The Business Times, 7 May 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, MAY 7, 2002
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  • 72 1 □sn 1,***** (+18.96) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,70&00 (-21.00) SUCKS FUTDBES 214J50 (-1.80) STOCK MABEET INDICES Monday Change KLSECOMP 796.10 +0.44 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG _1 1,***** -61.02 SET INDEX Closed JAKARTA COMP _539.80 -4.27 MANILA COMP .1367.65 -17.94 TAIPEI WPl Jj,642.48 -267.84 SEOUL COMP 826.87 -29.86 SHENZHEN
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  • 72 1 FOSEX SATES USt St USS |SS per IS$) 1.804 £(i:SS/SS per 1.467 1647 EURG(US$/SS/E). 0 915 1.660 DM 1216 1528 YEN 127.3 70.60 RM 3.800 1106 HK$ 7.799 4.323 BAHT 42J6 23.81 Rl'PtAH 9190 5,148 PBZME BATES SINGAPORE* 525 KUALA LUMPUR 6 41) HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI
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  • 706 1  -  Panel also studying proposal to let HDB owners mortgage flats to raise seed money By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] A proposal to allow top CPF contributors to withdraw part of their CPF money to finance entrepreneurial ventures is likely to be the latest
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  • 739 1  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala, Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Allowing high-net worth Individuals to put excess pension funds into entrepreneurial ventures could mean less money going to property, stocks and unit trusts, property consultants and analysts said yesterday. The move would "open up another competing
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  • 442 1 O&M campaign aims to counter ponnding of bad news Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Ogilvy Mather has an answer to the economic malaise gripping Hong Kong: positive thinking. At least that is the theory behind its new "Bounceback Hong Kong!" campaign. Backed by San
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  • 204 1  -  It handles 1.38 m TEUs thanks to higher local volume By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Reflecting signs of a possible recovery in global container traffic, PSA Corporation has reported 9 per cent year-on-year throughput growth at its Singapore terminals in April. The local terminals handled
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  • 181 1 [PARIS] President Jacques Chirac was re-elected on Sunday by the widest margin in French history, as voters from the left and the right turned out in droves to categorically defeat the extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen. Nonetheless, Mr Le Pen, who shocked the nation by qualifying
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  • 273 1 [SINGAPORE] The shares of Dayen Environmental defied expectations to surge 7.5 cents, or 14 per cent, to 62 cents yesterday despite its restrictive "designated" status. The Singapore Exchange made the counter a designated stock last Friday. This means sales have to be backed
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  • 419 1  -  From, Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government said yesterday that it hopes to sell some HK$2B.5 billion (556.6 billion) worth of stocks through the Tracker Fund by the end of this year, in a move which some analysts
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 71 2 THOSE watching and waiting for the divestment of non-core assets by OCBC Bank may have been wasting their time. The bank formed a review committee on Oct 15 last year to look into the matter. But, according to its latest annual report, the committee did not
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      • 47 2 IT'S hard to build a database of potential real estate customers these days, but Louis Yeap Realty has come up with another novel scheme. It's offering discount cards at various eateries after its earlier cash incentives to people to recommend friends who seal a deal.
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      • 135 2 WHAT causes heart attacks? Clue: It's not the food and drink at least, not according to www.globalprovince.com, a website that dubs itself "The Marketplace for Business Ideas". A contribution on the site's Global Wit and Wisdom page points out that: (a) The Japanese eat very little fat and
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      • 75 2 THIS came from one of our readers. At Great World City, where they have implemented a cash card parking system, there's a warning sign: "Loss of Cash Card Penalty $20." Paying a penalty for losing your possession seems a bit rich. They make use of your card for
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    • 431 2  -  He says while ITsia has lost some FDI, it will seek to boost trade with Bering From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur CHINA'S bounding economy and the massive flow of foreign direct investments into the country do not add up to a
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    • 421 2  -  Their expansion plans gignal optimism for sector By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Sentiment in the semiconductor industry appears to be turning bullish as three chip equipment makers have announced new investments at the SEMICON Singapore 2002 exhibition. Kulicke Sofia, which already operates two
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    • 48 2 OUR Saturday report on "Unanswered pleas on costs", quoted Singapore Confederation of Industries honorary secretary Moh Chong Tau as asking for CPF relief for hiring graduates. SCI has clarified that it was asking for tax incentives to be granted to professionals who work for small and medium-enterprises.
