The Business Times, 5 February 2002

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    15 1 The BusinessTimes MIT A (P) 107/03/2001 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http:/'business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2002
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    74 1 sn USBJS (-23.27) IMB 728J2 (-5.14) ST IXDEZ FUTOBES 1,***** (-25.00) SDISCIFUTUKES moo (-4.00) STOCK MAJUOrr INDICES Monday Change KLSEOOMP ***** +4.72 NIKKEI 225 S.***** -159.50 HANG SENG —10.***** +10.07 SET INDEX 336.15 -OiO JAKARTA COMP -451.17 -111 MANILA COMP .1583.42 189 TAIPEI WPI 5.849.85 -8.08 SEOUL COMP
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    64 1 FO&EX KATES uss ss US$(S$perUS$) 1.834 £(US8/S$per£)_ 1.416 1596 EURO(l'SS/S$/E). 0.861 1.578 DM 2171 123* YEN 133.4 72.80 RM 3.808 1072 HK$ 7JW0 4.253 BAHT 44.01 24.00 RUPIAH 10,320 5,627 PRIME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO 1375 SEOUL 9.55 FRANKFURT
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    Lock icon UOB, OCBC pip DBS in new housing loans
    1019 1  -  exclusive Stanchart grabbed 15% share of refinancing last year By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC Bank have emerged as the top mortgage players for new loans here as a result of their respective mergers last year, leaving
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    Lock icon Purchasing index points to Q1 electronics upturn
    559 1  -  Index positive in Jannary after staying 12 months below 50-point threshold By\ Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Singapore's electronics sector which accounts for almost half of manufacturing value-added could recover as early as the first quarter this year, according to the latest Purchasing Managers' Index
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    Lock icon S'pore firms overtake US as 2nd largest investors in Thailand
    563 1  -  liexclusive From) Harish Mehta in Bangkok SINGAPORE companies dislodged American Arms to become the sec-ond-largest foreign direct investors in Thailand in the first 11 months of last year, as the Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) and tycoon Ong Beng
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    Lock icon Ken-Air's collapse not reflective of industry's health: players
    614 1  -  By Teh Hooi Ling, Vince Chong THE sudden demise of KenAir is a one-off case and doesn't mean further travel agency shocks are in store, industry players say. Sources also pointed out yesterday that Ken-Air was brought down partly by in-house problems
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      178 1 DBMDB Top Stories US 4th quarter earnings season limping into history. I*2 Roly to list China distribution business. Pg 5 The highest bidder may not win Pinetree Town Country Club. Pg 8 Enron ex-chief fears unfair hearing, cancels testimony. Pg 20 HI V They didn't need to book their conference
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      9 1 iLied database set to rival credit bureau, Pg 8
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      43 1 Should developers be afraid? Lee Han Shih assesses the property impact of PSA losing its big customers iiiilillO'l] •page 10 Dr FVIi Capital Launched: Singapore's first masters programme in COfHiOIS knowledge management Cat! WOrN 'PAGE 21 PAGE 16 Infooomma iwfxilm steady, Pg 8
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      Lock icon PSA, Evergreen still in talks: Cheow Tong
      640 2  -  Minister also says government will go all ont to support PSA's growth By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corp is still "engaged in discussion" with Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen Marine Corp, despite its planned move to the Malaysian Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), according
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      Lock icon US Q4 earnings season limping into history
      799 2  -  Investors downcast over prospects for fntnre quarters Fromi Andrew Marks in New York WITH about 70 per cent of the companies in the Standard Poors and the Nasdaq 100 and all but three of the 30 blue chips in the Dow Jones Industrials
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Terry Clontz saddles up
        118 2 LIKE many other companies, Starhub is doing away with printed Chinese New Year cards and sending e-greetings instead. But you could say CEO Terry Clontz got carried away on a horse—in his e-greeting, which said: Trot, trot, trot, Happy Year of the Horse! Thank you for
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        Lock icon Bottomline shareholders
        70 2 THERE was expectation that Fraser and Neave's annual general meeting last week would see some fireworks by shareholders unhappy with management, notably over the acquisition of Times Publishing. But when the day came, the atmosphere was friendly and jovial. One shareholder summed it up this way: "It is
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      197 2 Lee Han Shih: PSA's loss to rival port will hit developers, Pg 10 J 1 What Your Eyes Cannot See VLV n t A The only perpetual calendar that adjusts Ifeforward and backward in seconds over m 9^M the quick corrector position of a single V® '*5m crown, even in
