The Business Times, 2 November 2001

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 2001 85e
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  • 709 1  -  Company expects profit to fall 30 per cent in F702; it will cat 230 jobs By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Datacraft Asia's shares plunged 39 per cent yesterday, wiping US$5BO million off its market value after the company stunned the market with a sudden
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  • 1150 1 uhmwiuiat. ITS a pity that two-thirds of Singapore's eligible voters won't get to cast their vote on Polling Day tomorrow. When nominations closed on Oct 25, the Opposition parties yielded 55 out of the 84 seats to the ruling People's Action Party. It
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  • 907 1  -  Nothing will be sacred, no stone will be left nntnrned, he says By Chuang Peck Ming, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Every existing government policy, measure and assumption will be examined in the upcoming big review of Singapore's economic strategies, Prime Minister Goh Chok
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    • 79 1 iMiimis 100 days of Megawati ITiVrS Megawati admits economic woes, but offers no answers. Pg 2 Yang RazaU Kaaaim: Link between Mega, Greenspan and IMFPg2 Cl| s§l Top Stories -V Bush deeply concerned about slipping economy. p»« Sing Tel pays USs6o2mfor Telkomsel. Pg 5 George Soros appoints stock picker William
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    • 97 1 Lee Han Shih: Could Datacraft's warning have come earlier?, Pg 5 wont role oat I a clean sweep I by PAP CUmamHelp Opposition survive Pg 3 Mom*in*'taZTurtitoPgs2, 3 and 4 tm\ |l I *ifll K Bo Rf fiUS til n J]3 H»'PS y I The Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre presents: HHH|H Reverso
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    • 535 2  -  Investors dump rnpi&h on her ble&k outlook; gpvt to rein in spending to control deficit From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday acknowledged the deep and complex economic problems facing her nation but offered precious little in terms of
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    • 136 2 Reuters [JAKARTA] Dozens of Indonesian legislators fought and threw punches during a nationaUy televised brawl that forced a temporary suspension of the annual session of the country's top assembly yesterday. The fracas, the first ever in what was once a powerless, rubber-stamp institution,
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 67 2 WHEN times are bad, it isn't surprising companies do their utmost to ensure good fortune. And that can mean turning to the art of Chinese numerology. From Nov 5, KPMG will change its phone numbers to herald in the God of Wealth. Its main line will
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      • 86 2 and look like a million bucks AND over in Taiwan, some women are taking feng shui the Chinese art of arranging living and work space to ensure positive energy flows beyond the walls, and on to their physical appearance. Women are encouraged to wear make-up to improve their luck. "Many
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    • 428 2 He demands that Congress'get something done' LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] President Bush said on Wednesday he was "deeply concerned" about figures showing the economy slipping towards recession, and he demanded that Congress get an economic recovery package "to my desk before the end of November". "My
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    • 510 2  -  By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore must find niches to ride the upturn when Europe, US and Japan recover, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said last night, adding that the country also has to review its cost structure and nothing should be sacred
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    • 533 2  -  Letter from Washington From Leon Hadar in Washington Halloween, the eve of ah Saints' Day or Oct 31, is an opportunity for children and some grown-ups to dress up as a ghost or a witch and to scare their friends with spooky stories
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  • GENERAL election
    • 577 3  -  Even wresting Potong Pasir and Hougang doesn't seem impossible Reportsby David Boey THE People's Action Party could wrest Potong Pasir from incumbent and opposition MP Chiam See Tong and even make a clean sweep in Saturday's election, Prime Minister Goh
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    • IN Brief
      • 95 3 PRIME Minister Gob Chok Tong yesterday said the media has been overly focused on coverage of Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan's attacks against him since Sunday, when Dr Chee loudly taunted him with questions about a "$l7 billion" Singapore government loan offered
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      • 142 3 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew yesterday hinted that all was not right at hot seat Nee Soon East. Mr Lee is spending three consecutive nights at the single seat ward rallying support for PAP incumbent Ho Peng Kee. "It's an indication that I know
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      • 94 3 AT the end of the party's rally in Chua Chu Kang last night, SDP chief Chee Soon Juan told the crowd he would be publishing advertisements of his apologies to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in the
