The Business Times, 21 September 2001

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 21 2001 850
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  • 79 1 sn L342J1 (+17.86) IT-OI 597.38 (+4.94) ST INDEX FUTURES UMflO (+10.00) SDEX3 FUTUIES 113.40 (+0.30) STOCK MARKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECOMP 829.74 4.78 NIKKEI 228 9,785.16 -164.44 HANG SENG 8U17J8 -240.17 SET INDEX 279J0 -733 JAKARTA COMP _42U5 410 MANILA OOMP _1.177.4J 912 TAIPEI WPI 3,696.84. -82J3 SEOUL
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  • 76 1 FOBEX BATES ua si I'SS (SS per USS] 1.742 £(l'SS/5$ per 1.448 2JM EUR0(USS/S4/E) 0.928 1.616 DM 2.108 L211 YEN 1171 (7 JO RM 1800 1182 HKS im 447* BAHT 44U 2140 RUPIAH 1470 5.4J8 PUHE BATES SINGAPORE* 580 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA JMM BANGKOK MANILA 11 00 HONGKONG
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  • 872 1  -  Greenspan highlights longer-term strength of economy; Bush still working on stimulus package Frttm' Catherine Ong in New York AS the United States starts a big build-up of military forces around the Gulf region, the economic fallout from last week's terrorist attacks is continuing
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  • 591 1  -  Firms may also spread HQ activities following New York attacks By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] One global trend that may emerge in the short term from the attack on New York's World Trade Center is that premiums paid for the most prestigious buildings
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  • 70 1 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, along with other airlines, will impose a US$l.25 war surcharge on each passenger. SIA said that following the terrorist attacks in the US, airlines will face increased insurance cost from Oct 1. The war surcharge to be levied in respect of
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  • 954 1 It says he will flee to another safe harbour; US military build-up mounts [KABUL] Islamic clerics from across Afghanistan yesterday called on the ruling Taliban militia to persuade indicted terrorist Osama bin Laden to leave the country of his
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    • 66 1 onaiiß Top Stories Lee Han Shih: What Chartered Semiconductor needs is a partner. Pg 7 SIA: No objection to NZ govt as Air NZ shareholder. Pg 7 Merrill Lynch best international brokerage: poll. Pg 8 M'sia cuts interest rate, plans RMlb spending. Pg 14 Forbes CEO conference Govt aims for
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    • 9 1 SIA warns of cuts in jobs, capacity, Pg 2
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    • 9 1 No sign of upturn even before attacks, Pg 19
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    • 149 1 tash prop win USssb cash bailout plan for US aviation industry, Pg2 SIA warns of cuts in jobs and capacity growth, Pg 2 Alton stocks slide on news of Gulf build-up, Pg 4 Megawati given incentives to join anti-terrorism coalition, Pg 6; Other reports: Shipping Times Pg 12 M /IUDEMARS
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  • FALLOUT from terrorist attack
    • 567 2  -  Carrier freezes recruitment, reviews operations and adjusts capacity Bu Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines warned yesterday that like other carriers around the world, it may have to slash its labour force and capacity growth because of the global economic downturn exacerbated
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    • 686 2  -  AIRLINE WOES It would grant federally guaranteed insurance for US domestic flights From i Catherine Ong in New York THE Bush administration has proposed a US$5 billion (SsB.7 billion) emergency cash bailout plan for the aviation industry as two more
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    • 317 2 He says some big cap counters could see recoveries of 50-60% [NEW YORK] Barton Biggs, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Co's chief global strategist, said stock markets are close to a "selling climax" that could provide some stocks with large market values "50 per cent
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    • 498 2  -  Other European airlines also hit by fallont of US attacks From Neil Behrman in London BRITISH Airways and other European airlines and suppliers are laying off thousands of employees as the flagging industry reels from the terrorist atrocities in the US.
