall wages seen rising just 2-3% this yean survey By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] With the economy picking up again, the hiring freeze is off, and it's payback time after the wage restraint of late. But don't bank on a bounty in bonuses and increments any time
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      Lock icon March chip equipment sales surge to US$3.9b
      575 2  -  Asia leads the 56% jump from Feb, with sales in Japan doubling By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Global sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment crossed a record US$3.B9 billion in March, up more than 56 per cent from February, with Asia leading the charge. Sales
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      Lock icon Analysts expect new Indian govt to continue reforms
      590 2  -  The Congress-left combine will also heed the poll's message and adopt pro-farmer policies From Ajoy Sen in New Delhi THE near-certainty of the opposition Congress party forming a stable coalition government in alliance with communists breathed life into India's depressed capital market
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      Lock icon Geographical hedging strategy losing edge
      675 2  -  Financial markets today moving more in tandem than not By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Conventional wisdom says hedge your risks by putting your eggs in different baskets around the world. But with financial markets today moving more in tandem than not, especially when on the slide,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Fight for UOL begins in earnest
      757 3  -  HOCK lock siew quak hiang whai WE described the takeover saga at United Overseas Land as "unfinished business" on Wednesday and one that could be a prelude to a bigger fight. Others have dismissed conspiracy theories suggesting another banking consolidation as the end-game. Some
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      Lock icon MP Wang Kai Yuen quits from ACCS board
      253 3  -  By Serena Ng MEMBER of Parliament for Bukit Timah Wang Kai Yuen yesterday resigned from the board of Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS), two weeks after the People's Action Party (PAP) released a new set of guidelines on directorships held by its
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      Lock icon NOL stuns with 7-fold profit jump
      634 3  -  Sterling Q1 performance due to robust demand boosting both volumes and revenue By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) surprised yesterday by announcing a bet-ter-than-expected 700 per cent leap in firstquarter net profit to U*****.2 million, compared with the same period last year.
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      Lock icon CityDev Q1 earnings rise 4.9%
      660 4  -  It expects property market to perform better in H2 as economy picks up By Kalpana Rashiwala CITY Developments posted a 4.9 per cent increase in group Ql net profit to $40 million for the three months ended March 31,2004 but its commentary on the property
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      Lock icon Astra helps lift Jardine C&C's Q1 earnings
      310 4  -  It posts 31% rise in profit to US$61m as revenue goes up 8% By Samuel Ee INDONESIAN associate Astra International continued to contribute strongly to Jardine Cycle Carriage's group net profit for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004, which increased 31 per
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      Lock icon ComfortDelgro's Q1 profit jumps 85% to $54.8m
      415 4  -  By Samuel Ee STRONG overseas operations, higher diesel sales, and increased taxi and bus revenues helped to push ComfortDelgro's net profit up 84.5 per cent to $54.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31. The land transport group yesterday said revenue increased
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      Lock icon Links chief faces charges relating to Yongnam
      482 6  -  He allegedly instigated Kim Eng director to rig Yongnam shares By Serena Ng LINKS Island Holdings' chairman Winstedt Chong, who is awaiting trial for charges relating to manipulation of the marine and dredging company's shares, has been slapped with two more charges relating
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon AsiaJPharm posts 10m yuan Q1 profit
        52 6 NEWLY listed pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier AsiaPharm Group yesterday said proforma net profit for the first quarter ended March 31,2004, more than doubled year on year to 10 million yuan (Ss2 million) from 3.7 million yuan. Revenue rose 36 per cent to 58.8 million
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        Lock icon ECS Q1 earnings doubles to $2m
        43 6 REGIONAL IT products distributor ECS Holdings has posted a 129 per cent jump in net profit for the first quarter ended March 31 to $2.1 million. Revenue surged 34 per cent year on year to $389 million.
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        Lock icon Inter-Roller makes $L6m Q1 gains
        38 6 SESDAQ-LISTED baggage handling systems specialist Inter-Roller Engineering yesterday said its first-quarter profit jumped 162 per cent to $1.6 million as revenue rose 65 per cent to $13.9 million, helped by higher investment income.
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        Lock icon SlAEngg seals deal worth SlOOm
        43 6 SINGAPORE Airline's engineering arm, SIA Engineering Company, has signed a new 10-year aircraft maintenance contract with sister company and regional carrier Silk Air. The deal promises potential revenue of $100-120 million for SIA Engg, the company said yesterday.
