The Business Times, 19 April 2002

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  • 594 1  -  Optimism comes amid predictions of strong Asia-Pac IT rebonnd By Raju Chellam {SINGAPORE] The International Monetary Fund said it expects Singapore's economy to grow a firm 3.2 per cent this year, and a robust 5.1 per cent next year. Meanwhile,
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  • 485 1  -  Domestic sources of growth may become more important in S'pore, says report From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ASIA can expect to experience Caster economic recovery this year than other developing regions, says the IMF's World Economic Outlook. China should enjoy growth
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  • 134 1 Reuters [MADRID] Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday he still expected the country's economy to recover during the second half of the year, as long as the cost of oil did not rise above US$3O a barrel. "Yes (we expect
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  • 598 1  -  Remisiers to get 30% share of online commissions, following petition By i Catherine Ong, Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] DBS Vickers Securities said last night that it has decided to share with its remisiers 30 per cent of the commissions on online trades done
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    • 641 2  -  HP-COMPAQ MERGER VOTE But HP still faces probe by federal govt and SEC into its proxy campaign before merger From« Jenifer Lien in Silicon Valley THE official numbers are in, with HewlettPackard beating dissident director Walter Hewlett by a hair's breadth in their
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 88 2 SINGAPOREANS' drive to buy a second home funded mostly with CPF money—is often said to be unique to the country. But now, Barron's in its March 25 issue reports that an increasing number of Americans are buying second homes. The US publication reported that according to the latest
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      • 110 2 AS a science, stock market predictions have been described as being no better than astrology —you might as well use phases of the moon or the alignment of the planets to describe where the market is headed. US investment advisory The McClellan Market Report doesn't use the planets
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    • 605 2  -  But their debit cards may not use Nets'network »y Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Standard Chartered Bank will soon not be the only foreign bank offering debit cards here as other Qualifying Full Banks (QFBs) are also set to launch similar electronic point-of-sale payment
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    • 142 2 Reuters AFP [LONDON] A small tourist plane crashed into a Milan skyscraper yesterday, sending a chill through European and US markets, already hit hard by a weak outlook from Finland's Nokia. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones dived an initial 140.83 points but quickly stabilised when
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    • 562 2  -  exclusivel By' Ven Sreenivasan n [SINGAPORE] Senior exec!n utives, including those in 0- Asia, of the troubled global le consulting firm, Arthur D is Little, have successfully bid se for the profitable non-US opjf e rations of the company in a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 536 3  -  New offer of $2.70 made known while counter was still being traded By Serena Ng A TIMING lapse in the suspension of Inchcape Motors yesterday allowed some buyers to make a quick buck on more than a million shares. Inchcape pic, which
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 153 3 THE two businessmen found guilty last month of manipulating the trading of Mid-Continent Equipment's shares in July 1996 are now serving their jail sentences after withdrawing their appeals against the conviction. Former Ipco rfmirman Dick Gwee Yow Pin and businessman Tan Hong Pheng started serving their
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      • 72 3 BED-LINEN firm Aussino Group yesterday opened its first ever retail store at Paragon Shopping Centre on Orchard Road. The 3,000 sq ft shop will carry most of Aussino's products which, until now, were sold mainly at outlets within big department stores. Aussino's shares are listed
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      • 91 3 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd does not plan to take a loss on the falling value of Its $7 billion Australian investment for the past fiscal year. South-east Asia's biggest phone company will rebalance the way it accounts for Sing Tel Optus Pty to make more
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      • 58 3 AFX ENERSAVE Holdings Ltd said yesterday Its parent company, Acma, is in discussions with various parties to sell all or part of its stake in Enersave. The company said this in response to queries from the Singapore Exchange on the substantial increase in the
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      • 98 3 Reuters POKKA Singapore's net profit dived 71.5 per cent for the year to Jan 31,2002 to 1550,000 from $1.93 million. Turnover rose to $129.2 million from $117.8 million. Pokka is engaged in the manufacture, trading and distribution of food and drinks, as well as
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      • 37 3 KOH Brothers Group Ltd yesterday said its unit, Koh Brothers Building Civil Engineering Contractor Pte Ltd, had won a $196.8 million foundation works contract for a Singapore water reclamation plant
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    • 537 3  -  Group posts 47% jump in net profit to $82m in first quarter By' Vince Chong KEPPEL Corp yesterday announced a novel way to keep its board of directors in check: peer appraisal. Disclosing this at KepCorp's maiden quarterly results briefing, executive chairman Lim Chee
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    • 458 5  -  It warns of possible de-rating as profits are unlikely to beat bullish forecasts By, Andrea Tan CAUTION ahead! That's the advice by Merrill Lynch on Singapore's property stocks. The US investment bank re-initiated coverage of the sector with an underweight rating in an April 15
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    • 328 5  -  By David Boey MAINBOARD listed semiconductor equipment maker AEM-Evertech Holdings said it had set up its first manufacturing plant in Suzhou, China, and sees the facility contributing half of group revenues in three to five years. Its wholly-owned subsidiary. AEM-Evertech (Suzhou) Co, will receive
