The Business Times, 25 March 2002

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    16 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85$ THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: hiip //business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, MARCH 25. 2002
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    68 1 STOCK MAMET INDICES Week Change STl 1,800.20 +22.12 SIMSCI FUrURE_227.70 +1.90 BT-S8I 745.35 +8.63 KLSE COMP 752. S3 +039 NIKKEI 11,345.08 ***** HANG SENG -347.18 SET INDEX 389.31 +1152 JAKARTA COMP_.484.73 +1174 MANILA 1,417.75 +38,14 TAIPEI WPI 6.***** +***** SEOUL COlfP ***** +36.62 SHENZHEN B ***** +1.48 AUSTALLOKD_l»I.«
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    69 1 FOBEX KATES LSI S$ L"S$(SJ perUSS) im £(l'S$/S$ per S) L427 2J10 El'RO(US$/S$/E). 0.881 1.611 DM 1216 1111 YEN 132J 7210 RM 1800 2.077 HKS 7.800 4168 BAffT 4130 2170 RUPIAH 9,853 5J7& PWME1ATES SINGAPORE* iM KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 6.725 TOKYO 1J75 SEOUL
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    Lock icon New Indon economic initiative upsets donors
    542 1  -  ■TIA'MIIUWJ Y-P Hamzah's plan, which includes debt write-off for SMEs, is opposed by IMF and the World Bank From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta, A NEW economic revival Ffftter-amme proposed by Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz is setting off alarm bells within the donor community, with
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    Lock icon Sukamto jailed for 3 years
    479 1 US court sentences businessman over bankruptcy fraud [HONOLULU] A US Federal judge on Friday sentenced Indonesian businessman Sukamto Sia to three years in prison on bankruptcy and wire fraud charges, Associated Press reported. District Judge David Ezra said Sukamto, a former Honolulu banker, used the
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    Lock icon Can Carly do it?
    949 1  -  She's better prepared than many realised but the odds may be stacked against her Bu Kenneth James The writer is BMs Technology EditoM [SINGAPORE] CARLY Fiorina has the distinction in the US of being the most written-about woman in recent days. Not so in this part
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    Lock icon Earnings let-down may hurt Dow, say analysts
    724 1  -  Finns must deliver now that all good economic news have been factored in By Andrew Marks in New York US analysts are warning of ''ugly trading days" ahead if earnings outlooks do not match the optimism that has been factored into rising stock
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      Lock icon Singapore companies eyeing China listings
      681 2  -  Seksnn, FCC among companies planning to float subsidiaries with operations on mainland By. Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Not only are more Singapore companies investing in China, but a new trend is also emerging those with sizeable Chinese operations want to tap the capital markets there
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      Lock icon Globalisation can be the high road
      144 2 The leeue Is not whether we r should have globalisation or not It Is whether we man- A ■*!I, ■SB grooansanon wen or badly, telrty or untalrty. In this new global eoonom* we are al developed and developIng, Inextricably bound to one another Managed
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      Lock icon Foreign aid is back, but mill it work?
