The Business Times, 10 July 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Inter:iel: fittp.V/business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001 85c
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    78 1 STI 1,***** (-6.18) BT-SBI C 3&27 (-3.06) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,647.00 (-7.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 19&30 (-0.80) STOCK MAEKET INDICES Mdndifcy GItmge KLSE COMP 627.70 +0.89 NIKKEI 225 12,239.68 -66.40 HANG SENG 12,690.68 -308.80 SET INDEX 324.47 -0.41 JAKABTA COMP ..—434.54 +1.66 MANILA COMP +8.47 TAIPEI WPI 4,657.30 -49.71
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    80 1 FOREX RATES us$ ss USS (SS per USS) 1.828 £(l"SS/SS per 1.410 1578 EURO(USS/SS/E) 0.848 1.551 DM 2.305 1161 YEN 125.6 68.70 RM 3.800 2.078 HKS 7.800 4166 BAHT 45.47 24.87 Rl'PIAH 11,329 6,196 *SS to 100 units PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK 9.50
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    Lock icon SMRT offers $1,405 a share for Tibs
    816 1  -  Ng Ser Miang agrees to sell his 41% stake; Tibs to be delisted after union By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] After an on-ofif liaison spanning three years, train operator SMRT Corp and bus-taxi group Tibs Holdings have finally decided to get hitched, with the
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    Lock icon MPs to raise issue of off-Budget measures
    567 1  -  Suggestions to ease impact of worsening economy when House meets tomorrow Byi Chuang Peck Ming, Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] On the minds of many Members of Parliament when the House meets tomorrow is the prospect of a worsening economy and quite a few may
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    Lock icon MAS delays monetary policy news briefing
    109 1 Reuters {SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is postponing the release of its annual report and a widely-anticipated monetary policy statement by a day to Thursday. "We have decided to hold the news conference on the 12th," an MAS spokeswoman said. She gave
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    Lock icon May's machinery orders save Nikkei from rout
    649 1  -  Bat some analysts say Tokyo stock market is clutching at straws From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Tokyo stock market was rescued from a feared rout yesterday after better-than-expected official data on machinery orders for May led some players to hope that the
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      Lock icon Tibs shares slump while SMRT's end slightly higher
      676 2  -  SMRT-TIBS MERGER Expectations for Tibs too high; SMRTs offer fairly priced: analysts Byi Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Tibs Holdings stock slumped yesterday afternoon on SMRT's proposal to buy the bus and taxi operator for $1,405 cash per share. Investors had ramped up the
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      Lock icon Sadness at wedding for father of the bride
      313 2  -  By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Entrepreneur Ng Ser Miang feels like a father who's about to give away the bride. "Tibs has come to a point where this is right thing to do for it to move forward," he told BT after yesterday's
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      Lock icon Does SMRT really need to buy Tibs?
      742 2  -  iieiSui lock siew christopher tan SO it has finally come to pass. Train operator SMRT Corp is acquiring bus company Tibs Holdings. The burning question now is: Is its offer of $194 million high or low? Let's do some back-of-the envelope calculations. If
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Sure, mate—go get Air NZ
        53 2 Sure, mate —go get Air NZ LAST Friday, BT ran an online poll which asked: "Should SIA persist in raising its stake in Air New Zealand despite opposition from Qantas?" This is how readers voted: Yes, Air NZ is a worthy prize 55% No, there are other options 35% I
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        Lock icon Hormonal help for older men
        111 2 THE truth is out. Men may need hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after all. The latest thing is a testosterone gel called Androgel that you rub all over your body after your morning shower. That's because, comparing output at age 50 with that when he was
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        Lock icon Help kids in East Timor
        146 2 WANT to do your bit for the children of East Timor? Then buy a ticket to the show Red, rated best in the theatre category of this year's Singapore Arts Festival by BT. The Body Shop and The Singapore Repertory Theatre hope to raise funds
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Bank stocks diverge; shape of sector clearer now