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    • 819 5  -  lock siew david boey SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering has taken a beating in the stock market, ostensibly because it said second quarter profits would be lower than the first quarter's. The defence giant has come under pressure since its Q1 results briefing on April 8,
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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    • 291 4  -  HOT STOW WARRANT By R Sivanithy IS the recent frenzied interest in water treatment firm Dayen Environmental a result of the stock being cornered? Or is it because of fundamental reasons? On the one hand, cornering is a possibility. A tripling of its
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    • 794 4  -  l I comment STOCKS r sivanithy THOSE who subscribed to the view that the Straits Times Index was artificially propped up late last week and earlier this week to keep it above 1,750 were somewhat vindicated yesterday when a sudden meltdown in blue chips
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    • 808 4 Not helping the US$ are fears of escalating Middle East violence AFP Dow Jones Newswires [TOKYO] The dollar fell against the yen yesterday on fresh concerns over the trend of US interest rates and a widening trade deficit, coupled with fears of
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 440 6  -  Havoc wreaked as investors quit, managers leave in past 12 months By Vikram Khanna IN the 12 months ending March, Asia's private equity industry witnessed an extensive withdrawal of corporate, institutional and venture investors. Also, a record number of private equity operations were
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    • 216 6  -  By Christopher Tan CASH has been dealt another blow, as retailers and a taxi operator here join a small but growing group who accept payments via mobile phones. Yesterday, Suntec City became the first mall here to offer this choice of payment. Some 15
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    • 283 7  -  rare on the economy outlook By Anna Teo THE economy is "still limping along" and will remain weak in the current quarter, with recovery now likely only in Q3, says IDEAglobal, commenting on the March trade figures. While the exports of Korea and Taiwan
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 64 7 NTUC Choice Homes Co-op and Chip Eng Leong Enterprise have been awarded a 99-year leasehold condominium site in Ang Mo Kio. The two teamed up to place the highest bid of $183.99 million or $244 psf per plot ratio. The award was announced yesterday
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      • 95 7 SHELL yesterday raised petrol pump prices by three centsalitreanddiesel by two cents a litre. The second largest retailer here with 75 stations became the third player in three days to raise prices, following hikes by Caltex and BP. All three raised rates by the same
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    • 422 7  -  Q1 occupancy rate in CBD core area fell 2.6 percentage points to 87%: JLL By Kalpana Rashiwala MERGERS and acquisitions in the financial sector pushed the average occupancy rate in the CBD core area down 2.6 percentage points in Ql to 87 per cent as the
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    • 186 7 CAPITALAND has given the prime Six Battery Road a new lease of life with a 143 million upgrading exercise which includes creating a hotel-like environment in its main lobby. A key feature of the new look is a back-lit onyx screen wall,
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    • 387 7  -  DBS TICnBS STATEMENT Greg Seow Executive Chairman DBS Victors Securities Group THE issue of remisiers' concerns has been well covered in the local media, following the launch of DBS TD Waterhouse. We would like to clarify the issues raised. The changes under way in the
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    • 225 7  -  It pays $154 m for 1.2 m sq ft plot to build 2,000 homes By, Andrea Tan CAPITALAND said yesterday it has bought a 1.16 million square feet residential plot in Shanghai for $154 million. About 2,000 homes can be built on the site in Changning
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 775 8  -  ii7T4 bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal The writer is a Bombay-based journalist who contributes regularly to BT FINALLY, two important sectors of the Indian economy were opened up this month. Hie first was the international long-distance telephone call market to private players. The second was
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    • 86 8 'If I were doing this kind of work in Japan, I'd be getting coffee for the guy who has my job. So I left' -SUfceksHarm who runs a small computer consulting company in Hongkong, on career opportunities for women in Japan. That's just absolutely phenomenal. This has
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    • 570 8 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE has long been a model of foreign investment-led economic development Its success in attracting investments from the world's top corporations has even been the subject of an entire book. No country comes closer to having a corporate culture, and to being run as
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    • 1220 8  -  With the bank being pulled in different directions, next month's annual meeting in Shanghai will be critical From, Anthony Rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent m Tokyo GOVERNORS of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting in Shanghai next month for the shareholders' annual meeting will
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    • 628 8  - What me worry? Why? COMMENTARY Why Greenspan is taking it easy now Byi Caroline Baum Bloomberg IN his twilight years as Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan doesn't want to raise interest rates any sooner than he has to. For starters, he's afraid of upending the interest rate-sensitive housing market, which
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 316 9 KUALA LUMPUR Move prompted by rebounding exports to US, higher consumer spending Bloomberg THE Malaysian Institute of Economic Research has raised its 2002 growth forecast for Malaysia to 4.5 per cent, as exports to the US recover and consumer spending rebounds at home.
