The Business Times, 26 March 2002

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2002
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  • 74 1 □m 1,***** (-1.61) MVOI ***** (-3.25) ST IHDEX FUITJSEB IyBOOJO (+3.00) n sddci nmnms mm 227J9 (-0.50) STOCK MAMET INDICES Monday Change KL8ECOMP ***** -U7 NIKKEI226 __UJ6LW -8199 HANG SENG _10J8M4 -2443 SET INDEX 387.13 -JJ8 JAKARTA OOMP _479.43__-M9 MANILA COMP .U13J1 -4.44 TAIPEI WPI 4211.17 +78.75 SEOULOOMP
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  • 66 1 FOKEX BATES U8t St (JSt08perUSt) 18* £(U8*5» per 1.426 Ult EURO(USS/S$/E). 0.876 l .M» DM Hit 1*7 YEN ItLO 72.49 RM 1800 2.070 HKI 7.7* 4248 BAHT 4SJ9 2SL63 RUPIAH 9.717 FUME SATES SINGAPORE* US KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG Ujj JAKARTA .39.00 TAIPEI. __47» TOKYO— U7j SEOUL FRANKFURT
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  • 836 1  -  Radical shift in Japan's pension fond system poised to open floodgates to outward investments From j Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S state pension funds are emerging as a potentially huge force in global equity and bond markets as a result of a
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  • 546 1  -  BTU'ijiil-HI/J By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Marcel Tjia, executive director of lossmaking L&M Group Investments, has unloaded his 18 per cent stake in door-mak-er KLW Holdings after failing to gain control of the company. Mr Tjia's vehicle Proxel Holdings sold more than 24 million KLW
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  • 558 1  -  Friedmans known to be short-term investors when deal announced in 2000 I By l Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Keppel Corporation said last night t its non-disclosure of the 1 details of a share-and-loan deal did not create a false market for the
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    • 76 1 IMMIUE BT Comment Larry Wee: S$ tumbles to month low on yen, euro fa«. Pg 4 Lee Hen Shlh: The end is nigh for HDB shops. Pg 10 Top Stories Cyberworks axes 858 in biggest layoff. MmxtPmgm Mailbeg: New auditor policy not due to Enronltis, says MAS. Pg 11 LjM
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    • 406 1 What To Expect j from economic restructuring Key points of President SR Nathan's addmss at the opening of Parliament 1 Lower costs... "The Economic Review Committee Is in the midst of Its work. But tfs clear already that one key priority is to maintain a highly conducive overall business environment
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    • 640 2  -  COMMENTARY By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] "V" t one theme stood out in the Presi- dent*s speech at the opening of Par- liament last night, it was how I daunting and formidable the chalJL lenges ahead are. True, most of what President S R Nathan
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    • 518 2  -  Analysts estimate cost saving* of up to HKs3oom a year From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks yesterday laid off 6 per cent of its staff, or 858 employees, in its biggest retrenchment exercise yet. This comes on the heels of
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    • 335 2  -  Bank spokesman says there will be no retrenchment •ii exclusive Byi Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has disbanded its e-solu-tions team, which include Internet banking and phone banking, in a reorganisation that some analysts see as a growing industry trend that is re-emphasising the
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 63 2 AUSTRALIANS take the cake when it comes to innovative offerings in the financial arena. After hiring women to strip while reading financial news on a website last year, they've now hired a football player to add some muscle to stockbroking. JBwere, Australia's biggest private broking firm,
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      • 99 2 THE Insider column in the business section of the Bangkok Post often makes humorous comments about politicians and odd events. But on Friday, it told of how a property company that had failed to inform shareholders about some transactions in 1996 had hired Kim Eng Securities
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    • 100 2 IN Saturday's article "Are ABN Amro's 'killer rates' for real?", we stated wrongly that at Maybank, for partial repayment of "up to" 40 per cent of the original housing loan, the penalty is 0.5 per cent of the amount repaid. In fact, the 0.5 per cent penalty kicks in
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    • 282 2 T V "a KPMGSeminarSeries Credit Derivatives Monday, 22 April 2002,9.00 am to 5.00pm Orchard Hotel Singapore Why Accelerated changes in global financial markets over the past decade have renewed focus on credit risk. The Internet, industry convergence, and the spread of markets have increased transaction volume. Credit risk is also
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 613 3 Shipping line hurt by less trade, falling freight rates at its container nnit Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines Ltd, Asia's sixth-largest shipping line, may report a loss for 2001, hurt by less trade and falling freight rates for its container unit. The Singapore-based
