The Business Times, 22 June 2001

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPORE Internet: !utp://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2001 85C
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  • 78 1 Dsn L.6BSJ3 (+1.13) BT-SRI CC2.4C (+1.33) ST INDEX FUTURES (+11.00) smsci FUTURES 207J0 (+0.80) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE COMP 592.00 +5.89 •NIKKEI 225 12,962.43 +287.78 HANG SENG 13,187.45 +268.74 SET INDEX 316.92 -155 JAKARTA COMP __435J1 +189 MANILA COMP —1,444.17 -5i8 TAIPEI WPI 4,894.88 -44.76 SEOUL
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  • 83 1 FOKEZ RATES lis* s* USS (SS per USS) 1.821 £(l"SS/SS per 1.403 1565 EURO(l'SS/SS/E) 0.857 1.561 DM 2282 1553 YEN 123.9 68 00 RM 3.800 2.087 HKS 7.800 4.284 BAHT 45.19 24.82 RUPIAH 11,335 6,22a *Sf to 100 unite PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 Kl ALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00
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  • 1030 1  -  BTf 4'I.JIIUI'; J Industry also likely to lobby for 'levelling of playing field' vis-a-vis unit trusts Ry{ Genevieve Cua, Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] A shakeup is looming in the insurance industry as a new standard of full expense disclosure to take effect from
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  • 499 1  -  Next week's industrial production data crucial Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's second-quarter gross domestic product growth may slow to about 2 per cent, from the 4.5 per cent year-on-year growth in the first quarter, analysts say. And this could mean a technical recession, when
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  • 630 1  -  His USs3J>b fortune pots him in 17th spot on Forbes' list of Asian billionaires By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore's richest man is property tycoon Ng Teng Fong, 72, according to the international business magazine Forbes, which features five other Singaporeans on its latest
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    • 74 1 prams Arts Fest Powaqqatsi: saved by the music. Pg 10 Top Stories Remisiers under siege. Next Page Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical turns into a nightmare. Next Page OCBC may buy other banks too. Pg3 Kim Eng and Ong Asia to merge finally? Pgs Singapore's infocom industry growing strongly: Cheow Tong.
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    • 41 1 Dr Mahathir: Govt can easily be booted out Page 11 Koizumi govt outlines financial reform blueprint Page 14 Executive Lifestyle 41 CU Tim Balancing the spirit level Page 1 Hock Lock Siew Odd that Qantas should now cry foul Page 3
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    • 695 2  -  BTiauiiuujj Lore of stable income drives some to be dealers while others exit industry altogether Ku Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] With their average monthly earnings having plunged by over half since broking commissions became fully negotiable last October, more remisiers have left the industry while others have switched
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    • 505 2  -  BTi^uiiumj Speculative pants saddle them with clients' defaults By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Tianjin Zhong Xin Pharmaceutical has turned from saviour to a nightmare for some remisiers. In a market starved for business, remisiers had hoped the speculative rim on the China play would generate some
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 78 2 THE annual dinner of the Association of Banks in Singapore next week in which MAS chairman BG Lee Hsien Loong is expected to deliver a speech has triggered the imagination of news-starved brokers on potential mergers in the banking sector. Over the past years, BG Lee has never
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      • 79 2 BANKING rumours sparked by OCBC's proposed takeover of Keppel Capital has also added to reporters' stress of getting a scoop. One enterprising editor of a foreign press has actually sent his reporter to OUB Centre in the heart of the banking district, to stalk investment bankers and
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      • 57 2 Place: A KFC restaurant. Time: Wednesday. Action: Discount coupon at the ready, a fast food fan shimmies up to the counter. Fast food fan: "One Crunch fried chicken burger, please." Counter assistant: "Sorry, out of stock.'L* < Fast food fan: "When would you get stock?"