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    • 158 9 Reuters (KUALA LUMPUR] The peg on the Malaysian ringgit at 3.8 to the US dollar, in place since September 1996, is expected to remain for a while, the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (Mier) said yesterday. "There are more positive factors in support
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    • 413 9  -  But govt wants buyer with airport management skills From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SAPURA Holdings has set its sights on a strategic stake in Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) following the airport manager's failed alliance with Schiphol International. But it appears to be
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    • 178 10 AFP [MANILA] Philippine gambling chiefs are planning to set up what is believed to be the world's first casino university to spread the art of dealing cards and spinning a roulette wheel. Pending approval from educational authorities, the staterun Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp
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    • 325 10 JAKARTA Move comes as foreign investment plunged in first two months of year Reuters AFP INDONESIA is planning to introduce new incentives, including possible tax breaks, to try to raise plunging foreign investment. The move comes as latest government figures show that
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    • 150 10 Reuters [JAKARTA] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday that Indonesia's next loan disbursement could be approved by the end of the month after the Fund's executive board completes a review of economic reform targets for this year. The IMF has a
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    • 258 10 KUALA LUMPUR Denial comes after report of rew over car distribution Bloomberg ORIENTAL Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's No 4 carmaker, said it will continue to sell cars for Honda Motor Co, denying a report that it would cut ties with the Japanese automaker. Oriental sells Honda
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    • 307 10  -  From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE "flow-through effect" of the recovering US economy on Asia's export-orient-ed countries is unlikely to benefit Thailand's debt-lad-en banks, US credit rating agency Standard Poor's said yesterday. Following the Asian financial crisis, Thailand's banks were
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    • NOTE Book
      • 68 10 AP [KUALA LUMPUR) Malaysian police have arrested 14 suspected members of an ai extremist group in raids that turned up a mop of the country's largest port, the national police chief said yesterday Police Inspector General Norian Mai said investigators were "confident that we have
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      • 55 10 Bloomberg [MANILA] A poll of Manila stockbrokers showed a majority in ffcvour of keeping afternoon trading hours unchanged, according to Eddie Gobtng. a member of the Philippine Stock Exchange's 15-member governing board. That is a setback tor those who want to extend trading in the
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      • 71 10 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System shares roee for a ninth day to their highest level in more than two years as analysts bet the national carrier will soon give more details on its reorganisation plan. The stock roee as much as 14 sen, or
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      • 62 10 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] Minister of International Trade and Industry Rafldah Aziz said imported can are unlikely to be cheaper than they are now in Jooswhen Malaysia reduces the import duty on vehicles to 20 per cent under Afta as the government will
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      • 52 10 AFX [KUALA LUMPUR] The government hopes to revise the tax framework on local debt securities by 2003 to encourage growth in this market as well as in the Malaysian government securities futures and options markets, National Economic Action Council executive director Mustapa Mohamed
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    • 433 11 CHINA FORAYS It wants to go beyond relying on cheap labour to boost earnings Bloomberg [OSAKA] Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, the world's biggest consumer electronics maker, said it will merge some of its 41 plants in China to improve efficiency instead of
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    • 181 11 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S high-tech giant NEC Corp said yesterday it may set up a liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture in China, reportedly as part of a restructuring drive to boost efficiency. "NEC is negotiating with a China-based company to form a joint venture
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    • 252 11 HONGKONG WorkenUSslb chemical complex may start this year Reuters HUNTSMAN Corp, the world's largest privately held chemical firm, says it aims to start construction by mid-year of a US$l billion complex in China involving Germany's BASF and some of the mainland's top petrochemical firms. "We
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 70 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China central bank deputy governor Wu Xiaoling said yesterday the country would maintain its stable yuan policy for the next few years, but steps would be taken to make the tightly held currency more flexible. Ms Wu also said China would have
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      • 45 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China's agriculture ministry said it began issuing long-awaited temporary safety certificates on imports of bioengineered food to foreign firms yesterday. An official also said the ministry was giving out labels for genetically modified organisms (GMO) to domestic importers yesterday.—Reuters
