The Business Times, 1 October 2004

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MITA (P) 023/03/2004 Friday October 1,2004
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  • 708 1  -  Premiums and claim limits are expected to rise By GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE] The government has taken to the public the ongoing debate on how MediShield is to be revamped. The Ministry of Health (MOH) has launched on its website a proposed revamp of
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  • 130 1 sn 1,964.74 (+1039) ST INDEX FUTURES 1.962.00 (+2.00) siMsa 239.78(+2.13) SIMSCI FUTURES 238.50 (+0.20) MARKETS Thursday Chang* OSECOMP 849% +3.24 NIKKEI 225 *****3.57 +37.47 SENG 13.120.03 +169.23 SETINOEX <44.67 +8-10 JAKARTA COMP 820.13 +7^24 MANILA COMP 1.761.57 +19.48 SEOUL COMP 835.09 +2.99 SHENZHENB 243,94 -1.40 BOMBAY IND 5,583.61
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  • 51 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2,3 COMPANIES ...PG4-7 MARKETS PGB SINGAPORE ..PG 9,10 ECONOMY PG 12 M'SIA CO PG 13 INDONESIA PG 14 CHINA PG 15 INDIA PG 16 ASIA-PACIFIC.. PG 17 WORLD PG 17 AVIATION PG 18 SHIPPING PG 19 EDITORIAL ..PG 22,23 STOCKS PG 24,25 JEWELFEST.PG 31-33 LIFESTYLE ...PG
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  • 435 1  -  By ALVIN TAY BT Editor The Business Times turns 28 today. And it has been exactly one month since we put on a brand new suit I am referring, of course, to the revamped BT that we have been putting out since Sept 1.
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    • 5 1 S'PORE JEWELFEST 2004 8 !U
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    • 76 1 BILLION DOLLAR CLUB S'pore market cap hits 3-year high pg* IPO FEVER Why companies are rushing to list onSGX PG4 MONEY LAUNDERING Police confirm spike in dubious financial dealings PG9 GARAGE SALES What used to be largely an expatriate event has become popular with Singaporeans PG39 BT ONLINE Access to
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 534 2  -  S'pore notched up returns of 1.7-4% over past 5 years while HK posted 6% By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore's investment strategy has netted a simple annual return of 1.7 to 4 per cent over the past five years, according to Standard Poor's. But Hong
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    • 653 2  -  By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] On a day when Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) shares were supposed to sink after Temasek Holdings wound up its takeover offer, the shipping group's stock defied expectations and hinn 0-year h igy u <t mmmm ■oaimte waluyi watchers.
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    • 942 2 DP Info to build S'pore consumer credit database DP Information Networks has teamed up with a New York-listed data company to build Singapore's first consumer credit rating database. Managing director Chen Yew Nah said DP is also looking to expand the use of its system to include evaluating
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    • 500 3  -  By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] Singapore employees think less highly of their bosses than workers in many other countries, a study has found. About six in 10 Singapore employees rate their bosses favourably, according to Chicago-based consultancy International Survey Research (ISR). This
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    • 450 3  -  Database may also be expanded to be used as SME credit bureau By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Credit ratings company DP Information Group has teamed up with New York-listed Fair Issac to build Singapore's first consumer credit rating database, which may eventually be expanded to
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 1109 4  -  TAKING STOCK 20 firms now have preliminary prospectuses lodged with MAS By CHEN HUIFEN, KENNETH LIM IT was the last day of September, and as the hours approached a listing disclosure deadline, eight companies squeezed in their preliminary initial public offering documents for
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    • 915 4  -  But observers are concerned about oversupply of IPOs By KENNETH LIM by a rash of new listings, the market capitalisation of the Singapore bourse climbed to $340.9 billion its highest in more than three years while trading volumes staged
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    • 470 4  -  By JOYCE KOH IF total shareholders returns are anything to go by, it's not necessarily banks or blue chips that are likely to give superior returns, but those with unconventional business performance. According to data from Bloomberg, 216 companies chalked up total shareholders
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    • 379 4 IT wasn't until two years ago that Singapore investors could turn to the pages of The Business Times, proclaim "Show me the money", and get the answer once a week. Now, followers of the weekly column by BT senior correspondent Teh Hooi Ling can