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    • 593 2  -  But final year's tally will likely hit $&sb-7b: LIA head By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] The life insurance industry saw new business premiums dropping sharply by 50 per cent in the first quarter, but Life Insurance Association (LIA) president Tan Beng Lee is
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    • 410 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Budget 2002 Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 9.00 am to I.oopm Orchard Hotel Singapore What The Sub-Committee on Taxation, CPF, Wages and Land of the Economic Review Committee (ERC) has just released its recommendations for the restructuring of the tax system to ensure that it stays relevant. The recommendations included
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 602 3  -  Provisions for overseas assets may hit its results, analysts say By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications shares tested their key $1.49 support level yesterday on write-down jitters as well as its looming court case brought on by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
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    • 698 3  -  ■TOW lock siew david boey PROPOSAL by Venture Manufacturing to change its name to Venture Corporation will be put to a vote by shareholders on Friday next week (May 17) at the company's annual general meeting. The proposed name change by Singapore's largest listed
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    • 370 3  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling PANPAC Media.com yesterday announced plans to increase its stake in private education firm Auston Technology Group (ATG) to 58 per cent, making the latter a subsidiary. Panpac, which now owns just 2.4 per cent of ATG, intends to
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    • 393 5  -  Firm signs MOU to boy foreign firm for $70m through the issne of new shares at 9 cents apiece By] Kalpana Rashiwala LOSS-MAKING electronics component company Teamsphere yesterday inked an agreement to buy a French Polynesian-incorporated firm with property and other assets in Tahiti and Germany
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    • 149 5 INTRACO will buy the 51 per cent of Intra Wave it does not already own from Teledata (Singapore), its 50.8 per cent subsidiary, for $7.5 million. The purchase includes all money due or owed to Teledata by Intra Wave in respect of loans
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    • 276 5  -  By Aaron Low MAINBOARD-LISTED Unisteel Technology Limited yesterday reported a 117 per cent growth in net profit to $4.2 million for Ql 2002, from $1.9 million in Ql2OOl. Unisteel also announced a l-for-4 bonus share issue to reward shareholders as well as reflect
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    • 327 5  -  Turnover rises 27% on better sales at US, UK subsidiaries By, Adeline Chiah A GROUP revamp brought stability to CSE Systems Engineering, helping it to post a 128 per cent higher net profit of $2.5 million on $32.3 million turnover for the three months
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    • 274 6  -  $5m proceeds will go to expansion, IT system and working capital By Grace Tan WESTECH Electronics plans to raise $5 million through an initial public offering on the second board. A distributor and manufacturers' representative of electronics components, systems and equipment, the
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    • 323 6 It advises investors to sell S$ bonds and boy US$ bonds to get 30 bps more Reuters [HONG KONG] Investors in Singapore's OCBC Bank should sell its Singapore dollar denominated paper due in 2011 and buy its US dollar bonds maturing
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    • 164 6 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] PT Astra International, Indonesia's largest automobile maker and distributor, will be best able to cut debt by making a rights offer, Samuel Sekuritas analyst Sri Wijayaningrum said in a report. A sale of stock to current shareholders that raises
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      316 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 6 VALUE CLOSE BTOfi/OS 289.00 52.00 BTCMN -*****.00 84.00 *****.00 28.00 MUCEpHH 454.09 -5.17 StrpinBrt 156.74 3.69 XTrnUuHm 1513.14 15.08 SGEqeWesFrep 435.40 4.63 MSCI Singapore 215.78 -2.93 SMSCIFrtum 214.50 -1.80 Stocks Volume QtanHu 10c 29,149.000 GokJtroo 5c 18.951.000 »PC0 20c 17.740.000 Serial Sys 10c 17.526.000 Chosen
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    • 249 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan GIVEN the downside risk of the local stock market at the moment, it would be a smart move to start looking at fundamentally strong mid-caps. And one that fits the bill is Hong Leong Asia.. After
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    • 735 4  -  l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHAT'S the key thing to remember before taking the plunge and sinking your hardearned savings into stocks? Simply this: Never underestimate the power of the two emotions that drive prices fear and greed. Especially in the local market,
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    • 573 4  -  l=iricomment CURRENTS Pjm* {Htaonsomej: numbers add to wfceg for the greenback larry wee THE punch-drunk US dollar took another beating in Asian trading yesterday, falling to levels not seen since late last year against a range of currencies. Led by the
