The Business Times, 6 April 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 < SINGAPORE Internet: httn.//L>usiness-times.asial .com.sg/ FRIDAY APRIL 6. 2001 85C
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    75 1 □m 1,67*88 (+54.89) ***** (+16.74) ST INDEX FUTURES MOTLOO (+45.00) □ansa nrroiEs ***** (+5.60) STOCK MAJtXET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 591.74 -152 NIKKEI 225 tS.381 J8—+138.60 HANG SENG cfcwd SET INDEX 282.02 +2.86 JAKARTA COMP ***** AM MANILA COMP —1,460.67 +8.52 TAIPEI WPI ck»cd SEOUL COMP dosed
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    80 1 FOREX BATES US$ SI USS (S$ per USS) 1.809 £(US$/SS per 1.435 1595 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0504 1.635 DM 2164 L196 YEN 124.1 68.60 RM 3.800 2.101 HK$ 7.798 4J11 BAHT 45.34 25.06 RUPIAH 10,695 5.912 *8$ to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon Move in US to revoke China's trade privileges
    1147 1  -  Bering's entry into WTO in donbt if lawmakers succeed Promi Catherine Ong in New York American businesses are keeping a nervous eye on the standoff between Washington and Beijing over a downed US spy plane, as lawmakers on Capitol Hill moved to
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    Lock icon S&P lowers KL's credit outlook
    453 1  -  Its rating for M'sia is now stable, down from positive From, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian stock market suffered another blow yesterday when American rating agency Standard Poor's downgraded the country's credit outlook because of a host of political and economic concerns. The
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    Lock icon Dow soars to gain 254 pts by noon
    47 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] Wall Street investors scooped up beatendown tech stocks yesterday morning after Dell Computer reaffirmed its forecast. By noon, the Nasdaq Composite had surged 94.92 points to 1,733.72 while the Dow was up 254.22 at 9,769.64. Reuters.
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    Lock icon DBS says its fees for Asiatravel.com IPO total $360,000, not $2 million
    440 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank said yesterday its fees as manager and placement agent for AsiatraveLcom's initial public offer total about $360,000 not $2 million as suggested in a column in The Business Times yesterday. In a
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      86 1 Top Stories We'll work with Aussie Defence Dept, says Sing Tel. Afojrt Pmgo Analysts see big gains for SPH, Kep T&T. Mmxt Pmge Investment sales of property falls in Ql. Pg 7 Is worst over? US t dotcom shutdowns dip in March. Pg 14 Bank of England cuts interest rate
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      41 1 THAKSIN TRIAL Will Thaksin M l e^ 1 11 Page 13 CEO SPEAKS Nasdaq: down, '-Wk* but no! out V jpV says president John T Wall v Back Page Mail Bag! Inaccuracies in commentary: DBS; Asiatravel.com defends IPO costs, Pg 9
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      Lock icon SingTel: We'll work with Aussie Defence Dept
      399 2  -  It will ensure security links with Anfno mui't KA vpIUS WUXI I DC compromised By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Telecommunications yesterday said it would work with Australia's Defence Department to ensure security arrangements remain in place for its satellite joint venture with
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      Lock icon Analysts see big gains for SPH, Kep T&T
      669 2  -  An Ml sale at $3b would yield up to $2.86 per SPH share and $1.95 per KepT&T share By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore Press Holdings could reap a gain of up to $2.86 per share from the sale of its stake
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Pessimistic pessimists
        54 2 THE search for new adjectives to describe the current stock market malaise can get desperate at times. "The market is now facing a period of negative pessimism", was a description we heard yesterday about sentiment on Nasdaq. We're now waiting for the companion description that will make two
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        49 2 nut many Danxers nave tneir pnoto on tneir namecard. But DBS' head of enterprise banking, Hong Tuck Kun, does. When asked, Mr Hong said it was a control measure, to prevent the card from being passed around in nightclubs. Guess all jobs have their occupational hazards.
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      Lock icon Possible compromise: an international commission of inquiry
      760 2  -  US-CHINA TENSIONS Both sides for early end to the standoff as hawks look to seize opportunity From] Leon Hadar in Washington TWO leading US foreign policy figures former secretary of state Henry Kissinger and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski have suggested that
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      Lock icon Singapore not approached to be intermediary: MFA
      126 2 [SINGAPORE] A New York Times report on Wednesday said Singapore would be an "obvious choice" to be a third-country intermediary in the diplomatic stand-off between China and the United States. Asked about this report, written by David Sanger, a spokesman for Singapore's Ministry
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Ascott to sell mgt contracts to parent
      460 4  -  Deal valued at $BJ>m; Capita Land working on listed retail property fond By 1 Marissa Chew SERVICE apartment company The Ascott yesterday said it would sell its retail management contracts to parent Capita Land for $8.5 million. Under the deal, all of Ascott's
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      Lock icon Double trouble for SMEs this year
      490 4  -  Volatile S$ could exacerbate cashflow problems arising from slowing economy Bl Siow LI Sen SMALL companies are being hit with a double whammy this year. As the economy slows, the usual cashflow problems are being exacerbated by the volatility of the Sing dollar, which
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      Lock icon PacNet launches 2 new high-speed Net access plans
      314 4  -  By. Andrew Wee NASDAQ-LISTED Pacific Internet has launched two new high speed Internet access plans targeting business users. The two new unlimited high-speed Internet access plans, Network Broadband and Biz Broadband Ultimate, target corporates and small and medium enterprises. "PacNet is the
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      Lock icon May 4 SGX debut for American exchange-traded funds
      355 4 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) and American Stock Exchange (Amex) yesterday announced that Amex-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS will begin listing and trading on the SGX on May 4. ETFs are mutual funds or investment trusts that invest in stocks of a
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      Lock icon United Test of S'pore postpones US IPO
      191 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Singapore's United Test Assembly Center Ltd on Wednesday withdrew a planned US initial public offering which sought to to raise as much as $120 million, citing market conditions. "Given current market conditions, we have decided not to proceed with a public
