The Business Times, 14 January 2002

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    12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 -SINGAPORE MONDAY. JANUARY 14. 2002 85C
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    70 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week Change STT 1,704.07 +26.40 SIMSCI FUTURE_212.00 +L40 BT-SRI 682.07 +1148 KLSECOMP 703.04 +9J7 NIKKEI 10,441.59 -***** HANG SENG _11.166.46 -636.69 SET INDEX m» +6.82 JAKARTA COMP-41L77 +26J7 MANILA 1,191.60 +L71 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** +49.06 SEOUL COMP 727.36 -20.36 SHENZHEN B 237.27 -2AM AUST ALL
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    67 1 FOREX RATES USS SI USS (SS per USS) L844 £(USS/SS per 1.442 2.659 EUR0(USS/5S/E). 0.898 1.647 DM 1190 1.188 YEN 132.3 71.70 RM 3.800 2.061 HKS 7.799 4i29 BAHT 44.03 23.88 RUPIAH 10,445 5,664 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 51a KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONGKONG 6.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO 1.375
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    Lock icon Japan pact gives services firms here a leg up
    637 1  -  Landmark accord is the first that Tokyo has signed with any country By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Japan and Singapore yesterday signed a broad-based and comprehensive economic cooperation pact that will also give foreign businesses more reason to set up operations
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    Lock icon Top 10 surprises for 2002
    749 1  -  In Ms role as Morgan Stanley's US strategist, Byron Wlen at the start of each year writes a list containing 10 probable surprises of the year. Here goes: Byron Wien THE ground rules for my Surprises for 2002 are that the consensus would assign only
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    Lock icon Earnings upgrades will sustain rally: analysts
    810 1  -  I '"exclusive By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Although the Singapore stock market is now riding higher on a wave of liquidity, more analysts are now taking the view that the sustainability of the rebound hinges on corporate earnings upgrades. Forecasts vary widely, but most analysts
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      97 1 msmE BT Comment Vikram Khanna: Manpower policies, Part 11. Pg 2 Audrey Tan: Lust for mainland jobs growing in HK. Pg 10 Top Stories Greenspan's remarks point to 25 bp rate cut: economists. Pg 12 Extracts of Greenspan's speech. Pg 12 APS picked to manage Frank Russell funds, Pg 3
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      42 1 Koizumi set to redefine ties with region, Pg 2 S'pore backs Tokyo's plan to strengthen Japan-Asean links, Pg 2 J&pan-fTpore pact: New age gains, Pg 7 S'pore exporters to enjoy savings, Pg 7 R Stvanithy: Scepticism pays in liquidity game, Pg 4
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      Lock icon Why manpower policies need to adapt, Part II
      886 2  -  I=ll comment ECONOMICS vikram khanna IN a column on Dec 31,1 tried to make the case that manpower policies and especially the process of granting employment passes (EPs) need to adapt if small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are to play a bigger
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      Lock icon Koizumi set to redefine ties with region
      694 2  -  deal is to create partnerships in which all will act, advance together Frorni Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who will deliver the Singapore Lecture today, is set to define Japan's future relationship with South-east Asia in the same way
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      Lock icon S'pore backs Togo's plan to boost Japan-Asean links
      308 2  -  Koiznmi nnveils plan which includes closer economic ties Byi Chuang Peck Ming (SINGAPORE! Singapore yesterday gave strong backing to a Japanese five-point initiative to boost JapanAsean relations. Outlined yesterday by visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in talks with Prime Minister Goh
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon APS picked to manage Frank Russell funds
      581 3  -  Local honse to work on multi-manager funds focusing on Pacific Basin Byi Conrad Raj LOCAL fund manager APS Asset Management has been appointed by one of the world's largest investment services firms, Frank Russell Company, to manage its well-known multi-manager fund programme. APS,
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      Lock icon Pinetree appoints Andersen as special accountant
      332 3  -  Hove comes after creditor OCBC issues receivership ultimatum By I Serena Ng THE management of Pinetree Resorts, which owns the Pinetree Town and Country Club, agreed on Saturday that Andersen, headed by Tarn Chee Chong, be appointed special accountant to review the company's operations
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      319 3 What are your reporting obligations as an employer? What are the repercussions of faHure to comply with your reporting obligations? Which income items and benefits should be reported and when? What are the new rules governing stock options and reporting of stock option gains? 1 <* v What are the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      319 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 11 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/DS 784.00 -109.00 BTCADI -*****.00 +18.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +78.00 All-SG EquWM 448.58 -1.87 SG Equitto EJact 155.08 -0.69 SG Equity Fin 1438.12 -0.22 SG EquWat Prop 467.19 +6.89 MSCI Singapore 213.48 -0.54 SiMSCI Futures 212.00 -3.00 —ocfa Vohn> ChinaAvOil 5c 156,963,000
