The Business Times, 26 April 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITAtP) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2001 Intci npr- hiip://business-times.asial .com.sg/ 85C
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    79 1 sn U7&83 (-15.31) BT-SBI CMJ3 (-7.80) ST INDEX nmnEs UKOO (-6.00) smsci FUTDKES ***** (-1.50) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 673.00 +L31 NIKKEI 225 13.827.fi0 >8432 HANG SENG 1*249.66 -26.06 SET INDEX 296u86 -0.09 JAKARTA COUP 363.18 +6.06 MANILA COMP —1,***** +18.18 TAIPEI WP! 6*1422 -7114
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    79 1 FOREX RATES uss s$ USS (SS per USS J L816 £{US$/S$per£) 1.4# 2.606 EURO(US$/SS/E) 0.892 1.620 DM 1198 1507 YEN 1216 67.40 RM 3.800 1092 HK6 7.799 4194 BAHT 46.61 2fcll RUPIAH 119,40 6,674 *S$ to 100 units PB1MERATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK ASO MANILA
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  • Article
    Lock icon DBS to keep POSB name, starts supermarket banking
    563 1  -  It will extend reach with $13m plan and exclusive deal with NTUC Fair Price By Ling Su Ann [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank will spend more than $13 million to increase the number of "touch points" for its customers this year, and it will
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    Lock icon Futures contract on govt bond to be launched soon
    473 1  -  BTrt>:cHi"kik f i^i It will be based on the 5-year S6S bond, says S6Z official By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The mucnawaited futures contract on Singapore government securities (SGS) will be launched soon, a move expected to take the local debt
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    Lock icon Estrada's arrest perks up Philippine stocks
    537 1  -  Share market barometer rises 1-3%, Irat peso remains in the doldrums From Al Labita in Manila THE arrest of disgraced president Joseph Estrada yesterday gave a welcome fillip to the stock exchange as foreign investors read into the move a determination by the Arroyo
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      Lock icon Round 2 of fight for control at Jar dine AGM
      687 2  -  Chairman Henry Keswick urges shareholders to reject proposals by disgruntled US investor group From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong THE fight at the Jardine Matheson Group went into the next round yesterday as the Keswick family, which controls the group,
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        202 2 LAST week, Hongkong's top civil servant Anson Chan gave her last public speech at a gathering of the Asia Society. Introducing her, Asia Society president Ronnie Chan told the 1,023 guests present that it was the second time the society had had such a large gathering. "The last
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        Lock icon Fed looks at base money?
        132 2 WHAT does the Fed know that we don't? "Maybe it's the base money data," offered Robert Rountree of Prudential-Bache Securities in a market commentary following last week's surprise interest rate cut by the US Federal Reserve. Mr Rountree said the answer may not be in
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      Lock icon The return of Han Cheng Fong
      698 2  -  PROPERTY The man behind the throne at CPL could well be installed soon. And that could be bad news for rival developers lee han shih AFTER a short absence, former DBS Land head honcho Han Cheng Fong is back in the property market. And
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      Lock icon Tokyo markets on edge over who will be Finance Minister
      798 2  -  Appointment will offer clues on speed of restructuring From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S new Prime Minis-ter-elect Junichiro Koizumi will announce his new Cabinet today amid intense interest over who he will appoint to the critical position of finance minister.
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      106 2 M. .tßfc*; DANIEL ROTH "Premier" Exclusive Daniel Roth module. :;r jHak The dragging retrograde hour hand advances 21 OP to return instantly to its point of departure before continuing its course. Date SINGAPORE THE HOUR CLASS Takashimaya SC. >v MALAYSIA THE HOUR CLASS Lot 10 Shopping Centre, Tel 734 2420
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      14 2 Jeffrey Heng leaving CPL, Pgs Bast Coast condo prices set to fall, Pg 7
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon MCL Land drops plan to securitise office block
      513 3  -  BirzTamva Sources cite accounting reasons and glut of bond issues in the market By Kalpana Rashiwala MCL LAND has dropped a $300 million asset securitisation plan for its 78 Shenton Way office block due to accounting reasons and an expected surfeit of
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      Lock icon US$23m Q1 loss for ST Assembly as revenue falls 32.7%
      575 3  -  David Boey ST Assembly Test Services Ltd yesterday announced losses of US$23 million (5541.8 million) for its first quarter ended March 31, 2001, adding that Q2 revenues are expected to "decline sequentially by between 15 per cent and 25 per
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      Lock icon Boustead, Easy Call dispute BT report
      598 3  -  By Serena Ng BOUSTEAD Singapore and Easy Call International yesterday disputed BT's report that "almost all" the staff of EasyCall had been axed and its business is being re-examined following the proposed takeover by Boustead. Boustead said in a two-paragraph letter that its acquisition
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      Lock icon Delistings up and seen rising further
      916 4  -  UOBKayHian identifies some undervalued companies likely to go private By Ling Su Ann THE number of delistings on the Singapore bourse has gone up and is expected to continue rising even as new listings are seeing a slowdown because of the weak market conditions.