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    • 260 3 TIGHTER security measures have affected the way government ministers have hit the campaign trail, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Mr Goh said the two deputy prime ministers and senior members of cabinet have never attended the same election
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    • 310 3  -  Only 'Opposition' in fnture may be govt-named NMPs, shadow Cabinet Reports bj Anna Teo IT is time Singaporeans wake up to the fact that after 36 years of PAP rule, the Opposition is on the verge of being wiped out, the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) chairman
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    • 241 3 SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan yesterday defended his party's proposals to help tide Singaporeans over the economic downturn. The United States, Europe and Japan have retrenchment entitlements and minimum wage policies to take care of their workers, he said
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    • 420 3 "Politics is a very hard business. You don't go into politics and believe that if you just do good, voters will vote for you and the kindest-hearted man wins. If that's the case, you'Ufind all political parties filled with philanthropists. It's hardball But at the end of
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    • 422 4  -  BATTLEFORJURONG PAP candidate on OSA conviction after SDP raises issne By Vince Chong NEW PAP candidate and potential office-holder Tharman Shanmugaratnam told reporters at a press conference in Jurong last night that despite having been convicted under the Official Secrets Act, his integrity
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    • 454 4  -  He also calls for cut in contribution rate By Serena Ng THE Singapore Democratic Party's Jurong GRC candidate Vincent Yeo called yesterday for changes to the Central Provident Fund scheme, proposing a lower contribution rate and an end
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    • 225 4  -  By Chuang Peck Ming HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng took incumbent Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong to task for his stand on controversy over Singapore's loan to Indonesia. When asked for his views, Mr Chiam said he was not familiar with
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    • 577 4  -  JALAM BESAR SHOWDOWM He claims credit for $20m Jalan Besar redevelopment plan Byi Chen Huifen Teh Hooi Ling MANPOWER Minister Lee Boon Yang yesterday claimed credit for a $20 million redevelopment and upgrading plan for Jalan Besar GRC, where he is
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 768 5  -  It is SingTel's third-largest investment after Optus, Bharti Grp *!> Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecommunications said yesterday it has signed an agreement to buy 22.3 per cent of Indonesia's PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) for US$6O2 million cash. It is SingTel's second bil-lion-dollar investment this year
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    • 588 5  -  HOCKl^r""*! lee han shih INVESTORS used to market darling Datacraft Asia's open and informative style of management were understandably shocked by the company's sudden profit warning yesterday, which wiped $1 billion off its market value. Some market investors would have noticed that both the
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    • 150 5  -  By Ling Su Ann DBS Bank yesterday said it will discontinue the DBS-50 Index from Dec 1. "DBS continually reviews how it can best add value to its customers and it was felt that the index no longer fulfilled this objective," said
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    • 409 7 69.8% of total space filled; carrier posts Bth straight fall in Sept Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, Asia's third-biggest carrier by sales, filled fewer seats and less cargo space in September than a year ago, as demand fell in the aftermath of the Sept 11
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    • 239 7 Bloomberg VENTURE Manufacturing Singapore Ltd wants to design more products for customers and use those services to draw more production orders, said managing director Wong Ngit Liong, reversing its reliance on manufacturing, as profit growth slows. Singapore's biggest maker of electronics parts, such as printed
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    • 171 7  -  By Ling Su Ann IPCO International yesterday clarified certain mistakes made in its announcement on the proposed sale of its 42.4 per cent stake in Mid-Continent Equipment Group Pte Ltd to Australian-listed Circle Com Ltd. In a statement filed with the Singapore Exchange, Ipco said that
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 65 7 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) will give away three condominiums worth $2 million in the biggest credit card promotion in Singapore. The bank is running an aggressive marketing campaign over the next two months in a a bid to reverse the slowdown in
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      • 47 7 CONSTRUCTION firm IRE Corp said that Ker Sin Tze, who has just stepped down as a Member of Parliament, has resigned as chairman and director from Nov 1. Tan Eng Liang, a former MP, was named chairman and non-executive director.