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    • 133 3 Dow Jones Newswires BANK Of Singapore Ltd chief operating officer Phil Spencer resigned on Friday for personal reasons, the second senior executive to leave the bank in less than six months, banking sources said yesterday. A spokesman at the Internet-based bank's parent, Oversea-Chinese
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    • 602 3  -  It would have made a $10m profit otherwise; full-year loss expected By] Kalpana Rashiwala WING Tai Holdings sank into the red at half-time, as $31 million of additional provisions for residential properties pushed losses to $35.9 million. The group expects
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    • 335 5  -  $8.7 m net loss, first in its 26-year history, attributed to property provisions By, Andrea Tan HURT by property provisions for its hospital and clinics. Raffles Medical Group lurched into the red with an $8.7 million net loss last year the first in
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 80 5 ORCHARD Parade s loss fell $1.8 million to $26.8 million in 2001. Group turnover declined by 47.5 per cent to $131.0 million, due largely to lower recognition of revenue and profit from its two major projects, Regent Grove and Seasons View. Interest on borrowings was
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      • 65 5 Reuters NYLECT Technology sank into a 2001 loss of $2 million from a profit of $0.77 million previously. Turnover fell to $27.25 million from $44.43 million. It said losses were incurred due to the decline in orders and deferment of some orders in the semiconductor
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      • 75 5 Reuters PENTEX-SCHWEIZER Circuits' profit plunged 88 per cent in the six months to Dec 31,2001, to $0.91 million. Turnover fell to $56 million from $71 million. Pentex is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and sale of printed circuit boards. The board expects the group's full-year
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      • 62 5 Reuters TAI Sin Electric Cables Manufacturer returned a profit for the six months to Dec 31 of $0.44 million, compared with a loss of $0.08 million previously. Turnover rose to $29 million from $21 million. Tai Sin manufactures electrical wires and cables. The directors expect
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      • 89 5 Reuters KS Tech Ltd's 2001 profit jumped to $3.25 million from $1.58 million. Turnover rose to $54 million from $35 million. KS Tech sources and sells general hardware, oil and gas equipment, hydraulic equipment, instrumentation, spares and parts. It said the increase in profit
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      • 68 5 Reuters SANTAK Holdings said profit slid 74 per cent for the six months to Dec 31 to $0.62 million. Turnover dropped to $8.75 million from $14.64 million. Santak is engaged in precision engineering, electronics manufacturing and trading and distribution components. The directors are of
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      • 65 5 Reuters SINGAPORE defence group ST Engineering said its marine unit has sold its entire stake in Atlantis Shipyard to SembCorp Marine for $3.3 million. The divestment of its six million ordinary shares is not expected to have any material impact on ST Engg's consolidated
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      • 94 5 Reuters ASIAN Micro s net loss narrowed for the six months to Dec 31 to $1.61 million from a loss of $5.05 million. Turnover fell to $42.35 million from $54.06 million. Asian Micro is engaged in the contract manufacturing of flexible cable board assembly and
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    • 446 5 CEO reiterates Optus is expected to be cash flow positive by 2003-04 Reuters [SYDNEY] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd said yesterday business sentiment had improved in the current quarter and reiterated forecasts for returns on its US$9 billion Optus buyout in Australia by 2003/04. Sing Tel chief
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    • 1021 6  -  V.W'4 lock siew siow li sen SOON it will be a year since the three local banks made their biggest acquisitions. By all accounts, they are managing rather smoothly ahead of schedule what must be complex and difficult integrations. Much more lies ahead but senior
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    • 289 7  -  Hike in F&B arm's sales overwhelmed by 74% plunge at property division By Chen Huifen YEO Hiap Seng yesterday announced a 2001 net loss of $6.2 million, an improvement from the $13 million loss the previous year. Turnover fell to $284.5 million
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    • 164 7  -  Byi Chen Huifen tile maker ASA Group Holdings last year posted a net profit of $13.9 mUlion, up 17 per cent from the previous year. Group turnover increased by 17 per cent to 183.7 million, while earnings per share rose from 5.89
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    • 232 7  -  Work on second job at PUB's Chang plant to begin on April 1 Byi Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION firm Econ International yesterday said it had bagged a $215.7 million contract to build a water reclamation plant. This is the second deal Econ