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      165 4 /St Supported fly: (SJ EUROMAP European Committee of A project of AFPI- Machinery Manufacturers ASEAN Federation for the Plastics and of Plastk Industries Rubber Industries spia Jem. Singapore Plastic Association of Japan Industry Association Plastics Machinery Korea Plastic Tpß&££«F. Association Incorporating |j| International Trade Ak Rubbe, d m IP ASEANPLAS
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Raffles profits jump 185% on exceptional gains
      541 4  -  Company proposes 4% boons dividend on top of 4% final dividend, payout totals $63m By Vince Chong RAFFLES Holdings has posted a net profit of $230.9 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2001, largely on the back of an exceptional gain of
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      Lock icon DBS Thai Danu chairman Pakorn Thavisin to quit
      272 4  -  By 1 Eugene Low DBS Thai Danu Bank yesterday announced the resignation of its chairman and board member, Pakorn Thavisin, from March 1. Mr Thavisin has also resigned as the adviser to the board's executive committee. No reason was given for the
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      Lock icon MCL Land latest developer to issue profit warning
      383 4  -  $35m provisions for devt properties could lead to loss By\ IfO Kalpana Rashiwala MCL LAND yesterday joined the ranks of property groups issuing profit warnings, saying it expects to post a net loss for the year ended December 2001, as it has
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      Lock icon Corporate bonds: focus cm avoiding potential losses
      649 4  -  lock siew neil behrmann INVESTORS who sought high yield bonds to boost income are chastened by corporate collapses such as Enron and Global Crossing. They have seen the value of their investment collapse. Recall the Barings bond fiasco and the subsequent losses of
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      Lock icon Roly to list HK buying-agency unit
      441 5  -  The firm also hopes to spin off its China distribution business By\ Serena Ng MAINBOARD-listed toy and lifestyle-product distributor Roly International said yesterday it plans to list its buying-agency subsidiary Linmark in Hong Kong and also hopes to spin off its China distribution business.
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      Lock icon Nucleus net profit dives to $323,000 from $4.3m
      317 5 Margins plunged and depreciation costs rose NUCLEUS Electronics Ltd yesterday said its 2001 net profit plunged to $323,000 from $4.3 million a year ago, despite a sharp rise in turnover. Turnover increased by 30 per cent to $67.6 million from $51.9 million
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      Lock icon Venture capital activity in Asia slow but stable
      336 7  -  Investments down 3% to USsl2.3b, focused on semicon sector expansion Byi Quak Hiang Whai PRIVATE equity and venture capital activity in Asia slowed last year but the overall situation remained stable, according to Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ). Figures from the Hong
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon CSE Taiwan unit in buyout
        88 7 CSE Systems Engineering Ltd announced yesterday that the management of the group's Taiwan branch has embarked on a management buyout of the group's semiconductor business there. The group will proceed to close down its Taiwan branch after the sale. The sale consideration was NTHB.S million
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        Lock icon EDBI sells 15% stake in SembAP
        75 7 SEMBCORP industries said that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SembCorp Utilities Pte Ltd, has acquired the entire 15 per cent shareholding held by EDB Investments Pte Ltd (EDBI) in the capital of SembCorp Air Products (Hyco) Pte Ltd (SembAP), for $6.34 million. SembCorp Utilities' equity in
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        Lock icon Akihiko Magome new Isetan(S) MD
        35 7 I SET AN (Singapore) said Hiroyuki Owada has resigned as director and managing director of the company. Akihiko Magome, a new director of the company, has been appointed managing director.
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        Lock icon Switchcore chooses Stats' services
        66 7 AFX ST ASSEMBLY Test Services Ltd (Stats) said it has been selected by Switchcore AB to provide turnkey test development, assembly and final testing services. Switchcore is a Swedish-based fabless semiconductor company. Its products are used in high data throughput applications such as highly-integrated LAN backbone
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        Lock icon North 22 wins US$5.7m China deals
        80 7 Dow Jones Newswires NORTH 22 Technology Services Group Ltd has received key contracts in China worth US$5.7 million for information technology networking projects over the past two months. Among them is a US$l.2 million contract from Industrial Commercial Bank of China to install Nortel
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      Lock icon Hedge funds back in Asia, betting on recovery
      662 7 Asian fands raised USsL2bin2ool: Asia Hedge estimate Reuters THEY'RE back. Hedge funds, the highly secretive investment vehicles blamed by some Asian leaders for bringing the region to its knees in the 1997/98 crisis, are once again taking a keen look at Asia.