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    • 606 4  -  Wall St jitters continue; S'pore also hit by weak Europe opening By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Trading around the region was nervous yesterday amid news of an increasing military buildup in the Gulf. All markets finished weaker, with losses averaging 2 per cent
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    • 465 4  -  First key resistance areas still unchallenged By Larry Wee [SINGAPORE] More bad news overnight spelt another poor session for Wall Street, and continues to keep the US dollar on the defensive, although it did trim overnight losses by the Asian close. News of a
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    • 539 4 US to start blocking accounts tied to 'terrorist fond-raising' Reuters [LONDON] International financial authorities yesterday stepped up attempts to trace money which might belong to suspects in the investigation of last week's attacks on New York and Washington. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said the US
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    • 749 4 Increased options trading in the days before Sept 11 Reuters {CHICAGO) Speculation grew on Wednesday that the planners of devastating attacks on US landmarks last week may have tried to profit by making insider trades on US equity options up to
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    • 538 4  -  From Audrey Tan inHongKonq HONG Kong investors, acting on the advice of their brokers, have been turning to some China plays as "safe-haven" stocks, as the global economic slowdown looks likely to be exacerbated by a US war against terrorists. The
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    • 933 5 Hawks want bases in Iraq, Lebanon included, a move opposed by Powell NYT, AFX Reuters [WASHINGTON] The Bush administration is struggling with its first high-level quarrels over the scope and timing of its military response to last week's attack on the US,
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    • IN Brief
      • 102 5 AP [NEW YORK] A new statue was oil view in Mannattan a bronze work that depicts a praying firefighter, down on one knee. It originally was cast to honour fallen firefighters in Missouri, but its maker and the foundation that commissioned it decided to donate
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      • 82 5 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Companies displaced by last week's terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center may move into some of the five buildings to be torn down to make way for a New York Stock Exchange, the New York Daily News reported. The buildings include
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      • 112 5 AFP [WASHINGTON] US officials are investigating whether some or all of the 19 hijackers on the four hijacked aircraft used in last week's terror attacks used stolen identities, possibly complicating efforts to link them to Osama bin Laden. The doubts started to emerge when at least
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      • 45 5 AFP [PARIS] An Algerian-born suspect arrested in the United Arab Emirates in July has confirmed that terrorists planned to attack US interests in France prior to last week's airliner suicide bombings, the daily Le Monde reported yesterday. —AFP
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      • 60 5 AFP [BRUSSELS] Jottings about chemicals were discovered in the home of one of two men arrested in Brussels in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the US, a Belgian prosecutor said yesterday. "They're annotations, that's all. There were no chemical substances, no cannisters found,"
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      • 70 5 AFP [BEIJING] China stressed yesterday it would do whatever necessary to protect the "security and stability" of its borders following the attacks on the US, indicating it was anxious to prevent Muslim-inspired unrest leaking over its frontiers with Afghanistan and Pakistan. Those borders, which
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      • 77 5 Reuters [LONDON] The US and Britain are producing secret plans for a 10-year "war on terrorism", dubbed Operation Noble Eagle, to eliminate hostile networks and cells around the world, a British newspaper said yesterday. But despite a build-up of US forces in the Gulf and
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    • 993 6  -  US offers USs4oom to promote trade and investment; USsl3om in aid for legal reform From] Leon Hadar in Washington PRESIDENT George W Bush has indicated that Washington is prepared to help Indonesia with financial assistance of more than US$4OO million in exchange for
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    • 402 6  -  It owns some other t&ll buildings in Manhattan, however By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation owner of some of the world's landmark buildings yesterday denied rumours that it had a stake in New York's World Trade Center,
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  • 288 6 ioii or the aftermath New York City has long drawn people from all over the world. Among the approximately 5,600 dead or missing in the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks are almost 2,000 people from more than 60 countries. The following is a tentative list of the missing
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 554 7  -  Farther discussion if proposed capital injection is found 'inappropriate' By Donald Urquhart SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it is open to the New Zealand government becoming a shareholder in Air New Zealand should the proposed NZ$B5O million (Ss6o9 million) refinancing
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    • 532 7  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala PROPERTY provisions could push Wing Tai Holdings into the red for the year ended June 30, say some analysts. The property developer releases its full-year results today. The group, controlled by the Cheng family, posted a $56.6 million group
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    • 401 7 Bloomberg ASIA Pulp Paper Co, which stopped repaying more than US$l2 billion of debt in March, is seeking Ss4o million for its Singapore head office, according to the estate agent handling the sale. The four-story building at 118
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    • 761 7  -  5Mm lock siew lee han shih IF there's one thing shareholders of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing should do, it's learn Chinese. Because most of the bad news on Chartered these days is coming out of Taiwan and China. In fact, scanning the news inevitably raises
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    • 291 7  -  It's time to review prime lending rates and help consumers tide over recession By Siow Li Sen SINGAPORE'S consumer association yesterday urged banks to cut their prime lending rates to help tide consumers over the recession. "Case notes that the prime lending rate
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    • 525 7 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd's profit may fall as much as 12 per cent this year because of lower-than-expected earnings at its newly acquired Hong Kong unit, analysts said, signalling a renewed debate on the purchase price. Dao Heng Bank Group
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    • 461 8  -  Survey of 120 institutional investors puts ÜBS second, CLSA third By Ling Su Ann DESPITE a handful of high profile staff losses, Merrill Lynch has been rated the best international brokerage for the second year running, according to a poll by financial magazine The Asset.