      717 4  -  OCBC, KCH up as analysts see deal going through; bnt DBS, UOB bids for OUB not seen as EPS enhancing By\ Ling Su Ann BANK stocks yesterday moved in tandem with the market's view of how banks will fare in the current
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      Lock icon Keppel Corp poised to make $676m gain from sale of KCH slake
      324 4  -  It seeks shareholder nod for general mandate to act on OCBCs offer By Siow Li Sen KEPPEL Corp stands to make a gain of $675.8 million should it accept OCBC Bank's offer for its 37 per cent stake
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      Lock icon Ex-DBS president Patrick Yeoh named OCBC director
      252 4  -  By Serena Ng OCBC Bank has appointed former DBS Bank president Patrick Yeoh a non-executive director with immediate effect. Mr Yeoh, 63, was with DBS Bank for more than 25 years before he left in 1995. At various times he was president and
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      Lock icon Attractive pricing draws buyers to two launches
      487 5  -  50% of Phase I at Alessandrea sold; 65% of final phase at Snnglade taken np By' Vince Chong SALES at new property launches were strong at the weekend, with attractive prices tempting more buyers than expected. About 50 per cent of phase one
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      Lock icon EasyCall chairman Chan Wing Leong quits
      363 5  -  Ex-P&cNet chiefs exit may be related tojobcntsat IDC business of EasyC&U By\ Serena Ng FORMER Pacific Internet executive chairman Chan Wing Leong has left his position as chairman of Easy Call International, less than two months after Boustead Singapore acquired a 39.8 per cent
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      Lock icon TSMC denies Chartered takeover talk
      234 5 Reuters TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing 'Co (TSMC) yesterday denied market rumours circulating in Singapore that it had Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing in its sights for a takeover. "Our top executives say they have heard of nothing like this," a spokeswoman for TSMC, the world's largest contract chip
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      Lock icon Stats opens office in France
      245 5 ST Assembly Test Services Ltd (Stats), a semiconductor test and advanced packaging service provider, said it has opened an office in France to expand its support for customers in Europe. The European market jontributed about 15 per cent of Stats' FY 2000 revenues and is
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      227 5 J '*8 *1 G^ e Life is great V ifc j when you reach your goals i The Dynamic Duo Photographed outside Great Eastern's new corporate headquarters at 1. Pickering Street. Rix Chan Chua Siew Leng Top of the Table, MDRT Top of the Table, MDRT Dip SCI (Life) Dip
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon STI ends lower again, bat late surge stirs hopes of a bottom
      636 6  -  I-ll comment STOCKS r. sivanithy THE local market came under pressure yesterday because of worries over the US market, earnings and the local economy. But selling was contained and an afternoon recovery meant prices closed off their lows,
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      Lock icon Gamuda wrts: good valuations
      174 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy FEW may have noticed, but the Malaysian market has been rising steadily for the past week or so. The reasons are not clear. One rumour is that the government is considering removing the country's currency restrictions. Whatever the case, there are
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      Lock icon Upside looks limited for KepFels
      239 6  -  HOTSTOCK Byy Wong Wei Kong ON a day when most shares posted losses, Keppel Fels bucked the trend and finished as a gainer yesterday. The counter closed seven cents higher at $1.12 with 684,000 shares traded, after opening at the day's low of $1.03 and
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      Lock icon S$ underpressure ahead of GDP data, MAS statement
      511 6  -  I-id comment CURRENCIES Wall Street root checks greenback, but emerging market worries cushion fall larry wee THE Singapore dollar was held down at an 11-year low ahead of Q2 GDP numbers today and a keenly awaited monetary policy statement now postponed to
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      321 6 ttocta Volume Rscher 15c 14,626,000 Wlllae-Array HK20c 11,143,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 10,125,000 PNEIndlOc 9,054,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 6,977,000 Frontline 5c 6,766,000 Tlanjin Zhong 6,368,000 BeyonlcslOc 5,928,000 SingTel 15c 5,858,000 Datacraft 10c 5,687,000 Moda Chart SemlCond 26c 45,052,748 (JOB 39,527,900 Datacraft 10c 37,552,568 OUB 28,524,100 OCBC 25,658,800 DBSQrp 21,637,436 Omni IndlOc 16,917,080
