The Business Times, 19 April 2001

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001 85C
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    79 1 sn 1,***** (+39.25) BT-SBI ***** (+12.19) St INDEX FUTURES 1,***** (+54.00) SIMSGI FUTURES 201.80 (+6.90) STOCK MABKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSK COMP 570.02 -5.05 NIKKEI 225 13,641.79 +574.70 HANG SENG *366.35 SET INDEX ***** +10.71 JAKARTA COMP 356.23 3.81 MANILA COMP —1,***** -9.71 TAIPEI WPl 5,508.63 +76.66 SEOULCOMP
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    81 1 FOREX RATES l!S$ S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.806 £(US$/S$ peril) 1.429 1581 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0.882 1592 DM 2520 1.229 YEN 122.9 68.10 KM 3.800 2.104 HK$ 7.800 4.319 BAHT 45,19 25.13 RUPIAH 10,925 6,050 *S$ to 100 units PUME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPIJR ..7.67 JAKARTA 39:00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon Fed springs surprise half-point rate cut
    595 1 Wall St soars on the news; Fed cites weakening economy Reuters, Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] The Federal Reserve sprang a surprise on financial markets by cutting key short-term US interest rates another half percentage point. Announcing the move ahead of its next rate-setting meeting in
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    Lock icon Will Halim Saad take UEM private?
    872 1  -  Move will be less costly than exercising pnt option From, Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE delayed sale of assets by Renong to its sister company United Engineers Malaysia (UEM) last week has sparked speculation that Renong boss Halim Saad may take UEM
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    Lock icon HK beats SGX to exchange traded funds
    700 1  -  It is launching two contracts two days ahead of Singapore Exchange Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG has stolen a march on Singapore with the proposed launch of two exchange traded funds (ETFs) on May 2, two days before the Singapore Exchange
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      60 1 INSIDE Exec Suite at sites. l Exec QMIHH Suite cower story HHHH Top Stories What Quek Leng Chan plans to do with FCC. Next Page Capita Land set to launch S'pore's first Reit. Pg 4 Thai Danu reports measly Q1 profit of 33m baht. First non-profit angel investor group formed.
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Best forex banks in Asia
        152 2 HERE'S one for our corporate treasurers. The fight for the laurel of best bank in Asia for forex services remains a two-way battle between HSBC and Citibank, Asia Money indicated recently in its 11th poll of 356 clients. While Citibank took top spot last year,
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        Lock icon Call list or poach list?
        59 2 UNITED Overseas Bank last week sent its customers a pamphlet advertising its new home loan package and provided the names and telephone numbers of their sales people to call at each branch. But the list could prove to be too helpful: "I know who to
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      Lock icon Fed statement
      307 2 Reuters Thefollowing is the statement of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee on its inter-meeting decision to cut interest rates: "The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 4'/ 2 per cent. In
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      Lock icon Quek Leng Chan plans to keep FCC's listed status
      521 2  -  Tycoon wants to use the company as a vehicle to expand into the region By I Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Far from privatising his Singapore-listed First Capital Corp (FCC) after his sale of Dao Heng Bank under a $10 billion deal, Quek
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      Lock icon StarHub unlikely to bid for M1: analysts
      634 2  -  sfiexciusive| $3b price tag too big for its balance sheet to support By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore's newest integrated infocomm service provider Star Hub is unlikely to make a bid for Mobile One (Ml). With a price tag of $3 billion, the
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      Lock icon SIA refuses comment on Air NZ stake talk
      528 2  -  'We would consider any proposal,'says Acting Kiwi PM Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday refused to comment on a report that the New Zealand government would consider any proposal by the national carrier to raise its current 25 per cent stake
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  • MORTGAGE war
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      Lock icon OCBC offers new two-year fixed-rate home loan deal
      629 3  -  The move could add some sizzle to the residential property market as other players throw in their hats By\ Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank yesterday dropped its popular five-year fixed-rate home loan package, and in its place is offering a two-year fixed
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      Lock icon Why banks offer home loans at 'suicide'rates
      660 3  -  1 lock siew lee han shih are offering housing loans at suicide rates. The foreign 1W W banks are laughing at us... and we still want to do it." Three weeks after he shocked and delighted journalists with his frank comments, United Overseas
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      41 3 The Net. and potential, has extranets, the software from they can perform as one So have the freedom to connect—securely as fast as the Net Learn how to capture the I the power O rights mmcd is a registered trademark countries
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CapitaLand set to launch S'pore's first Reit
      731 4  -  Its focus on shopping malls would make yields more attractive By] Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND Commercial may be just a couple of months away from structuring what could be South-east Asia's first Real Estate Investment Trust or Reit. The trust, which will focus on
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      Lock icon Single-stock futures welcomed by traders
      593 4  -  But education and promotion needed to generate liquidity By Angela Tan THE Singapore Exchange's (SGX) proposed new futures contracts based on individual stocks will give market participants more trading opportunities including arbitraging, but traders say education and promotion will be needed to build up liquidity.