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    • 520 2 Fortes' list of Asian billionaires RANK NAME/COUNTRY WORTH BUSINESS (USSB) 1 UKa-sWng/HK 123 diversified 2 Kwok brothers IHK 113 real estate 3 Yasuo Takai I Japan 8*3 consumer finance 4 Nobutada Sap Japan 7.7 Suntory 5 AamPremji' beta 6.9 software 6 Lee Shau Kee HK 53 r eai
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 410 3  -  Aussie DPM wary of nndne strength from amalgamation of SIA, Air NZ, Ansett By Beth Jinks AUSTRALIA'S Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson said he would welcome Singapore Airlines' (SIA) investment in Ansett, but would watch closely for signs of market dominance. His comments
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    • 705 3  -  conrad raj IT'S odd, to say the least, that Qantas Airways should now complain that Singapore Airlines in wanting to increase its stake in Air New Zealand is using the back door to gain control of Australia's domestic carrier Ansett Australia and its
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    • 540 3  - OCBC may buy other banks too if they enhance value Its $3.1b 10-yr bond issue likely to offer about 25 bp above DBS' recent issne By Serena Ng OCBC Bank may consider acquiring other banks after Keppel Capital Holdings (KCH) if there is value enhancement, its chief financial officer Chris
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    • 316 5  -  Both seek share suspensions; there's talk Kim Eng will buy Ong for $154 m By Angela Tan KIM Eng Holdings and Ong Asia yesterday sought a trading suspension of their shares today pending an announcement, igniting hopes the two have finally agreed
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    • 303 5 OMNI Industries defended itself yesterday in a letter to the Singapore Exchange (SGX), claiming it took extensive measures to minimise the leakage of talks linked to its multimillion dollar takeover by Canada's Celestica. The contract manufacturer said precautions included holding meetings outside Singapore, using
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    • 278 5  -  By Rachel Ong FISCHER Tech Ltd, a maker of precision engineering plastic components, yesterday launched its initial public offering (IPO) of 54 million new shares at 38 cents apiece. The share offer represents 25.5 per cent of Fischer's enlarged share capital. Just two
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • 332 4 Stock* Volume Beyonics 10c 32,776,000 TPVUSlC 25,234,000 Frontline 5c 22.688,000 UniFood HK25C 22.585,000 •TanChonglnt50c 21,072,000 Eagle Brand HK75c 19.332,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 19,083,000 Keppel Capital 18.185,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 15.724.000 SingTel 15c 15,510,000 Stocks OUB 120,258,500 Chart Semiconductor 26c 73,810,920 Keppel Capital 65,179,140 DBSGrp 41,177.021 SingTel 15c 27,784,770 S1A 25.870.400 Omni
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    • 588 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy YESTERDAY'S trading session was a big improvement on the drab proceedings of the previous three days this week, thanks mainly to a rumour mill that kicked into overdrive and a market that has become very receptive to takeover
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    • 180 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy TRADERS seem to be making the rounds of the penny segment once more, darting in and out of the stocks in the hope of generating some momentum that could lift prices higher. Contract manufacturers have occasionally proved popular in
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    • 233 4  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan DBS Bank has crashed through several key support levels in recent weeks on institutional selling and is languishing near two-year lows. The stock snapped a six-session losing spell yesterday as it edged 10 cents higher to close at $13.60. Some
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    • 532 4  -  CURRENCIES Asian units weaken in tandem with yen; euro, and A$ register larger rises versus yen than against US$ larry wee THE US dollar exploded' to seven-week highs versus the Japanese yen in overnight trading on an unexpected statement from the White House
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  • 3286 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.730 0.768 Global Technology Fd!** 0.621 0.653 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0 738 0 776 American Opport Fd 0.833 0.876 ContEuroEqtyFd!** 0.992 1.043 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.170 1.229 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.113 1 148 Pacific Equity Fd!**
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 649 6  -  Minister promises support for industry which is growing strongly and is increasingly export-oriented By Kenneth James, Andrew Wee SINGAPORE'S lnfocommunications industry is in good shape and growing strongly. Communications and IT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday at an exhibition showcasing home-grown infocomm products and