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    • 135 7 Reuters TOE Singapore Exchange said yesterday it would J®?** a lM "8« r 10-year Japanese Government Bond (JGB) contract oo April 18 tills year, which will be ftmgiMe toits existing lot SGX said in a statement the new JGB contract win have a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      272 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 25 VALUE CLOSE ITOlfOt 7.00 -214.00 irCHW -*****.00 -141.00 -*****.00 +1.00 WHHplw 473.61 -1.91 171.29 -0.96 WWhiHi 1587.75 >8.65 MIIpMlihM 458.91 -2.59 rnanf+mm 227.20 -0.50 FWyfcmtUSlOc 25.601.000 IPC0 20C- 22.211.000 KLW Hklgt 10c 20.627.000 GoMron5c 8.706.000 First EnflE 10c 8.628.000 Un>FoodHK25c 8.133.000 EzjhMllh 5c 8.047,000 Boon
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    • 255 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan ROBERT Kuok's Allgreen Properties last week posted a 20.7 per cent drop in net profit to $73 miUion, mainly because of weaker development earnings. But its stock has held up reasonably well despite the less-than-sterling
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    • 789 4  -  l I comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan IT'S a sure sign that traders have run out of ideas when they start peddling the notion that the relocation of the Merlion to a more "auspicious location" at the mouth of the Singapore River will be "good for
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    • 579 4  -  -1 comment CURRENCIES A$ hits two-year high against yen; rupiah exceptional gainer again larry wee THE Singapore dollar was dealt a double blow by renewed weakness in the yen and euro yesterday, while the Australian dollar rose to its highest in
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  • 2290 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Ill 11A Oil Japan 0*6 CitiBond Spore A/f 1202 Otifcod Spore B/$ 1226 C/ti Money Sing Dollar OaKl 1.0389 Star Europe Eqty!* 0*11/ Oti Pan-Europe Equity Fund 11 Star Europe Bd 0959/ OtiSelect Asa Tilt Balanced 129 Star Europe Bal an3/ CitiSelect Am Tilt Growth 12s Star
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    • 938 6 WINGTAI HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTH FNDED 31 DFCFMBFR Pnm GROUP COMPANY Six months ended Six months ended 31 Dec 2001 31 Dec 2000 31 Dec 2001 31 Dec 2000 (Restated) (Restated) srooo srooo srooo srooo 1 (a) Turnover 65,910 51,865
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    • 210 6 CfflMngOfl (F^(S¥@KE[lg FOR SALE AVAILABLE FOR IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY r 71 tuas avenue, Singapore I Land area approximately 191.000 sq ft Built-in area approximatefy 171,000 sq ft Description A 2 storey office block with a I storey factory and a part 2/3 factory Class 10 10.000 clean-room facilities with a Df-water
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    • 319 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF KOKURA KOSAN SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuant to Section 3060f the Companies Act Chapter 50. the Final Meeting of the Members of the abovementioned company wiR
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 341 8  -  on the economy jobs But MOM says 57% figure trails the 62* for these axed in second quarter By Chuang Peck Ming MORE than half the local workers axed in the third quarter of last year had found a new
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    • 319 8 Payonts and costs exceed collected premiums, says GIA MOTOR AND workmen's compensation premium rates may rise this year, as payouts and costs continue to exceed collected premiums, said the General Insurance Association. In a statement, GIA president Law Song Keng said the loss
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    • 503 8  -  By Loh Hui Yin Bb pro-active. Tell us what trade barriers you want removed, while we are still negotiating the free trade agreement, not after it has been sealed. And local firms should view free trade agreements (FTAs), which is
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    • 184 8 TRAVEL agency Chan Brothers will upgrade its Internet site to enable customers to create their own packages online. The company hopes that its ChanßrotherFlights.com portal now limited to online flight bookings will attract $30 million of business annually within two years. Other travel
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    • 363 9  -  JLL figures show rentals fell only 2 J% in Ql, compared to a 11% fall in Q4 last year By Vince Chong IN what could point to a turnaround in declining office rents, the latest Jones Lang Lasalle figures show prices fell
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    • 205 9 IN a survey of 5,666 mobile phone users across Asia, Europe and America, Singapore topped the list of countries whose mobile phone users use short messaging service (SMS) frequently. The survey, conducted by global management consultancy AT Kearney and Cambridge University's business school, found
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    • 232 9 AFP GLOBAL auditing giant KPMG's merger discussions with Asian affiliates of troubled rival Andersen have resumed in Singapore, a KPMG spokeswoman said here yesterday. However, the talks come the same day Andersen's Australian practice said it would not go ahead with a merger with