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    • 828 5  -  Only 9 of 21 are trading at or above their debut prices, with Midas leading By JEAN CHUA WITH China companies making up about half of all IPOs this year, it is now more important than ever for investors to know what they
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    • 555 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By TEH HOOI LING THERE is no denying that the flow of Chinese companies to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) has been growing, and that it will only get stronger. Here are the numbers: last year, of the 55
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    • 239 5  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA EQUITIES are still the asset class of choice among nine fund managers polled by OCBC, despite worries over rising oil prices and interest rates. This is because stock market valuations have become more attractive after the correction in recent months. Most
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    • 448 6  -  However, its logo could remain on petrol pumps for a few months more By RONNIE LIM GOODBYE BP; hello, more of home-grown SPC. From today, motorists here have one less petrol chain to pull into, with BP Singapore officially handing over to Singapore
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    • 332 6 Bloomberg CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp said it will pay $135.2 million in lieu of warrants it agreed on as part of its $227 million cash plus warrants acquisition of one-fifth of Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC). The share vendor, Satya Capital Ltd, has waived its rights
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    • 246 6 NUMBER CLOSING GROSS MATURITY YEAR RAISED COUPON AMOUNT INTEREST OF DAYS OF PRICES* REDEMPTION DATE RATE ($m) PAYMENT ACCRUED (EXCLUDING YIELD BNCOOE (%p4 DATES INTEREST ACCRUED INTEREST) (%p.a) 15.11.2004 N*****0E 1997 ~J51/8 1500.00 15/5 15/11 138 100.44 1.57 SG********** 01.02.20(5
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    • 568 7  -  By JOYCE KOH LOCAL investors might soon be able to tap into the European telco market with Dublin-based Global Voice Network (GVN) poised to execute its reverse takeover of loss-making Horizon Education and Technologies soon. If Horizon's shareholders approve the purchase of
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 84 7 Reuters [SINGAPORE] South-east Asia's largest computer network builder, Datacraft Asia Ltd, yesterday said that analysts' forecasts for its 2004 earnings may be "a little ambitious". In an interview with Reuters, chief executive Bill Padfield added that the recent increase in the price of oil could
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      • 47 7 FOOD Empire Holdings (FEH), listed on the SGX main board, has tied up with a major Indonesian food company to set up a business in Indonesia to distribute instant beverages. This is Food Empire's first major investment in Indonesia.
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      • 104 7 FU Yu Corp is placing out 23 million new shares at $1.10 apiece. The placement shares represent about 5.09 per cent of the present issued share capital of the company. The subscription price of 1.10 for each placement share represents a discount of
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      • 67 7 FRASER and Neave (F&N) yesterday said Han Cheng Fong, managing director of Fraser and Neave Group, will also be designated as group deputy chief executive officer, with the responsibilities of supervising all operational activities of the F&N Group. Fock Siew Wah, deputy chairman of
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      • 54 7 WILLAS-ARRAY Electronics (Holdings) yesterday announced the passing away of executive director Sze Wing Wah on Sept 28. Mr Sze was a co-founder of Willas-Array. In his capacity as general manager of Array Electronics (China) Ltd, he made valuable contributions to the growth of the group over
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    • 341 7  -  Purchase triggers takeover offer at 55.5¢ a share, 11% above closing price By CHEN HUIFEN TRANSPORT and packaging group C&P Holdings Pte Ltd has sealed a deal with PSA Logistics to buy its entire 55.03 per cent stake in mainboard-listed company CWT Distribution
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    • 526 8  -  STOCKS NOL share and warrant see sudden burst of activity while plastics sector goes off the boil R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THESE days, a lot of what goes on in the stock market is governed by the principle of caveat emptor which, literally translated, means
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    • Article, Illustration
      1027 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM China Aviation Oil Sept 30 dose: $1.07 DBS VICKERS RESEARCH. Sept 30 CHINA Aviation Oil (CAO) announced that it has revised the purchase terms of its 20.6 per cent 17.7 per cent less dilution and CAO. now has more of its own equity to
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    • Article, Illustration
