The Business Times, 7 January 2005

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  • 13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGATOftfcSCS- online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004 Friday, January 7,2005
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  • 947 1  -  S'poreans invited to join; SIAS advises against By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] In what could become the first class-ac-tion suit against a Singa-pore-listed company on securities matters, US-based law firms are inviting shareholders of China Aviation Oil to join in a complaint against the
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  • 560 1  -  TSUNAMI SUMMIT Money will be used for longer-term reconstruction By SHOEB KAGDA in Jakarta SINGAPORE yesterday pledged US$lO million money that is over and above its current commitments towards the long-term rehabilitation and reconstruction of areas devastated by last month's deadly tsunamis. Attending an
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    • 17 1 FUND MANAGEMENT Bumper year for fund managers in S'pore pg 3 Jim Markets Digest on Pg 3
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 728 2 Banner year for S'pore fund industry SINGAPORE'S fund management industry is reckoned to have seen new asset inflows last year that surpassed even the 35 per cent growth recorded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore in its annual industry survey for 2003. Sources say allocations into Asia are
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    • 345 2 It's working on fee structure that will be applied when it is publicly listed [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's stock market will charge fees for public access to latest market information on its website when it transforms itself into a public listed company
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    • 391 2  -  By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] Singapore's largest property developers, together with the world's biggest casino companies, were briefed by the Singapore Tourism Board yesterday, after which they visited the sites for the two proposed casino locations, sources told BT. The closed-door meeting was
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    • 790 3  -  Pace of new asset inflow seen topping 2003's 35% By GENEVIEVE CUA [SINGAPORE! It looks like it has been a bumper year for Singapore's fund management industry. The industry is reckoned to have seen new asset inflows last year that surpassed even the 35
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    • 139 3 STI 2,089.82 (+18.78) ST INDEX FUTURE! 2,083.00 (+9.00) SIMSCI ***** (+2.11) SIMSO FUTURES 250.60 (+2.90) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 910.42 +2.46 NIKKEI 225 11,492.26 +54.74 HANG SENG 14,712.04 -52.32 SET INDEX 693.62 +10.12 JAKARTA COMP 1,029.00 +14.46 MANILA COMP 1.859.80 -15.57 SEOUL COMP 871.28 -13.91 SHENZHEN B 225.79
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    • 586 3  -  TSUNAMI AFTERMATH UN urged to name special rep to oversee global relief effort By SHOEB KAGDA in Jakarta WORLD leaders yesterday supported the creation of an early warning system for tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and called upon the United Nations
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  • TSUNAMI AFTERMATH
    • 582 4 RECONSTRUCTION More than 44 countries have pledged US$4b in emergency aid Reuters. AFP. Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Major countries and institutions offered additional aid pledges and debt relief proposals to the victim nations for their rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, as world leaden gathered in Jakarta
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    • 241 4 HUMAN TOLL Source: AFP Mmric Nearly four hundred thousand people, are living in temporary shelters. Most were driven or rescued from devastated Aceh province. hdhc About 370,000 people remain in 532 relief camps spread over southern India and the far-flung Andaman and
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    • 301 4 AP [BANDAACEHJEvenas world leaders gathered yesterday to coordinate billions of dollars in aid, doctors seHftUsTTealtiP^ woes, Among them scores of children with diarrhoea, gangrenous wounds that require limb amputations, and pneumonia caused by exposure to dirty water. The World Health Organization (WHO) said
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    • 378 4  -  It has disbursed US$1m; the rest is for coming weeks By LIZA LIN [SINGAPORE] Temasek Holdings yesterday gave a US$lO million boost to Singapore's relief efforts in the wake of the tsunami disaster. The money, the largest contribution by a company so far,
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    • 375 4  -  By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Indonesian natural gas supplies accounting for half of the fuel needs of Singapore's power stations have not been disrupted by the massive earthquake and aftershocks that have rocked the region. Offshore production facilities in South Sumatra and West