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      Lock icon Norelco in overbought territory, but momentum indicators bullish
      258 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of disk-drive machine maker Norelco Centreline has been one of the top performers in the last two months. The counter has more than doubled in price since Sept 21, when it was languishing at
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      Lock icon Scepticism pays in this liquidity game
      754 4  -  lic6mment STOCKS r. sivanithy IN his Sceptical Essays published in 1928, the philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote: "We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practise, and another which we practise but seldom preach." Applied
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      Lock icon Japanese officials hope the yen has fallen far enough
      664 4 Comments come as Japanese currency hits three-year low AFP v [HONG KONG] Japanese officials"had their fingers crossed that the yen's Tall had bottomed out after crashing to its lowest level in three years. Japanese yen: The yen remained weak, touching a
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      163 4 ♦WEARNES International Ltd will go ex-dividend (Final dividend of 1.75 cents per share, tax exempt) on March 11. Last day fbr buying-in on a cum basis is on March 14. Date payable is on March 26. ♦KIM Eng Holdings Ltd will hold its E6M on Jan 28 at
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    2730 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CitiBond S'pore A/$ 1.203/ CitiBond S'pore B/$ 1226/ Citi Money Sing Dollar Class B 1.0357/ ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Citi Pan-Europe Equity Fund 1.1/ Star Europe Eqty!* 0.832/ CitiSelect Asia Tilt Balanced 1.3/ Star Europe Bd 0 998/ CitiSelect Asia THt Growth 1 26/ Star Europe
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      Lock icon The Springs condo in Moulmein up for sale
      376 5  -  Average price for freehold units said to be $800-850 psf By. Andrea Tan ANOTHER freehold residential development in the Moulmein area has been released for sale. Hitting the market is The Springs, a 62-unit condominium by Land Resources and Sime Singapore. A
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      Lock icon Higher jobless rate likely in West: IMF
      342 5 on the economy employment IF any unemployed Singaporean is entertaining thoughts of looking overseas for a job, the prospects elsewhere especially in the Western advanced economies look even poorer than at home. Forecasts by the International Monetary Fund indicate that employment growth and
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      Lock icon SM to speak on entrepreneurial culture
      180 5 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew will address the issues of an entrepreneurial culture in Singapore at the inaugural Ho Rih Hwa Leadership in Asia Public Lecture Series. "Singaporeans have been good at becoming managers. Now we need to have Singaporeans more entrepreneurial," Mr Lee
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      17 5 nr^¥sri Lianhe Zaobao I l HP I despite economic I I slowdown I I££ MMlt I I
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      Lock icon Don't be overly pessimistic about economic recovery
      624 6  -  Cindy Seah Singapore I WISH to complain about the undue pessimism and negativity in your editorial "Staying realistic in 2002" (BT, Jan 2). This seems to apply to most of your lo-cally-written reports on our economy and projections for 2002. This self-flagellatory attitude
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      Lock icon Lift tax load on annuitants
      285 6  -  A K Tay Singapore I REFER to the letter "Invest CPF funds in equities, annuities" by Dennis Tan Kheng Jin (Mailbag, Jan 4). I concur with his view that retirees should seriously consider investing in annuities. At a recent talk, NTUC Income CEO Tan Kim
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      Lock icon Gold, silver regain some lustre
      912 6 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Gold and silver prices powered ahead last week as rising silver lease rates and a bidding contest for Australia's biggest gold producer restored some sparkle to the jaded metals. Base metals got off to a fine start amid talk of economic
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      63 6 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQaph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, orwriteto:The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****6. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Pleaseuse temperate language, and bear in mind libel laws. YVB
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  • JAPAN-SINGAPORE pact
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      Lock icon S'pore exporters to enjoy big tariff savings
      1126 7  -  $60m savings in Japan-S'pore trade pact's first year; $330 m a year within 5 years Reports byi Chuang Peck Ming SINGAPORE exporters stand to save $60 million from tariff concessions in the first year of the economic co-operation agreement between Singapore and Japan,
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      Lock icon JSEPA breaks new ground
      305 7 THE Japan-Singapore economic partnership agreement is living up to its "new age" description. It contains many firsts, especially for Japan, and has been quite a coup for Singapore too. The comprehensive accord itself which goes beyond promoting freer trade between the two nations to include cooperation