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      Lock icon Sin Soon Huat and, Acma: turnaround, stories being ignored
      652 4  -  Flock siew r sivanithy WHEN the stock market is buzzing and prices are rising, few things set pulses racing faster than a decent turnaround story. Tell punters a company whose shares have collapsed has turned the corner to become profitable, and
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      Lock icon M'sian tech firm OpenSys plans SGX listing next year
      505 5  -  Company also plans to raise USsBm from direct investors to fond global marketing drive From I Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN company OpenSys (M) Sdn Bhd is planning to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange some time next year,
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Heshe buys Seoul Garden chain
        85 5 HESHE Holdings, a Sesdaq-listed garment manufacturer that has divested into the food and beverage and property sectors, said yesterday it will buy 13 restaurants under the Seoul Garden and Breeks labels from Quantum Quest Pte Ltd. The deal is valued at 19.95 million, based on
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        Lock icon CCL goes into 2nd used-car venture
        81 5 LISTED motor trader Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) has started a second used-car venture. Partnering Swee Bee Trading, it set up Motormart Enterprise with a paid-up capital of $L 5 million. CCL holds a 50 per cent stake in the venture, which will serve as
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        Lock icon Datacraft acquires rest of Indon unit
        84 5 Reuters SYSTEMS integrator Dataeraft Asia Ltd said yesterday it would buy the remaining 40 per cent stake in its Indonesian unit for $16.1 million. Dataeraft said in a statement it would pay PT Mitra Integrasi Informatika, a subsidiary of PT Metrodata Electronik, for its
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      Lock icon Miyoshi opens 167m peso plant in Philippines
      313 5  -  Latest facility is one-stop hub for precision engineering services From Al Labita in Manila SINGAPORE-LISTED Miyoshi Precision yesterday opened its 167 million peso (Ss6 million) manufacturing complex in the Philippines, the firm's single largest offshore investment. Located in an industrial park partly owned
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      Lock icon And the winner of the one-carat diamond ring is...
      202 5 THE Ladies One-Carat Stock Challenge game has been won by May Ser Bee Hwee, who collects a one-carat Brilliant Rose diamond ring as her prize. The game, presented by United Overseas Bank and AsiaOneMarkets, a website produced by BT, was launched
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      Lock icon Three ads designed by SPH marketing get awards
      230 5 THREE advertisements by the marketing division of Singapore Press Holdings emerged winners at the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers Association (Pan pa) John V Sellers Awards. In the full-colour category, an advertisement created by SPH's marketing team for Paragon Shopping Centre which appeared
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      20 4 nrr©#r i Lianhe Zaobao China I Southern Airline's I I business here undergoing I I major I I reorganisation I
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      243 4 Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch To: All holders of Call Warrants 2000-2001 issued by Deutsche Bank AG acting through its London branch relating to the ordinary shares of City Developments Limited Dear Sir Madam, EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2000-2001 The rights comprised in the Call Warrants 2000-2001 (the
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      8 4 Electronics downturn hitting small local suppliers, Pg 8
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Nasdaq futures'rise sparks strong S'pore rebound
      563 6  -  I:l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy After almost two weeks of pain, brokers finally had something to smile about yesterday as major blue chips recovered sharply following a strong rise in the Nasdaq futures contract. The way up was paved mainly by property stocks
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      Lock icon Keep an eye on Want Want wrt
      195 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE market is an extremely fickle creature right now. Just a few days ago, Taiwanese snack food maker Want Want Holdings' shares were actively traded. But yesterday, only 50 lots were done. There could be good reason for
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      Lock icon Hyflux looking positive on charts
      247 6  -  HOT STOCK Byi Ven Sreenivasan W X HOMEOJWwfrwater-treatment specialist Hyflux was the second most actively traded counter on the bourse yesterday, as its shares surged nine cents or 26 per cent to 44 cents. Volume was 20.6 million a significant increase on the 10-day moving
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      Lock icon US$ falls back below 125 yen on Japanese threats
      518 6  -  I J i comment CURRENCIES Asisn units stage modest recovery but US$ alternatives shine again larry wee MORE Jawboning by Japanese officials, led by Finance Minister Kilchl Mlyazawa, coupled with another soggy overnight session on Wall Street, found the US dollar
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      309 6 Slocks Volume SingTel 15c 21,223,000 Hyflux5c 20,615,000 PacificCenturylOc 17,250,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 13,730,000 Integra 5c 12,775,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 10,621,000 PCI 25c 10,603,000 UOLWtOl 10,574,000 Vickers Capital 25c 8,992,000 Omni Ind 10c 7,595,000 Stock* VentureMfg25c 53,008,402 Chart Semiconductor 26c 43,596,792 SingTel 15c 40,007,190 DBSGrp 39,136,590 Datacraft 10c 35,715,922 OCBC
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2713 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Managerfc prices (Ss):Apr 6 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.707 0.744 Global Technology Fdl** 0.S3S 0 563 UK Blue Chip Fdl** 0.722 0.7S9 American Opport Fd 0.715 0.125 ContluroiqtyFdl** 1.009 1.060 Japan Eqty Fdl" 1.116 1.246 A»lan Pfaied Income Fd 1.096 1.129
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Investment sales of property falls in Q1
      362 7  -  PROPERTY FOCUS Significant drop from Q4 of 2000; sector's ontlook seen sombre Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala INVESTMENT sales of property, a barometer of developers' medium- to long-term confidence in the Singapore property market, suffered a significant drop in the first quarter, compared with
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      Lock icon Prime office capital values in CBD down 5.4% in Q1: CBRE
      376 7 AFTER holding steady for the past two years, first-quarter prime office capital values in the CBD fell 5.4 per cent to $1,358 per sq ft (psf) from the fourth quarter last year, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) said in its
