The Business Times, 26 September 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 InteTCt: .com.sg/ SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2001 85C
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    79 1 sn UBLS2 (-3.16) BT-SRI 557J1 (-6.18) ST DCDEX FETCHES UffuOO (-1.00) 9HSCXFUTUBES 15&80 (-1.20) STOCK HAKKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 606.95 +0il NIKKEI 22® 9,(9197 +138.96 HANG SENG 9.***** -74.44 SET INDEX 276.72 -2.77 JAKARTA COMP 409.09 -LSI MANILA COMP 1.161.74 +16.65 TAIPEI WPI 3,493.78 3973 SEOUL
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    75 1 FOREX RATES liss si tss (SS per l"SS) 1.771 £(l'SS/SSp«r£) 1462 1589 EUtO(l'SS/SS/E) 0.917 1625 DM 2132 1J04 YEN 1173 66i0 RM im 1145 HKS im 4.403 BAJHT 44i0 25.12 RIPIAH 9,518 5,373 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.7« KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI
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    Lock icon DBS Vickers retrenches 252; total 500 jobs shed since merger
    439 1  -  93 staff from S'pore in latest cut; DBS Sec and Vickers had 4,000 clients in common By Lob Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] DBS Vickers Securities yesterday sent a chill down the spines of workers in the financial sector when it handed
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    Lock icon MAS: 20% cash downpayment for homes to stay
    772 1  -  80% financing limit has wider purpose than just curbing speculation, it says By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday that there is no change to the 20 per cent cash downpayment rule for private home purchases contrary
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    Lock icon KFC, Pizza Hut Taco Bell chains up for sale
    375 1  -  ilexclusive By Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] If you have $200 million and a taste for Kentucky Fried Chicken, you can buy the whole finger-lickin' regional business with Pizza Hut and Taco Bell thrown in as well. That's said to be the price
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    Lock icon Sharpest fall in US consumer confidence since Gulf war
    768 1  -  Dow down 34 points by noon as market takes in news From Catherine Ong in New York WALL Street stocks managed modest gains early yesterday but fell rapidly later in the morning as the implications of a dismal report showing a
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    Lock icon Volatility takes a break in Asian markets
    325 1  -  By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] Volatility in Asian stock markets subsided yesterday as investors paused to draw breath. The outcome was mixed for most markets, although those that closed later saw weakness following a dip in the Nasdaq futures contract and soft openings in
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      Lock icon Banks prefer 20% rule as safety buffer
      822 2  -  OFF-BUDGET MEASURES No 100% financing in current climate even if govt lifts rnle By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] A govern-ment-imposed rule that property buyers must pay at least 20 per cent of their purchase in cash is here to stay in more ways
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      Lock icon Prepare for prolonged downturn: BG Yeo
      604 2  -  Revised GDP forecasts, off-Budget measures in Oct By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] The economy is expected to contract this year and Singaporeans should be prepared for a more prolonged downturn. Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo said in Parliament yesterday. He added that the government
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      Lock icon Employers want to save jobs, but against CPF cuts
      451 2  -  Preferred: lower variables, govt cost help, personal reliefs By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Employers aren't in favour of cutting their contributions to the Central Provident Fund to help deal with the economic downturn. Instead, they'd rather reduce variable remuneration and have
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      13 2 S'pore ready to tap China market, Pg 11 Other Parliament report*, Pg 11
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  • FALLOUT from terrorist attack
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      Lock icon Indon ulama call for holy war if US hits Afghanistan
      462 3  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S top Islamic authority called on all Muslims to wage a jihad (holy war) if the US and its allies attack Afghanistan. The call was made in a statement by the Indonesian Council of Ulama
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      Lock icon SIA to suspend flights to Pakistan from Fri
      196 3  -  By I Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Airlines, fearing impending hostilities in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, has decided to suspend its flights to Pakistan. The suspension of the four-times-a-week service to Karachi and Lahore, which the airline described
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      Lock icon Taliban isolated as Saudis cut ties
      720 3 WASHINGTON White House rules oat plan to topple Taliban movement Reuters, AFP, AP THE US scored a diplomatic coup yesterday when Saudi Arabia cut ties with Kabul. As it moves to isolate Afghani stan's Taliban rulers ahead of a military assault, the US struggle
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      Lock icon SEA faces US strikes dilemma
      592 4  -  comment Stability of some governments will depend on how the ITS fights anti-terrorist war yang razali kassim AS the United States steps up its global campaign against terrorism, with its sights on Afghanistan to get at Osama bin Laden, neighbouring Pakistan is caught between a
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      Lock icon Koizumi pledges to stand by US in anti-terrorism fight
      395 4 WASHINGTON AFP Reuters AP. JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi promised President George W Bush yesterday that Japan would stand side by side with the US in its war on terrorism. Mr Koizumi proclaimed his meeting with Mr Bush as "fantastic" in
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    • IN Brief
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        Lock icon Interpol warrant for key Osama aide
        66 4 Reuters [BUDAPEST] Interpol yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Osama bin Laden's right-hand man at the request of Egyptian police authorities. The international police organisation said Aiman A 1 Zawahri, born in Giza, Egypt, in 1951, is the leader of the A 1 Jihad
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        Lock icon MAS backs bid to block terrorists'funds
        73 4 Reuters [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday it would cooperate fully with the US in its fight to cut off funds for terrorism. Expecting the US to ask it for assistance, an MAS spokeswoman said: "When they do, we will offer
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        Lock icon US attacks crime against humanity: UN
        87 4 AP [GENEVA] The terrorist attacks on the US were a "crime against humanity" under international law, the UN human rights chief said yesterday. Mary Robinson said she felt there was no doubt the attacks constituted "a widespread deliberate targeting of a civilian population" one
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        Lock icon Suspects eyed hazardous materials
        66 4 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Attorney-General John Ashcroft said yesterday suspects who may be connected to this month's attacks on New York and Washington had sought licences to transport hazardous materials. "Our investigation has uncovered several individuals, including individuals who may have links to the hijackers, who fraudulently have
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        Lock icon Mergers worth US$15b called off
