The Business Times, 2 June 2001

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE lnte« "»e t h ttD://bnsiness-times.asial .com.sg/ SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2001 850
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    80 1 sn 1,649.78 (-7.27) BT-SRI MBL2S (-3.32) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,6384)0 (-1.00) SMSCX FUTURES 203JQ (-0.10) STOCK MARKET INDICES Friday Change KLSE COMP 572.88 +120 NIKKEI 226 -0.30 HANG SENG 13,141 J8 -33.03 SET INDEX 312.06 +1.93 JAKARTA COMP 396.51 -9.35 MANILA COMP —1,416.09 +13.80 TAIPEI WPI 5,1)13.96 44.90
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    81 1 POKES BATES us$ ss USS (SS per USS) 1.810 I(USS/SS per 1.419 ***** EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.847 ***** DM 1308 ***** YEN 118.8 66.60 RM 3.800 2.100 HKS 7.800 4310 BAHT 45.46 26.12 RUPIAH 11,283 6,236 *S$ to KM) units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl'ALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA J9.0A BANGKOK .9.80
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    Lock icon Daim said to have thrown in the towel
    800 1  -  Bnt Mahathir yet to decide if he will accept Daim's resignation From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSLAN Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin has finally sent in his resignation, ending months of intense speculation as well as closing a chapter in his long-standing
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    Lock icon Earlier IMF reforms might've mitigated Asian crisis: Fischer
    701 1  -  By 1 Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Had certain reforms within the IMF been in place five years ago, the Asian crisis would probably have been less severe and better handled, the IMF's First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer said yesterday. He was delivering
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    Lock icon Caltex raises the ante in petrol price war
    221 1 [SINGAPORE] Caltex has pumped new sophistication into the petrol price war along Bukit Timah Road it is offering a floating rate discount that is "1% more off' than that given by Singapore Petroleum Co. With all the other players Esso, Mobil, Shell
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    Lock icon Gus Dur revamps Cabinet in battle to stay in power
    649 1  -  Choice of chief security minister seen as move to cozy np to Megawati From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta Indonesia's beleaguered President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet for a third time in 19 months in a last-ditch attempt to repair
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    Lock icon Coming QFB exercise expected to draw second-time bidders
    675 1  -  Maybank, HSBC, Amex mostly likely bidders, having failed the last time By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] With the Monetary Authority of Singapore expected soon to invite applications from foreign banks for two new qualifying full bank (QFB) licences, it looks like the potential
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Driven to distraction
        82 2 BE prepared for the unexpected, even in a 5-star hotel. Take the press conference hosted by listed electronics contract manufacturer Beyonics Technology yesterday afternoon in the glitzy Westin Stamford Westin Plaza hotel. Though Beyonics booked a conference room for the event, the bosses had to make their
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        Lock icon Way to tax exemption: Spend!
        110 2 IN case you're wondering where your kind donations to charity are going, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has revised the rules for bodies which enjoy tax-exempt status for their charity work. To qualify for exemption, these bodies now have to spend no less than
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      Lock icon Private sector to figure in SLA's property management
      607 2 New stat board eyes innovative ways to unlock fall value of assets managed [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Land Authority (SLA), a new statutory board, will seek greater private-sector participation to find "innovative ways to unlock the full value of the assets" it is
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      Lock icon IMF is still committed to Indonesia, says Fischer
      290 2  -  It's keen to complete review and resume funding, he says By < Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The IMF "has not walked out of Indonesia" and is committed to continuing working with the government in Jakarta to ensure that the stalled reforms there are
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      Lock icon Jettison bad loans burden, Greenspan tells Japan
      382 2 Only then will easy monetary policy succeed Reuters [WASHINGTON] Japan must get rid of the bad loans burdening its financial sector, and this is necessary for Japan's easy monetary policy to succeed. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan was quoted as telling top Japanese
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      Lock icon NZ PM Clark douses hopes for Qantas/Air NZ tie-up
      429 2 She cites three obstacles: international landing rights pacts, competition concerns, and NZ tourism marketing efforts Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark poured cold water yesterday on Qantas Airways' bid to buy an equity stake in national carrier Air New
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Beyonics strikes contract deal with Seagate
      453 3  -  Beyonics to boy Batam plant; Seagate buys PCB components in return By\ David Boey BEYONICS Technology has beaten about 10 other electronics contract manufacturers to clinch a deal with US hard-drive maker Seagate Technology that will more than double Beyonics' turnover in FY2002. Under
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      Lock icon Why keep investors in suspense?
