The Business Times, 23 April 2002

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  • 600 1  -  exclusive Despite impression given by NTUC units, SLA says deal not sealed yet By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Developers and retailers are crying foul over a recent government decision to bypass the usual bidding process and sell a huge site in the
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  • 550 1  - Properly buyers still bite if price is right CapitaLaiid sells over 50% of Waterina Phase 1 By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Homebuyers nervous about the impending changes to CPF rules on home purchases would still bite if the pricing is right. Capita Land found this out when it tore away from
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  • 324 1  -  By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has welcomed reports that the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) is seeking to renew its plans for cross-border trading between the two bourses. "Since the launch of our ground-break-ing link with the Australian Stock Exchange
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  • 621 1  -  He says island will lose its factories to mainland By Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Taiwan would be reduced to an agricultural economy within 10 years if it doesn't seal a political reunification with mainland China within five years, a top Hong Kong official
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  • 342 1  -  From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE key Malaysian stock market index has broken through the psychological level of 800 points and analysts expect the market barometer to climb ftirther. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 8.96 points yesterday to close
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  • 66 1 [NEW YORK] Stocks extended their losses in early trading yesterday as gloomy earnings outlooks from telecoms heavyweights like World Com and Ericsson battered the sector. At noon EST, the Dow Jones Industrials was down 94.73 points at 10,162.38, while the broader S&P 500 Index
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    • 124 1 XHSfHB Top Stori.. RSlywMv. SGX should probe Inchcape's 43-min suspension delay. *9* SQX buy-in of Daywicompteted. IlKl l fWfrctftf&gß weather fliJi SP. H UOB HSBC's Argentina exposure causes jitters. Pg §4* Japan's trads I; SIIE^ILISP* March, ffg'7 Lengkoaf Chins sale won t be repeated soon: analysts, Pg 2 Property: no
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 93 2 MEKE Rowse, the quoteworthy director-general of Hong Kong's investment promotion unit, was in good form yesterday. Recalling his first visit to Singapore in 1971, Mr Rowse told a Singapore audience that he left with fond memories, notwithstanding a minor inconvenience. Having embraced the hippie culture then, the former
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      • 118 2 ON foreign direct investment (FDD, Mike Rowse said it was important to work on existing investors, who actually account for the bulk of new FDI. "Foreign companies already invested in your economy are responsible for the vast majority of your FDI. It is something every shopkeeper knows—Bo
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      • 99 2 SOME 120 Singapore-based corporate personalities will descend on Bintan Island on Friday to tee off for the Singapore Corporate Golf Challenge 2002 at the picturesque Ria Bintan golf course. Sponsored by Gulf Air in association with Business Week and Newsweek, and organised by the Quintus Group,
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    • 642 2  -  Premium f«r sellers small, wide gap still in expectations of buyers and sellers By' Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] The recent en-bloc sale of the freehold Lengkong Gardens estate in the Kembangan area the first of its kind this year is a
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    • 680 2 Shares dive 21% as company says it wen't return te profits till 2003 Reuters AP, Bloomberg, [STOCKHOLM] Shares in wireless equipment maker Ericsson plunged some 21 per cent yesterday after the company announced it was sheddiqf up to 17,080
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    • 414 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Banking Laws and Regulations Thursday, 23 May 2002,9.00 am to 5.00pm Grand Copthome Waterfront Singapore What The Singapore banking regulatory landscape has undergone significant changes recently and more can be expected. To enable key personnel in banks and merchant banks to have a quick update and understanding of the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 374 3  -  Dealers expect price to foil today; they also seek quid; end to SGX probe By Serena Ng THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday completed its buy-in of Dayen Environmental shares to cover short-selling on the stock early last week. In total, about
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    • 664 3  -  GDC IXIS to in vest USs94J>min Nexgen Financial By Catherine Ong A FINANCIAL services joint-venture set up last year by publicly listed G K Goh Holdings and Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd is to have a new deep-pock-eted, triple-A partner to enable it to take