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    • 180 9 I Lucky I I CHINA I I THAILAND I I Progressive 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 to be part of it. I I That's why, at HSBC, all
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  • FOCUS property
    • 666 10  -  l l comment PROPERTY Bullion likely to shrink even more wtth F&lrPrlce's plans for mega markets lee han shih IT'S just a few months to go before the 10th anniversary of the Housing and Development Board's Sale of Tenanted Shop Scheme. But things
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    • 331 10  -  By. Andrea Tan IN the absence of major launches, developers reported lukewarm sales at the weekend. Costa del Sol's much publicised 10 per cent valueguarantee gain persuaded only a handful of people to buy. At an average price of $783 per sq ft,
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    • 1043 10 CWT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED Announcement Final Results The Directors ot CWT Distribution Limited wish to make the following Announcement: UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001 GROUP COMPANY 2001 2000 2001 2000 SS'OOO ss'ooo srooo SS'OOO Turnover 186.526 171.377 9 53.136 56.245 (6) Finance income 748 719 4
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  • MAIL bag
    • 393 11  -  Vasuki Shastry Director (corporate communications) Planning, policy communications department Monetary Authority of Singapore I REFER to the letter by Lu Kee Hong criticising MAS' new policy requiring local banks to rotate auditors every five years ("Auditor rotation rule, kiasu or progressive?" Mailbag, March
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    • 110 11  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to your article, "KLSE to launch circuit breaker from Monday" (BT. March 21), which will be triggered by extreme moves in the KLSE Composite Index, and is an extension of the existing circuit breakers which are activated
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    • 202 11  -  Chia Hui Ping Singapore MPH intends to distribute to shareholders the AV Jennings shares it now owns. AV Jennings is listed on SGX's Clob as well as the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) where it consistently fetches a much higher share price. A possible
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 296 11 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 1)6 fash,on at»le (4-9) 1 Ascetic knight in reason- f Elegant c f ttle (4) able housing (5) 6 Penod of raised ex P ecta 4 One doesn't have to work J?" Conservalive enlerBd (9) b 8 Rebel's time as potential 7 officer using speea (o) 9
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 761 12  -  Mrm r —I bottom line OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator. PREMIER Zhu Rongji, In a little-no-ticed line in his 15,OOOcharacter report to the National People's Congress earlier this month, spoke about "rectifying and regulating
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    • 66 12 'We need grown-up politics because one small gesture can create a global impact The events of September 11 are giving us a masterclass in consequence.' -Miiyr the former British Prime Minister urging the international community to provide a Marshall Plan for developing nations. 'So much mud was
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    • 568 12 EDITORIAL WHILE the rest of Asia loses sleep from the growing competitive threat posed by China, the mainland's cities are confronting quite another problem: they are scrambling for a bigger slice of the pie. Shenzhen's local government last week outlined its plans to lure new investments
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    • 1182 12  -  China's emerging power, while being a threat, may well be the wake-op call that stagnant Japan needs By] Linda Sieg Reuters ECONOMIC challenge, regional rival, security threat: the prism through which Japan views China nearly three decades after normalising ties is darkly tinted. But
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    • 510 12  -  30MMEMTART By David DeRosa The writer, president of Deßosa Research Trading, is also an adjunct finance professor at Yale School of Management and author of "In Defense of Free Capital Markets". The opinions expressed are his own. Bloomberg THE International Monetary Fund published a
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 447 13  -  Delay, absence of interim iqjnnction sparks talk shares may be sold soon From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian High Court yesterday postponed to Thursday the hearing of tycoon Tajudin Ramli's injunction to block bad debt agency Danaharta from selling his shares in Technology
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    • 117 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S top car maker Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Bhd (Proton) saw a stake of 84.7 million shares change hands at RM666.6 million (***** million) in an off-market deal yesterday. No buyer and seller details were immediately available but the size and pricing