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    • 838 8 COMMENTARY News leaks to the press are a form of selective disclosure, Just as telling analysts was Bloomberg IN breaking one of the biggest business stories of this month Hewlett-Packard Co's agreement to buy Compaq Computer Corp, the New York Times cited unnamed "executives
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    • 365 8  -  Move to raise quality of agents and attract new blood Reports b i/( Genevieve Cua AXA Life Insurance will invest $30 million in training programmes and software over the next three years, in a bid to raise the quality of its financial advisory
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    • 313 8 TIED insurance agents may soon be able to sell selected products from competing insurance companies, soon after the Financial Advisers Act is passed, says AXA president and chief executive Joe Peters. Mr Peters expects the Monetary Authority of Singapore to eventually
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    • 316 8 Reuters LONDON-BASED online reinsurance platform RI3K has launched its Asian electronics exchange in Singapore, which offers to save back-of-fice costs in the US$lOO billion industry hard hit by rising claims, executives said yesterday. Alex Letts, chief executive of RI3K Reinsurance for the Third Millennium
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 40 8 Reuters CLIPS AL Industries said it expects lower profits this year after posting an 8.3 per cent drop in half-year net profit to $6.6 million. Turnover was down 1.2 per cent at $94 million. Reuters
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      • 101 8 Dow Jones Newswires UNITED Overseas Bank will list 471.85 million new shares today. The shares were issued to shareholders of Overseas Union Bank who had accepted UOB's takeover offer on or before Aug 31. Those who accepted after Aug 31 but before the Sep
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      • 97 8 WAH Shing International, a main board-listed toy firm, sank into the red for its six months ended June 30 with a HK$B4.4 million (Ssl9 million) loss, down from a HKS3.4 million profit in the previous corresponding half year. Turnover for the period
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  • 3294 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Ab*rd*«n Asset Mgt Alia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.661 0.695 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1 092 1.126 China Opportunities Fd!** 0.775 0.815 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.817 0.859 Global MNCFd 0.564 0.593 Global Technology Fd!** 0 409 0.431 Indonesia Equity Fd!** 0 648 0.681
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 379 9  -  pvp m 1 By I Siow Li Sen ATWO percentage point cut in employers' Central Provident Fund contributions to help revive the economy cannot be ruled out in off-Budget measures that could be announced next month, says market intelligence firm Idea Global. Singapore is
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    • 421 9  -  By Vikram Khanna INDIAN industry is closely watching developments in South Asia and has temporarily deferred major decisions until the situation settles down. But the country's industrialists are still optimistic about the prospects for new economic reforms for selected sectors, the head
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    • 224 9 CANON Marketing Singapore has launched a range of network printers-cum-photocopiers for office and professional use, and beefed up its existing line-up of colour printers with two additions. The six network devices the "imageßunner" range can be used for printing and scanning in black and
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    • 516 9  -  FORBES GLOBAL CEO CONFERENCE Full implementation for all feasible services expected by end 2002 By\ Kenneth James SINGAPOREANS will be able to carry out most of their gov-ernment-related transactions online by the end of next year. Minister for Communications and Information Technology Yeo Cheow
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    • 418 9  -  By\ Tang Weng Fai IT'S definitely not business as usual these days, but to stop investing for the future would be a big mistake. That was the message from speakers John Chen and Guy Kawasaki at the Forbes Global CEO Conference yesterday. Mr
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    • 416 9  -  Policies encourage use of 'authorised' workshops Byi Christopher Tan VEHICLE workshops say business has plunged following new "restrictions" imposed by motor insurers. Joey Lim, a representative of the 475-strong Singapore Motor Workshop Association (SMWA), said the introduction of policies which discourage holders from
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    • 388 9  -  Tech guru says Republic already has head start By Vikram Khanna SINGAPORE is well placed to leverage revolutionary new technologies in the areas of optics and data storage, according to George Gilder, a renowned technology watcher and editor of the popular Gilder
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    • 338 9  -  By Chua Hui Min SEMICONDUCTOR sales worldwide were US$lOO billion below industry expectations in the first three quarters this year, says the head of leading European chip maker Infineon Technologies. "This is one of the worst years the semiconductor industry has seen in four decades,"
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 767 12  -  mi\\4 I bottom line OPINION dane chamorro The writer is an honours graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and the US Army's Military Intelligence School. A Mandarin speaking former US diplomat, he is currently a regional business risk consultant based in Singapore.
