The Business Times, 17 January 2005

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 ants online at httpi//busmess-tknes.asial .com.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004 Monday, January 17,2005
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  • 513 1  -  Industry players say airline capacity and logistics support not a problem in handling 2015 target By LIZA LIN [SlNGAPOßE] Singapore will need to build more hotels to cater to the tourism influx resulting from the Republic's target of 17 million tourists by 2015,
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  • 131 1 MARKETS MM Chf* SO 2076.13 .-9.45 KLSECOMP 929.74 _.-+13.46 NKXB225 *****.39 +5.15 HANG SENG *****.78 -80.08 SET INDEX 701.66 +3.82 JAKARTA COMP ...*****4 -11.19 MANHACOMP -1876.03 __.+24J5 TAIPEI TAIEX *****2 -5047 SEOUL COMP 905.10—+34.26 SHENZHEN 8 -***** +2.54 AUSTAU.ORO —4062.90 +0.10 DOW JONES —*****.00.-45.96 NASDAQ 2087.91 -0.70 SAP
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  • 541 1  -  But analysts unfazed as most are from small companies By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] At least 17 Singapore-listed companies have issued profit warnings since June 2004. But analysts aren't fretting because most of the alarms have been raised by minor players in
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  • 38 1 TOP STORIES PG2 COMPANIES PG 4,7 MARKETSPG 5,6 SINGAPORE PG11 ECONOMY PG 12 M'SIA/INDON.. PG 14 CHINA/INDIA... PG 19 ASIA-PACIFIC.. PG 16 WORLD PG 17 AVIATION PG 18 SHIPPING PG 19 STOCKS PG 20,21 BRIT PG 27.28
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 192 2 LAT-WP. Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Reports written by Wall Street analysts are usually filled with charts and dull statistics such as yields and earnings per share. But one star analyst has landed himself in hot water after he mailed clients a report with a
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    • 738 2  -  Most urgent task is to rebuild damaged infrastructure By SHOES KAGOA inMedan UNLESS reconstruction plans for Aceh are well conceived and implemented, the resource-rich province could see its economy contract severely this year and possibly next year as well, a prominent economic observer
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    • 743 2 CAO fiasco slashes volume of oil trades THE volume of paper trades in the Singapore oil market has slumped 35 per cent since the China Aviation Oil scandal. Most players are now demanding letters of credit upfront from Chinese parties, or cutting contract volumes. Not all Chinese traders
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 494 4  -  Players demand letters of credit from China parties or cut contract size By RONNIE LIM THE CHINA Aviation Oil scandal has slashed the volume of paper trades in the Singapore oil market and dampened dealings with Chinese interests. Most players are now demanding
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    • 558 4 They may make bid for US$130m asset [SINGAPORE] China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp (CAO) has caught the eye of suitors interested in one of the beleaguered company's key assets its 5 per cent stake in Spanish oil transport group Compania Logistica de Hidocarburos
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    • 582 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEIKONG IS the worst over for ornamental fish breeder Qian Hu? It all depends on whether you're an optimist or pessimist. The headlines of two broking reports highlight this divide. "Initial signs that the worst may
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 1021 5  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent The frenzied trading in the Singapore market is spreading to a wider circle of stocks, allowing more counters to be in on the action. The stocks in our portfolios all benefited from the increased interest with most putting on
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    • 1160 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS This may signal more gains in the near-term despite the STI being up by nearly 5 per cent since November 2004, reckons ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI INSIDERS were bullish during the market's rise from November to December 2004 with a net 308 acquisitions
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    • 704 6  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Corespondent IF the local economy posted negative GDP growth in 2003 but managed 8.1 per cent last year, what does this say about the current length of economic cycles? Clearly, these are becoming greatly compressed. What's the cause of
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    • 428 6 CURRENCIES AFP [HONG KONG] Asian currencies were mixed against a strengthening US dollar last week as concerns lingered over the US' massive Budget and current account. deficits. Japaaasa yen: The yen rose to a one-month high against the dollar following the mid-week announcement of a
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    • 81 6 Investor events to watch out for Ezra Bonus Issue, Ex-date, Jan 19 Jade Tech, AGM, inn 19 Thai Prime Fund, EGM, lan 19 Thai Village, AGM A KM, lan 29 Hiap Hoe, EGM, Mn 29 Magnecomp Inti, EGM, lan 24 AP Breweries, AGM, Mm 29 Cement EGM, YHI
