The Business Times, 13 November 2001

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 107/03/2001 Internet: http: business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13. 2001 85C
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  • Article
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    62 1 D5«.»(+6.05) ST OIDEZ FPTUBES U7LBO (+22.00) SDBX3 PUTUIIS IMJO (+1.10) STOCK MA1KET INDICES klseoomp_^£S_^5S NIKKEI m _10,«lJi -1SA1* HANG SENG _ldWl« -1U0 SET INDEX I7L7»_+M4 JAKARTA COMP_J71J6 4J6 MANILA OOVP _JMil 4M tAIFEWPI .4,1710 +A&M SEOUL OOMP +7.71 SHENZHBiB ***** -L47 AUSTALLOiD +17J0 BOMBAY DID —19M.14 ♦14.47 llaa
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    63 1 FOREX RATES ust St C88(8®p*U8l) L8M il'S$/S$ per L4M IMS EUBO(B8SSS/E).&»4 1-631 DM tin Ll» YHf 1206 Mill Hi un tin HB 7JM 4173 BAHT 4U9 MIS KPIAH 10,886 fcHS PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* Uft KUALA LUMPUR MO HONGKONG Ml JAKARTA MM TAIPEI Ml TOKYO 1171 SEOUL MS FRANKFTJST 171
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    Lock icon NY jet crash sends markets reeling
    1086 1  -  White House denies evidence of mid-air blast; terrorism link not ruled out From Catherine Ong in New York JUST over two months to the day of a devastating terrorist attack on New York, an American Airlines jetliner carrying 255 people bound for the Dominican
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  • Article
    Lock icon CapitaLand calls off SingMall float
    788 1  -  Demand for issue falls short by about 20 per cent By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] In what appears to be a major embarrassment to Capita Land, the property heavyweight yesterday cancelled its flotation of the Sing Mall Property Trust (SPT) because demand fell short The failure
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    Lock icon Dealer in bogus Venture posting fined $80,000
    660 1  -  Judge says those creating false 'buzz 9 in markets should be deterred By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] A 28-year-old dealer from OCBC Securities who put up a bogus posting on a takeover of Venture Manufacturing on an Internet forum in early September was yesterday
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  • Article
    Lock icon URA open to partial deferment of 20% downpayment
    558 1  -  But MAS loan rules still apply; developers may also not be keen By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The Controller of Housing yesterday said it will consider requests from developers to defer up to half of the 20 per cent cash downpayment for property
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      147 1 inside 5 3%. i WTO mtttinfl Signs of progress emerge at WTO talks. 3 v> Editorial: China's tough new trade journey. 8 Top storfM Air fares to and from West M'sia are expected to fan.** Shares erf ailing KL firms soar on reprieve hopes. Pjf M >Wr* f > F&N
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      Lock icon Fares to and from West M'sia set to dive
      386 2  -  Suspension of 18-year price pact likely to trigger price war By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Air fares to and from Peninsular Malaysia are set to plummet after industry sources yesterday confirmed the suspension of an 18-year pact between 25 airlines setting minimum
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      Lock icon Shares of ailing Malaysian companies soar
      487 2  -  Rally follows easier ELSE stand on deadline for rescue plans From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DISTRESSED Malaysian companies sprang to life yesterday on news that they may be given more time to turn around, with many penny stocks chalking up handsome gains of
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      Lock icon Asia-Pacific airline association mulls over insurance pool fund
      244 2 AFP [SINGAPORE] Asia-Pacific airlines are considering the establishment of a multimillion doUar insurance fund to augment war risk coverage amid the global terrorist crisis, an industry official said yesterday. Richard Stirland, direc-tor-general of the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPAX said agreement was
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  • WTO meeting
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      Lock icon WTO ministers move closer to agreement
      548 3 DOHA, Qatar Draft declaration on the cards following progress made on key issues AFP WTO ministers took a major step towards reaching agreement at a key trade conference yesterday, hammering out a preliminary compromise on an emotional public health issue. The head of the
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      Lock icon No overnight gains in China: Stanchart
      389 3  -  From Audrey Tan in Hcmg Kong FOREIGN banks will benefit from China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), but it may take some time before they make a dent in the state banks' dominance of the local market, Standard Chartered chairman Patrick Gillam