      434 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Sep 30 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -140.00 -26.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +39.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -14.00 All-SG Equities 517.92 +2.72 SG Equities Elect 158.86 +1.44 SG Equities Fin 1618.16 +7.44 SG Equities Prop 480.44 +0.91 SIMSCJ 239.78 +2.13 SiMSCI Futures 238.50 +0.20 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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    • 489 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent AN OVERNIGHT dip in oil prices bought a little breathing space for the US dollar as well as the Japanese yen in Asia yesterday, but sideways trading conditions appeared to be dictat- e<) more by a reluctance to
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 129 8 FORMER chief executive of Japan Land, Seah Chin Yew, is no longer a substantial shareholder of the company after selling 9.2 million shares on the open market yesterday. Mr Seah's stake in the former Japan Asia now stands at 4.89 per cent from
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      • 151 8 MAINBOARD-LISTED Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries sold 1.6 million shares of Broadway Industrial Group on the open market on Wednesday, paring its stake to 5.38 per cent from 6.43 per cent. As a result, the shareholdings of Nam Lee directors Yong Koon
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      • 75 8 UNITED Food's executive director Wang Wenguang has slashed his stake in the China food processing company to just 0.008 per cent from 1.36 per cent previously. The director sold 10.7 million shares on Friday last week at about 37.8 cents apiece, and another 4.3 million
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      • 119 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH, KENNETH LIM AIROCEAN'S chief operating officer Johnson Chong's immediate family member has sold 700,000 shares in the open market on Tuesday for 28.5 cents. The shares, representing 0.17 per cent of Airocean's issued share capital, has pared Mr Chong's deemed interest
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 381 9  -  CAD helps banks in effort to combat money laundering By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR THE number of suspicious financial transactions reported to the Commercial Affairs Department has gone up significantly over the past two years. And this is also due to a step-up in financial intelligence
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    • 282 9  -  By TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR ONE in 10 credit card holders missed at least one payment from July 2003 to June 2004, according to data released by the Credit Bureau of Singapore (CBS) yesterday. The bureau conducted its first analysis of credit card usage patterns for
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    • 255 9  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE Indian government and the country's information technology (IT) industry are working with the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) to tighten data security laws, according to Alok Prasad, India's High Commissioner to Singapore. Speaking at
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    • 228 9  -  By CHEN HUIFEN THE Public Utilities Board yesterday announced a new organisation structure as part of its ongoing efforts to secure adequate supply of water at affordable costs. In particular, its water and water reclamation departments will now have more defined roles. The water unit will
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    • 548 10  -  Group will further break down some units and promote 5 deputy CEOs By KALPANA RASHIWALA CAPITALAND yesterday announced a major restructuring exercise which will turn the spotlight on some of the younger stars of its management team. The changes, effective today, will see the
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    • 330 10  -  By VINCE CHONG THE last 11 units at Fortune Realty's Arthur 118 project in Katong have been sold to a Hong Kong individual for just over $7 million, or an average of $700 per square foot underlining renewed foreign interest in local
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    • 472 10  -  Condo price likely to average $950 to $1,000 psf By KALPANA RASHIWALA CITY Developments and AIG will release an initial batch of at least 200 apartments at The Sail@Marina Bay condo in the second half of this month. The two partners said
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    • 42 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND: All prices are indicative; Broadly Diversified; Narowly Focused; S Lower Risk; Low to Medium Risk: Medium to High Risk; Higher Risk; open-ended; Before subdivision of units; After subdivision of units; SP after stock split; N.A. Non Dealing Day
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 949 12  -  RESEARCHER'S INSIGHT It's not just about money; rather, governments need to address deeper sources of policy failure, say HOMI KHARAS WARRICK SMITH HOMI KHARAS, WARRICK SMITH MOST countries strive to improve living standards and reduce poverty, but China, India, and Uganda stand out for their achievements.