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      Lock icon SPH working with SBA on broadcasting licence
      193 4 SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) said yesterday it is working with the Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) on a licence for its new broadcasting unit, SPH Media Works. Responding to press queries, SPH said in a statement: "SPH has been working with SBA on a
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      Lock icon SIA completes due diligence on Air India
      286 4 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Singapore Airlines, which is bidding for a 40 per cent stake in state-run Air India in tandem with India's Tata group, has finished examining the company's financial records and internal workings, an Air India official said yesterday. The only other
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      Lock icon S&P raises rating on Globe Telecom
      444 4 Long-term local and foreign currency ratings rise to 88-minns from B-plns Reuters STANDARD Poor's (S&P) yesterday raised its long-term local and foreign currency corporate credit ratings on Globe Telecom Inc to 88-minus from Bplus. At the same time, Standard Poor's raised its rating on
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      Lock icon 33m baht Q1 profit for DBS Thai Danu
      597 5  -  First net earnings since the peak of the Agiftfi fin an rial crisis in 1998 From Harish Mehta in Bangkok DBS Thai Danu Bank yesterday reported a net profit of 33 million baht (Ssl.3 million) in the first quarter of this year,
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      Lock icon Chartered, Stats seen sinking into the red
      521 5 Reuters CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's third largest independent chip maker, is expected to swing into the red for the first quarter as shrinking end-de-mand and bloated inventories hit its bottom line. Chartered's sister company, ST Assembly Test Services, which provides semiconductor testing
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      Lock icon Datapulse net profit up 18% at half-time
      313 5  -  By Vince Chong COMPACT disc maker Datapulse's group net profit for the six months ended Jan 31 rose 18.2 per cent to $12.4 million as turnover rose 30.4 per cent to $40 million. The group said that profit rose as it improved its
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      Lock icon SembCorp Marine unit bags US$570m rig order
      175 5  -  By 1 Elaine Phua SEMBCORP Marine announced yesterday that associated company PPL Shipyard had landed a contract from Santa Fe International Corporation to build two deep-water semi-sub-mersible drilling rigs worth about US$2B5 million (Sssl3 million) each. The deal, which covers equipment, project management
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Intel's better- than-expected performance lifts market
      616 6  -  -J i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IN October last year, Morgan Stanley's chief equity strategist Barton Biggs marvelled at the way the Nasdaq seemed to be powering the world's economies. At the time, markets everywhere were gyrating in tandem with Nasdaq's movements, and Intel
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      Lock icon Time Engg wrt: avoid for now
      171 6  -  WMMMT WATCH By R Sivanithy MALAYSIA'S Time Engineering has been in the news following its disastrous listing of subsidiary Time dot Com. Although the underlying shares have been bashed to new lows, they are showing signs of recovery. So we will look at their
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      Lock icon ST Engg set to clear $2.70?
      226 6  -  HOT STOCK By Serena Ng THE stock of ST Engineering has risen for the past three days and could test $2.70 soon. It ended four cents higher at $2.64 yesterday on moderate volume of 2.3 million. The technical readings are mostly positive. Although the
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      341 6 Stocks Volume Omni Ind 10c 14,244,000 PacificCenturylOc 13,343,000 PCI 25c 13,257,000 AddvalTech 2.5c 12,869,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 12,173,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 12,161,000 Lankom US2c 10,612,000 Hyflux5c 9,411,000 SingTel 15c 9,163,000 Datacraft 10c 7,800,000 Stocks DBS Grp 72,452,308 Datacraft 10c 54,998,261 Chart Semiconductor 26c 51,491,990 VentureMfg25c 48,051,478 OCBC 38,201,700 Omni
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      Lock icon Euro vulnerable as US$ falls below key yen level
      533 6  -  I :"i i comment CURRENCIES Euro's near-term recovery hinges on 87.5 US cents and 107 yen support larry wee MORE good news from Stateside overnight left preferred US dollar alternatives in the shade. But the greenback fell below key support at
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2679 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)Apr 19 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Ada Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.735 0.773 Global Technology Fdl** 0.625 0.657 UK Blue Chip Fdl** 0.761 0.800 American Opport Fd 0.828 0.871 Cont Euro Eqty Fdl** 1.041 1.094 Japan Eqty Fdl** 1.175 1.234 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon First non-profit angel investor group formed
      403 8  -  The new outfit plans to open regional chapters, starting with M'sia, Thailand By' Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE'S first formal non-profit organisation for the angel investor community was announced yesterday. Called the Business Angel Network (South East Asia) www.asiaangelinvestor.org the group will meet monthly from
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      Lock icon Q1 GDP may be revised to 5.1%
      414 8  -  P=tt=l on the economy outlook By. Anna Teo DESPITE the lacklustre trade figures of late, there is a chance Singapore's first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth may be revised to 5.1 per cent, from the early estimate of 4.6 per cent, says SG
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      Lock icon Tired execs sleep on the job – in office, bedroom
      137 8 Tired execs sleep on the job in office, bedroom AFP TIRED Singapore business executives are falling asleep at the wrong time both in the boardroom and the bedroom. A survey by research company AC Nielsen has found that 4 per cent of business leaders and professionals admitted to dozing off
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      Lock icon New body to oversee efficient energy usage
      301 8  -  New Environment Ministry panel reconstituted from MND agency By Trina Foo THE Inter-Agency Committee on Energy Efficiency (lACEE) has been reconstituted as the National Energy Efficiency Committee (NEEC). The new committee will be chaired by Senior Parliamentary Secretary Koo Tsai Kee, guided and
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      Lock icon COIM's first Asia plant starts operation in '02
      213 8 COIM Asia Pacific's manufacturing plant on Jurong Island, Singapore's chemical industry hub, is scheduled to start up in the fourth quarter of next year. Located at Pulau Seraya, the facility will produce 50,000 tonnes a year of combined polyester polyols and polyurethane
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      Lock icon Pictet's Asian business still growing despite tough times
      537 8  -  11% Asian growth for Swiss private bank; long-term 15% target By Siow Li Sen ALTHOUGH the faUout from the Asian economic crisis continues to reverberate, inflows from Asian clients at Swiss private bank Pictet Cie are growing. Nicolas Pictet, one of the