      894 2  -  ECONOMICS Freer trade is a better bet vikram khanna FOREIGN aid is back in style. After some 20 years of "donor fatigue" prompted by poor results of past aid. changes in priorities and tight budgets rich countries now seem to be falling
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      264 2 BEngiS &Business Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in 1/62T6CS I Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering O 5 I 21 months; 8 courses plus projects BIT (COIYIDUter Networks) I •For Poly diploma or equivalent qualifications only BBA (Management) f >rev ew BBA (Marketing) ■K V^VMp a ♦BBA (Human Resource Management) I Bachelor of Arts
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      291 3 B*\ |HBBttHMu|£Htt|Sato|^^^M ßM p|||p||| aHHHHHSBHI A~V.4. *|£iii§£&k i V r' *'r j IH-J/NV4 j V f .5. i «V« i UNPARALLELED TECHNOLOGY Brighter Colours Creator ntn J St Plasma T(tau) employs a panel with a unique asymmetrical cell structure that reproduces Sit back and watch the pictures come alive. The
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      302 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 22 VALUE CLOSE WWW 221.00 +27.00 WCW -*****.00 +17.00 RTUMayMA -*****.00 +22.00 M-MIjpMjw 475.52 +1.66 Dwl 172.25 -0.14 MBpM— Hn 1579.10 +4.56 IB fpBn hf 461.50 +2.57 WOR—pw 227.65 +0.77 hhm 227.70 +0.50 TiIbiii •PC020C 138.324,000 WayfrrtSc. 90.473,000 yCCofpn Se 73.120,000 Food Empire 5c 68.277,000 PactfteCentufylOc
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      Lock icon HTL Int'l expected to rise further despite likely profit-taking
      253 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By Ven Sreenivasan SOFA maker HTL International is one of those counters which receives scant coverage from analysts and generate hardly any news flows. But it did catch the attention of many market watchers last week when it
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      Lock icon Bourse looking stretched after rally
      753 4  -  STOCKS ven sreenivasan AFTER a six-month surge which has lifted the Singapore bourse 40 per cent, the local market is looking somewhat tired as it attempts to make further headway. Prices of leading blue chips and bellwether counters are looking distinctly stretched, prompting value investors
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      Lock icon Most Asian units weak as yen retreats farther
      610 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies lost ground to the US dollar on the back of a weak yen due in part to investors shifting their focus elsewhere. Japanese yen: The yen continued to fall back from a recent rally against the
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      116 4 ♦CHUANSoonHuat Industrial Group will go ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 0.30 cent) on May 24,2002. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is May 30,2002, and date payable June 12,2002. ♦TAN Chong International will go ex-dividend (final dividend of HK3.50 cents) on May 8, 2002. Last
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3150 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MN Anro Asset Mgt (S'pora) Star Europe Eqty!* o 80% Star Europe Bd 0 96/ Star Europe Bal o 88/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty o 83V Star A«a Bond 1237/ Star Asia Balanced 0.88& Star Global Technology fund 0.279* Star Bhv Finance Japan Fundi** 0.774/ All Govett
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon OCBC tops transparency index
      956 5  -  DBS, UOB ninners-up in latest survey By Vince Chong SINGAPORE'S three major banks went head-to-head in the BT Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) for the period ended March 19, with OCBC Bank emerging tops with a score of 78. The listed bank's score for the year ended
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      Lock icon CMG First State (S) to drop 'CMG' from name
      519 5  -  PI It's seeking to align itself with group's fnnd management brand: sources By Serena Ng IN what would be its fourth name change since 1989, fund house CMG First State Investments Singapore is expected to soon drop the "CMG" from its
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      Lock icon Exceptional hoist Vikay earnings to $79m
      214 5 AFTER four years under judicial management, liquid crystal display maker Vikay Industrial announced over the weekend a net profit of $79.5 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2001, including exceptional items totalling $82.5 million. The Sesdaq-listed group said the exceptional items arose from
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      Lock icon Will banks'asset sales hit market?