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      205 5 Investing with Schroders is once again a win win win win win situation. It was no easy feat, but we did it again. For the third year in a row, Schroders has come up a big winner at the Standard Poor's Investment Funds Award, winning five coveted awards at this
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      292 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Fib 4 VALUE CLOSE WOBrtH 207.00 -127.00 if COM -*****.00 -161.00 -*****.00 +20.00 WMNrtfci 460.05 -5.72 arpBuDiil 155.59 -4.32 1560.89 468.43 -11.48 MOfcWW 220.80 -2.97 220.00 <4.00 MedtaRlng 10c 20,856.000 Frontline 5c 16.848,000 S*ingMedia US2.5c 16,266,000 SingTel 15c 14,974,000 ChinaAvOB 5c 14,*****0 Hyfk*5c 12,587,000 WahSNng HKlc 124.07,000
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      Lock icon SIA still faces stiff resistance at $13; immediate support at $12
      291 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE months ahead could remain turbulent for Singapore Airlines despite the widely expected bottoming out in the aviation industry slump, say analysts. Given that view, it is perhaps not surprising that the shares
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      Lock icon Cautious optimism as market consolidates
      712 6  -  f i comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE market consolidated yesterday after last week's strong gains, undermined by niggling concerns about the strength of Singapore's expected economic recovery. But traders said the tone remains cautiously optimistic, as the rebound in the US shows more definite signs
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      Lock icon US$ sags after payroll data, yen remarks
      523 6  -  ■BUMaUaiiaUHj CURRENCIES Wall Street's weak showing also puts pressure on greenback larry wee THE US dollar sagged across the board in Asia yesterday after Wall Street's Friday disappointment with an unexpectedly sharp fall in January non-farm payrolls. At the same time, the yen
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon iLied database set to rival new credit bureau
      441 8  -  By Siow Li Sen THE formidable database of lawyers William Lai and Alan Wong has just about every bit of information about you if you had ever bought and sold properties in Singapore since 1985 or had been sued. And it is
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      Lock icon Highest bidder may not win Pinetree club
      502 8  -  Special accountant willing to consider all proposals By I Serena Ng THE highest bid may not land the profitable Pinetree Town Country Club, as the special accountant conducting the impending sale is willing to look at all proposals, sources told BT yesterday. About
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      Lock icon Schools suspend 2 girls over tudung
      323 8 TWO girls were yesterday suspended for continuing to turn up in school wearing Islamic-style headscarves, which are not part of the prescribed school uniform. At the same time, the parents of a third girl in another school were given until next Monday (Feb 11)
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      Lock icon Barisan National and PAP Youth to discuss water and headscarf issues
      264 8 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The water supply issue and the Singapore government's ban 5n the wearing of Islamic leadscarves in schools are jxpected to be discussed by he Barisan Nasional (BN) ind People's Action Party PAP) Youth Wings at the
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      Lock icon Infocomms spending stayed constant last year
      423 8  -  Bnt jobs created feU 20% to 4,500 and total value added fell 26% from 2000 to $1.4b Byl Tang Weng Fai THE infocommunications and media (ICM) cluster in Singapore held its own despite a difficult 2001, the Economic Development Board (EDB) says in its
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      Lock icon Impending recovery likely to be U-shaped: SCI
      441 8  -  ®4V=lon the enonomy business sentiment Byl Anna Teo BUSINESS conditions are on the mend, but just barely. Findings from a poll of 95 manufacturers suggest that the outlook remains bleak, and it may be well into the second half of the year before
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon PSA's loss to rival port will hit developers
      670 10  -  j comment PROPERTY Shipping lines' exltmeansless demand for ancillary services lee han shih WHAT will be the government's response to the increased competition that PSA Corporation is facing? And why should developers be concerned? At first glance, there is hardly any overlap
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon How to make a corporate governance code work
      566 12  -  MAILrET?» Paul Thompson Lecturer in Accounting University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus Kuala Lumpur I REFER to the Hock Lock Siew column "Corporate governance code needs teeth to work" by Wong Wei Kong (BT, Jan 25). Despite being a firm believer in self-regulating
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      Lock icon Why is Internet trading still a hassle?