        60 4 Bloomberg [LONDON] FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. a US hotel company, Vinci SA, which helped build the Channel Tunnel, and 18 other companies cancelled US$l5 billion worth of mergers in the two weeks since the attack on the US. The value of third-quarter transactions slid 36
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      Lock icon Homeless and hungry
      50 4 [KARACHI] Art Afghan refugee child receiving freefood outside a restaurant in Karachi. The UN World Food Programme decided yesterday to resume, on a trial basis, food aid shipments to northern and western Afghanistan which had been suspended after the Sept 11 attacks on the United States REUTERS
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      Lock icon Tuas Power hedges fuel oil deals as prices turn volatile
      568 4  -  S'pore stations have sufficient stocks of fnel oil to last at least two months By] Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] WITH increasingly volatile fuel oil prices especially since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the US power stations like Tuas Power (TP)
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      Lock icon Sentiment seen plunging in Silicon Valley VC industry
      570 4  -  Investments expected to drop to 25% of previous year's levels From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley BUDDING entrepreneurs take note: sentiment in the Silicon Valley venture capital industry has taken a big hit, and getting funded will be even more difficult in
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      Lock icon Goldman's chief economist sees weak US economy throughout '02
      592 4  -  From < Audrey Tan in I lonig h'f/ng GOLDMAN Sachs chief economist Bill Dudley said yesterday that while the US government may soon unveil a package of tax cuts worth over US$6O billion, the US economy will not see a strong
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      962 6 Groups which the US says are linked to terrorism and have had their US assets frozen Source: AFP Reuters Graphic: SARAH LOYOLA AMMdilthaßm) Prime suspect in tie Sept 11 attacks; also suspected in 1996 bontoings of US embassies in Africa and October 2000 attack on USSCoh. An umbrefci
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      Lock icon Jakarta, Bangkok, KL: no Osama assets found
      827 6  -  Philippines rashes anti-money laundering bill to enable govt to track down terrorist assets Reports from Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta, Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur, Al Labita in Manila and Harish Mehta in Bangkok INDONESIA, Thailand and Malaysia, responding to a US appeal to
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      Lock icon G-7 to cooperate in freezing assets of terrorist groups
      717 6 German Economics Ministry says it has frozen Osama-linked accounts worth 2.7 million deutschemarks Reuters. Bloomberg AP [TOKYO] Group of Seven finance ministers yesterday agreed to cooperate to stem the flow of money to suspected international terrorists following the recent attacks in
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      Lock icon Son of PAS leader accused of planning armed revolt
      471 6 Nik Adli in jail without trial; KL says he's Kabul-trained and sought Islamic state [KOTA BAHRU] The government yesterday jailed without trial a Malaysian man it accuses of receiving military training in Afghanistan before plotting a violent campaign with secret groups
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      Lock icon They shall not break my spirit'
      895 7  -  Unable to imprison us, the terrorists want us to imprison ourselves. No way, says thomas l Friedman THOMAS L FRIEDMAN [NEW YORK] WHEN I lived in Beirut in the early 1980s the era when suicide bombing was born I had a Lebanese friend, Diala,
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      Lock icon What next in the war on America?
      735 7  -  MAiLirm Pratap Nambiar Singapore IN their book Lessons of History, Will and Ariel Durant tell us that in the last 3,421 years of recorded history, only 268 have seen no war. War is thus part and parcel of human history. Peace is an
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      Lock icon Airport security high
      85 7  -  Philip Mah Albert Tjoeng WE refer to the letter "What are we doing to prevent hijackings?" by Leow Aik Jiang (Mailbag, Sept 24). The Singapore Police Force, which oversees security at the airport, works closely with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore to ensure that aviation security
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      Lock icon Time to bring home foreign reserves
      267 7  -  Denis Distant Singapore US policy has been in favour of free markets, nonintervention, transparency and a level-playing Field but that seems to have changed following the recent tragic events on Sept 11 which have had disastrous affects on the economies not only of the
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      Lock icon Jump-start package in 10 days: O'Neill
      584 7 WASHINGTON He adds the time is needed to get a clearer view of the post-strikes economy AP THE White House is probably a week or 10 days away from deciding the scope of a new package to jump-start the teetering economy in the wake
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Tug-of-war between bulls and bears ends in stalemate
      583 8  -  I-I I comment STOCKS Only a handful of stocks in play as cantion sets in after Monday's rebonnd r. sivanithy CAUTION set in here and throughout the region yesterday following Monday's sharp rebound in stock prices. After a promising start that saw
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      Lock icon US dollar recovery rests on US, Japan factors
      729 8  -  Hlonger view CURRENCIES A huge fiscal package to revitalise US economy and another to bail ont Japanese banks may prove erne li larry wee WALL Street finally managed a muchneeded correction to the stock-selling frenzy on Monday, but the US dollar's recovery
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      579 8 Theoretical values before Dec 31, '98 Stocks Volume SingTel 15c 791.000,000 SingTel 15c 10 575.000.000 SingTel 15cl00 301.000.000 City Dev 50c 19.659.000 KLW Hldgs 10c 17,050.000 CapitaLand 11,312.000 ST Engg 10c 10,722,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 9,532,000 TPVUSlc 8,508.000 Frontline 5c 8.188,000 Stocks SingTel 15c 10 944,689.615 SingTel 15cl00 495,032.791 SingTel
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3523 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Abardaan Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American Opport Fd 0.626 0.659 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1 099 1.132 China Opportunities Fd!** 0.785 0.825 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!** 0.756 0.794 Global MNCFd 0.531 0 558 Global Technology Fd!** 0 382 0 402 Indonesia Equity Fd!** 0.631
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Property counters among stocks closing below $1
      550 9  -  Other counters affected by the blood-letting include SIA Engg and NOL By Ling Su Ann HIT by a double whammy of slowing growth and looming US retaliatory action against terrorist forces, some counters not usually seen as penny stocks have sunk below $1.
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      Lock icon OUB buy-in procedures not normal, say investors
      420 9  -  They say SGX should have bought in earlier and squared off all short positions By\ Siow Li Sen INVESTORS are miffed by what they perceive as the Singapore Exchange's departure from normal practice in its buy-in for Overseas Union Bank shares. OUB shares
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      Lock icon Capital Group buys 824 m SingTel shares from C&W
      213 9 Reuters SINGAPORE Telecom yesterday said the Capital Group Companies had bought about 824 million Sing Tel shares from Cable Wireless pic (C&W). C&W had earlier announced that its subsidiary. Cable Wireless Australia Pacific Holdings BV (CWAP), had sealed a forward agreement
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      Lock icon Is China really a safe haven for stockmarket investors?
