The Business Times, 2 February 2002

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  • Title Section
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    6 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend FEBRUARY 2-3,2002
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    Lock icon Charities need to lift veil on use of donations
    990 1  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX Greater transparency will give charities an edge with donors anna teo ONE sector that gets hit doubly hard in a recession is charity, because disposable income runs low at a time when funding needs for the underprivileged and needy
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    Lock icon Managed pension plans may be on the cards
    689 1  -  The plans are expected to fall within framework of the CPF Byi Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Concerned over Singaporeans' inertia on retirement planning, the government is looking into setting up dedicated pension plans to be managed by professional fund managers. Such plans are
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    Lock icon Wisma Atria may change hands in $450m deal
    575 1  -  EXCLUSIVE Part cash, part bond sale likely to involve European parties By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] In what could potentially be the biggest Orchard Road commercial property deal in nearly Ave years, Wisma Atria may soon change hands under a $450 million part
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      157 1 Ul I WHATSMSTYLE WJ* ■HHm] ENRON SAGA HCMBI Big Five accounting firms to change industry practices. I^^KHPME7 I Karim Raslan; Only An Australian, P»5-I BT is moving The Business Times starts operatingfrom its new home at Toa Payoh Northfrom Monday, after more than 25 years at Times House, Kim Seng
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  • in the news
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      Lock icon Lessons to be learned from the market
      585 2  -  r sivanithy LOCAL stockmarket players have been treated to some valuable lessons this week. For one, they got a crash course in "Accounting, US-style" thanks to the threatened collapse of Tyco International. Tyco, it seems, is suffering a nasty bout of Enronitis (also
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      Lock icon MARKETS
      75 2 Dsn (-5.47) BT-SRI 733.36 (+2.20) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,781.00 (-2.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 224.00 (unch) Friday Change KLSECOMP Closed. NIKKEI 225 9,***** ***** HANG SENG _10.691.25 -34 05 SET INDEX 336.65 -4.17 JAKARTA COMP ...454.28 +2.65 MANILA COMP 1,***** +24,37 TAIPEI WPI 5,857.93 14 21 SEOUL COMP ***** 5.65 SHENZHEN
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      Lock icon FINANCE
      67 2 PMtEX RATES us$ s$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.887 £(US$/S$ per 1.409 1588 EURO(I!S$/S$/E) 0.868 1576 DM 2179 1.241 YEN 133.9 7190 RM 3.800 2.069 HK$ 7.799 4246 BAHT 44.04 23.97 RIIP1AH 10,330 5,624 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KUALA LUMPUR 640 HONGKONG 5125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO 1.375
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      Lock icon CEOs make poor team players: Conference Board journal
      521 2 They tend to dominate, and find it hard to listen to subordinates [SINGAPORE] Much as they preach the value of teamwork, many chief executives are lousy team players themselves, says an article in a Conference Board journal. An analysis by author Michael
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      Lock icon Ken-Air Tours closing down
      154 2 Travel agent struggling under losses of about $30m [SINGAPORE] Ken-Air Tours, one of Singapore's biggest travel agents, is closing down. Pushed to the brink by losses of about $30 million, the company's founder and managing director, Kenny Goh, yesterday applied to put the Ken-Air Leisure Group
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      Lock icon Correction
      105 2 IN the sub-heading to Thursday's report "Hyflux in bid for desalination project in S'pore", we said that Hyflux's stock jumped 11 per cent prior to the company's announcement of its bid for the project. The 11 per cent increase was calculated on the wrong basis that the announcement was
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      Lock icon Asia Pulp creditors reject debt revamp plan
      459 2 Move may damage investor confidence in Indonesia Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Asia Pulp Paper Co creditors rejected a proposal to repay them about US$l3 billion over 13 years, a move that may damage confidence in Indonesia's ability to woo investment. The Singapore-based company had offered
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    • IN BBIEF
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        Lock icon Ayaia sinks Into $ 10.6m loss
        85 3 Ayaia sinks Into 10.6m loss AYALA International, formerly TLB Land, posted a net loss of $10.6 million for 2001, against a 16.7 million net gain the previous year. This came on the back of a $6 million write-down on the value of residential investments Pare Stevens, The Crest@Cairnhill and Pare
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        Lock icon Chew Eu Hock exec director quits
        30 3 CONSTRUCTION Arm Chew Eu Hock announced yesterday the resignation of executive director Tan Hee Wee with effect from Jan 31. No reasons were given.