      763 3  -  lock siew wong wei kong UNNECESSARILY lengthy trading suspensions and the high frequency of material disclosures prompted by stock exchange queries suggest that listed companies here are still not managing the flow of price-sen-sitive information well. Trading suspensions, at best, should be regarded as a
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      Lock icon S'pore one of Asia's best-value markets
      376 3  -  JP Morgan sees STI at 1,935 by year-end, with spnrt in Q4 By Angela Tan SINGAPORE is one of the best-value stock markets in Asia Pacific, with banks and conglomerates among the top picks, US investment bank JP Morgan says in its latest market
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      Lock icon 4 Inno-Pac directors retire at end of AGM
      587 5  -  Poll for their re-election or replacement postponed to Ang3l By\ Serena Ng LOSS-MAKING Inno-Pacific Holdings yesterday said that the four directors that some minority shareholders had sought to replace had retired at the close of its annual general meeting on Thursday night.
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      Lock icon Inno-Pac shareholder inspired by Raffles Hldgs EGM
      380 5  -  She led minority shareholders in defeating resolutions at company's A6M By\ Serena Ng INNO-PACIFIC shareholder Quah Su-Ling, who led a group of minority shareholders to defeat or delay several resolutions at the investment holding company's marathon annual general meeting on Thursday, said yesterday
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Transmarco returns to black
        70 5 TRANSMARCO returned to black for the year ended March 31 with a net profit of $3.7 million, after a $32.3 million loss a year earlier. Turnover slipped 4 per cent to $96.3 million. Earnings per share came in at 9 cents, compared with a loss per
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        Lock icon Brilliant interim net surges 141%
        52 5 BRILLIANT Manufacturing said yesterday its interim profit surged 141 per cent to $2.9 million. Turnover for the six months ended March rose 25 per cent to $34.5 million. Net tangible assets per share eased to 25.75 cents, from 26 cents a year earlier. No dividend
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        Lock icon Hai Sun Hup earnings down 35%
        77 5 HAI Sun Hup said yesterday that net profit for the year ended March 31 fell 35 per cent to $26 million, while turnover slipped 6 per cent to $405 million. Earnings per share fell to 3 cents from 4.6 cents, while net tangible assets
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        Lock icon S'pore Shipping Corp profit up 48%
        73 5 SINGAPORE Shipping Corporation yesterday posted a 48 per cent jump in net profit to $18.3 million for the year ended March, on a 9 per cent rise in turnover to $275.4 million. Earnings per share rose to 4.2 cents from 2.8 cents, while net
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        Lock icon Warnings from Tuan Sing, Gul Tech
        74 5 TUAN Sing Holdings and its main subsidiary Gul Technologies said yesterday their earnings will be hit by the slowdown in the US economy and a drop in global electronics sales. Tuan Sing said also that because of the weak Singapore property and construction sectors,
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        Lock icon ST Engg unit wins rail contract
        65 5 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering says its wholly owned subsidiary Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Elect), with Alstom Transport of France and Alstom Transport (S), has secured an option to supply electrical and mechanical systems for stage two of the Circle Line rail network. The value of
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      Lock icon Local dotcom laying off key staff
      144 5 HOMEGROWN dotcom Aretae has reportedly asked several top managers to leave and is said to be re-examining its business strategy. Aretae, which is about five years old, provides consulting, Internet business solutions and application hosting services. It also designs and builds websites for companies.