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        Lock icon CAO reports $16.2 m Q1 profit
        57 6 CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) has maintained a strong first quarter ended March with a net profit of $16.2 million. This was lower than the previous Ql's $18.1 million as the previous period included a $4.7 million dividend from Compania Logistica de Hidrocarburos in which
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        Lock icon A-Reit buys $23m building
        67 6 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has secured an option to buy the Nan Wah Building in Changi for $23.3 million. The property, an industrial office building with warehouse facilities, is expected to deliver a yield of 8.4 per cent in the first year. Ascendas said
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        Lock icon Allgreen earnings dip to $19m
        51 6 ALLGREEN Properties' first-quarter revenue fell 32 per cent year on year to $81.1 million. "This was mainly due to a significant drop in revenue from development properties resulting from lower progress recognition of revenue," it said yesterday. Net profit dropped 12.7 per cent to $19.4
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        Lock icon Celestial posts Ql of 22m yuan
        58 6 SOYBEAN-BASED food group Celestial NutriFoods, which was listed on the main board in January this year, yesterday reported net profits of 21.9 million yuan (554.5 million) for its first quarter ended March, up from a proforma 21 million yuan in the previous Ql. Turnover
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        Lock icon Want Want Q1 profit falls 25%
        38 6 RICE cracker maker Want Want Holdings yesterday posted a 25 per cent year-on-year fall in net profit to US$2l.2 million for the first quarter ended March. Revenue stayed flat at U*****.7 million.
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        Lock icon Straits Trading trebles Ql earnings
        36 6 STRAITS Trading has trebled its net profit for the first quarter ended March to $18.66 million from a year ago. Revenue more than doubled to $65.7 million from $2 9.2 million.
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    1087 4 Transaction date: May 13 atTERBAlTK CROSS RATES A$ C$ »mt> Euro HKS tad** »wptah Van Won BM NZ$ Prt Rs Peso SS Band Sfr WT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.964 5.743 0.583 5.398 31.211 ***** 0.788 8.204 2.630 1.143 39.938 38.727 1.192 4.803 0.896 23.305 28.163 0.392 0.692 Canada
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      61 4 Nominations for the 2004 eSO.startup awards are now open Recognising Singapore's New Enterprises To be eligible, a company be a privately-held enterprise be under 5 years old 20 0 4 have a strong nexus to Singapore have at least 1 year of aSdiMkffinancial results u... v Organised by Supported by
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      839 6 IC111H' Ltd CIH Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Announcement Of First Quarter Financial Statement The Board of Directors of CIH Limited is pleased to announce the unaudited financial statement of the Group for the first quarter ended 31 March 2004 as set out below: 2004 2003 SS'OOO SS'OOO
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      721 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM SIA Engineering Co ftby 13 dose: $1.89; md Singapore Airport Termntal Services May i3ck»e:s2.ii THE two Singapore Airlines subsidiaries report their Q4 results today. While earnings are expected to be down from Q3, this is because an additional bonus provision needed to be made
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      Lock icon Food Empire may have turned the corner
      263 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By R Sivanithy THE local stock market took a hefty knock yesterday after similar falls in regional leaders Japan and Hong Kong. There were, however, a small handful of stocks that managed to hold their own in the face of
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      Lock icon Traders throw in the towel as index sinks
      546 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE strain of trying to second-guess how Wall Street will perform later in the day, or what the next batch of US economic numbers will show, or what the US Federal Reserve will do at its next
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      Lock icon US$ unfazed by record US trade gap
      595 8  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Asian nnits and high-yielders come under pressure larry wee THE US dollar held its own in overnight trading despite a record March trade deficit, tightening the screws another notch for greenback bears. Against even the most pessimistic estimates of a
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Olivia Lum sells 3m Hyflux shares
        72 8 THE founder and managing director of water treatment company Hyflux, Olivia Lum (above), on May 12 sold three million shares on the open market at $1.44 a share. The $4.3 million sale cut her direct stake in the company to 43.36 per cent, or
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        Lock icon New shareholder for MAE Engineering
        57 8 A PRIVATE company, Bin Tai Holdings, has taken a 33 per cent stake in MAE Engineering. It bought 123 million shares from the mechanical and electrical engineering group's executive vicechairman Ong Puay Koon at 10 cents apiece on May 11. Shares of MAE yesterday closed
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        Lock icon Asia Power shareholder raises stake
        123 8 ONE of Asia Power Corporation's major shareholders, Global Financial Holdings, on May 12 bought around 9.6 million shares at 18 cents apiece from the group's president, Peter Chang Pan. The $1.7 million purchase raised Global Financial's direct interest in Asia Power to 26.31 per cent
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        Lock icon Megachem chairman adds to stake
        73 8 THE executive chairman of Megachem, Chew Choon Tee, yesterday bought 78,000 shares of the specialty chemicals supplier from the market at an average 27.3 cents per share. The purchase raised his direct stake in the L company to 33.06 per cent from 33 per cent.