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      Lock icon No cut in ad budgets: companies
      508 7 Those facing new competition are betting on ads to win market share Bloomberg MANY of Singapore's major advertisers say they will not be cutting advertising budgets this year even as the economy braces for a slowdown and heading the pack may well be those
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      Lock icon Yeo Lian Sim is MAS' new deputy MD
      187 7 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has appointed Yeo Lian Sim as the de facto central bank's new deputy managing director with effect from April 1. The move follows the appointment of Tharman Shanmugaratnam, the former deputy managing director, as managing director
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      Lock icon Wee Ee Chao joins STB as deputy chief
      193 7 WEE Ee Chao, chairman and managing director of UOB Kay Hian Holdings, has joined the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) as its new deputy chairman. Mr Wee, 47, will assist current STB chairman Edmund Cheng. In a press statement issued yesterday, Mr Cheng
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      Lock icon Sluggish first 3 quarters seen
      252 8  -  By. Anna Teo SLUGGISH growth will dog the Singapore economy for the first three quarters of2ool, amid weak manufactured exports, says Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). In its latest Emerging Markets Quarterly, CSFB economist P K Basu notes that the composite leading indicator has yet
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      Lock icon No mention of 5,000 members in RTC launch brochures
      764 8  -  BAFFLES TOWN CLUB SAGA dab did not give specific numbers in brochures or newspaper ad al Liew Hanqing, Conrad Raj RAFFLES Town Club's (RTC) membership invitations and advertisements did not explicitly say that only 5,000 "founder" memberships would be offered, according
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      Lock icon Electronics downturn hitting small local suppliers
      550 8  -  Many new plants under-utilised and margins squeezed By\ Loh Hui Yin SMALL local suppliers of electronic components are feeling the pinch as the downturn in the electronics industry starts to bite. Exacerbating their woes is new plant capacity they installed in the past few
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      Lock icon 8 SIM grads bag 1st class hons from London varsity
      173 8 EIGHT graduates from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) have won first-class honours out of about a dozen first-class honours awarded to external students of the University of London's (UOL) programmes worldwide. "Only nine students in Singapore claimed this award,
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      761 7 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of SHINING CORPORATION LTD will be held at 11 Changi South Street 3 04-01, Builders Centre, Singapore *****2 on Wednesday, 25 April 2001 at 11am for the following purposes: As Ordinary Business 1. To receive and adopt the Audited Accounts
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      42 7 SI7ITIM; NEW DIRECTIONS From this Sunday, The Sunday Times will point the way to the best eating places in Singapore. With meatier food pages and a new hawker column, it will be your dining out staple SUNDAY PLUS FOOD. STARTING THIS SUNDAY.
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      158 8 SOLID RENTAL GUARANTEE "Pacific International Suite" TOP INVESTMENT PACKAGE OL ■BBilEi Afl 22* /O.cpi MMsE; HISSST" MEANS FREE OF !!hl I c ounc||&waterrates iss si :s! Bar J| 0% YEARS Maintenance cost lib'SMM.iill RENEWABLE Repair Replacement Cost I cacc All GST charges ■Mi LtAbfc Insurance Premiums I OPTION PRIME CBD
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      6 8 When pipe dreams dissipate, EL 2
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Inaccuracies in commentary: DBS
      385 9  -  Kan Shik Lum Managing Director Equity Capital Markets Investment Banking Group DBS Bank YOUR Hock Lock Siew commentary of April 5 ("Asiatravel.com IPO: high fees but where is the value-add-ed?") contained a number of inaccuracies that we would like to address here. Contrary to the inference
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com defends IPO costs, disclosure
      749 9  -  Bob Tuang Poh Chief Executive Officer Asiatravel.com Holdings Ltd I REFER to the Hock Lock Siew commentary of April 5 by R Sivanithy "Asiatravel.com IPO: high fees but where is the value-added?" It has a number of statements and conclusions which are inaccurate and to
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      Lock icon Why a $2m cost for an IPO grossing $4.7m?
      112 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Asiatravel.com's 23m-share IPO taken up" by Rachel Ong (BT, April 4). A mental calculation shows that with 23.5 million shares at 20 cents each, the proceeds were $4.7 million. But the
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      Lock icon ACCA backs Big 5 move to boost fraud probe units
      238 9  -  JFK Miller Head of Singapore and New Market (Asean) Development ACCA Singapore via Internet WE refer to the article "Fraud squads give accounting firms a lift" by Anna Teo <BT, April 3) which reports on the Big Five accounting firms
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      Lock icon Much ado about Ebitda!Duh!
      300 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Earnings before what?" by R Sivanithy (BT, April 4). By any standard, a $5 billion "goodwill premium" in a $15 billion deal needs a lot of accounting explanation to small shareholders, for many of whom the
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      65 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletter@sph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390Kim Seng Road, Singapore*****s. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Whose side is the HKMA on anyway?
      771 10  -  OPINION mnm bottom line david derosa David Deßosa, is an adjunctfinance professor at Yale School of Management and is the author of "In Defense of Free Capital Markets". Bloomberg THE ever-watchful Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is concerned that banks it regulates are
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      79 10 "In some ways, Jiang Zemin is less of a problem than Alan Greenspan. Diplomats are good at dealing with one another so that there are face-saving devices. But when a president gets caught in a business cycle, there's not much he can do about it" Bom K.
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      Lock icon Opec's new lessons
      656 10 EDITORIAL THE current global slowdown disquietingly harks back to the 1970s when the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) skewered all economic calculations of global growth and development Unfortunately, the lessons of how a handful of nations can upset the global economic system has not been learnt.