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 358 7  -  l=M=f on the economy outlook By Anna Teo THE Budget isn't likely to have a great direct impact on the economy this year, says IDEAglobal. But following the upward revision to the Ql GDP numbers and the official growth forecast for 2002,
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    • 258 7  -  Industrial project offers scheme similar to that in residential sector By Vince Chong THE industrial sector has latched on to a sweetener used by residential developers to attract buyers deferred payment. The scheme will be available to purchasers of stratatitled units at the
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    • 338 7  -  The 15-nnit development to be relaunched this weekend at an average price of $820 per sq ft By Kalpana Rashiwala FREEHOLD apartment prices in the Balmoral/Ewe Boon area will see a low in the current market when the 15-unit Chiverton is relaunched
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    • 185 9 THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) will set up a task force to monitor prices before and after the increase in the Goods and Services Tax from 3 to 5 per cent on Jan 1 next year. Case chairman Stephen Loke
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    • 388 9 Dow Jones Newswires [TAIPEI] Taiwanese prosecutors, who have subpoenaed the pilot and co-pilots of a Singapore Airlines plane that crashed two years ago killing 83 people, have yet to decide whether to prosecute them, an official said yesterday. The Los Angeles-bound
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 80 9 THE Royal Plaza on Scotts hotel is using a grant from SPRING Singapore formerly the Productivity and Standards Board to fund a project to redesign work processes for reservations, guest check-in and check-out. Spring Singapore will subsidise 90 per cent of the external consultancy
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      • 38 9 ADVERTISING group Ogilvy Mather Singapore has promoted Michael Burgess to creative services director of group creative services. Mr Burgess will manage three different units design direct, advertising studio and print production as one.
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      • 82 9 TO FIND out how much your family can get from the $4.1 billion GST offset package, use the online calculator offered by the Ministry of Finance at the Budget 2002 website (www.budget2oo2.gov.sg). Enter the number of adults in your family and the type of
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    • 487 9  -  Spin-offs will far outweigh loss of small amount, says legal community By Conrad Raj THE government's move to scrap the 24.5 per cent withholding tax on foreign arbitrators will give a muchneeded boost to Singapore's position as an international arbitration centre, according to the
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  • FOCUS property
    • 592 8  -  1 11 comment PROPERTY Direct sale to SLF has hurt the scheme's effectiveness lee han shih The government land sale programme died last week. All right, to be precise, it is still alive, and in all likelihood will limp along for years to
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 727 10  -  STTT4 bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer isßT's Bangkok correspondent and Indochina specialist THE military rulers of Myanmar have, at long last released democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi Hie 56-year-old leader had been under house arrest for the last 19 months, and
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    • 106 10 They sat down, and this one got a piece of it and that one got a piece of it; everybody got a piece of it, except us.' Jean-Marie Le Pen defeated French presidential candidate, alleging that France hasgiven billions in aid to Africa, but 20 per cent
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    • 576 10 EDITORIAL WHEN DPM Lee Hsien Loong tabled his maiden Budget as Finance Minister last Friday, he knew what he was up against The sweeping changes of the last five years have fundamentally reshaped the world" he noted It's a sombre context for a
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    • 941 10  -  Knowing the father, the two thought they knew the son. Bnt political differences between the US and the important global players precluded any real warmth in their meetings From] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington YOU didn't have to
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    • 808 10  -  COMMENTARY The US economy is still shaky, despite that encouraging growth in Q1 By Louis Uchitelle NYT NOW comes the hard part. Put aside the recession, and the marvellous surge in the first quarter. That certainly did wonders for appearances. But, in fact, the US economy
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  • MAIL bag
    • 410 11  -  Shamala Kandiah, Heather Li Managing Partners. Indigo Media Pte Ltd JOHN Miller's article on CEO branding (Selling the company using the CEO brand, April 30) begins to explore the burgeoning interest in making the Asian CEO more of a public Figure. In our work with
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    • 199 11  -  Chia Hui Ping, Singapore IN the Budget statement. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that the government has accepted the recommendation of the Economic Review Committee's tax subcommittee on introducing the one-tier corporate tax system starting Jan 1.2003. This will replace the full imputation system.