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      Lock icon Hsien Yang buys SingTel shares
      262 5 He pays close to all-time low in first open market foray Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications chief executive Lee Hsien Yang bought shares in his company from the open market for the first time after the stock fell to an all-time low two days ago. Sing Tel
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      325 4 Stocks Volume Zhong 34,276,000 Beyonics 10c 17,099,000 SingTel 15c 14,643,000 People's Food HGK 50c 13,864,000 LionAsiapac25c 12.304.000 AddvalTech 2.5c 11,449,000 Noreteo5c 10,056,000 Autron 9,772.000 NOL 9,126,000 UniFood HK25C 7,236,000 Stock* Tianjin Zhong 49,295,901 DBSGrp 28,564,968 SingTel 15c 24,988.660 VentureMfg25c 23,576,662 SIA 22,560,694 Datacraft 10c 18,917,147 SPH 16,061,328 NOL 14,766,050 Chart
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      Lock icon Market clings to 'China play' in the absence of US leads
      607 4  -  nrr comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WITH most blue-chip investors preferring to wait for signals from the US on what to do next, it was left to secondliners to hold the fort in the local stock market yesterday. China plays
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      Lock icon Koh Bros wrt: time a saving grace
      179 4  -  WARRANT WATCH liy\ R Sivanithy THE property and construction sectors are down in the dumps and this is wellreflected in share prices. In the construction segment, Koh Brothers, a small and moderately profitable company, has warrants in issue which now sell for just
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      Lock icon TPV: near-term support at 33 cents
      224 4  -  HOT STOCK Ven Sreenivasan ~alsout a month ago, this column highlighted the upside prospects for the stock of monitor maker TPV Technology. And since then, the counter has almost doubled to as high as 41.5 cents early this week. But 41 cents proved to
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      Lock icon Euro, US$ see no respite as market awaits US job data
      531 4  -  =ii comment CURRENCIES But vital supports hold ahead of data release euro at 84.40-60 US cents and greenback at 118.40-60 yen larry wee THERE was no respite for the euro and the US dollar versus the Japanese yen in
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3272 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Abtrdean Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.76< 0.803 Global Technology Fd!** 0.670 0 705 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0 780 0.820 American Opport Fd 0.861 0.905 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 1 062 1.116 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.243 1 306 Asian Fixed Income Fd
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon STMicro to slash capital expenditure by 21%
      290 6  -  However, no job losses expected at its S'pore wafer plants By\ David Boey STMICROELECTRONICS, a semiconductor giant that runs two wafer foundries in Ang Mo Kio, said it will slash its capital expenditure for 2001 by more than 21 per cent in response
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      Lock icon Top-grade office rents slip further
      321 6  -  on the economy office rents By Marissa Chew GRADE a office rents dipped 0.3 per cent in May for the second straight month, the first two consecutive months of decline since October 1999, says corporate real estate specialist Cushman Wakefield in a monthly report. The
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      Lock icon Clarification
      58 6 IN the May 31 article "Member issues demand letters", we reported senior counsel Engelin Teh of Engelin Teh Partners as saying that she would represent Commercial Solutions Consultants, one of the parties seeking to take class action against Raffles Town Club and/or the banks involved. Ms Teh has clarified
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      Lock icon Aussie lawyers seek greater access to S'pore market
      450 6  -  This most be part of free trade agreement, says visiting AnssieA-G Byi Conrad Raj SINGAPORE must provide greater access to Australia's legal practitioners if the two countries are to have a free trade agreement, according to Australian Attorney-Gen-eral Darryl Williams. "From an
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      Lock icon BOI targets Net banking by yr-end
      409 6  -  It's also keen on ATM tie-np; bnt QFBisnot on its agenda By 1 Rachel Ong THE Bank of India is expected to launch Internet banking in Singapore by year-end and possibly tie up with local banks for ATM services. This was revealed by the
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      Lock icon SLA boasts high-powered board
      214 6 LIEW Heng San, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Law, chairs the Singapore Land Authority's (SLA's) 10member board, whose prominent members are drawn from the banking, legal, architectural and other sectors. The two bankers on the board are Sunil Sreenivasan, Citibank Singapore's country manager, and Greg
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon ILPs not comparable with unit trusts:AIA
      336 6  -  ALA Co Ltd Corporate Communications Department WE refer to the letter "Prudent to compare investment product fees" by Isaac Kelvin Tan Lee Thong (Mailbag. May 29). AIA would like to correct the misconception Mr Tan has regarding our AIA Global Balanced Fund, which can