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      Lock icon Sinar Mas group may come under probe
      498 4  -  Disclosure of APP's hidden debts puts markets on edge From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS fears grow over the possibility of more debt waiting to be uncovered, investigations into the financial position of Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP) could be expanded to cover
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      Lock icon Infrastructure stocks given miss unfairly
      744 4  -  HQCKgmimdMJ r sivanithy WHAT price infrastructure plays these days? Not much, judging by the treatment dished out to the stocks that operate in the industry. Many are trading under $1, which places them firmly in the penny stock category. Three in particular deserve mention SembCorp
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      Lock icon Net banking gaining popularity in S'pore: poll
      320 5  -  6 of 10 Net users are more comfortable with on-line banking now than a year ago By Janice Lee INTERNET banking seems to be gaining popularity in Singapore. According to a survey commissioned by DBS Bank, six out of 10 Internet users said
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      Lock icon MAS to issue non-statutory code for unit trust ads
      219 5 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore will soon develop a nonstatutory code for unit trust advertisements, in consultation with fund managers in the industry. The code is pursuant to the transfer of unit trust provisions from the Companies Act to the proposed
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      Lock icon SCS posts 7% rise in Q1 profit to $1.5 m
      258 5  -  It expects first half to be as profitable as HI last year By Liew Hanqing MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) yesterday reported a first-quarter net profit of $1.5 million, up 7 per cent from the same period last year. Turnover
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Eastern Asia TDRs hits limit
        68 5 MAINBOARD-LISTED Eastern Asia Technology said its TDRs (Taiwan Depository Receipts) hit the maximum allowable upside price movement of 7 per cent on its Taiwan Stock Exchange debut yesterday. Issued at NT$2B.BO each, the TDRs closed at NT$3O.BO, the maximum allowable limit for the day. Each
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        Lock icon Eagle Brand profit rises to RMB310m
        60 5 Reuters EAGLE Brand Holdings said net profit for the year to Jan *****1 rose to 310.49 million renminbi (Ss67 million) from 304.59 million renminbi a year ago. Turnover was 1.23 billion renminbi compared with 1.28 billion renminbi previously. China-based Eagle Brand, a ceramic tiles
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        Lock icon Kep T&T takes up SVOA placement
        74 5 KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation said it has subscribed to a private placement of 24 million convertible preference shares, attached with 16 million warrants, in SVOA Public Company (SVOA). These are exercisable at 10 baht per share. SVOA, a public-listed company formerly known as Sahaviriya OA,
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        Lock icon Goldtron director's shares forced sold
        48 5 GOLDTRON Ltd said director Chong Ching Lai's stake in the company has been reduced by forced selling by a financial institution. The sale yesterday involved 3.7 million shares at 5.5 cents each and decreased his stake to 0.087 per cent fr0m0.247 per cent.
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      Lock icon Flextronics cuts 10% of workforce to weather slump
      458 5 Bloomberg FLEXTRONICS International, the world's second-biggest contract electronics manufacturer, has cut about 7,000 jobs, or 10 per cent of its workforce and trimmed production capacity by 15 per cent because of slowing demand. The company took a US$276 million (***** million) charge
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      Lock icon Jeffrey Heng leaving Centrepoint Prop
      513 5  -  CEO's departure fuels talk that DBS TjwH CTfrfff taking centre stage By Kalpana Rashiwala CENTREPOINT Properties* chief executive officer Jeffrey Heng is leaving the company, fuelling speculation that former DBS Land executives led by Han Cheng Fong are moving closer to centre stage. The listed
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      20 4 Isl tIL I Lianhe Zaobao I buying I spree should remain I within their I means I «WgA«» I I
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      336 6 Slock* ¥j|gg GoWtron 5c 81,396, (XX) GES Intl Ltd 20c 21,093,000 Integra 5c 19,290,000 PCI 25c 18,981,000 IPC Corpn 5c 18,900,000 Hyflux 5c 17,639,000 Oculus 7.5c 17,353,000 MediaRing 10c 14,537,000 AddvafTech 2.5c 14,115,000 TTL Hldgs 10c 13,753,000 Stocks DBS Grp 38,820,496 Chart Semiconductor 26c 34,344,620 VentureMfg25c 21,077,940 SPH 20,260,740 Datacraft
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      Lock icon Penny stock rally lizzies out as blue chips see late selling
      652 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THE top 20 most actively traded stocks on Tuesday included a handful of counters that cost more than a dollar. But yesterday, all 20 were priced below a dollar with 18 costing less than 50 cents
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      Lock icon Compact wrt: liquidity a problem
      181 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By: R Sivanithy THERE are plenty of penny warrants for traders to choose from in the local market these days, many of which are priced below 10 cents. Today's feature is Compact Metal's 2002 warrant, which has collapsed to 2.5 cents, despite having
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      Lock icon Keppel Cap charts look bullish
      212 6  -  HOT STOCK By Yen Sreenivasan THE stock of Keppel Capital has been on an upswing during the past six weeks on speculation of a possible merger with one of the larger Singapore banks. The counter gained six cents to $2.56 yesterday. A total of 1.9
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      Lock icon No honeymoon for Koizumi as yen falters
      504 6  -  CURRENCIES Euro weak as ECB rate cut is seen unlikely; market awaits key announcements larry wee HOPES for at least a respite to yen weakness were dashed overnight, the euro is looking soggy because few expect the European Central Bank will lower interest
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2658 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss)Apr26 CMC First State S port (SGO) CMGFSGIolOOGrFd/** 1.110 1.170 ih«k M u »lMU.LM CMG Firsts Glo Bal Fd/4 0.685 0.720 Aberdeen Asset Mgt asm us CMG First State AP Gr Fd!** 0.695 0.730 Aberdeen Select Portfolio: CMG FS Asia Inno&TechFd 0.560 0.590 Global MNCFd
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Tong Tien See Construction's ex-deputy MD pleads guilty
      417 7  -  Sodden torn of events soon after Econ Piling chairman gives evidence By Conrad Raj IN a sudden turn of events, the former deputy managing director of building contractor Tong Tien See Construction (TTSC) yesterday changed his plea of innocence on charges of
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      Lock icon Centrepoint's site bid could herald fall in East Coast condo prices
      789 7  -  Breakeven cost of $550 psf looks set to pat price pressure on rival developments By Kalpana Rashiwala CONDO prices in the East Coast look headed for a fall judging by yesterday's tender for a 99-year leasehold site next to
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      Lock icon Capita Land exec condos to be relaunched with price cuts
      526 7  -  By Vince Chong CAPITALAND will relaunch the remaining units of The Floravale and Woodsvale executive condominiums (ECs) on Saturday, in a move which effectively shaves their prices by about 11 per cent and 12 per cent respectively. The developer has
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      Lock icon Smaller ad agencies suffer as big guns enjoy boom
      658 7  -  Large agencies have big clients with big ad budgets Bl Vince Chong EVEN though the advertising industry is set to grow thanks to increased spending by bigger companies in Singapore, experts say most medium to smaller agencies still face a slowdown.