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 720 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG Tt tr* 1 HE first class-action suit has been filed against Singaporelisted China Aviation Oil (CAO) in the US. But here in Singapore, the main investors' body is against legal action. The contrast cannot be more
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    • 287 6  -  By KENNETH LIM METAL stamping company CFM Holdings has warned of a loss for the half-year ended Dec 31 2004, citing an unexpected increase in raw material prices and a fall in selling prices as a result of intense competition. Based on unaudited
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    • 325 6  -  By KENNETH LIM IF you have ever suffered a loss too small to justify legal recourse, you will understand the rationale behind a class-action suit. In the case of securities fraud, a class action lets all shareholders affected by the same matter
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    • 579 6 TROUBLE AT CAO THE collapse of energy giant, Enron Corp, in December 2001 led to several class-actions suits which named a number of banks and investments firms in complaints that were filed. Disclosure of Enron's use of off-the-books partnerships to stash billions of dollars in debt
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    • 465 6  -  BT exclusive By S Jayasankaran [KUAfa LUMPUR] Scomi, a specialist Malaysian oil and gas company that's controlled by the son of the Malaysian premier, seems to have abandoned plans to take over listed Singapore shipping group Chuan Hup Holdings. Instead, it will
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    • 509 9  -  It is cautious about operating performance for current year By MICHELLE QUAH BOOSTED by the income from the sale of a stake in telecoms company StarHub, Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) yesterday posted a 165 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit to
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    • 235 9  -  By ANDREA TAN UNITED Test and Assembly Centre Ltd (Utac) said it has started making MP3 audio decoder chips for Nasdaqlisted Sigma Tel Inc and this is expected to contribute 5-10 per cent of revenues in 2005. "With MP3 players projected to
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    • 407 9  -  By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) is expected to report a 6-8 per cent growth in FYO4 net profit today due to improvements in core aerospace, electronics and marine operations. For the year ended Dec 31 2004, governmentlinked ST.
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    • 278 10  -  It also eyes printing projects in connection with Beijing Olympics By KAREN HO CHINA-BASED Fung Choi Printing and Packaging Group, which is 24.7 per cent owned by F&N Group, has won five printing contracts worth 30.5 million yuan (Ss6.l million). Announcing this
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    • 377 10  -  By AL LABITA in Manila PHILIPPINE taipan John Gokongwei's listed Manila unit is tapping Singapore's bond market to raise US$lOO million in fresh funds to bankroll its Asian expansion forays. To be traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), the bond float by Universal Robina
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    • 183 10 WITH reference to the BT article, "Corporate scandals and the CTI" of Jan 5, we would like to clarify errors in the IPO ranking table. There were a number of companies whose SGX listing status was incorrectly identified. The following companies that were quoted as
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
      • 103 10 RETAIL investors will soon get a chance to meet and pose questions to the head honchos of certain listed companies at an upcoming seminar co-organised by Westcomb Financial Group, the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) and Shareinvestor. Called "Discover IPO Gems", the Feb 19
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      • 52 10 CREATIVE Technology said it has partnered world champion PC gamer Johnathan "Fatality" Wendel to work on the design and technical specifications for a variety of PC input devices and audio solutions. The partnership will begin in early 2005 and all products will be co-branded Creative
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      • 105 10 ASIATRAVEL.COM Holdings Ltd yesterday made changes to its proposed bonus issue. Asiatravel had proposed one bonus warrant for every four shares. However its issued and paid-up share capital has since increased from 193 million to 196 million due to the exercise of share options. Asiatravel said
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      • 69 10 CONSTRUCTION group Leong Hin, which is in the midst of a corporate restructuring, said the Singapore Exchange has granted it in-principle approval for the listing of its placement shares. Leong Hin, which saw the emergence of Citiraya co-founder Raymond Ng as its largest
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      • 39 10 EZRA Holdings Ltd said the Singapore Exchange has given its nod to the company's proposed bonus share issue of one for every five shares. The books will be closed on Jan 25.