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 716 7  -  COO shifting focus back onto core systems integration business By KENNETH LIM the distraction of boardroom battles a thing of the past, lossmaking Teledata (Singapore) is turning its focus back onto its core systems integration business with hopes of returning to profit this year,
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    • 396 7 It cites comparative valuations of firms similar to Hai Yue ADROIT Innovations, which is in the midst of a reverse takeover, said the purchase price of Hong Kong-based Hai Yue Power Investment Company Ltd, was based on comparative valuations of similar Chinaownei companies in
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    • 278 7 BOUSTEAD Singapore has clinched a deal to design, build and operate water processing facilities which will supply clean water to Yogyakarta. The engineering group said at the weekend that the construction cost for the first phase of the project is estimated at
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    • 211 7 TUNG Lok Restaurants (2000) Ltd went into the red for the 12 months ended December with a net loss of $952,000 against a profit of $932,000 previously. Turnover was up 5 per cent to $64 million. Tung Lok said the increase
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 2173 8 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC What is keeping Singapore companies from being more transparent? What are the most important steps companies should take to be more transparent? SINGAPORE companies need to better understand the benefits of transparency only then would they spend time and effort in preparing and presenting more
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  • DINING OUT
    • 1629 10 Wandering where to eat today? We check out some of the latest restaurants in town CHERRY GARDEN The Oriental Singapore, 5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square Tel: 6885-3538; K&r- -..A Rating; 7/10 ijgNt ggpf ;°-l IN line with the Oriental Singapore's swish new look, th*
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    • 73 10 Where to wine, dine and entertain... BBIIIIIBBI H Ryan's Washoku (Tel: 6542 6881) 11* 1 1 1 ft f 1 f r» »W7 1 1 *1 rv n\ n FREE bottle of Tostil Moscato (worth $52) with every I celebrate this Valentine s Day with nne Japanese iood trom Ryan
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    • 55 10 J RafflMCountt^Qub*^ I £e JYencfi 'Restaurant Swood Ravioli $10JO Gjcflled Chicken $12.50 |.kamb Loin $18 Pninjoy Garlic Bread, M rV Salad Soup fcjfc\*x at only $3 with I of main course Af|\ Lo Froach Restaurant r: 459 lata* Ahmad Ibrahim "fcl: 6862 1838/9 r Mon to IVi: Lunch Only, Sal:
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    • 29 10 It's official We're in -allianc% I Announcing a nwrgtrr OH 1800 289 8822 or email notkesOsph.com.sg to book your advertisement in our newspapers now. r "^w r rm* I
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 508 11  -  MAS to enhance risk-based supervisory framework By ANDREA TAN SINGAPORE will maintain its sound fiscal policy to ensure the city-state remains a land of opportunity, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Mr I .ee, who is also Minister for Finance, said
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    • 401 11  -  By CHEN HUIFEN TWO plastic surgeons are spending $1.5 million to set up what could be Singapore's single-largest private facility specialising in medical aesthetics. Called the Sinova Medical Centre, it combines the skills of surgeons Harry Fok and Seah Chee Seng
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    • 568 11  -  It cites tax breaks, IP rights and lower operating costs By CHEN HUIFEN NEW Jersey-based Pure Energy Corp has developed a technology that can produce low-cost biodegradable diesel and is eyeing Singapore for its first commercial plant in Asia. "One of the
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    • 222 11 DATE/ TIME EVENT VENUE 17-18 Jan Information Security and Grand Copthorne 8:00am Recovery Conference Waterfront Hotel 17 Jan Seminar on The Changes Capital Tower Confer2:00pm to Copyright Law and ence Rooms, FTSE Procedure Training Room, 9th Floor, Capital Tower, 168 Robinson Road 18 Jan Synovate Symmetries Meritus Mandarin,
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 315 12 [TAIPEI] Taiwan's economy will suffer a serious blow if it is excluded from the free trade bloc consisting of Asean memberstates, China, Japan and Korea, according to a study. In a report credited to Central News Agency, Taipei Times said that the
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    • 770 12 Old theories don't matter and yuan's exchange rate is crucial, say some Reuters [NEW YORK] Remember the J-curve from your economics course? As the US dollar trudges ever lower and the US trade deficit balloons to new records, it's a question worth
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    • 456 12 power. Reuters. Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's economy continues to recover, despite concerns it has entered a soft patch due to cooling exports and production, Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka said yesterday. He said the recovery will speed up this year as stability in the