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      Lock icon Selling goods and services? Develop the art of story-telling
      403 8  -  By* Janice Lee HAVE story, will sell. That is the mantra of Rolf Jensen, chief imagination officer of the Dream Company, who addressed the CEO round-table yesterday. As society becomes more affluent, machines can fulfil all tasks except those that appeal
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon IDA'S schemes not for just dotcoms
      137 9  -  Jennifer Toh (Ms) Manager Corporate Communication Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore WE refer to the letter "How many dotcoms with IDA grants still around" by Andy Foo Jong Kiem (Mailbag, April 16). We wish to clarify that the schemes introduced by the Infocomm Development
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      Lock icon SingTel-Optus deal by no means guaranteed
      198 9  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your articles "Sing Tel may consider tie-ups with Telstra" and "Sing Tel is attractively valued: Goldman Sachs" by Teh Hooi Ling (BT, April 9). To the many who think that SingTel's bid for the Australian firm
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      Lock icon DBS suspension a day late
      526 9  -  DBS-DAO HEHG DEAL Leroy Lau Chee Heong Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the report "Tense weekend for DBS Bank's top execs" by Loh Hui Yin (BT, Apr 13). It was stated that DBS chief executive Philippe Paillart and president Jackson Tai were both in
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      Lock icon Deal reveals where true acumen lies
      149 9  -  Chua Hong Wee Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Write-offs for Dao Heng may total as much as $7.5b" by Lee Han Shih (BT, April 13). I'm glad that your newspaper is courageous enough to point out all the weaknesses of the
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      Lock icon Market cap fall a factor in cost of buys
      149 9  -  Soh Kok Beng, Leonard Singapore, via Internet I REFER to your article "Write-offs for Dao Heng may total as much as $7.5b" by Lee Han Shih (BT, April 13). The cost of the Dao Heng acquisition may be more if one
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Greenback: last bubble of the US economy
      835 10  -  milT3 1 bottom line OPINION art pine The writer is a Bloomberg columnist FOR the three months that George W Bush has been president, his administration has managed to avoid any serious problems involving the US dollar on the foreign exchange markets. During
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      98 10 'Moses had to wait 40 years in the wilderness for change. Despite everything that's happened, there's no sign our wait is ending.' Saknra a former senior official at Japan's bank regulatory agency, lamenting the fact that management at Japanese banks hasn't changed even as Japan prepares for
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      Lock icon Bracing for a sharper slowdown
      619 10 EDITORIAL WHILE it is way too premature to characterise Singapore's ongoing economic slowdown as anything more than a slowdown—a recession is not in sight, let alone a crisis—there is good cause to sound a high alert on the state of the economy. For, over the
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      Lock icon Japan plays with fire by doctoring history
      1222 10  -  Two new school textbooks presenting a warped picture of Japan's past threaten regional cooperation From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo WHOEVER becomes Japan's next prime minister something we shall know by next Tuesday, when the controlling Liberal Democratic
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      Lock icon Back to earth with a thud
      756 10  -  COMMENTARY Policymakers most realise that some of the happier tales of the New Economy were only myths By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT AT the level of bits and bytes, the most surprising thing about the
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sian pension fund bets on stocks again
      528 11  -  Knmpnlan Wang buys 24.4 m CAHB shares; paper loss on CAHB alone conld be RM44m From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur KUMPULAN Wang Amanah Pencen (Kwap), apparently unchastened after coming under fire for its costly bet on the initial public offering of Time
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      Lock icon KL nod for 12 new listings in Q1
      144 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S market regulator, the Securities Commission (SC), said yesterday that it had approved 12 applications for new listings during the first quarter, down from 18 in the same quarter of2ooo. It said in a statement that 38 capital-raising exercises
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      Lock icon Anwar ordered to pay Mahathir RM85,000: reports
      412 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP, Reuters JAILED politician Anwar Ibrahim has been ordered to pay Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad more than RM85.000 (S$40,000) in costs for a failed defamation suit, newspapers reported yesterday. High Court deputy registrar Rozilah Salleh on Tuesday said Anwar was liable
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      Lock icon Indon review will not harm deal: Guthrie
      516 11 KUALA LUMPUR CEO says it is to determine if sale process was done properly AP THE chief executive at Malaysian palm oil giant Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd says that his company's plans to acquire Indonesian plantations will not be hurt by a review by
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Estrada feels 'semi-exonerated' on plan to drop 5 charges
      546 12  -  But court says it may or may not let charges be dropped Fromi Al Labita in Manila DISGRACED Philippine president Joseph Estrada felt "semi-exonerated" by government prosecutors' sudden about-face in prosecuting him for alleged graft and corruption, his defence lawyers said
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      Lock icon Rupiah hits new low as fears over political impasse grow
      558 12  -  Currency being used as tool to force Abdurrahman to quit, say sources Frorn Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta GROWING political and security concerns in Indonesia ahead of a crucial parliamentary session slated for the end of the month are once again
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      Lock icon Sjamsul hospitalised
      124 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Sjamsul Nursalim, majority shareholder of PT Gajah Tunggal, Indonesia's largest tyre maker, was hospitalised with a heart ailment after his arrest on Monday for alleged corruption. Sjamsul, whose company controUed the failed PT Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia, is under investigation for aUegedly misappropriating 10.9 triUion rupiah
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      Lock icon New Thai firms law by May
      120 12 Reuters [BANGKOK] The Thai government said yesterday it expected an amendment of laws on listed companies to become effective in May, enabling such firms to buy back their own shares and reduce the par value of their stocks. The move is part of a
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      Lock icon Thaksin claims to being victimised
      354 12 BANGKOK He asks party members to change the system AP PRIME Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday he was ready to leave office if a court convicted him in a corruption case, but called for changing the system that he claimed was victimising an honest person.