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      Lock icon Govt, oil firms should do their bit to lower pump prices
      110 6  -  Patrick Tan Boh Liang Singapore RECENTLY there has been a lot of comment in the press regarding high petrol prices in Singapore. The Consumers Association of Singapore, for example, has called for a 20 per cent reduction in pump
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      Lock icon Judgment of CFOs can be fallible
      291 6  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the rejoinder from your writers to my letter "Better to return surplus funds to shareholders" (Mailbag, May 24). I hope you will be able to spare some space for me again. I hope I will not be thought
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      Lock icon Lower deposit, more buyers
      172 6  -  Seow Eng Ghee Singapore I REFER to the letter "Lower deposit will lead to higher prices" by Ang Meng Hua (Mailbag, May 15). I understand the simple theory of demand and supply. Property demand, as well as prices, will surge if the government relaxes the 20
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      Lock icon Losing out to Hong Kong investors
      136 6  -  Patrick Lim Siong Siang Singapore CURRENTLY, there's a 100 per cent capitalprotected fund being launched with different pricings, depending on where it's purchased. If it's taken up through the banks, the sales charge is 3.25 oer cent but there will be a discount for
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      Lock icon RTC members must unite to form one group
      82 6  -  Leong Sew Wah Singapore IT is encouraging to see that members of the Raffles Town Club are seeking redress of their grievances through collective legal suits. However, it would carry more weight if the members can be united in just one group
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      67 6 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in
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  • MOTORING
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      Lock icon It's here: the Lexus coupe-cabriolet
      541 7  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN previews the SC43O, the first sports car to be unveiled by Lexus in a decade CHRISTOPHER TAN THE Lexus SC43O, the world's first 2+2-seater with a retractable hardtop, has landed and will be launched in the next few weeks. Already, 15 people have
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Lock icon Five Cat E COEs going for $27,048 each
        96 7 A COE speculator has advertised five Category E certificates for sale at $27,048 each the same price as the last tender's premium. This indicates two things: he is holding soon-expiring certificates and needs to sell them fast, or he reckons the markets
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        Lock icon CCP Adshel wins $232m contract
        97 7 CCP ADSHEL—a venture between Capital City Posters and Clear Channel Pacific —has been awarded a $232.4 million, 15-year contract to design, build and operate 27,000 bus and taxi shelters. Announcing the award yesterday, the Land Transport Authority said it will pay for utility connections at
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        Lock icon Porsche's change of heart
        102 7 PORSCHE will launch a revamped 911 series in September. The mid-life facelift goes beyond a cosmetic nip-and-tuck. The main change is in the heart. Capacity goes from 3.4-litre to 3.6-litre, giving the cars access to 320 horses and a top speed of2Bskmh. Zero-to-lOOkmh sprints in the
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        Lock icon Curtain airbags for the Corsa
        72 7 OPEL will add curtain airbags to its Corsa later this year, making it the first small car to have this feature pioneered by Volvo. Opel Astras and Zafiras, as well as other models, will be equipped with this side-impact protection later on. The new airbag
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        Lock icon A new M'sian importer for Saabs
        95 7  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan JASERI Auto Sdn Bhd has been appointed importer of Saabs and Porsches in Malaysia. It has also applied to be importer for MG Rover products. Jaseri is a newly set-up company headed by Radziwill Mohamed and Nadzrin Manan. The former
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      Lock icon Aircon, D-gear: what do I do?
      214 7  -  Jerry Loo, Singapore, via Internet I DRIVE a BMW 318 i which I bought last July. I have questions on the use of the air-conditioner and the transmission. The sales representative told me that for today's BMWs, I can leave the air-conditioner on all
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      Lock icon A temple for car lovers
      833 7  -  GEOFFREY EU pays homage at a French museum housing some gems, including rare vintage Bugattis GEOFFREY EU The writer is a freelance contributor to BT DEEP in the heart of Alsace, the French industrial town of Mulhouse is a hub for motoring enthusiasts who come
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      Lock icon Spot check diesel vehicles
      104 7  -  Alan Tan Y S Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Govt 'not against' diesel cars" (Motoring, April 18). If Acting Environment Minister Lim Swee Say is so concerned about diesel pollution, I would suggest he institute some form of spot check on all taxis,
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      Lock icon Time for open public-transport competition?