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    • 661 3  -  lock siew r sivanithy THE Singapore Exchange's (SGX) jpublic reprimand of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation (Keppel T&T) last Friday is a laudable and healthy shot in the arm for better disclosure in the Singapore stock market. Few would argue that Keppel T&T didn't deserve
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    • 381 4  -  Q4 rwaft may be helped by economic recovery, Optus npturn: analysts By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel) tested its all-time low of $1.56 yesterday but managed to end the day at $1.57 ahead of its fullyear earnings report. The telco, which
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    • 464 4 Bloomberg UNITED Overseas Bank Ltd says it's pushing to expand into Hong Kong's personal banking market, as Singapore's biggest credit card issuer looks for avenues of growth outside its home market. UOB started offering credit cards in Hong Kong
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    • 287 4  -  Byi Andrea Tan CONSTRUCTION firm Poh Lian is one step closer to its dream of becoming a pulp player. Minority shareholders yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the reverse takeover by Tektronix Industries, against advice by the independent financial adviser. Under the deal,
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    • 219 4 Reuters SINGAPORE Airlines shares rose over 3 per cent yesterday morning after its chief executive Cheong Choong Kong said on Friday that the airline is very likely to keep its loss-free record intact. Among the top gainers, SIA, rose 3.7 per cent to
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    • 366 5  -  Johnny Ong to give np chairman seat bnt retain CEO job in $9.4 m deal By< Andrea Tan HONG Lai Huat founder Johnny Ong has agreed to sell 28 per cent of the company to Taiwan's Power Data Communications (PDC)
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    • 214 5 SESDAQ-LISTED education provider TMC International Holding Ltd yesterday announced a joint venture with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) to launch the GCE 'O' Level programme in China. CAiT Infobuz International College in Xian, Shaanxi province, which rims diploma
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 61 5 Reuters SINGAPORE Computer Systems yesterday posted a 2 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit to $1.52 million from $1.49 million in the same period last year, driven by the outsourcing and networking business. The firm said full-year profits were expected to better those
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      • 47 5 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Singapore's largest bank, said it would announce its first-quarter 2002 profit on April 29 after the close of the stock market. DBS is the first of Singapore's three banks to announce quarterly earnings. Bloomberg
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      • 117 5 Dow Jones Newswires TELECOMMUNICATIONS company Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd may decide to offer wireless phone services in the five areas that it holds basic phone service licences, reports the Business Standard. "If there is a big demand for WLL mobile services, we will definitely offer these
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      • 29 5 UNITED Overseas Bank said yesterday its wholly owned subsidiary Tye Hua Investments has increased its issued and paid-up share capital from $2 to $942.6 million.
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      • 49 5 IPCO International has bagged a $20.5 million contract from the Public Utilities Board to reconstruct 100 km of sewers within the Bedok Pumping Station Catchment and Bedok Direct Catchment. The deal is expected to generate positive cash flow and net earnings for the group.
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    • 310 5  -  By\ Geraldine Lor MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Food Industries (SFI) yesterday posted a net profit of $7.5 million for the first quarter, up 14.3 per cent from $6.6 million in the previous corresponding period. Turnover rose 2.1 per cent to $93
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    • 287 5 DATACRAFT Asia, in a rebuttal to The Business Times' Caveat Emptor column, said last night it did not disclose price-sen-sitive information to selected parties. BT senior correspondent Lee Han Shih wrote in last weekend's column that the networking specialist had neglected small investors
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      298 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 22 VALUE CLOSE WW -24.00 >29.00 gfCAfll -*****.00 -95.00 m -*****.00 -3.00 MLMHtMm 457.65 -0.89 WpBwBtl 164.79 »2.56 KEyMmf* 1503.79 -11.80 424.64 40.92 WOippw 217.02 -0.11 WO ft*— 216.10 -0.70 IPC020C 31,234,000 Eastgate 10c 18,244,000 DayenSc 16,051.000 Fu Yu Mfg 10c 13,680,000 HongLaiH5c 12.755,000 SingTel 15c