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      • 58 11 AFX [TAIPEI] The Cabinet's Development Fund is a shareholder in a venture capital company with an investment in mainland company, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, the Economic Daily News reported. The finding comes at a time when the authorities are investigating the possibility of domestic fluids
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      • 66 11 AFP [NEW DELHI] A large number of Indian pensioners, villagers and other low-income wage earners are disconnecting their telephones for fear of falling into an unwanted tax net, the Economic Times reported yesterday. Hie move is the result of measures introduced two years ago
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    • 165 11 NEW DELHI AFP INDIA believes China's growing IT sector presents more of an opportunity than a threat to its vibrant software exports, but the long-term challenge from its giant neighbour is one it can only ignore at its peril. The National Association of Software
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    • 632 10 USEE! Corporation Keppel Corporation Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2002 The Directors of Keppel Corporation Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for first quarter ended 31 March 2002: COMPANY GROUP 1Q2002 IQ2OOI
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  • WORLD news
    • 318 12 NEW YORK CEO says results disappointing, bat cites new USslsb service contracts NYT IBM, the world's biggest computer maker, blamed balky customers for the 32 per cent drop in first-quar-ter profits that the company reported on Wednesday. "Customers in every part of
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    • 254 12 SAN FRANCISCO It expects Q3 sales te be better, but with earnings flat Reuters APPLE Computer Inc on Wednesday reported a steady fiscal second quarter profit from the previous quarter, in line with its forecast, despite rising component prices for its redesigned iMac desktop
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    • 242 12 Bloomberg [WALLDORF, Germany] SAP AG, the largest maker of business management software, had a bigger-than-expected 40 per cent drop in first-quarter earnings as licence revenue fell and losses at US partner Commerce One Inc mounted. Net income fell to 65 million euros
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    • 776 15  -  But it warns of major risks in the US where the dollar is'overvalued' From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE global economy is poised for a recovery that "could exceed expectations" in its strength, after what has proved to be a less severe
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    • 467 16 LATEST US INDICATORS Conference Board's index rose OJ% after no change in February Bloomberg Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US index of leading economic indicators rose in March for the fifth time in the last six months. The Conference Board's index, a gauge of the economy's
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    • 302 16 Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Britain slapped a new 10 per cent tax on North Sea oil profits on Wedneeday in a surprise grab for extra revenue from an industry making big profits. Britain, home to two of the world's three biggeet oil companies, BP
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    • 459 16 HELSINKI Its Q1 earnings fall 11% but beat market forcasts Reuters Bloomberg NOKIA yesterday cut its forecast for current year sales growth as the world's top cellphone maker finally fell victim to weak demand. It further posted an 11 per cent decline in first- quarter
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    • 689 18  -  "•'da the cuff They give all sorts of reasons to justify petrol price hikes, and think they can make it np to motorists by giving them free bottles of soft drink jaime ee IF I were a top petrol company executive in Singapore, this
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    • 269 18 B". ■>* 'v Yes, Secretaries' Week is around the corner! Goodwood Park Hotel has lined up some And to thank that special person who's excellent gourmet cboicc*. (But time, been helping you stay organised at work, you'll have to make the reservation yourself) V v. v COFFEE LOUNGE Wow your
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    • 331 18 CKVPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS leasts jjppear O) 1 Cheese a giifs taken aM round Sending to attention befoce a smal home (7) the oourt < 5 5 Second given a tip or points 6 (7) ham it up (9) 9 Those in the very best of 7 Flim,nate ®9f nst each
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    • 599 19  -  Bar at the Box's creators hope the place will generate funky conviviality, paxwathi mayar checks out the latest Club Street draw PARVATHI NAYAR '11 have a Pablo. Or, wait a minute, I've changed my mind, I'll take a Vincent m m instead." If you've always longed
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    • 576 20 Some interesting regional films are offered as the 15th Singapore International Film Festival goes into its second week, reports Susan Tsang HUM MfertfJfcfo (April 20. Prince 2,7 pm) This is in the running for my top film of tin festival, and one doesn't have to know
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    • 255 20  -  Don't expect special effects; the visuals depend entirely on elaborate sets and curvaceous females By I Susan Tsang THE Scorpion King is an example of what megaflops like Tomb Raider should be like formulaic, commercial, but visually pleasing, and with lots of fight sequences and a
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    • 1069 21  -  We kick off a new, ad hoc series of DVD reviews. This week, we highlight some of the sci-fi offerings that have just been released on DVD. Byi Simone Erasmus Al (DVD $39.90; VCD $19.90} FILMMAKERS, especially the big ones like Spielberg and Kubrick, don't just
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    • 204 22  -  Byi Simone Erasmns Tha buzz: a dance and photo exhibit centring on one woman's struggle between her traditional upbringing and western sensibilities, and her desire to strike a between the sacred and the secular. Plot and ptayan: Arul Ramiah, a Harvard-trained lawyer, tawma up with art photographer Ken Seet