      695 9  -  locksiew wong wei kong NOT so long ago, the idea of China as safe haven will seem a most unlikely one to many. But then, something even more unthinkable happened when terrorists attacked landmarks in the US on Sept 11, killing
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      Lock icon MAS supports SGX's Links ruling
      580 10  -  BG Lee says affected investors can seek compensation from parties who are convicted By' Ven Sreenivasan THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) should have kept investors informed during its lengthy investigations into Links Island Holdings, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told Parliament yesterday. Replying to questions
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      Lock icon SGX to launch single stock futures on Oct 26
      129 10 Reuters THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday it will launch single stock futures contracts on Oct 26. The contracts will be based on 15 underlying blue chip stocks listed on SGX's securities market, SGX said in a statement. Each contract will
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon OUB donates compensation to charity
        114 10 OVERSEAS Union Bank (OUB) said it has donated the $1 million compensation received from DBS Group Holdings to charities and public bodies. OUB said in the light of the current economic situation, the board decided to donate a substantial portion of the money to the
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        Lock icon Progen boss' planned share sale off
        142 10 SESDAQ-LISTED Progen Holdings chairman and substantial shareholder Lee Eng said that the planned sale of his shares in the company to property developer Springlife Holdings had been called off. Springlife had informed Mr Lee shortly after the announcement of the Sept 13 transaction that
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        Lock icon Panpac trays 40% stake in research firm
        90 10 PANPAC Media.com announced that it has taken a strategic 40 per cent stake in Strategic Intelligence, an independent Asian business research company. The deal involves a $1.25 million investment from Panpac. The company said that the venture is its first major investment in
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        Lock icon Horizon.com slides into the red
        91 10 HORIZOM.COM said that for the six months ended June 30,2001, the group achieved a turnover of $18.6 million, down 6 per cent, and incurred a net loss of $0.2 million, compared with a gain of $0.6 million previously. Horizon said it has been concentrating on
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    Lock icon Ups and downs
    394 9 STI component stocks SEPT 25 SEPT 24 SEPT 11 CHNG %CHNG PRICE PRICE PRICE AGAINST AGAINST SEPT 24 SEPT 11 1 Creative Technology 8.80 8.15 12.10 8.0 -27.3 2 Datacraft Asia 3.20 2.99 3.50 7.0 -8.6 3 Great Eastern 8.00 7.50 9.90 6.7 -19.2 4 City Developments
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore ready with initiatives to tap China market
      467 11  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Int'l business nnit with initial China focus; networking information centre All reports by< Chuang Peck Ming SEVERAL government initiatives to help Singapore tap into China's booming economy are ready to take off. Next month, the Ministry of Trade and
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      Lock icon S'pore-M'sia deal a mental breakthrough: Jaya
      292 11 THE broad agreement between Singapore and Malaysia early this month marks a "psychological breakthrough" and will put relations between the two neighbours on a "surer footing". Foreign Minister S Jayakumar said yesterday. Replying to queries on behalf of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, he
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      Lock icon Govt gets nod for higher cap on Treasury issues
      183 11 PARLIAMENT yesterday approved a $5 billion increase in the cap on government borrowing via Treasury bills, raising it to $20 billion. Seeking approval. Finance Minister Richard Hu said that on May 4, 1999, Parliament authorised him to borrow a revolving sum
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      Lock icon Conflict could shave 1.6-4.1 points off GDP
      380 11  -  141=1 on the economy outlook By, Anna Teo YET another economic analysis sees Singapore among the most vulnerable in the region in terms of growth lost in the current standoff arising from the September 11 attacks in America. In a report assessing the
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    • PARLIAMENT Briefs
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        Lock icon Curb on bank names on buildings lifted
        107 11 BANKS no longer need to own at least half of a building before they can put their name or logo on it. MAS has lifted that restriction, required previously to avoid giving the impression that the building is the bank's asset, said Deputy
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        Lock icon Bill an 3rd party contract rights tabled
        115 11 A PERSON who is not a party to a contract has no legal right to enforce it even if the contracting parties intend to confer a benefit on the third party. This general principle of law is going to change if Parliament approves
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        Lock icon Foreign reserves should be even higher
        100 11 SINGAPORE should try to build foreign reserves beyond the current US$75 billion it now has, due to its lack of natural resources and heavy dependence on imports, Finance Minister Richard Hu said. The current reserves are equivalent to seven months' of imports more than
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        Lock icon House okays Medisave for Eldershield
        58 11 PARLIAMENT yesterday approved changes to the CPF Act that frees Medisave savings to be used to pay the premiums of Eldershield and any healthcare insurance plan approved by the health ministry. Eldershield, unveiled last month, is an affordable severe disability insurance plan to provide insurance
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      Lock icon Three new bills tabled in Parliament
      236 11 THREE new bills widely awaited by the financial community were tabled in Parliament yesterday by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. They are the Securities and Futures Bill, Financial Advisers Bill and Insurance (Amendment) Bill. If passed, the first will introduce new legislation to
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      Lock icon H.. .eggs up!
      80 11 A hot air balloon resembling a giant Faberge egg poisedfor take-off at the Padang to mark the launch of the Fabulous haberge: Objets d art from The Forbes Magazine Collection New ext lbltlon at the Singapore Art Museum. Held in conjunction with the Forbes Global f conference,
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      Lock icon HP offers 2 new models of S'pore-made Jornadas
      268 11  -  The latest hand-helds will be available from Oct 5 Chen Huifen HEWLETT-Packard Singapore yesterday introduced two new models of its Jornada Pocket PC. positioning itself as the first to ship handhelds running on Microsoft's Pocket PC 2002 Premium Edition operating system. "We
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Anti-terrorism campaign isn't the Cold War
      721 14  -  bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent AS they try to make some sense of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, American pundits seem to have replaced their initial Pearl Harbor analogy with another historical comparison. They now
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      153 14 The American people are angry, grieving and upset but they haven't lost faith in the economy.' -Evans Witt president of Princeton Survey Research Associates, on a finding that consumer confidence in the US economy rose this month to the highest level since, January. it's staggering in its
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      Lock icon Pakistan's opportunity
      622 14 EDITORIAL EVEN though his hand may have been forced, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf made a courageous decision in promising "unstinted support" to the United States in its anti-terrorism campaign, following the attacks in New York and Washington. That decision presents Pakistan with serious risks, but also an opportunity.