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        Lock icon SGX derivatives trade sees Increase
        75 3 THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday said the total number of derivatives contracts traded last month increased by 4.7 percent to 2.sBLmillion from a year ago. The MSCI Taiwan Index futures contracts continued its growth and record-breaking trend which started last September. Volume jumped 35.7 per
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        Lock icon Pupils wearing tudung guven till Monday
        113 3 THE Ministry of Education said yesterday that two of the three pupils who were wearing headscarves to school recently continued to do so yesterday. The third was absent According to an MOE spokesman, the principals of the two pupils allowed them to attend classes
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        Lock icon New S'pore Shares credited
        167 3 THE Central Provident Fund Board said yesterday that 2.08 million Singaporeans—or 97 par cent of all those eligible—have received non-tradeable and non-transferable New Singapore Shares (NSS) amounting to $1.8 billion in total. Depending on when the individuals met the qualifying criteria, they would have received their
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      Lock icon EDB to develop electronics sector despite cloudy outlook
      335 3  -  By] David Boey THE Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday it is committed to nurturing Singapore's electronics and precision engineering (EPE) cluster, despite an uncertain near-term outlook for the sector, as electronics firms bring skill sets that can be applied in a
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      Lock icon Consumer credit bureau will be good for all
      681 3  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW But K cannot afford to make boo-boos or falter, especially at first siow li sen THE long-awaited Consumer Credit Bureau, through which banks will pool information on customers' creditworthiness, is unlikely to be welcomed by Singaporeans long used to
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      Lock icon Creative stock loses steam, dives 16% to $23.50
      411 3  -  Punters, contra traders caught off-guard by sudden plunge By I Serena Ng SHARES of soundcard giant Creative Technology yesterday lost steam after six straight days of gains, and tumbled 16 per cent or $4.40 in the afternoon trading session its biggest single-day
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      Lock icon Market betting on MediaRing turnaround
      498 3  -  Stock jumps as ex-SingTel chairman takes the helm By\ Serena Ng THE dormant shares of Internet telephony firm Mediaßing.com sprang to life yesterday on hopes that new executive director Koh Boon Hwee would re-model the cash-rich outfit into a credible telco. The stock gained three
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      Lock icon SIA filled fewer seats in December
      290 3 SINGAPORE Airlines Ltd, Asia's No 3 carrier, filled fewer seats and less cargo space in December compared to a year ago, as the global economic slowdown and a fear of travel after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks hurt demand. The carrier said it filled
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      Lock icon New risk measures for MAS' payment system
      232 3 ZfyTaagWenffFai THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday introduced a new set of risk measures for its automated payment clearing system here. Launched in 1998, the MAS Electronic Payment System (MEPS) is responsible for managing high-value interbank funds transfers and settlement of scripless
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      Lock icon UMC and AMD partner to build wafer fab in Pasir Ris
      377 4  -  MuHibillion dollar plant due to start commercial production of 300 mm wafers in mid-2005 By David Boey TAIWAN-BASED United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) of the US said yesterday they will set up a 300
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      Lock icon S'pore telcos cool to sharing 3G facilities
      173 4 TELECOMMUNICATION companies in Singapore appeared lukewarm towards a government proposal for sharing third-generation mobile phone infrastructure, saying the difficulties raised would outweigh any benefits. At the close of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore's public consultation yesterday, two of the three local 3G
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    • Article
      Lock icon Gold buys key to Japan recovery
      159 4  -  Michael Phillips Canada I REFER to your article "Why Asia must tolerate a yen decline" by Vikram Khanna (BT, Jan 28). A falling yen, along with the lifting of the protection of bank deposits in March, is scaring the Japanese into purchasing gold as
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      Lock icon Weak Q1 seen for electronics: poll
      504 4  -  outlook Byi Chuang Peck Ming THE slight uptick in demand for electronics goods in the final quarter of 2001 is unlikely to continue in the first half of this year. Holidays and weak external demand will cut not only electronics output at least in
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      Lock icon Yen hits 39-mth low against US$
      500 4  -  CURRENCIES Unit to face bigger test after US employment stats larry wee THE Japanese yen hit a 39-month-low of 135.15 to the US dollar in overnight trading, then retraced smartly to sub--134 levels by the Asian close as positions were trimmed ahead of the
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      Lock icon KL's tariff stance hurts Western carmakers: Ford
      427 5 Exec warns Asean may cede market leadership to China [JAKARTA] Malaysia's reluctance to lower tariffs on imported cars is hurting sales for manufacturers such as Ford Motor Co and undermining a newly created free trade area in Southeast Asia, company executives said. Tariffs
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      Lock icon Only an Australian
      979 5  -  WRITER'S JOURNAL karim raslan ONLY an Australian could have created a film as mad as Moulin Rouge. Packed with retina-shocking images and resolutely artificial, director Baz Luhrmann's cityscape of courtesans, dukes and penniless writers bears little resemblance to fin de siecle (turn of century) Paris of the