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      Lock icon Visitor arrivals up 3.8% in March
      290 7  -  By Adeline Chuah SOME 665,300 people visited Singapore in March, or 3.8 per cent more than in the same month last year. This brought the tally for the first quarter of 2001 to about 1.9 million visitors a 1.9 per cent increase on the
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      Lock icon SCAE ties up with airports firm
      277 7  -  By Trina Foo SINGAPORE Changi Airport Enterprise (SCAE) has taken a 50 per cent stake in Alterra Partners LLC's airport development and investment company. Bechtel Enterprises Holdings, which develops, finances and owns infrastructure projects and companies, will retain the remaining interest in Alterra. Negotiations
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      Lock icon Sing Tel to decide on 3G vendor soon
      550 8  -  It will start roll-ont by midorend-2002: Sing Tel Mobile GEO By Teh Hooi Ling SINGTEL Mobile will decide this quarter which equipment vendor it will award its third-generation mobile network contract to. "It shouldn't be too long before we make a decision
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      Lock icon Corporate bond market here seen dominated by GLCs
      456 8  -  And absence of savvy investors hinders market, conference told By Stow Li Sen THE Singapore corporate bond market will continue to be skewed towards issues offered by GLCs government-linked companies because GLCs dominate the economy, and have regional ambitions, said a senior
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      2931 8 [NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 MARUBENI PLANT INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntarily Liquidation) Al an Fxtraordinary General Meeting of Marubeni Plant International Pte Ltd held on 17 April 2001. the following special resolutions were duly passed:1. "That the Company he wound up voluntarily
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Foreign banks need wake-up call too
      565 9  -  George Cheng I REFER to your article, "Foreign banks take fight to local banks" by Siow Li Sen (BT, April 20) and subsequent letters by readers in support of more foreign competition. Allow me to share a different view on the so-called benefits of
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      Lock icon Want steady income? Get bonds, not stocks
      183 9  -  Ho Kai Weng I REFER to the letter "Many 9eek steady flow of dividends" by Narayana Narayana (Mailbag, April 11). Different companies have very different needs for cash. Some generate more cash than necessary to sustain and expand operations, while others have to
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      Lock icon Nightmare of leaks, broken handles
      293 9  -  Lynn Tan I REFER to the letter "Developers need to view homeowners as customers" by Ang Peng Seng (Mailbag, April 23). I totally agree that most developers do not view homeowners as customers. This is especially true after the property transaction has been completed and
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      Lock icon 3 periods when taxi service is really bad
      274 9  -  Richard Loh I REFER to the column "Of taxis, mobiles and the lack of buzz" by Quak Hiang Whai (BT, April 19) and the letter "Experience taxi nightmare first-hand" by Ong Soon Teik (Mailbag, April 23). I agree with the sentiments expressed
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      Lock icon Drop that Singlish hang-up
      430 9  -  Sim Ming Meng I REFER to your article "Decide who English campaign is aimed at" by Jaime Ee (BT, April 13). Even though I do not profess to write or speak perfect Singlish, I found her article to be so humorous in a truly Singaporean way.