      275 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "NTUC and Case protest against planned bus and train fare hike" by Christopher Tan (BT, May 31). I support the National Trades Union Congress and the Consumers Association of Singapore in protesting strongly against any
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  • FOCUS Suzhou
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      Lock icon Suzhou Industrial Park enters 'golden period'
      1162 8  -  Putting the past behind them, the Chinese and Singapore partners of the showpiece project are working together, reports LOH bdi yw, who visited the park recently LOH HUI YIN Harmony is the name of a huge sculpture that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew will
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      Lock icon Things move with Wang in charge
      619 8  -  By Loh Hui Yin WHEN Suzhou Vice-Mayor Wang Jinhua found out that the group of Singapore journalists had not got round to visiting his city's famed gardens, he quickly set about rearranging their itinerary to fit in a whistle-stop tour. "Tell the park officials
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      473 8 CSA HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at 221 Henderson Road. #08-01 Henderson Building. Singapore *****7 on 28th June. 2001. at 11.00 a.m. for the purpose of considering and. if thought
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Focus is on stability, not growth, says Thai minister
      550 9 BANGKOK Govt says policy won't change but analysts expect central bank to pnsh up deposit rates Reuters THAILAND'S finance minister yesterday said that the sacking of central bank governor Chatu Mongol Sonakul did not signal changes in fiscal or monetary policy,
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Rising Indon infltation sparks concern
        75 9 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's annual inflation rate crept higher in May and the statistics bureau yesterday warned the level would stay at double digits if the political crisis continued. The bureau put year-on-year inflation for May at 10.82 per cent compared with 10.51 per cent in
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        Lock icon Jakarta to seek 17.5% power price hike
        78 9 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's government will propose an average increase of 17.5 per cent in electricity prices, or 2.5 percentage points less than planned, state utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara said. This week PLN and the government proposed a 20 per cent increase by
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        Lock icon Consider politics, Thaksin tells court
        86 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, fighting graft charges in the Constitutional Court, yesterday said the 14-judge panel should take political considerations into account when making its ruling. Mr Thaksin won elections in January despite an indictment by the National Counter Corruption Commission for
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        Lock icon Petronas to drive LNG cars in Thailand
        56 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's state oil company Petronas yesterday said it would introduce its natural gas-powered Enviro 2000 cars to Thailand. Petronas said it had signed a three-year pact with Petroleum Authority of Thailand to introduce the five-seat cars, designed by Petronas and
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        Lock icon Indon Parliament opposes VAT increase
        62 9 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Parliament wants the government to drop a proposed increase in value added tax. one of several proposed price rises aimed at plugging the Budget deficit, the Jakarta Post said yesterday. The house commission on budget and finance issued a statement asking the
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      Lock icon Malaysia's 'Credibility Syndrome'
      1082 9  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL karim raslan EVERY morning without fail I switch on my computer and check the Internet for news. This might seem innocuous, but is, in fact, detrimental to national unity. In essence, my action constitutes a rejection of mainstream Malaysia: I am opting out. And since
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      Lock icon Keep soccer clean
      43 9 [HONG KONG] Schoolchildren signing a mock football here yesterday to show their disapproval of soccer betting. Various educational and social organisations held a protest as the territory considers legalising soccer betting, which has become wildly popular in recent years. REITERS
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      Lock icon M'sian April trade surplus surprisingly up 35%
      326 9 KUALA LUMPUR Thanks to producers' cutback in raw material imports Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S trade surplus widened unexpectedly in April as an economic slowdown prompted producers to curtail imports of components and raw materials. The surplus widened 35 per cent to RM4.6 billion (552.2 billion)
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      Lock icon No more sale reviews, assures Ibra
      265 9 JAKARTA Delay in sale of plantations to Gnthrie an exception AFP INDONESIA'S bank restructuring agency (Ibra) has vowed there would be no more reviews of asset sales, following a review that held up the sale of oil palm plantations to a Malaysian company, a
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      Lock icon Arroyo strikes hard to teach Abu Sayyaf rebels a lesson
      513 9 MANILA AFP, Bloomberg MOVING to crush a persistent kidnapping scourge, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is striking hard at the culprits in a reversal of the kids-glove treatment by her predecessor. After a five-day hunt, the military yesterday managed to track
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Hong Kong lenders brace for more consolidation
      955 10 HONGKONG Market deregulation and low loan demand pushing takeover process, say bankers Bloomberg CITIC Ka Wah Bank Ltd, Fortis Bank and other lenders are moving to buy Hong Kong rivals, as increasing competition drives some of the city's banking families out of the
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      Lock icon HKMA ready to relax CAR to boost mergers
      388 10 HONGKONG Reuters THE Hong Kong Monetary Authority yesterday said it may be prepared to relax capital adequacy requirements for banks in takeover situations to encourage consolidation in the sector. "We may be prepared to relax our capital requirements for an acquiring bank
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      Lock icon Call to review proposed rules on bank capital
      695 10  -  They may drive borrowers to less well-regulated markets, warns UF Fronn Anthony Rowley in Hong Kong PROPOSED new international regulations on bank capital designed to help prevent a recurrence of the kind of financial crises that struck in Asia and elsewhere in
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      Lock icon Jim Thompson House spared from Bangkok highway plan