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      Lock icon Opec: between a rock and a hard place
      1081 14  -  It has to balance its long-term interests of selling oil with short-term political exigencies Ry G Panicker The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk OPEC meets today to lay out its strategy for the usual peak demand season. But there
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      Lock icon Restore democracy to Pakistan
      550 14  -  COMMENTARY An anti-democratic Pakistan can become an anti-Western, fanatic threat to world peace lU, Benazir Bhutto The writer was prime minister of Pakistan from 1987 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996 MY run-in with Osama bin Laden began before he achieved international infamy. He supported
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Malaysia to spend another RM4.3b to boost economy
      537 15  -  Economists say looser monetary policy and fiscal boost will bnild np inflationary pressure From Eddie Toh in Kimki Lumpur MALAYSIA has announced another big stimulus package to help counter the effects of the slumbering US economy in a move that will widen
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      Lock icon Maybank cuts deposit rates but leaves prime rate intact
      160 15 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYAN Banking Bhd, Malaysia's biggest lender, yesterday cut deposit rates by 0.25 percentage point after the central bank eased interest rates to ward off a prolonged slowdown following the terrorist attacks in the United States. But a Maybank
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      Lock icon Sino Land profit plunges 63% on property provisions
      374 15  -  Parent company Tsim Sha Tsui Properties sees an even bigger dive of 92% From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong SINO Land, the Hong Kong-listed arm of property developer Ng Teng Fong yesterday reported a 63 per cent drop in net profits to
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      Lock icon HK exports fall for sixth straight month in Aug
      472 16 HONGKONG Decline sharper than expected; analysts say worse is to come Reuters HONG KONG'S exports fell in August for the sixth straight month as the global economic downturn dampened trade, but the fall was sharper than expected and analysts warned worse
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      166 16 BANGKOK AP THAILAND'S government yesterday confirmed it has reduced its target for 2002-2006 average GDP growth by one percentage point to reflect global economic trends. As part of a review, the target "has been revised down one percentage point to 4-5 per cent from
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      335 17 WTOEMTRY Move to boost competitiveness as China opens np financial industry Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Tian An Insurance Co, Hua An Insurance Co and two other insurers formed an alliance to bolster their competitiveness ahead of China's entry to the World Trade Organization, expected later this year.
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      176 17 Move aimed at increasing ICBCs competitive edge Reuters [BEIJING] China's state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) plans to cut some 30,000 jobs this year to help enhance its competitiveness against foreign giants, company officials said yesterday. "We plan to reduce
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      408 17 BANGALORE Up to USs4b likely to be spent replacing technology systems lost on Sept 11 AP INDIAN software companies lost customers and fresh orders because of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New York, but look forward to new business
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      309 16  -  ST Index Daniel Wong Refco (Singapore) SINGAPORE shares opened higher yesterday on optimism that rallies in the Dow and Nasdaq would add a boost to a badly beaten market. but gains were limited. The benchmark Straits Times Index closed at 1.281.52 points, down 3.16 points or 0.25
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      243 16  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Daniel Wong Refco (Singapore) TAIWAN'S key stock index fell yesterday to its lowest in more than eight-and-a-half years despite rallies in US markets. The MSCI Taiwan Stock Index ended down 2.45 points, or 1.53 per cent, at 158.15. Turnover for the
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      273 16 Master the figures I iipmgf ,N "V V// two"* 1 1 MSc in Applied Finance The Singapore Management University (SMU) will launch the MSc in Applied Finance programme from January 2002. The programme is ideal for working professionals who wish to enhance their skills in the area of Corporate Finance
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      487 18 TOKYO Advice from expert who helped in US savings and loan revamp Reuters THE man credited with cleaning up the US savings and loan mess in the early 1990s has some advice for Japan as it struggles with its banking crisis
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      555 19 NEW YORK Impact of terrorist attacks in US seen taking toll on Q4 Bloomberg LEHMAN Brothers Holdings Inc, displaced from its main offices by the Sept 11 terrorist attacks, said earnings fell 32 per cent in the third quarter. This was
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        74 19 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Honeywell International Inc, which slashed profit forecasts last week, raised the number of jobs it will cut this year to 15,800, or 13 per cent of its workforce, because of the turmoil in the airline industry. It will take a Q3
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        60 19 Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's Coles Myer Ltd, facing a steep drop in annual profit, launched a revamp yesterday by axing I,ooojobs from its general merchandise and apparel division. This will reduce staff at the unit by nearly a third with the aim of saving As9o
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        82 19 Bloomberg [SUNNYVALE, California] Juniper Networks Inc will let staff exchange stock options after shares plunged 95 per cent in the past year. They may exchange options that have an exercise price of at least US$lO for new options to be priced at least six
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      371 19 WASHINGTON Reuters EVEN though most economists say a US recession is inevitable in the wake of the Sept 11 terror attacks, many have become increasingly optimistic that when a recovery finally arrives, most likely in 2002, it will be a strong one. This
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      512 20  -  US First Lady earns applause at charity conceit writes ELISABETH bdulier ELISABETH BUMILLER NYT [WASHINGTON] ADDING high culture to her increasingly public role as a grief counsellor for the nation. Laura Bush inaugurated a Kennedy Center concert of opera, jazz and folk on Monday
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      264 22  -  Hy Christopher Tan THE authorities are expected to introduce a new plastic bar-coded driving licence in the next few months. It will also incorporate the driver's colour photo, and is likely to be issued for life. Singapore's current driving licence is made of paper,
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      430 22  -  I; i i exclusive The over 100 cabs will hit the roads as part of a trial of green vehicles, reports Christopher tam CHRISTOPHER TAN TAXI companies are expected to put more than 100 compressed natural gas (CNG) cabs on the road by
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      378 22  -  Borneo Motors hopes to sell about 100 units of the hybrid car a year Ny Christopher Tan TOYOTA'S Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid car, was officially launched by distributor Borneo Motors yesterday at the Botanic Gardens. The Prius is fitted with a I.S-li-tre petrol