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    • 177 11  -  Poh Chin Leong, Alex, Singapore THE impression given is that everyone who pays income tax will pay less under the new tax regime. But will they? For example, under the existing regime, a non-NSman with an assessable income of $20,000 after personal relief
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    • 462 11  -  Denis Distant, Singapore I REFER to your article "No need for circuit breakers" by R Sivanithy (Hock Lock Siew, May 1) which argued the case for the Singapore Exchange (SGX) not introducing circuit breakers as a check on violent fluctuations in the traded prices of
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 403 12 KUALA LUMPUR It says 40% role puts cars with higher local content at disadvantage Reuters AFP PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said South-east Asian nations should re-examine their pact to reduce tariffs so that carmakers with high local content, like Malaysia's Proton,
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    • 389 12  -  Slow pace of debt negotiations cited as stumbling block From Harish Mehta in Bangkok A US$5OO million matching fund, set up early this year to invest in Thai companies undergoing debt restructuring. has failed to close any deals because of the slow pace
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    • 260 12 JAKARTA They won't fetch good prices now, says Ibra chief Bloomberg INDONESIA'S bank rescue agency said it plans to sell securities backed by properties as it runs out of time to sell assets taken over during the 1997-98 crisis. The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra).
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    • 336 12 MANILA Reuters PHILIPPINE consumer prices grew less than expected in the year to April, the government announced yesterday, and the central bank said the number supported its decision to maintain interest rates at current levels. Analysts said they saw a slight uptick
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    • 417 13 ■YANGON Elections could be held within 2 to 3 years, says special UN envoy Reuters AP NOBEL peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was freed yesterday from 19 months of house arrest in Myanmar and told hundreds of rapturous supporters that she
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    • 271 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters THE UN special envoy to Myanmar yesterday said he had no idea a company he heads may have won a lucrative business deal in the country while he was engaged in mediation between the military government and pro-democracy
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    • NOTE Book
      • 65 13 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia's state electricity company will be unable to meet rising demand unless it obtains 99 trillion rupiah (5519.2 billion) for investment over the next four years, Kompas daily reported yesterday. Perusaahan Listrik Negara (PLN) needs new investment of 99 trillion rupiah up
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      • 83 13 Dow Jones Newswires [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange has asked the Supreme Court to bar Manila Banking Corp, a thrift bank, from recovering a seat in the bourse, Business World reports, citing court documents. The bank acquired the seat, worth 40 million pesos (SSI.4
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      • 84 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong government controlled commuter railway MTR Corp wants to build two above-ground rail links worth some HK$5 billion (Ssl.2 billion), the Hong Kong iMail reported yesterday. It wants to build a link from shopping hot spot Tsim Sha Tsui
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      • 38 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Shanghai businessman Chau Ching Ngai plans to buy control of Hong Kong wireless Internet company imGO Ltd from Hutchison Whampoa, Ericsson AB and Investor AB for HK$l.5 billion (***** million). Bloomberg
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    • 165 13 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co's (PLDT) credit rating was raised one notch by Standard Poor's, which said the company's recent sale of US$35O million of bonds lowered shortterm financing risks. S&P said the rating was raised to 88, two notches
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    • 425 15 Economy's fragile recovery, jump in jobless rate cited Reuters Bloomberg (WASHINGTON] Federal Reserve policy-makers are not likely to start raising interest rates for several more months after April's jump in the jobless rate to a 7 1 year high suggested the US
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    • 318 15 HONGKONG It's Asia's first contract based on the US index, bnt Osaka is expected to follow suit soon Dow Jones Newswires THE Hong Kong Futures Exchange yesterday launched Asia's first futures contract based on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a market source said Osaka may
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    • 123 15 TAIPEI Reuters TAIWAN plans to sell NT$6OO billion (5531.2 billion) in state-owned shares, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Economic Daily News quoted an economic planning official as saying the cabinet's Development Fund would coordinate the sales, which were slated to begin this