      452 10  -  From\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE historic Jim Thompson House, a museum named after the American founder of The Thai Silk Company, and his silk weavers have finally won their long struggle to prevent the construction of an expressway that would slice
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      Lock icon Asia's north-south investment divide to grow
      557 10 HONGKONG Greater China most favoured fond location; Ase&n and India left ont Reuters ASIA'S north-south investment divide is set to widen in the second half of the year, with regional fund managers also dipping their toes back into the US equity markets despite increased
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Fitch downgrades India rating outlook
        47 10 Reuters [NEW YORK] Fitch revised India's sovereign rating outlook to negative from stable on Thursday, citing worries over fiscal policy, privatisation and deterioration in foreign investment climate. Fitch now rates India's foreign and local currency obligations at 88-plus and 888-minus respectively. Reuters
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        Lock icon HK legislator's case: hearing date set
        82 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] Former Hong Kong legislator Gary Cheng, charged with allegedly accepting a bribe and misconduct in office, made a brief appearance in court yesterday where a hearing was set for June 8. Mr Cheng faces five charges including one of accepting HK$6O.OOO
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        Lock icon China speeds up tax rebate payments
        58 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China has accelerated payment of tax rebates to help bolster exports this year as the global economy slows, state media reported yesterday. "Export tax rebates are always a very important policy for encouraging expansion in exports," the Economic Information Daily quoted deputy
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        71 10 AFP [HONG KONG] HSBC Group chairman John Bond apologised to the bank's customers yesterday, a day after a computer crash halted business at Hong Kong branches. All 350 HSBC branches and affiliate Hang Seng Bank were shut for nearly two hours on Thursday,
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      565 11 WASHINGTON May jobless rate down to 4.4%; bnt NAPM index shows manufacturing activity declined Reuters AP THE US job market held up better than expected in May, as the unemployment rate fell for the first time in eight months, the government
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        110 11 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Retail sales in the dozen countries using the euro unexpectedly fell in March, with rising energy prices cancelling out the effect of tax cuts in the region's largest economies. Retailers sold 0.4 per cent less compared with February, the European Union
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        64 11 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea posted a preliminary U552,077 billion trade surplus in May, more than doubling April's US$9BB million, as shrinking imports far outweighed a fall in exports, a customs official said yesterday. Sagging overseas demand not only takes a direct toll on exports
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        103 11 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration, blasted by Democratic lawmakers for not getting tough with Opec, said on Thursday it wants to see lower crude oil prices and is having "quiet, diplomatic conversations" with cartel members. US House Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday urged Mr
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        107 11 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday moved to soothe a bitter feud between his outspoken Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka and bureaucrats that has threatened to upset delicate diplomacy and perhaps undermine his popularity. In talks at his official residence, Mr Koizumi told
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        123 11 Bloomberg [LONDON] British Telecommunications is in talks to sell its 26 per cent of Cegetel SA, which analysts estimate is worth as much as US$4.3 billion, to another investor in France's No 2 phone company as the UK company cuts debt. Vivendi Universal,
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        60 11 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Dresdner Bank, the No 3 German bank, sees 2001 net income, not pretax profit, ofB2o million euros (551.25 billion), a spokesman said, correcting comments by chief executive Bernd Fahrholz on Thursday. "There was a misunderstanding," Dresdner spokesman Torsten Albig said in a telephone interview.
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        75 11 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Motor Co's union sent a delegation to the US with a mandate to block General Motors Corp from buying the bankrupt Korean carmaker, a move that may affect talks between the largest automaker and Daewoo creditors. The five-member delegation
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      465 11 FRANKFURT Move intensifies 24-hour trading competition FT, Reuters DEUTSCHE Boerse took another step on Thursday towards becoming a global equities marketplace by teaming up with US partners to offer trading in 200 US blue-chip stocks. The exchange aims to attract institutional investors
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      332 11 NEW YORK NYT XEROX Corp, whose auditors had refused to sign off on its annual report until they had rechecked the numbers, said on Thursday that KPMG found some accounting discrepancies but uncovered no signs of fraud. The timing was fortunate. Many of Xerox's
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      451 11 LONDON Bloomberg FT, ANDERSEN, one of the "Big Five" professional services firms, is facing the threat of legal action over the collapse this year of HIH, the Australian insurer. Lawyers acting for HIH shareholders and policyholders said on Thursday that they were
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      464 11 TOKYO Reuters BRIDGESTONE Corp yesterday fired the latest salvo in its bitter dispute with Ford Motor Co, saying the Ford Explorer had defects in its design and tyre changes would not solve its safety problems. Bridgestone's troubled US unit Firestone and Ford have been
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      460 11 MEXICO CITY NYT CARLOS Hank Rhon, one of the richest and most politically connected businessmen in Mexico, will pay a US$4O million fine to settle charges that he violated banking laws when he bought Laredo National Bancshares in Texas, the Federal Reserve Board said
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      622 12 AMSTERDAM Dutch telco's 3G foray forces it to launch Europe's second biggest rights issue FT. Bloomberg KPN, the partially state-owned Dutch telephone operator, is preparing Europe's second largest rights issue to rescue it from debts that threaten to swallow almost all its available
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      400 12 SYDNEY Move could put plans to restructure One.Tel at risk Bloomberg, Reuters CABLE Wireless Optus Ltd will cut access to its network for customers of insolvent One.Tel Ltd and try to recruit those customers, allowing them to continue using their phone numbers.