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    • 253 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg SIME Darby shares yesterday fell 6.2 per cent, their biggest drop in six months, over concern that the company may lose the rights to distribute cars made by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW). The stock of Malaysia's oldest diversified
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    • 120 14 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA has raised tariffs on a wide range of steel products to 50 per cent from 8-10 per cent, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) said the new tariffs came into effect on March 15 but have
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    • 459 14 JAKARTA Indon ministry wants verification of amount eligible for payments Reuters INDONESIA'S finance ministry and its central bank said yesterday they were in dispute over servicing of 144.5 trillion rupiah (5527.3 billion) bonds, highlighting their failure to resolve a key debt issue and
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    • 157 14 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg STAR Publications Bhd, Malaysia's biggest publisher by market value, increased its lead over its rivals by outpacing their gains, according to the latest audit on newspaper sales. The company's flagship English daily, The Star, sold an average 283,832 copies a
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    • NOTE Book
      • 90 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia said yesterday it would seek to reschedule less than US$5.5 billion in debt against expectations ofUS96 billion at a meeting with the Paris Ctubofcreditor nations next month. Finance Minister Boedkinn aairi Iw—"y**mtgtir wouM agree to reschedule the debt maturing from April )OQ2-Deoend»raoQft,
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      • 103 14 AFX (KUALA LUMPUR] Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) said K expects Malaysia's GDP to grow 6 per cent this year on the back of strengthening exporte, and that it sees the ringgit peg being lifted in the second half of 3002. "With exports set
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      • 69 14 AFP (JAKARTA] badoneeia's Parliament Speaker Akbar Tan< ffi D <^Ptontrialye>t tdaj fbrcmtuytinn involving USM miUion in state ftmda, a cikwe punishable by op to 20 years in jaiL Mr Tanctfung also beads ths powerful former ruling Golkar party. "I ndect an by the prosecutors/* he
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    • 343 15 BEIJING Plans have been sent for cabinet approval: newspaper report Bloomberg CHINESE regulators moved ahead with rules to let local investors buy foreign shares for the first time, part of a long-awaited overhaul also aimed at opening the nation's US$5l5 billion stock
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    • 268 15 HONGKONG AFX HSBC Holdings pic is reluctant to report its financial results on a quarterly basis, and has raised its objections with the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd, the South China Morning Post reported. It quoted HSBC's AsiaPacific chairman, David Eldon, as
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    • 142 15 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S industrial output growth has probably slowed in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2001, the government said yesterday. Industrial output in the first three months of 2002 is expected to gain 10.6 per cent
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    • 205 16 SHANGHAI AFX AN article written by a researcher at the Central Financial University alerted senior government officials to major financial irregularities at Hubei Lantian Co Ltd, prompting officials to order commercial banks to stop lending to the A-share firm, the Shenzhen Special Economic
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    • 437 16 CROSS-STRAITS DEALS It is set to lift China investment ban even as fears of doom pervade Dow Jones Newswires (TAIPEI] Taiwanese policymakers are expected to announce that they will allow local semiconductor Firms to invest in China by this weekend a move some see
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      • 62 16 Xinhua InUNO KONG] Hong Kong recorded a balance of payments surplus of HK536.5 billion (SsB.6 billion) in 2001, much smaller than that of HKS7B.3 billion in 2000. Hong Kong recorded a current account surplus of HKJ93.3 billion in 2001, larger than that of HK569.5
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      • 67 16 Reuters [BEIJING] China offered to put labourers back to work in the city of Liaoyang yesterday in a bid for a peaceful end to two weeks of protests, witnesses said. But workers said they might return to the streets today if four detained labour leaders
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      • 58 16 AFX [BEIJING] China and Indonesia pledged to boost cooperation in various fields, as the two countries' largest oil companies agreed to form a partnership on the first day of Indonesian President Sukarnoputri's visit (AP photo, above). ChineltJ President Jiang Zemin said China will offer
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      • 44 16 Bloomberg (HONG KONG] South China Morning Post Holdings Ltd, the publisher of Hong Kong's dominant English-language daily newspaper, posted a profit erf HK5482.8 million (SIII3 million), or 27.85 HK cents a share, for 18 months through Dec 31. Bloomberg