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    • 257 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing's first quarter results seem to have received mixed reaction from the market. Last week, the company reported a record first-quarter loss of U*****.4 million the fifth consecutive quarterly loss. However, Chartered said the
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    • 801 6  -  J i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy FOR most of last year, a good day in the local stock market saw $300-400 million in total volume traded. Yesterday, excluding foreign currency issues, a total of 451.2 mUlion units worth $464.7 million were traded or an
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    • 633 6 US$ pressured on ucertainty ever strong US recovery, higher Japanese equity; dealers AFP [TOKYO] The euro remained weak yesterday after far right nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen beat Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to the second round of presidential elections
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  • 2265 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS C/tiBond Spore A/t 1_211/ CitiBond Spore B/$ 1.23* OtiMoneySmgDolar(I«■ i 040V A8BI Amro Aaeet Mgt (S'pore) Oti Pan-Eirope Equity Ftjnd 11/ Star Europe EqtyI* 080V OWelect Ana Tift Balanced 131/ Star Europe Bd 0.97/ CitiSetta Atia Tift Growth 1J7/ Star Europe M o «K/ OtiSelect Aim Tift
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 501 7  -  Ha Jintaq's visit brief but significant as he's tipped to be next president By Loh Hui Yin CHINESE Vice-President Hu Jintao will pay his first official visit to Singapore on Friday at the invitation of Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, said the Singapore
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    • 321 7  -  on the economy outlook —By* Anna Teo NOMURA International has raised its forecast of Singapore's 2002 GDP growth by a full point to 4.3 per cent on prospects of stronger global demand. But unemployment, it says, will prevent a fUll recovery in consumer spending.
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    • 203 7 Dow Jones Newswires THE planned $500 million bond issue by Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) is expected to materialise shortly, with a mandate expected to be awarded tomorrow, a banking source said yesterday. The keenly-awaited bond issue is part of an annual
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    • 389 9  -  Their ((rowing ties may lead to alliances, mergers, says consultant By' Tang Weng Fai THE growing dependence of drug companies on technology companies to help with drug discovery may one day lead to unlikely alliances and mergers between these so-far unrelated industries. Sketching the
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    • 174 9  -  MAiLrrm Denis Distant Singapore WATCHING the gyrations in the price of newly listed IPO stock Dayen Environmental last week was just as exciting as watching a grand fireworks display. Issued at 20 cents, it hit 61 cents just two days after listing! But if
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    • 341 9  -  By I Grace Tan FROM May 1 to Oct 31, all Singapore Airlines (SIA) passengers will be given an exclusive SIA Splendour Card that will entitle them to discounts and privileges like complimentary beverages or free gifts in over 300 outlets in
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    • 223 9 ASIA Food Propertiesowned Palm Resort Golf Country Club is spending some RM4 million (Ssl.9 million) in what will be the first phase of an extensive upgrading project for its Jo-hor-based golf course. Work has just started on renovations for the 18-hole Cempaka Course,
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    • 23 7 Ift I I Gimmicks I I tourism I I industry to I MOOrisitors I I mimm I I I ■JwflHlK 1 BL lumM
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  • FOCUS property
    • 587 8  -  i l comment PROPERTY As supplier, buyer and financier. tha fpnwwtiwMwtt i« single biggest force that affects prices in lee han shih IS there a free market for property prices in Singapore? In recent weeks, BT has received many letters debating whether the
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    • 232 8 A 25,361 square feet leasehold plot at Delta Road that was almost developed into a 50-unit residential project will go under the hammer next month. Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL) is handling the auction on May 8 on the foreclosed property. According to market
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    • 277 8 FfcrtharriMMM u supply far mi mill limii Bloomberg [TOKYO] Vacancy rates at prime office locations in central Tokyo rose to an average 4.4 per cent in the first quarter and will rise further by the end of June because supply will outstrip demand, Ekoma CB
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 782 10  -  STTTqI bottom line OPINION anthony rowley The writer is BT's Tokyo correspondent THE latest downgrade of Japanese sovereign debt by rating agency Standard Poor's, along with the fact that the International Monetary Fund has ranked Japan along with Argentina as one of the