      746 6  -  quak hiang whai THE divestment of non-core assets by the banks has been talked about for some time now. One concern of the marketplace is: Will the disposals over the next two and a half years affect asset prices in the general market? How much
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      Lock icon Ei-Nets posts interim sales drop, sees worse 2nd half
      181 6 INTERNET portal designer Ei-Nets has posted a 53.3 per cent drop in turnover to $963,000 for the interim period ended December, and it warns of a worse second half. The plunge came on account of poor demand due to the economic
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      400 5 The taxation regulations and practices relating to a business merger or acquisition in Asia can be highly complex, particularly where a cross-border deal is involved. Failure to properly manage tax issues can add to the costs of the deal, and increase the risk erf the deal falling through. PricewaterhouseCoopers will
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      69 5 Best Private Equity House Best LBO Deal Haitai Food Products Co. Ltd. AH, (4k\ °x I i P i i SssH f »4sset Best Syndicated Loan and Deals of the Year Best Private Equity Deal Haitai Food Products Co. Ltd. Haitai Food Products Co. Ltd. CFOfflfl ACHIEVEMENT Ij, HF A
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      103 6 I a T WB> Operations u «Mmdl health consultant for a much more professional programme v-? Poh Jiew Min Human Resource Manager Board of Commissioners Singapore n» have a positive influence on their workers' health by: policies are conducive to good health and MfcJi 1, promoqßn programmes and services at
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      310 6 (You can afford to buy your own after 6 April) Learn the secrets to attaining success, wealth, and self-fulfillment from Singapore's top women. Join the experts for high tea on 6 April, from 12:30pm to s:3opm at The Raffles Hotel Ballroom, for an entertaining and informative girls' afternoon out. You'll
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Consumer prices up 0.3% in Feb
      246 7  -  _EX£LblliLLH!lildiiM -By Vince Chong SINGAPORE'S consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.3 per cent in February against the previous month, marking its first increase since August last year, to 101.6 points. Year-on-year, the CPI dipped 0.6 per cent from 102.2 points in February 2001
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      Lock icon Plans to sell HDB Centre put off
      480 7  -  BTIJjJIIUIUJ Weak market conditions prompt HDB to lease ont its present headquarters after it moves to new premises at Toa Payoh in a conple of months By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Housing Development Board (HDB) has shelved plans to sell the HDB Centre at
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      Lock icon MCL Land buys Serangoon plot for $18m
      229 7 MCL Land has acquired a smallish freehold residential site in Upper Serangoon Road from financiallystretched developer Tan Hock Keng for $18.15 million. Mr Tan, through his firm Guan Qian Realty, had originally paid $23.6 million for the former Yardley Court site in an
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      Lock icon UOB, why paltry premium for ICB?
      227 7  -  MAILI.TT7I Goh Teng Kiat Singapore UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB), which now owns 87 per cent of Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB), has offered $5.60 for each of the remaining 13 per cent ICB shares. ICB will be delisted if UOB succeeds in owning more
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      Lock icon Law should shield all pregnant staff
      259 7  -  Judith Tan Singapore I WAS recently retrenched as a result of the merger of Japan's largest banking giant. I am currently almost four months pregnant and am expecting my third child. However, my employer did not deem it necessary to compensate me for my
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      201 7 TRAVEL GUIDE The Straits Times Classified. Classifications 573 587. Buy h. SeO H. Find It A member of atigroufST With Fast Track, you can take off sooner fr by combining Asia Miles with cash. -P&zm Exclusively with Fast Track from Citibank Cathay Pacific Visa program from Cathay as Hong that
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  • FOCUS Asian IT
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      Lock icon The promise of IT for E Asian GDP growth
      1290 8  -  But it's pot smooth sailing all the way, writes domuukum park in an award-winning essay DONGHYUN PARK The author is associate professor of economics at theNanyang Technological University. His essay won the first prize in the Open Category of the inaugural
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      129 8 9 fc Golf is meant to be challenging, enjoyable and surely, not taken for granted. What about 9 the golf equipment? The same. We know how important your favourite driver or that lucky putter is to you. With this Pan-West 'warranty, you can have a more assuring game. Just one
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Telekom may issue RM6b bonds: sources
      271 9 KUALA LUMPUR Proceeds to fond mergers with rivals suchasTßl Reuters DOMINANT phone firm Telekom Malaysia is considering issuing RMS-6 billion (up to 552.9 billion) worth of 1 bonds to fund possible mergers with rivals, banking sources said on Friday. "They are looking at funding