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        Lock icon Armstrong director's holding raised
        92 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG AN independent director of Armstrong Industrial Corp, Anthony Ang, on May 10 sold one million shares on the open market at 16 cents per share, but on May 12 converted around 2.1 million warrants into new shares. Following the two transactions, his
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      407 8 'v 1 *«>«r s INDICES May 13 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -453.00 +118.00 BTC/UM -*****.00 -178.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -46.00 Alt-SG Equities 477.88 -6.38 SG Equities Elect 157.42 -4.00 SG Equities Fin 1475.74 -11.49 SG Equities Prop 398.61 -3.13 SIMSa 216.91 -3.07 SiMSa Futures 216.50 -3.30 Smbcs :iS5j§!ooo Wee
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon Choosing your best financial adviser
      856 9  -  It means selecting one to suit your circumstances, and is a balance between need and cost, says GARY LIM GARY LIM THE word your has a powerful meaning when it comes to choosing a financial adviser. It means choosing an adviser to suit your needs
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      Lock icon Tapping star power to sell Cairnhill Crest
      450 10  -  Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fatt may help promote Li Ka-shing project By Andrea Tan MOVIE superstars Chow Yun Fatt and Jackie Chan may turn property agents for billionaire Li Ka-shing. The two could be part of a star-studded cast here to help sell
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      Lock icon Fortune plans to buy malls with Reit units
      437 10  -  It's eyeing two shopping malls in New Territories By Andrea Tan HONG KONG tycoon Li Kashing's Fortune Reit could offer units in the trust to mall owners instead of cash when it makes its first acquisition, its chairman Justin Chiu said yesterday.
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      Lock icon DBS figures that men might want it too
      340 10 DBS Bank is looking at issuing a men-only card, it said at the launch of the DBS Woman's MasterCard yesterday. DBS's managing director and head of cards and unsecured loans, Raymond Ang, said: "You will see that credit cards today across the
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      Lock icon Some tips if you want to start a business
      159 10 POTENTIAL businessmen looking to start up on their own should get their bearings, and then plunge right in. That's the message that 400-odd participants in a "How To Make Money" seminar walked away with yesterday. At the event organised by The
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      Lock icon Fares out of S'pore unchanged in Q1: Amex study
      380 10 EYE on the economy airfares AMID rising jet fuel prices and increased corporate activity, airfares out of Singapore remained unchanged in the first quarter of this year, according to a study by American Express. On a yearly basis, only two categories
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon KL market dips ahead of GLC changes today
      396 11  -  Eespite Abdullah's rebuttal, talk of his son-in-law getting appointed persists From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market continued to consolidate jesterday ahead of the disclosure today of wide-rang-iig changes to governmentlinked companies (GLCs), one of which may be headed
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      Lock icon Sipadan dive resort operators told to leave
      281 11 [KOTA KINABALU] Dive resort operators at the re* nowned Sipadan Island have been asked to vacate the island before the end of the year, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. The paper, quoting sources, said a notice was issued to the five companies
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      Lock icon KL to reduce red tape for work passes of expatriates
      300 11 PUTRAJAYA MALAYSIA will simplify expatriates' application for passes to encourage foreign experts to work in Malaysia, The Star reported yesterday, quoting Home Minister Azmi Khalid. He disclosed that the Cabinet decided to make it easier for expatriates to work in
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      Lock icon KL's trade pact with US on par with other Asean states'
      451 11  -  Mechanisms might differ bat not substance: analysts From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S conditional trade pact with the United States signed earlier this week to pave the way for the long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) appears to be
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        Lock icon Jakarta, KL bourses discuss tie-up
        78 14 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The Jakarta Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia are discussing possible strategic co-operation between the two bourses, Herwidayatmo, chairman of the capital market supervisory agency in Indonesia's finance ministry, said. During the Asean finance ministers meeting in Singapore last month, the proposal in
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        Lock icon Thai ministers face no-trust motion