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    • 87 10 You get one kill-shot If you miss, your investment will stomp you bad. You don't die quickly, you don't die easily.' Aithwj Wflßa— owner of glossy magazine African Hunteron the Zambezi Valley Hunt Exchange, which trades on bids to participate in the high-risk business of big game
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    • 592 10 EDITORIAL HONG Kong's new style of governance promises better policy coordination within Tung Chee-hwa's government, but if s no panacea for the ills which have plagued his administration By proposing to bring in principal officials who will be appointed by him, the Chief Executive is effectively putting
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    • 909 10  -  A swift US economic recovery is not assured; also, with the current Mid-East tension, oil prices conld easily snrgß-and nullify aQ the rosy forecasts From, James Castle The writer is chairman of the International Business Chamber of Indonesia in Jakarta THE Asian Development Bank
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    • 798 10  -  COMMENTARY It's risky holding US short-term interest rates too low for too long By i Caroline Baum The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are her own. Bloomberg WHAT delicious irony! A conference on asset bubbles sponsored by the folks
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 380 11 BANGKOK Reuters IN a bid to ease a property glut and stimulate the economy, the Thai government yesterday said it would provide home loans worth 47 billion baht (Ss2 billion) for state enterprise employees. Analysts said the scheme is part of
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    • 282 11 MANILA PSE win hand over report's findings to regulators Bloomberg THE Philippine Stock Exchange will ask regulators to investigate Filinvest Land Inc after conducting its own probe of possible irregular trading in the housing developer's shares. "We monitored the movement of their shares and we saw
      Bloomberg  -  282 words
    • NOTEBook
      • 77 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is not opposed to the use of tax holidays to draw investment into the country. Investment Coordination Agency chief Theo Tumion said yesterday. "The president agreed on tax holidays to encourage investment," the detikcom online news service quoted Mr
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      • 55 11 Reuters [MANILA] Philippine stocks ended at a five-week low yesterday as investors took profits in selected blue chips partly due to jitters following a series of bomb attacks in the south. Two bomb blasts in the southern city of General Santos killed 14 and wounded
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      • 104 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional cancelled plans to sell bonds convertible into its shares after its largest shareholder, the government, said other companies have more need for financing than the utility. Tenaga informed six banks pitching for the business that the US$4OO million sale had
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      • 56 11 Reuters [MANAMA] Malaysian state oil firm Petronas said on Sunday it would drill its first oil well in Bahrain in October. "Geological and geophysical works commenced in January, and we plan to drill our first well in October this year," said Petronas president
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      • 57 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corp, South-east Asia's largest shipping line, signed an agreement with Saudi-based Bakri Navigation Co as part of efforts to boost its presence in the Middle East. MISC said the joint venture would seek long-term shipping contracts to transport oil,
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    • 518 11 KUALA LUMPUR Beijayannittepay special dividend §f &M 1.35 a shire, fnnded by loan stock Reuters MALAYSIA'S Berjaya Sports Toto yesterday said shareholders had approved a RM774 million (SS37O million) special cash dividend and loan stock plan, paving the way for the lottery operator to
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    • 490 12  -  Govt financial reforms ud banks writing off NPLs also add to optimism, say analysts From] Macabe Kaliher m Taipei AFTER a weekend which saw the ruling Democratic Progressive Party reform its constitution, Taiwan's main bourse surged to a 19-month high as investors turned
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    • 621 12  -  MEWS ANALYSIS «H1I« alone will not guruteeuMt Hdes observers From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta AS CAREER bureaucrat Syafruddin Tumenggung yesterday prepared to accept his appointment as head of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra), many analysts and economists were already asking just how
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    • 357 14 BEIJING Move to cut exploitation of listed units, creative accounting Bloomberg CHINA'S securities regulator will conduct a probe next month to see if publicly traded companies are following tougher disclosure rules meant to crack down on fictitious accounting and on state-owned parents