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      Lock icon In search of new ways to assess corporate worth
      951 10  -  Value Reporting stems from the fact that earnings statements do not tell the whole story By, John Miller The writer is head of Singapore New Market Development at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) IT is perhaps fitting that the
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      Lock icon What if the reverse had happened ?
      655 10  - What if the reverse had happened COMMENTARY By) Dale Brown Dale Brown is the author of theforthcoming book "Warrior Class". He is a former captain in the US Air Force LAT-WP THE midair collision of a US Navy EP-3 spy plane and a Chinese fighter jet plus the subsequent emergency
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KL urges developers, bankers to help clear properly overhang
      718 11  -  Call for year-long campaign^ caution on loans for new projects From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur APART from the impending changes to rules governing foreign ownership of Malaysian properties, the government will ask developers to launch year-long sales campaigns and
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      Lock icon M'sia may split MAS operations
      283 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP THE Malaysian government is studying whether to split the operations of national carrier Malaysian Airlines (MAS) into domestic and international services, a Cabinet official said yesterday. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik told reporters that the move would help authorities better regulate air
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      Lock icon Problems put Guthrie deal in doubt
      465 11 KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA Company faces land disputes, revenue riomftiiHg and security issues Reuters LAND disputes, demands for a greater share of revenues by local governments and security problems are throwing into doubt Malaysia's Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd's purchase of Indonesian oil palm plantations, industry sources said
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      Lock icon KL wants better ties with new US administration: Mahathir
      293 11 KUALA LUMPUR He says Malaysia wants to mimndftrrtawHW AFP MALAYSIA hopes to "lessen misunderstanding" with the new US administration of President George W Bush, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He was commenting on his rare meeting on Tuesday with US
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      Lock icon No curbs on foreign oil firms: KL
      232 11 KUALALUMPUR AP, Bloomberg BACKTRACKING on an earlier announcement, government authorities have decided to continue issuing licences for foreign oil firms to open new gas stations and expand their retail business in Malaysia, newspapers reported yesterday. Domestic Trade Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the firms
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      Lock icon Perwira Affin sues Soh for bankruptcy
      133 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Perwira Affin Merchant Bank Bhd., a Malaysian investment bank, said it has filed bankruptcy proceedings against Soh Chee Wen, a Malaysian ex-tycoon pursued by police for alleged graft in stock trades. The notice, published in the Malay Mail tabloid on Wednesday,
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      64 11 o The truth about companies in Asia. Stt nHhv and often tightH (xmlmlkfl l>\ a single familv inan\ coni|>ank's in Asia often <k> not act in tin- The Ix-st interests of llieir miiMM itv shardiokkrs. lint t han«i-s an-<kx nri in« in tin most unexpected |>laccs. Economist I /'xtmk»iih.s( s
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Japan allays region's fears over sharp yen fall
      1035 12  -  Temporary depreciation part of price to be paid for Japanese economic recovery From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ON the eve of this weekend's meeting in Kuala Lumpur of finance ministers from Asean plus Japan, China and South Korea, Japanese officials again sought
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      Lock icon BOT confirms it's shoring up the baht
      383 12 BANGKOK It nses both spot and swap mechanisms to 'ease volatility 9 of the currency Reuters, AFP THAILAND'S central bank confirmed yesterday it had entered the foreign exchange spot and forward swap markets to protect the baht, which fell to fresh three-year lows
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      Lock icon SE Asian outlook more uncertain: ministers
      295 12 KUALA LUMPUR AFP SOUTH-east Asia feces an "increasingly uncertain" economic outlook this year amid the US slowdown and Japan's still-stalled recovery, Asean finance ministers say. In a draft joint ministerial statement obtained by AFP yesterday, the ministers predict average economic growth of 4.5 to
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      Lock icon Testing times ahead for Malaysian ringgit peg
      576 12 Reuters, AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] The clamour for a change in Malaysia's fixed exchange rate is growing louder as regional currencies sink and recent dives in the share market are sending a message to the government that patience is waning. But its future is
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      Lock icon Yen volatility warrants intervention: IMF
      191 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A senior official of the International Monetary Fund yesterday said the market's view of movements in yen/dollar rate should be respected but intervention would be warranted if there is excessive volatility. "I think we should respect what the markets are saying. But
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      Lock icon Persistent inflation puts Manila rates on hold
      322 13 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE inflation did not let up in March, forcing the central bank to leave interest rates on hold yesterday even as economic growth slows. Prices rose 6.7 per cent from a year earlier, the National Statistics Office said. That matched January's
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      448 13  -  THAKSDT TRIAL But analysts say it's ploy to gain public sympathy Froml Harish Mehta in Bangkok BESIEGED Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday appeared resigned to the fate that the Constitutional Court could find him guilty of intentionally concealing his assets worth 4.5
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      437 13 Anti-graft court says arrest warrant unlikely to be issued today POLITICAL allies of ousted Philippine president Joseph Estrada yesterday raised the spectre of a civil war should he be arrested and thrown into jail on graft and corruption charges. "If he
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      634 13 Software firms freeze hiring slash top execs' pay by up to 50% as analysts cut earnings growth targets Reuters [BANGALORE] SLOWDOWN. What slowdown? That was the typical response of India's fast-growing technology companies a few months ago to early signs of
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      464 13 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S Ministry of Finance is rolling back business taxes on domestic financial institutions to provide support for the sector ahead of entry to the World Trade Organization, according to analysts and company officials. Starting from 2001, business taxes for the
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      266 13 BEIJING Reuters PREMIER Zhu Rongji has urged a crackdown on "chaos" in the economy as China shifts to a more market-ori-ented system, state media said yesterday. "The nation is determined to fundamentally eliminate chaos in the market economy and open a new
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      492 14 NEW YORK Instead of negative warning, biggest US PC maker reaffirms forecast Q1 gain of 17 cents a share Bloomberg, Reuters WHILE other computer companies are warning of losses or lower profits, Dell Computer Corp, the biggest US per-sonal-computer maker, reaffirmed its profit forecast
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      349 14 U NEW YORK Its statement, coming after its shares plnnged 30%, helps reverse Wall St slide FT LUCENT, the US telecoms equipment maker, was yesterday forced to issue a public denial that it was planning to file for bankruptcy, after another bout of
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        112 14 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] US telecom regulators will approve Deutsche Telekom's U5522.5 billion (5540.8 billion) acquisition of Voice Stream, perhaps as early as this weekend, the Financial Times reported, citing sources familiar with the deliberations. It said the regulators are struggling with the details of
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        86 14 AFP [SAN FRANCISCO] Database giant Oracle announced on Wednesday it's starting a three-company biotech alliance to map human protein interactions. These interactions, believed by scientists to initiate diseases when they malfunction, make up the chemical highways of the body. Their study is known
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        107 14 AFP [HONGKONG] Pacific Century CyberWorks said yesterday it has no plans to reduce its stake in its joint ventures with Australian telecoms carrier Telstra Corp. The dominant Hongkong telecommunications company said speculation in an Australian newspaper report that there had been a deterioration in the
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        82 14 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp, said it will let visitors listen to music for free on its MSN network Web sites, a move analysts say is designed to attract the young customers that advertisers desire. MSN has offered a test version of the service.