      125 12  -  Chow Yee Shing Singapore THE Singapore Exchange must be commended for leading the way in the use of technology. However, I still do not understand why consumers cannot trade orders through the system such that the trade is "good until cancelled". US stock
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      Lock icon Asean needs to focus on niche areas
      209 12  -  Dominic Loke Liang For Singapore I REFER to your article "Move to draw more foreign investors to Batam, Bin tan" by Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta (BT, Feb 1). I think BG George Yeo hits the nail on the head when he mentioned that"...
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      Lock icon 3 developers saw improved condo sales last week
      268 12  -  Allgreen, Centrepoint, MCL-Ho Bee joint venture have fruitful week By] Kalpana Rashiwala A FEW developers have had a fruitful past their sales picked up, but others are beginning to a slowdown ahead of the Chinese New Year. Allgreen Properties sold another 67
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      67 12 We welcome letters. E-mail us at btletterQsph.com.sg or fax us at *****71, or write to: The Business Times, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. We need your full name, address and telephone number, so we can verify it came from you. Please use temperate language, and bear in
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  • FOCUS economy
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      Lock icon Lehman expects muted US recovery this year
      525 13  -  Asian economies set to grow 5%, S'pore 3%; but Japan's woes could pose risks for region Reports by Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Aided by powerful monetary and fiscal stimuli, the US economy will slowly recover this year, says Lehman Brothers chief US economist Stephen
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      Lock icon Japan flirting with banking catastrophe: economist
      383 13 v w uic iiuirpciiuuniag loans (WrL; problem, Japan's banking system could be on the brink of a serious, even catastrophic, crisis, says Lehman Brothers' chief Asia economist Paul Sheard. At a forum yesterday, Mr Sheard said an immediate danger could become apparent as early
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      Lock icon Bonds hit too as Tokyo stocks tumble further
      535 13  -  Koizumi's waning popularity, sell-off by foreigners cited From Anthony Rowley in Tokyc TOKYO financial markets continued to fall yesterday, reflecting the waning political fortunes of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and what some analysts say is the "sell-Japan" mentality developing among foreign investors
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Auditors can just cover the basics
      896 14  -  liTTql bottom line OPINION david mason The writer was a partner in an international accounting firm in Singapore for 14 years. He is now a business consultant in the United Kingdom. He contributed this article to BT. IS there something wrong with a modern
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      32 14 Things still stink out there. It looks like a tough year ahead.' -Pima Y«ng an analyst at Merrill Lynch, on Honeywell International after itsfourth-quarter profit fell 54 per cent.
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      Lock icon Another lost decade for Japan?
      575 14 EDITORIAL JAPANESE Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa has been suggesting lately that with US demand promising to recover and the yen weak, a pick-up in exports is just around the comer; and that this should prevent Japan's economy from sinking deeper into recession He appears to
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      Lock icon How the Democrats could cash in on Bush
      1094 14  -  Contrary to the Republicans' avowed intentions, Bosh is being forced to return to the era of Big Government From Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington POLITICIANS and pundits in Washington are still trying to figure out in what
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      Lock icon Economic fanaticism bad for Seoul
      631 14  -  COMMENTARY Korea needs jui economic planning body to produce a feasible strategy By i Chalmers Johnson The writer is the author, most recently, of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire' LATWP THE most dangerous kind of "jihadists" are not the religious ones. Today,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Tajudin woos foreigners in fight to keep TRI
      581 15 KUALA LUMPUR Deal possible this week, says aTßlsonrce Reuters MALAYSIAN tycoon Tajudin Ramli could know this week if fresh foreign investors will take a stake in his cellular group Technology Resources Industries (TRI) to counter a takeover by local phone giant Telekom.