        72 14 AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's opposition Democrats yesterday submitted no-confidence motions against eight members of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's cabinet, accusing them of corruption, conflict of interest and incompetence. Among the eight targeted were three deputy premiers, including Chavalit Yongchaiyudh who is responsible for security matters, Suchart
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        Lock icon KL probe into terrorist website urged
        99 14 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia was yesterday urged to investigate allegations that it was hosting a network of terrorist websites, including one that showed the beheading of a US citizen in Iraq. Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang said in a statement that a web video
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        Lock icon Umno elections on Sept 23
        80 14 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's ruling party will hold internal elections on Sept 23 that should confirm Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as leader for a three-year term, cementing his hold on power. The United Malays National Organisation, the largest component of the governing National Front
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        Lock icon Bank Mandiri, Danamon outlook up
        85 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's largest lender by assets, and No 5 PT Bank Danamon had the outlook on their credit ratings raised to positive from stable by Standard Poor's, which cited their improving finances. The upgrade came a day after the agency raised
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        Lock icon Telkom to launch overseas calls
        94 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the nation's biggest phone company, said it will launch a new international call service in June, competing with PT Indonesian Satellite Corp, the nation's main overseas call operator. "We have received today the commercial licence for providing international call services,"
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      Lock icon China's April factory output imports ignite rate fears
      589 14 BEIJING Analysts say credit tightening is yet to have an impact on production Reuters CHINESE factory output and imports both surged in April, data showed on yesterday, adding weight to the view China's central bank may have to raise interest rates for
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      Lock icon Bank of China tightens loans approval
      217 14 BEIJING Reuters BANK of China, gearing up to reform ahead of a stock listing, said yesterday that it was reviewing risk controls after lending to an iron firm was halted in Beijing's clampdown on rampant investment projects. China punished a number of officials last
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      Lock icon Indon court annuls company's US debt
      267 14 JAKARTA AP AN Indonesian district court has annulled a bond agreement between a local petrochemical company and its US creditors, adding to perceptions that the country's legal system doesn't protect foreign investors. The Serang District Court ruled on Wednesday that a US$lB5 million bond
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      Lock icon Pirates pillage China online game sector
      390 14 BEIJING Problem may derail firms' plan for Nasdaq listing Reuters SOFTWARE pirates are gouging China's red-hot online games industry, offering identical games for free and undermining planned Nasdaq listings by companies long thought immune to copyright abuse. A visit to any Internet cafe in
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      Lock icon Shenzhen to have second board for tech stocks
      201 14 BEIJING SOME 1,000 companies are queueing up to list on the second board of Shenzhen's stock market, a Nasdaq-style bourse intended to promote high technology companies and revive the fortunes of China's second stock market. Shenzhen Mayor Li Hongzhong told the Financial
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      Lock icon ADB members pledge US$7b to development fund
      428 14  -  From Anthony Rowley in Jeju, South Korea DONORS from 28 members of the Asian Development Bank have agreed to contribute US$7 billion to replenish its soft-loans arm, the Asian Development Fund, ADB president Tadao Chino announced last night on the eve of the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US taxes: hope wins against experience
      726 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group EUGENE Steuerle is one of Washington's ranking policy wonks a term used in the US capital with respect. He's forgotten more about taxes in the last 15 seconds than most of us will
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      78 12 There is no way to militarily lose in Iraq. There is also no way to militarily win in Iraq.' -General Richard Myers chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, admitting that the US is checkmated in Iraq. 'China is the only country which has a 100
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      Lock icon US sorely needs Iraq exit strategy