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    • 406 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The emerging countries of Asia should enjoy a respectable but slower pace of economic growth next year as long as regional powerhouse China doesn't stumble, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. "On the assumption of a soft landing in
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  • MALAYSIA COMPANIES
    • 389 13 Penang resort to undergo massive revamp to ensure long-term survival Bernama [PENANG] Faced with stiff competition, the board of directors of Shangri-La Hotels (Malaysia) Bhd has decided to close the Rasa Sayang Resort in Penang for a major redevelopment and re-positioning to ensure its
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    • 295 13 [KUALA LUMPUR] Property company Crimson Land Bhd, whfch expects to complete its debt restructuring in the second quarter of next year, is already seeing an improved financial position as a result of substantial interest savings. According to executive director Stanley Tan, the
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    • 250 13 [KUALA LUMPURJ AMMB Holdings Bhd has no intention of going back on its plan to privatise AMFB Holdings Bhd and list its investment banking operations, said AmMerchant Bhd group managing director Cheah Tek Kuang, according to The Star newspaper. "It is a good
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    • 189 13 Notices THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER SO) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS REGULATION 76 NOTICE TO PROVE DEBT OR CLAIM FOR PUBLICATION Nome of Company: TRANS-UNITED CORPORATION LIMITED (Under Judicial Management) Company No: *****6923E Address of registered office of abovenamed company: 50 Raffles Place #44-05 Singapore Land Tower Singapore *****3 Number of Matter:
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 419 14 Strong reserves, shrinking deficit cited as reasons Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's foreign-currency rating may be raised to its highest since 1998 by Moody's Investors Service, which cited the strength of the country's foreign-ex-change reserves and efforts to trim its Budget deficit. Raising the rating
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    • 282 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian court on Wednesday invalidated some US$5OO million of bonds issued by a unit of debt-laden Asia Pulp Paper (APP), a lawyer for the bondholders said. The move is the latest blow to foreign creditors seeking repayment on their debts
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    • 167 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Indonesian Satellite Corp in Which the Singapore government controls about 41.7 per cent through Singapore Technologies Telemfdia, while Indonesia's government owns 14.9 percent, delayed appointing a new president to replace Widya Purnama, who left last month to head a stateowned oil company.
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 516 15 Small nations fear an unbridled China could wipe out competition AFP [GENEVA] A movement to counter the abolition of textile and clothing import quotas at the end of the year is gaining momentum, driven by fears that an unbridled China could
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    • 266 15 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's exchanges uncovered a raft of problems from improper use of cash to illegal money guarantees during a review of the just-ended earnings reporting season. The bourses, however, deemed disclosure to be much improved from just a year ago. Financial newspapers reported
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  • INDIA
    • 341 16 Weak farm sector output offset by growth in services, manufacturing Reuters [NEW DELHI] India's economy grew by a higher-than-expected 7.4 per cent in the year through the April-June quarter, helped by strong manufacturing and services which offset a slowdown in farm sector growth. Analysts expect
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    • 317 16 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian refiners Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp, which imported US$3.2 billion of crude oil last year, plan to start trading oil futures in London to minimise the risk of price fluctuations. Bharat Petroleum, India's third-biggest staterun refiner, said
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    • 193 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] The Indian government is planning to merge two state-con-trolled telephone giants providing domestic services all over the country, a minister said on Wednesday. Junior Communications Minister Shakeel Ahmad said the government was shortlisting bankers to advise it on a merger between Mahangar
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    • 210 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's biggest refiner, has bid for a stake in Indonesia's largest listed oil and gas firm, Medco, a top official of the staterun Indian firm said on Wednesday. lOC is keen to pick up
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    • 435 16 Notices IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CAP. 50.1904 Ed) AND IN THE MATTER OF ENID BLYTON (ASIA) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary Qanaral Meeting of tha mambara of tha abovanamad Company duly convanad and hatd at 4tti Floor, Aidwych Houaa, 81
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    • 486 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF DAQINO PETROCHEMICAL jStNGAPQRf) PTE LTD NOTfcf OF RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDiNO-UP (PURSUANT TO SECTION 290) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the memben of DAQING PETROCHEMICAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD duly convened and held on the
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 364 17 Adjusted corporate earnings up 18.5% year-over-year, compared with 31.2% in Q1 NYT [ATLANTA] Corporate profit growth slowed sharply in the second quarter, the US government's final estimate showed on Wednesday. Adjusted after-tax profits grew 18.5 per cent year-over-year, compared with 31.2 per cent in
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 76 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Micron Technology, the No 3 computer memory chip maker, reported a quarterly profit on Wednesday, reversing a year-earlier loss. It earned U5593.5 million, or 14 cents a share, in its fourth quarter ended Sept 2, versus a year-earlier
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      • 113 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Wal-Mart Stores Inc will repurchase as much as US$lO billion in stock, the company's biggest buyback ever, to support its share price in advance of a drop in the company's weighting in the Standard Poor's 500 Index.