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    • 111 6 THE Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has approved the shareholding changes of Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) following the proposed SCV-StarHub merger. Under section 45 of the SBA Act no persons «h«n hold more than 3 per cent of the ordinary shares of a broadcasting company
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    • 415 6  -  Nets to act as payment clearing gateway for jannaX By Tang Weng Fai DBS Bank and Adroit Innovations will officially launch a service with the Network for Electronic Transfers (Singapore) today to tap the local online direct debit market. The joint venture, called
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    • 144 6 THE Singapore Genomics Program (SGP) has been renamed the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) to better reflect its role. It will continue the efforts made by SGP, which was the flagship public sector research programme of Singapore's Biomedical Sciences Initiative. The aim of the
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    • 372 7  -  CityDev to hold 80% in the 110-unit project on Mohamad Saltan Road Andrea Tan CITY Developments Ltd yesterday said it had formed a joint venture with Hwa Hong Corp to develop a 110-unit apartment block project along Mohamad Sultan Road. CDL purchased
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    • 335 7  -  rye pyvi By Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE-MADE exports to China are still on a roll. While Singapore's non-oil domestic exports to virtually all its major markets tumbled in the first quarter, those to China continued to soar. Shipments to China jumped 41 per cent
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    • 287 7  -  MAILfTCTTI Vivien Chiong director corporate communications SCV PLEASE refer to the letter "New SCV rates unfair" (Mailbag, June 20). SCV thanks Denis Distant for his feedback about the new SCV MaxTV subscription plan. Since the inception of cable TV in 1995, SCV has not
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    • 274 7  -  Ng Kah Wan, Dennis Singapore THE news of a local female personality who ended up bankrupt after losing over $300,000 punting in the stock market drove me to pen my thoughts below. Investing through buying/selling stocks directly is one of many investment vehicles available.
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 758 8  -  msnmsEEm OPINION shada islam THREE days of unprecedented street battles between disaffected anti-globalisa-tion protesters and an overwhelmed Swedish police force at a European Union summit in Gothenburg, Sweden, last week have shaken the bloc's 15 governments to the core. Forget Europe of the people,
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    • 57 8 "The Cold War paradigm was the United States as global policeman. The post-Cold War paradigm is the United States as global attorney." Gregory WaDance a lawyer at the international law firm, Kaye Scholer in New York, on the growing use of the American legal system to judge
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    • 688 8 EDITORIAL THIS time around last year, the talk was about a potential third oil shock. Such fears have abated. Oil inventories are up and everyone expects the crude oil price to flatten out Indeed, the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), which will meet on July
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    • 2279 8  -  BntCityDev chief Kwek Leng Beng needs to do more to realise his ambitions By, Justin Doebele, Heidi Brown PROMINENTLY on display in Kwek Leng Beng's office is a gold-plated machine gun. It was a gift from Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia, a fellow
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 523 11  -  He urges Umno members to close ranks and behave themselves Reports by Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IN a rare acknowledgement of the insecure position of the dominant political party United Malays National Organisation, party president Mahathir Mohamad said the current government
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    • 182 11 MALAYSLAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has disclosed that he gave the green light to Malaysian Chinese Association president Ling Liong Sik to acquire Nanyang Press, a deal that has sparked a political backlash from the Chinese community. "I gave the green light for
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    • 602 11  -  Any impact of parent's break-np will be speculative at this point, says MD By Christopher Tan in Singapore IT was business as usual for motor group Tan Chong International Ltd (TCIL) as it hosted a buffet party for over 200 guests at the
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    • 256 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters SHAREHOLDERS of cashrich Phileo Allied said they were worried over the viability of their company's controversial plan to buy Malaysia's national postal service for RMBOO million. With RMI.2 billion (***** million) in cash but no reve-nue-generating businesses after selling its