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      • 78 10 ANOTHER four companies yesterday said that shares previously held by Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (STPL) had been transferred to Temasek Holdings as part of the government investment agency's streamlining plans. JK Yarning, Raffles Holdings, Singapore Computer Systems and Singapore Food Industries said about
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    • 4991 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Shenton Thrift!" 1.112/ Shenton Income .524/ AM Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) SJSlSS?" n«™ Stai Europe Eqty 1 0.79/ 5S25£: .75 ?5S -HS i'lv sit liZed 5*2*1 damage 2 043/ Star Global Technology Fund' 0199/ H S G I 0W Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund'** 0 802/ 192
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    • 138 6 say Curtin University of Technology is reputable for its curriculum, citing tneir positive encounters with Curtin's graduates. Source: A questionnaire conducted by SHRI on HR Practitioners' views on educational qualifications. Master of Human Resource Mgt 18th Intake v Bachelor of Commerce (HRM III) 22nd Intake Bachelor of Commerce (Mgt HRM)
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 481 8  -  STOCKS Gains in some blue chips and popular second-liners boosted the Singapore market R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent but that hasn't prevented the Straits Times Index's quest for a new four- and-a-half year high. In yesterday's session, gains in DBS, OCBC, Jardine Matheson and Keppel
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      898 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Radiance Electronics Jan 6 dose: $0,275 GK GOH RESEARCH. Jan 6 SINCE its listing in 2003, Radiance's share price has not performed, possibly due to investors' association of the stock with its parent and an unforeseen bankruptcy filing by its largest customer. We highlight
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    • 527 8 CURRENCIES Reuters [LONDON] The dollar rose for a fifth session to hit a four-week high against the euro and jumped one per cent against the yen yesterday on expectations for rising US interest rates and better economic data. The dollar's new year rally
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • 130 8 UNITED Overseas Bank is no longer a substantial shareholder of Micro-Mechanics Holdings after a series of sales and purchases by the lender and its discretionary fund unit UOB Asset Management pared the bank's overall stake to 4.51 per cent from 6.17 per cent on Monday
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      • 96 8 FIRSTLINK Investments Corp substantial shareholder Cheung Che Kin's 9.33 per cent deemed shareholding was reduced to 7.85 per cent on Wednesday this week after Asiacorp Development sold 5 million shares on the open market at undisclosed prices. Asia Capital Assets is also deemed to be
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      • 155 8 FUND manager FMR Corp and Fidelity International, on behalf of the managed accounts of their direct and indirect subsidiaries are now deemed to control a 7.03 per cent stake in Pertama Holdings from 6.06 per cent after 2.3 million shares were purchased in a series
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      • 75 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM LASSETERS International Holdings non-executive director Kuan Peng Chin, also known as Kuan Peng Soon, bought 29,000 shares on the open market on Wednesday. The shares were bought at an average price fo 24.5 cents apiece. His shareholding in the Australia-based
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      428 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 6 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 788.00 +131.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +118.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +79.00 All-SG Equities 539.18 +3.50 SG Equities Elew 161.00 +1.10 SG Equities Fin 1640.58 +12.83 SG Equities Prop 524.89 -0.33 SIMSCI 249.37 +2.11 SiMSCI Futures 250.60 +2.90 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 438 11  -  Uncertainty over jobs and income could affect consumer spending By JEAN CHUA SINGAPORE retailers may have had a great second half, but the next six months could be more difficult as uncertainty over jobs and income crimp consumer spending. In the latest
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    • 443 11  -  By CHUANG PECK MING EVERYONE says Southeast Asian economies including Singapore's will grow more slowly this year, but it may be the briefest slowdown seen in the region in recent memory. Economists speaking yesterday at a forum see the South-east Asian economies Indonesia,
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    • 443 11 TALK to veteran businessmen and choose the right mountain to climb if you are aspiring to be a biotech entreprenem*. That was some of the key advice that three leaders in the biotech field proffered at a forum held at
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    • 217 11 REFCO (Singapore) Pte Ltd has entered into an agreement with Vietnam's Techcombank to enable Vietnamese coffee producers to tap the overseas derivatives markets. Vietnam is the largest coffee exporter in Aria and the second-largest globally. Refco and Techcombank will work towards enabling Vietnam's coffee
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    • 519 11  -  By ANDREA TAN COME 2006, the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) could be given free rein in the way they are run as corporatised entities. The Ministry of Education yesterday recommended that NUS and NTU be corporatised as not-for-profit