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      Lock icon China details banking sector reforms
      404 3 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China has published details of banking reforms, offering a breakdown of cities in which foreign banks can conduct domestic yuan currency business over the five years after WTO entry, state media said yesterday. Bankers said they welcomed the announcement, although it was not
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      Lock icon Taiwan sees new doors opening
      176 3 TAIPEI Reuters HEARTENED by the World Trade Organization approving Taiwan's entry, President Chen Shui-bian yesterday said accession was a milestone in Taipei's return to the world stage and would open windows of opportunities. "(This) marks a major milestone in the Republic of China's entry into
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      158 3 SMgefcf&u/oh NATURI PARK* Collared Kingfisher niipf Blue-tailed Bee-eater Purple Heron Learn to match the above in the Young Naturalists Programme at Sungei Buloh. With the launch of the Young Naturalists Programme classroom for our young naturalists to get up close and see at Sungei Buloh Nature Park, our young people
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon F&N profit up 18%, lifted by property, brewery
      594 4  -  Results beat expectations as all key businesses contribute more Reports by Conrad Raj FRASER Neave has reported be tter-than-expected results for the year ended Sept 30, thanks to higher contributions from most of its key business units especially its development property and
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      Lock icon Centrepoint beats forecasts with 32.5% rise to $130m net
      283 4  -  By Vince Chong CENTRE POINT Properties yesterday reported a 32.5 per cent increase in net profit to $130.1 million for the year ended Sept 30 significantly better than analysts had forecast. The bulk of the gain stemmed from development projects, where
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      Lock icon APB hits paydirt in region, earnings rise 88%
      352 4 THE payback from regionalisation efforts enabled Asia Pacific Breweries to chalk up an 88 per cent increase in net earnings to $95.56 million for the year to Sept 30. This was despite a 14 per cent drop in sales to just over
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      Lock icon GB Holdings interim net profit sinks 9%
      259 4  -  Group confident of remaining in the black for foil year By Andrea Tan LUXURY boat maker GB Holdings yesterday reported 9 per cent lower earnings of $4.7 million for the six months ended Sept 30, although turnover rose to $41.8 million. Earnings per
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      Lock icon Hwa Hong pays $30m for 80% of insurance firm
      378 5  -  Hwa Hong will wholly own HIC and continue initiatives of previous owner By Vince Chong THE Hartfort Insurance Company (HIC) will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Hwa Hong Corporation after the company told the stock exchange yesterday that it has
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      Lock icon M&A fever to hit M'sian telco sector
      625 5  -  HOCKll.Umidl.il diana oon abdullah THIS time next year, there might only be three telcos in Malaysia. Recent developments over the financial restructuring of Celcom one of the country's five mobile operators appear to have set the stage for consolidation. Unconfirmed reports of Telekom
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      Lock icon APP pushes back deadline for debt revamp plan
      329 5 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP) said it will delay the release of a proposal to reorganise its more than US$l2 billion debt to selected banks, the latest sign a full plan for all creditors may be delayed. APP, which
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Tianjin to stop brodimprim project
        104 5 Reuters CHINA-BASED Tiaitftn Zbong Xln Pharmaceutical Group Is seeking shareholder approval to discontinue a project to commercially produce a treatment called brodimprim. The maker distributor of Chinese and Weatern pharmaceutical and gene-related biological products said it aims to redeploy 101 million yuan (Ss22 million) —part
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        Lock icon Achieva seeks OK for buyback
        70 5 ELECTRONICS and IT-reiated products distributor and solutions provider Achieva will seek a mandate from shareholders at an EGM on Nov 28 to buy back up to 10 per cent of issued ordinary shares. Henry Lim, Achieva's CEO and president, said the share purchase mandate will
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        Lock icon SFI stake in S Daniels now At 29.9%
        45 5 SINGAPORE Food Industries(SFT) said yesterday It has acquired a 29.9 per cent stake In British chiDsd food maker S Daniels. Among its products, Daniels markets soups under the New CorsntOarinBo«p brand and fruit juices under the Johneon'sfenai.