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    • 401 12 Reuters [WASHINGTON] In yet another expression of growing US central bank worry over the scale of the trade and current account deficits, Cleveland Fed has said that America's huge trade gap could quell growth unless exports grow. The Fed said America's huge trade
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    • 222 12 Reuters [LONDON] Five interest rate rises since November 2003 have dented corporate Britain, contributing towards a 40 per cent jump in profit warnings last year, accountants Ernst Young said yesterday. The Bank of England has raised interest rates to cool a frothy
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    • 228 12 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told CNN that economic growth slowed to 6.2 per cent last year as bird flu hurt exports, high oil prices cut consumption and a tsunami devastated some of the nation's most popular beach resort towns. "I
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 648 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF IGHT PTE LTD (COMPANY NO. *****1359G) (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held ot 98A Amoy Street Singapore *****8 on the 11th day of January 2005, the
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 774 13 Now that we've looked at some tips on how to write an impressive resume, let's take a look at the next step: the job interview MANY fresh graduates often have little or no experience when it comes to job interviews, and a highly qualified individual may be
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    • 744 13  -  CAMPUS LIFE Economics undergrad LEONARD LIM describes his semester abroad in the Canadian city of Vancouver LEONARD LIM SNOWBOARD or ski in the morning, go for a stroll through lush forests in the afternoon, and head to town for a concert or drink
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 715 14  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT The national power company's inability to deal with the frequency of outages is a cause for worry PAULINE NG KL Correspondent Thursday the 13th wasn't a particularly lucky day for Tenaga Nasional. Then again, neither was it for loads of people who
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    • 402 14 TSUNAMI AFTERMATH Bloomberg AP. AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's defence chief backed off the government's deadline for the US and other countries to withdraw troops from tsunami-relief efforts after he met US Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz in Jakarta. "March 26 is not a deadline
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    • 290 14 Potential customers include Poland and Romania Bernama [PENANG] Malaysia will explore new markets in Europe to reduce its palm oil stock surplus totalling 1.3 million tonnes. Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui said that among the potential mar-
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    • 218 14 [JAKARTA] Indonesian state oil company Pertamina is expected to sign tomorrow what bankers say is the country's first-ever global Islamic finance facility in a move that could open the door to a fresh source of funds for Indonesian companies, the
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    • 156 14 [KUALA LUMPUR] Sunway Holdings Inc Bhd said it hopes to benefit from India's open policy towards foreign investments. The construction and property development firm has been pre-qualified for RM2O billion worth of jobs in India, and hopes to land between 5 and
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    • 1356 14 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recom- Number FORECAST Median mendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There recommendation »c r— is a total of 29 brokers submittinq recommendations but not COMPANY tm> w~*/i ui_ir fttimitri m ffimri) rtl every stock is followed by
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
    • 500 15 Beneficiaries may include mainland, Taiwan airlines, and China plays Reuters [TAIPEI] A deal to allow direct charter flights between bitter rivals Taiwan and China for the first time in more than half a century could boost stock markets when trading opens today, analysts said. "The
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    • 548 15 AFP [HONG KONG] A huge mul-ti-billion dollar arts hub planned for Hong Kong's famous harbourside is in doubt as public opinion gathers against it and influential businessmen and politicians declare the proposal flawed. Concern over the project has united all factions in the
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    • 377 15 AFP [PARIS] The acquisition of the French perfume and cosmetics group Marionnaud by AS Watson, a company owned by Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing, is another indication of how Chinese investors are expanding abroad. Until recently, China was considered a developing country, and initial
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    • 304 15 Bloomberg. Reuters [NEW DELHI] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said India needs to catch up with China in securing energy supplies, suggesting competition between the world's two most populous nations for oil and gas fields may intensify. Oil