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      229 14 WASHINGTON AFP A US senator on Wednesday said hoax e-mails purported to be from his office had been circulated on the proposed merger between Deutsche Telekom and Voice Stream Wireless Corp. Senator Ernest Hollings reported the incident after two hoax e-mails were
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      514 14  -  From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley AFTER last year's avalanche of dotcom shutdowns, could a slight reprieve be on the way? A report released here on Wednesday shows the number of US dotcom shutdowns fell slightly in March to 41. This
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      166 14 LOSANGELES Reuters THE hugely popular song-swapping service Napster saw traffic surge in the last week of March, even as the Internet site scrambled to block trade in copyrighted material, a study said on Wednesday. The number of downloads on the Napster system spiked to 593
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      249 14 SANTA CLARA Bloomberg YAHOO! Inc shares rose as much as 24 per cent after Lehman Brothers Inc analyst Holly Becker raised her rating and said "the worst is over" for the most-used site for searching the Internet. Shares rose as high as U5515.38 in
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      459 15  -  It cites downside risks from global slowdown, foot-and-mouth outbreak From Neil Behrmann in London THE Bank of England yesterday cut UK interest rates to the lowest level in more than a year, making it the second quarter percentage point rollback
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      157 15 AFP [BRUSSELS] The euro-zone economy grew 3.4 per cent in 2000 and activity in the whole European Union expanded 3.3 per cent, final data from the EU statistics office Eurostat showed yesterday, confirming previous estimates. Euro-zone and EU growth in the
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      642 15 NEW YORK Need for telcos to refinance USsl2ob in Q3 conld lead to spate of mergers: study Bloomberg MAJOR Wall Street lenders are facing losses from loans made to telecommunications companies. They include Citibank NA, JP Morgan Co and Lehman Brothers
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      654 15 NYT [ATLANTA] Ted Turner wants to get off the sidelines. Left without a media company to head for the first time since he was in his 20s, Mr Turner is trying to acquire a new one. If he is successful, he may use
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      500 15 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group (MTFG) yesterday became the second Japanese mega-banking group to warn of a loss for the year ended last month due to deeper costs taken to eliminate problem loans. In a widely anticipated move, the
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      302 15 NEW YORK Reuters AMERICAN consumer confidence, seen by policymakers as a key factor in determining whether the US economic slowdown deepens, inched up this week, but still remains much lower than at the outset of the year, a weekly survey showed on Wednesday.
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      577 17 NEW YORK One group to focus on tech stocks, the other on emerging growth funds NYT THE world's largest hedge fund group is getting a divorce. Again. Pequot Capital Management of Westport, Connecticut, which has US$l6 billion (Ss29 billion) under management, plans to
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      265 17 STAMFORD, Connecticut Bloomberg XEROX Corp, which has been unable to borrow in the securities markets, said it sold US$37O million (***** million) in receivables from Scandinavia to an undisclosed company that also will finance sales and leases there. The biggest copier maker said it got
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      434 17 NEW YORK US body proposes new internationally accepted credential NYT WOULD an accountant, by any other name, sound sweeter? The question has been raised by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which has floated a proposal to create an internationally accepted credential certifying a
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      492 17 WASHINGTON Setback for president as 3 Republicans also support the amendment LATWP THE prospects for the centrepiece of President George W Bush's domestic agenda his US$l.6 trillion (552.9 trillion), 10-year tax cut plan suffered a serious setback on Wednesday when the Senate
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      889 17 PEOFLE NYT [TOKYO] With the resignation of Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said to be imminent, the veiled manoeuvrings of his party's barons have turned the identity of his eventual successor into a national guessing game. The governing Liberal Democratic Party's standing
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      349 17 VIENNA Bloomberg OPEC, which pumps two of every five barrels of crude oil worldwide, yesterday dismissed proposed US legislation that would permit federal agencies to charge the group for colluding to fix oil prices. The proposal is "an absurdity that violates the
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      454 18 Current economic slowdown won't result in a recession, says Goldman, Sachs strategist Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co strategist Abby Joseph Cohen said the Standard Poor's 500 Index, down 28 per cent from its peak a year ago, is "notably undervalued". "The declines in
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      485 18 WASHINGTON Comments a farther signal of growing US concerns over Japan's economy FT ALAN Greenspan, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, says the continued stagnation of the Japanese economy has significantly dampened global economic growth and is hurting the US economy. "You cannot
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      458 18 NYT [WASHINGTON] Saying the US needs to take a leading role in advancing free trade throughout the world or risk economic setbacks, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan on Wednesday endorsed giving the president the ability to negotiate treaties that could only be approved
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      1747 16 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 AURIC PACIFIC GROUP LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting of Auric Pacific Group Limited will be held at The Executives' Club,6s Chulia Street 33 Floor, OCBC Centre Singapore
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      765 16 fg|PT inco PT INTERNATIONAL NICKEL INDONESIA Tbk ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RESULT OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS It is hereby announced to all shareholders of the PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk ("PT Inco" or "the Company") that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders hekJ on April 5,2001, have unanimously
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      558 16 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF STRATFORD HOLDINGS PTE LTD (In Membere' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 4 Wisma Chai Persiaran Greenhill ***** Ipoh Malaysia