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        Lock icon Mayfran completes Jeje acquisition
        63 5 MA YFRAN International has cooplelßi tfto acquisition of the entire issued share capital at sanitary products firm Je)e Corp. Hie dsal wee approved by shareholders at an BGM on No? 7. Utaiv the deal, Mayfran will Issue 43.5 million new sharse at 15 cents each and
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      Lock icon Andersen sees niche in corporate governance
      385 7  -  It launches Net-based software for market said to be worth millions Bb David Boey ACCOUNTANCY firm Arthur Andersen said yesterday it sees "tremendous potential" in a "new and niche" market said to be worth millions of dollars that involves helping Singapore companies achieve higher
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      Lock icon SingTel bond may offer 6.2%
      193 7 75% of the USsl.sb issue will have 10-vr tenure: sources Reuters SINGAPORE Telecom's US$l.5 billion global bond is expected to be priced at around 200/220 basis points over comparable 10-year US Treasury notes, fund managers in Singapore said yesterday. The pricing would work out to
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      Lock icon Recovery elusive despite good signs: Flextronics
      233 7 Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED contract manufacturer Flextronics Ltd said the global electronics industry recovery remained elusive despite some bright spots in sectors like mobile handset demand. got some (positive) indicators, but it's still pretty rough out there," Flextronics vice-president Jim Sacherman said in an interview. Mr
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      312 4 i With the country experiencing two subsequent quarters of negative growth, and unemployment at 3.8 per cent in September this year, Singapore is braced for a deep and protracted recession. To survive the challenging conditions and stay competitive, companies need to keep a tight reign on costs and maximise the
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      120 4 pntag i A n Hiring Firing During The Recession Dealing With Employment, Retrenchment, Redundancy Restructuring 6 December 2001,9.00 am to 3.45pm, o***** Hotel Inter-Continental, Singapore HHi As more companies undergo !£*»'s restructuring, redundancies and retrenchment, employment contract terms and termination pobries will u> come under greater scrutiny. As such, it
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      304 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 12 VALUE CLOSE BTQBflM 156.00 +111.00 mem -*****.00 +8.oo -*****.00 -16.00 vmntaiu 443.90 4-2.20 0CTC30 437.97 +1.86 WMfpin 368.96 *1.78 110.16 +2.22 Willi Fh 1126.57 -2.23 »E«dbwPnp 349.47 -3.80 —CI Singapore 168.28 40.85 SMSCIFIar— 169.20 4-1.10 9*dm Value •PCO 20c 291,135,(XX) Ftonttne 5c 9,526.000 SingTel 15c
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      Lock icon Leong Hin shows resilience, boasts liquidity
      253 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By R Sivanithy ONE of the main obstacles the local market faces almost on a daily basis is a lack of liquidity. Last Friday's total volume traded of $436 million excluding foreign currency issues raised hopes—but yesterday's $310.5 million tally brought
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      Lock icon Catch-up theory loses gloss
      773 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THE "catch-up" theory used to explain Friday's 30-point recovery by the Straits Times Index lost a bit of shine yesterday as upward momentum petered out and liquidity dried up. After a promising start in which the index surged 22 points in two hours,
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      Lock icon US$ drifts lower, yen hurt by intervention fears
      504 6  -  CURRENCIES Greenback breaks below key Thai baht support, A$ jumps 1.5% on convincing polls victory by incumbents larry wee THE US dollar drifted mostly lower yesterday in trading thinned by a New York holiday, and the yen was hurt by the latest
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3187 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Amm Mgl Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: American OpportFd 0.729 0 767 Asian Fixed Income Fd 1.149 1.184 China Opportunities Fdl** 0.867 0.911 Cont Euro Eqty Fdl** 0 952 1.000 Global MNCFd 0.646 0.679 Global Technology Fdl** 0.516 0.543 IndonesiaEquityFdl** 0.577 0.607 Japan Eqty Fdl** 1.026 1
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Smaller Opec output — in peak season ?
      747 8  - Smaller Opec output in peak season Jtwi OPINION g panicker The writer is a journalist with BT's Foreign Desk IT IS one of the ironies of the times that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is poised to shave up to 1.5 million oil barrels off its daily
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      114 8 'It doesn't do any good. It's not like eggs. You don't hatch and grow chickens with it So I thought I'd just hold on to it for a little while and pass it on to somebody who needed it more than I did.' -Ted Tui Mr the
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      Lock icon China's tough new trade journey
      557 8 EDITORIAL AT long last, China has become a member of the world trading system Its accession as the 143 rd member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) at the weekend was followed by that of Taiwan, which will —in deference to China —be a customs
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      Lock icon The growing peril of unwavering optimism
      991 8  -  Commentators and investors, flush with liquidity, are missing important fundamentals in their bullishness on equities By Koatas Panagiotou The writer is a senior economist with Kim Eng Securities LIQUIDITY and ownership fundamentals are improving in Asia and beyond. Thanks to the twenty-month-old global bear
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      Lock icon Another useful crisis for Bush?