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      Lock icon Indon exports fall for a 9th month
      393 5 Inflation worsens, dimming growth OtfuOOK [JAKARTA] Indonesia's exports fell for a ninth month and inflation accelerated, dimming the outlook for economic growth. Exports fell 24 per cent in December from a year earlier to US$4 billion, capping a 9.8 per cent drop for
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      Lock icon US jobless rate surprises with first fall in 8 months
      463 6 And manufacturing index improves to 49.9 in January Bloomberg Reuters, [WASHINGTON] The US unemployment rate fell unexpectedly in January for the first time in eight months, but the decline was chiefly due to a fall in the workforce. The Labour
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      Lock icon Koizumi's popularity dives after firing Tanaka
      558 6  -  Markets weaken even as new foreign minister named From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's re-cord-high popularity with voters, which has enabled him to retain a grip on power despite his controversial reform agenda, appears to have slumped dramatically in the
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      Lock icon Getting personal betrays HP's desperation
      733 6  -  VALLEY VIE W It should sell the merger with Compaq purely on merit jennifer lien [SILICON VALLEY] THE Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger saga has been going full steam ahead, its twists and turns noted dutifully by the news agencies, and letters of support or opposition published in
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      Lock icon Business leaders see world recovering as US pulls out of recession
      415 6 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Reuters [NEW YORK] Top economists and business leaders at the World Economic Forum agreed on Thursday that global capitalism is alive and well, predicting that the battered world economy is likely to recover this year as
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      948 4 ASEAN FUND LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of ASEAN Fund Limited wishes to make the following announcement: AUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2001 1 Nov 2000 1 Nov 1999 10 to 31 Oct 2001 31 Oct 2000 (USS'OOO) (USI'000) 1.
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      371 4 IN THE MATTE* OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 ood CLEAN CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY ASIA PTE LTD (In M»mbf»' Voluntary liquidation) At an Exfroordinory Ganarol Maatmg oi to ohrwnnorwd company duty convened and hM at BUXX M 9 rttNCH KOAO #031M SINGAPORE *****9 on 23rd day of January 2002 the following
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      1137 5 ASEAN SUPREME FUND LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors of ASEAN Supreme Fund Ltd wishes to make the Wlowtng announcement: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE HALF YEAR ENDED SI OCTOKR 2HI 1 Hay 2881 te 1 May 2888 to n Oct mi si Oct an (ussui)
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    2829 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CmBood Spore A/5 1.2/ Cit>8ond Spore B/» 1223/ Gti Money Sing DoflarOaaB 1 036* AM fcnro Asset Mgt (S'pore) CM Pan-Europe Equity Fund 103/ Star Europe Eqty!* 0.77® QtiSetect Asia Tilt Balanced 127/ Star Europe Bd 0-953/ Citi5elect Asia Tilt Growth 121/ Star Europe Bal 0859/ CitiSelect
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  • enron saga
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      Lock icon Bush to propose employee pension plan reforms
      319 7 [WASHINGTON] Seeking to limit the fallout from Enron Corp's collapse, US President George W Bush is due to propose pension reforms designed to protect workers like those who lost their savings when the energy trader unravelled last year. In a series of proposals
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      Lock icon 4 of 5 top accounting firms to change industry practices
      531 7 Measures intended to avoid perceived conflicts off interest and pre-empt new legislation NYT [NEW YORK] Four of the five biggest accounting firms said on Thursday that they would reject the industry practices that have prompted extensive criticism of Andersen, which
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    Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
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  • week in review
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      Lock icon Top stories this week
      849 8 For the full stories, visit http://business-times.asial.com.sg US-S'pore FTA may grow to take in parts of Indonesia Jan 31 THE US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement may include parts of Indonesia under a plan that will deepen and widen economic ties between the two Asean neighbours. Talks between the
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      Lock icon What we said
      301 8 LeeHanShih Jan 31 ST Telemedia could rival Sing Tel ST TELEMEDIA and Hutchison Whampoa's joint US$7OO million bid for control of Global Crossing has many implications none of them good for SingTeL But before ST Telemedia can be a serious rival to Sing Tel, it needs to
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    Lock icon BONDS & WARRANTS
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  • in the money
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      Lock icon Property stock rally may take breather
      642 9 Analysts say the once-shunned counters have reached fair value after run-up in last 4 months Reuters SINGAPORE property shares may pause after running up almost 50 per cent in the last four months as investors wait for proof that developers can raise home prices
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      Lock icon More stock upgrades as outlook brightens
      548 9  -  By Patrick Peck The writer is a vice-president at Paris-based JCF Group THE upgrading trend continues apace as the economic outlook improves there were 26 upgrades versus 11 downgrades. Technology-related stocks drew much attention from analysts during the week. Taiwanese firm Huan Hsin won
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      Lock icon How should analysts forecast earnings?