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    • 101 12 This is about more than just one country.' Pul WtMowitz the US deputy secretary of defence, on the attack being planned against terrorists. 'We're after ending terrorism. And if there are states and regimes, nations, that support terrorism, we hope to persuade them that it is in
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    • 647 12 EDITORIAL LAST week's heinous terrorist attacks in New York and Washington have exacted a huge price in human, financial and economic terms. Exactly how huge the final price will be no one can say just yet But as excruciating as the coming days and weeks are
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    • 1077 12  -  Officials are distracted from working on fnring the economy by all the yapping they're doing By William Pesek Jr The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News based in Tokyo. The views expressed are his own. Bloomberg SOMETHING funny
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    • 688 12 COMMENTARY Indonesia cannot depend on the US and Japan now for its economic recovery Editorial in The Jakarta Post THE Indonesian government and the House of Representatives would only be deluding themselves if they thought the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the heart of the
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 304 13  -  They'll bring in 'smart money', says leading European venture capitalist By] Eugene Low SINGAPORE must attract more biomedical science-sav-vy venture capitalists if it is to grow its nascent biotech industry, a leading European venture capitalist said yesterday. Speaking at the
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    • 278 13  -  By Serena Ng JAPANESE chemicals giant Mitsui Chemicals Inc yesterday announced plans to build a third manufacturing plant at Jurong Island for around US$lOO million to produce and sell elastomers mainly consisting of Tafmer. Tafmer is a trademark product which Mitsui Chemicals developed and
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    • 276 13  -  MAILI.TTTM Norman Ip President CEO The Straits Trading Company Limited WE refer to the letter "Questions on China Sq deal" by Chia Hui Ping (Mailbag. Sept 19) and thank her for her interest in the company's affairs. We have to clarify
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  • FINANCE
    • 310 13  -  ST Index/MSCI STpotre Index C K Lau Refco Singapore THE Singapore stock market tumbled yesterday following slumps in US markets as fears of escalating conflicts between the US and Afghanistan may push the global economy into recession. At the close, the benchmark Straits Times Index
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    • 247 13  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks plummeted yesterday, hobbled by weakness in US stocks and selling by foreign funds. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index sank 4.51 points or 2.56 per cent to close at 171.43 points. Turnover for MSCI Taiwan stock index
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    • 239 13 Reuters London THE dollar fell by more than half a per cent against the yen yesterday on concern about the US response to last week's attacks on US cities, though markets remained on guard for yen-selling intervention. But the US currency derived some support from wariness the Bank
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 515 14  -  Reports say stimulus package aimed at small projects From. Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FACED with a gloomy world economy in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US last week, the Malaysian government has cut the base lending rate and will spend
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    • 311 14 JAKARTA Bank governor says recent fall is an overreaction AFX, AFP BANK Indonesia governor Sjahril Sabirin said he is optimistic the rupiah could appreciate towards the 8,000 per US dollar level, pointing out that the unit's recent weakness was mainly due to
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    • 205 14 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S dominant phone company Telekom Malaysia denied yesterday media reports that it had lost nearly 200 million Malaysian ringgit (5591.6 million) on a proposed investment in Ghana. The Malay-language Berita Harian newspaper reported yesterday that Telekom was believed to have incurred
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    • LATE Briefs
      • 73 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Securities Commission yesterday said the exercise period of more than 70 per cent of warrants listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange could not be extended. Last month, the SC acted to prevent listed companies from extending the deadline