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  • REGION world
    • 558 16  -  Fears that drought could halt high-tech output sends bourse to 8-month low From. Macabe Keliher in Ta ipei FACING a water shortage that could cripple industrial production on the island, investors sent the Taiwan market spiralling downwards yesterday for the sixth time in seven
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    • 348 16 HONGKONG 3.6% growth seen for 2002, 4-5% for 2003; deflation believed to be structural AFP HONG KONG'S economy has bottomed out and the territory is set to experience a consumer-led recovery, a unit of the European financial group ING Barings said yesterday. ING Financial
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    • 254 16 WASHINGTON IT sales growth less than 1% last year, says trade body Reuters ONE out of every 20 US high-tech jobs disappeared last year as the dotcom bubble burst and the larger economy tipped into recession, according to industry figures released yesterday. The US high-tech
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    • 238 16 Dow Jones Newswires [TOKYOJ Growth in overall corporate IT spending is likely to stall in the years to come because a substantial amount of investment has already been made. The upshot of this trend is that the ratio of corporate investment in IT hardware
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    • 1108 16 Notice of Annual General Meeting MM Nippecraft Limited HB (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) To All Shareholders NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held in the Board Room at 9 Fan Yoone Road Singapore *****7. on Wednesday. 29th May 2002, at
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    • 2697 17 Page 48M£)g.ktm As] V*y CHINA MERCHANTS HOLDINGS (PACIFIC) LIMITED I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Marina Mandarin Sinaaoote I LBVel 1 RaHteS ooutevard Manna Square Singapore *****4
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  • WORLD news
    • 273 18 Reuters [NEW YORK] Analysts were offered bonuses and a percentage of the profits from investment banking deals in recent years, job contracts from major Wall Street firms show, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition yesterday. In an analysis of one
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    • WORLD Watch
      • 78 18 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hynix Semiconductor shareholders are seeking a court order to bar a creditor takeover that will leave them powerless to keep the company from being broken up and sold. The investor group may also file suit against Korea Exchange Bank, Hanvit Bank,
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      • 58 18 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's biggest mobile phone operator SK Telecom yesterday said its net profit rose 9.8 per cent year-on-year to 447 billion won (***** million) in the three months to March. The figure reflected the results of mobile phone carrier Shinsegi
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      • 47 18 AP [TOKYO] Japanese mega bank Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group plans to dispose of around 500 billion yen (Ss7 billion) in bad loans this fiscal year, primarily by selling them to a government-backed debt collection agency, the Mainichi newspaper reported yesterday.—AP
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      • 70 18 AFP [STUTTGART] The biggest German industrial union, IG Metall, began its first full day of strikes for seven years yesterday with walkouts in the south-western state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. More than 50,000 employees in 20 regional companies were called on to lay down their tools,
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    • 562 18 LONDON Opec may not increase output as market is oversupplied: Qatar Bloomberg CRUDE oil prices fell as much as 2.4 per cent after Iraq, which pumps about 3 per cent of the world's oil, said it will resume exports following a
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    • 173 18 AFP [TAIPEI] Intel Corp chief executive Craig Barrett has poured cold water on hopes of a speedy recovery in the technology sector, saying yesterday the personal computer industry will remain "relatively flat" in the current quarter. A pick-up in the US economy
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    • 578 19 ANDERSEN SAGA He blasts CEOs' huge pay packages, says stock options in many cases hart firms and investors Reuters [OMAHA, Nebraska] Billionaire investor Warren Buffett hit out at bad accounting practices and huge stock option plans for greedy CEOs, but
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    • 292 19 Reuters Bloomberg NYT [HOUSTON] Jury selection was set to begin yesterday in a trial whose outcome will have great bearing on Andersen's future. The federal obstruction of justice trial is the first criminal case related to the collapse of Enron Corp to go
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    • 371 19 LONDON But consumers rill lack confidence; growth may slow Bloomberg EUROPEAN banks, airlines, hotels and other service companies expanded for a fourth month in April. Executives said the pace of recovery may slow. An index of 2,000 businesses in the dozen nations sharing