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    • NOTE BOOK
      • 60 15 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German car-maker Volkswagen (VW) plans to build a budget car for Southeast Asia in partnership with Malaysian car maker Proton, the company's chief executive told a German magazine in an interview to appear today. VW chief Bernd Pischetsrieder said he planned a budget
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      • 85 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Islamic opposition has rejected an offer by rebel politician Anwar Ibrahim's party to merge, saying it prefers a coalition instead, newspapers reported yesterday. The offer by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) was made during a two-hour meeting between Mr Anwar and Parti
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      • 88 15 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank and seven other overseas institutional investors are among 134 finance industry firms on a list Chinese companies may pick from in seeking advice on pricing initial public offers. The list comprises of 38 fund management companies, 10 qualified
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      • 60 15 AFP [NEW DELHI] India's state-run telecom giants launched what they described as one of the world's cheapest broadband services last week. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are offering existing fixed-line customers 256 kbps broadband connections for 500 rupees (SSI9) a
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    • 300 15 AFP [SINGAPORE] Although household purchases in China are mostly funded by the man's salary, the woman has a big say over how the paycheck is spent in the world's most dynamic economy, a market research company has found. Synovate, part of the British group
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 154 15 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF TRILLION RESOURCES PTE LTD (Reg. No. *****1346K) (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 18 Cross Street #08-01 Marsh McLennan Centre Singapore
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
    • 444 16 Exploration may heat up territorial row with China Reuters, AFP [TOKYO] Two Japanese companies plan to drill for oil and gas in the East China Sea in a bid to catch up with Chinese exploration in the disputed area, a
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    • 171 16 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese Internet firm Softbank has offered about 200 billion yen (553.2 billion) to buy Tu-Ka mobile phone companies from Japan's second-rank-ed mobile phone carrier KDDI Corp, a news report said on Saturday. The deal, if finalised, would enable Softbank to enter
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    • 961 16  -  A tunnel 40m under the city will protect utility ducts in case of a major quake By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo ANYONE who has lived in Japan's earthquake-prone capital city of Tokyo for the past 15 years (as this writer has) knows that the
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    • 284 16 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Donald Trump, chief executive of Trump Hotels Casino Resorts Inc. will conduct three onehour classes on building wealth through real estate for a fee of US$l million an hour. The fee translates to more than US$l6,OOO a minute, the sponsor,
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    • 757 16 AFP [TOKYO] As obesity around the world reaches epic proportions, Japanese firms are watching profit margins bulge on healthy products as they find consumers who have both money and fat to burn. The latest company to join the trend is high-tech giant
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  • WORLD
    • 830 17  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Investors worry that Fed may be gearing up for more aggressive tightening, oil price are surging again By ANDREW MARKS in New York STRONG earnings from Intel Apple Computer and Alcoa were unable to prevent stocks from retreating for the
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    • 449 17 Reuters [LONDON/FRANKFURT], Deutsche Boerse is facing a backlash from its shareholders who' fear the German exchange will overpay for the London Stock Exchange. The Children's Investment Fund Management (TCI), a UK investor in Deutsche Boerse, which is opposed to Frankfurt's £1.3 billion (Ss4 billion)
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    • 381 17 [LONDON] Media moguls Greg Dyke, Clive HoUick and Stephen Grabiner may launch an audacious £6 billion (5518.4 billion) bid for ITV, sources told the 06server newspaper. The three work for private equity houses that have held talks about forging
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    • 521 17 LAT-WP ILOS ANGELES] Oracle Corp began laying off former People Soft Inc employees Friday in an unusually long and painful process some observers likened to ritual humiliation. The database software giant, which won a bitter 18-month battle to acquire People Soft