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2951 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNC Fd 0.721 0.758 Global Technology Fd!** 0.626 0.659 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.716 0.753 American Opport Fd 0.828 0.870 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.974 1.023 Japan Eqty Fd!** 1.166 1.225 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.115 1.149 Pacific
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Construction sector badly needs help
      517 8  -  I I comment PROPERTY Govt should bring forward infrastructure projects or speed up upgrading of HDB flats lee han shih IT says a lot about the state of the economy that some people actually cheered when they learnt in May that the construction sector saw
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      441 8 Collective Sale of Greenacres Large Freehold Residential Site near NUS in the West Coast Land area: 142,565 sq ft West Bay\ A I> >x> Plot ratio: 1.4,5-storey Condo T\ pIS r— —U\ gjyg y»V V —~~J Csurw Near Business/Science Park (°j Easy Access to AYE West Coast lffWA rts,co<e H
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      100 8 GUL FACTORY FOR SALE Description JTC Type D 5 factory with extension Land Approx 88,000 sq ft Gross Floor Area Approx 43,000 sq ft Tenure JTC 30 30 yrs wef Feb 1981 Sole Marketing Agent Tel: 224 8181 PRIME FREEHOLD CONDOMINIUM SITE OFF NEWTON RD FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY
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      1455 8 Best Timing Herdsmann Business Park, Perth Prime Location Prime, Tenan^^^HH|H^ Leased to listed public company as its Australian and international headquarters. 7.5-year lease commencing June 2000 Herdsmann Business Park is prime Business area. 10 minutes from Perth CBD. Neighbouring tenants include 3M. 3Com. Canon Guaranteed minimum rental increases every year,
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Taking shape: market for energy contracts
      505 9  -  EMA forms $10m joint venture with M-co of New Zealand By Tang Weng Fai THE Energy Market Authority (EMA) has formed a joint venture with New Zealand-based M-co to implement and operate the spot market for wholesale energy in Singapore, in effect creating an
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      Lock icon Indon report seriously flawed: witness
      394 9  -  SILKAIR CRASH By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A plaintiffs witness yesterday testified that parts of the Indonesian report into the crash of flight MI 185 were seriously flawed and the authors appeared to have "refused to draw obvious conclusions". Macarthur Job, the plaintiffs' third expert witness,
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      Lock icon CyberWorks, Telstra tie-up gets FBO licence
      254 9 REACH Ltd a 50-50 joint venture between Pacific Century CyberWorks and Telstra Corp has been awarded a facilities-based operator (FBO) licence by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. The licence is effective from June 28, Reach said in a statement. Reach is one of
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      Lock icon Colliers Jardine stalwart Dennis Yeo made S'pore MD
      385 9  -  Kalpana Rashiwala DENNIS Yeo has been appointed managing director of Colliers Jardine Singapore the first local MD the firm has had in its 10-year history here. At 38, he is also the youngest head at any of the island's big five property
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      Lock icon Major retailers report better business during Great S'pore Sale
      300 9  -  By Lynn Lee DESPITE the economic slowdown, Singaporeans seem to have been snapping up clothing and household products. Major retailers have reported better business during this year's Great Singapore Sale than last year's. But some said the event, which ended yesterday,
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Bush waffles and CIA tilts towards China
      645 10  -  ITTT3 bottom line OPINION william safire The writer is a New York Times columnist THE slogan entrancing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is "New Beijing, Great Olympics". If lOC boss Juan Antonio Samaranch prevails, Beijing will be the site of the 2008 Games;
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      133 10 'I think it's simply a factor of New Zealand evolving very much its own identity and our media are perhaps no longer as oriented to what used to be known among the grandparents of many of us as the "Old Country".' -Helen Clark New Zealand's prime minister,
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      Lock icon Time to crank up demand at home
      615 10 EDITORIAL AHEAD of this morning's release of flash estimates of the April-June quarter's economic growth, economists have, almost to a man, pronounced the Singapore economy to be in "technical recession". Many non-economists, including businessmen, find this talk of a "technical" recession confusing. They