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      Lock icon MBf Capital gets winding up notice
      309 15  -  Frorr Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MBF CAPITAL, the former owner of the largest finance company in Malaysia, has been slapped with a windingup petition by Southern Investment Bank (SIB), formerly known as Perdana Merchant Bankers. MBf Capital last night said SIB, which is
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      Lock icon Indon economic rebound at risk from floods
      573 16  -  Business activity halted, transport system damaged From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE devastating floods that paralysed Jakarta over the weekend could severely hamper Indonesia's nascent economic recovery as business activity has ground to a halt and the country's road transportation system has
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      Lock icon Dr M: M'sia's case shows currency controls can work
      365 16 NEW YORK He makes his point at World Economic Forum panel Dow Jones Newswires MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has a suggestion for developing countries that are trying to attract investors during these uncertain times: fix your currency and erect capital
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      Lock icon IMF team starts new round of talks in Jakarta
      237 16 JAKARTA Reuters THE International Monetary Fund began a fresh round of talks in Jakarta yesterday which analysts say are likely to be dominated by a controversial deal for former bank owners who owe the state more than US$lO bUlion. The team
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon APP to finish debt plan by March
        71 17 Reuters [JAKARTA] Asia Pulp Paper (APP) still hopes to complete a multi-billion dollar debt restructuring programme by March despite creditors last week rejecting its initial plan, an official from the controlling Sinar Mas Group said yesterday. Investors are keenly following the progress of
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        Lock icon PSE may extend trading hours
        77 17 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) may extend trading hours as early as next week, seeking to get more overseas investors to trade in the best-performing market this year, president Ernest Leung said. The exchange may trade between lpm and 3pm starting Feb 12,
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        50 17 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's trade surplus narrowed in December as exports of electronics and other electrical goods to the US shrank. The trade surplus narrowed to RM4.B billion (552.3 billion) from RM5.5 billion a year earlier, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said. Bloomberg
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        72 17 AP [MANILA] Slumping demand for high-tech products amid a weak global economy in 2001 caused the biggest drop in Philippine exports in 26 years. Government data issued yesterday showed export revenues last year fell 15.6 per cent to U5532,148 billion from U5538,078 billion in
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        55 17 Dow Jones Newswires ISLNiiAi'UKfij Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional Bhd and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will sign a cross-border power purchase agreement in March, a sailor Egat official said yesterday. The agreement will cover electricity sales via a new 300-megawatt interconnection line commissioned
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      414 17 BEIJING Move aimed at easing pressure from Tokyo's policy of a weak yen Reuters A TOP state banker has urged the Chinese government to devalue the yuan "when necessary" to help spur slowing export growth and ease pressure from a weakening Japanese yen, state
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      278 17 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA is ready to launch a unified national stock index to boost trade by institutional investors and the development of the market, state media said yesterday without giving a timetable. The planned national index would consist of stocks with
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      76 17 Reuters (HONGKONG] Hong Kong's final land auction of the fiscal year raised HKS3OI million (Ss7l million) yesterday, within the forecast range but leaving investors and homeowners without a clear signal on whether the sector's long slump has drawn to an end. The proceeds brought total
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      390 17  -  Latest fell sparked by Ford's USslb writedown on palladium inventories From] Neil Behrman in London ASIAN electronics and auto companies are relieved following the slide in palladium and platinum quotes in recent weeks. Ford, the US auto company, has disclosed that it took
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      577 18 LONDON It roles out issuing new shares, raising more debt or selling its Qantas stake Reuters BRITISH Airways PIC reported quarterly losses of £187 million (*****.3 million) and predicted more job cuts yesterday as it hurtled towards its worst full-year
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      474 18 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM Reuters [NEW YORK] Global business leaders heard a blunt warning on Sunday that corporations and international organisations must become more accountable or face mounting resentment from ordinary people and poor nations, and some appeared to heed the message. United Nations High Commissioner
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      601 18 WASHINGTON Budget brings back deficits to fond military build-up Reuters CALLING on the nation to face up to "new realities" following the Sept 11 attacks, President George W Bush sent to Congress yesterday a US$2.l trillion Budget that brings back deficits to
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      204 18 HAMILTON, Bermuda Bloomberg GLOBAL Crossing Ltd, which last week filed for bankruptcy protection, feces a US Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over a letter by a former executive that warned about its accounting practices. Global Crossing has provided the SEC with a copy