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      388 12 MURRAY HILL, New Jersey Bloomberg, FT PIRELLI SpA and Alcatel SA, two European makers of telecommunications equipment, each bids more than US$4 billion for Lucent Technologies Inc's optical fibre and cable unit, people familiar with the companies said. Money-losing Lucent put the
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        103 12 Reuters [NEW YORK] Deutsche Telekom on Thursday completed its acquisitions of Voice Stream Wireless Corp and Powertel Inc. giving the German telecommunications giant its first big US presence. Voice Stream has said the deal with Deutsche Telekom would aid its expansion in existing and new
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        96 12 FT [NEW YORK] CSFBdireet, the eighth largest US online broker, is to lay off workers for the second time this year in another indication of the severity of the downturn in online trading following the slide in equity markets. On Thursday it said
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        122 12 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] Yahoo Inc on Thursday said its decision to add fees to its popular auction service has proven a clear success, though it has lost a lot of traffic as a result. The company said that in the five months since
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      462 12 NEW DELHI Online service provider Data Access to target just 4 Indian cities Bloomberg HONG KONG-BASED Pacific Century CyberWorks, which has a heavy debt load, is scaling down investment plans for India. Data Access (India) Ltd, an online service provider that Richard
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      419 12 WASHINGTON Bloomberg DELL Computer Corp founder and chairman Michael Dell realised almost US$l99 million in paper gains by exercising options during the company's fiscal 2001 when stock in the world's biggest personal computer maker lost 35 per cent of its value. The 36-year-old Mr
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      267 13  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST lnde*/MS& SPpore Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE stocks moved down yesterday. The benchmark Straits Times Index fell 7.27 points, or 0.4 per cent, to settle at 1,649.78 points as 10 counters rose, 30 declined and 12 stocks
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      241 13  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks moved down again yesterday as the investment climate remained bearish. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index dipped 1.02 points, or 0.44 per cent, to end at 231.29. The index turnover fell to 386.66 million, with
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      253 13 Reuters London THE euro dipped below 100 yen for the first time in five months yesterday, as the yen extended broad gains which began in Asia after Japan's Finance Minister said recent currency moves did not warrant intervention. The comments by Masajuro Shiokawa also pressured the US dollar
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      2909 14 HONGKONG AFP dHMigSepg -33.03 HONG KONG shares yesterday fell 0.3 per cent after early gains could not be sustained. The key Hang Seng Index lost 33.03 points to close at 13,141.38 on a turnover of HK510.33 billion. "The declines in the
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      1247 14 Reuters Q Shenzhen B Index -1535 CHINA'S hard currency B shares closed lower yesterday as some institutions cashed out, but locals lined up to transfer more bank deposits into trading accounts, confident that fresh liquidity would push prices up again. China dropped yesterday a ban on buying stocks with
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      393 14 AFP □WP Index -34J0 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday in lacklustre trade as investors withdrew to the sidelines, analysts said. The Taiwan Weighted Price Index shed 34.90 points to 5,013.96 on a turnover of NTJ36.77 billion. Losers led gainers 345 to 142, with 101 issues
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      2114 14 TOKYO Reuters Q Nikkei 22S -030 TOKYO stocks closed flat yesterday after a firmer yen dealt a blow to Mazda Motor and other car companies, cancelling out Nasdaq-inspired gains in major technology issues. The yen's rise has made it hard to anticipate
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      735 15 Reuters 3 SET Index +L 93 THAI stocks closed 0.62 per cent firmer yesterday. The benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index closed up 1.93 points at 312.06, after moving in a *****3.74 range. The blue-chip SET 50 was up 0.08 point, or 0.38 per cent, at 21.11. Turnover
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      296 15 Reuters n Composite Index +13-80 PHILIPPINE stocks ended higher yesterday despite late profit-taking, brokers said. The Composite Index rose 13.80 points, or 0.98 per cent, to 1,416.09 on a turnover of 669.20 million pesos. The index hit an intra-day high of 1,424.91. It was up 0.4 per cent on