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    • 436 12 BANGKOK They may still have to suffer for a decade to clear accumulated losses: analysts Reuters THAI banks' bad loans problem is getting worse, not better, industry Figures showed yesterday, and at current rates it could be another decade before banks have cleared accumulated
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    • 193 12 JAKARTA AP, AFP VICE-PRESIDENT Megawati Sukarnoputri stayed away from a Cabinet meeting chaired by embattled head of state Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday, highlighting a rift between the two rivals as the latter prepares to face impeachment. It was the second time in recent weeks that
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    • 238 12 HONGKONG Reuters SOUTH-EAST Asian economies must make an effort to attract more investment if they are to close the gap with China in the region's north/south investment divide, a global investment conference was told yesterday. According to participants, China remains
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    • 375 12  -  SINGAPORE Centralisation for procurement, sales and marketing Conrad Raj DEBT-LADEN Asia Pulp Paper plans to form separate companies for procurement, sales and marketing to try to improve efficiency and transparency as part of its overall restructuring programme. After meeting creditors yesterday, the
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    • NOTE Book
      • 79 12 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co cut Thailand's growth forecast to 2 per cent from 2.9 per cent and said the economy will slow more than expected this year as exports and spending decline. "We expect the growth engine to be absent until the
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      • 67 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong consumer prices fell more than expected in May, pulled down by the cost of food and clothing. The composite consumer price index fell 1.5 per cent last month from a year earlier, the Census and Statistics Department said. That
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      • 49 12 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's anti-monopoly commission (KPPU) said yesterday it was looking into possible monopolistic practices by some large listed firms. "Those having dominant market positions, or above 50 per cent, are automatically under our monitoring," Mohamad Iqbal, head erf" the commission, said. Reuters
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      • 59 12 Reuters 11 Airblj Taiwan s securities regulator said yesterday it had eased listing requirements for biotechnology firms to promote the development of the island's biotech industry. The Securities and Futures Commission said it has revised rules to allow listing of biotech firms which have
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      • 63 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd said it will unveil by the third quarter this year its plans to repay US$52l million to bondholders, including a possible share sale. Malaysia's second-largest cellular phone company, 21 per cent owned by Deutsche Telekom AG,
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  • e News
    • 243 13 NEW YORK Bloomberg EBAY Inc is flourishing among the Internet rubble, with its stock up 94 per cent this year. Merrill Lynch Co's Henry Blodget sees more to come. The analyst raised his Q2 earnings estimate on the No 1 online auctioneer by 11 per
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    • 575 13  -  Li Ka-shing could inject other e-commerce ventures into the firm Fron Audrey Tan in Hong Kong HUTCHISON Whampoa said on Wednesday night that it will buy a controlling stake in its Internet joint venture ICG Asia, a move which the market yesterday
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    • 325 13 BERLIN FT SOME of the best known names in enterprise software will be wiped out within five years, according to Larry Ellison, the outspoken chief executive of Oracle, with only his company and SAP remaining. "Ariba and Commerce One, will disappear," he
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    • 391 13 LONDON FT. Bloomberg AOL Time Warner, the world's largest media company, offered a rare note of cheer for the sagging media industry, saying it saw an end to the slide in advertising revenues. Speaking in Cannes on Wednesday, Gerry Levin, chief executive of
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    • 199 13 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters THE new domain name ".biz" is about to enter the lexicon of the Internet, joining the conventional ".com", ".net" and ".org", as businesses seeking to strengthen their Web identities can sign up for new addresses. The .biz domain also marks the beginning
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  • WORLD news
    • 885 14  -  The plan will let banks sell bad loans, make provisions for 200,000j0b losses From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy (CEFP) last night outlined its master plan for reforming Japan's economy and public finances, while
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    • 372 14 NEW YORK Weak stock markets take their toll on Q2 results of the US investment bank Reuters MORGAN Stanley, a top US investment bank, yesterday said its second-quarter earnings dropped 36 per cent as the weak stock market hurt stock trading revenues, brokerage commissions and