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    • 463 23  -  Japan's Tokwo impresses with one treat after another, says FRANK FRANK DEMEGLIO THE modern wind orchestra is an interesting phenomenon part marching band to perform battle hymns and rally the crowd, part grown up high school band, part avant-garde ensemble for compositional experimentation by "serious" art composers,
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    • 375 23  -  CoxpWbyi Aaron Lye PERFORMANCES Directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham, this play about love and truth involves a retired American diplomat and the Thai massage boy he brings home, dealing with issues of sexuality, age and gender. Stars John CMay, Karen Tan, Edwin Lai and Sandy Phillips. Until April 25,
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    • 601 23  -  Byl Aaron Lye THE Necessary Stage (TNS) is certainly no stranger to the w °rld of experimental theatre, having pushed boundaries and having dabbled with numerous variants of the art form. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that it is going in yet
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    • 792 24  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By] N K Yong RAVE notices in the world wine press regarding the 1999 vintage in Burgundy will not have gone unnoticed by wine lovers, and previous articles in this column have contained tasting notes during visits to Burgundy in 2000 and
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    • 324 25  -  Port's pilot project will permit pro-inspection of US-boond containers By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Port of Rotterdam is poised to allow an American Customs team inside its facilities to pre-in-spect US-bound containers for a four-month pilot project. While still pending approval from the
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    • 476 25  -  Takeover of BHP Billiton's As6om stevedoring businesses on May 1 By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] One of Australia's largest transport groups, Toll Holdings, has advanced on its ambitions to become the continent's dominant bulk and general stevedoring supplier with the acquisition of four
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    • 43 25 [HAMBURG] The new Greenpeace vessel Esperanza is accompanied by rubber dinghies as the ship arrives in Hamburg harbour. The Esperanza is the biggest and most modern ship in Greenpeace's fleet and will be used during the environmental organisation's campaigns. EPA
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    • 217 25 Antara [CIREBON, West Java] The Indonesian navy is still unable to ftilly crack down on pirates operating in the waters off the northern coast of Java island as the navy is ill-equipped and understaffed, a senior navy officer said. The main challenge
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    • 182 25 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladeshi Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain denied charges of corruption in the tender of ferries, which has prompted Denmark to withdraw US$45 million of aid to the country. "The present government is yet to deal with them (the Danes) and the
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    • 791 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By Selva Kumar THE owner and master of an Australian training vessel have come under fire following an investigation into a grounding incident in Tasmania caused by a breach of some very basic safety requirements. The incident involved
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      • 518 36 For Q2 she expects lower net loss thin Ql as business travellers re turn AFX [NEW YORK] Delta Air Lines Inc chief financial officer Michele Burns predicted the carrier will turn a profit in at least a few months during
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      • 548 36 Carrier makes bid to buy four of Ansett's terminals Reuters [SYDNEY] Walking through blazing walls of fire for charity or donning a monk's cowl to open a new store with singer Elton John and a gay choir, Richard Branson has made headlines
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      • 329 36 AFX [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways and DHL International plan to start a dedicated regional express cargo joint-venture by the end of the year, the South China Morning Post reported, citing a source close to the companies. The joint venture, however, depends
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      • 264 36 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, may bid for the Sydney airport terminal of collapsed carrier Ansett Holdings Ltd, the Australian Financial Review said. A bid from Qantas for the terminal at Australia's busiest airport will place it head-to-head with Richard Branson's
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      • 315 36 Bernama [PETALING JAYA] The logistics industry in Malaysia will continue to grow on the back of strong support from the government, said a member of the Institute of Logistics in United Kingdom, Nachiappan Suppiah. He said that since 1999, most of the local
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        • 96 36 AP [TOKYO] The departure ofan Air China flight in western Japan was delayed yesterday after a Chineee mechanic died when he was apparently sucked into one of the plane's engines, police said. Air China flight 828, carrying 211 passengers and seven crew, eras due
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        • 73 36 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines said that to meet expected seasonal demand it will operate two supplementary flights a week between Singapore and Christchurch, New Zealand, from September 3003 until March 3008. This brings SIA flights between Singapore and Christchurch to five weekly. Hie new weekly flights,
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