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      582 23  -  CARF7HI Over 17,000 likely to be taken off the road by year-end due to soft COE rates and used-car prices christopher tan SOFT COE rates and softer used-car prices will encourage Singaporeans to scrap more big cars this year than ever before. Over
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        130 23 THE Japan Motor Industrial Federation says the biennial Tokyo Motor Show will go ahead as planned. Federation chairman Hiroshi Okuda had previously said the show could be cancelled due to worries of scaled-down participation by US and European car makers in the
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        123 23 BRAVING world events and economic circumstances, car launches continue in Singapore. Yesterday, the Toyota Prius the world's first mass produced petrol-electric hybrid was unveiled, after a long delay. On Friday, Chrysler's P T Cruiser will be introduced. This retro-style car, sold in the US since
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        89 23  -  Compiled by* Christopher Tan DAIMLERCHRYSLER, concerned about slow sales in some fast-growing markets amid increased competition from Japanese and Korean brands, is launching a drive to combine Dodge and Chrysler-Jeep dealerships, according to the Wall Street Journal on-line. The company is rolling out the effort,
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    1398 23 Average open market value (OMV) of cars registered in August. MOOEUMAKE CC AVE OMVfl) ALFA ROMEO A156 2.0 1.970 26.6GB ALFA ROMEO A156 2.5 2.482 27.969 AUOA31.6A3DR 1506 ***** AUDI A31.6A50R 1506 ***** AUnA61BmP40R 1.781 38.624 AUDI TTC1 STQ225M 1.781 47.211 ALD TTRl 6TTQ225M 1.781 54,941 AUUA42CMU4CR
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      709 24  -  Nobody seems to question his natural talent but eyebrows are being raised about his lavish lifestyle and lack of competitiveness, says STOPHEN WADE STEPHEN WADE AP [SILVERSTONE, England) A YEAR ago, Jenson Button was the "Golden Boy" of Formula One. After just
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        95 24 JAGUAR team boss Niki Lauda believes all Fl drivers should take part in this weekend's US Grand Prix in Indianapolis and has dismissed concerns over safety as "rubbish", reported Reuters. Writing in a Sunday newspaper column in Welt am Sonntag, the Austrian triple
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        82 24 BRAZILIAN Rubens Barrichello says he is ready to go racing in America after becoming a father for the first time. The Ferrari driver told the team's website on Monday that his wife Silvana and son Eduardo, born on Sunday morning in Sao
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        114 24 NEXT year's French F1 Grand Prix has been pushed back to the end of July to avoid any clash with the 2002 World Cup soccer finals. "The organisers of the French Grand Prix have confirmed that their 2002 fixture has been moved
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        52 24 Fl driver Juan Pablo Montoya of Colombia has celebrated his 26th birthday by getting engaged, according to AP. Montoya, who won his first Fl race last Sunday in the Italian Grand Prix, said he proposed on Thursday his birthday to girlfriend Connie Freydel. Montoya drives
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        125 24  -  Compiled by I Christopher Tan BRAZILIAN Luciano Burti will miss the last two races of the Fl season after his crash at the Belgian Grand Prix and Czech Tomas Enge will take his place at Prost, according to Reuters. Burti said: "The reason
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      232 24 Mercedes-Benz is a trademark of DaimlerChrysler. I Ht- MUMMM Sfc»A-u--. •»sisJSL&L nnfiifiimi Hi,, jgaijgßßiSgPPjjgijgjWiMMpM JHHL_ "Never believed in love at first sight" Wear your heart on inevitably, it happened. T jl? \AfVlQt' A7TIII TYlCllfCi if" 3nCi 8 ,ove(1 before saying, it will be; any your sleeve, and you II suffer
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      1121 25  -  A quick survey of some independent consultants shows that term insurance is a popular choice, oehuviuvucpa reports F.RE'S a plimnu" at I GENEVIEVE CUA HERE'S a glimpse at how some independent consultants pursue their life protection and investment plans. These individuals are not involved in
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      1217 25  -  fT^MTiT^Tiaricets Bulk of sales came from substantial shareholders of Venture By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider Ltd. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Chai in Singapore AN impending war and a looming global recession further weakened stock markets across
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      964 25  -  MAILIiTsPI Isaac Low Vice-President Society of Financial Service Professionals (Singapore) Mr Low is also a principal partner in First Principal Financial Planning, an insurance brokerage firm I REFER to your articles "Coverage for the right reasons" (BT. Aug 22) and "Pay for only
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      766 26  -  Aberdeen's global strategy head tells gemevieve coa why he thinks this is probably a good time to go against the crowd and start investing in equities GENEVIEVE CUA INVESTORS' fear of loss is almost a dead weight on global stock markets these days, as they yank moneyout
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      1271 26  -  Forms of buying term and investing may be the wave of the future liyi Genevieve Cua STOCK markets have tanked, your unit trust is smashed, and so is that insurance-linked fund. Short of staying put in cash, could a traditional insurance plan be a safe
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      398 26 Dynamic US Continuum Fund The Next Generation Investment Fund Is Here I nliko othoi vui.uantood funds uhuli iopinio mhi to wait till in. it uii t\ to on io thi' £ii a ran too. tin 1 P\ namu I s c on n n tin in I tnui now £i\os
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      380 27  -  By Andrea Tan The Hungry Ghost Month has come and gone, yet the property market remains spooked. And its not because of lingering superstitions: the massive terrorist attack on New York's World Trade Centre on Sept 11 was all too real, as are its consequences.
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      1215 28  -  That is the question for property investors in times of uncertainty such as these. ong choon fah believes opportunities are to be found where danger lurks ONG CHOON FAH The writer is executive director, DTZ Debenham Tie Leung THE private residential market has taken
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      1214 30  -  With shorter market cycles and more volatile capital growth, Nicholas mak suggests looking to rental yields as a gauge of property investment NICHOLAS MAK The writer is research manager, Chesterton International RESIDENTIAL properties have been the most common form of investments among individual property investors. However, there
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      1059 31  -  Theories on the perception of gain and loss can explain the behaviour of Singapore's property investors, and how they choose between stocks and bricks and mortar, priyaoarshimisemcupta explains PRIYADARSHINI SENGUPTA The writer is associate director head of research. strategy consultancy at Colliers Jardine THE Singapore retail
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      1462 32  -  Terence tang sees active demand for good class bungalows given their limited supply, good values as well as rising affluence of buyers TERENCE TANG The writer is national director, head of investment sales. Jones Lang LaSalle A FEW select enclaves in Singapore's prime districts have seen active
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      1100 33  -  Whether real estate investment trusts take off here depends on what they offer yields or capital growth and their attractiveness vs property stocks. Joseph ooi, sing tien foo and ong seow eiug outline the considerations JOSEPH OOI, SING TIEN FOO,ONG SEOW ENG Dr Joseph Ooi.