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      Lock icon When the figures tell a horror story
      2051 10  -  Japan is suffering a 'balance sheet recession' that is overtaxing the ability of the institutions involved to deal with the colossal NPL problem From Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi returned from his recent
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon M'sian growth forecasts trimmed
      620 11  -  Bat did the country slip into technical recession in Q2? Economists divided From'. Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur ECONOMISTS are cutting their economic growth projections for Malaysia this year but are divided on whether the country could have slipped into a technical recession in the
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      Lock icon US$2.1b M'sia debt revamp by year-end: PwC
      354 11 KUALA LUMPUR Entrepreneurs starting to realise they have to take some pain, it says Bloomberg MALAYSIA will complete details by year-end on restructuring as much as US$2.l billion (Ss3.B billion) of corporate debt after the slowing economy and falling stock prices held up
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    • MALAYSIA Briefs
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        Lock icon Time Engg unlikely to redeem bonds
        79 11 Dow Jones Newswires [KUALA LUMPUR] Time Engineering is unable to pay the second tranche, due on Aug 5, of US$25O million zero-coupon five-year bonds, the Edge weekly reports, quoting unnamed banking sources. One option open to bondholders is to sell shares of listed affiliates
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        Lock icon KLSE to delist Rekapacific
        63 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange has decided to delist undercapitalised Rekapacific Bhd, the Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. The decision was taken "in view of (Rekapacific's) failure to furnish its quarterly reports, annual audited accounts and annual reports between October 1999 and January 2001
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        Lock icon Made-in-Malaysia engines set to roll out
        55 11 [SHAH ALAM] Proton is all set to roll out the first made-in-Malaysia car engine for its vehicles, The Sun reported yesterday. The new engine will come in 1.3 and 1.6 litre versions. It is being developed both at Proton's R&D lab in Malaysia as
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        Lock icon MCA gets nod to build university
        64 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's largest Chinese party has finally secured government approval to build a private university after a 30-year wait, reports said yesterday. The Malaysian Chinese Association president Ling Liong Sik was quoted by The Star as saying that he had received an
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        Lock icon 90,000 may lose jobs this year
        50 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Some 90,000 workers could lose jobs this year if the US economy does not recover, Malaysian Trades Union Congress president Zainal Rampak said yesterday. The union's records showed an average of 5,000 to 10,000 people losing jobs monthly, he said. —AFP
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Cathay Pacific ups ante in pay dispute, fires 49 pilots
      734 12  -  Analysts expect tensions to escalate in expensive, protracted fight From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong CATHAY Pacific Airways yesterday fired 49 pilots in its festering dispute with the pilots' union, which analysts now expect to turn into an expensive, protracted
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      Lock icon China sees impressive growth despite global slump
      549 12 BEIJING Reuters CONFIDENT despite a slowing global economy, China said yesterday that nothing could derail its impressive growth this year not even a hard-landing for the US economy. State-owned newspapers quoted Qiu Xiaohua, the deputy director of the State Statistics Bureau, as saying
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      Lock icon Takeover of ailing BII will proceed: Rizal
      284 12 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA said yesterday it would push ahead with the takeover of troubled Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII) by the country's largest bank, state-run Bank Mandiri, despite concerns from the IMF. A high level IMF mission, in Jakarta to revive a US$5 billion
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      Lock icon Naluri subsidiary threatens to sue MAS