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      • 68 14 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co said it's withdrawing an offer to buy back its bonds maturing in 2003 and 2004 because of last week's terrorist attacks in the US. The withdrawal comes eight days after the nation's largest phone company postponed the sale
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      • 84 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] United Engineers Bhd, Malaysia's biggest construction group, said it won road contracts in India worth RM626 million (*****.7 million) even as the government prepares to take it private by year-end. UEM said its joint venture with Essar Group won three
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      • 45 14 AFP [MANILA] Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Tadao Chino of Japan was yesterday re-elected for a new five-year term, the Philippines-based multilateral lender said. Mr Chino, 67, said he was gratified by the bank's board of governors' trust. AFP
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      • 74 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Merchants Holdings, owned by the country's transport ministry, will transfer HK$l2 billion (552.7 billion) worth of property, ports and other assets to its units in a restructuring. The company said it will inject its port assets into Hong Kong-listed China Merchants
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 521 16  -  Only 30% of bank on offer now; remaining 21% stake to be sold at a later stage From 1 Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday that it will invite 50 investors early next week to
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    • 307 17 HONGKONG They say sentiment could be 'psychologically affected' by attacks in the US: report AFP HONG Kong's leading property developers have agreed to delay all new project sales in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks in the United States, local press
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    • 232 17 AFP [HONGKONG] The Bank of China (BoC) has announced 400 layoffs under a restructuring plan, officials said yesterday amid rising unemployment in Hong Kong. Another 240 employees have left under a voluntary retirement scheme, a bank spokesperson said. "The bank
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    • 321 17 HONGKONG The self-replicatug bug may be close to peaking, say experts Reuters THE Nimda computer virus spread at dizzying speed through parts of Asia for a second day yesterday, but experts said the worldwide outbreak may be close to peaking for
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  • WORLD news
    • 420 18 TOKYO South Korea also lowers growth estimate drastically Reuters, AFP JAPAN'S slide into recession appeared to steepen yesterday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) released a depressing view of the economy and data showed its trade surplus had slumped even before last
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    • 172 18 TOKYO Reuters CELLPHONE giant Vodafone Group pic said yesterday it will pay up to £IJB billion (554.6 billion) cash for a 21.7 per cent, controlling stake in its key Japanese venture, Japan Telecom Co. Vodafone, the world's largest cellphone group, said the
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    • 330 18 WASHINGTON Bloomberg US home construction fell in August to the slowest pace in 10 months, ahead of last week's terrorist attacks that may damp consumer confidence and slow home sales. Builders started 1.527 million homes at an annual rate in
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    • 481 19 WASHINGTON Fed poll before the terrorist event shows broad-based softness in economy AFX US economic activity remained sluggish through early this month, with no sign of an upturn seen, according to a Federal Reserve survey. "Overall economic activity remained sluggish in
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    • 1256 21  -  Bestselling British novelist ROBERT HARRIS finds irresistible comparisons k between ancient Rome and a US enemies it cannot understand. ROBERT HARRIS IN an essay published last year, the author Tom Wolfe, with characteristic humility, summed up how he thought a future historian would one day write about
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      • 1445 22  -  Despite the distance, S'pore did not emerge unscathed by the terrorist attacks in America, jadce be finds out how the past week's events have affected life here JAIME EE IN SINGAPORE last Wednesday, the day immediately after the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and
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    • STYLE
      • 775 23  -  Royal Selangor has become more contemporary in its pewter wares, reports cohdime CORINNE KERK WHEN pewtersmith Yong Koon arrived in the Malay Peninsular from Swatow, China, in 1885, he was said to have only had a set of hand tools and a determination to make a fortune.