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    • 299 14 DUBLIN Bloomberg THE European Centra] Bank held its benchmark interest rate at 4.5 per cent, suggesting policy makers are more concerned about a pickup in inflation than a slowdown in economic growth. "The ECB's problems are the price increases," said Volker Nitsch, economist
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 94 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit narrowed slightly in April, as exports fell to their lowest level in nearly a year and imports also declined, the US Commerce Department said yesterday. The trade shortfall totalled U5532.2 billion in April, a narrowing of 2.7 per
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      • 63 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Prudential pic said it was forced to scale back forecast redundancy payouts to 250 employees after a computer glitch led the UK insurer to over-calculate the sums. The company sent letters overestimating the payouts to some of the 1,800 sales people that it plans to
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      • 66 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Bear Stearns Cos said fiscal second quarter profit from operations fell 21 per cent on declines in investment banking and equity commissions. The US securities firm said profit in the three months ended May 31 fell to U*****.5 million, or US$l.lB
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      • 45 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Electronic Data Systems Corp raised US$l.4 billion from a public offering of securities automatically convertible after three years into EDS stock, a source said yesterday. The company sold 28 million units, each with a US$5O par value. Reuters
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    • 678 16  -  But top senator says good trade agreement will win congressional support Fron Catherine Ong in New York PROSPECTS for Singapore concluding a free trade agreement with the US this year grew dimmer on Wednesday after a high-ranking US legislator warned of delays
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    • 325 16 NEW YORK Bloomberg THE Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates faster in the past six months than any other time in a decade, but many companies have yet to reap the full benefit. Corporate borrowing rates have not declined in tandem with
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    • 168 17 LOS ANGELES LAT-WP WALT Disney Studios chairman Peter Schneider resigned on Wednesday to become a Broadway producer after a tumultuous 18-month tenure, continuing a long exodus of senior managers and corporate upheaval at the entertainment giant. Disney confirmed chairman Michael Eisner plans to personally become more
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    • 506 17 PARIS Issue to raise up to 780 m euros; comes amid market sated by similar IPOs Bloomberg Reuters EURONEXT NV, Europe's second-largest stock exchange, said its initial public offering will raise as much as 780 million euros (Ssl.2 billion), about 20
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    • 397 17 WASHINGTON Preliminary ruling recommends 31% duty on welded pipes Bloomberg THE US Commerce Department recommended a 31 per cent import duty on welded pipe from Japanese steelmakers like Nippon Steel Corp, a victory for US rivals that want sanctions extended to even more
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    • 199 17 TOKYO Reuters CHINA has notified Japan that it will slap punitive tariffs of 100 per cent on cars, mobile phones and air conditioners imported from Japan effective today, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported yesterday. In the latest escalation in the trade row between them,
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  • FINANCE
    • 279 14  -  SGS Derivatives Trading Report ST lnde*/MSGK STpore Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd SINGAPORE stocks ended slightly higher yesterday, riding mostly on the strength of Overseas Union Bank. The benchmark Straits Times Index rose 1.13 points, or 0.1 per cent, to close at 1,685.93,
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    • 236 14  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore Pte Ltd TAIWAN stocks fell to a onemonth low yesterday amid weak market sentiment. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index lost 3.15 points, or 1.36 per cent, to end at 228.37 points. The turnover for the index was 462.93
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    • 234 14 Reuters London THE yen fell yesterday after the US government said it would not object if Japanese structural reforms led to a weaker yen, with the euro benefiting the most as the European Central Bank left rates steady. The yen fell to two-month lows against the US dollar
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 559 18  -  By Parvathi Nayar THE narrative structure of One Breath Left has an old woman on her death bed, waiting on her last breath. As she lingers, her mind unfolds outwards as a visible, stream-of-con-sciousness set of moving pictures. We see dreams, memories, visions