      778 8  -  COMMENTARY Anti-terrorism is proving convenient for him to push his tax-cutting agenda By Paul Krugman The writer is a professor of economics at Princeton University NYT REMEMBER California's energy crisis? It illustrated, in particularly stark form, the political strategy of the Bush administration before Sept
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Oct exports expected to fall less than Sept's
      432 9  -  Analysts polled expect 29.6% slide in non-oil domestic exports By Chuang Peck Ming THINGS may finally be looking up on the trade front. Analysts generally do not think last month's non-oil domestic exports (NODX) have fallen more than they did in September,
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      Lock icon Six win EDB inaugural innovation awards
      248 9 THE Economic Development Board (EDB) yesterday named six organisations as winners of this year's inaugural Singapore Innovation Award. Hewlett-Packard Singapore, National Library Board and PSA Corporation were accorded Innovative Organisation of the Year for their continuous efforts at introducing innovative products and services; while
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    • NEWS Roundup
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        Lock icon PSB scientist wins metrology award
        95 9 PRODUCTIVITY and Standards Board (PSB) senior scientist Cheong Tak Leong made history by becoming one of two recipients of an Inaugural regional award recognising outstanding contributions in metrology, the science of weights and measures and measurement standards. Mr Cheong was awarded the lizuka Prize, named
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        Lock icon Abdullah, PM Goh hold discussions
        74 9 MALAYSIAN Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called on Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Istana yesterday to discuss, among other things, home affairs cooperation between the two countries. Mr Abdullah, who is also Minister for Home Affairs, met PM Goh as well as
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      Lock icon CityDev sells 80% of Nuovo EC in Aug Mo Kio in 2 days
      375 9 IN JUST two days, 80 per cent of City Development's Ang Mo Kio executive condominium, Nuovo, have been sold. The launch, over the weekend, was brought forward twice due to overwhelming response. The 297-unit project, priced at
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      Lock icon S'pore calls for tougher UN stand on terrorism
      303 9 SINGAPORE has called for United Nations members to adopt a "determined, united, comprehensive and sustained global strategy" to combat terrorism, even as the Republic tightened its laws to thwart the provision of financial assistance to terrorist groups. The UN (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Regulations
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      Lock icon Consider other moves before layoffs: Boon Yang
      492 9  -  Look at shorter work week or wage restraint, he says By Eugene Low COMPANIES looking to cut costs should consider retrenchments only as a last resort, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. Instead, they should look first at alternatives such as shorter
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Datacraft: only buying-in method questioned
      692 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article, "Dealers sore over Datacraft buying-in", by R Sivanithy (BT, Nov 8). The point at issue is only the actual procedures adopted in the buying-in by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Mr Sivanithy's explanation on the price instituted, and
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      Lock icon MOM on rules for Dependent Pass holders
      214 10  -  Jean Tan (Ms) Director, Corporation Communications for Permanent Secretary Ministry of Manpower I REFER to the letter "Need to check expat estate agents" by Xia Yun Xin (Mailbag, Nov 5). Ms Xia had considered it an "oversight" by MOM to permit Dependent Pass
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Unrealistic yield broke SPT plan
      663 11  -  81N.1..1..M.11 PROPERTY Pricing fail* to fartw In liwartw phobia far Mngnpnfo property fftftftKff lee han shih INVESTORS yesterday beat a fast retreat out of property stocks, but who can blame them? For months, the only bright spark in property apart from the on-again, off-again hope
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon MPHB directors stop duo's bid to join board
      347 12 KUALA LUMPUR They wint to confirm that it is the govt that wants the pair to do so AFX-Asia A MAJORITY of Multi purpose Holdings Bhd (MPHB) directors has blocked an attempt by Penang-based businessman Tan Kok Ping and businessman-politician Hamzah Zainuddin
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      Lock icon Road Builder expects higher profit in 2002
      469 12 KUALALUMPUR KL's pomp-priming contracts boost firm's order book Reuters MALAYSIAN infrastructure firm Road Builder (M) Holdings Bhd (RBM) said yesterday earnings in fiscal year 2002 would be higher than in 2001, helped by an order book boosted by government pump-priming contracts. 'We are
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      Lock icon MPH, M'sian publisher form alliance
      371 12  -  Partnenhip makes tbea M'sia's biggest magazine puDusiier, oistriDutor Bu Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] Singapore businessman Simon Cheong bat formed a strategic alliance with Malaysian publisher Kadir Jasin which will make them by far Malaysia's larfMt publisher and distributor of magazines. The alliance, which has been in
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      Lock icon Lower-thanexpected Q3 gains from Thai retailers