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      Lock icon Indonesian Parliament may trigger IMF delay
      209 12 JAKARTA Reuters JUST when Indonesia's cash-strapped government thought it was about to wrap up a long-delayed and crucial deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's boisterous Parliament said it should hold off a bit longer. Since the end of last year, the
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        Lock icon Suharto's appeal in Time suit rejected
        85 12 AFP [JAKARTA] The Jakarta High Court yesterday rejected an appeal by ex-Indonesian president Suharto against a ruling which threw out his US$27 bfllion (Ss49 bfllion) lawsuit against Time magazine. The ruling reinforces an earlier lower court ruling last year which rejected Suharto's civtt defamation
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        Lock icon Pertamina to close third LNG train
        62 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Pertamina said yesterday that it will close a third Uquefied natural gas production line, or train, at PT Arun LNG in Aceh province in 2005 as a Japanese buyer switched to a Malaysian supplier. Tohoku Electric Power Co said on Monday that
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      Lock icon Telcos may need HK govt nod if deals cross thresholds
      659 13  -  Move is to prevent M&As leading to too much market power in handful of firms From 1 Audrey Tan in Hongkong COMPANIES wishing to buy into Hongkong telecommunication network operators may soon have to seek government approval first for transactions
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Confidence in HK outlook dips
        54 13 Reuters [HONGKONG] Public confidence in Hongkong's economic outlook dipped in April, with sentiment towards unemployment and the property market suffering the most, according to a survey published yesterday. Confidence in economic prospects declined by 8.3 per cent from March to 65.6 points, the Hong Kong
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        Lock icon China moves for independent directors
        50 13 AP [BEIJING] Chinese regulators plan to require all listed companies to hire independent directors in a move intended to improve corporate accountability, an official said yesterday. Reports of rampant insider trading and stock price manipulation have discouraged many long-term investors in China's stock markets. —AP
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        Lock icon Critic raises 54m yuan in stock auction
        55 13 Bloomberg [GUANGZHOU] China's biggest corporate bankrupt, Guangdong International Trust Investment Corp, raised 54.6 million yuan (Ssll.B million) from an auction of stocks it owns. Guangdong Trust, also called Gitic, sold 58.4 million shares of electronics maker Guangdong Macro Co, yarn-maker Dalian Beeda Technology
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        Lock icon US to sell eight submarines to Taiwan
        47 13 AFP [TAIPEI] The US has agreed in principle to sell Taiwan eight submarines, it was reported yesterday. The submarines plus weaponry and training programmes would cost between US$3 billion and US$4 billion (555.4-7.2 billion), the United Daily News said. —AFP
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        Lock icon Jiang may shorten HK visit: report
        58 13 AFP [HONGKONG] Chinese President Jiang Zemin is expected to shorten a visit to Hongkong next month due to planned protests by Falungong followers and pro-democracy activists, a report said yesterday. Mr Jiang is likely to stay in Hongkong for only a day instead of
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      Lock icon Of taxis, mobiles and the lack of buzz
      940 13  -  from Hongkong Quak Hiang Whai MANY of us living in Hongkong have tried to explain why the so-called Hongkong Buzz once highlighted by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew is missing in Singapore. While I do not claim to know the real answer,
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      514 15 BOMBAY And the securities the bank held on 2b rupee exposure have declined in value Reuters INDIA'S Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Tuesday that Global Trust Bank lent millions of dollars to companies controlled by a Bombay stock broker taken into
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      364 15 TAIPEI Estimate is triple the USsl7b officially approved Bloomberg TAIWAN companies and individuals have invested about US$5O billion (Ss9o billion) in mainland China over the past decade, according to an estimate by Perng Fai-nan, Taiwan's central bank governor. That's about triple the US$l7.l
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      138 15 M SHANGHAI AP CHINA'S stock market watchdog has closed 15 futures brokerages that it says have gone broke. The brokerages failed to expand their registered capital to the required 30 million yuan (556.6 million) or simply failed to make any money, a Shanghai Futures
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      170 15 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA'S Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a draft law aimed at checking corruption in the highest echelons of power. The approval of the anti-corruption biU followed a stinging arms bribery scandal which has paralysed parliament and led to the resignations
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      266 15 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd agreed to sell its unprofitable Australian supermarket chain, with independent grocery operators buying most of the stores. Metcash Trading Ltd, controlled by Metro Cash Carry Ltd, South Africa's biggest discount food store operator, will
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      551 17 TECH RESULTS But chipm&ker says Q2 sales will be than expected at USs&2b-s6.Bb Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Intel Corp, the biggest computer chipmaker, said on Tuesday first-quarter net income dropped 82 per cent because slack demand and slowing economic growth worldwide hurt
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      361 17 DALLAS Payroll cut of 6%, starting this quarter, seen to save USs4oom annually Bloomberg TEXAS Instruments Inc, the biggest maker of cellular telephone chips, plans to fire 2,500 people, a 6 per cent reduction, because of a slump in
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      364 17 Microsoft to hit Q3 profit mark just: analysts Reuters [SEATTLE! Microsoft Corp is set to report earnings this week, and while the software giant has stuck to its guidance, many analysts expect the company to barely make the low end of its numbers due to the slumping computer market. Microsoft
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      426 18 PALO ALTO, California Computer giant expects profit, revenue to fall short of expectations AP AFX-Asia COMPUTER giant HewlettPackard plans to cut up to 3,000 management jobs to cut costs as it expects to fall short of earnings and revenue expectations for