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    • 1016 18  -  Powaqqatsi tends to preach, but thank goodness for Philip Glass' score, says TAMHWEEHWEE TAN HWEE HWEE IT'S not often that you find a movie starring gold mine diggers from Brazil, Hindu mystics, Hong Kong market vendors, Hasidic Jews and one of Charlie's Angels. Powaqqatsi: Life in
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  • EXECUTIVE Lifestyle
    • 1027 21  -  Even as Singapore 's bar business is slowing down, new clubs are opening. What accounts for this seeming paradox? PARVATHINAYAR pops the question to some big players in the market, stirring up some spirited discussion. PARVATHI NAYAR Have gloomy economic forecasts and poor stock markets driven
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    • PERSPECTIVE
      • 686 22  -  OFFnrrrroi What does avant-garde really mean? An encounter at a Philip Glass Ensemble performance sheds some light jaime ee THERE are many things that disturb me about the Arts Festival, as well as other non-festival theatre productions. For example, what does avant-garde really mean,
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      • 1346 22 COVER STORY THREE successful club owners on the Mohammad Sultan Road stretch have each opened a new club, but not on the stretch. Simon Lim, Chinaßlack SEEN as one of the fixtures on the Mohammad Sultan stretch, Simon Lim created a bit of
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      • 636 22  -  PURSUITS CORINNE KERK pampers herself at Amrita Spa, Raffles City CORINNE KERK NEVER ever wolf down a meal just before going to the spa. That was a mistake I made. And as three hours' worth of steaming, wrapping, scrubbing, kneading and
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      • 1173 23  -  Dr June Chan's home may be all wired up but it's still a cosy haven, corikiie kerb, takes a peek into her secure home CORINNE KERK HER three-storey corner terrace looks just like any other. But not quite. It's actually a lot nicer because it
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    • CINEMA
      • Article, Illustration
        1478 24  -  By Susan Tsang THE summer blockbuster season is in full swing, with the likes of Swordfish and Tomb Raider here to wow us with their mega-budget sets, stellar casts and flimsy stories. Fans of children's animation, action and comedy, your time has come, with Eddie Murphy's Dr Dolittle
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      • 722 25  -  The plot in Tomb Raider' is largely irrelevant as the film does not require viewers to think By Susan Tsang TOMB Raider may be adapted from a computer game, but it also traces its pedigree from the likes of Emma Peel and Modesty Blaise
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      • 646 25  -  'Swordfish' makes up for its glitches by having lots of pretty girls in compromising positions including that famous Halle Berry shot By Susan Tsang IMPORTANT things first: that famous scene has not been excised, so the male fans among us will get
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      • 594 26  - Golf index slumps to 2 -year low VEMSREEMiVASAir looks at why the slide in club membership prices looks set to continue VEN SREENIVASAN IF you thought the price of golf club memberships had bottomed out, think again. The open market indicative prices for memberships at the 11 transferable Singapore clubs
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      • 929 26  -  GOLF The Initiative, while positive, will further erode prices of golf club memberships, and hence diminish the value of an asset ven sreenivasan SO the floodgates have been thrown open at last. One can with a straight face—now claim that golf is poised to be
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      • 626 26  -  By Leslie Quahe SINCE turning professional in 1999, Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee has been a frequent visitor to the media centre at Asian PGA events. And it is not expected to be any different this week at the US$3OO,OOO Alcatel Singapore Open. Rarely out
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    • EPICURE
      • 635 28  -  ooßnmE kers bites into juicy Niman Ranch beef and finds it truly mouth-watering CORINNE KERK THE first item on the blackboard menu at The Tavern Pub and Restaurant on River Valley Road is a Niman Ranch ribeye at $2.50 per 10 grammes. And above that,
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      • 285 28 CRAVINGS HEALTH freaks, beware. The Fullerton Hotel is offering "Chocolate at The Courtyard", where, for $18+++, you can cheerfully eat choco-every-thing until all your teeth fall out. The Courtyard's chocolate buffet available on Fridays and Saturdays from 8.30pm to 11.30pm is an ideal way to
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      • 342 28  -  By Tan Hwee Hwee FROM June 15-25, the ANA Hotel presents a surprising variety of dumplings in a rainbow of colours. For those whose knowledge of dumplings don't go beyond the humble wanton, the Cafe-in-the-Park's buffet offers a delicious education on the versatility of the simple jiaoxi.