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      • 52 7 CSA Holdings said it issued 478,883 new ordinary shares at $1.50 apiece on Oct 31 under the company's scrip dividend scheme. Under the scheme shareholders could choose to receive dividends in the form of shares. Those who did not participate in the scheme were paid
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      • 35 7 COMPUTER cable servicing company Lantrovision said its initial public offering of 39.18 million new shares, priced at 20 cents apiece, have been fully placed out. Lantrovision will start trading today.
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      • 41 7 AFX SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering Ltd said it has appointed Kuah Boon Wee as its chief financial officer (CFO) from Dec 3. The company said Mr Kuah was last CFO of Hongkong Land Holdings. —AFX
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      • 51 7 Flextech Holdings said it divested interests in non-core operations and started a new Indian distribution unit FE-Decibels Electronics—to refocus its core business. The group cut its stakes to 17 to 19 per cent in an on-line exhibit service provider, an electronic buzzer maker, and a switch
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      303 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 1 VALUE CLOSE wom -252.00 +3.00 IT COW -*****.00 -126.00 ITINvM -*****.00 -25.00 BWMiwIw 434.84 -8.19 90KM 431.03 -834 litrrpllii 362.59 4.39 mimmmBt* 100.91 -4.46 MbpHMFh 1143-38 -12.65 ItfpMnPlip 339.19 -5.38 WOtlippin 165.59 -3.87 MWCir«t— 166.60 1.00 Datacratt 10c 61.670,000 Thakral 10c 30,805,000 Frontline 5c 23,814,000
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    • 291 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy THERE was only one "hot" stock yesterday—that of network systems integrator Datacraft Asia. After the company made a shock profit warning in the morning, its shares spiralled downwards. And by spm the loss was
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    • 758 6  -  JHb^JLtf^ttJULLUU^UL^I STOCKS r. sivanithy A THEORY started circulating last month that stock prices were rising not because of the presence of good news but the absence of bad news. This idea proved popular for a while, since markets continued to rise despite the start of
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    • 512 6  -  fansMsnsM CURRENCIES US Treasury decision to stop issuing 30-year paper hits yields at the long end larry wee THE US dollar moved gingerly back into trading ranges after Q3 GDP numbers released overnight fell a muted 0.4 per cent on a quarter-to-quarter basis, much
      Source: Reuters; Source: Moneyline Telerate  -  512 words
  • 3156 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Urtm AM M«t A4» U4 Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American OpportFd 0.703 0.739 Asian Fined Income Fd 1.142 1.177 China Opportunities Fdl 0.855 p.899 Cont Euro Eqty Fdl** 0.906 0.952 Global MNC Fd 0.620 0.651 Global Technology Fdl** 0 459 0.483 Indonesia Equity Fd!** 0.500 0.610 Japan EqtyFdl**
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    • 2120 8 Notices VIKAY INDUSTRIAL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Vikay Industrial Ltd (the "Company") will be held at the Banquet Suite, Copthome Harbourview Hotel, 81 Anson Road, Singapore *****6 on 26 November 2001 at
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 390 9  -  By Anna Teo THE surprise pick-up in the electronics purchasing managers' index for October was probably a little teaser. Conditions in Singapore's manufacturing sector will likely remain weak through March 2002, the Economic Development Board said yesterday. And no respite is expected from
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    • 541 9  -  Pert says Republic needs to extend radius of influence By Anna Teo SINGAPORE'S status as Asia's premier business hub could take a hard knock if business shifts from South-east Asia to China in the near future, says risk analyst
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    • 189 9 LISTED construction firm Hong Lai Huat Group will launch its freehold Still Road condominium D'Ecosia on Monday at an average price of $743 per square foot. Touted as Singapore's first "boutique condo with eco-friendly features", D'Ecosia is Hong Lai Huat's maiden
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    • 304 9  -  It will invest over $100minnew plant, f^iljti<« By 1 Tang Weng Fai NO 1 smartcard maker Gemplus opened its factory in Singapore yesterday with a commitment to invest more than $100 million in five years, starting from 2000, in new plant and facilities. But
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    • 163 9 THE government has awarded the residential site near Enggor Street to top bidder Far East Organization. The property giant was the highest bidder for the 70,682 sq ft, 99-year leasehold private-housing plot with its offer of $125.28 million or $211 psf per plot ratio
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 711 12  -  OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group JERRY Jasinowski doesn't need new problems. As president of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), he already has a surplus. Industrial production in the United States has dropped for 12 consecutive months, the longest stretch