      629 12 EDITORIAL THE image of an American female soldier holding a naked Iraqi man on a leash in Abu Ghraib prison plays directly into the hands of those Arabs who want to see the US being forced into a humiliating retreat. US President George W
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      Lock icon Asia's red carpet for China's rich tourists
      1103 12  -  Regional tourism authorities are smacking their lips, seeing them travelling as far away as remote Guam and Saipan with loads of yuan to spend By James Brooke NYT [AGANA, Guam] Bearing brochures of snorkellers and tropical fish, golfers and palm trees, Guam's governor,
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      Lock icon Wilting in European retail slump
      875 12  -  COMMENTARY Specialist retailers are winning oat over the old-style department stores By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg LUC Vandevelde, the Bel-gium-born retailer, knows when to throw in the towel. On Monday, his plan to step down as chairman at Marks Spencer Group Pic, Britain's largest clothing retailer,
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Wholesale prices jump on higher energy, food costs
      552 15 LATEST US INDICATORS Large increase farther proof inflation is rearing after long break AP Reuters [WASHINGTON] Wholesale prices shot up by 0.7 per cent in April, the largest increase in a year, propelled by higher petrol costs and the biggest jump in
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      Lock icon Biotech industry to make money by 2008: report
      233 15 NEW YORK Bloomberg US biotechnology companies, after years of losing billions of dollars on research, will become profitable by 2008, according to a report by Ernst Young. A handful of US biotech companies, such as Amgen Inc and Genentech Inc, already are
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        Lock icon Wal-Mart posts jump in earnings
        72 15 AP [BENTONVTLLE, Arkansas] Wal-Mart Stores said yesterday its first-quarter earnings climbed 16 per cent from a year earlier, beating Wall Street expectations. Wal-Mart earned US$2.2 billion, or 50 cents per share, for the period ending April 30, compared to US$l.B billion, or 41 cents per
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      1339 18 To advertise call toll-free 1800 289 |C|l|H|Ltd CIH Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Level 1, Pisces Aquarius, Marina Mandarin Singapore, 6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Singapore *****4
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      458 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MEDIC-EQUIPE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of MEDIC-EQUIPE INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD duly convened ond held at 35 Roaa, #04-07 Parklane Shopping Mall, Singapore *****7 on 10
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      448 19  -  Newly-launched Chinese quintet Xin Yun is the first of several groups to come under the Kent Ridge Ensembles banner, reports CHEAH HI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON THE National University of Singapore's Centre for the Arts (CFA) is now creating the next "tier" of artistic talents through the formation of
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      221 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 25 Dilettante partner in a biblicai eity( 7 7 Auction one > s g OO( j S to press to Idaho (5) 26 Prior to decline, Peruvian stand for part of Greater YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION was glowing (12) Manchester (3,2,3,4) YESTERDAY S SOLUTION DOWN 10 Maybe gained through haz-
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  • CINEMA/ENTERTAINMENT
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      61 20 iiy* w iSL *v» Scrumptious Sunday "R.alms of ■ftAfcMfhan" Gear up for a blazing selector* ©J authentic Rojasthani dishes and savour depCacies like Dal. Boat) Cboqtea&tgndfcTomb Soola Kebab. The 'UVE' <$exotic favorites Ute the Raj ItechoitvStt leave you Sunctaysftrom 12pm to 2.30pm. F«r raMrvattons, t; 6333 1788, «i*»gmahal#hlr»<l.comjg The Pen
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      697 21  -  OFF the cuff The current heat wave is capable of making people do weird things jaime ee YOU know the old saying about only mad dogs and Englishmen going out into the midday sun? Looking at the weather we've been having lately, I'm thinking
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      502 21  -  Travellers and Magicians doesn't try to preach but it lacks direction By Cheah Ui-Hoon WHILE The Cup was a charming film that lifted the veil of the more pedestrian lives of Tibetan monks (like their football obsession), filmmaker Khyentse Norbu's second feature
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      1168 22  -  GEOFFREY EU looks at how Thailand is carving a niche for itself on the design front GEOFFREY EU IT'S all very well to think of Thai Style as that handy, all-purpose catch-phrase used primarily to describe a unique and easily identifiable South-east Asian approach to architecture