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    • 470 14 HONGKONG China, Japan, Korea firm* to lift workforce; S'pore, HE to stay steady Reuters IN a sign that Asia's bigger economies may be picking up, multinational firms in mainland China, Japan and South Korea want to hire more staff in
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    • 167 14 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Resources (Holdings) Co, the investment arm of the mainland's foreign trade ministry, is in tali™ to buy Taiwan's tallest building, a move that would mark the first major real estate investment in the island by a mainland
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    • 436 14  -  ImUnimltrii it needs to auke mereprtvianu From* Andrey Tan in Hong Kong HSBC shares yesterday suffered as the latest twist in Argentina's banking woes left investors here jittery about the bank's exposure. Analysts say that investors are wondering if HSBC needs to make more provisions,
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    • 481 14 TOKYO This woold help counter US dominance of IMF Reuters ASIAN economies should pool their huge foreign exchange reserves as a step towards a reshaped international monetary system that would be less of a tool erf US interests, Nobel Prize-win-ning economist Joseph Stiglitz said
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    • ASIANotes
      • 74 14 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's jobless rate rose in March, snapping the previous month's decline, as manufacturers moved production to China to cut costs and an expected rebound in global electronics demand had not materialised yet Unemployment rose to &3 per cent, from SJZ per cent the
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      • 55 14 AFP [HONG KONG] China's President Jiang Znmfr» is to attend celebrations marking five years since Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule. He will visit Hong Kong for the July 1 celebrations of the 1997 handover ofthe former British colony, the Beijing-backed Wen Wei Po
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      • 69 14 Dow Jones fHONG KONG] Property wmgWinwrafp Ph«nng Krrng Holdings earlier this month applied to regulators to list its biotechnology unit in the Growth Enterprise Market the Oriental Daily reports. Citing nnmnwi sources, the paper says the listing of CK Life Science may raise between
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      • 34 14 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's capital market regulator said it will publish for the first time disclosure documents from companies electronically to help small inyestmi access information more easilyßloomberg
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      • 68 14 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China will seek compensation from the PS for looses its steel companies may suffer owing to US tariffs on steel imports imposed last month, said Ma Dezhi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Trade Economic Cooperation. The Chinese government wants US|L2bilUon in
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      • 59 14 Reuters fBELJING] China's state sector fixed asset investment roee a whopping 36 per cent in the first quarter of 2002, from a year ago, t0396.4 billion yuan (5171.6 billion), the State Statistical Bureau said. The figure was higher than that released last week, which
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  • WORLD news
    • 677 15  -  It takes much more than just technological innovation to change people's buying and living habits, Jennifer lien reckons JENNIFER LIEN [SILICON VALLEY] WHEN I first arrived in Silicon Valley in 2000, the first thing from home I missed sorely was my little Nokia handphone. Everywhere I
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    • 491 16 SEOUL Deal is S Korea's largest foreign direct investment Bloomberg MICRON Technology Inc has signed a pact to buy most of Korean rival Hynix Semiconductor Inc for US$4 billion in cash and stock, creating the world's biggest memory chipmaker as the industry
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    • 334 16 TOKYO Faster service providers force NEC, Matsushita Elec, KDDI, Japan Telecom to consolidate Bloomberg NEC Corp, Matsushita Electric Industrial, KDDI Corp and Japan Telecom four of Japan's biggest Internet access providers said they will form a venture to share the
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    • 557 17  -  result ef 3% slide in exports tat sharper 13% fall in imports From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S trade surplus surged nearly 40 per cent in March to 1.26 trillion yen (5517.6 billion) compared with its level a year earlier, the Ministry of
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    • 181 17 Reuters [TOKYO] Some 800 people were evacuated from the Tokyo Stock Exchange after a telephone caller threatened to blow up Japan's biggest securities bourse, along with a top brokerage and one of the capital's busiest train stations. But officials said no bombs had been