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      256 19  -  SGZ Derivatives Trading Report ST Imtes/MSCIS'pore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market posted its biggest gain in 10 months, snapping a three-day losing streak. The benchmark Straits Times Index added 54.89 points or 3.38 per cent to close at
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      281 19 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's cash-strapped government said yesterday that it might drop plans to help fund a global plan to hold back coffee stocks. "The government is most likely to withdraw its commitment to finance the retention scheme," Riyanto Yosokumoro, director-gener-al of international trade, told
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      237 19 Reuters London THE yen bounced yesterday, gaining 2 per cent from recent 17-month lows against the euro and setting one-week highs against the US dollar, as top Japanese officials said further rapid yen falls would not be tolerated. Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said the basic principle among the
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      1061 20 AFP P| Sh««iMn Blades tH2B CHINA'S Shenzhen B Share Index rose 16.28 points, or 5.1 per cent, to 336.67 yesterday. Shanghai B shares edged up 1.2 per cent in lighter trade as some retail players retreated to the sidelines amid concerns about the standoff between the US and China
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      2033 20 TOKYO AFP QwuMiaas +i3MO SHARE prices in Tokyo rose one per cent yesterday on hopes that an emergency economic package will be approved to support the stock market and speed up banks' bad loan write-offs, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Average closed
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      405 21 AFP frf Composite Indei -152 MALAYSIAN shares fell 0.4 per cent in volatile trade yesterday due to continued selling of blue chip stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index lost 2.52 points to finish at 591.74 while the Second Board Index
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      741 22 AFP PI SET Index +186 THAI stocks gained one per cent yesterday on bargainhunting across the board following recent losses sparked by the sliding baht, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 2.86 points to close at 282.02 and the SET 50 gained 0.28 point
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      287 22 AFP IPf Composite Index +&52 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 0.6 per cent yesterday. The Composite Index added 8.52 points to 1,460.67. Turnover fell to 190 million shares but value rose to 588 million pesos compared to 227 million shares worth 317 million pesos on Wednesday. —AFP AprS fwo COOP)
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      734 22 AFP CI Composite Index AM INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday, led by profit-taking in key tobacco stocks amid ongoing concerns over the falling rupiah, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 4.94 points at 362.47. Volume stood at 791.5 million shares worth
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      264 22 AFP QNZSE-40 +15J7 NEW Zealand shares rose 0.8 per cent yesterday. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 15.97 points at 2,059.98 on turnover of NZ599.7 million. Nathan Lewis of Macquarie Equities New Zealand said a bounce back in European telecoms stocks boosted Telecom Corp.— AFP ng oeo) Advantage MOS
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      542 22 AFP AH Ordinaries +2&2 AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.8 per cent higher yesterday as sentiment remained positive following a cut in official interest rates in an otherwise directionless market, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index gained 25.2 points to 3,164.1 while the SP/ASX2OO Index ended 26.2 points higher at 3,220.5.
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      1917 24  -  Nasdaq International president John T Wall believes the exchange still has what it takes to beat the other big players, reports Catherine oho CATHERINE ONG [NEW YORK] AT the heart of New York's bustling Times Square, a seven-storey high video screen lets passers-by make
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      97 25 3 .3 C _a owners, who now number a sizeable 170. Corinne Kerk f™" down r"„, (7/ 1 their equine interest. See EL 2 DATE 9 th 10 th April 2001 j PROGRAMME TIME 8.00 pm Brahms Scherzo K VENUE Jubilee Hall, Faure Sonata far Piano and Violin P{ SSI
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      27 25 INSIDE Epicure Unusual Dragonfly EL 3 Cinema Forgettable April EL 4 Golf links Don't blame only membership brokers EL 6 Travel Bali: A seductive playground EL 8
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        683 26  -  ■•13 3 the cuff ~they have become an unpleasant reality for Raffles Town dnb members. Bnt they can look on the bright side they can still lie on their little poolside bed and get a tan jaime ee QUESTION: Why do businessmen build members' only clubs?
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        654 26 NftwAsialSßWoman Ibi PARTNERSHIP WITH NEWABiAWOMAN.COM WE'VE all seen those pictures before. A beaming woman standing next to a winning race horse, her hand on the reins and her heels sinking dangerously into the turf. It's a common sight, though one that's usually associated with rich middle-aged businessmen horse
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        934 26 COVER STORY CHIA Swee Tin is one of those who have been frequently photographed with winning thoroughbreds. The marketing director of fruit import company, Freshlink, first got into the sport when her husband, Gary Desker, started punting on horses for fun. "There's always
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        505 26 LOUISA Wi is one lucky woman. In February, the 29-year-old mother of a lively two-year-old boy was given ownership of a horse as a gift from her husband. Then just one week later, the horse, Great Pacific, ran and won a race
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        554 26 FOR Vanessa Tay, horse ownership is simply an investment which is beneficial in two ways as an interesting social outing for friends and family; and as a means for making business contacts. The 29-year-old director of car grooming company, Prime Auto Care, is
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        503 27  -  The sandwich joint is now using bread supplied by Hiestand By Jaime Ee HOW hard is it to make a good sandwich? If you've had your fair share of soggy egg mayonnaise sandwiches for company while rushing deadlines over lunch, you'll know it's
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        632 27  -  It takes an acquired taste to appreciate the restaurant's Japanese cuisine, says jaime be JAIME EE Dragonfly is a tiny, understated Japanese eatery in Ann Siang Road—it's not your bustling sushi joint where the staff bellow greetings the moment you step in, nor is it your homey operation
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        555 28  -  CINEMA Instead of being a serious look into a racist issne, Til Remember April' has the limited ambitions of a life-affirming TV feature By\ Susan Tsang VIEWERS who go into I'll Remember April expecting to see Oscar-nominee Haley Joel Osment trot out more acting heroics will be disappointed.