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      1179 34  -  Dazzling skylines, pulsing nightlife and proximity to everything the allure of downtown living will be a big feature of Concept Plan 2001. onc may anne elaborates ONG MAY ANNE The writer is executive public relations officer, Urban Redevelopment Authority THE glamour of high-rise city living will
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      459 37  -  Developers are tempting buyers with condos designed like holiday villages, says vincechong VINCE CHONG GATHERING inspiration from New York to Hawaii, resort homes in tropical Singapore are a growing trend as developers bend over backwards to please style-conscious buyers. The Shangri-las nestled in prime Singapore niches
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      990 38  -  Companies, especially MNCs, are eyeing new leasing structures which give them flexibility without heavy costs, says alvinteo ALVIN TEO The writer is director of corporate services. Cushman Wakefield Singapore AS industries here move from low-end to high-tech manufacturing and on to knowledge-intensive businesses, developers and planning
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      735 39  -  No signs of waning interest from S'pore investors during meeting with Aussie DTZ directors, vimcechomc learns VINCE CHONG SINGAPORE investor demand for Australian commercial property does not seem to be waning despite the recent calamity in the US. According to Gary Cocks, managing director
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      1180 40  -  Companies, now more sensitive to return on capital, will have to manage their space needs carefully to guard their balance sheets and bottom lines, taykah poh elaborates TAY KAH POH The writer is director of Knight Frank IN conventional economic theory. firms conceive of property as being a
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      429 27 CONTENTS Outlook for residential factor p^i2 Rethinking iiiwiUnni strategies po§c4 Stocks or brkks and mortar? pageS Reits: lemons or plums? P*9»? Home, sweet resort page 11 Corporate? and real estate page U Coordinator: Andrea Tan Editor: Elaine Koh Sub-editor: Wong Hiew Peng Artists: Ben Cruz. Gareth Chung. Jennifer Chua Noordm
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      77 29 rage inree PRIMED^STRICTIO now within your reach 1 v -'<- V-Vf v^v>i ~*mr- fi>j:M*y $m J—T- -»r T •-<■ -^j-Bv•--rv>^<)tM^M^yaBMli^B> Rental returns from $9,000 to $12,000 per month t-'-.; j In a prestigious neighbourhood off Holland Road Close to trendy Holland Village Charming wooded road Study with ensuite bathroom School,
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      187 30 St. Martin Residence Inspired by the languid lifestyles of the past. Designed and built to peerless perfection, (ome home to a luxurious resort. Freehold for your lifetime's enjoyment Phase 2 is now available for sale. Come view our showjlats in i,2 and 3 bedroom configurations.Open daily from io am to
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      96 30 INDUSTRIAL PARK t»P^*xJkffl 3 4 storey terrace units with parking lots at the doorsteps. New choice units available! L Superb frontage facing the PIE Allotted car lorry lots at your doorsteps Your very own frontage, lift and toilet 20-ft container trucks can drive up to every unit Individual sheltered loading/delivery
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      188 31 We made our debut as DTZ Debenham Tie Our global network combines the strengths Leung last year; a new movement in and local knowledge of each player, international property services. Today, And apply them with international expertise DTZ has over 6,500 staff operating from and common standards wherever you 120
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      299 35 Httto TJ&£.fs» s^^L*feC»#^|it r »ru ...^aiz& **$m fc -li f i]ifistT ejmM f A 1 W T- S iiH IK\l *gg j*j Discover paradise Freehold project launching soon The jungle beckons. The plunge pool tempts. The senses, dulled by the grind of daily living, reawaken. Welcome to Adam Park Condominium.
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      186 35 One of the more distinctive touches is the jungle spa. Set amidst a hilly terrain, the spa pavilions are perched on higher ground while cascading pools terrace down to join the main swimming pool. Water, a main feature here, calms and refreshes. The landscape takes up a generous portion of
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      189 35 A BT ADVERTISING .SPFPIAI pore. While the Hawaiian-inspired landscape is surely one of the main attractions, the home is not neglected either. Taking the love affair with water into the home, the shower panel in the master bedroom is a joy to behold. The Tuan Sing Group is one of
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      218 35 n& J K. Hll «i vV'i hour security are provided. And more than that. Adam Park Condominium has the full-range of facilities too. Gymnasium, tennis court, barbecue pits, jogging track, picnic rotunda, sauna. Renowned schools like Nanyang Girls and Raffles Girls are also nearby. These allow you to enjoy the
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      157 37 I Make I I *4 Tahar I I i l *4' your home I I B today: I I ll I i w The way we see it, few housing developments combine as many benefits as 21 Lorong r B Tahar, a 8-storey apartment building situated in Lorong 7 of
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      237 38 I jfcf Freehold, 99 well-appointed- 3-bedroom apartments, ;2£ sizes from 1130 sq ft to 2443 sq ft. Proximity to MRT stations and major expressways. Minutes drive to Orchard Road and City. *™3— Close to amenities ie. schools, clubs, wet market, centres M broadband "BP Quality finishes and fittings. M| I
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      111 39 KB MELBOURNE Nggggy SELECTION OF 1,2 OR 3 BEDROOMS JHT i• SAVE UP TO $26,000 IN STAMP DUTY (OFF THE PLAN) ONLY IN VICTORIA m PAY ONLY 10% DEP °SIT, NO PROGRESS PAYMENTS, BALANCE ON COMPLETION l TOTALLY BRAND NEW LEVEL RESIDENTIAL TOWER WITH 10 YEAR BUILDING lk WARRANTY ACCELERATED
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      304 40 I* *:h- SPACE FOR E-BUSINESS, MEDIA ACTIVITIES, UGHT AND CLEANWAREHOUSING NOW AVAILABLE. JTC has two buildings that are readily adaptable to the media and e-business industries, which include database storage, ISP and Application Service Providers (also suitable as light and clean warehousing for non-chemical businesses). Here, you have the ideal
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      82 40 rigJii in t/ie heart of JCaiong EXCLUSIVE SPACE AND COMFORT UNMATCHED Four units of 3-storey semi-detached houses of exclusive design. 6 generous sized bedrooms with built-in wardrobes, fully fitted kitchen and a large roof terrace for relaxing or entertaining. Minutes away from: ECP and PIE P P To City W
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      173 41 NTUC Choice Homes: Quality and Affordability WITH all of its projects popularly received by homebuyers, NTUC Choice Homes has proven that it has successfully followed its social creed of delivering quality housing at fair and affordable pricing while coming into its own as a developer. Apart from launching the projects
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      121 41 for its projects such as the sell-out Bishan Loft Simei Green and Yew Mei Green. After all, NTUC Choice Homes has a societal role to play in assisting Singaporeans own pnvate property. And results have shown that it has played it well. For those who were unfortunately left out in
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      10 41 A BT ADVERTISING SPECIAL TROPICAL SPRING \sj7rppjcal Hi m Spring
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      368 41 to affordability. Both the Mediterranean-styled Rivervale Crest and tropical garden-themed Tropical Spring expect to obtain Temporary Occupation Permit soon. Hence, do hurry down to the showflats as soon as possible to select your choice unit! Come next year, NTUC Choice Homes will be offering two more quality private housing developments
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      142 41 N I IJ C BBSg choice HOMES mixed development, will be linked directly to the MRT station and shopping complex, translating into the ultimate in living convenience. Fancy a cup of bubble tea or yearning for that new Ricky Martin album? Just go downstairs! Although size and pricing are yet
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      259 42 Because homes should suit their owners, an a not the other way around. Centre point Homes, our residences are built for a purpose: yours. Do you wish for a home by the sea? Or near the CBD? WouJd you like an apartment just for yourself or one to roof 5
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      290 43 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 995, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost three points to 981, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell eight points to 7,501 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up four points to 1,169. TIME-CHARTER: ♦Pearl of Abu Dhabi (built
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      295 43 SOX 'OOO »a *h n cm Distribution 0.51 0.04 WO Chuan Hup 0.27 0.01 1482 Coico Investment 0.15 0.01 278 Freight Links 0.05 unch 559 CB Holdings 0.39 0.04 55 IMC HoMings-HK 5.60 unci) 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 0.01 768 Keppei Corp 2.75 -0.01 1101 KeppaiFXLS 1.53 unch
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      589 43  -  Flag states should not act like profit-making enterprises By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] There will be no end to the serious problem of substandard shipping until governments assume their role as regulators and not as profit-oriented businesses, said the head of the five million
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      171 43 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's No 3 ship operator Kawasaki Kisen said yesterday it aimed to team up with Chinese, German, South Korean and Taiwanese counterparts to create the world's second-largest shipping alliance. Kawasaki is in talks with Cosco Container Lines Ltd of China, Yang
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      558 43 No surcharges imposed on ships going through the Suez Canal so far Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asian shipping firms are unlikely to use alternatives to Middle East routes unless a wholesale conflict in the wake of the attacks on the United States erupts,
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      404 43  -  A 23% rise in operating costs depresses earnings Hy. Donald Urquhart (SINGAPORE] Despite maintaining marginal volume growth and rising revenues, Samudera Shipping Line announced a 34 per cent drop in gross profit for the first half of 2001 over the previous year.