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    • 94 12 The willingness of terrorists to sacrifice their lives to achieve their evil aims makes the nuclear terrorism threat far more likely than it was before Sept 11.' Hduuned H Bar&dd the International Atomic Energy Agency director-general, on the possibility of an explosion of a conventional 'dirty bomb'
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    • 903 12  -  Bitter intra-EU fending is resulting from the unilateral support for the US from Britain, France and Germany From Shada Islam The writer is BT's Brussels correspondent in Brussels THESE are difficult times for America's European allies. All 15 European Union governments
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    • 729 12  -  Cisco CEO John Chambers' super pay package sore makes yon wonder By Graef Crystal The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg CHIEF executive officer John Chambers of Cisco Systems Inc is a devout believer in
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    • 881 12  -  Mike Teng President Marketing Institute of Singapore FEEDBACK and response to the off-Budget measures have been actively sought and published recently. The Marketing Institute of Singapore (MIS) supports these measures as they are timely and welcomed under the current conditions. However, it has also been acknowledged
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    • 135 12  -  Eric Ang Teck Sin Singapore I REFER to your article "Minimum wage law will hurt most those it purports to protect" by Eugene Low (Eye on the Economy, Oct 31). SDP's call for minimum wage law may look impressive, protecting lower income
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 222 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S exports posted their biggest drop in five years in September as semiconductor shipments to the US plunged after the terrorist attacks. Exports fell 21 per cent from a year earlier to RM27.6 billion (5513.3 billion). Imports dropped
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    • 864 13  -  m- ■■■■■iMiirs ASEAN Greenspan backed bailing out the US economy if the IMF rejects this for Indonesia, it may be blamed if things worsen yang razali kassim DOROJATUN Kuncoro-Jakti, President Megawati Sukarnoputri's coordinating economic minister, had good reason to skip a forum yesterday where
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    • 471 13  -  Authorities' refusal toletNalnritake stake in TRI could be trigger: analysts Froml Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur THE Securities Commission's refusal to allow Naluri Berhad to pump in funds to recapitalise sister company Technology Resources Industries could result in the start of mergers in Malaysia's
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    • 226 13 KUALA LUMPUR It is now 4x larger at RMl.4b on light-rail provisions Bloomberg RENONG Bhd, Malaysia's largest industrial group, said it had revised its fiscal 2001 loss, making it four times larger at RM1.37 billion (Ss6sB million), after it made provisions for a lightrail investment. The
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    • 270 13 SINGAPORE Security concerns after Sept 11, need to cut costs cited AFP ASIAN corporates are shunning high-rise offices and moving to the fringes of central business districts, partly in reaction to the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US, a report said
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    • NOTE Book
      • 70 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia's biggest power producer, said growth in the country's electricity consumption may fall as low as 4 per cent in the year ending August. Power demand grew 5.3 per cent in the year ended August, or less than an
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      • 66 13 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd shares fell after the company announced weaker than expected results, dealers said. Yesterday, NSTP posted a year to August net loss of RM140.74 million (5567.5 million) compared to a profit of RM15.58 million a year
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      • 46 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian speaker system maker Acoustech's initial public offer Of 6 millioi} shares to the public at RMI each has been 1.8 times subscribed, Malaysian Issuing House said. A total 3,116 applications for 10.83 million shares were received. Reuters
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      • 74 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's economy probably shrank in October at the fastest rate in three years as production and orders fell and job losses mounted, the purchasing managers' index showed. An index measuring overall business activity fell to 42 points in October from
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      • 41 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] HSBC Holdings said it fired 12 investment bankers in Hong Kong because of a slump in stock markets. HSBC fired 26 people in its investment banking unit in London last month. Bloomberg