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      • 57 17 [LONDON] Westfield Group, the world's biggest owner of shopping centres, offered UK property developer Elliot Bernerd £585 million (Ssl .8 billion) cash for Chelsfield pic, which is building London's biggest mall. The offer values closely held Chelsfield at £2.2 billion, including debt,
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      • 86 17 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American International Group Inc (AIG), the world's largest insurer, is being investigated by the US Department of Justice for helping PNC Financial Services Group Inc remove bad loans from its books. The insurer said that the Justice Department is investigating
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      • 127 17 Bloomberg [PRINCETON] Global semiconductor sales rose 34 per cent in August as companies moved to curb excess supply, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) reported yesterday. Sales rose to US$lB.2 billion in August from US$l3.6 billion in the year-earlier period, the association
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      • 87 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Investment bank Lehman Brothers is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a large British hedge fund, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, citing unnamed sources. Bankers and lawyers that have worked on similar deals say GLG could be valued
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      • 102 17 AFP {NEW DELHI] US software maker Veritas Software Corp, one of the world's 10 biggest software firms, said on Wednesday that it planned to hire more engineers in India to make it a research and technology hub. Mark Bregman, research chief
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      • 68 17 AFP [BANGKOK] An unexpected spike in bad loans at Thailand's second largest lender does not herald the start of a new banking crisis for the country. Standard Poor's said yesterday. State-owned Krung Thai Bank recently reported a sharp uptick in its non-performing
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      • 67 17 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China said it will bar management buyouts at big state-controlled companies because lack of a sound pricing and legal system may cause public assets to be sold for less than their value. China has urged local and provincial governments to
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    • 246 17 LATEST US DATA AP Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] Hit with soaring gasoline prices, US consumer spending stalled in August while incomes rose and inflation remained tame, the Commerce Department said yesterday. An unchanged reading in purchases followed a 1.1 per cent gain in July that
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  • AVIATION
    • 597 18  -  Plan designed to enhance safety through sharing of information Reports by VEN SREENIVASAN PILOTS, cabin crew and other aviation personnel in Singapore can now report aviation incidents confidentially and without fear of recriminations. Minister of State for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee
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    • 272 18 BEFORE the United States introduced voluntary and confidential incident disclosure system only about one per cent of aviation incidents were reported. Today almost 95 per cent of all air incidents in the US are reported, and few American carriers have not been involved
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    • 410 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Record high oil prices are likely to trigger a rash of airline mergers and tie-ups, accelerating a wave of consolidation in the aviation sector, the head of Australian carrier Qantas said yesterday. Qantas Airways chief executive Geoff Dixon also
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    • 417 18 AFP [MOJAVE, California] The world's first private astronaut, Mike Melvill, was jubilant on Wednesday as he returned safely from a harrowing roller-coaster ride into space that stopped the hearts of onlookers. The 62-year-old veteran test pilot soared into the fringes of space high
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    • 592 19  -  World Maritime Day message warns price of inaction could be alarming By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] The global shipping community has been urged to keep high levels of vigilance and security awareness untill they become second nature throughout the shipping and port industries. The
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    • 111 19 [SINGAPORE] It was World Maritime Day yesterday and Singapore did not forget the hundreds of seafarers in ships that call at the port. Officials of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and fee Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS) have been boarding the ships
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    • 304 19 BP Shipping places order for eight LNG carriers Reuters [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, said yesterday if had won US$l.5 billion orders from a British firm to build eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. BP Shipping Ltd
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 553 22 EDITORIAL PORK barrel politics seems to have been elevated to an art form down under, judging from how the main Australian parties are making promises ahead of the Oct 9 polls. So far, the ruling Liberal-National Party coalition has pledged, according its own estimate, some
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    • 1109 22  -  Non-Americans shouldn't pin their hopes on a big change following a Kerry victory, nor should they discount an adjustment in policies if Bush stays on in the White House LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent IT has become somewhat of a cliche to suggest that if the citizens
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    • 953 23  -  The US believes that it is private enterprise that will help developing countries emerge from poverty ALAN P. LARSON THE World Bank and International Monetary Fund hold their annual meetings on Oct 2-3. As that gathering discusses globalisation and development, I hope it will be with a
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    • 307 23  -  Dr Peter Lim Sr Consultant Urologist Parkway Group Healthcare I REFER to the letter, "Incontinence treatments: the current practice" (BT, Sept 23). Essentially, the article, based on information I provided, was written to promote Singapore as a medi- cal hub of Asia by informing