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    • 147 12 PROPERTY FOCUS THREE adjoining freehold residential sites off Kim Tian Road have been put up for sale with an expected price of about $60 million. This works out to about $334 per square foot of potential gross floor area inclusive of a
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    • 604 12  -  Its offer for maiden collective sale of 99-year site crosses reserve price By KALPANA RASHIWALA UNITED Overseas Land has emerged as the top bidder for Eng Cheong Tower, with an offer above the reserve price, sources told BT. A deal has yet
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    • 464 12  -  By ANDREA TAN THF ambitious plans to turn part of Bugis into an entertainment zone is one step closer to realisation after almost a decade, following an acceptable bid of $39.2 million from a developer for the urban entertainment centre site at Victoria
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    • 195 12  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA UPMARKET projects continue to dominate residential property launches. Boutique residential developer Asia Industrial Development (AID) yesterday soft launched Duet, a freehold apartment development at the corner of Holland and Farrer roads. The average price is about $790 per square foot for the three-bedroom units,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 647 13 Pick-up in US jobs growth seen boosting case for higher Fed rates Bloomberg [LONDON] The dollar rose against the euro for a fifth day, the longest advance in more than a year, on optimism an acceleration in US jobs
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    • 410 13 AFP [WASHINGTON] Asian economies are posing an unprecedented challenge to the competitiveness of the United States, a top American business lobby warned Wednesday. The US Chamber of Commerce, representing three million firms, said although the US is strong and performing well, it has not
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    • 279 13 Reuters [BElJlNG] China's retail sales rose 13 per cent in 2004, Xinhua news agency cited Commerce Ministry data as saying, indicating a sturdy trend in consumption that is helping an economic soft landing. Retail sales totalled 5.3 trillion yuan (551.05 trillion) in 2004,
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    • 147 13 Reuters [MACAU] Preliminary estimates show Macau's #»nesi|t product (GDP) grew by about 25 per in 2004, Secretary for Economy and Finance Francis Tam Pak Yuen said, in 2003, the economy expanded by 15.6 per cent compared with 10 per cent in 2002. Mr Tam made the
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    • 175 13 LATEST US DATA ures. Reuters. Bloomberg. AP [WASHINGTON] Initial US jobless claims surged unexpectedly last week by 43,000, taking claims to their highest level since late September, a government report showed yesterday. An official noted there were seasonal adjustment difficulties, highlighting the sometimes uneven nature of
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    • 242 13 Reuters [SEOULI South Korea said yesterday exports of IT* products rose 29 per cent last year, but cautioned falling prices of flat screens and semiconductor chips may slow growth in the key sector this year. Strong sales of mobile phones
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 468 14  -  Board, exec posts to be separate to improve corporate governance By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur SIME Darby, one of Malaysia's oldest multinationals, will announce key management changes as part of an on-going restructuring effort that has been in overdrive since the company's new
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    • 454 14  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom is set to add another automotive marque to its growing list of car franchises. Industry sources say that Suzuki has awarded DRB-Hicom the franchise for all Suzuki vehicles and this would include their importation, distribution, assembly and marketing. DRB-Hicom's
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    • 223 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, the nation's biggest phone company, repaid loans equivalent to about US$266 million to the government in an attempt to cut foreign-currency debt. Telkom, as the company is known, repaid 701.3 billion rupiah (S$ 124 million), US$4B.B million and
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    • 2521 14 VOL FSBM Ml unch 52 lm 6 H fH FTEC Resources 0.45 unch 113 FurqanBusOrg —0.35 unch 1122 AAMRealty 1.25 0 02 9 Gadang 1.41 unch 573 Abnc 052 001 69 Gamuda $.15 -010 «33 ACP Industries 1.15 unch 0 General Corp 0.50 -0 01 117
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    • 296 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Rashid Hussain Bhd (RHB) will sell an unoccupied office tower that forms part of a RMI.2 billion (*****.3 million) development in Kuala Lumpur to reduce debt, marking the third such sale in eight years. RHB, which controls
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    • 501 14 ASSETS FOR SALE •Traditional Indonesian Batik/China Cloths in huge quantities Grandfather Clock Chinese Silk Painting Art Drawings •Wrapping machine *(i) Sold On An "As Is Where Is" Basis Without Warranty or Undertaking of the condition (ii) Terms conditions apply PROPERTY FOR SALE OR LEASE •6-s»orey warehouse, Tai Seng Dr., Land
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 599 15 Foreign fund managers expect returns to exceed 15% this year Reuters [BOMBAY] Foreign fund managers are betting India's stock market, which struck a record high this week, could be Asia's best performer among major markets in 2005, offering returns of more than 15
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    • 257 15 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Top Chinese offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd is holding talks to buy the Asian assets of a foreign oil company, sources close to the parties said yesterday. The sources declined to name the company, but industry watchers have said Chinese