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      331 18 LONDON FT THE telecommunications industry faces one of its largest financial collapses to date after PSINet, a US alternative network with debts of US$4.5 billion (SsB.l billion), warned of "likely" bankruptcy proceedings. The Virginia-based operator revealed losses of US$3.2 billion in its
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      506 18 LOSANGELES Terry Semel will help monetise Yahoo's content Reuters IN true showbiz style, no sooner had Yahoo! Inc named former studio head Terry Semel as its chief executive than the deal was declared the perfect marriage of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
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        121 18 Reuters ISKAII lej KeaiNetworKs saw on mesaay its quarterly profits fell 60 per cent on weaker demand for its server products and a slumping online advertising market, but the results met Wall Street expectations. The firm also said its second quarter results would look much
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        70 18 Reuters l ivJKYUj weed to Duy mat dook Deiore you torget tne title? Shop for it on your cell phone. Amazon.com hitched a ride on NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service this week, with a mobile version of its online store. Amazon.co.jp said yesterday that its
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        51 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US regulators fined AT&T Corp U*****,000 (*****,000) for switching customers to its service without their permission. The Federal Communications Commission found that the firm switched the customers' designated provider on 11 telephone lines without first getting customer consent, an illegal practice known as
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      814 19  -  Hashimoto and increasinglyfavonred main rival Koizumi set out widely differing policies Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO financial markets mirrored the confusion on Japan's political scene yesterday as key candidates in the battle to succeed Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori set out widely
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      368 19  -  SINGAPORE Pilot programme will try 24-hour trading, multiple listings Byl Liew Hanging THE Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will take part in a pilot global-market programme run by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The programme, which is designed to test the
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      304 19 TOKYO AP PRESSURE mounted on Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori yesterday to issue a visa to a former Taiwanese president after three candidates running to replace him urged approval for the visit. The three candidates—including one of the front-run-ners said in a nationally
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        109 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co Inc, the No 1 US full-service brokerage, yesterday reported a 22 per cent decline in first quarter earnings as fees from customer trading and investment banking dropped. It is weighing selective staff cuts as fees generated from brokerage commissions
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        147 20 Reuters [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co yesterday reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations, but it lowered key growth targets for 2001 and beyond due to tougher economic conditions. Coca-Cola reduced its estimate for unit case volume growth to a range of 5-6 per cent for 2001
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        81 20 Reuters [PURCHASE, New York] International Paper Co, the world's largest forest products company, yesterday said its first quarter earnings fell 91 per cent because of the slowing US economy and higher energy costs. Earnings were US$24 million, or 5 cents per share, before special and
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        75 20 Reuters [BENTON HARBOR, Michigan] No 1 US home appliance maker Whirlpool Corp said its first quarter net earnings fell due to the difficult industry environment. It reported first quarter earnings of US$4l million, or 61 cents per share, com- pared with US$ll2 million, or US$l.52 per
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        93 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Pfizer Inc's first quarter profit rose 34 per cent as the No 1 drugmaker increased sales of its Lipitor cholesterol reducer and Viagra impotence pill and helped market Pharmacia Corp's Celebrex painkiller. Profit from operations rose to US$2.l3 billion, or 33 cents a
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        83 20 NYT [NEW YORK] Philip Morris Cos Inc reported a 2.2 per cent increase in first quarter earnings Tuesday, as higher cigarette prices more than offset the nation's slow but steady retreat from smoking. Revenues rose 11.6 per cent to more than US$22 billion, as
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        88 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] Schlumberger Ltd, the world's No 2 oilfield services company, yesterday said its first quarter earnings rose 92 per cent as high oil and natural gas prices led to a recovery in oil companies' spending on exploration and production. Earnings, excluding one-time items, rose
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        88 20 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] OM AB, the Swedish company that failed in a bid for London Stock Exchange last year, said first quarter profit fell 76 per cent as costs climbed and a slump in stock trading cut transaction revenue. The owner of the Stockholm stock exchange
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      516 20 CORPORATE RESULTS Sharp fall in US vehicle sales, continuing weakness in Europe Reuters [DETROIT] General Motors Corp posted an 88 per cent drop in first-quarter earnings yesterday, but still beat Wall Street expectations, as a sharp fall in US vehicle sales and continuing weakness
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      294 20 Reuters [NEW YORK] AOL Time Warner Inc, the world's largest Internet and media company, yesterday reported higher first-quarter earnings, excluding a range of costs, driven by strong growth in the company's online and cable television businesses. On a net basis, including a
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      317 20 WASHINGTON Trade gap for February narrows by 1&8% to USs27b AP, Reuters THE US trade deficit showed a dramatic improvement in February, shrinking to the lowest point since December 1999 even as a key forecasting gauge for the
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      258 20 NEW YORK Reuters THE American Stock Exchange (Amex) and the parent of the Nasdaq Stock Market appear headed for a break up, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report said that the 1998
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      484 20 NEW YORK It cites loan losses and lower gams at investment arm after market slnmp Reuters JP Morgan Chase Co Inc. the No 2 US bank holding company, yesterday said first quarter operating profits fell 28 per cent due to loan losses