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    • 204 17 TOKYO Bloomberg JAPAN'S gold demand surged sixfold in March as investors bought the precious metal as a safe haven before the government imposed limits on insuring time deposits in the nation's debt-laden banks. Gold imports jumped to 13.2 tonnes last month, a gain of 569%
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    • 590 18 MURRAY HILL, New Jersey It targets return to 35% gross margins in FY2003, but some analysts are sceptical Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires LUCENT Technologies Inc, the biggest US maker of telephone equipment, plans to eliminate about 6,000 jobs after fiscal
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    • 451 18 WASHINGTON He pledges to wtrk with creditors to restructure debts AFP ARGENTINA'S president has pledged renewed cooperation with international finance officials, as Buenos Aires yesterday prepared to close its banks and foreignexchange markets indefinitely to avoid wholesale economic collapse. President Eduardo Duhalde wrote
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    • 476 18 LONDON Deal will let it expand in Europe's USs7sb gas market Bloomberg NATIONAL Grid Group pic, the owner of England's electricity network, has agreed to buy Lattice Group pic for about £12.5 billion (5532.9 billion) to take control of pipes carrying natural
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      • 64 18 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nintendo Co, the world's eeoood largest video-game maker, will sell its Game Cube in Europe C* about a fifth less than planned, undercutting by about 90 per cent the price of Microsoft Cocp'sXbox game machine. It will aeU the Game Cube fir a suggested
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      • 52 18 Bloomberg (LONDON] Prudential pic denied it hired Morgsn Stanley Dean Witter 4 Co to defend against a takeover bid. On Apr 30, the Business newspaper reported the insurer appointed Morgsn Stanley to battle against possible bids from companies including Germany's Allianz, France's Axa and Italy's
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      • 71 18 AFP (LONDON] British inedls and information group Reuters yesterday reported a 6 per cent slump in first quarter revenues and said the depressed market conditions were set to continue through the sod of the year. Its stock stamped &5 per cent to 481.5 pence sftsr
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      • 75 18 Bloomberg [STOCKHOLM] Vohro AB said its first quarter lose narrowed as the company cut costs while demand fbr new vehicles and construction equipment fefl. The loss was 746 million krooor (SglBl million), or IJO kranor a shsre, compared with a loss of 801
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      • 62 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] Egg ptc, Britain's biggest Internet bank, said It will be the first UK lender to allow transfer of money by e-maiL Egg customers will be sble to send £200(*****) per transaction to recipients with a UK bank account snd an e-mail adrti
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    • 561 19 WASHINGTON Ex-Fed chief says he has no useful role to play after talhs with Justice Dept collapsed AFP, Bloomberg PAUL Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman tapped to help rescue Arthur Andersen in the wake of the Enron scandal, is expected
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    • 1617 20  -  It's no good locking knowledge away, it is only by playing around with it that we practise the wizardry of learning, says patricz PATRICK LAMBE The writer is founder of Straits Knowledge (www.straitsknowledge.com), a research and consulting practice. He also has a website at
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  • SIPPING TIMES
    • 248 21 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI)fell 10 points to 1,080, the Baltic Panamas Index (BPI) also lost eight points to 1,055, the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) dropped 26 points to 1314, but the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) continued to rise, gaining 13 points to 7313. ♦Maria A Angelicoussi
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    • 246 21 »u w CWT Otatributtan 0.89 0.01 28 Coaco Invastmant -0-25 -0.01 546 FrpM* Unkt 0.0* until 19 G8 HoMkigs 0.76 0A2 49 IMC HoMngi-HK 5.60 until 0 Jay a Holdings 0.26 CL01 3954 KappalCarp 4.08 -0i04 82S appal Marin* 0.18 until IS KaaptiTata 1.05 until 129 Labroy Marina
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    • 699 21  -  PSA's sole shareholder Temasek Holdings evaluating all possibilities By. Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A surprised shipping industry is keen to hear further details about the possibility of becoming stakeholders in PSA Corporation, an idea mooted by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong last Friday. Industry
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    • 179 21 [SINGAPORE] Local container feeder operators belonging to the Asian Feeder Discussion Group (AFDG) have announced a hike in their existing emergency bunker surcharge, reflecting "volatility of bunker prices". Effective May 15, the 16line feeder grouping will raise rates between