      515 12  -  BIAS says German nnit is seeking 120.5 million marks; Naluri denies action From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A UNIT of Malaysian tycoon Tajudin Ramli's Naluri Bhd has threatened to sue Malaysian Airline System, just months after the government had bailed out his flagship
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      Lock icon Abdurrahman sets state of emergency deadline
      411 12 BOGOR, Indonesia Opponents have until July 20 to give up on efforts to oust him Reuters, AFX-Asia INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid, weeks away from almost certain impeachment, yesterday gave his enemies until July 20 to back off efforts to oust him or he would
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon HK bourse to get new 200-stock index
        88 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong stock index compiler HSI Services yesterday said it will launch a new broader index based on the 200 most valuable mainboard stocks. HSI Services said the new 200-company Hang Seng Index will cover about 95 per cent of
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        Lock icon Estrada to appear in court today
        62 12 AFP [MANILA] Detained former Philippine president Joseph Estrada was set to appear in court today accused of plunder a charge that carries the death penalty. Senior police commanders met sheriffs from the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court to plan a security operation for Estrada's arraignment after
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        Lock icon Thai govt may widen tax base
        53 12 AFX-Asia [BANGKOK] The government plans to widen the tax base by increasing taxation on small and medium-sized businesses, one of the measures agreed upon at a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, the Nation daily reported. It said the meeting approved a five-year
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        Lock icon Philippine economic growth down
        60 12 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines economy may have grown by a lower than expected 2.8 to 3.0 per cent in the second quarter but it will not slip into a recession, a government official said yesterday. And Labour Secretary Patricia Santo Tomas said more than 500 small
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      292 12 IH3TT3 I Corporation I Keppel Corporation Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Keppel Corporation Limited (the "Company") will be held at The Westin Stamford and Westin Plaza, Sophia Room, Level 4, 2 Stamford
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US economic growth to stay sluggish in H2: survey
      426 13 WASHINGTON Recession not expected; capital spending fell in Q2 to lowest level in 10 years AFP, Reuters US business economists see more sluggish growth in the United States, but no recession, in the second half of 2001, according to a survey
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      Lock icon Comcast offers to buy AT&T unit for US$58b
      300 13 PHILADELPHIA Bloomberg COMCAST Corp, the No 3 US cable television operator, made an unsolicited offer of US$5B billion in stock and assumed debt for No 1 rival AT&T Corp's cable business after unsuccessful talks between the two. Comcast president Brian Roberts sent
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon German May industrial output up 0.9%
        61 13 Bloomberg [BERLIN] German companies increased production in May for the first time in three months, led by gains in the construction and energy sectors. An index of production at factories, construction sites and utilities rose 0.9 per cent from April, more than the 0.3
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        Lock icon Australian bankruptcies rise 77%
        64 13 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] The number of Australian companies going bankrupt rose by 77 per cent in the three months to June 30 to 1,507 from 850 in the previous corresponding quarter, said the National Tax Accountants Association. The number was boosted as some companies struggled with a
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        Lock icon Online US grocer Webvan to close
        38 13 Reuters [PALO ALTO, California] The struggling online grocer Webvan Group Inc will cease operations early this week, news programmes in San Francisco reported on Sunday. The closing would idle 4,500 employees. Reuters
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        Lock icon Corruption mars effective legal systems
        62 13 AFP [SAINT PETERSBURG] Corruption is the main problem preventing the creation of effective legal systems in many countries, World Bank president James Wolfensohn said here yesterday. "The biggest obstacle to the development of legal and judicial systems is a situation in which the economic elite
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      Lock icon Argentine finance minister denies talk of quitting