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      99 9 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btietterf2sph.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 Why purging the rottenness is inappropriate
      724 10  -  "l LIIw I OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT THE world's second-largest economy has its next prime minister, and hope is in the air. Junichiro Koizumi doesn't look or sound like a conventional Japanese politician. He
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      143 10 A lot of people have been calling asking if they can sell T-shirts and buttons. We have no control over what they sell. We're just asking it be in very good taste.' -Judith Anderson mayor of a small US city which will host the execution of 1995
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      Lock icon Not a mindless obsession
      622 10 EDITORIAL THERE are two ways to look at the findings for Singapore in the IMD's latest World Competitiveness Yearbook. One, note with satisfaction, if not relief, that Singapore has kept its World No 2 spot;. Two, zoom in on the weak areas in the rankings. In
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      Lock icon China hawks alive and kicking in the US
      1332 10  -  The recent US spy plane incident has played into the hands of hawkish types in Congress and the Bnsh administration From\ Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington THERE was once a US president who, during the heat of
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      Lock icon When technology outpaces economics
      823 10  -  COMMENTARY That's when investment cutbacks trigger depressing scenarios in the US By Robert Samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group WE are now witnessing a startling collapse of US investment spending in the telecommunications sector fi-bre-optic networks, switching equipment, the Internet. This is bad enough, but if
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon KL tycoon Krishnan can still head for Nasdaq
      538 11  -  SC says Marian firm may list op to 5% of capital in ADRs From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN tycoon Ananda Krishnan will still be able to list part of his satellite business on the US tech bourse Nasdaq although he
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      Lock icon KL-Tokyo talks for swap deal proceeding smoothly
      291 11 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S top financial diplomat, Haruhiko Kuroda, said yesterday that negotiations with Malaysia for a bilateral central bank swap deal as part of a planned Asia-wide currency safety net are proceeding smoothly. Agreement between the two countries would be a big step
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon SC mulling relaxation of rale
        33 11 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] The Securities Commission is studying the possibility of raising the number of shares independent directors are entitled to buy, chairman Ali Abdul Kadir said. AFX-Asia
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        Lock icon Activists lose court battle
        28 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Five Malaysian opposition activists yesterday lost a court battle against their arrest under a law which allows detention without trial. —AFP
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        Lock icon No more Aiwa CRT TVs from M'sia
        36 11 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] Aiwa Co Ltd plans to stop making and selling low-cost cathode-ray tube (CRT) TVs at its Malaysian plant, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported, citing company sources. —AFX-Asia
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        Lock icon Malay group formed
        33 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A MALAY body formed this week will monitor how the government promotes Malay economic interests, but not discriminate against other races, founder Abdul Aziz Bari, said. —Reuters
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        Lock icon KL to buy 4 subs
        49 11 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will buy four submarines to enhance the combat capabilities of its navy, the force's chief said yesterday. Defence Minister Najib Razak would soon announce details of the acquisition, including the type of submarine and country of manufacture, Bernama, reported. —AP
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      Lock icon Singapore financial institutions reduce stakes in M'sian firms
      644 11 Economists cite concerns over re-pegging of ringgit [KUALA LUMPUR] Singapore-based financial institutions have been reducing their stakes in Malaysian companies since March this year, mainly due to concerns about the re-pegging of the ringgit, said theedgedaily.com citing economists. The report, carried in
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      Lock icon Malaysia to decide on 3G licensing by end of the year
      222 11 KUALA LUMPUR It will concentrate on radio system services for now AP MALAYSIA will decide by the end of the year on the licencing of third generation mobile phone Internet technology, or 3G, and how to offer it to
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      Lock icon Tenaga to cut debt-equity ratio to 1:1 in 5 years
      153 11 KUALALUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S state-owned power utility Tenaga Nasional said yesterday that it plans to reduce its debt-equity ratio to at least 1:1 in five years. "We have a five year plan to go to one-to-one or below," Jamaludin Jarjis, chairman
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      Lock icon Perodua shareholders mull possible revamp
      217 11 KUALA LUMPUR New venture would give Daihatsu bigger role in production Bloomberg PERUSAHAAN Otomobil Kedua Nasional Sdn (Perodua) plans to set up a joint venture that would give its Japanese shareholder Daihatsu Motor Co more influence in production at Malaysia's biggest maker of minicars. Shareholders
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Thailand may stiffen curbs on baht speculation
      580 12  -  It's considering more intrusive reporting for non-resident baht accounts From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE Bank of Thailand is mulling over plans to introduce even more intrusive reporting requirements for non-resident baht accounts, in a bid to curb baht speculation and tighten capital
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      Lock icon Indon interest rates seen rising 400 basis points
      510 12 JAKARTA Scenario prompted by central bank's defence of rnpiah AFX-Asia INTEREST rates in Jakarta could rise by as much as 400 basis points in the near to medium term as the central bank continues to defend the rupiah but such a development
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      Lock icon HK police nab duo claiming to have US$50b WWII bonds
      503 12  -  Arrest follows a series involving people allegedly fake US securities worth billions From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SUSPECTS caught by the Hongkong police for allegedly attempting to use fake US government bonds to cheat banks are coming up with
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      Lock icon Indonesia to issue first ever deficit bonds