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  • JEWELFEST 2004
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      915 31  -  Sassy Italian and couture designs will bedazzle you at this year's JewelFest. CHEAH UI-HOON checks out what else catches the eye CHEAH UI-HOON HAVING made a name for itself as a retail hub for branded watches, Singapore is now also crafting itself as a hub for branded and
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    • 687 32  -  Local jewellery houses may carry Italian brands known for their cutting edge designs but they're not forgotten their roots, CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON AS one of the world's leading fashion capitals, it's no wonder that Italy is also on the cutting edge when it comes to
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      662 33  -  Be dazzled at the JewelFest where jewellers showcase pieces inspired by famous cities and fairy tales, CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON A JEWELLERY fair like Singapore JewelFest 2004 does more than just bring on the bling-blings to dazzle visitors. It's also shaping up to be a platform
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    • 3 32 Singapore fi lewelFest
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    • 414 32 Th C 4n eclectic ancl fuiteuma/e liai&on mtk^neJetoe/le^y The ultimate jewellery shopping experience in Asia, Singapore JewelFest 2004 presents the largest constellation of Singapore and international jewellery houses, showcasing the latest and most exclusive fine jewellery through decadent Flights of Desire. Couture Splendour Jewel Pavilion Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza,
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  • ARTS
    • 815 34  - Seni precursor to S'pore Biennale Can the biennale propel S'pore into the global visual arts scene? CHEAH UI-HOON looks at some of the issues involved CHEAH UI-HOON THEATREWORKS' Insomnia4B at the Arts House at Old Parliament House is just one of the five projects that comprise Seni Singapore 2004 the
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    • 411 34  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON BRIDGET Tracy Tan, director of Nafa Gallery, gives a quick rundown of the biennales in Asia. SHANGHAI BIENNALE (China): The biennale there started in 1996 but went international only in 2000 (3rd biennale). Organised as part of building Shanghai's image as cosmopolitan and "gateway to
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      431 35  -  DANCE Music and intuitive moves play an instrumental role in Israeli dancer/choreographer Emanuel Gat's works. CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON HE was already formally trained in music before he even discovered dance, so it's no wonder that music used in Israeli dancer/choreographer Emanuel Gat's works plays a much
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    • 540 35  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN JUDITH Jamison is very pleased. The first modern dance company to perform in China in 1985, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre has returned and it's been well worth the trip. "The audience and their response have been great," says the artistic
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    • 295 35  -  PERFORMANCE By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN ACTOR and funnyman Hossan Leong started off his 90minute stand-up act Gassed Up. Spammed Up but Still Not Handing Over at the Alliance Francaise with an Abba medley as a thank you to all those who didn't buy .tickets to
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  • PEOPLE
    • 1223 36  -  JAIME EE meets three young hotel general managers and finds out how they have overcome resistance to their youth JAIME EE THEY'RE young, they're hip. Not quite what you expect of a hotel general manager, but they're part of a new youthful breed chang ing
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  • CINEMA
    • 747 37  -  MOVIE The Motorcycle Diaries ranks as one of the year's best films for GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU AT the beginning of The Motorcycle Diaries, which is about a road trip deep into the South American outback, a voiceover declares that the movie has no lofty goals
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    • 435 37  -  DVD By W JACQUES WITH all the hype about the newly-released Star Wars Trilogy DVD box-set, don't overlook George Lucas's THXII3B. THXII3B is oldschool George Lucas the way Close Encounters is old-school Steven Spielberg. THX 1138 is a futuristic, cautionary tale addressing the loss of identity
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  • PASSION
    • 755 38  -  Developer Daniel Teo is a man of many hobbies. He talks to CHEAH UI-HOON about his latest brush with the feathered world CHEAH UI-HOON THE bright blue and yellow macaw was flapping his wings nervously, but Daniel Teo, managing director of Hong How Group,
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  • COVER
    • 1413 39  -  What used to be largely an expatriate event has become popular with Singaporeans. CORINNE KERK finds out what some garage sales experiences have been like for sellers and bargain hunters CORINNE KERK WHEN stuff she no longer needed started accumulating at home, writer Vera Lye would
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    • 479 39 BEFORE you hold your garage sale or go bargain hunting, here are some tips from those in the know. Sellers ♦If you're not selling from home, make sure you don't incur too much cost and trouble getting the venue or transporting your stuff there.
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    • 519 40  -  off the cuff jaime ee DEAR Mr Taiwan Foreign Minister, My associates and I have a bone no, make that a nostril to pick with you. I am the president of the Nose Residents' Association, Singapore chapter, representing our tiny community of what you shamelessly describe
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    • 131 42 October 2004 The Plush Life Who said Champagne Wishes and Cavier Dreams died with the end of the booming 80's? Designers this season took their cues from the lifestyles of the rich and famous, eschewing avant garde austerity for full-on glamour. Paragon gives you a slice of this star-quality style
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