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    • 450 17 MUNICH He's pressured by creditor banks who aim to defuse financial crisis AFP Bloomberg GERMAN media magnate Leo Kirch is preparing to quit the Kirch group he founded under pressure from creditor banks as part of a restructuring plan aimed at defusing
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    • 583 17 NEW YORK Top bond fond manager polls up firm for disclosure practices Reuters GENERAL Electric Co got a wake-up call last week. One of the most powerful names in corporate America learned that it cannot appear to disregard the biggest bond manager and dismiss questions without
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    • 648 19 TOKYO Mountain of 36t yen bad loans blunting central bank's bid to spur lending, he says Bloomberg JAPAN'S mountain of bad loans is the biggest threat to the world's second-biggest economy, central bank governor Masaru Hayami said as he renewed
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    • 136 18 Halle Berry stole the show at Sunday's Oscars, becoming the first black woman to win a best actress award and accepting it with an emotion-filled speech. Moments later Denzel Washington joined her to become the first blacks to win both the Oscars for best actor and
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    • 1144 20  -  Firmsthat procrastinate in their KM initiatives will find themselves at a disadvantage against their knowledge-centric rivals, writes s C JULIAN S C LAM DESPITE the amount of literature about the benefits of knowledge management (KM), many companies are either still holding back on their KM initiative
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    • 281 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) rose four points to 1,085, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) fell five points to 1,065, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed 44 points to 7,357 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was up 12 points to 1,372. UMB-GHABTEBi ♦Alpha Friendship (built 1996)
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    • 716 21  -  In HE, HIT, Cosco-HIT facilities chalked «p 7% fall in total throughput last year By, Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Global port acquisitions have helped offset flagging container volumes at Hutchison Port Holdings' home terminals in Hong Kong as the container handling giant posts a 6 per
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    • 157 21 Dow Jones {WELLINGTON] Ports of Auckland Ltd, which operates New Zealand's main port, expects delivery in April of two 28-story cranes that will service a new generation of giant container ships. The cranes, built by Zhenhua Port Machinery Co. in Shanghai for NZ$lB.5 million,
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      • 75 21 AFX [MANILA] International Container Terminal Services Inc will build a 50,000 square metre empty container depot at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in anticipation of increased volumes this year, Business World reported, quoting ICTSI senior vice-president Francis Andrews. "With the Philippine economy on its
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      • 125 21 Bloomberg [EDINBURGH, Scotland] Forth Ports, which owns andoperates Tilbury, London's biggest port, said 2001 profit rose 5.7 per cent as its Scottish ports handled more freight and it benefited from real estate development. Net income roee to £27.7 million (Ss72 million), or 81 pence a
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    • 253 21 VLOCw&s empty, ULCC laden with oil; no injuries AP [DUBAI] Two massive oil tankers collided early yesterday in the Gulf of Oman, oil sources said. After several hours, tugs managed to separate the British Vigilance, an empty very large crude
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    • 176 21 Xinhua [BEIJING] Fifteen Chinese on an engineering survey ship that sunk in the Hangzhou Bay last Friday in south-east China's Zhejiang Province were still missing by Sunday night, the English-Language Newspaper China Daily said yesterday. An official with the provincial maritime safety administration
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      • 621 22 Carriers may have to wait until the end of next year before they can see a profitable bottom line, the global airline body lata cautions Reuters [GENEVA] THE airline industry, badly hit by last September's suicide hijackings in the United States, may
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      • 331 30 It lias rejected US conclusions blaming the co-pilot Reuters [CAIRO] Egyptian investigators vowed to continue looking for what caused an Egypt Air plane to crash off the US coast in 1999, saying their American counterparts had jumped to conclusions in blaming
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      • 232 30 Bloomberg [PARIS] Dassault Aviation SA said the loss of an order for as many as 122 Falcon aircraft worth US$2.5 billion from UAL Corp's Avolar unit would not hurt Dassault's "good performance" as only 10 deliveries were scheduled for 2002 and 2003.