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    • 449 15 It faces losses with Apex owing it over US$484m in bills Reuters AFP [SHANGHAI] Top Chinese TV maker Changhong, which is suing US electronics firm Apex over what it says is nearly half a billion dollars in unpaid debt, has won a
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    • 289 15 Xinhua [HONG KONG] A total of 205 foreign companies were set up or expanded operations in Hong Kong, representing an increase of 44 per cent over 2003, Invest Hong Kong said yesterday. It is a record high for the Hong Kong government department
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    • 219 15 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China will exempt securities companies and exchanges from paying tax on some fees they collect, part of government attempts to bolster the industry after the nation's benchmark stock indexes fell to five-year lows. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, the three futures
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    • 453 15 Move aimed at paring record budget deficit Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan plans to sell NT$32.l billion (551.65 billion) worth of shares this year to help cut a record budget deficit, said an official of a fund holding the shares. Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor
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    • 278 15 SINUS National University °f Singapore NUS Business School NUS Business School 40 th Anniversary Lecture years of 12 January 2005 AbouttheLecture Wednesday, 6pm Canning Room (Level 4) Professor Dipak Jain will share his views about how the Raffles City marketing function has evolved in the past, touch upon recent Convention
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 419 16 AP [LAS VEGAS] Despite suffering technical glitches that prompted guffaws, Bill Gates promised that Microsoft Corp will help millions of consumers stay seamlessly plugged into a world of digital music, movies, video games and television shows. In his seventh annual keynote speech
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    • 569 16 Demand comes as Saudi Arabia pledges to meet rising requirements Bloomberg. AFP [NEW DELHI] Asian oil importers, who have been pressing their Middle East crude suppliers to bring down sky-high prices, yesterday sought an Asian benchmark price for oil. The demand was made
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    • 375 16 It also denies colluding with ANA to rig mail delivery bids [TOKYO] Japan Airlines (JAL) alleged on Wednesday that Japan Post used its monopoly bargaining power to squeeze airline fees amid revelations that rival All Nippon Airways (ANA) submitted identical bids
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    • 277 16 Reuters. Bloomberg [SEOUL] The world's top memory chipmaker expects a slowdown in the US semiconductor market this year before it recovers towards the year-end. On a more optimistic note. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd forecast demand for mobile phones in the United States would
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    • 442 16 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Album sales posted their first gain in four years last year even as digital music downloads continued to explode. Led by Usher's blockbuster release Confessions, US album sales rose nearly 2 per cent last year, Nielsen
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    • 274 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF CCS TRADING PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) CO. REG. NO. *****1307R COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 245 OF 2004/W NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thot the creditors of the obovenomed company, which it b*mg wound up by an Order
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  • WORLD
    • 569 17 Foreign investors may turn to Japan, Eastern Europe and Australia Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Foreign real estate investors plan to cut purchases in the US this year because of surging prices for commercial properties and to divert investment to Japan, Eastern Europe and Australia. The Association
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    • 163 17 NYT [NEW YORK] Ten former directors of World Com, the telecommunications company whose bankruptcy was the largest in history, have agreed to pay US$lB million of their own money to settle a class-action lawsuit by investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars when the company
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    • 457 17  -  Between 2001 and 2004 forex activity surged by 57% By NEIL BEHRMANN in London. HEDGE funds, managed futures and currency funds played a major role in pushing down the US dollar in the past three years, according to the December issue of
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    • 541 17 Reuters [SACRAMENTO! California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday sought a controversial overhaul of the state's public pensions, including heavyweight Calpers (California Public Employees' Retirement System), the nation's largest pension fund. Saying California's highprofile retirement funds were "on track to disaster", the governor endorsed plans
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    • 458 17 Offer to move seen to be part of bid for London exchange Reuters [LONDON! The battle for the London Stock Exchange heated up yesterday as the German government voiced concern about a possible relocation of the Deutsche Boerse to London in the event