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    • 420 17 It considers options in drive to diversify revenue streams [NEW YORK] The New York Stock Exchange is exploring the possibility of opening earlier in the day, with the aim of capturing trading volume from European exchanges, notably London, which is five hours
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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  • AVIATION
    • 354 18 AFP [SYDNEY] Singapore Airlines has stepped up its battle with Australian carriers by announcing plans for extra services to Brisbane and Melbourne with increased connection opportunities between Australia and growth regions such as North Asia. SIA said in a weekend
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    • 1261 18  -  Airbus-Boeing dogfight worsens as EADS prepares to show off A380, the new symbol of European solidarity By VEN SREENIVASAN in Paris THE biggest passenger airliner the world has ever seen will roll out of its hangar for the first time tomorrow. The Airbus A3BO, the
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    • 388 18 Reuters. AP [WASHINGTON] The United States and India have reached an air travel pact that will result in more commercial airline flights, lower fares and stronger economic ties, US officials said. Under the new openskies agreement, airlines from both countries will be allowed to
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    • 135 18 Xinhua [BUENOS AIRES] US security agents stopped Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa and searched his luggage at an airport in the United States, according to press reports here on Saturday. The incident occurred when Mr Bielsa and his-aide Anibal Gutierrez asked to get off
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    • 193 18 AFP [HONG KONG] An inquiry into a 1999 air crash at Hong Kong's airport has concluded pilot error was to blame for the accident, a media report said yesterday. The findings of the longrunning inquiry is with the city's political leader
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  • SHIPPING
    • 407 19  -  By GEORGE JOSEPH [SINGAPORE] THE Ministry of Transport (MOT) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) will continue to work closely with terminal operators and other industry players here to strengthen Singapore's position as a global hub port. Capacity at
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    • 618 19 NYK, Maersk, NOL among lines seeking alternatives to southern California Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Shipping companies faced with delayed cargo because of bottlenecks in southern California ports are searching from Alaska to Mexico for alternative ports to handle goods from Asia. Nippon Yusen KK
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    • 393 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Canadian port of Prince Rupert is aiming to handle 400,000 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) by next year and is investing Csl9s million (*****.87 million) in a plan to attract shipping companies. Canadian National Railway Co has pledged
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    • 174 19 LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Federal immigration officials were interviewing 32 Chinese stowaways after they were found in two cargo containers at the Port of Los Angeles. A crane operator was unloading the containers about 6 pm and noticed three men
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    • 302 19 SGX '000 Jan 14 Sj Vol CH Offshore 0.40 0.01 335 ChuanHup 0.68 unch 1237 Cosco Corporation 1.24 -0.01 4911 CWT Distribution 0.66 unch 30 Ezra Hldgs 1.18 unch 229 Freight Links 0.09 unch 856 Grand Banks Yacht 1.00 unch 21 Java Holdings 1.02 -0.01 301 K1 Venture
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    • 712 19  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR IT is not often that a vessel owner would argue that its chief engineer's negligence caused an engine failure on its ship, but this is exactly what happened in a recent case in the Singapore High Court involving a RMS
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    • 244 19 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A judge has ordered the US government to honour an amnesty deal with a Norwegian shipping company in connection with a possible price collusion, anti-trust case in the tanker industry. US District Judge Timothy Savage issued an injunction blocking anti-trust authorities from indicting or
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    • 908 21 COMMODITIES: WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP [LONDON] Oil prices soared last week on supply worries caused by a further drop in US heating fuel stocks, fierce storms in the North Sea and the threat of a production cut by Opec. Gold: Gold prices hit the lowest level
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    • 937 27  -  <cool stuff> AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY puts StarHub's 3G offerings through their paces AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THIRD generation (3G) mobile technology is finally here. With all the three major telcos Sing Tel, Star Hub and Ml conducting trials of their networks, this