      1349 9  -  INVESTOR EDUCATION By\ Sebastian Chong The writer is associate professor in finance accounting. Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, and is a committee member of the Securities Investors Association of Singapore. The views expressed in this article are his own. LAST week, we
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    Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
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  • what's in style food
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      Lock icon TAKEAWAY reunion dinner!
      1032 10  -  Yes, save yourself the stress. CORINNE KERK checks out the wider-than-expected options CORINNE KERK FOR some reason, Chinese New Year reunion dinners always magically conjure up images similar to those you see of happy families sharing homecooked meals on TV. The spiffy-looking lady of the house will
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      Lock icon DO IT YOURSELF
      887 10  -  Prefer to cook this Chinese New Year or want to impress one or two of your unsuspecting family members? If so, try out the recipes that four chefc have suggested here. Have fun! By CORINNE KERK CORINNE KERK Chef Chik Ka Chung, Wan Hao Chinese Restaurant, Singapore
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  • what's in style travel
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      Lock icon Quiet grace
      902 11  -  GEOFFREY EU explores Japan's old capital of peace and tranquility Kyoto and is transported back in time GEOFFREY EU I FELT the earth move during a recent visit to Kyoto not because the ground trembled perceptively in this land of frequent earthquakes, but because it is simply obligatory
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      60 11 1 »t I rr iPiW From Feb 3. The Business Times will be at: 1000Toa Payoh North. Podium Level 3. Singapore *****4 You can also reach us at the following numbers Ops Desk 319 5360 Fax 319 8277 The Shipping Times 319 8281 To reach BT journalists by DID. dial
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  • what's in style motoring
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      Lock icon FABULOUS FABIA
      822 12  -  Skoda's new compact is full of promise but far from perfect Then again, not many cars are, says CHRISTOPHER TAN CHRISTOPHER TAN WHILE Skoda has moved up several rungs on the quality ladder since Volkswagen took over about 10 years ago, it is still in the basement when
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    • BRAVE NEW WHIRL
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        Lock icon All new Vectra
        87 12 OPEL, the German division of General Motors, will unveil an all new Vectra at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The car, sporting a distinctively new styling, should arrive in Singapore towards the end of the year. The car will also have continuously variable transmission, curtain-type airbags,
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        Lock icon VW Phaeton IHno for Schroder
        139 12 GERMAN Chancellor Gerhard Schroder is using the yet-to-be-launched Volkswagen Phaeton limo while he is in New York for the World Economic Forum. The vehicle was presented to him on his arrival at New York's John F Kennedy Airport on Thursday evening by VW chairman Bernd
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        Lock icon Face-lifted A6
        95 12 AUDI'S face-lifted A6 is here. New features include electronic stability programme with brake assist, improved brakes, auto aircon with air quality sensor, and a sport mode for the Tiptronic shift. There are also new engines available, the most relevant here of which would be the 1.8-litre turbo with
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        Lock icon Audi seen standing by Hadi
        133 12 DISPELLING talk that its franchise agreement with Audi is in danger, privately owned Premium Automobiles held "a ground-break-ing ceremony" for its $15 million showroom-cum-customer service centre in Übi Road this week. The three-level, 35,000 sq ft facility will offer a comprehensive suite of products and
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        Lock icon Moi c di iveaways
        80 12  -  Christopher Tan CYCLE Carriage has appointed auto adventure company Wheels for Fun to organise two driveaways for Mercedes-Benz customers this year. The first is a trip up to Kuala Lumpur from March 15 to 17 to view the Sepang Grand Prix, and the second is a
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      Lock icon A superior Subaru?
      665 12  -  The Legacy has undergone a minor mid-life makeover which may not have been necessavy By Christopher Tan SUBARU'S Legacy made headlines in the 1980s. It was the only Japanese sedan to offer a horizontally opposed engine, all-wheel-drive, anti-lock brakes as standard, and a bootthrough that allows long
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  • what's in style art
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      Lock icon Pictures, words in play
      629 13  -  PARVATHINAYAR finds a real connection in the way two artists play with layered words and pictures and yet stand distinctly apart in terms of subject matter and intent PARVATHI NAYAR Liu Wei's Forbidden Inscriptions, Hong Hao's Sacred Scrip tures: two bodies of artworks that work rather
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      Lock icon A mountain as his canvas
      526 13  -  Byi Cheah Ui Hoon OVER the past few decades, artists have worked on every material and media imaginable. But few, if any at all, can say they had a whole mountain range to work on. One can't accuse Cultural Medallion winner Tan Swie Hian of
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
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  • what's in style collections
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