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      Lock icon Pact will open up services in both countries
      461 7 Access to Japan for 86% of Singapore services sectors IF the giant Japanese goods market is, a tough nut for foreign exporters to crack, the more lucrative services sector is even tougher. But the economic cooperation agreement signed between Japan and Singapore
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      Lock icon Easier entry into Japan for S'pore staff
      299 7 SINGAPOREANS and permanent residents here will be guaranteed entry and stay in Japan to work and to oversee their investments when the economic cooperation agreement with Tokyo comes into force. Business people from Singapore say salesmen can enter and operate there for 90
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      Lock icon Top 100 China firms govt-owned, says Fortune
      375 8 HONGKONG Combined market value of the firms at end 2000 comes toUSssBlb Bloomberg CHINA'S 100 largest publicly traded companies, led by China Petroleum Chemical Corp, are all govern-ment-owned even after two decades of shifting to capitalism from communism, Fortune magazine said. Fortune, which
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      Lock icon Cojuangco to head San Miguel for at least 2 more yrs
      268 8 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippines government will allow Eduardo Cojuangco to remain as chairman of San Miguel Corp for at least two years, or until the courts rule on his contested 22 per cent stake in the nation's largest brewer.
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      Lock icon India welcomes Pakistan's pledge to punish militants
      418 10 NEW DELHI But New Delhi says Islamabad most now walk the talk Reuters, AP INDIA yesterday welcomed Pakistan's pledge to crack down on anti-Indian militants, but said Islamabad must match its words with action before New Delhi would reduce its massive troop build-up
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        Lock icon Militants have overseas links: Dr M
        94 10 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said local Muslim militants were allied with terrorists in neighbouring Singapore, and elsewhere in South-east Asia. "There is-a link among militants operating in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines," Dr Mahathir was quoted as saying by Bernama news
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        Lock icon The Sun may lay off more staff
        68 10 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian tabloid r newspaper The Sun may lay off more staff, a forma* union leader —a victim of the company's downsizing warned yesterday. K Kanan, ex-chairman of the paper's branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), said some
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        Lock icon Lehman,Manila to set up US$1b fund
        67 10 Bloomberg [MANILA] Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippines yesterday to set up a US$l billion fund to finance mass housing and buy bad loans to help boost the economy. The fund will help reduce the amount of non-performing
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        Lock icon Siam Commercial barred from IPOs
        69 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Siam Commercial Bank has been barred from participating in new share sales for six months. The bank breached regulations when it allowed employees to place orders in PTT's November IPO before the sale's official opening time, said Rapee Sucharitakul, assistant secretary-general at the
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      Lock icon Chen gives go-ahead to add Taiwan' to local passports
      318 10 TAIPEI ROC passports often mistaken for PRC ones, he says AFP PRESIDENT Chen Shuibian said yesterday he had given the go-ahead to add 'Taiwan' to local passports, a move expected to compound Beijing's fears that the island is seeking independence. Mr
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      Lock icon Lure of mainland jobs growing in HK
      627 10  -  -l I comment HK STOCKS More are falling in love with Shanghai as they see opportunities in the former British colony waning Audrey tan A Hong Kong friend, working for a well-known American MNC, says she will jump at any good opportunity to
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      Lock icon China Construction Bank chief fired
      134 10 HONGKONG Dow Jones Newswires THE president and chief executive officer of China Construction Bank, Wang Xuebing, has been fired amid speculation that he is under investigation for financial irregularities, the South China Morning Post reported on Saturday. China Construction Bank is one of the mainland's
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    1853 8 S1C0M FUTURES Janii RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) CtOM VofefflW Optfl Month HlQh Low Sott (towns) Interest Feb 02 104.50 Mar 02 104.75 Apr 02 106.00 May 02 106.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) VohHM Open Month High Low Sott (tonnes) Interest Feb 02 5400 5&00 1K0 950
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      556 8 International Arbitration Symposium 24 and 25 January 2002 at The Fullerton Hotel Businesses are realising that when results and performance diverge from initial expectations and agreements, they need a flexible, dynamic and tailormade means of dealing with their disputes. Just as they initially negotiated the transaction with their counterparts, they