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    • 788 27  -  <you say> Sarbanes-Oxley forces firms to tighten data protection, which can help long-term productivity EMIL KOBYLARZ THE implications of the Sar-banes-Oxley Act (SOA) have already impacted many companies here, including those which are not American-owned. The SOA was introduced in the US to counter an increase in
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    • 364 27 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard Co on Friday said it will fold its barely profitable PC business into its successful printer and imaging business, chilling speculation the computer company could spin off the printer unit. Several Wall Street analysts have clamoured for HP to split
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    • 338 27  -  By CAROLYN QUEK CANON first set the industry standard for full-frame digital SLRs with the EOS IDs. Now it is setting the standard again with the EOS IDs Mark 11, which boasts a mind-blowing resolution of 16.7 megapixels. At this high
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    • 350 27 AP [BOSTON] A website that disclosed Apple's top-secret plans to bring out a US$499 mini computer and a new bare-bones iPod prompting a lawsuit from the company turns out to be the brainchild of a 19-year-old Harvard student. Nicholas M Ciarelli, who says he
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    • <what's up>
      • 66 27 SINGAPORE'S Matrix View Ltd has announced the formation of its USA subsidiary, Matrix View Inc. Matrix View Inc will be based in Boston, Massachusetts and was formed in response to the growing interest of US-based IT companies in the company's ABO digital content management
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      • 63 27 NETWORK company Allied Telesyn has announced the appointment of Scott Gill as director for its Network Engineering Technical Services (NETS) division in Asia Pacific. Mr Gill will concentrate on aligning the three NETS departments, namely Network Engineering, Technical Support and Education and training, with
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      • 91 27 PIONEER has launched a new integrated HDD/DVD recorder home theatre system. Called the HT929DVR, it has 80GB of hard disk drive space which allows users to record up to 100 hours or 250 DVD titles directly on to the hard disk for temporary storage.
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      • 84 27 US-BASED Siebel Systems, a leading provider of business applications software, has upgraded its Siebel CRM onDemand package. The new version, Siebel CRM OnDemand Release 6, introduces pre-built, industry-specific solutions for the first time. These are available for four industries: financial, high technology, life sciences and
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      • 65 27 SSA Global has released version 3.9 of SSA Warehouse Management, part of SSA Global's comprehensive supply chain execution solution. This latest version is designed to address the requirements of the logistics industry. A new feature is its enhanced radio frequency identification-enabled capability, which helps
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      • 82 27 NEC Solutions has launched two new portable projectors in Singapore to expand its range of large area displays. The NEC LT245 and LT265 are the first projectors to feature remote desktop control, and support the fast lEEE 802.1 lg wireless standard. They also have
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      • 89 27  -  Compiled by CAROLYN QUEK, LIZA LIN VMWARE, a company that develops virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, has launched VMware ACE, which helps to manage contractor, telecommuter and mobile laptop users with a single mechanism that combines security, user autonomy and centralised management. Features include
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    • 577 28  -  BT exclusive There is a huge interest in wireless networking in countries like S'pore, Hong Kong, S Korea and Taiwan, which is driving demand for such products, says RAJU CHELLAM RAJU CHELLAM WIRELESS connectivity products are springing up in Singapore and across key countries
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    • 379 28  -  By Raju Chellam US-BASED Belkin Corp, which offers a range of wireless connectivity solutions, launched what it claims is the first router and notebook wireless card running on the Airgo chipset that connects at up to 108 mbps (megabits per second) without wires.
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    • 673 28  -  Reports by AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY IF you think the data streaming capability of Singapore's (3G) mobile networks is impressive, wait till the end of this year when HSDPA-enabled 3G networks will become commercially available in different parts of the world.
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    • 238 28 NOKIA is working closely with its network operator customers to deliver compelling mobile multimedia services over high-speed 3G networks, said John Stefanac, Nokia Networks' Asia Pacific vice-pres-ident. Apart from being the world's largest maker of mobile phones, Nokia also builds mobile networks. Mr Stefanac said that
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