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      Lock icon 2 weeks left for Tajudin to Me up TRI rights
      311 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters FORMER Malaysian Airline System chief Tajudin Ramli has two weeks left to find nearly US$4O million to take up his rights shares in Technology Resources Industries, the telecoms firm that is his last jewel. If he fails
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      Lock icon Richard Li's dotcom mine in old bottle
      741 11  -  HK STOCKS HK tycoon's new outfits and old-economy references must mean a return to old ways of creating value for shareholders audrey tan WHEN Richard Li ditches his usu al open-collared shirt and blazei for a dark suit, white shirt anc tie, it
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      Lock icon Boom time for discount stores in Bangkok
      359 11  -  9 of them opened last year and more are on the way From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok BANGKOK'S massive retail market is booming with nine discount stores opening last year, and more in the pipeline, analysts said. Four stores were opened by British
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        Lock icon Star Cruises signs refinancing deal
        88 11 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Star Cruises Ltd, the world's fourth largest cruise ship operator, announced on Friday it had struck a deal for a seven-year, US$45O million refinancing deal. Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corp, a unit of UK-based HSBC Holdings pic, will be the sole lead
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        Lock icon Anwar's wife upbeat about appeal
        91 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, his wife and his lawyers say they are optimistic that he will win his appeal against a corruption conviction after the hearing resumes today. Anwar's wife, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, president of the opposition
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        Lock icon Manila may cut reserve requirements
        78 11 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine central bank said it was open to further cuts in banks' reserve requirements from the current 16 per cent if it was not satisfied with the liquidity levels in the financial system. "If the money supply continues to be below our
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      Lock icon Bangkok, Jakarta, KL to set up rubber venture in April
      407 12 BANGKOK Thailand-based firm will intervene in the market to boost prices Reuters THE world's top three natural rubber producers, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, will set up a firm in April to intervene in the rubber market to boost prices, a
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      Lock icon Lift China ban on chip firms: Taiwan panel
      210 12 TAIPEI Reuters A TAIWAN panel of officials, academics and business leaders reached an agreement on Friday recommending the government scrap a ban on chipmakers setting up plants on the mainland. The panel will submit their findings before tomorrow to the cabinet, which
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      191 9 I 9 I t W: > I m M I Good health I I I H v I HUNGARY I I Bad luck I I Never underestimate I I the importance I I of local knowledge. I I To truly understand a country and I I its culture, you have
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      160 10 I s 1 1 M I i J I Birth rate down, life expectancy up, exports down, inflation rate no change, productivity up, illiteracy rate down, unemployment rate up, crime rate down. How do you run a country? Figure it out. V 4 -i* f i;] r v. i *h-
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      29 11 SIMPLY '"Ow BREATHTAKING asi a n RESTAURANT•BAR Mondays Saturdays Old Thong Chai Medical Hall 50 Eu Tong Sen Street Entrance at New Market Road 10 I I 6532 6006
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      1203 12 MBUEfi^^^^^^^£2552i55iEi2M22£B5™22S22Sl^2- HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OP KXTRAOItIMMAJtY OCNKIUL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company wi# be heW at 300 Beach Road, #41-00, The Concourse, Singapore *****5 on 12 April 2002 at 10.00 a.m. for the purpose
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      875 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF VAN WARD ENTERPRISES HOLDING (S) PTE LTD (In Moabcn' Voluntary Uqiddadoo) NOTICE OF FIN AI MFFTI^r. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. Cap. 30 that a Final Meeting of the
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      664 12 IN THI MATTE* OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO VICTORY SHIPPING AND ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (In Member*' Voluntary liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of Ihe members of VICTORY SHIPPING AND ENTERPRISES PTE LTD duly convened ond held at 21, Tuai Avenue 13 Singapore *****4 on the 15 day of
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      853 12 ANNQUNCEMFNT AEM-EVERTECH HOLDINGS LTD AEM-Evertech (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors wishes to announce the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2001: Group Company Latest Previous Chang* Latest Previous Chang* Ywr Year Year Year (*ooo) (roooi
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  • ENRON fallout