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    • 489 14 PADANG, Indonesia, Move is a setback for Jakarta's privatisation programme AFP INDONESIA'S faltering privatisation programme suffered another setback yesterday when provincial authorities in West Sumatra announced they have temporarily taken over an affiliate of a major cement producer. "As of Nov
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    • 254 14 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA will force mergers on banks under the control of the country's bank rescue agency to improve efficiency in the industry, the State Enterprises Minister said. Two years after Indonesia injected more than 400 trillion rupiah (5569.3 billion) in interest-bearing government bonds into
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    • 254 14 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA'S exports fell for the sixth month in September, posting their biggest drop in more than two years as terrorist attacks in the US cut demand. Exports fell 25 per cent from a year earlier
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    • 449 15 HONGKONG Pnrchase, at 1.26 times book valne, will give Citic 21 bank branches Bloomberg CITIC Ka Wah Bank Ltd, Hong Kong's fifth-biggest lender, will buy the banking operations of HKCB Bank Holding Ltd for HK$4.2 billion (Ss9B2 million), strengthening its business
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    • 234 15 SHANGHAI It's working closely with Hnaan Fund Management Bloomberg J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management Co, the Asian fund-management arm of J P Morgan Chase Co, is working with Huaan Fund Management Co to set up China's first joint
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    • 214 15 AFP [BEIJING] Non-performing loans (NPLs) at China's four major commercial stateowned banks are "enormous", amounting to more than a quarter of total lending, central bank governor Dai Xianglong said yesterday. "By the end of September this year, the four SOBs (state-owned banks) had local
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    • 132 15 SHANGHAI AFP SHANGHAI is in talks with Universal Studios to build a movie-based theme park in the eastern Chinese city, local officials said yesterday, a move that could be bad news for Hong Kong's planned Disneyland. "We are in discussions with Universal but
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    • 433 17 WASHINGTON Manufacturing gink* deeper into recession in Oct AP, Reuters CONSUMERS jolted by the terror attacks and rising layoffs cut back on spending in September by the largest amount in more than 14 years. The Commerce Department reported yesterday that spending plunged
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      • 52 17 AP [ISLAMABAD] The head of Pakistan's leading political party has been arrested after his movement said it would join Islamic groups in protesting against President Pervez Musharraf s pro-US policies. Mukhdoom Javed Hashmi, acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League, was arrested yesterday in the capital
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      • 48 17 AFP [ISLAMABAD] US bombs have severely damaged Afghanistan's biggest dam and the Kajaki hydroelectric power station in Helmand province, cutting electricity supplies to the cities of Kandahar and Lashkarga, a Taliban minister was quoted as saying by the Afghan Islamic Press yesterday. —AFP
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      • 34 17 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday called for a halt to US military action in Afghanistan for Ramadan, the Islamic fasting month which begins in mid-November, and Christmas.—Reuters
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      • 95 17 AFP NYT [VIENNA] Pakistan could become a source of hardware for Islamic terrorists planning to build a nuclear bomb, while impoverished scientists from the former Soviet Union could provide the know-how, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday. Meanwhile, Pakistan arrested three of the
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    • 339 17 FRANKFURT Bloomberg DEUTSCHE Bank AG plans to shed about 4,500 jobs, bringing this year's total to 7,100, as profit at Europe's biggest bank drops. The reductions will pare the company's workforce by 7 per cent. Chief executive officer Rolf Breuer
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    • 355 17 WASHINGTON Such a deal could bring sadden end to the antitrust case LAT-WP MICROSOFT Corp and the Justice Department have agreed on the outlines of a settlement in the long-run-ning antitrust case against the software maker, according to sources who have been briefed
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    • 276 17 LONDON Reuters, Bloomberg ENERGY giant Royal Dutch/ SheU Group yesterday reported its first year-on-year quarterly profit fall since the price of oU shot up in 1999. The world No 2 oU company's third-quarter adjusted net profit fell 17 per cent to
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    • 449 18 WASHINGTON Surprise decision dents long bond's yields; demand for 10-yr notes to rise Bloomberg THE US Treasury will stop selling 30-year bonds, saying a return to budget surpluses will make such borrowing unnecessary. The surprise decision pushed the long bond's yield to its biggest