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    • 227 21 Xinhua [HANOI] Vietnam has worked out an ambitious long-term development plan for the shipbuilding industry of the country in the 2001-2010 period. The plan is aimed to make Vietnam a regional ship-building country and gain access to international markets. Under the plan, in the 2001-2005 period,
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    • 185 21 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Guangzhou Shipyard International Co, one of the largest Chinese shipbuilders, said it will probably post a loss for the first half of the year, mainly because of increased costs from delayed ship deliveries. The company did not give a figure for the expected
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    • 283 21  -  India joins US and coalition in support of Operation Enduring Freedom By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Indian navy has joined US and coalition warships in escorting ships through the pirate-prone Malacca Straits, according to a US Navy spokeswoman. US Navy public affairs officer Lt Leslie
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    • 168 21 [SINGAPORE] Diversified Hongkong- and Singapore-listed shipping group IMC Holdings Ltd moved one step closer to delisting after shareholders voted 97.9 per cent in favour of the move last Thursday. IMC Pan Asia Alliance, which holds the majority 67.2 per cent share in IMC Holdings
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    • VICTORIA harbour
      • 628 22 In a bid to draw tourists to the island, the Hong Kong government is planning a 3.5-km promenade and other leisure and cultural facilities along its famous harbourfront Reuters [HONG KONGI IN a classic case of nothing's ever too late, Hong Kong is set to
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    • 11820 26 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vissd Voyage Ttfephon* ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage TMghm SIN DesTn Name Nam Number Number SIN Desfn Name turn* Number Number lb APIA (APW) 2022 Samoa To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvotr* 02/05 09/06 Columbus PfcO NEDLL0YD TARAN US 65******22 30/04 2V05 Kien
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      • 637 29 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JlraiM MAHS1MH *****7 J12 22/04/7:10 22/04/17 JO 8T 24,2 B02 JOI 22/04/8:20 22/04/13:00 'L f CAUm J" 1 22/04/8:30 22/04/6.-00 0PTI,M ACI 8 J07 22/04/1500 23/04/1800 BT S NAKASSA ***** JOI 22/04/13:55 22/04/2300 Bt OIAMONO ***** JOI 22/04/13:30 2V04/600 BAYSWATER228 E2100 J02
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      • 1803 29 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booking/Balance Bstls Voy No Etb/Btr Period Fran To From ACIMAGN0UA 049N 2J/2300 M 22/1500 22/1699 22/1900 22/1500 22/1654 22/1900 a 22/1700 23/0699 21/0900 I 22/1700 23/0659 23/0900 *n CAMAOA I04C 2VI600 U 22AM 22/1659 22/1900 22/800 22/1659 22/1900 22/1700 23/0659
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      • 168 29 April 25 Australia: Anzac Day Italy: Liberation Day Day April 29 Japan: Greenery Day Mayl Singapore: Labour Day China: Labour Day Germany: Labour Day Hong Kong: Labour Day Italy: Labour Day Norway: Labour Day Philippines: Labour Day Sweden: Labour Day France: Labour Day South Korea: Labour Day Taiwan:
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      • 827 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma line Oil Ltd. show's price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 695 30 Military wing can offset decline in airliner onit: Boeing chief Bloomberg [CHICAGO] The worst airline slump in a decade is not turning out so bad for Boeing Co chairman and chief executive officer Philip Condit. Shares in the world's biggest planemaker have risen
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      • 600 30 AP UAL Corp, the parent company of United Airlines, reported a wider first-quarter loss on Friday, capping a torturous three months for the airline industry in which business and leisure travellers continued to steer away from flying after the Sept 11 attacks and
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      • 128 30 Bernama [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) has stepped up security to prevent pilfering and baggage theft at KL International Airport (KLIA), the Dewan Negara was told yesterday. Speaking in the House during question time, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Transport Ministry Donald
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      • 392 30 Conncil to be set up to work for 20% growth in tourism business over next 5 years LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Concerned about the severe drop-off in travel since the September terrorist attacks, the United States and Japan have signed a
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      • 411 30 AS fillima CRASH Be is well-trained, experienced: Chinese media AP [BEIJING] The pilot of a Chinese airliner that crashed in South Korea with 166 people on board was well-trained and had over 6,000 hours of experience flying Boeing 7675, Chinese state media said. The 31-year-old pilot, Wu
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