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      Lock icon Volcker's Andersen plan a long shot
      899 13 NYT [NEW YORK] When Paul A Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, offered on Friday to effectively remake Arthur Andersen, on the condition that the government drop its criminal case against the firm, the idea seemed like simplicity itself. But, in fact, it
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      Lock icon Senate issues subpoenas to Enron, Andersen
      457 13 WASHINGTON It wants to know about their Hnt« with White House, federal agencies Reuters, Bloomberg A US Senate committee has issued subpoenas to Enron Corp board members to ask about their contacts with the Bush and Clinton administrations, including communications on energy policy, a
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      Lock icon Oil hits six-month highs above US$25
      917 14 COMMODIty Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices surged to new six-month high points above US$25 a barrel last week, amid tight supply, resurgent demand and growing fears over the reliability of Gulf crude, given the US-Iraq stand-off. The US threat of military action against Baghdad
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    1732 14 8I00M FUTUIIBS Afar 22 RUBBER Futures (CtawiQ prices) KS1(S cento/kg) dose Volume Op Mont)1 jfw Sett (tonnes) Interest 4*02 124.25 124.75 Jun 02 i?S75 Jul/Sep 02 127.50 tSS 3 (US c*ntsAfl) VoJuim Ohm Mo tt High Low Sett (tonnes) interest £T02 1 550 *tay02 67.50 1700 Jun 02 68.00
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Steel retaliation not aimed at Bush: EU
      440 15 WASHINGTON Report had said products on EU hit list come from hotly contested states Reuters EUROPEAN Union officials on Friday said Brussels had no intention of trying to sink President George W Bush's chances of re-elec-tion in 2004 by targeting products from contested
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      Lock icon Lloyds, Deutsche Bank in fresh talks?
      305 15  -  From Neil Behrman in London UK clearing bank, Lloyds TSB Group pic, and Deutsche Bank have renewed merger talks to form a US$lOO billion European banking giant, the Independent on Sunday newspaper reported yesterday. The paper said the two banks had again started talks
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      Lock icon UK postal service to cut 11,000 jobs
      187 15 AFP [LONDON] Britain's struggling postal service was yesterday preparing to announce thousands of job cuts and a far-reaching overhaul of its operations as a first step to shoring up a business that loses more than £1 million (552.6 million) a day. Weekend press
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      Lock icon Koizumi Cabinet should go: Mr Yen
      549 16 TOKYO Instead of delivering promised reforms, it propped up bourse, he says Bloomberg, Reuters THE Koizumi Cabinet should be replaced because it has failed to deliver promised reforms, Eisuke Sakakibara, a former vice-finance minister for international affairs, said in a televised debate with Economic
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      Lock icon Japanese investors put safety first: paper
      184 16 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPANESE put security before high returns when choosing investments, compared with people in the US and the UK, the Daily Yomiuri newspaper reported, citing a survey by the Dentsu Institute for Human Studies. When choosing savings products, 43 per cent of Japanese
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      Lock icon US data may point to rising confidence
      487 16 WASHINGTON Durable goods orders also expected to rise for the third month AFX US economic data to be released this week will show confidence levels strengthening and durable goods orders extending their rebound from last fall's decline, economists said. After a string of
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      Lock icon Luxury goods stocks stage a rally
      695 17 NEW YORK Some investors are waiting for a business upturn while others say sector is recession-proof NYT EXTRAVAGANT spending, by consumers and investors alike, seems very 1999. But in one respect it is making a comeback: there has been a sharp raUy in the
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      668 18  -  Bi-mjiimm The worst is probably over and fresh enquiries are rolling in, AEM-Evertech's co-founder Ang Seng Thor tells david boot DAVID BOEY THE semiconductor slump, which hit bottom at the end of last year, seems to be finally ready for an uptrend, given the rising
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      758 19  -  Should investors keen to set up operations here be turned away? No. Because the industry continues to be sustainable, says EDB's taw choom sbluv TAN SHOON SHIAN The writer is director, electronics precision engineering, Singapore Economic Development Board. OF late, a view has emerged
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      595 19  -  By Paul Chan MICRON Technology Inc. the world's No 2 producer of DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) chips, has a bold strategy to become the leader in the DRAM space by taking the acquisition route. Last December, Micron paid US$25O million for Toshiba's
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      Lock icon Japan's tech giants in joint chip venture