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    1117 10 Compiled by Thomson Financial I/B/EJS The stock recommendation is the average of aN the recommendations submitted recommendation FORECAST COMPANY NAME TH8 WEEK LAST WEEK EPS PE (Urn.) mendetions are placed on a 1 to 5 points acale and averaged to produce a mean recommendation. Rmwicownd Buy By* 1115
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Foreign banks face US$6.2b loss in Argentina: S&P
      323 11 LONDON But losses are small in relation to balance sheets Reuters FOREIGN banks are likely to lose all of their US$6.2 billion (5511.4 billion) investments in Argentine subsidiaries and branches as a result of the financial crisis there, but they will not
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      Lock icon Greenspan remarks point to 25 bp rate cut: economists
      441 12 WASHINGTON Expectations come efterhis surprisingly 'downbeat' speech AFX,AP US economists said the Federal Reserve is almost certain to cut short-term interest rates by 25 basis points to 1.50 per cent at the end of this month following a surprisingly "downbeat" speech
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      Lock icon Regulators probe Enron execs' share selloff: report
      249 12 NEW YORK AFP TWENTY-NINE Enron executives who sold their shares in the once high-fly-ing company before its stock plummeted are being investigated by federal regulators, the New York Times reported yesterday. As Enron stock climbed and Wall Street was still promoting it, the
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      Lock icon Enron chairman misled employees: investigators
      474 12 WASHINGTON Kenneth Lay allegedly gave upbeat bnt wrong picture of firm LATWP KEY congressional investigators charged on Saturday that Enron Corp chairman Kenneth Lay misled his 21,000 employees late last summer when he gave them a rosy picture of the company's financial health, even as
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      Lock icon End of the road for Ford's Lincoln Continental
      256 12 Bloomberg [DETROIT] Ford Motor Co's Lincoln Continental, enshrined in 1950s Hollywood as the limousine of movie stars such as Grace Kelly and in US history through President John F Kennedy's final motorcade, will end production this year as part of the automaker's
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      Lock icon Japan govt may give retail giant special treatment
      134 12 TOKYO AFP THE Japanese government may consider giving privileged treatment to troubled retail giant Daiei Corp in the process of its reconstruction, an economic minister said yesterday. Commenting on Daiei's struggle for survival in an interview with the Fuji television network, Takeo
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      Lock icon Significant risks in the near term, warns Greenspan
      1379 12 The Federal Reserve chairman gave a speech on the US economic outlook in San Francisco on Friday. The following are excerpts from his speech Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] IN the period immediately prior to Sept 11, there were tentative signs that some sectors of
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      569 12 \Cafl toll-free MOO 289 8822 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MANN HUMMEL PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding-Up) RESOLUTIONS PASSED ON 4TH DAY OF JANUARY 2002 At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at 65 Chulia Street #48-02 OCBC
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      336 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHUTTER ASIA PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At an Extraordfoary General Muting of Hm ambers of SCHUTTER ASIA PTK LTD, duly convened and held on 9 January 2002 at 2.04 p.m., at Burg. ScMlJlaan B0
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  • BIZIT
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      Lock icon Infineon investing US$50m to boost R&D in S'pore
      666 13  -  New products will be brought to the market as part of the company's six-step 'idea to product' mindset Loh Kin Wah, Infineoo's president for the Asia-Pacific, tells david boey ilexclusive DAVID BOEY G Y-BASED Infineon Technologies, the world's eighth-largest semiconductor manufacturer, will
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      Lock icon UMCi to push ahead with 12-inch wafers
      436 13  -  Six-month delay not critical as equipment set-up is fasten Loh Kin Wah By David Boey GERMANY-BASED Infineon Technologies and its Taiwan-based partner, United Microelectronic Corp (UMC), said they remain committed to introducing cutting-edge 12-inch wafer production technology at their multi-billion dollar UMCi foundry
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      Lock icon Semicon industry likely to grow by 10% this year
      637 14  -  By the fourth quarter of 2002, Dataquest expects average wafer fab utilisation to reach 75% to 80%. This is 30% higher than in the third quarter of last year From« Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley IT looks like the semiconductor industry
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      Lock icon Do-or-die year for the semicon industry
      863 14  -  SAYIhfl If this year doesnt pick up, many companies In the sector may not be able to survive. But there's some good news too ivan qoh The writer is a senior engineer with a leading ICfoundry. THIS year is crucial for the semiconductor industry.