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      • 1218 24  -  That's the simple philosophy of Nestle Singapore's first lady MD Audrey Liow. She talks to oobimiie bbrk about her challenges at work and in the home CORINNE KERK SHE is a small lady. Bespectacled, neat, gentle and with a ready smile, Audrey Liow seems
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    • CINEMA
      • 738 25  -  'Along Came A Spider' starts off reasonably well but half-way through, it loses its way and degenerates into near farce Bui Geoffrey Eu IN the world of popular cinema, stylish, sophisticated psychological thrillers are a rarity in this post-Hitchcock era of instant gratification
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      • 1352 25  -  By Susan Tsang Autumn is heavy on us. None of the sneaks looks particularly interesting, with Original Sin, They Nest and Too Much Flesh all eminently missable. The sole new entrant that is remotely interesting is The Fast and the Furious, and that only because of well-staged car
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      • 101 25 Cathay Causeway Point 767 1588 Orchard *****74 Cathay Movie Line 235 1155 Eng Wah Empress *****67 Jubilee 454 1640 Suntec 836 9074 Sun Plaza 753 1047 Toa Payoh 251 1370 West Mail 898 9230 OoMtn Village 24-hr easy booking: 1900-912-1234 Bishan Boon Lay Eastpoint Grand Marina Plaza
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        846 26  -  GEOFFREY EU visits the renowned region which boasts history and over 300 wine-producing villages and 134 champagne houses GEOFFREY EU Hanging on a sitting room wall in the elegant chateau headquarters of Pol Roger, the esteemed French champagne house, is a framed thank-you note from legendary British Prime Minister
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      • 251 26 UNLESS you are lucky enough to be invited to stay at a chateau residence, the choice of hotels in Champagne is limited, with most visitors opting for a day-trip from Paris, or one of several three-star hotels in Reims or Epernay. There are, however, two
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    • PROFILE
      • 1147 27  -  For Reuters Asia's Jan Coos Geesink (right), climbing Mt Kilimanjaro was all about setting challenges outside of work, reports PARVATHINAYAR PARVATHI NAYAR Many of us crave the mountaintop moment, but some actually go in search of the literal experience. Such as Jan Coos Geesink, managing director, Asia
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    • EPICURE
      • 711 28  -  PARVATHI NAYAR parvathi mayar savours more than just authentic cuisine at Restaurant 360 Pin ding Restaurant 360 is like a treasure hunt without clues: via unmarked door to a lift lobby, then to the second floor, where the "gift" of the restaurant that awaits makes the effort
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      • 673 28  -  This latest dining concept from the Fiesta group offers a wide array of Japanese food in hip surroundings By, Jaime Ee TAKE the Marche concept give customers a card and let them order food from different cooking stations, stamp the card accordingly and tally up
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 278 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose 13 points to 967, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained five points to 966, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed one point to 7,506 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up 32 points to 1,138. ♦New Harvest (built 1962) 206,000
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    • 716 29  -  It is out to change its image of being a strict regulator, aligning itself now with intl standards By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Eroded by a 20 year drift towards flags of convenience and a reputation for being a tough regulator, the UK
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    • 455 29  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Last Tuesday's World Trade Center attack was an event of unimaginable horror, and for globally-oriented Singapore there were undoubtably untold connections both business and personal. I share what is probably a common connection to the tragedy
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    • 85 29 [SINGAPORE] All of Singapore are invited to an international, ecumenical memorial service organised by the American Association of Singapore for those touched by the recent acts of terrorism in the United States. The service will be held at the National Stadium at Kallang on Sunday—the same day as
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    • 134 29 AP [SHANGHAI] A tanker loaded with diesel fuel sank off south-eastern China after a collision with another ship, but there was no sign the fuel was leaking, a local official said. All 22 crew members of the Chinese tanker were rescued after the
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    • 169 29 [SINGAPORE] Boosting Hong Kong's attractiveness as an international shipping centre, an agreement eliminating double taxation for shipowners has recently passed all regulatory hurdles in the Special Administrative Region, according to the Hong Kong Port and Maritime Board (HKPMB). Starting from April 1,2002 shipowners in
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    • PORT Shots
      • 113 29 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Star Cruises has bought the Wasa Queen ferry to start a short-haul passenger-ferry cruise service in China. It said the ferry will operate under the Cruise Ferries brand, which will offer affordable prices to cater to a wider mass market in