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      491 20 BEIJING Reuters CHINA and the US yesterday wound up the first day of talks on the April 1 spy plane incident which sparked an 11dajr diplomatic standoff and will continue today, a US embassy official said. US officials declined immediate comment
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      259 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co investment strategist Abby Joseph Cohen cut her year-end forecasts for the Standard Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average even as she reiterated her view that US stocks are undervalued. "Even with moderately reduced
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      841 21 THE STOCK OPTIONS DILEMMA NYT [NEW YORK] DURING the *****, Seattle echoed with tales of Microsoft millionaires, ordinary workers who became wealthy from stock options the company had awarded. Now that Microsoft's stock has fallen to about half its peak, Seattle
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      442 21 WASHINGTON Mortgage finance giant sees 1% HI growth, 3% in H2 Reuters, AFX-Asia WHILE the US economic growth will be slow in the first half of the year, a recession seems unlikely, mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said on Tuesday. "It is the case
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      301 21 LONDON FT THE value of private equity deals in Europe fell by more than 70 per cent in the first three months of this year, as the threat of a widespread economic slowdown dampened buyers' appetites. The amount of money private equity
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      248 22 SCHC Derivatives Trading Report ST Xndev/MSCXS'pore Index THE Singapore stock market bounced back yesterday from a previous two-year low, motivated primarily by some US companies posting better-than-expected earnings. The benchmark Straits Times Index rose 39.25 points or 2.51 per cent to close at 1,605.98 with
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      235 22 MSCI Taiwan Index THE Taiwan stock market rose, led by computer-related stocks after Intel Corp predicted higher second-quarter sales. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index added 3.73 points, or 1.54 per cent, to finish at 245.83 points. Turnover for the Taiwan stock index increased to 516.04
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      231 22 Reuters Irffinlffn THE euro fell to three-week lows against the yen and within half a cent of the year's lows against the US dollar, with traders citing persistent concern about the euro-zone's growth prospects after the European Central Bank (ECB) left interest rates on hold last week. Initially,
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      2870 23 HONGKONG AFP jHj Han* fang +36&35 HONGKONG share prices closed higher across-the-board on a technical rebound yesterday, with sentiment lifted by gains on Wall Street overnight and a strong performance on most regional bourses, dealers said. The gains were led by telecom
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      2088 23 TOKYO AFP H Nikkei 225 *574.70 SHARE prices in Tokyo rallied 4.4 per cent yesterday, buoyed by a rebound in US high-tech stocks and hopes of brighter prospects for the sector, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's 225-is-sue Nikkei Average closed up 574.70 points
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      1093 23 AFP f% Shenzhen Blndei *2.73 CHINA'S Shenzhen B Share Index rose for a third day yesterday, gaining 2.73 points, or 0.8 per cent, to 366.03. Shanghai B shares rose 2.3 per cent to a record high, its ninth in consecutive days, dealers said. The Shanghai Stock Exchange's B Share
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      365 23 AFP fsWPlndex +7^C6 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.4 per cent higher yesterday on buying of technology stocks sparked by Wall Street's overnight rally, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 76.66 points to 5,508.63, on turnover of NT575.24 billion. "Strong buying of semiconductor shares was fuelled
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      419 24 AFP P Composite Index -6u05 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday in quiet trade amid a lack of fresh leads and lingering economic concern, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 5.05 points to finish at 570.02, off a low 0f564.66.
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      311 25 AFP Composite Indei +2&03 KOREAN stocks surged 5.1 per cent. The index closed up 26.03 points at 540.00. Volume stood at 489 million shares worth 2.1 trillion won. —AFP m t» An«m Strnl 4620 600 Br tin Tocfl 760 95 Central Bank 170 0 Choil Comm ***** 700 Dm
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      287 25 AFP |j Composite Index -9.71 PHILIPPINE share prices fell 0.7 per cent yesterday amid concerns surrounding key blue chip stocks. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index shed 9.71 points to close at 1,425.97. Turnover rose to 394 million shares worth 508 million pesos. —AFP Ay It PHQ COOP) Abacus
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      269 25 AFP PHEE-40 +8446 NEW Zealand stocks yesterday rose 1.2 per cent as Air New Zealand recovered from recent falls, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index rose 24.06 points to 2,066.57. The total turnover worth NZ$42 million continued to lag after the four-and-a-half day Easter holiday. AFP *FW M$ COOO) Advantage
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      555 25 AFP Ft AH Ordinaries *19.70 THE Australian share market, inspired by positive sentiment on Wall Street, closed 0.6 per cent higher yesterday, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index rose 19.7 points to close at 3,219.5 while the SP/ASX2OO ended trading 19.5 points higher at 3,278.2. The All Industrials Index
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      733 25 AFP HSETMbc +10.71 THE Thai stock market soared 3.7 per cent yesterday on speculative buying in finance and banking stocks spurred by optimism over forthcoming earnings reports, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index rose 10.71 points to close at 297.33 points while the SET 50
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      726 25 Reuters IJcumpoatelndei -3Jfl JAKARTA stocks plumbed new depths yesterday haunted by a weakening rupiah that teetered on the edge of a key psychological support level and the spectre of worsening political instability. Market participants repeated their mantra that in the near term the market would be looking for cues
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      309 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 6 Lover's knot, say (4) 1 Not allowed permit for market 7 Nothing clear may come from 6 this prophet (6) 4 Boys lost, misdirected by this 8 Understand woodcutter made cunning fellow (8) playground equipment (6) 9 High spirits? (6) 11 School teacher takes hours re--10