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      • 644 28  -  RESTAURANT Tang Lok's House of Mao may have foiled but its Teahouse looks set to woo the crowds By Jaime Ee THE mighty power of Mao felled by nothing more sinister than a no-show of supporters. No, we're not talking about doctrine but duck and
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    • 271 25 CRVPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 To select infinite subject (5) 1 Having a regular payment from 5 Not able to get off during nightgovemment is an advantage (7) time hours (9) SSo uncomfortably hot, Edward 6 Another 4 about the eye (5) was pacified (7) 7 Group of animate canymg the
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    • 130 28 Not all board meetings are held in Board Rooms. Word has it that often. j|| V after a morning of meetings, some of Singapore's better-known faces in commerce and adjourn HI T A TING Hua T,ng to refTesh ,hcir WMj Restaurant energies and. perhaps. 9 f I carry on discussion
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 257 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose three points to 1390, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained 11 points to 1,400, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell 17 points to 8,996 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down two points to 1,768. TXMB-CHARTEKi ♦Hellas (built 1962) 139,609
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    • 515 29  -  Cabinet approves feasibility study to be fended by international organisations From Harish Mehta in tsangKOK THAILAND'S long-delayed mega project to cut a 102-km shipping canal through the Isthmus of Kra in the south to serve as an alternative shipping route to the Malacca
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    • 64 29 [KUALA LUMPUR] Firemen and rescue workers checking the ST New Renown crude oil carrier moored at the Pasir Gudang port in Johor state, about 370 kilometres south of Kuala Lumpur. Nine Malaysian shipyard workers were believed to have suffocated to death on Wednesday
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    • PORT Shots
      • 97 29 [SINGAPORE] Cuban leader Fidel Castro has denied US government reports that China used its state-owned shipping line Cosco to move arms to the South American country. Speaking on local television, Mr Castro said the three Chinese shipments to Cuba in the last 12 months
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      • 61 29 [SINGAPORE] The US Coast Guard will penalise Miami-based cruise giant Royal Caribbean over allegations its vessel Rhapsody of the Seas discharged grey water in Alaska's Juneau Harbour earlier this week. Authorities allege inspectors noticed laundry waste water being pumped overboard an action which violates Alaskan
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      • 86 29 [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) next secretary-general may be an African if a South African delegation to the 86th council session gets its way. Reports indicate a senior Transport Ministry official will pursue the matter in the lead up to the IMO's 22nd
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    • 246 29  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Move productivity gains have kept up with booming container throughput volumes at Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) during the first half of 2001. Described by PTP chief executive Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman as one of three
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    • 423 29  -  Terminals at Zhangzhon, Shenzhen planned By P T Bangsberg HAVING announced plans to focus on ports and logistics around Asia, the Hong Kong arm of one of China's flagship companies has begun to release some details. China Merchants Holdings (International) Co Ltd plans to
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    • 406 29  -  From David Hughes in London J INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization (IMO) Secre-tary-General William O'Neil has been asked to stay on as head of the specialist UN agency for an extra two years. The IMO Council approved a two-year extension to his contract
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 861 30  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar SIGNIFICANT changes can be expected to Australia's 92-year-old marine insurance legislation following the tabling in federal parliament late last month of a 426-page review report, including a draft amendment bill. Many of the changes proposed by the Australian
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      • 118 30 Host of detained ships come from North Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam (SINGAPORE] Ships registered in North Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam were Asia's worst in 2000, according to inspection figures released by members of the Tokyo Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Port State Control. Made up of