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      • 78 29 [SINGAPORE] Caronia, the sister ship of Cunard's famous QE n, will be moved from its current US market to the UK from May 2002. The 677-passenger cruise ship will cross the Atlantic to burgeoning demand in Southampton. Cunard insists the move was
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      • 102 29 [SINGAPORE] Indonesia's main port ofTanjung Priok may be blockaded by more than 500 workers from a container company who are embroiled in a labour dispute. The staff of PT MaJu Terns Jaya workers have protested outside Jakarta's parliament calling fen- an investigation into labour
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      • 67 29 [SINGAPORE] Japan has agreed to provide a 42 billion yen (*****.4 million) loan to the Philippines to construct a key road linking Subic Bay Freeport and Clark Airport to central Luzon and its industrial and agricultural industries. The 47.5 km toll road project will
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    • 209 29  -  From] Evelyn Duffy in Perth SYDNEY'S ports are expected to double the amount of container freight that can be transported by rail to Western Sydney when a planned AsBo million (5568.8 million) intermodal terminal goes ahead at Enfield. The New South Wales Government has commenced
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    • SHIPPING news
      • 755 30  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By\ Selva Kumar A PROSPECTIVE vessel owner's exercise of its contractual right to take possession of its unfinished vessel from its builder did not bring the shipbuilding contract to an end, the English Court of Appeal
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      • 87 30 AP [SOUTH PADRE ISLAND] Construction crews continue to build a ramp at the end of South Padre Island, Texas, for the ferry that will take motorists from the island to Port Isabel. The ferry will be the only means available to get to the island until
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    • 258 30 PAGE Ahrenkiel 10 Appenship 5 Assets S Avant 10 Btang Mas 6 BSA 7 BSC 9 BTL 10 Balaji 4 Batamindo 9 Bayswater to CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 It Central Ex 6 Chahaya 10 China Shpq S Confer 10 It Cougar 7 It CWT Globelink 7 Dehnas
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    • 10499 36 THEBUSINESSTIMES Pa 9 e 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 m.wm VOV*g# IWn*K>n« SIN D«t'n Nam* Name Numim Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoire 21/09 17/10 MOL MOL MONO 0003A 65 *****04 OVM 2t/» Kiwi Hung PROSPERITY CONTAIN PC*4S 65 *****33 01/* 04/11 Deimas MERKUR BEACH 133W
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      • 710 39 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure «*j W901 J M JOI 20/09/8:40 20/09/17 00 I« -WW« *2«6f JOS 20/09/8 30 20/09/18 00 I 'Often 28 17*01 J04 20/09/9:10 20/09/1700 8 093S01 J03 20/09/8:10 20/09/2200 L»»«i 5 Jun-01 J17 20/09/915 20/09/23 $9 Bjys»a(efn8 MI227 J02 20/09/705 20/09/16.00 JH0921 J02
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      • 1962 39 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls SWP Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From t MOCUH KM 21/001 U 19/1500 19/1659 19/1900 a iwoo 20/0659 20/0900 a w/itoo io/o*w 20/0900 J woo 20/1159 20/M00 aciuaria owo» iimoo 19/1500 i9/*59 19/1900 u nrrroo wotn wow
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      • 206 39 September 23 Japan: Autumnal Equinox DaySeptember 24 South Africa: Heritage Day September 28 Taiwan: Teacher's Day September 30 Hongkong:Mid-Autumn Festival October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkeng: National Day Taii/wi; Mid-Autumn Festival October 3 Germany: Day of German Unity South Korea: National Founda tion Day October 8 Canada: Thanksgiving
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      • 819 39 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 mar ket Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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      • 582 39 Cirbon 180 Mai 978.1 0.4 16.5 0.07 79 0.06 13 Density Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment No above E25 0 0 2 0 0 0 *3/5" 390 Ave 987.8 0J 14.9 0.06 26 0.02 Ei ion 380 Mai 991.1 0.8 18.4 0.09 80 0.04 «6/M'3 v/v
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 718 40 TERRORIST ATTACK OK US: IMP ACT OH AVIATIOH Around 1,500 civil jets -10% of world fleet expected to be surplus as airlines cnt services Reuters [SINGAPORE] Last week's attacks in the United States have driven down the value of the aircraft that
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      • Article, Illustration
        84 40 [SHENZHEN] Chinese police, fire and medical personnel take part in a mock hijacking of an airliner in the southern city of Shenzhen. Hundreds ofpeople participated in the exercise at Shenzhen's Huangtian airport in which two people hijacked' a flight, threatening to blow it up if they were not
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      • 118 40 Reuters (BKIJING) hina's Hainan Airlines has placed firm orders for 21 more regional jets made by Fairchild Dornier in a deal that could be worth up to US$266 million, officials of the US-German aircraft maker said yesterday. "Hainan ordered 19 firm 328 JET airplanes in
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      • 311 40 With uncertain situation, no date has been set yet for the 500 m euro securities Bloomberg [DUESSELDORF] Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's No 2 airline, is delaying plans to sell 500 million euros (SsBo6 million) of seven-year bonds after completing meetings with investors yesterday, said
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