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 94 17 AFP [TOKYO] Toyota Motor will introduce robots which can work as well or better than humans at all 12 of its factories in Japan to cut costs and deal with a looming labour shortage as the country ages, a report said yesterday. The robots
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      • 87 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Microsoft Corp may try to strike a deal with Japan's Sony Corp to compete with Apple Computer in the digital music arena, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told the newspaper that the two companies could benefit
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      • 57 17 AFP [TOKYO] Starwood Capital Group, a US real-estate investment firm, will spend US$4.B billion buying hotels and other commercial buildings in Japan in the next few years, a source said. Sttrwood Capital Japan will focus on hotels in central Tokyo and resort towns,
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      • 81 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] The White House is expected to name US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick as Condoleezza Rice's deputy when she assumes the post of secretary of state, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Mr Zoellick's new role raises questions about who will replace
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  • AVIATION
    • 415 18 A successful deal will mark the Ist direct flight to Taipei since 1949 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan said it may consider allowing a commercial airline from China to land on the island for the first time in more than half a century if
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    • 297 18 South Korean soap opera filming draws crowds [SEOUL] South Korea's Korean Air said yesterday it would begin flights this week from Japan to South Korea to cater to Japanese fans visiting the filming locations of Winter Sonata, a wildly popular soap opera
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    • 211 18 AFP [FRANKFURT] TUI, Europe's leading travel and tourism group, said yesterday it had placed an order for 10 new Boeing 737-800 jets and was planning to sell off its current Airbus A3lO planes so that its entire fleet would eventually be made
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    • 465 18 AP [ARLINGTON, Virginia] Flight attendants at bankrupt US Airways approved a new labour contract that cuts their pay by nearly 10 per cent, leaving only one union that has refused to accept the cost cuts the carrier says are needed to avoid liquidation.
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    • LOG BOOK
      • 131 18 AFP [HANOI] Singapore Airlines regional wing Silk Air has started flights between Singapore and Vietnam's central Da Nang city. Using an Airbus 320 plane, the airline will make three flights a week between the two destinations on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. "Vietnam looks
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      • 93 18 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport handled a record 42.5 million airline passengers last year even while the number of flights did not return to the levels before the 9/11 hijacking attacks, its operator said. Schiphol Group, which operates the Netherlands main hub airport, said on
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    • 259 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] United Parcel Service Inc (UPS), the world's largest package delivery company, will implement this year the next version of its handheld device carried by drivers as part of a US$l billion investment in technology. The new devices will be
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    • 234 18  -  By' VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways said it would be adding a fourth daily flight to Bangkok from Jan 15 in response to overwhelming demand. The budget carrier which is 49-per cent owned by Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it would offer 45,000 lowcost seats
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    • 713 19  -  Navigational aids must be put in working order soonest, it says By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] The Internationa) Maritime Organisation (IMO) has said it will spearhead efforts to restore battered maritime infrastructure in the Indian Ocean regions affected by the devastating earthquakes and
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    • 325 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan {Hans to cut fees at the nation's major container ports by as much as 40 per cent to compete with Northeast Asian rivals. The transport ministry aims to match moorage and handling fees in South Korea's Busan and
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    • 280 19 Reuters (HONG KONG] Sea container traffic through Shenzhen rose 28 per cent in 2004, buoyed by China's strong export growth, cementing its position as the world's fourth busiest port and underling the threat it poses to adjacent Hong Kong. The growth rate matches that
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    • 410 19  -  By ALEC ALMAZAN in Manila KEPPEL Batangas Shipyard has clinched a major drydocking and upgrading contract for three Philippine Navy offshore patrol vessels from UK-based defence and security technology company QinetiQ. Keppel Batangas is supporting QinetiQ in the installation of additional equipment and
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    • 754 19  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR JUST because an exemption clause in a bill of lading appears unreasonable. that does not mean that it would be automatically rejected. Instead, the clause could still apply even if it exempted a carrier from liability for negligence or unseaworthiness.