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      Lock icon Turning of the tide for Taiwan Semiconductor
      656 14  -  TSMC released an upbeat report last week: net sales for Dec 2001 totalled NTsll.7b, up 6.1% over Nov 2001 By\ Paul Chan THE low tide started from H2 last year for Taiwan's largest semicon firm, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd (TSMC), when its
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      118 14 AFP [MOSCOW] Russia has slammed the US classification of computer-importing countries as "discriminatory" and called on Washington to revise the system, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday. Moscow has been outraged by the fact that Russia is still classified as a "Tier
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      693 14  -  China chips are in. And this time, industry executives say there won't be a semiconductor glut By\ Elizabeth Corcoran IN Shanghai, Chinese construction workers hoist the steel beams for a US$l.6 billion semiconductor foundry for Grace Semiconductor, due to start making chips
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      707 15  -  EE comment INFOTECH Resources for £abs could be used to boost our edge In other, more me&ningtal ventures lee han shih The writer is a Senior BT Correspondent. THE Economic Review Committee might want to take a long hard look at the wafer
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      Lock icon HP to set up Mobile Test Lab in Singapore
      219 15  -  By Leo Kee Chye HEWLETT-PACKARD Company will set up a Mobile Test Lab in Singapore to serve the Asia-Pacific region. It will be equipped to test wireless applications running on technologies like 3G, GPRS, iMode and WAP, both onsite and remotely
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      239 15 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Enron Corp chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay resigned from the board of Compaq Computer Corp, as Congress increases its scrutiny of Enron's bankruptcy, the largest in US history. Mr Lay, 59, stepped down "to focus on his other responsibilities," said
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      318 15  -  By Raju Chellam SEMICON giant STMicroelectronics said it has developed an effective replacement for the Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) transistors which are currently used to build the Radio Frequency (RF) power amplifier in mobile phone handsets. So far, cellphone manufacturers have been forced to use
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      656 16  -  Software giant's USslb plan to settle 100 anti-trust suits not offering enough money: judge By* Joseph Menn LAT-WP MICROSOFT Corp's US$l billion plan to settle more than 100 consumer anti-trust lawsuits was rejected last Friday by a federal judge, who said the software giant was not
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      626 16  -  Systems integrators move away from initial scepticism By Peter Henderson Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Computer resellers, who account for the bulk of sales for Hewlett-Packard Company and Compaq Computer Corp, have swung behind the controversial US$25 billion merger between the companies, offering crucial support for the
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        57 16 CREATIVE Technology has launched its first external Sound Blaster which can be connected to notebooks or desktops. Called Sound Blaster Extigy, the $290 device offers 24-bit 96 kHz multi-channel audio playback, and (Unctions as a standalone audio enhancer for video gaming consoles or digital audio players
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        48 16 DELL Computer has introduced its Dimension 4400 desktop computer series. A typical mini-tower configuration costs $1,899, rims on an Intel Pentium 4 at 1.8 GHz and comes with 128 RAM, 20 GB hard disk, 48-speed CD-ROM and 17-inch monitor. For details, call 800.*****74.
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        66 16 AUSTRALIA-BASED MYOB has launched four accounting software targeted at local SMEs: the Accounting vll costs 8580, and offers accounting and business management; the Premier v 5 costs $1,600 and provides network, multi-user accounting management; the Retail Manager v 5 costs $1,290 and offers retail point-of-sale management;
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        43 16 INTEL Corp has unveiled its two Pentium 4 processors built on its 0.13 micron technology. In 1,000 unit quantities, the 22 GHz processor costs US$562 each, and the 2 GHz processor costs US$364 each. For details, fax *****03.
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        36 16 ADVANCED Micro Devices has launched its AMD XP processor 2000+. Hie processor costs US$339 in 1,000 unit quantities, features QuantiSpeed architecture and supports DDR (Double Data Rate) memory. For details, fax *****11.