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      • 163 30 AFP [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines, one of China's three big aviation players, has confirmed it has taken a 40 per cent stake in smaller rival Wuhan Airlines in the form of a joint venture. The widely-expected deal will see Wuhan Airlines adopt its
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      • 486 30 IPO will help finance airline's growth plans Reuters [NEW YORK] Jetßlue Airways has said it plans to raise up to US$l32 million in an initial public offering, the first of several carriers hoping to tap investors just six months after
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        • 77 30 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Airlines, China's ninth biggest carrier, said it wiU fly this year to Ho Chi Minh City, its third international route, and will take delivery of three new aircraft to expand its fleet. Shanghai Air will receive two Being Co
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        • 128 30 AFP 11 au'mj Taiwan's largest air carrier China Airlines (CAL) is expected to buy at least a dozen passenger planes from European aircraft maker Airbus Industrie, it was reported yesterday. The deal, estimated at US$l.5-US$2.O billion, would include firm and option orders for
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        • 78 30 Dow Jones AFX IdainijKUKJ The board of Thai Airways International will shortly consider a plan to purchase new aircraft, the Nation reports, quoting the carrier's acting president Kobchai Srivilas. Boeing and Airbus will be invited to present proposals early next month. Sources said
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      • 266 30 But cargo volume sees a dip compared to fignres in Jan Bloomberg [Hong Kong] Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd, the smaller of the city's two carriers, said its passenger numbers rose 29 per cent last month because of increased capacity and the
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      • 259 30 AP [TAIPEI] Taiwan may approve charter flights from Taipei to Seoul, South Korea, during this summer's World Cup, the first such flights since the two sides cut off air links 10 years ago, a Taiwanese official said yesterday. Far East Air
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    • 2848 31 i iv DUdiilosd i linos, i uubudy, wieirun cUUc Pag© HII UNITED OV6RS6AS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2001 Tha Group Thtßmtk Tlx Group The Bank 2000 2001 2000 Not.. M 2MI rooo $'000 rooo
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    • 1732 32 lIH UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I II I I '"to** o iffUeilC Of SIMMFOH I NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -31 DECEMBER 2001 n i < I 11 uwvcxon TtM ana orntr rtmunofinoo l 3 Intarast iocom# I *1 Included in total .xptnM are fee. and othar
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    • 1929 33 Page 3 111 l UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I II I I IM€ Of SlNGtfOll I I NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -31 DECEMBER 2001 23 Bubordh-t* no*, tcontd, 18 N fV<fct,ibUt W r iCOntd> P-f September 2001 end mature on 30 September 2016. The SS Note,
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    • 2119 34 Business Times. Tuesday, March *****2 Nil UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I .NCO«*O«AT£D IN THI ttPUBItC Of SIMAPOIti I I NOTIS TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 3, «C£MB£R 200. TTZZZZZZZZZI 28 Trad* bills and advanc** to customara (cont'd) JWI I (e) The movement, in proviso, .re as
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    • 2267 37 HII UNIT€D OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED ANO ITS SUBSIDIARIES I I '"COt*>tATED IN TMC tEPUiLK Of SMMHM) I NOTES TO THE HNANCIAL STATEMENTS-31 DECEMBER 2001 f rg 44 Fair nkiM of flnendaJ instruments (cont'd) I The fair values of off-balance sheet derivatives for 2001 are shown in Note 38. Percentage of