      170 19 AFP [TOKYO] Five major Japanese semicon firms will jointly develop technology for next-gen chips with government help in a bid to regain their international competitiveness. NEC Corp, Hitachi Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp will pool resources at a government-funded
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      850 19  -  INFOTECH Tlw China feotor could lead to Singapore's semicon output-and its contribution to GDP falling even If world demand goes np lee han shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent Government economists say that every 2 per cent recovery in global demand for
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      Lock icon Taiwan chipmakers may have to cool their heels longer on China
      260 19 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and other chipmakers angling to enter China's US$lO billion market may have to wait longer than expected amid signs that the Taiwan government will drag out the process of easing controls, local
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      722 20  -  Tlie trend on the mainland now is to build charter tabs with a combined production thrice of Independent fobs ivan goh The writer is a principal engineer with a leading IC foundry in Shanghai. THERE'S a major semicon event taking place in a major market
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      566 20  -  Asia-Pac region seen as largest target market From Jennifer Lien in Silicon Valley ALLOWING multiple electronic devices to access and manage information from various sources seamlessly is the next dream that drives many technology companies. Among these is Big Blue, which is trying to
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      Lock icon Motorola aiming for 40% share of high-tier segment
      254 20  -  It is spending Sim to promote its new GPRS-enabled V7O By Chen Huifen MOTOROLA Singapore last week launched its V7O mobile phone (right), which it said will help increase its marketshare in the hightier mobile phones priced above $600 users segment. The
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      Lock icon Actuate plans to double Asia-Pac revenue
      264 20  -  By Chua Hui Min NASDAQ-LISTED Actuate Corp, which sells software for sending spreadsheets through the Net, said last week it plans to double its revenue from the Asia-Pa-cific (excluding Japan) in each of the next two years, invest US$5 million in Singapore and raise
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      Lock icon IBM wins US$1b, 10-yr Invensys services deal
      274 22 It will manage systems in 12 countries for the UK company Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] IBM Corp said it won a US$l billion, 10-year contract to manage computer systems for Britain's Invensys Pic. IBM will manage systems in a dozen countries, and 600
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      126 22 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] An Internet worm, disguised as a screensaving cartoon of former US president BUI Clinton playing the saxophone, that can delete files and slow network connections was spreading on Friday, antivirus software vendors said. The worm, dubbed 'MyLife.b", was rated a medium risk because
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      134 22 Bloomberg [SUNNYVALE, California] Yahoo! Inc, owner of the third most-used e-mail system in the US, will begin charging customers to automatically forward e-mail as the company seeks new revenue sources. Beginning on April 24, Yahoo will charge U5529.99 a month for a feature that forwards e-mail
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      208 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] Bell Labs, the research arm of Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has doubled the distance and the speed at which data can be sent over long-haul telecom networks. The development will eventually make it cheaper for telecoms service providers to send
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        88 22 NATIONAL Computer Systems (NCS) and SAP Asia have won a deal to develop, implement and maintain a government-wide human resource management solution for the Singapore Civil Service. Called PM2S People Matters Management System it will help integrate both the generic HR needs of the
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        61 22 E-COP.NET, which offers e-security services, has tied up with Expan, SingTel's managed hosting services division, to provide cross-border e-security services for Expan's customers across nine data centres in six countries in the Asia-Pacific region. The initial roll-out plan is for Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, with other
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        58 22 SINGAPORE-BASED Icus, which provides corporate learning solutions, said it has just completed its third round of funding, with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore as its main investor this time. IDA's investment arm, Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd, invested $4 million to fund Icus* expansion; its other
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        45 22 CANADA-BASED Mitel Networks, which provides communications solutions, said it has tied up with Singapore Computer Systems Ltd to sell and support Mitel's SME Server V 5 with Service Link. SCS will market the solution throughout the Asia-Pacific region. For details, visit www.scs.com.sg.