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        55 16 WESTERN Digital Corp has unveiled its 120 GB hard disk. Called WD Caviar 120 GB special edition, it costs US$3B9, offers 7,200 RPM (revolutions per minutes) and 8 MB buffer—the largest buffer available today in a 7,200 RPM desktop EIDE hard drive, Western Digital
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        64 16  -  Compiled by Leo Kee Chye FUJITSU Asia has introduced its two external magneto-optical (MO) storage drives. The DynaMO 640U1 costs $620 and supports 640 MB storage cartridges. The DynaMO 1300U1 costs $699 and supports 1.3 GB storage cartridges. Both weigh 630 grams and offer backward compatibility
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      453 17  -  Consumer interest in wireless data services, very high when it was free, has dropped significantly since a fixed flat fee was levied, says IDC study By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE, South Korea and Hong Kong will lead the Asia region in mass
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      249 17  -  Mohan Narendran Singapore THIS refers to the commentary, "Singapore Power's telco foray could benefit customers" by Tang Weng Fai (BizlT, Jan 7). I enjoyed reading the article. I feel, however, that Sing Power's current decision to be an infrastructure provider is a sound one. If every
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      Lock icon Made-in-Singapore 'Simputer' to roll out by April
      328 17  -  Encore Singapore hopes to sell 50,000 to 100,000 units by end-2002 By Leo Kee Chye A JOINT venture formed on Friday says it will produce a commercial version of the India partner's flagship Simputer handheld computer in less than four months. Encore Singapore,
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        480 18  -  Called 'Schoolforge', it will provide teaching content and case studies on developing Linux-based applications in schools, chua hui mm has the details CHUA HUI MIN MORE than 30 volunteer groups worldwide, including the Linux Users' Group (Singapore), announced last week that
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        322 18  -  By 1 Leo Kee Chye DESPITE the downturn, companies should continue to invest in their core competencies by leveraging on the Internet. One way to do this is via corporate portals. That advice comes from Robert Yung, chief technology officer
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          122 18 PACIFIC Internet has launched wireless broadband services for companies in Singapore. Called Wireless@Work, it is targeted at SOHOs, SMEs and companies that want a wireless set-up in the office. It comes in two packages: Wireless Broadband and Wireless Broadband Plus. Wireless Broadband: This is for companies
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          66 18 NASDAQ-LISTED Tellabs Inc has said that Sing Tel Mobile will use Tellabs' echo cancellers and voice-quality enhancement (VQE) technology to boost the voice quality for SingTel's 1.6 million mobile customers. "Our EC Duo 8000 echo canceller with VQE features will eliminate echo, reduce background noise
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          80 18 SINGAPORE-BASED One Empower Pte Ltd said its e-payment program, MPI, has been approved by Visa International as being 3D Secure compliant. The company—www.oneanpower.com is the first vendor in Asia to meet with the stringent requirements set by Visa Visa Authenticated Payment Program, 3D Secure, is designed to
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          63 18 siNtrAfUKU-BASUU js-BooK systems Fte Ltd said its Flip Viewer technology is being incorporated on Yahoo! Photos. This lets users view their online photos in a page-flipping virtual photo-album format. Users can go to http://photosyahoo.com or to wwwflipviewer.com/yahoo for a free copy of > Flip Viewer.
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          70 18 SOPHOS, which provides anti-virus solutions for companies, said that it has discovered the first virus capable of infecting Shockwave Flash files. The SWF/LFM-926 virus targets webmasters who use Shockwave to make their websites more attractive with animation and special effects. End-users who browse an affected
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          102 18  -  by Raju Chellam ULiuoAii reutu s|wuuui|s uu unm \uuwunn» relationship management) will stay at US$6.7 billion this year, about the same level as last year, according to US-based Meridien Research. "We expect no significant expansion until 2004," the agency said. "Thafs because financial institutions are
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      288 19 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young FOLLOWING the various holidays and a rather slow return to work, few sales have been reported. Vessels sold for further trading WITT.IT rABBIBBfe ♦Jag Rahul: 37,609 tdw bit 84 IHI crs 4/25 ts reported sold region U554,200,000 to Chinese buyers. ♦Tia Estela: 18,758
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      284 19 sex 'ooo Jail SS Vol CWT Distribution 0.66 0.01 155 Chuan Hup 0.41 0.01 3750 Cosco Investment ....0.25 unch 1324 Freight Links 0.08 unch 571 OB Holdings 0.49 unch 0 IMC Holdlngs-HK 5.60 unch 0 Jay* Holdings 0.18 0.01 826 Keppel Con> 3.14 0.19 ***** Keppel Marine 0.22
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      555 19  -  First of two new supertankers to be delivered next month By- Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] American Eagle Tankers, the tanker division of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), christened its first supertanker on Friday, signalling its entry into the long-haul oil transportation business amid depressed charter
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      309 19 AFP [LONDON] British cruise operator P&O Princess renewed its support for a merger with US Royal Caribbean, when it urged shareholders last Friday to shun a rival bid for its business from US giant Carnival. "We are not in a position to have
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      190 19 AP (CAIRO, Egypt] A large fishing vessel sank off the Red Sea coast last Friday and 39 crew members were missing, police said. One body was found. The Abu el-Fawares sank about 32 km from Ras Gharib, south of the Suez Canal, in
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      89 19 [LONDON] Container shipping lines belonging to two rate agreements are cutting the levels of their war risk surcharges insurance. The move by Europe Middle East Rate Agreement (EMERA) and Jeddah Service Group (JSG) Lines reflect reductions in additional premiums imposed by underwriters on vessels serving the
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      402 19 Container shipping rates have been falling since then Bloomberg [BOSTON] China Ocean Shipping (Group) Co's plans to sell shares have been delayed indefinitely by the weaker global economy after the Sept 11 terror attacks, an official for China's largest shipping company said.