      408 12 JAKARTA The Budget shortfall is growing to frightening levels Reuters THE Indonesian government yesterday said it planned to issue its first ever deficit bonds to finance a Budget gap which many fear is becoming so large it could crush an already hesitant economic
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      Lock icon Ibra may increase its asset sales
      142 12 JAKARTA Reuters THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday it may increase its asset sales to help offset the country's huge budget deficit. "Raising the asset sales target is possible," Ibra chairman Edwin Gerungan told reporters. "There hasn't been any official request from
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      Lock icon Much ado over ideal day to vote for the chief
      736 12  -  LETTER IffTOl: Li .[> i Piiee mm. Hafa highlight and cri-a+a ftf affaire In WnnglrntiffpnHH^ Quak Hiang Whai WATCHING Hongkong politics can be quite entertaining, no offence to Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa and his Beijing sponsors. But the latest farce
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        Lock icon Jakarta bombs: 20-year jall called for
        97 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian prosecutors yesterday called for a 20-year jail sentence for a female acquaintance of the fugitive son of former president Suharto charged with illegal possession of explosives. She was arrested at a recreational park in East Jakarta on Jan 19 while trying
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        Lock icon Presumed corrupt till proven clean
        93 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia, struggling in its battle against endemic graft, is considering a change in the law that would mean defendants accused of corruption were assumed to be guilty, until they could prove their innocence. The proposed change, that follows the government's repeated failure to
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        Lock icon Lawyears seek Ginanjarš release again
        100 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Lawyers for a former economics minister suspected of graft under the Suharto regime yesterday asked a court for the second time to release their client, charging that he had been unlawfully arrested and questioned. The lawyers for Ginanjar Kartasasmita, 60, said the attorney-general's
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      439 13  -  All announcements for listed firms are to be published on the HKEx website From Qnak Hbuig Whai in Hongkong NEWSPAPERS that depend heavily on paid announcements for advertising revenue could be in serious trouble as the Hongkong bourse has decided that
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      494 13  -  The financial secretary says he feared he would lose public's money From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong DONALD Tsang, who led Hongkong government's assault against speculators during its controversial market intervention in August 1998, literally wept from fear and confusion before deciding on
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      585 14 TECH RESULTS ItlostUSs234min Ql, down from USs3oBm a year ago; sales rose 22% NYT [NEW YORK] Amazon.com surprised Wall Street with a lower-than-expected loss as its drive to become profitable by the end of the year pushed costs *down. The company lost U*****.13 million (*****.13
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      451 14 NEW YORK Profits excluding one-time items match expectations Reuters VERIZON Communications, the No 1 US local telephone company, said on Tuesday its first-quarter net income rose amid strong sales of data and wireless services. Verizon's net income rose 5.5 per cent to
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      377 14 TOKYO Earnings seen to fall 36% to 39.2b yen Bloomberg NEC Corp, the third-biggest chipmaker, will probably report profit fell in the second half as personal computer demand slumped, forcing down prices of memory chips, analysts said. The Tokyo-based company's group net income
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      329 14 PARIS Reuters FRENCH media firm Vivendi Universal won over wary markets on Tuesday with impressive first-quarter results and a long-awaited agreement to merge its loss-mak-ing Italian pay-TV business. The group formed from the merger of Vivendi, Canada's Seagram and Vivendi cable unit Canal
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      721 14  - Palm's latest salvo —Now it gets interesting TECHNOLOGY kenneth james Palm Inc has released new handheld devices with big 'expansion plans'. That alone may not be enough to stem the tide of competitors THERE'S an exciting computer war brewing and it isn't on the PC front. It's true that personal
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      481 14 NEW YORK NYT YOU'VE got mail. You've also got a gimmick. And it's a doozy. On Monday, America Online kicks off its "You've Got Mail" campaign. Log onto AOL and you'll hear the voice of Madonna or one of 11 other celebs uttering
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      362 14  -  First drop in 2 years; weak demand seen for rest of year By Janice Lee [SINGAPORE] Asian personal computer sales have dipped in consecutive quarters for the first time in two years. According to preliminary results by IDC Asia/Pacific, the Asia-Pacific
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      414 15  -  Combined group will be UK's sth largest bank and position it to challenge'big 4' Frorri Neil Behrmann in London IN another possible huge UK banking merger, Halifax, Britain's largest mortgage lender, said it was in talks with Bank of Scotland (BOS)
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      481 15 WASHINGTON Units sold last month np 4.2%; thanks to low jobless, mortgage rates Bloomberg US sales of new single-family homes rose to their highest level ever in March, a sign that housing has been unscathed by the slowing economy, a government report showed.
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      370 15 NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia Reuters THE US economy still faces a significant risk of deteriorating further despite four rapid interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year, Richmond Fed president Alfred Broaddus said on Tuesday. Mr Broaddus declined to give a prediction about
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      377 15 LOSANGELES Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp Ltd, the parent of the Fox television network, is in advanced talks to buy either all or part of rival network UPN from Viacom Inc, a source familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday. News Corp
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      540 15 CORPORATE RESULTS STUTTGART Falling sales at US car, track units and Japanese affiliate take their toll on carmaker Bloomberg DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG said it had a first-quarter net loss, excluding one-time charges, of 373 million euros (*****.9 million) due to falling sales
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      468 15 LOS ANGELES Reuters DESPITE lower sales, The Walt Disney Co on Tuesday beat earnings forecasts with a US$39l million (Ss7oB million) quarterly operating profit, before massive charges for closing its Go.com website, due to strong results from its film and video units. Michael Eisner,