      176 12 Lower-than-expected Q3 gains from Thai retailers BANGKOK Reuters TWO major Thai retailers reported lower-th an-expec-ted third-quarter results yesterday as fierce competition increased costs and hurt margins. Big C Supercenter, the country's second-largest hypermarket operator, peeled a third-quarter net profit of 185 million baht (517.6 million), down 33 per cent on
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      Lock icon Tsai scions tussle over listed Taiwan bank
      622 13 TAIPEI Both Cathay Life, Fubon want United World as part of their group Bloomberg CATHAY Life Insurance Corp, Taiwan's biggest life insurer, and Fubon Group, its largest non-life company, plan rival bids for the island's biggest publicly traded lender, setting the stage for
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      Lock icon We're ready for our close-ups
      75 13 [BANGKOK] A Thai artisan puts the finishing touches on a Mount Rushmore-like sculpture being installed in a local pub. The brew house, due to open early next month at a total cost of over 100 million baht (Ss4 million), showcases several odd architectural features, including
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      Lock icon Bank Negara Indonesia turns around
      341 13 JAKARTA 9-month profit of L3t rupiah; NPL ratio still a problem Bloomberg PT Bank Negara Indonesia, the nation's largest publicly traded lender, made a profit in the first nine months, reversing a loss, on higher interest rates on government bonds and increased lending. BNl's net
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      Lock icon PT Timah's shares dive on closure warning
      257 13 JAKARTA Bloomberg PT Timah, Indonesia's biggest tin miner, fell 36 per cent to a record low after Friday's suspension in share trading ended and the company warned that it may run out of cash by March. The shares fell 200 rupiah to 350
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Nepali princess killed in crash
        72 13 Kyodo News [KATHMANDU] Aheflcopteronaslght seeing trip plunged into Rara Lake in the Mugu district of far-western Nepal yesterday, killing four, including a member of the Nepalese royal family, police said Princess Prekshya Shah, the younger sister of Queen Komal, is said to be among the
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        Lock icon AXA Affin to close deal by year-end
        48 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] AXA Affin Assurance Bhd, a French -Malaysian insurance firm, said yesterday it hoped to conclude a deal to buy Malaysia's EON CMG Life Assurance by the year-end. "Negotiations are progressing reasonably well," said AXAAffln chief executive Giles Ward.—Reuters
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        Lock icon Maxis,TRI seek 3G role
        55 13 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Maxis Communications Bhd and Technology Resources Industries Bhd are seeking to become mobile virtual network operators, which gives them a role in the rollout of third generation (3G) cellular services without having to commit themselves to expand their networks, the Malaysian Business Times
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        Lock icon Taiwan raises foreign investment cap
        73 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan raised the ceiling on foreign investment in stocks to US$B billion for each investor from US$2 billion as the country deregulates equity markets. At the same time, Taiwan wiU allow foreign investors to purchase Taiwan stock index fixtures, Finance Minister Yen Chlng-chang
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      Lock icon HK economy to contract for a few quarters: Tung
      433 14 HONGKONG It tops Heritage Foundation's 'freest'ranking for Bth year in a row Reuters. AFP HONG Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa yesterday said he expected "negative growth for a few quarters", the government's gloomiest economic assessment yet. "Our economy is going through
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      Lock icon Business in rare Chinese art market still good
      475 14 HONGKONG Reuters WEALTHY investors in Hong Kong are increasingly looking to rare Chinese art in a bid to dispel some of the growing economic gloom. Christie's and Sotheby's, the world's largest auction houses, recently sold several lots of Chinese art and antiquities
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      Lock icon Manila traders while away the hours
      607 17 MANILA Some train for new jobs while others play computerised Scrabble or gamble Reuters TRADERS on the Philippine Stock Exchange home to Asia's shortest trading day were always free to spend their afternoons golfing. But now many of them are using their afternoons training
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      69 17 AFX-Asia [MANILA] Rashid Hussain Securities Philippines, a unit of RHB Capital Bhd, said it will cease operations on the Philippine Stock Exchange from Dec 10. "The decision to cease operations of the corporation was taken as part of the RHB Capital group's efforts to reorganise its
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      340 17  -  Frorri Al Labita in Manila SUSPECTED communists set fire to the cell site of Globe Telecom, Singapore Telecommunications' listed Manila unit, last Saturday, disrupting its mobile phone operations in central Luzon region. Globe president Gerardo Ablaza said the attack at around 5.30 pm
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        83 18 Reuters [PARIS] The US economy is likely to stay weak in the fourth quarter but should stage a modest recovery in the first three months 0f2002, Chief White House economic adviser Glenn Hubbard said yesterday. "I share the view of private forecasters on