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      970 20  -  DOCKYARD By] David Hughes IN the weeks leading up to Christmas there was a lot of discussion about the need for more robust ships. The French classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) was particularly forthright in its comments, arguing that that ships should
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      221 20 PAGE Foong Sun 5 Appenship 5 Frt Links 10 Avant 10 Fuhai 4 B'tang Mas 6 Gemartrans 4 BSA 6 G Link 10 Bsc 9 Glory Nav 10 BTL 10 6 4 Hamborg-Sud 6 Batamindo 9 "<*9" 9 CMACGM 3 Heung-A 3 COSCO 3 HubLme 10 Central
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      15513 25 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 26/01 15/02 CMACGM VILLEDE TANYA 412* 65-*****00 TO ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot. D'lVOil* 26/01 15/02 NSCSA VILLEDE TANYA 412* 6S-*****57 22/01 12/02
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        216 29 January 14 Japan: Adulthood Day January 21 United States: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday January 26 Australia: Australia Day February 1 Malaysia: Federal Territory Day February 6 New Zealand: Waitangi Day February 11 Japan: National Foundation Day Taiwan: Chinese New Year Eve Vietnam: Chinese New Year Eve February
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        789 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        382 30 US airlines to fork ont as much as $120 m to pay for doors on some 6,000 commercial planes Reuters [WASHINGTON] US airlines were ordered on Friday to install new cockpit doors to prevent intrusion and resist certain gunfire and explosives on more
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        449 30 New firm to be set up even if Air France is not keen Reuters [ABIDJAN] Air Afrique's member countries have given the go-ahead to wind up the troubled multinational airline, saying they would set up a new company whether or not Air
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        189 30 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Brussels airport was evacuated briefly on Saturday after a man claimed to have explosives in his luggage, but army bomb experts later found nothing and the airport was reopened shortly afterwards. The man, whose identity was not immediately disclosed, went to the ticket
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        93 30 Reuters [TAIPEI] EVA Airways, Taiwan's second largest carrier, said yesterday that it would add 70 flights beginning this Friday as high season loomed with the Chinese New Year and winter vacation nearing. The airline would add chartered and regular flights to Japan,
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        320 30 Crisis more serious than that after Golf Wan tourism body AFP [SOFIA] Air travel is set to drop by 10 per cent in 2002 after the attacks on the United States of Sept 11, deputy head of the World Travel and Tourism Council
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        529 30 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the No 1 airport operator, and Fraport AG, which owns Frankfurt Airport, said passenger numbers fell less last month than in November, indicating demand is recovering after the Sept 11 attacks in the US. BAA's seven UK airports
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      110 19 ■ramjH MP% mkM EURASIA INTERNATIONAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD We are pleased to announce that as part of our group corporate restructuring and to further consolidate our presence in Singapore, EURASIA INTERNATIONAL (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD will take up the businesses and operations of EURASIA MARINE SERVICES with effect from 1 January
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      96 19 Dockyard: Bulker losses are still a cause for concern Pg2 FAA orders installation of new COCkpit doors BackPg 1 I Chua Chor Teck Memorial Lecture i > 16th Annual Lecture "Oil and Gas Production in Deep Water: The Technology and Prospects for the Asia Pacific Region" by Professor Minoo Homi
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