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    • 356 20 SYDNEY It will be the biggest writedown in Australian corporate history AFP RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp was yesterday reported to be facing the biggest writedown in Australian corporate history when it takes an expected Aslo billion (559.7 billion) hit on its disastrous investment
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    • 286 20 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean President Kim Dae Jung quit his ruling party and made a new public apology yesterday as anger mounted nationwide over alleged corruption by his sons and aides. Mr Kim said in a statement read at a press conference
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    • 151 20 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea announced plans to sell a US$4 billion stake in telecoms company KT Corp yesterday, a key step in Seoul's privatisation drive, but placed conditions to prevent any single company from taking control. The Ministry of Information and Communication
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    • 583 21 Walter Hewlett's call for more open governing practices resonate well beyond the computer industry NYT [NEW YORK] The Hewlett-Packard proxy fight was seen as a rare example of shareholder democracy in action, of corporate life imitating the rough-and-tumble of politics. It
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  • 1586 18 SICOM ruTuaBS May 6 RUBBER Fatnm (Qosmq prices) RSS1 (S cwtsAq) CIom Volant Omm H» U. (to-w) JS Jun 02 121.75 Jul 02 ***** *°Q 02 ***** Sep 02 ***** RSS3(U$CMbAq) VoImm Otto Moatt |#9j> U«* Sett (town) totamt J" 02 6625 WOO *<* 66.00 2900 Aug02 66.00 2900
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    • 757 18 REED GROUP HOLDINGS LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Reed Group Holdings Limited ("the Company*) will be held at 9 Temasek Boulevard #08-01 Suntec Tower Two Singapore *****9 on Tuesday. 22 May 2002 at 10.00 am for the following purposes
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  • 2358 20 Transaction date: May 6 KUALA LUMPUR 2JO 406 2 Vol w Industries 0.32 unch 30 m W- COOO) Gadang 1.49 0 09 120 Gamuoa j6.35 405 1172 A AMRealty US -008 54 GanadCorp 143 inch 30 Abrx 1.92 401 109 GaruTech 1.32 unth 0 ACP Industrie 3.60 -004 61
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    • 92 20 New Beginnings Nominations for the 2002 eso.startup awards are now open. To be eligible, a company must: j i I 1)6 3 PriVately he,d entefprise be under 5 years old vUt tj (from date of incorporation) have a strong nexus f I to 1 yeaf yjW audited financial results H
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    • 204 21 CKVFTIC CROSSWORD 11 Vehicle insurance needed to Lmi Lml go round stylish Canadian Initially expatriate a more in27 Cease to function and leave £3) 8 Gloomy, like the plays pro- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2^M^ tdiS^y6dChar <*«*?(8) Across: 1 Discolouring, 9 acter 11) 9 Deliver French coffee to a Aboutface, 10 Trace,
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    • 1173 22  -  Corporate coaching pioneer Timothy Gallwey tells amva teo that the way to achieving full potential lies in learning from one's experiences ANNA TEO WHILE teaching tennis in California in the early *****, Timothy Gallwey realised that his instructions were actually getting in the way
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    • 341 22 EXECUTIVE coaching the latest craze in motivational learning in the US seems to be catching on fast here. Over seven days last month, three business coaches including Timothy Gallwey were in town to expound on the subject. And a group of local corporate trainers have
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    • 228 22 Blyr__ Web-enabling existing processes fH|K can °P en new tioors to customers around the world, increase profits, I improve efficiency and dethrer better customer service. B S if >• &Jr f Stage 2 e-business Is integrating core processes to establish closer, s^ x 'ST mon res P° nsive relationships with
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 268 23 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was unchanged at 1,016, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) gained five points to 1,031, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) fell four points to 7,666 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down five points to 1,164. TIME-CHARTER: Grand Clipper (built 1996) 168,146
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    • 260 23 MX 000 "■>» a *t- w CWT Distribution AM OCT 8 ChuanHup 0.43 uncti 340 Costo Investment —0.25 -0.01 192 FrttaM Links 0.06 uncti 90 CB Holdings 0.77 -0.03 17 IMC HoMngs-HK —5.60 uncti 0 Jaye Holdings 0.25 uncti 500 KappelCorp 4-24 -0.06 490 Keppel Marine 0.19 -0.01
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    • 526 23  -  S'pore's move into niches of design engineering capabilities will allow it to keep competitive edge By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] An "upgraded" Singapore marine industry increasingly focused on high-technology and niche shipbuilding wiil mean Singapore should be able to fend off increasing pressure from
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    • 159 23 Dow Jones [MA WEI, China] For the first time in five decades, a ship (above) brought waterfrom China to an outlying Taiwanese iski nd, bringing relief for a severe drought. To facilitate the shipment, authorities in China's south-eastern port of Mawei built a pipe linking the