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        614 28  -  CINEMA It is hard to see who the film might appeal to, as it disappoints both geeks and thriller fans By Susan Tsang ANTITRUST is a thriller set in the high-tech world, and incorporates a hot court case involving a high-profile company.
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        708 30 NYT [AUGUSTA, Georgia] As Tiger Woods looked forward to his attempt to make history, the Masters looked forward to making significant changes. The Augusta National Golf Club chairman, Hootie Johnson, announced on Wednesday that some of Augusta's par-4 holes would be lengthened and strengthened for
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        211 30 NYT [AUGUSTA] Jack Nicklaus has had enough. Wednesday's news that Augusta National will be making major course changes for next year's tournament because the ball is travelling too far sent Nicklaus into an impassioned plea. He's looking for someone anyone to take on the equipment companies
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        1086 30  -  I-l i comment GOLF The Johor clubs themselves are partially responsible too for the slump In prices ven sreenivasan IT had to happen sooner or later. With the open market prices of golf club memberships heading in the general direction of the south pole, it
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        572 30  -  By Ven Sreenivasan THE BT Golf Index fell for the 12th consecutive month, losing 2.50 points to 148.78 last month, as the price of leading Singapore clubs continued to fall. The index is now 21.55 points or some 13 per cent down
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      272 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell one point to 1,423, the Baltic Panamax Initaf (BP1) galrurf fivp points to 1,517, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) dropped 44 points to 9,365 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down four points to 1,709. TIKE-CHARTER: ♦Triton (new build) 75,000
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      293 33 MX *0P0 *f$ a w CWT Distribution 0.47 unci) 0 Chum Hup 031 "0.01 277 Cosco lnv«stm«nt 0.16 0.01 235 Freight Links 0.07 unch 292 CB Holdings 040 unch 0 IMC Hofcttngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.14 0.01 289 Keppel Corp 3.10 0.06 1S76 Keppel FELS 0.86
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      481 33  -  Sharp drop in chemical pollutants offset by a steep rise in crude oil By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] International Salvage Union (ISU) members last year recovered 16 times the volume of pollutants that was spilled in the infamous Exxon Valdez accident. Figures released in
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      773 33  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By S Selva Kumar AN action by a foreign shipowner against four of its crew members and an International Transport Workers' Federation representative fell squarely within the maritime jurisdiction of Canada's federal courts, the country's Federal Court of Appeal has
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      222 33 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Shipping Development Co, the country's biggest domestic cargo shipping line, said it plans to raise 1.45 billion yuan (*****.1 million) by selling new shares domestically to buy 24 tankers and invest in its container unit. The shipping line will sell 350
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      304 33 A 'show-case' port for Bonygnes' regional expansion Bloomberg [ADELAIDE] Bouygues SA, a French builder and media company, and three other companies said they will make a joint bid for South Australian Ports Corp, which the state government plans to sell. The
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        908 34 BAE's Avro RJ, the last European jet airliner developed by a single country, has staged a remarkable turnaround Reuters [LONDON] TUCKED away in a corner of its sprawling defence business, Britain's BAE Systems pic runs an unusual sideline—a regional-jet production line based in
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      294 34 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 AsiaOCl 11 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 Balaji Shpq 5 Bangladesh 11 Batamindo 11 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 Chfrwflyg 5
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      19472 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pages EXPORT FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 200 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'I voire 18/04 18/05 MOL P&O NED PARANA 7703A 65-*****86 18/04 18/05 Setramar VILLE D'ORION 371W (5-*****33 18/04 26/05 COSCO HUMEN BRIDGE 0015W
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        654 45 Vtssrt Voy No Berth Arrlwl Pepwtur JM|M Gum Hong 8 Gl>02a Jtt 05/04/7 JO 05/04/235 Winstar 1 038S01 J03 05/04/8:10 05/04/2131 Jupitrrliqht 109S J08 05/04/850 07/04/930 Bavswater118 ***** J02 05/04/825 05/04/16:0< Hozan Kara 43 J02 05/04/8:35 06/04/173* El 23 63 J02 05/04/935 05/04/I7:3( Bt Afrizal ***** J01 05/04/1030
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        1978 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Manet Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported Frew To Frew AC* EAGLE 0071 7/13*0 8 *****0 04/859 A#r-00 04/1700 05/0659 05/0900 21 04/1700 05/0659 05/0900 3 05/0700 05/189 05/1400 4 05/1200 05/MW 05/1700 ACX VIOLET 0271 7/8*0 04/1500 04/89* A*-00
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        183 45 Apr# Thailand: Chakri Memorial Day. Apr* Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 13 United Kingdom: Good Friday. Singapore: Good Friday. Indonesia: Good Friday. Australia: Good Friday. Hongkong: Good Friday. Philippines: Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good Friday. Finland: Good Friday. Germany: Good Friday. Ireland:
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        780 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        506 45 Carta* 180 Max 985.4 2.3 12.9 0.28 194 0.06 Mar 29 Density Mater ImMn U MaHa SKmM No above 125 0 1 0 1 1 0 380 Ave 985J 0.4 12.7 0.07 22 0.02 Eim 380 Max 990.6 11 M.3 0.09 49 0.03 ttflti %w »MrfM
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        561 46  -  US express giant expects earnings in fiscal Q4 to fall short of forecasts By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] With the US economic slow-down putting a damper on the earnings of air express companies, Federal Express (FedEx) Corporation's Asia-Pacific president is optimistic of the
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        337 46 AP [NEW YORK] The TWA terminal at Kennedy Airport once a futuristic symbol of the jet age may have already outlived its usefulness. Portions of the swooping landmark terminal, designed in the early 1960s by the architect Eero Saarinen, are slated for
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        544 46 Reuters [HONGKONG] China Eastern Airlines and China National Aviation Co (CNAC), which owns a 43.29 per cent stake in Hongkong's Dragonair, should post strong earnings for 2000 but analysts doubted whether they could repeat such performances in 2001. Both China Eastern and
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        570 46 It illegally offered to Australia know-how exceeding terms of export licences Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Boeing Co has been fined US$3.B million (556.84 million) by the US State Department for violating export laws during its negotiations with Australia for the sale of a new airborne radar
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          75 46 [NEW YORK] Continental Airlines, the filth largest US airline, said its March load factor, a measure of seats filled with paying passengers, fell 1.7 percentage points to 75.3 per cent. The airline said it flew 5.7 billion revenue passenger miles and 7.5 billion available
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          111 46 AFP [HONGKONG! Hongkong-based Cathay Pacific Airways said it hopes to save as much as HK$5OO million (*****.4 million) annually by cutting procurement and distribution costs. E-Business division general manager Tim Fitzsimmons told reporters that the company will i save as much as HK$5OO
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          120 46 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Merpati Nusantara Airlines (MNA) has started a new service linking Mataram on the island ofLombok to Kuala Lumpur, an MNA spokesperson said. The first flight from Mataram, east of Bali island, to Kuala Lumpur via Surabaya in East Java, was inaugurated on Sunday,
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      100 33 Civil sideline for UK defence contractor BAE Systems Pg2 FedEx optimistic of growth potential In China market BackPg Boeing fined USs3.Bm for export Violations BackPg J|JP CAMBODIA SHIP REGISTRY tSjik 'WORLD'S Ist ONLINE VESSEL REGISTRATION' *'-V*BE We provide offer: most competitive fees no restriction on nationality of ownership/crew fast and
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      1240 34 I NORTH AMERICA I 1 EXPORT I I OTHER DESTINATIONS I SSX SUPER SHUTTLE EXPWESS- DIRECT TO LONG BEACH WEST COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA (MARGARITA SERVICE) VBSa VOT LONGKAOt ONUS HOUSTON OOCASO KWYOM NDOCOOTY Vtssa VOT 81 PT.XETZAI ACAXIU SHItOUCO tONHtTO PItAUMA —MOW* OOQ MHTAM ***** 04/04 04/04 M/M 14/04
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      91 34 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Hone. Kong 1 AM China PorU (EVERY THUR A SUN VESSEL) VESSEL VOY ETP SIN HA TYO ETA KOI ETA VOK ETAHGO ETA OSA HOUSTON V *****
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      704 34 lines services represented by "ambers of the Registry of Members of the ISfifißf Accredited Shipping Agents, Sin 9 a P ore Ng»«< Singapore Shipping Association Association CONTAINERS/ CONVENTIONAL CARGO PORT KLANG/SMGAPOti/JAKARTA I BANGKOK VOY ETAPKL ETA SIN ETA MALE Prisms lih Ml 07/04 (KIM IVO4 Egress Lily 0401 IJ/04 2M4
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      2237 35 10 ANN T/TtIOMYS 1 IHIM T/Tt 12 BAYS I MAM T/T 115 MYS J GENERAL AGENTS M SINGAPORE: 10 ROBMSON ID *12-00 SALES/KGS TEL *****57/43 FAX: *****21/71 HAfflj OFFICE PASIR GUDANG 10:07-*****66 FAX: 07-*****70 COSTAR SHIPPING PTE LTD SINGAPORE 060 m OUTWARD (i/u *****02 *****25/75 PORT KLANG 03-*****633 03-*****660 a
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      528 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N SHEVA (CFS MULUND. MUMMI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN 1.C.0. POINTS VMMI VOY S PORE N. SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANG TULSIDAS 140 Ot APR 17 APR 20 APR 23 APR 27 APR FRONTIER 100W 15 APR 24 APR
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      449 37 ILotKJingfor TAHARA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I GOOD FRIDAY RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I Loads Singapore, E7W. Malayata. Indonesia J Loading for SAFEER JDH/AQA/DMT EVDOXIA HDCyjOH/AQA CORAU DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT YA LATIF DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PAUL X JDH/AQA/DMT 'Loads Singapore, E7W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading for NATS EMPEROR CAM/NFK/SAV/NOL I HANJM TAMPA VCW/LAX/MZL I •Loads E/W. Malaysia. Indonesia I IS
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      1631 43 SSAMUDERA SHIPPING LINE LTD 72 Anton Road, #***** to 03, Singapore *****1 MAM UNE/OUTWARD: 532 36M MWAID (DID): 437 23M IMPORT STATUS (DWh 437 2371 INVENTORY (DM): 437 2420 Wobslto http://www.Mmodoro.«om NO. **********0H BOOKINGS UNI: 535 6266 (Colio/Jo«»8co/Moi Chan/Joslvnn/Pofa/Yvonno/Hqnim) MSMESMMM 7 SLGS/WEEKLY mSMBBM 3 SLGS/WEEKLY ivEssa vot sin I jak
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