      326 13 BUENOS AIRES AFX-Asia, Dow Jones Newswires PRESIDENT Fernando de la Rua summoned Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo to his residence to discuss Argentina's economic situation amid rumours that Mr Cavallo and Mr de la Rue were about to resign in the face of Argentina's
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      Lock icon Yahoo Japan shares fall to 2-year low
      214 13 TOKYO Bloomberg YAHOO Japan Corp shares fell 8.5 per cent to their lowest in more than two years on concern that quarterly earnings may have been hurt by slowing revenue from Inter-net-based advertising, analysts said. The concern comes before the Japan unit of
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      Lock icon S Korea govt should exit banking: IMF
      570 14 SEOUL Stanley Fischer says its bank stakes create risks that decisions are not made on commercial basis Bloomberg SOUTH Korea's government should step out of the banking industry to remove possible conflict of interests with rescheduling loans to indebted companies, Stanley Fischer, the
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      Lock icon Norway leads in quality of life: UN report
      381 14 UNITED NATIONS Reuters NORWAY ranks first and the United States is in sixth place as the best country in which to live in the world. But if you are poor you live longer in Sweden and Japan, according to this year's UN
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      Lock icon Marconi may be a takeover target
      508 14 LONDON CEO says company may be sold after its shares slump 59% Bloomberg, Reuters MARCONI pic, which became the UK's largest phone equipment maker through US$B billion of acquisitions in three years, may become a takeover target after its shares fell 59 per cent
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      Lock icon Exxon Mobil beats GM to head Fortune 500 rankings
      269 14 LONDON Bloomberg EXXON Mobil Corp displaced carmaker General Motors Corp to become the No 1 company in the world after the biggest US refiner posted record earnings on higher oil and gas prices, according to Time Fortune Group's 2001 Fortune Global
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      Lock icon First 5 Bush months worst for stocks since Ford
      515 15 NEW YORK Bat going by history, markets could rise by end of his term in Jan 2005 Bloomberg THE US stock market's swoon during the first five months of the George W Bush administration has been the worst for any president
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon STI July contract marginally down
      277 13  -  ST Index/MSClS'pore Index C K Lau Refco Singapore A LATE afternoon surge, after a 1.5 per cent decline in early trade, helped improve stock market sentiment in Singapore. The benchmark Straits Times Index still ended down 6.18 points, or 0.37 per cent, at 1,654.58, as
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      Lock icon Futures dip as stocks stay on downtrend
      230 13  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks continued to decline, with another low for the year recorded yesterday. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index lost 2.76 points, or 1.25 per cent, to end at 218.2, with the turnover at 392.18 million. There
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      204 13 Reuters THE US dollar fell a quarter per cent against the yen yesterday, hurt by last week's soft US jobs data, but it held gains against the euro after the world's leading central bankers said a strong greenback hurts US growth. At 1209 GMT, the US currency was
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    7534 15 HONG KONG Vol Jul 9 HKS COOP) AcrossAsia Multimedia 1.80 unch 7350 Alpha General 0.05 unch 6000 Amoy Prop —9.10 0.05 2662 Ananda Wing On 0.15 -0.01 ***** Anqang New Steel H 1.34 -0.05 8717 Anhui Conch H 1.95 -0.13 3982 Anhui Expressway H 1.50 -0.09 2136 Arcontech
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      477 16 Latest research suggests that neurological variances between the sexes form early; brain injuries will affect men and women differently Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] BOYS and girls really do see the world differently, using different parts of their brains to process visual information, according to research
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      792 16 NYT [WIMBLEDON] The instant flicker of flashbulbs against the leaden sky created a dis-co-ball effect on championship point on Sunday, but the moment did not move Venus Williams to spin, twirl or trip the light fantastic. The willowy star simply walked happily to
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      335 16 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS pound only (8) 1 Coppers receive adverse notice 4 Little bottle is shown by the Left! (8) 4 5 One's after a fellow, a most pre- 6 Theatrical performances hit serrtable young man (6) hard in regrettable write-up (6) 9 Come again and gather some 7 Breaking