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        55 22 THE Homemakers exhibition has set up the first ever e-Festival Homemakers e-Store. It will feature some traditionally non-IT industries such as interior design, safes and electrical appliances online. You can e-shop from now through May 22 at http://shopping, yahoo.com.sg/efesthomemakers, or physically visit the exhibition at Suntec City
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        35 22 THE Singapore IT Federation has appointed Alex Siow as chairman of its eLearning Chapter. Mr Siow is also chairman erf the National Infocomm Competency Centre and CIO of the Housing Development Board.
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        Lock icon New Nortel Asean head
        43 22 NORTEL Networks has appointed Francois Lancon as managing director for the Asean region, with responsibility for Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Philippines. Mr Lancon was previously head of Nortel's data products division for the Asia-Pacific region.
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        40 22 A SEMINAR on Costly service resources, critical projects, demanding clients: managing them with Sun Systems PSA will be held on Wednesday at the Raffles Hotel. It is organised by Systems Union Software Pte Ltd. For details, fax *****231.
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        30 22 A FORUM, Beyond digital: emerging technology trends, will be held on Thursday at the Grand Plaza Hotel. It is organised by Asia.lnternet.com LLC. For details, fax *****913.
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        31 22 A THREE-DAY conference on Knowledge-based government will be held from April 3 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. It is organised by Arkgroup Asia. For details, fax *****351.
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        Lock icon Canon's 5 new LCD projectors
        161 22 CANON Marketing Singapore www.canon.com.sg has unveiled five new LCD projectors under its LV-Series. They are available from Ingram Micro. LV-S1: Costs $4,800, weighs 2.8 kg, offers 1,000 lumens' brightness at 800 by 600 pixel resolution with l-2x zoom, and runs on a 150W UHP lamp.
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        56 22 NASDAQ-LISTED Macromedia Inc has launched Macromedia Flash MX, the latest version of its Flash development environment. It supports video and can be used to develop applications for mobile phones, PDAs, interactive TV systems, game machines, Internet appliances, webpads and in-room hotel entertainment systems. It costs $914;
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        56 22 SUN Microsystems has announced its new flagship model of its workstation line. The Sun Blade 2000 runs on dual 1.05 Ghz UItraSPARC HI CU processors, features mature 64-bit architecture, offers high-end 3D capabilities on the Solaris 8, and delivers double the compute performance of Sun's current
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        64 22 US-BASED Sybari Software Inc said it is now shipping Antigen 6.5 for Microsoft Exchange. The software enhances administrators' abilities to "eliminate suspect e-mail and spam based on all or part of its subject line, as well as sender and domain name", Sybari said. It
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        77 22  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam NASDAQ-LISTED Trend Micro Inc's desktop antivirus solution upgrade, PC-cillin 2002, is now available. It offers an integrated personal firewall, wireless device protection and advanced detection and eradication for viruses and other malicious code threats. New users of PC-cillin 2002 can download
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      269 23 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young WITH the dry bulk market continuing to dominate in the number of sales concluded, it was interesting to see a couple of representative tanker sales coming to light for a change. Clients of Metrostar are said to have purchased a Suezmax being delivered
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      557 23  -  Cargo volumes np following Chinese New Tear holiday in mid-Fete TSA By\ Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Shipping lines operating on the Asia to US transpacific trade are seeing "marked signs of improvement" in the container market with a projected 5 per cent growth
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      210 23  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippines is planning to convert its major naval base at Sangley Point in Cavite in southern Luzon island into a mixed-used commercial facility anchored on a major seaport and airport. President Gloria Maca-pagal-Arroyo has approved
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      Lock icon Tg Pelepas port introduces electronic vessel clearance