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        90 18 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding said third quarter profit fell 40 per cent as costs rose and the largest Dutch bank put aside more money to cover potential bad loans to airlines and other clients after the Sept 11 attacks. Net income fell to
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        63 18 Reuters [HEIDELBERG] German household chemicals group Henkel KGaA yesterday lowered its 2001 profit forecast and said it would slash up to 3,ooojobs as it expanded a restructuring programme. It said it would also sell its chemicals unit Cognis for 2.5 billion euros (Ss4.l billion),
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        80 18 AFP [ISLAMABAD] Opposition Northern Alliance forces claimed to have swept most of north-eastern Afghanistan yesterday, and were poised to move on Kabul —a move Washington wants to delay until a broad-based government is prepared. US officials are urging the alliance to surround but not
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        94 18 AFP [DUSHANBE] Four journalists accompanying opposition forces were killed in an ambush by the Taliban militia in north-eastern Afghanistan, an opposition Northern Alliance envoy in Tajikistan said yesterday. Ambassador for the Afghan government-in-exile in Dushanbe, Said Ibragim Hikhmat, confirmed that two French radio reporters
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        66 18 AP [ISLAMABAD] Two retired nuclear scientists, who were recently arrested and questioned, have acknowledged that they met terror suspect Osama bin Laden at least twice this year, Pakistani investigators said on Sunday. Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Abdul Majid left their senior positions at the Pakistan
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      654 18  -  Opposition leader asks Koizumi govt to face up to severe problems in the banking sector From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN feces the danger of an economic "crash" in coming months if the government does not face up to problems in the banking system and
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      238 18 NEW YORK Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group was among companies told about the US Treasury Department's decision to stop selling 30-year bonds ahead of an official announcement, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. Pete Davis, a consultant, attended
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      531 19 NEW YORK Investors, analysts, accountants revolt against listed firms' reporting practice Reuters WALL Street is starting to refuse to bite the bait on dubious earnings numbers highlighted by corporations in press releases. Companies tout profit figures, frequently called pro forma results, that strip
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      256 19 BASEL Bflttkey expect weakness in global economy to extend to early part of 2002 Reuters THE global economy will take longer to rebound than was expected just before the Sept 11 attacks on the United States, but world central banks have
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      435 21 LAS VEGAS Productivity gains will be doable those of the *****, says Microsoft chief AP, AFP DESPITE an economic landscape of dead start-ups and battered high-tech companies, Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates says innovation is still alive and will fuel what he calls the "digital
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      164 21 Bloomberg [LONDON] Thomson Corp denied that the electronic distributor of legal, financial and educational information is preparing a US$lO billion bid for Bloomberg LP, the financial news-and-data company founded by Michael Bloomberg. Hie UK's Observer newspaper, Quoting unidentified friends and a former colleague of Mr Bloomberg,
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      383 22 SYDNEY Aussie unit refuses to confirm reports half its 2,400 workforce wonld go Reuters VODAFONE Group pic's Australian unit said yesterday it would cut jobs and may divest some assets as part of a restructuring aimed at halving its operating costs. Vodafone, Australia's
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      232 22 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] WMC Ltd shares posted their biggest gain in a month after the Australian Financial Review said Alcoa Inc will this week offer Asl2 billion (5111.2 billion) in cash and stock for Australia's third-big-gest miner. The bid would value WMC at Asll
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      767 18 EASTEtN ENTERPRISES (HMVATE) LIMITED (In Members' voluntary Equitation) At on «j*ocxAnory general meeting af Ihe company held on the 26 day of October 3001, ifie bfcwwnq Special letolwtioni a. That toe Company be wound up vdumoriy b That Mr AiMdahr i/o Abdul Gatoor of Meun IP ConubanM he Ltd. 133
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      494 20 ULTRO TECHNOLOGIES ULTRO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the 14th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 45 Loyang Drive. Singapore *****4 on 28 November 2001 (10.00 a.m.) to transact the following businesses ORDINARY
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      2489 23 M ""kfl FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2QQI Financial Statement And Dfvktond Announcement WtVUr FLPW ™—H The Directors are pteased to make the following announcement of the unaudited results for the year ended 30 September 2001KLStaLMftl ULksLZSSfi Gr<>iip