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      462 19 BUENOS AIRES Govt to ease freeze on bank accounts and transform all assets from dollars into pesos NYT THE Argentine government said on Sunday night that it would allow the peso to float freely against the dollar and ease, but not eliminate, a freeze
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      491 20 Congressional leaders' TV comments suggest judgments reached: lawyer LATWP NYT [NEW YORK] Enron's former chief executive Kenneth Lay abruptly cancelled his much-anticipated appearance before Congress scheduled for yesterday, contending he would not receive a fair hearing. Mr Lay changed his mind about testifying
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      304 20 Reuters, AFX [NEW YORK] The fallout triggered by the Enron Corp scandal has taken on a life of its own, fuelled by investor anxiety, and is now reaching into the nooks and crannies of major boardrooms across Corporate America. Far from being limited
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      704 21  -  S'pore seen as a leader in the e-govt game, reports Amu too ANNA TEO YOU could say the Singapore government is practising what it's been preaching about exploiting knowledge as the most powerful asset in the information economy. The public sector perhaps even more
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      546 21  -  By. Anna Teo AN upsurge in interest ip knowledge management (KM) of late has led to the first Master in Science in KM in Singapore, to train up a growing breed of knowledge professionals like chief knowledge officers (CKOs). The new programme, jointly launched
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      277 23 Reuters The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 906, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell six points to 917, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD firmed one point to 6,667 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCD was up six points to 1,065. mOMBAIIBb ♦Irenes Vision (built 1962) 145,177
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      746 23  -  ■^exclusive Contaminated ship fuel delivered in Oct-Dec by at least five more S'pore blinker barges By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Another Singapore bunker supplier might lose its licence pending investigations by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) for supplying contaminated bunker ftiel.
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      326 23  -  Republic a hub port in its global shipping network By I Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] China's Cosco Container Lines is "quite confident of a recovery" in the shipping industry and plans to boost transhipment volumes through Singapore by about 20 per cent in
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      122 23 [SINGAPORE] In a bid to reinforce its position as a leading international shipping centre, Singapore announced yesterday it would establish a new Admiralty Court for maritime dispute resolution. In a statement, the Supreme Court noted that the creation of several specialist commercial courts will
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      243 23 Dow Jones (COLOMBO] Two people died and at least 40 others were missing after a fishing trawler packed with would-be migrants sank off Sri Lanka's southern coast, police and the military said. Police have found two bodies and confirmed that another 38 people safely
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      213 23 AFP [ZAMBOANGA, Philippines] The navy on Sunday rescued nine passengers from a ferry boat that sank six days ago in southern Philippine waters, and search and rescue operations were continuing for dozens of others, officials said. The wooden hulled ML Sugar Diane-2 sank off the
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        707 24 P&O Princess has been wooed by Carnival with a sweetened proposal but Royal Caribbean is confident P&O Princess investors will vote to go ahead with their merger Reuters [LONDON] THE head of Royal Caribbean is upbeat after talks with P&O Princess investors to
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        771 31 THIS report compiled by Cockett Ma rlne Oil Ltd. shows price ranees 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
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        161 32 Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission (EC) is considering setting up a mutal fund to cover war and terrorism risks, which commercial insurers have refused to underwrite in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. "We shall study the possible creation
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        330 32 EU transport commissioner calls for closer cooperation with US in aviation AFP [NEW YORK] The global airline industry lost US$l5 billion last year, Pierre Jeanniot director-general of the International Air Transport Association, lata, said on Sunday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, a
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        366 32 Gatwick airport likely totalised for low-cost flights AFP BELEAGUERED British Airways is set to adopt a rescue plan that could involve slashing up to 16,000 jobs while launching a price war against low-cost carriers, British newspapers reported on Sunday. The Sunday
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        475 32 Reuters [DALLAS] The chairman of American Airlines said last Friday in an unusual public protest that the US government acted arbitrarily in demanding his carrier and British Airways give up 16 daily transatlantic flights from London's Heathrow airport as a condition for approval
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        242 32 Qantas reported as saying it wants to pot rival 'eat of business' AFP [AUCKLAND] State owned Air New Zealand said yesterday it will defend its markets vigorously from any attack by Australian carrier Qantas. Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon was quoted over the
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        219 32 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Security at 15 US airports will be studied over the next six weeks but the review should not disrupt passengers and cargo, Transportation Department officials said. The US Department of Transportation's Transportation Security Administration will conduct the study. Any recommendations on
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