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      369 18 HONGKONG Jumbo deal for 10,30-year paper could go up to USs3.Bb Reuters EMBATTLED Internet and telecoms group Pacific Century CyberWorks launched a debut US$2.5 billion bond offer yesterday for 10 and 30-year paper that could swell to US$3.B billion, sources said. The jumbo deal, which
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      1141 19  -  A seamless connectivity in the flow of knowledge without a collaborative culture of sharing can turn into a futile exercise, say BOMMB CBEDK and MIIJMUBD TAM BONNIE CHEUK,MILDRED TAN IN the knowledge-based economy, competitive advantage no longer belongs to the biggest or those with
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      420 19 A host of vendors will ply their tools and strategies at KM Asia 2001 next week ASIA'S largest knowledge conference and exposition opens next Wednesday, with not only a line-up of KM (knowledge management) presentations but also a host of knowledge product vendors plying their tools
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      158 19 Where to wine, dine and entertain..."-? mi mm i ——,—nrniTT*^ M mmmml^M *——^I^——^—— IMn 'jjiyif *«p« I"i'■•• r Mf fr .*r'k w j*i VI flj 23 COOLEST NIGHTSPOT FOR A NOSTALGIC TIME Relieve the good old days with superb live entertainment brought to you by our all new band, "The
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      686 20  -  It's great to feel independent but there are several things to watch out for from managing your food to lodging to finances By, Andrew Wee YOU'VE been accepted by a US university, you've seen the campus for the first time, you're
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      553 20  -  from chicago By, Joyce Koh AFTER a year of staying in a dorm at a US university, next year I'll be moving into an apartment with some friends. No, they are not Americans. Nor are they Turks, Germans or Russians. Rather, they are Singaporeans,
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      303 21 S6X '000 -W9 S$ 11 CWT Distribution 0.50 unch 6 Chuan Hup 0.33 -0.01 527 Cosco Investment 0.22 -0.01 538 Freight Links 0.08 unch 55 GB Holdings 0.53 -0.01 23 IMC Holdings-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jay a Holdings 0.15 unch tl Keppel Corp 3.46 0.02 1081 Keppel FELS
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      604 21  -  Share price of Aussie ports operator on the rise By. Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is reported to be about to bid for Australian ports operator and logistics giant Lang Corporation. Australian media reports fuelled speculation on PSA's interests after shares in
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      199 21 [SINGAPORE] Three container shipping lines have from this month entered into a slot exchange agreement between their respective services in the Far East-Middle East trade. The cooperation will allow P&O Nedlloyd Container Line, NYK Line and Hyundai Merchant Marine to rationalise port
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        106 21 [SINGAPORE] The ill-fated Inabukwa cargo vessel reportedly ran aground in Salomague port in northern Luzon when it was caught in the outskirts of Typhoon Utor. The Indonesian-owned ship was returning home after it was hijacked by pirates and recovered in the Philippines by the local
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        52 21 [SINGAPORE] Members of the New World Alliance, Hyundai, MOL and APL will include Le Havre on the China Express service which links Northern European ports with Chinese ports. The service publishes a 28-day transit between Le Havre and Shanghai, and 26 days for the
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        54 21 [SINGAPORE] Shanghai is leading China's port boom, handling 2.41 million TEUs in the first five months—l 7 per cent higher than last year. Shenzen experienced a throughput jump of 25 per cent year-on-year over the same period, recording 1.76 million TEUs, as major expansions continue
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        41 21 [SINGAPORE] Eight people were killed when a helicopter owned by Daewoo Shipbuilding crashed during heavy rains en route from Pusan to the shipyard on Koje Island last week. The dead included four Daewoo yard officials.
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        429 22  -  Panamanian-flagged ship due to leave for week's crnise of Norwegian fjords Reports from David Hughes in London THE UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency has detained an ageing cruise ship in Dover for 35 deficiencies, mostly related to ISM (International Safety Management) Code problems.