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      1683 24  -  Singapore will continue to respond to difficulties with stupendous results, writes PATRICK PATRICK LAMBE FOR a time this year, Holland Village appeared to be living up to its name. Every morning for several months, as the clock approached nine, a hen would stroll past Deli France and
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      273 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose two points to 846, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained six points to 843, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) finned three points to 6352 but the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was unchanged at 982. ♦Anangel Pride 1966 161,605 dwt 14.5 on
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      434 25  -  Aussie questioning Cape Mercury in sinking of fishing vessel By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A Singaporeflagged coal carrier has been boarded by Australian Federal Police and maritime Inspectors off the northern Queensland coast for its possible role in the ramming and subsequent sinking of a 16-metre
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      249 25  -  By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The marine director of Lloyd's Register has reiterated his industry grouping's stand denying there is any complicity in the closer cooperation among the association's top three members. That very cooperation has primed the rumour mill since early this
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      84 25 [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is among six local companies to win the inaugural Singapore Innovation Award, it was announced yesterday. Voted by a panel of high profile executives, the port operator was named an Innovative Organisation of the Year for its "continuous innovations (which) have helped make it
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        969 26 The economic downturn, coupled with the situation in Afghanistan, may mean that the air freight market will not see a recovery till 2003 Bloomberg [TOKYO] ASIAN freight forwarders said the drop in sales after the September terrorist attacks extended through October and may
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        151 33 November 14 Malaysia: Deepavali Singapore: Deepavali November 23 Japan: Labour Thanksgiving Day November 30 Philippines: Bonifacio's Day Deeember Finland: Independence Day December 8 Argentina: Immaculate Conception Italy: Immaculate Conception Dm—>n II Brunei: Hari Ray a Puasa Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa Indonesia: Hari Raya Puasa Deoember 17 Malaysia: Hari
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        793 33 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rlne Oil Ltd, chows price ranges In US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are besed on averagesized stem Market movements are Indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price change and the Individual
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        266 34 Carrier expects strong growth in number of Asian tourists visiting New Zealand AP [WELLINGTON, New Zealand] Air New Zealand, saved from a financial crisis last month by a government cash injection, announced yesterday it is increasing flights to Japan, Hong Kong and
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        207 34 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways flight attendants, engineers and some other union workers agreed to a pay freeze for at least one year as the country's largest carrier tries to cut costs to compete with rivals such as Richard Branson's discount
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        350 34 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) and Japan Air System Co Ltd (JAS) yesterday confirmed that they will merge forces to form the world's sixth biggest carrier, marking the latest industry shake-out after the Sept 11 attacks. JAL, Japan's
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        236 34 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] Virgin Express Holdings pic plans to hire 200 new employees as the low-fare airline unit of the UK's Virgin Group adds four new destinations from Brussels following rival Sabena SA's collapse. The Brussels-based airline will link Brussels
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          75 34 AFX [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways has warned its 32,000 employees that it will relocate large parts of its operations offshore if a new owner for Ansett Airlines secures special deals with trade unions and governments, the Australian Financial Review reported without specifying sources. According to
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        632 34 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic's £2.3 billion (SJ6.I billion) expansion of London Heathrow, the busiest international airport, will probably be approved by the U K government this week, analysts and airlines said. Transport Secretary Stephen Byers was set to tell Parliament
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      576 25 FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE (FEFC) BUSINESS PLAN 2002 On 30 October, the FEPC Lines advised the trade that the Conference will be preparing a Business Plan for 2002, to be announced this week. The details of the first stage of the Business Plan were decided at a meeting of the
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      536 25 r LTVyJWr Engineering and construction giant Kvaerner has named Kristlon Slam as its new president and chief executive. Mr Siem, 51, has been a director on the board since May and will replace Kjell Aknstog. who resigned. A Norwegian resident based in the UK, Mr Siem is also chairman of
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