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        130 43 AP [BEIJING] A Cambodian-registered freighter sank off China's north-eastern port of Dalian after colliding with a ferry, and one sailor is missing. The Yuantong No 1 was carrying 60 tons of oil but it was unclear whether any was leaking, said an official of the
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        104 43 Dow Jones [SEOUL] South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co is likely to win overseas plant orders worth a total of US$l.B billion by year-end from a consortium of multinational oil companies, the Seoul Economic Daily reports. Daewoo is expected to sign a contract with
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        74 43 (SINGAPORE] Government owned Philippine Port Authority (PPA) has posted a 40 per cent improvement in net profits for the first half, year on year. The authority, which administers and regulates state-owned and private ports throughout the Philippines, has made 1.05 billion pesos (5535.9 million), comfortably
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      758 44  -  STRAIT TALE By Seafarer HE first 10 days or so the terror attack on New York and Washington have been HH understandably chaotI ic. For example, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) was given a list ostensibly of nationaliI ties of
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        807 53 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Bt Ltflhinq Ji ***** JutA 2V09/8 40 25/09/13:00 C Success 2Mep Jto 25/09/7:35 25/09/16 00 Bt Oe«Kipta2 ***** J01 25/09/8 00 25/09/2340 Sandidewa 14 79 J06 25/09/7:35 26/09/8:00 Bt Mus Indah ***** J01 2V09/815 2V09/16:00 tinstar 8 095S01 J03 25/09/705 25/09/22:00 Bt
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        1998 53 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklfxj/&il«ncc Rstls Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From ME com* Af 104$ 2*/» 00 24/bm 24/1*59 24/1900 a 24/17M 25/0*59 25/09M (I 24/1700 m0*59 25/09M J n/oroo ?vm* 25/mm 4_ /5/km 25/M59 ivrroo AC1 DAHLIA 040* 2V23 00 24/BM
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        185 53 September 28 Taiwan: Teacher's DaySeptember 30 Mid Autumn Festival October 1 China: Labour Day Hongkong: National Day Taiwan: Mid-Autumn Festival October 3 Germany: Day of German Unity South Korea: National Founda tion Day October 8 Canada: Thanksgiving Day United States: Columbus Day October 10 Japan: Health and Sports
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        797 53 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 average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        575 53 Carbon 180 Max 978.1 0.4 16.5 0.07 79 0.06 *0 Density Water Mtg Ash Aluminium Sediment Wo above £25. 0 0 1 0 0 0 %M/H 380 Ave 987.8 0.2 K7 0.06 25 0.02 liiwi 380 MM 991.2 0.8 18.4 0.09 80 0.04 K/wi »*/v h«/m
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        649 54 AIRLINE WAR-RISE INSURANCE COVERAGE China to guarantee third party insurance coverage for up to US$2 billion for its airlines AFX-Asia, Bloomberg {SINGAPORE) More Asian governments have been called in to help rescue their airlines by providing additional war-risk insurance
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        362 54 Sri Lankan Airlines grounded entire fleet yesterday Reuters, Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Philippine Airlines and Sri Lankan Airlines are not getting any help from their governments at this stage for war-risk insurance coverage. While Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it has sufficient coverage to meet the
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        475 54 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airlines may raise its fares and receive a government handout of up to RM2 billion (***** million) to help it tide over the aviation crisis in the wake of the fallout from the terrorist attack
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        383 54 Senior executive says company has a leaner operation Reuters (HONG KONG] Commercial jet maker Airbus Industrie said yesterday it is not planning large-scale layoffs despite the financial crisis gripping the global airline industry in the wake of attacks in the United States. Chief
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        153 54 Bloomberg [ARLINGTON. Virginia] US Airways Group Inc will close Metro Jet. a low-fare carrier that began flights in 1998 to compete with discount airlines on the East Coast, as part of reductions after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. The sixth-largest US airline told
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      711 44 Lines services represented by f* Members of the Registry of Accredited Shipping Agents, Singapore Shipping Association gjj ULY UNE MALE VESSII VOY Ttu Teta eta P. KLANG SPORE MALE Princess Lily VO7Ol 26/09 27/09 03/10 Empress Lily VOBOl 13/10 14/10 21/10 Princess Lily VO9Ol 30/10 31/10 07/11 ULY MARINE SERVICES
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      139 48 STL CONTAINER LINE jSm Managing Agent: Straits Transportation Pte Limited 21* Neil Road Singapore *****4 Tel 225 8226 Fa* 22S 5993 NORTH VIETNAM HAIPHONG SHUTTLE SERVICE Vessel Voy No.| Spore |Hoiphong| Donong| QuinKon Johporo PB STLOSN~ 27/09 03/10 06/10 07/10 Johonom PB STIO6N 03/10 10/10 13/10 14/10 SOUTH VIETNAM SAIGON