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      766 15 AFP Q Composite Index -9.35 INDONESIAN share prices closed 2.3 per cent lower yesterday as investors locked in profits amid growing political uncertainties. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index closed down 9.35 points at 396.51. Trading volume was 988.9 million shares valued at 595.02 billion rupiah. Declines led advances
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      262 15 Reuters QHZSE-40 -5.00 NEW Zealand shares ended on a soft tone yesterday, though closing off the day's lows. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended down five points at 2,023 on a turnover of NZ$lOl million, with Telecom accounting for NZ$39 million of the trading. Reuters •fl (OOP) Advantage HDS 0.75
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      555 15 AFP ntHOrftarin «MJ AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.3 per cent up yesterday. The benchmark All Ordinaries Index added 10.1 points to 3,327.3, while the SP/ASX 200 Index rose 12.4 points to 3,391.5. The All Resources Index edged up a marginal 1.1 points to 1,564.5 and the All Industrials added 19.5
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      315 15 AFP n Composite Index -5.09 SEOUL'S Composite Index ended down 5.09 points, or 0.8 per cent, at 607.07. Volume fell to 354 million shares worth 1.9 trillion won. —AFP Mm I «m Anam Semi 4530 50 Br am Tectl MS -15 Central Bank t70 unch Cheil Comm *****0 2500
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    749 17  -  Compiled by, Aaron Lye MUSIC Groovy Saturday Nights An evening performance by The Groove, a 6-piece musical band consisting of piano, saxophone, keyboards, bass guitar and vocalist. Featuring a variety of music genres, including Latin, Afro-Cuban and other contemporary styles. Every Saturday until June 23, 7.45pm--10pm, Chijmes Fountain
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    218 17  -  By. Aaron Lye Tha buzz: Pillow Talk, a Singapore Arts Festival fringe event called Bed 3 PiUows. Produced as one part of a dou-ble-bill of plays that includes Split Second, a story by Wang Meiyin about the life of a couple who chances upon the story of a man
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    869 17 A bite-sized roundup of the weekly arts scene NEWS Eclectic showcase American artwork, like the country itself, is a collage of multivaried hues and vastly different textures juxtaposed against one another. From May 29 to June 24, the Wetterling Teo Gallery will be showcasing an exhibition called Made
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      1046 18  -  The word is out playwright Ovidia Yu is zealous about writing down as much of her experiences as possible. And it's not merely a writer's trait she tells CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON PLAYWRIGHT Ovidia Yu takes notes. Copious notes. Neat ones that fill up orderly lines,
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      965 18  -  Puppetry is not just child's play as Puppetfest 2001 also showcases acts which appeal to adults with a darker sense of humour, such as TANHWEEHWEE TAN HWEE HWEE I'VE always loved puppets. I was a pretty melancholic child, but all you had to do was shove
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      443 19  -  Byi Aaron Lye IF you're a parent, perhaps the one thing on your mind right now is what to do to keep the little terrors occupied, now that the school holidays have begun. Fret not a more educational alternative to cartoons and video games
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      1216 19  -  What started out as a hobby for maths professor Manil Sun has turned The Death of Vishnu' into a runaway hit The first-tune author tells TAN HWEE HWEE what it's like to take the literary world by storm TAN HWEE HWEE MATHS professors aren't usually known for
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      921 19  -  Choosing a middle path between tradition and modernisation, Beijing-born artist Yang Yang explores her identity in works which resonate with meditative sensibility. VEHKA rumn«Hffwi«mw takes a look VENKA PURUSHOTHAMAN Venka Purushothaman is a lecturer of art theory and arts management at LaSalle-SIA College
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      1705 20  -  Even with a prestigious event such as the Singapore Ails Festival, corporate sponsorship can be affected given the economic downturn. For sponsors who continue to give their support, there are practical benefits A as PARVATHINAYAR and trina FOO learn PARVATHI NAYAR, TRINA FOO WHEN the
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      313 20  -  i, -M UOvTiptlOQ Dy Trina Foo The Rite of Spring Contemporary dance troupe H. Art Chaos uses stunning aerial displays to paint a nightmarish world of a woman entrapped. Yesterday's show was sold out. 8-9.15pm at Kallang Theatre. Tickets: $22, $32, $42, $52 The Woman In A Tree
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