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    • 460 23  -  Changes likely to focus on the wider transportation and logistics industry By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The shipping industry and analysts are awaiting details of the changes to the Approved International Shipping Enterprise scheme, to assess the impact on Singapore-based companies and how
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    • 185 23 [SINGAPORE] Singapore's IMC Shipping has formed a joint venture with Malaysian International Shipping Corp (MISC) to manage and operate a pool of Handysize bulk carriers. The Asian pool will invovle 22 ships 11 from each partner and will be managed by a 50:50
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    • HONGKONG shipping
      • 691 24 Orders are returning, Hong Kong shippers say and shipping lines are even looking to raise freight rates Reuters [HONG KONG] IN a further sign that Hong Kong's ailing economy may finally be recovering, port operators are expected to report traffic grew in April for
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      • 129 24 PACE Fuh* 4 BSA 6 Fujitrjns 6 Btang Mas 6 Gemartrans 4 CMACGM 3 Hangli 4 COSCO 3 Hyundai 4 Columbus 5 Heung-A 3 t Central El 4 China Sfipq 5 KienHung 5 t Cougar 5 Kyowa 6 CWTGtobetm* 6 Ktrrc 3 Wfflas 4 M I MMf
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    • 11655 28 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT A F\ Advert.sor Vessel Voyaqe Tefcphone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyaqe Tefcphone SIN Oest n Name Name Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number 04/06 28/06 China Shpq CMA CGM NORMANDIE 16CW 65 *****696 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoiro 08/06 oa/o? uasc abu ohabi
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      • 1768 31 receiving OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND La CARGO i Booking/Balance Istls > Sli'P Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From I "MUtt 205 ft/*5* M 04/1500 04.1659 06/1*00 06/1500 06/1659 06/1*00 2* 04/1700 07/0659 07/0900 04/1700 07/0659 07/0*00 3 WWW 07/H59 07/1400 aman bhum am J/2XOO u 04/«M0
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      • 178 31 May 8 France: Remembrance Day (W! 2)May 9 Belgium: Ascension Day France: Ascension Day Germany: Ascension Day Indonesia: Ascension Day Norway: Ascension Day Sweden: Ascension Day Switzerland: Ascension Day May 17 Norway: Constitution DayMay 19 Norway: Whit Sunday South Korea: Buddha's Birthday Sweden: Whit Sunday May 20 Canada:
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      • 824 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 656 32 Analysts expect 178 m euro loss versus a 77m eoro profit a year ago Reuters [AMSTERDAM] KLM is expected to swing to a fullyear loss tomorrow, but analysts say it is past the postSept 11 worst and will be looking for
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      • 223 32 Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] European airlines' passenger traffic fell 7.9 per cent in March as carriers offered fewer seats than in the year-earlier month to counter a decline in travel after the Sept 11 attacks. Capacity fell 14.2 per cent in March as load factor, or the
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      • 58 32 AP [LINTHICUM, Maryland] A passenger, left, has her ticket checked by a Transportation Security Administration screener at Baltimore• Washington International Airport in Linthicum, Maryland. US Undersecretary of Transportation for Security John Magaw announced last week that the Transportation Security Administration has successfully placed federal passenger
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      • 230 32 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air Co, the country's biggest carrier, said new weekly flights between South Korea and China will generate an additional 18 billion won (5525.2 million) in annual sales. The estimate is based on expectations the new flights will be 65 per
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      • 229 32 Carrier set to hundreds of jobs in regional airline: report Bloomberg (SYDNEY] Qantas Airways chief executive officer Geoff Dixon denied a report that Australia's biggest carrier plans to cut hundreds of jobs at its regional units. The Age newspaper's statement that Qantas "looks
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      • 95 32 AFP [MANILA] Air Philippines has resumed its Manila. Subic-Hong Kong chartered flights that were suspended two years ago, an airline statement said yesterday. Air Philippines and the Subic Legend Resorts and Casinos have signed an agreement to provide weekly chartered flights to Hong Kong, airline
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      • 465 32 Panel says work will be completed on target TNA [BANGKOK] The inaugural meeting of the committee on Suwannabhumi Airport last Thursday remained upbeat about the prospects for the long-delayed project, insisting that it would definitely be completed on target in
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    • 14 23 KLM seen posting fall-year loss lpflssSlsti3| Korean Ait's China fights to boost revenues mamr*.
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