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      467 48 INDONESIA NATIONAL LINE TO AUSTRALIA FULL CONTAINER SERVICE *5 wr MG Stt FW W STO «fl W U 1(1 potsoa* us m/io 02/10 12/n u/10 u/10 19/10 NYKPWK 135 H/10 09/10 IS/10 21/10 23/10 26/10 POWAPaAK 44S IS/10 U/10 Xfe/IQ 21/10 30/10 02/11 tfl,vc T 12/10 23/10 29/10 04/11 Ob/11
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      444 49 BSfl x Mflft MYANMA ■BHk, FIVE STAR LINE (MyoNMar National Unc) Loading for Yongon VESSEL VOY SIN PRE PEN PGU HPA AN 709W Sl» MONG LA 40W SU> MALAYSIA AGENTS: lOUSTEAD SHIPPING AGENCIES KUt TEL 03-*****300 PKL TIL 03-*****101 PEN: TEL 04-*****07 PGU: Ttt 07-*****21/4 BANK LINE (A strvitt of
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      1217 49 HMNEHYUNDAI MERCHANT MARINE CO., LTD. IVBSR WW ISM 1 SOU IfH BTM ANT HAM KV IVBSH VDT I SOU 184 mm ANT j HAM WV HM' HTWXPttttNa 303W 24/09 I*/I0 10/10 11/10 13/10 "OITYW S4S€ 07/09 00/09 07/09 M/ 09 M?O9 Aft SARDONYX 104W 27/09 IS/10 17/10 70/10 11/10 APLAGAJI
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      931 49 vOOv WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN TO NORTH AND LATIN AMERICA "CAR RORO HEAVYLIFT SERVICE" I VISStL VOT KAMf HIIGHT I SIN lUC I MAO I MIA I SAV »AL OOF NYC MEW ttOi TAMPERE AHII9 400 Tons 6.3 M 27/09 04/H 07/11 09/11 11/11 12/11 14/11 IS/11 20/11 TEXAS AH 120 400
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      278 51 sasia express lines 1 SINGAPOM AGENT: JARDINI LINER SUPPORT SERVICES rasa wr Singapore pasm guoamg port helang nnim «amaw_ -SMOff 10/01 26/10/7001 27/10/3001 2«/ 10/2QQI SUI INDUCEMENT 30, 11 /2001 G KWT "/ei 20/11/7001 77/11/2001 70/11/7001 SUP INDUCEMENT 10/17/2001 UZOI 70/17/7001 77/17/7001 7R/17/7001 SUP MOOOMBfT 30/01/7001 DIRECT LINK TO AMAZOHAS/
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      164 51 KSSa VOY EUPGU OUT WY EUSJN MY kuauswi lITIS HWOI MOW 11/IW tswoi TK KUAUSIAM nm hwoi me lITW ?;WOI TMU (uausiaii nns ?7090i "mu 1 isom swoi m KUAUSIAIU mis wwoi sai iiiin" WW 01 SAI HUAUSIAAI HITS 30 0901 SUH IH7N 01 IQQI jj kuausiajh n«3s oi tool
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      242 51 MUR SHIPPING INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS/SOUTH AFRICA VK*a TWU MIR I KK TGM SIN PK NTS REUNION MN El Pf CT AHNY D. P. VOT 014 SM Sofcd Sded 2S/09 »/09 10/10 15/10 17/10 18/10 20/10 •••mmaott——lit—ufimj ctNOM Mam: SSC SHIPPING AGENCIES PTE LTD. ■AMETMfc *****51/s*o ■Mil«fc 23M9M FAX:*****54/1 lUL-22M1 0P«ATK*5;*****65
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      83 51 REGULAR IREAK-RUU SERVICES. HEAVY LIE! UPTO 450 MTS MV STAR ETA SPORE ETA COLOMOO ETA CHENNAI 04-00-2001 11.00.2001 15.00.2001 ■V I. TAGI ETA P. RUNG ETA SPORE DIRECT CAU 20-00-2001 01.10.2001 CHITTAGONG MV ENDEVOR ETA SPORE ETA MUMIAI HEAVY LIFT 10-10-2001 1110.2001 6C NTS V EXPRESS ETA SPORE DURAI, DAMMAM.
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      285 51 NfiHl ENG LEE SHIPPING CO PTE LTD I M *****23 (10 Liaes) Fan *****35/532t9t0 I V Cfe; ISMW9WWC VESSEL VOY SIN HA StNETD DESTINATION Unwi Slur 47 6/01 2S/09 27/09 Somoindo Doyc 9/01 26/09 27/09 Oumo/P (m/hrtw Dmon Stt 8 9/01 26/09 27/09 tomb Tungtoi Sro Central 14/01 27/09 28/09
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      574 52 nGtR BHIDGf 'TON 74 21/04 OS fll/IO 1414/10 I IKB MM 423N 0304/10 01 11/10 IS 16/10 I nG€* PtARI 924N OSO6/I0 11 14/10 19 20/10 I II6ER METRO 477N 0411/10 ISII/10 77 73/10 I ll6Eß»R£tfl 47SN 1313/10 1» 71/10 76 77/10 SIM QU^^SH^l Tttrt CKEK 4MCNB 77 771)4 OloTiO
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      924 52 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjurvi Road, 3rd level, Freight Links Express Logisficentre, Singapore *****3 e *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesin@singnet.com.sg DIRECT LCI SERVICE MAHE VSL SCANDIA 9603 A ETA SIN: 28/09/2001 Booking 267# 5565/4694/5535/5539/5541/5508/5569/5579/5560/5563 project shipment a heavyuft cargo (CONVENTIONAL A RORO) Lqwr n< W3575. H/Pi *****977 towr»offU«jn.co«n
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      33 52 Q2O KMS LOGISTICS (S) PTE LTD AIR SEA SERVICES TO/FROM: MANILA HONG KONG SHENZEN KEELUNG SHANGHAI EUROPE/USA Head Office Tel: *****80 Fax: *****90 Email: sales@kmslog.com.sg Airport Office: Tel: 542 2089 Fax: 542 2631
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      902 52 I LllllCU IH TIL-02-221-1333 EAX: 02-221-5272 I %J€m "rT; rnTTnn .TT" CUSTOKH SBVKL TEL 02-221 -5596 FAX: 02-*****90 I 51NGAPOUE: TONG XX) SHIPPING Pit LTD t— I GISWEE ***** 27/09 SHIWLINE 1 2119 27/09 GIKIM ***** 28/09 6IKIM ***** 2S/09 GIHUAT 2197 01/10 GtGI ***** 30/09 GIUAN 2124 29/09 GHJAN
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      70 52 CONFER (S.E.A.) /gH SHIPPING PTE LTD TEL: *****68 FAX: *****45 DIRECT CONVENTIONAL SERVICE TO CHITTAGONG VESSEL SIN CTG EMERALD 01-03 OCT 05-09 OCT DIRECT FCL/LCI7COHVENTIONAL SERVICES TO:Indian Sub Continent Madras Calcutta Bombay Karachi Colombo Chittagong Tuticonn Cochin Far East Ho Chi Mmh Haphong Hongkong Manila Bangkok Busan FCULCL Services To:
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      127 53 ggT REGIONAL WEATHER LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm Showers R®' n temperature C Wind direction and speed in knots Cloud, Day We ,he OO Mazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Pull circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds j I Slight <1 2m
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