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    • 1020 38 HI Bus ness 68 T "esday, March262oo2 ■jjjj- aANK LIMITED ANO ITS SUBSIDIARIES j NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 DECEMBER 2001 j AUDITORS' RFPORT TO THF MFMPPpc np r|||| tnewporttfoft Effective Intaroat UNITED OyRRSEAS BANK LIMITFn C P andbusinae» held by the Group I 2801 2 °oo We have
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    • 2369 39 iHf BANK UM,T€D AND ITS SUBSIDIARIESI BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER ?nm 1 I The Group The Bank I Not* 2001 2000 2001 2000 The Group The Bank I I Notas 2001 2000 2001 2000 I I SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES 5 000 roo $00 c rooo tOOO~ IZT
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    • 2324 40 IHI INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 111 I I CO,PO,,ATID TH€ "OUBLIC Of St*CAPO«t -WMWIWM-lIIIWJ NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED I I I 31 DECEMBER 2001 I 2 SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICES (cont'd) I R£MUNERATK>N I 18 REVENUE RESERVES I (a) included in total
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    • 2130 41 HII INDUSTRIAL 8 COMMERCIAL BANK UMIT6D AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I III! < IKCO«PO*AT£O M TH€ HrußiK Of SI*GAPO»E I NQTESTQ THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOB TW hmammai VKAB ttacn I I I 31 DECEMBER 2001 I I I 21 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT TREASURY BUS ANO SECURfTES I OTHER ACCOUNTS I I I
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    • 3033 42 HII INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 111 l CO POtATtD TMI "fMX Of SINGAPORE I "WW I NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED I I I 31 DECEMBER 2001 J COMMITMENTS I 39 SEGMENT INFORMATION Icont'd) I 41 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (cont'd) I The
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    • 2286 44 I _^^The Business Times, Tuesday, March 26 2002 ■jjjr fAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES 111 I 'NCORPORATEO IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2001 I The Group The Bank I Notes 2001 2000 2001 2000 The Group The Bank «000 jZSS rooo N
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    • 2264 45 I 111 l PAR €AST€RN BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I 111 l ,M<CM,PO ATtD m THI KPUIIK Of SIHGAPORI I NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL RTATFMFMTC cnn rue HTniDCn 1001 I 4 Interest expense 1g R#v#nue r#4erve> I The Group The Bank (a) The Gronn advanc to Vomers (continued) I
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    • 2340 47 Overseas Union Trust Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER ?nm I I TH»O*omp mogjg I I Note* 2001_ 2000 1001 2000 The Oroun Tk.I I Share Colt., ,00 ,00 ,00 _J~: MOl 2000~ I Shaw Capital i'ooo rooo $doo s xx
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    • 3266 48 Overseas Union Trust Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 2. Sign Meant Accounting PoliciM (continued) I 7 Taxation I (i) Loans (continued) I I I (a) Tax expense I Loana, Advance and ftecalvatotea (continued) As stated in note 18, UOB became the Company's ultimate holding company with effect from
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    • 1000 49 Overseas Union Trust Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I I 25. Provision for Poaelbie Loan Lamm and Diminution In Value of Oilier Aim(i I x Segment I I I n»»Ort>op Th* Company I Property vahctt t I 01 Fln >e Aeeeta and UabiNtiaa (continued) I I 2001
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    • 1344 50 C6ll CEI Contract Manufacturing Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 3rd Annual General meeting of CEI CONTRACT MANUFACTURING LIMITED ("the Company") will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre, Minto Room (Level 4), 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2
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