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      571 28  -  Two Singapore artists explore the relationship between Nature and the rest of the world in their ceramic pieces Buy Vince Chong EARTH. What better typifies Nature than one of her elements? Oneness with Nature, a ceramics exhibition showcasing about 120 works by local pottery artists Judy Ng,
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      798 28  -  GARDENER'Sim Worried about insects in the garden? These are some plants yon conld grow that will help keep them away By Thien JUST like in San Francisco, we get fog rolling into our garden every now and again whenever the pestbusters pay the neighbours around us a
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    2087 29 Meeting demand: (left to right) Compass Heights, The Blissville and Pare Palais FILE PHOTOS Property transactions for selected districts lodged between Feb 12 and Apr 16. PROJECT NAME/ PROP CONTRACT TENURE BUILT-IN/ PRKE PSF STREET NAME TYPE OATE LAND AREA" (SOFT) (STOOD) (S$) District 17 AzakaPariT 999 1335
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      45 29 For Sale By Pte Treaty MURRAY TERRACE Nos 2to 28 (even nos) Murray St *14 conservation shophouses Land: 2236.6 sm (25,145 sf) Cross Floor Area: approx. 49,000 sf •Tenure: 99 years wef 1974 Sole Marketing Agent TAN SER FONC 228 6820 MAGPELINE COH 228 6823
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      47 29 PRIME INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FOR SALE Address 1 Kallang Place Description A 7 storey light industrial building Land Ares Approx. 7,289 sqm/78,458.8 sq ft Gross Floor Area Approx. 15,525.27 sqm/167,114 sq ft Tenure JTC Leasehold 30 yrs wef 1 Dec 1994 Sole Marketing Agent Industrial Department: !224 8181
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      792 30  -  Sierramas, a housing project that's 25 minutes from Kuala Lumpur, boasts extensively landscaped grounds and a great emphasis on security, mama oom abdullah reports DIANA OON ABDULLAH WITH an address ending in "*****, Sungai Buloh", one might be forgiven for thinking that Sierramas, the housing
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      516 30 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD psf) HKF® FEO 3 HavelockRd 678-3,229 509 424 950 99^T Caribbean at Keppel Bay Keppel Land 4 Keppel Bay 840-6,135 430 310 850 99-yr mWKtmsm T BenccotenS. 592-2,200 160 160
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      592 30  -  It will inclnde a greater nnmber of private homes By Vince Chong WATERFRONT township Punggol 21 may just resemble a huge private estate rather than the public one it is supposed to be. This is because the 60-30-10 per cent residential mix
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      1782 31  -  property MANAGEMENT This is the first in a weekly series of articles on properly management contributed by Knight Frank Estate Management By. Jordan Neo The writer is managing director of Knight Frank Estate Management. He is also a member of the Singapore Institute
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      77 31 INVESTMENT ROYAL HIBISCUS HOTEL For Sale by Tender (Liquidators' Sale) Address 44 Lorong 6 Geylang Description An 8-storey 56-room hotel Land Area 346.1 sqm or 3,725 sqft approx. Gross Floor Area 1,139.53 sqm or 12,266 sqft approx. Tenure Freehold Zoning Residential/Institutional with plot ratio of 2.8 (1998 Masterplan) Carparking 5
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      119 31 ■EBBHR I Extensively renovated 11 partition rooms Outside CBD *1 conference room Near MRT Reception lounge Own compound/free carparks Approx GFA 4,000 sq.ft. Since 1982 FOR SALE Single-sty factory cum 4-sty office Factory Ceiling Height :11m Land Approx. 47,278 sq ft Built-in Approx. 49,364 sq ft •JTC Lease Bal 37
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      1713 32  -  Developers are beginning to clear these sites in preparation for new projects, amdrea tan reports ANDREA TAN THE last residents at Cairnhill Court moved out in January and the bulldozers moved in a few weeks later, getting ready to reduce the 76 homes
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      287 33 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 1,429, the Baltic Pan am ax Index (BPI) lost three points to 1,557, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) eased eight points to 9,212 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up three points to 1,705. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Sunny Wealth (built
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      310 33 sex 'ooo Aprje si *01 CWT Distribution 0.48 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.28 0.01 434 Cosco Investment—0.17 0.01 45 Freight Links 0.07 unch 171 OB Holdings 0.39 unch 0 IMC Hoidings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jaya Holdings 0.14 0.01 119 Kepp*l Corp —2.93 0.03 539 Keppel FELS 0.85 0.02
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      580 33  -  Europe, US losing out to Australia andNZin cold products trade By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE! Disease outbreaks, currency woes and prohibitive freight rates have prompted a noticeable shift in the transport of reefer freight inbound to Asia. Shipping executives say there is
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      476 33  -  MEW BUILDS Canada first focus for the country's owners not taking shape By David Hughes ONLY a few weeks ago a "think tank" set up by the ailing Canadian shipbuilding industry produced a report in which it called for the country's government to push for
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      418 33  -  By P T Bangsberg CHINA Ocean Shipping (Group) Co (Cosco) expanded its regional services with a new South-east Asia-China direct route based on Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT). It is operated by three vessels, two with capacity equivalent to 836 20-foot containers
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      142 33  -  -By] David Huges THE European Union has failed to reach unanimous agreement on the second string of regional safety measures following 1999's Erika oil spill. The proposals from the European Commission included setting up a European "top up" spill compensation fund in addition
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        968 34 A boost in the group's export income may see it resolve its debt burden early, analysts say AFX-Asia [SEOUL] DAEWOO Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co Ltd is expected to post strong earnings this year as a weaker won boosts export income, which in turn could
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      133 34 PACE Appenship 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 41 Central Ex 6 ChoYang 5 China Shpg 5 41 Cougar 7 CWT Globelink 7 Delmas 4 Ojak Lloyd 6 Dongnama 3 Eastrans ECL ECU Line 5/6/7
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      15829 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT Thursday, april 19,2001 ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 01/05 05/06 Delmas SAUDI YANBU Y42W (5-*****44 02/05 03/06 COSCO YUAN HE 0083W 65-*****00 08/05 12/06 Delmas CMA CCM BALZAC V43W