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      • 89 30 [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Petronas has denied it owes the provincial state of Terengganu RMSBSO million (*****.13 million) in oil dues. According to local reports, the province has filed a suit alleging Petronas, which holds a big stake in the country's largest shipping company MISC. had renegged
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    • 269 30 PAGE Ahrenkiel 10 Appenshv 5 Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 10 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 10 Bangladesh 9 Balaji 4 Batamindo 9 CCKI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 CSAV 3 Centra* Ex 6 Chahaya 10 China Shpg 5 Confer 10 Colony tog S Cougar 7
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    • 10609 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES Page 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, JUNE 22,2001 ETA eta Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Destn Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 29/06 05/06 Deimas MERKUR BEACH 124W 65-*****44 02/07 05/06 Kien HufX) ROYAL CONTAINER RC103S 65 *****23 04/07 05/06 MOL MOL OUEME 6601A 65-*****66
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      • 808 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Super Ouwfl 58* Jm m 'jK 21/06/6:30 2 J/06/23 59 Dos Orient* 01-Jan J05 21/06/715 22/06/15 00 Bt Ber Jedaft ***** J01 21/06/8:05 2V06/W40 Winstar S 045S01 J03 21/06/845 21/06/15.40 ThanH to 58/01 J15 21/06/9:10 22/06/5:30 Bayswater118 H1150 J02 21/06/825 21/06/16.-00 Satssco
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      • 1932 39 RECEIVING Of EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Bookinq/BtUncc Ritls Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ATMOELU* Hi 22/001 20/1500 20/1*59 20/1*00 U 20/1700 abt5* 21/0*00 a 20/1700 21/0*5* 270*00 i 21/0700 tvtm zvhoc uudhaji o43v 23*00 nmoo 20/1*5* wim M 20/1700 2VO*5* 21/0*00 a 20/1700 21/0*5*
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      • 198 39 June 28 Hong Kong: Tuen Ng Festival July 5 Thailand: Asalha Bucha Day July® Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day Aaiut 1 Switzerland: National Day Anput 0 Singapore: National Day South Africa: National Women's Day August 12 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday Aniut 15 South Korea: Liberation Day Switzerland: Assumption
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      • 784 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 465 39 Cvton 180 MM 993.4 0.5 14.4 0.08 46 0.03 >Mt4 Density Water InWM Ask AtoaMum Sediment No above £25 1 0 0 0 0 0 380 Aw 986.0 02 0.9 0.06 19 0.02 bin 380 Mil 990.7 0.7 17JS 0.10 45 0.03 M/Wi M/M MAI WM
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 569 40 Steep decline shows effects of slowing business travel as US firms cnt costs Reuters [NEW YORK] US airlines faced a fresh round of disappointing news after a trade organisation reported airline unit revenues in May had recorded the sharpest decline in 20 years. The
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      • 320 40 American Airlines chief can't remember the last time things looked so bad for airlines NYT [WASHINGTON] American Airlines' top executive warned that the declining economy could affect airlines' efforts to improve customer service. After telling a congressional panel the good news about the industry's
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      • 267 40 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Aviation regulators ordered operators of more than 165 Boeing Co commercial jets in the US to fly at lower speeds when using wing flaps or risk damaging a tail wing that helps balance the aircraft. The 737-800's horizontal stabiliser,
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      • 222 40 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Skymark Airlines Co, Japan's first discount carrier, said competition hurt sales in the February-April quarter, resulting in a loss and forcing the company to push back expectations of its first profit until the second half of the business year. Skymark had an implied loss
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      • 291 40 Frank discussion mediated by the labour department held over pay and benefits dispute AFP [HONG KONG] Government-medi-ated talks aimed at preventing planned industrial action by Cathay Pacific pilots ended inconclusively yesterday with plans for a ftirther meeting. The talks between the pilots
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      • 218 40 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission proposed slight changes in the way airlines share take-off and landing slots at airports in the European Union, but said more radical changes may follow. The main focus of the draft regulation is encouraging airlines and airports
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