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      342 15 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters CHEVRON Corp, the No 2 US oil company, said yesterday first-quarter earnings rose a better-than-expected 53 per cent on strong oil and natural gas prices, and better profits on gasoline and other fuels. Chevron, which is acquiring rival Texaco, said
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        87 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, the world's fifth largest drug maker, yesterday said its Q1 profits rose 10 per cent, driven by sales of its diabetes drugs and its cholesterol drug Pravachol. The company, which plans to sell or spin off its
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        72 15 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Cooper Industries Inc, the maker of Halo lighting fixtures and Crescent wrenches, will cut about 2,000 jobs, or 6 per cent of its workforce, by year's end as it moves production to Mexico and China to reduce expenses. Its net income fell
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        78 15 Bloomberg [SANTA MONICA, California] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film studio controlled by billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, had a First quarter loss after a charge for an accounting change. The company had a loss of U*****.8 million (*****.6 million), or US$l.B6 a share, compared with a profit of
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      191 16 WASHINGTON AFP FORMER US secretary of state Madeleine Albright is heading back to school to rejoin the faculty at the university where she taught foreign affairs before joining the government, officials said on Tuesday. Ms Albright, the highest ranking woman ever in US government,
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      368 16 WASHINGTON NYT DEFENCE Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has received an additional 90 days to divest himself of millions of dollars in investments that pose a potential conflict of interest, officials said on Tuesday. Mr Rumsfeld, who as chief executive of two
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      643 16 Move puts more pressure on ECB to cut interest rates at its meeting today AP Reuters [BRUSSELS] Blaming a "spluttering" US economy, the European Union slashed its own 2001 and 2002 growth forecasts to below 3 per cent yesterday a
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      669 16 Horst Koehler says 'good degree of probability' US rebound will materialise Reuters [WASHINGTON] The global economy is at a critical juncture but swift action from the US Federal Reserve, and hopedfor interest rate cuts in Europe, should ensure an economic rebound later this
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      326 16 BRUSSELS Charges filed along with voluntary bankruptcy petition for subsidiary AP Bloomberg LERNOUT Hauspie Speech Products NV, the one-time high-flying technology firm now under bankruptcy court protection, said yesterday that it has filed a criminal complaint in South Korea against the former
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      713 16  -  COMMENTARY By Caroline Baum [NEW YORK] BONDS didn't get a chance to rally on news that US consumer confidence took another dive in April because stocks got there first. Oh, sure, there were lots of Johnnys-on-the-spot to explain why the 7.7-point drop in
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      630 17 WASHINGTON Worries over risk of default on Latin nation's USsl2Bb loans remain AFP Reuters ARGENTINA has not asked for US financial assistance to manage its financial crisis, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said on Tuesday. Speculation that Argentina had asked for a
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      225 17 HONGKONG AFX-Asia HONGKONG Monetary Authority (HKMA) is watching developments in Argentina with some interest but said what was happening in Argentina would not affect Hongkong. Speaking at a luncheon, HKMA's deputy chief executive Tony Latter said the HKMA was looking at Argentina with "a
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      495 17 BEIJING He says it will defend island if attacked by China Reuters LAT-WP IN a toughening of the US position on Taiwan, President George W Bush abandoned previous ambiguity and declared the United States would defend the island if it was attacked by China.
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      255 18  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST tadac/MSa Stare Index Wong Ann Chuen THE Singapore stock market fell, led by contract manufacturers, after industry leader Flextronics International Ltd cut staff and production capacity. The benchmark Straits Times Index lost 15.31 points or 0.91 per cent to close
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      232 18  -  MSGHUwanbdn Wong Ann Chuen THE Taiwan stock market finished lower for the third consecutive day, driven downward mainly by electronics and computer-related issues. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index lost 3.12 points, or 1.25 per cent to close at 245.91 points. The Taiwan stock index turnover
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      206 18 Reuters London THE yen was little changed yesterday as traders waited to see whether Japan's prime-minister-in-waiting Junichiro Koizumi could deliver on his promised reforms. The new Japanese coalition announced a ceiling of 30 trillion yen (S$444.54 billion) for government bond issuance in the 2002/2003 fiscal year and agreed
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      2821 19 HONGKONG AFP ClHangSflng -25.06 HONGKONG share prices fell 0.2 per cent yesterday after directionless trade as caution re-emerged ahead of the expiry of the Hang Seng April contract, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index shed 25.06 points to close at 13,249.55
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      1014 19 Reuters OShenriMnßlßdci -25J3 CHINA'S hard currency B shares fell sharply yesterday as punters took profits after recent heavy gains. But brokers said the potential for further falls was limited as there was widespread expectation on the markets that share prices would continue to rise in the medium term. The
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      347 19 AFP jWPlndei -73J4 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday on selling in technology stocks amid an absence of fresh leads, analysts said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index fell 73.14 points to 5,516.22, on a turnover of NT560.05 billion. "Selling pressure quickly emerged when it
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      2011 19 TOKYO AFP HMMriMS +84.32 TOKYO share prices edged up 0.6 per cent yesterday on investors' high hopes for an economic policy to be presented by Japan's reform-minded new leader Junichiro Koizumi, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Average closed up 84.32 points at
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      399 21 AFP PI Composite Index +L 3 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.2 per cent higher yesterday on selective buying, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange composite index ended up 1.31 points at 573. An institutional dealer with a local brokerage said local funds supported