      271 23  -  M'sian port also receives 5 more rubber-tyred gantry cranes By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Electronic vessel clearance and five new rubber-tyred gantry cranes are expected to boost efficiency at Malaysia's nascent container port. The paperless RM400,000 (*****,000) Vessel Clearance System (VCS) will do away
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      252 23 AFP [GWADAR, Pakistan] Pakistan and China formally launched the construction of a strategic deep seaport on Pakistan's remote south coast, further strengthening Sino-Pakistan relations. China's deputy prime minister Wu Bangguo was on hand to launch work on the port with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
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      152 23 [SINGAPORE] Five Singapore marine pilots were awarded last week for their professionalism, technical expertise and customer service in the biennial Incentive Award for Marine Pilots 2002. The five, selected from some 140 licensed pilots in Singapore, were each awarded 12,000 and a Certificate of
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      Lock icon Major conversion job boosts Asry's 2001 performance
      628 24  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes BY general consensus, 2001 was a reasonable year for shiprepair and the mood is still fairly optimistic despite the struggling freight markets. Bahrain-based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard's (Asry) managers can certainly look back on a good year. Although
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        198 33 March 20 Singapore: Good Friday Australia: Good Friday Canada: Good Friday France: Good Friday Germany: Good Friday Hong Kong: Good Friday Indonesia: Good Friday New Zealand: Good Friday Norway: Good Friday Philippines: Good Friday Sweden: Good Friday Switzerland: Good Friday United Kingdom: Good Friday April 1 Australia: Easter
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        819 33 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 averagesiied stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        524 34 Measures to be in place by Nov 03 for flights to and from any UN member AFP, Reuters [MONTREAL] Airline crew members on flights with more than 60 passengers will, come November 2003, be trained in responding to potential terrorist threats,
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        698 34 It has attracted strong interest both in Europe and Asia: Boeing Bloomberg [LONDON] Boeing Co, the world's largest planemaker, said it needs eight orders to launch a new version of its 747 jumbo-jet in June. It said airline reaction to the
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        Lock icon EasyJet to start four new routes from Paris
        267 34 Bloomberg [PARIS] Easy Jet, Europe's secondlargest low-fare airline, said it will start four new routes from Paris in June as it steps up competition with Air France. The carrier said it will begin routes from Paris Charles de Gaulle to London Luton
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        519 34 Net income up at USsl2om, helped by FedEx Ground ops Reuters [NEW YORK) Express courier FedEx Corp last week reported an 11 per cent increase in quarterly profits, as robust growth in its ground delivery operation offset a decline at its signature overnight
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        Lock icon Exel expects Asia sales growth to exceed 10%
        243 34 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Exel pic, a UK air-freight and trucking company, expects sales in Asia to grow by more than 10 per cent, driven by its Chinese operations, said Lee Chong Kwee, the company's chief executive officer in Asia. The company, which counts
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      518 27 UK CONTINENT SERVKE Loading lor OCEAN ISLAND RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/LPL DIMITRA RDM/ATW/BMN/UK/NAN Loads Singapore. E7W Mataysa Indonesia MIDDLE-EAST SERVICE Loading lor LION GLORY JDH/AQA PAN CXJEEN DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT HANDY ESPERANCE DBl/ABU/DOH/BRN/DMM/KWT RAINIER JDH/AQA/DMT "Loads Singapore. EVW. Malaysia. Indonesia USA SERVICE Loadng lor HELENA PRIDE CAM^IFK/SAV/NOL LOK PRAKASH VCW/LAX/MZL *Loacte E7W Malaysia Indonesia F.E./S.E.A.
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      208 28 #71 CWT GLOBELINK PTE LTD W OWN Officii IN TEL:*****833 (36 LINES) FAX.*****742 M SYDNtY-MtLBOUKNC-KNANGFORT KELANG PASI* GUDANG KUCHING BANGKOK KARACHI BOMBAY fW DtLHI COLOMBO HO CHI UINH SHANGHAI XIAHIN fUZHOU-OALIAN-XIAN-aeiJING-SHI JIA ZHUANG CWT GLOBELINK prosonts World-Wide Connection SERVICING 110 DIRECT PORTS with Approximately 1800 Inland Destinations For •nquirieslbookings, plots*
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