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        279 22 A MAJOR row has broken out between French classification society (BV) and the secretariat of the International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) following publication of a farewell statement by retiring lACS chairman Masataka Hidaka. The disagreement goes to the heart of current tensions
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        276 22 SHIPPING industry representatives reacted angrily to a controversial Greenpeace presentation at last week's Second Ship Recycling Summit held in Rotterdam. Greenpeace's executive director Gerd Leipold was forced to at least partially back down after accusing the shipping industry of hiding from its responsibilities regarding
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      166 22 PAGE Appenship S Assets 5 Austral 6 BSA 7 B'tang Mas 6 CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Colony Log 5 Columbus 6 Central Ex 6 China Shpg 5 Cougar 7 CWT Globelink 7 Delmas 4 Djak Lloyd 6 Oongnama 3 ECL 4 ECU Line 5/6/7 Evergreen
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      5925 28 thebusinesstimes EXPORT TUESDA ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 18/07 28/08 COSCO EXPRESS PHOENIX 0105W 65-*****00 23/07 19/06 Kien Hung FREEDOM CONTAINER FR103S 65-*****33 23/07 25/08 Delmas HYUNDAI GENERAL 332W 65-*****44 To ADELAIDE (ADL) 2007 Australia
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        205 29 July 9 Argentina: Independence Day July 11 France: National Day Belgium: Flemish Community July 14 France: National Day July 17 South Korea: Constitution Day July 20 Japan: Marine Day July 21 Belgium: National Day An|ut 1 Switzerland: National Day August 9 Singapore: National Day South Africa: National Women's
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        698 29 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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        603 29 Carbon 180 Mix 993.4 0.S 15.6 0.08 31 0.04 Jul OS Density Water Residue Ask Aluminium Sediment No above E25 10 10 0 0 380 Ave 985.3 02 13.8 0.06 21 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 990.7 0.7 17.9 0.10 40 0.04 x*AT3 MAI M/M ww mm*
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        597 30 Meanwhile, smaller carriers can carve out their own niches in growing domestic market: analysts Reuters SHANGHAI] China's bold plan to create three internationally competitive airline giants will take at least two years to complete, giving smaller carriers a chance
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        242 30 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Major US airlines completed 81.5 per cent of flights on time in May, their best performance in 2v 2 years, the Department of Transportation said. The on-time rate rose from 79.3 per cent in April and 74.3 per cent in the
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        226 30 Proposal will affect one-third of airport's NZsl7om sales Bloom berg [AUCKLAND] Auckland International Airport Ltd, the country's largest and busiest, said it will fight the antitrust regulator's plans to impose price controls on some of its services. The recommendation earlier this week
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          147 30 Reuters [SAO PAULO, Brazil] Captain Rolim Adolfo Amaro (right), one of Brazil's best known entrepreneurs who built the country's No 2 airline, TAM, out of a provincial air taxi firm, has died in a helicopter crash. He was 58. Amaro, a self-made millionaire known
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          79 30 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co, Asia's largest carrier, said international cargo volume fell by 13.2 per cent in May, as demand for electronics and other jet-freighted goods fell. Passenger growth on international routes also slowed. Japan Airlines' cargo total fell to 48,129 tons in May,
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          93 30 Reuters [ZURICH] Swissair Group is set to unveil its new business strategy and turnaround plan and union insiders expect the company to prune the network of connections but not to announce drastic cuts. "We expect Swissair to announce it is simplifying its structure to make
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          71 30 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's EVA Airways Corp said yesterday it has cut its net profit parent company forecast for this year by 30.7 per cent to NT$l.49 billion (5578.8 million) amid the regional economic slowdown. The profit estimate compared with the airline's forecast in February of NT$2.l5
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        90 30 [DUESSELDORF] Passengers sitting under flight information monitors in the newly opened international airport 2000 plus terminal in Duesseldorf, western Germany. The new terminal replaces the airport's old terminal which was damaged in a 1996 fire disaster. The blaze on April 11,1996c05t the lives of 17people
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        168 30 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airlines said yesterday it would launch in September the first-ever non-stop charter flight between Tokyo and Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The move comes as Japan's second-largest airline looks to expand its international charter
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        335 30 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong air cargo terminals said yesterday a work-to-rule campaign by pilots at Cathay Pacific Airways, the territory's dominant carrier, had had little impact on their operations despite growing flight delays and cancellations. Cathay said yesterday that 39 of
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        248 30 Reuters [BEIJING] China has started work on a controversial 1,118km railway link to Tibet but will face major problems in finishing the world's highest rail line by 2007, state media said recently. More than 960 km of the railway from the western
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      189 21 ■UK detains cruise ship with safety problems Pg2 Mercer of maior SHI S China airlines to take at least 2m BackPg I Asia Pacific Maritime If The Premier Maritime Event u *x*c Worldwide Industry Recognition... I—v\ 400 exhibiting companies from r N V" 40 countries 1 I I A*ia Pacific
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