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      738 22 AFP P SET Index -OM THAI shares made marginal losses yesterday, after profittaking reversed earlier gains made in financial stocks. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index shed 0.09 points to close at 296.86 points. The blue chip SET 50 Index was off 0.02 points at 20.19. Declining
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      261 22 AFP Composite Index +1813 PHILIPPINE share prices rose 1.3 per cent yesterday after an anti-graft court ordered the arrest of deposed president Joseph Estrada. The Composite Index rose 18.18 points to 1,462.18. Turnover fell to 264.48 million shares worth 431.1 million pesos. —AFP Apr 25 Peso (000) MRC Allied
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      668 22 AFP Index +&06 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.4 per cent higher yesterday on bargain hunting and hopes that President Abdurrahman Wahid's national address tomorrow will defuse political tensions. They said the International Monetary Fund's concurrence with government plans to keep the Budget deficit at 3.7 per cent of GDP
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      275 22 AFP n Composite Index +10.70 KOREAN stocks closed 2 per cent higher. The index ended up 10.70 points at 566.34. Volume was 373.1 million shares at 1.8 trillion won. —AFP «r» Wm *h Anam Semi 4750 225 Brain Tech 595 unch Central Bank 170 unch CheUCofnm ***** -1500 Dm
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      870 24  -  China-born composer Bright Sheng tells jobn orb about now the Cultural Revolution taught him to take chances in The Silver River JOHN GEE SHANGHAI-BORN composer Bright Sheng refers to people of the Cultural Revolution as a "lost generation". While Sheng was himself one of
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      554 24 Arrest ends his season on TV series Ally Mcßeal LATWP [LOS ANGELES] Actor Robert Downey Jr was arrested again early Tuesday in a Culver City alley on suspicion of using drugs and promptly checked into a rehabilitation clinic, according to authorities and Downey's publicist. The
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      256 25 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS no legal force (4) 1 Competitive way heats are Nearing calamity with dye (7) run? (5, 9) 7 Actor struggled at Reading (9) 10 Various copies friend pro- 8 It stops one succeeding (14) duced of the church (9) 9 Season's greetings to get tip--11 One gives
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      670 26  -  A greater proportion of GMAT candidates from Chinese-majority countries like Singapore and Taiwan are women, compared to EU nations for instance, reports ADELINE CHUAH ADELINE CHUAH A GROWING number of women from countries with a Chinese majority are flocking to the US to seek
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      350 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] Dianne Thompson, chief executive of Camelot Group pic, the operator of the UK's National Lottery, won the Veuve Clicquot UK Business Woman of the Year 2000. The award by the champagne house "is the pinnacle of my career", Ms
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      1275 26 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I ALLGREEN PROPERTIES LIMITED {Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fifteenth Annual General Meeting of Allgreen Properties Limited will be held at Shangri-La Hotel, 22 Orange Grove Road, Valley Room (Valley Wing, 3rd
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      305 26 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF MARISSCO (PRIVATE) LIMITED (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the creditors of the abovenamed company, which is being voluntarily wound up, are required on or before 18 May 2001 to send in their
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  • PROPERTY
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      441 28  -  Finalists from HDB projects at Tanglin Halt Green and Woodlands N6 show how once tired estates can get a new lease of life with a fresh coat of paint By Marissa Chew ONCE dreary Housing and Development Board flats now boast vibrant hues that
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      516 28 DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (sq ft) LAUNCHED UNTTSSOLD (Spsf) Abode at Devonshire TTH Devt 9 Devonshire Rd 1,012-2,756 26 4 1,288 FH No 1 Holt Rd RiyanPteLtd 10 HoltRd 1,561-3,197 40 na 1,100 FH Holt Residences Centrepoint Prop 10 HoltRd
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      340 28  -  By Marissa Chew SINGAPORE may be the Garden City and a role model for the region's urban centres, but it owes its success to for-eign-trained landscape architects who say it is time that the island has its own landscape architecture degree programme.
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      1667 29  -  In this weekly series on property management, JORDAN HBO offers tips on how to eliminate MA woes JORDAN NEO The writer is managing director ofKnight Frank Estate Management Pte Ltd. He is also a member of Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers and a Fellow
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      98 28 FOR SALE Legal Description Lot 2349N, Mukim 6 Land Area 25,796 sq m Tenure 30 years w.e.f 1 April 1988 30 years Total build-in area 13,193.4 sq m Description of Property Factory with mezzanine office 10,278 sq m Warehouse 1 393 sq m Warehouse 2 1016.4 sq m Warehouse 3
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      Lock icon Capita Land may sell choice sites
      755 30  -  Sources say the developer is looking to divest some of the prime freehold residential landbank acquired during the old DBS Land days By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND is now looking to divest not just its non-core commercial properties, but also some of the prime freehold
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      502 30  -  Realink data show 20% of caveats lodged are for homes in Districts 15 and 16 in the 12 mths to Feb By Marissa Chew THE East Coast districts of 15 and 16 were Singapore's most popular home locations in the 12
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      280 31 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell two points to 1,460, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 17 points to 1,535, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed 11 points to 9,497 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up nine points to 1,789. UMB-CHAirilWi ♦Corona Fortune (built 1993)
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      293 31 sax "ooo A*r25 S$ W CWT Distribution 031 OOt 39 Chuan Hup 0-30 0.01 749 Cosco Investment—0.18 unch 506 Freight Links 0.09 0.01 1904 GB Holding* 0.40 unch 15 IMC Hotdings-HK —5.60 unch 0 Jay a Holdings 0.14 -0.01 145 KeppelCorp 2-94 unch 794 Keppel FELS 0.80 -0.01
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      337 31  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Container carriers will have to cut costs and rationalise as the industry boom ends this year, according to the latest report by Drewry Shipping Consultants. The statistics, quoted by JoC Online, show that the container shipping industry faces