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    • 183 18 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Chicago Board of Trade associate memberships plunged in value after the government announced plans to stop selling 30-year bonds, the source of what had been the exchange's most-active futures contract. Five memberships, which carry trading rights limited mostly to the exchange's financial futures, were
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    • 448 18 NEW YORK Move comes as Enron tries to assure investors that its profits are real NYT THE Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a formal investigation into transactions between Enron Corp, the world's largest trader of electricity and natural gas, and partnerships
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    • 528 19 NEW YORK Appointment comes as Soros' trademark macro investing style makes comeback Reuters GEORGE Soros looks like he is ready to get back into the game. The legendary hedge fund investor has tapped one of the world's top stock pickers to
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    • 269 19 SEOUL Reuters CREDITORS of Hynix Semiconductor agreed on Wednesday to offer some US$7 billion in a second bailout to save the world's third-largest memory chipmaker, burdened by more than U556.72 billion in debt and heavy losses due to plunging
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      • 1086 23  -  Half the battle is won if readers are drawn to pick up a book because of its attractive design, Winnie Wong of Ethos Books tells tax hwhbhwhb TAN HWEE HWEE UTTER the word "poetry" and you're likely to conjure up images of dry verses
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        885 23  -  Crave pure air Two Rooms offers an oxygen boost at $11 for 10 minntes excluding fee for nose apparatus By\ Parvathi Nayar INSERTING nose canulas more aesthetic-sounding than "stuffing rubber tubing up our noses" to the background beat of funky acid jazz is a surreal sensation, to say
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      • 1726 25  -  By Susan Tsang THE global village concept has given rise to The Musketeer —where 18th century musketeers swashbuckle to Hong Kong choreography. Indeed, the bloackbuster of the week is fairly messy, and only recommendedfor aficionados of the more fanciful gongfu flicks. Those who like their sci-fi laced with
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      • 633 25  -  Even with the indomitable Julie Andrews, The Princess Diaries proves that teenagers role the roost By Geoffrey Eu THE hills are alive with the sound of music the hills of San Francisco, that is, and the music is from a soundtrack by the babyfaced likes of Hanson,
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        746 26  -  Looking back on the past 10 years, NAC has done extremely well but still aims to improve arts sponsorship, its chairman tells chbah ui-hoon CHEAH UI-HOON SET up as a statutory board in 1991, the National Arts Council celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. If the NAC was
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      • 514 26  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon HELD in the Bank of Chin»warehouse on Mohd Sultan Road, Theatre Works' Continuum: Beyond the Killing Fields was an experience as well as a performance. Hmm, how many ways can one count it so? Perhaps it was the building that seemed
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      • 311 26  -  By Aaron Lye ONE'S a serial killer; the other's a critically acclaimed author in normal circumstances, not the most natural of pairings. In fact, on the surface, there appears to be no relationship whatsoever between the two. But delving a little deeper reveals some interesting similarities
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      • 841 27  -  All eyes are on Judah Ben-Hur, the Ist Broadway play to make its world premiere in S'pore, reports aarom lye AARON LYE With a powerful story, a star-studded cast and an experienced production team working in the background. Epic Entertainment's upcoming musical Judah Ben-Hur is certainly taking
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      • 1038 28  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR The Italian wine region may not be as glamorous as Tuscany but is definitely worth a visit for its exciting treats By N K Yong PIEDMONT and Tuscany are the two most famous wine regions in Italy, I love them both. If I were
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    • 273 29 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell nine points to 861, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost 14 points to 845, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) eased 16 points to 6,896 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down 12 points to 970. ♦Petka (built 1994) 75,460 dwt