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
    • 496 20 EDITORIAL DESPITE the difficulties of doing business in China, the Middle Kingdom is now the top destination in the world for foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI to the mainland grew 22 per cent in real terms from January to November, China's Ministry of Commerce says. Contracted
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    • 775 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE YOGI AGGARWAL WITHIN hours of the gigantic tsunami striking the coasts of India and Sri Lanka on Dec 26, an Indian Air Force plane carrying medical personnel and medicines was winging its way to Colombo. The next day, five Indian ships,
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    • 1507 20 Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made this opening statement yesterday at the Special Asean Leaders' Summit in Jakarta on the earthquake and tsunamis that hit the region on Dec 26 I THANK President Yudhoyono for his leadership in hosting this meeting
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    • 1201 21  -  Laid-off state-owned factory workers struggle to make ends meet while graft continues By DON LEE LATWP AS a frigid evening approached in China's far north-east, black Audi and Honda sedans bearing government licence numbers began to pull up at high-end restaurants that line
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    • 681 21  -  By ELLIOT EISNER LATWP Recent efforts to assess and reform our schools—such as global education rankings released in December and the No Child Left Behind law—have focused attention on four so-called "core" subjects: reading, writing, math and science. No effort has been made
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    • 908 21  -  Promise of high returns compared to stocks and bonds is inducing many to take the risk By HEATHER TIMMONS NYT IB HE jarring swings in oil prices that gave investors and traders whiplash in 2004 aft no{pr even ting new investors Oram
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  • ARTS
    • 1059 29  -  Photographer Russel Wong tells PARVATHI NAYAR how he became a people shooter and what his craft means to him PARVATHI NAYAR THE frames of celebrity photographer Russel Wong's life could change dramatically, with this evening's artistic hattrick: a retrospective of his photographs at the Singapore Art
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    • 558 29  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON ARTS groups can be managed just as well as commercial companies, as the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) will prove when it receives the ISO 9000 certification by next week. If it clears its final audit this evening, the SCO will be the first
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    • 561 29  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN EVEN as international sports and entertainment celebrities do their highprofile bit for the countries ravaged by the Boxing Day tsunami, Singapore arts groups aren't far behind in the giving stakes. Larger organisations such as the Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) and
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    • 909 30  -  The S'pore audience can expect a tailor-made concert from Dianne Reeves. CHEAH UI-HOON finds out what has influenced the three-time Grammy winner's music CHEAH UI-HOON SHE'S been noted as a "natural storyteller" and a jazz singer who has created a "jazz-world-pop-bop" synthesis. When three-time Grammy winner
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    • 197 30 Dec 24 (Fri) to Feb 27 (Sun) Botero in Singapore By Fernando Botero (Columbia) Esplanade Forecourt and Waterfront Free Jan 8 (Sat) Stars of Asia: SSO 26th Anniversary Concert By Singapore Symphony Orchestra (Singapore) Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm (103 mins with intermission) Tickets: $12, $17, $28, $38,
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  • COVER/CINEMA
    • 496 31  -  FILM REVIEW By PARVATHI NAYAR THRATRR is the only reality, says Julia Lambert's (Annette Bening) long-dead mentor Jimmy Langton (Michael Gambon), and the actress takes it to heart in Being Julia. The eponymous heroine is a much-feted stage actress in a 1930s London
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