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      595 23  -  World conference here to showcase latest advances and opportunities By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] New, stricter rules for the treatment and decontamination of ballast water are expected to spawn a $10 billion market for treatment technologies in the next 10 years. And Singapore
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      310 23 SGX '000 May 13 S$ W- Vol CH Offshore 0.37 unch 1234 ChuanHup.... 0.49 -0.01 455 Cosco Investment 0.75 -0.01 ***** CWT Distribution 0.50 -0.01 26 Ezra Hldgs 0.94 -0.02 199 Freight Links .0.11 0.01 226 GB Holdings .0.74 unch 13 Java Holdings 0.75 0.01 1724 K1 Venture
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      309 23  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The relative stability in container freight rates has been a driving force behind the growth in global trade, the head of a European liner association said recently. "The liner industry's ability to deliver an efficient and cost-effective service has contributed
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      870 24  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE insurer of a large transformer that was damaged during a voyage from the UK to Malaysia has successfully argued that it was not liable under a marine insurance policy as the cargo was not properly
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      194 24 PAGE Alianca 3 AAL 5 Avant 6 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee 6 ESP
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      13080 29 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 25/05 01/06 PACC Cont PAC MAKASSAR PZR401 65-*****655 TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 27/05 03/06 BTL TIGER SPIRIT 0«7 65-*****522 21/05
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        778 31 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BAYSWATER338 E4118 13 A/SIDE 13/05 0200 CARINVENTURE 062 J8/9 A/SIDE 13/05 0100 SS BRIDGE V003 J14/15 A/SIDE 13/05 1100 SEA BARON 71 11 A/SIDE 13/05 0600 WINSTAR 7 12E4W J2 A/SIDE 13/05 0300 ATLANTIS 7 A7191 J3 13/05 1000
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        1821 31 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ABU DHABI C294W C294W 1 15/05/2004-15:00 16/05/2004-03:30 ACX ULAC 065N 065N 1 1V05/2004-15:00 16/05/2004-06:00 B04 ACX SAKURA 030S 0305 1 16/05/2004-15:00 16/05/2004-22:00 APOHBVAH MN63 MN63 1 15/05/2004-12:00 16/05/2004-01:00 B03 AKINADA
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        139 31 May 17 Norway: National Day. May 20 Belgium: Ascension Day. France: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. Indonesia: Ascension Day. Netherlands: Ascension Day. Norway: Ascension Day. Sweden: Ascension Day. Switzerland: Ascension Day. May 24 Canada: Victoria Day. May 26 HK: Budha's Birthdy. S.Korea: Budha's Birthdyh. May 30 Germany: Whit
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        819 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown sire based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        619 31 Carbon 180 Max 989.7 0.6 14.9 0.06 38 0.04 May 6 Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 0 0 380 Ave 986.6 0.2 13.7 0.05 26 0.02 Exion 380 Max 994.4 0.7 17.8 0.07 66 0.05 KG/W3 v/Y M/M s
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        432 32 Pentagon says new 737s not needed; possible to convert old DC-10s Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US Air Force has no pressing need to start phasing out its refueling planes, a Penta-gon-commissioned report made available on Wednesday said, in a fresh blow to a stalled
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        254 32 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE} Gulf Air, the oldest airline in the Persian Gulf, said surging ftiel prices may threaten the company's plan to return to profit after four consecutive years of losses. The company, which lost 19.9 million Bahraini dinars (Ss9o
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        425 32 Their success will mark first transfer of shinkansen technology to China [TOKYO] Six Japanese firms plan to bid for an US$BB5 million project in China to upgrade its intercity trains by introducing Japan's 'shinkansen' or bullet train technology, an official said
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        312 32 90,000 commuters given free rides ahead of official opening in July AP [BANGKOK] More than 90,000 commuters were given free rides during a trial run last month of the Thai capital's first underground mass transit system in preparation for its official opening in July,
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      148 23 Fresh blow V admiralty casebook to Boeing's I held hccio cl i not liable for USS23 sb |«M» A cargo not tanker properly packed BACK PAGE PAGE 2 p- < SI I ff FEEL THE WARMTH OF THE WORLD'S BUSIEST PORT. AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER. At PSA,
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      810 25 MOL Combines ■C o fonyo of shipping nxxfes to tnsure liiinly, rafiabb swrviaM y wining mojor ports in Norm Anwnca, Europv, Japan, Asia, Africa Ocoarao. Mm wutf/t hfefMi Cmtjms tK BUSAN KWANGYANG SHANGHAI YAffIMN XMMBt QMGMO HUMAN JAKARTA SURABAYA KAOHSMHC MMCKOB lAIM CHAAAH6 mKWHiIH HStk CUBANS fBIAHG fOtT KHAN 6
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