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    • 493 29  -  Unilateral measures by some countries counter-productive, conference told By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) appealed for world-wide cooperation to resolve ballast water treatment issues and criticised unilateral actions at a conference in Singapore yesterday. Speaking at the opening of
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    • 577 29  -  Report should have t*kAi» stronger stand against ship registry By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The head of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has blasted the recently released United Nations report into sanctions against Liberia for not taking a stronger stand
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    • 72 29 [SINGAPORE] This is what a US$22 million tension leg platform will look like when built by Singapore's Keppel FELS. To be completed by the end of next year, Keppel FELS, the offshore arm of the Keppel Group, clinched the contract to build the hull structure
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    • 420 29 Bloomberg [MIAMI] Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, the No 2 cruise line company, said thirdquarter profit fell 21 per cent, less than expected, as cost cutting moves helped weather some of the effects of a cancelled trips after the terrorist attacks. Trip
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    • 213 29 [SINGAPORE] Container shipping giant, Maersk Sealand is planning to enter the high volume long-haul car trade by moving vehicles in both containers and dedicated vehicle carriers. The move is clearly seen by the industry as a radical one, as new entrants in this specialised
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    • 485 29 Improved facilities available, says industry chief Bernama [JOHOR BARU] Malaysian shipowners were yesterday urged to fully use local shipbuilding facilities and technology to further enhance Malaysia's shipping capacity and boost external trade. Making the call, the president of the Association of Marine Industries
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      • 734 30  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE owners of a ship that ploughed into a vessel that was berthed in harbour and caused the other vessel to sink could limit their liability even though they admitted that they were fully at fault, the
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      • 79 30 AP/Itar-Tass [ROSLYAKOVO] Workers unloading a Granit cruise missile from the remains of the Kursk nuclear submarine in a dock at Roslyakovo outside Murmansk. Investigators on board the Kursk have found a note from one of the submarine's dying crew, scrawled in darkness in the ill-fated vessel's
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      • 313 40 Airbus committed to new aircraft despite pessimistic aviation outlook Bloomberg [PAßlS] Airbus' A3BO "super jet" is "already a commercial success" and there is no question within European Aeronautic, Defense and Space Co (EADS) about whether to continue funding development for the 550seat plane "There's
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      • 204 40 Reuters [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines said it will lay off 2,000 employees under a previously announced cost-cutting plan to reduce its work force by up to 13,000 workers, or 16 per cent. Delta spokeswoman Cindi Kurczewski said on Wednesday that 11,000 workers had
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      • 164 40 Oana-Xinhua [BEIJING] Germany's Lufthansa Airlines will expand its business along the Chi-na-Germany route and schedule more flights to major Chinese cities, China Daily reported yesterday. Despite the overall slump in global economy, China's economy will keep growing, and its aviation market will keep growing,
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      • 246 40 AP [TOKYO! Construction crews has finished work on a new runway at Tokyo's main international airport that was delayed for years by opposition from local residents. The 2,180-metre runway, which will primarily accommodate short-haul flights connecting Tokyo to other Asian cities, is scheduled to
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        • 117 40 AFX {BOMBAY] Thai Airways International said it has begun flying to Bombay thrice a week and is considering opening up routes to Bangalore and Madras despite the current global uncertainties for the aviation industry. Thai Airways chairman Virabongsa Ramangkura said the airline hopes to pick
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      • 222 40 Dow Jones [SYDNEY] Australia's embattled aviation industry lurched towards a fresh crisis yesterday as unions stormed out of pay talks with national carrier Qantas Airways and threatened industrial action. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union assistant national secretary Dave Oliver said Qantas had refused to budge
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      • 316 40 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Continental Airlines Inc. the fifth-larg-est US carrier, said thirdquarter profit fell 98 per cent after the Sept 11 hijackings reduced ticket sales and forced airlines to cut fares to spur travel. Net income slid to US$3 million, or 5
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