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      478 31  -  200 vessels undertook STS operations last year By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Ship-to-ship operations at the Indonesian island of Karimun Besar are on the rise with business doubling over the last two years, according to one operator. Singapore registered Sobeldia International Pte Ltd's operations manager
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      73 31 AFP [MIAMI] Escorted by four tugboats, the new Carnival Spirit arrives at the Port of Miami-Dade, following a trans-Atlantic voyage from its shipyard in Helsinki, Finland. The latest addition to Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines' 15-shipfleet, the US$375 million (***** million), 960-foot-long ship carries 2,124
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      259 31 Reuters [MUSCAT] Oman's Salalah Port Services (SPS) said increased productivity and cost cutting helped the firm record a net profit of 1.88 million rials (558.78 millions) in 2000 after suffering a loss the previous year. SPS posted a net loss of 3.75 million rials in
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      164 32 PACE Eastrans 6 Appenship 5 ECl 4 Assets 5 ECUUne Austral 6 Ewr ree 6 FoongSun 5 Fuhai 7 B'tang Mas 6 Clink 4 ccm 7 Gemartrans 6 CMACGM 3 Ha 7 COSCO 3 Heung-A 4 CSAV 3 Hyundai 7 Centra,E 6 Interasia 5 OwYang 5 |RBl
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      10319 38 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Oest'n Name Name Number Number ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Mi aHaHMMHaHMIMBMaMnMHHaMHNHiaaaMMaB 10/05 06/06 COSCO EVER GENTLE 0021W 65-*****00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 10/05 06/06 Evergreen E. GENTLE *****MW 65
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        777 40 Vessel Voy No Btfth Arrival Departure MRS 2692 301 'jOl 25/04/8JO 25/04/17^0 Bint an Wtra 01-Apr J05 25/04/6:45 25/04/23:00 Auk* Sway* 01-Ho. J06 25/04/7:45 25/04/2030 Tropical 28 07*01 J03 25/04/8:50 25/04/1730 Winstar 1 046S01 J03 25/04/8:10 25/04/2130 Kouryu 1 J» 25/04/930 27/04/1830 C Success 25/04 J10 25/04/930 25/04/16:15
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        1951 40 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCt CONTAINERS AND La CARGO Booklng/Manc* t$tls Dootlnq/Pilonc* Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Nrtod Frew To fno SMp Voy No Etfc/ltr Nrtoi Fnm To fw ACI EAGU 00M 26/23:59 24/BOO 24/14M 24/BM I* 24/MO 25/0659 2VOWO U 24/1700 25/0459 25/09M 21 24/I7M 25/04M 25/0900 2»
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        179 40 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 Day Finland: Labour Day France: Labour Day Germany: Labour Day Ireland: Bank
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        793 40 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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        556 40 Carbon 180 Mm 991.0 0.S 13.3 0.10 194 0.06 Apr 19 DmsKv Water Residue Art Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 0 0 1 0 380 Ave 984.5 0.3 12.7 0.06 23 0.02 Ium 380 Max 990.7 11 15.3 0.11 67 0.03 T/V M/M m/m
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        373 41 US also wants greater access for its carriers when capacity at airport increases next year Bloomberg [TOKYO] The European Commission asked Japan to let European carriers operate 100 more flights a week to and from Tokyo's sole international airport when
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        332 41 Numbers may drop this current business year Bloomberg [TOKYO] Tokyo's international airport at Narita said it served a record number of passengers in the business year that ended last month as demand for air travel expanded. Some 27.7 million passengers passed through Narita in
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        380 41 Aussie safety officials find cabin crew unable to handle procedures effectively in crash landing accident in Thailand 19 months ago Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways accepted Australian safety regulators' findings that training deficiencies contributed to a crash in Thailand of one of its Boeing
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        138 41 Bloomberg [DETROIT] A judge approved Northwest Airlines Corp's US$7.l million (5512.78 million) settlement with more than 7,000 passengers stranded at the Detroit airport during a January 1999 snowstorm. The passengers' lawsuit said, with extensive delays and cancelled flights that New Year's weekend, some people were trapped
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        108 41 AFX-Asic [BANGKOKJThai Airways International (THAI) will retreat from unprofitable domestic routes this year, turning them over to private airlines with lower costs, and concentrate on the international market, Deputy Transport and Communications Minister Pracha Maleenont said. The flag carrier now flies more than 30
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        70 41 [ORLY] Workers of the AOM-Air Liberte and Air Littoral airlines demonstrate at Orly airport, south of Paris, demanding action to save the companies. SAirGroup might inject 500 million French francs (Ssl24 million) into Air Liberte and AOM, warding offpossible bankruptcy for two months, said Ernest
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        196 41 Oana-Antara [JAKARTA] The newly established airline company, Kartika Airlines, would prefer American and Russian aircraft when it starts operating on June 21, 2001. "Kartika plans to operate Boeing 737-200s and Russia's Illusioan-76, Antonov and Yak-42," the new airline company's president, Benny Rungkat, disclosed
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        307 41 Reuters [PURCHASE, New York] Air cargo carrier Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc said on Tuesday its first-quarter earnings rose 20 percent, but going forward it will be difficult to match last year's earnings if economic conditions persist. Analysts had on average been
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        631 42  -  S Korea's new airport is driving up logistics costs due to its lack of direct links with provincial airports By P T Bangsberg SHIPPERS and forwarders in South Korea say the new Incheon international airport west of Seoul is raising logistics costs by
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        458 42  -  By Jane Lim [SINGAPORE] Two major European logistics providers Schenker and Panalpina have combined their resources to secure their biggest supply chain management (SCM) contract from Hewlett-Packard Commercial. Worth US$4O million (Ss72 million) to US$5O million a year, the contract requires
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      26 31 mm LOGISTICS PAGE Incheon airport's costs too high, shippers complain Guangzhou Shipyard's provisions result in massive loss EC asks for 100 new flights at Tokyo's Narita
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      523 34 EXPRESS CONTAINER FEEDER FOR INDIAN PORTS FOR N.SHEVA (CFS MULUND. MUMBAI) COCHIN COLOMBO ALSO ACCEPTING TO ALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN I C O POINTS V«ttl VOV SPORE N.SHEVA COCHIN COLOMBO P.KLANG TULSIDAS 141 29 APR 08 MAY 11 MAY 14 MAY 18 MAY FRONTIER 10BW 06 MAY IS MAY IS
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