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        732 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Santa Suria 004/01 """""jS 18/04/630 22/04/630 Bt Bt Jaya 2 ***** J01 18/04/8:05 18/04/14:00 Bt Erlindah ***** J01 t8/04/8:20 18/04/14:00 Bt R8 2692 201 J01 18/04/8:30 18/04/1730 Bt Daniati ***** J01 18/04/8:6 18/04/1830 Bt J Ray li ***** J01 18/04/8:10 18/04/20:00 Kuala
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        2026 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookhf/UnKi Rstls Ship Voy Mo Etb/Btr Ported From To Frow ACTUAR1A 07N0I7 21/a*0 a 17/1900 17A699 17/1900 2* 17/1700 11/0659 H/09OC 21 17/1700 N/0699 IS/0900 i «/0700 «/n» n/moo 4 10/1200 N/M99 a/1700 ACX FALCON 0131 20/0*0 17/000 T7/M99 17/HOO
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        192 43 Apr 25 Australia: Anzac Day. Italy: Liberation Day. New Zealand: Anzac Day. Apr 29 Japan: Greenery Day. Mayl Singapore: Labour Day. Thailand: Labour Day Malaysia: Labour Day Philippines: Labour Day South Korea: Labour Day China: Labour Day Hongkong: Labour Day Vietnam: Labour Day Argentina: Labour Day Belgium: Labour
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        785 43 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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        578 43 Carton 180 lUx 991.0 2J 13.3 0.28 194 0.06 Apr 12 Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 1 0 1 1 0 380 Ave 984.6 0.3 12.7 0.06 22 0.02 Cum 380 Max 990.7 11 14.3 0.11 67 0.03 m/ri MM m/m
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        643 44 THE AMSETT CRISIS Short term financial cost of the groundings not serious, says CEO Reuters [MELBOURNE/WELLINGTON] Air New Zealandowned Ansett was confident yesterday it could prevent Australia's air safety authority starting a two-week clock on Friday on a threat to shut down the
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        226 44 Reuters [KARACHI] Pilots at Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) said on Tuesday a 10-day pay dispute which has forced more than 100 flight cancellations and caused the company serious revenue loss was nearing resolution. "We are hopeful that the issue will be resolved on Wednesday
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        59 44 [SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS] A ERJI4S regional jet prepares for a test flight before being delivered to a purchaser at the Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica) headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil recently. Embraer's products, regional jets, are amongst the hottest on the market and its breathtaking
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          92 44 Reuters [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc said its first-quarter earnings sank, as business travel purchases weakened amid the slowing economy. Continental said it earned US$9 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with US$l4 million or 21 cents a share in the same period a year earlier.
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          64 44 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines Co has opened a new route from Seoul to the Chinese city of Chengdu to meet rising travel and business demand in both countries. It is offering two flights a week starting yesterday, using a 176-seat Airbus Industrie 321 aircraft. Asiana
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          48 44 AFX-Asia [HONQKONG] Hongkong Dragon Airlines plans to buy a fleet of regional jets with 50-75 seats to serve Chinese cities, which do not have direct air links with Hongkong. Chief executive Stanley Hui Hon-chung gave no timeframe for introducing the services. -AFX-Asia
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        677 44 Higher prices for imported fuel are eating into its bottom line Reuters [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines said on Tuesday a weakening Korean won caused losses on its cargo business in the first quarter despite better sales on routes to Europe, Japan and South-east
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        213 44 Reuters [VIENNA] The Austrian Airlines Group yesterday reported higher earnings for 2000 despite much costlier fuel, but said it planned to slash its dividend to 0.30 euros from 0.51 in 1999. The group, which consists of national flag carrier Austrian Airlines, Lauda Air
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      18 33 Daewoo Ansett Shipbuilding fSm. Australia gains confident from weaker it can avert won shutdown r.iqr 2 ll.wk r.iqr
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      87 33 The advent of Information Technology and intermodal logistics solutions have dramatically changed the global logistics industry. In addition, Singapore is fast becoming the logistics hub of the region. To keep our readers updated, Shipping Times now features a full page on logistics on Thursday every fortnight with news of current
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      87 34 SANKYU (S) PTE LTD W' 11 CLEMENTI LOOP, SINGAPORE *****3 TEL: *****40 FAX: *****11 CFS: KEPPEL DISTRIPARK BLK 513 #01-128 SINGAPORE *****9 JAPAN PORTS Nona Kona All Chlnm Parte (EVERY THVJR 9k WW VEWEIT" [vlssic VOY ETDSW ITATYO ETAKOI ETA YO* ETANGO ETA OSA MED TAICHUNG V.***** 22 APR 30
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      774 34 i Lines services represented by S -BSP Accredited Shipping Agrts. ~L=Sf S.ngap™, log.sto Singapore Shipping Assoc icrtion soc 00 my UNI MALE VESSEL VOY flu ETA ETA P. KLANG SPORE MALE Empress Uly VO4Ol 26/04 27/04 04/05 Princess Lily VO4Ol 03/05 04/05 11/05 Empress Uly VO5Ol 14/05 15/05 22/05 ULY
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      515 36 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUND, MUMBAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I.C.D POINTS VMMI VOY SPORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANG PU GLORY IIMW 22 APR 01 MAY 04 MAY 07 MAY 11 MAY TULSIDAS 141 21 APR 00 MAY 11 MAY
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      330 37 TAHARA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK I GOOD FRIDAY RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I OCEAN RANGER RDM/ATW/BMNAJK I Loads Singapore, E7W. Mataysta, Indoneaa _J Loading for SAFEER JDH/AQA/DMT EVDOXIA HDO/JDH/AQA YA LATIF DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PAUL X JOH/AQA/DMT SOUTHER STAR 1 JDH/AOA RAJNIER DBI/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT PIONEER SUN D6VABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT EFFYN JDH/AQA/DMT •Loads Singapore. E-/W. Malaysia. Indonesia I Loading tor 1 NATS
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      183 44 ASIA WESTBOUND RATE AGREEMENT (AWRA) EASTBOUND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT (EMA) MEDITERRANEAN RATE AGREEMENT (MRA) Arising from the regular review. Member Lines of the Asia Westbound Rate Agreement (AWRA). Eastbound Management Agreement (EMA) and Mediterranean Rate Agreement (MRA) wish to announce that the current level of BAF USD 72 per TEU will
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