The Business Times, 31 May 2002

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 |lntemet^ittp!//busines^ime^si SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2002 85C
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    75 1 sn M 83.43 (-0.99) ST INDEX FUTDBES 1,07.00 (+6.00) SUSCIFOTOBES 21L70 (+1.10) STOCK MAEKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSECOMP 759.33 -3.81 NIKKEI 225 11.770.03 -8197 HANG SENG _.l 1.380.61 -5005 SET INDEX 407.41 -170 JAKARTA COMP ..522.55 +1.86 MANILA COMP .1.***** >5.13 TAIPEI WPI 5.736.19 +***** SEOUL COMP 815.61
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    70 1 FOBEX BATES us$ s$ USS (SS per I'SS) 1.790 £(l SS/SS per 1.466 2.624 El'RO(l SS/SS/E). 0.937 1.677 DM 1216 1538 YEN 124.0 69.30 RM 3.800 1123 HKS 7.799 4.358 BAHT 4146 23.72 RIPIAH 8.830 4.933 PUME SATES SINGAPORE* _5i5 KUALA UJXPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI
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    Lock icon IDA loses $388m court case against SingTel
    950 1  -  Suit dismissed with costs; IDA deciding whether to appeal Byi Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has lost its landmark court case against Singapore Telecommunications over a disputed $388 million sum. After a three-week long hearing, the High Court
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    Lock icon Govt urged to reduce its role in business
    1352 1  -  GLC REVIEW ERC panel wants less regulation, more marketdriven solutions By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] David Rich's chart on his office wall doesn't display the organisational tentacles of MCI Worldcom, the giant US telecoms carrier he works for. Instead, it shows the companies
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    Lock icon Redirecting a driving force
    603 1 EDITORIAL "ALL the government we need, but only the government we need." Mario Cuomo, former governor of New York State. It was with this quotation that Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Foreign Affairs Raymond Lim began his briefing on the recommendations of the
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      90 1 nisPE Shipping Times Bunker supplier suspensions won't affect fuel supply chain. Shipping Times Pg 1 Arts Fest Tan Dun's affinity with water. Exec Lifestyle EL 7 Must-sees at the festival. Exec Lifestyle EL 7 Top Stories SingTel may raise phone rates, the 1st time since '91. Pg 6 Tan Chong
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      65 1 MORE REPORTS Competition law: lean, market-friendly, Pg 3 Commentary: Time is a luxury S 'pore can't afford, Pg 3 Analysts call for details, time-table for GLC divestment, Pg 4 Football vs Wif s business Will the Singapore stock market slow down «iiui companies suffer lapses J because of the World
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      122 1 QC was hired for his expertise, value added. Next Page Davinder wins back handed praise from QC, Next Page JR fr To CELEBRATE The 30 T H ANNIVERSARY OF THE Royal Oak. Audehars Piguet is backing MQsMT \> Alinghi. Swiss Challenge for the America's 1 Cup 2003. Vjk N IIDRNURS
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Can't have your chicken and eat it
        70 2 CHATTERBOX at Mandarin Hotel, famous for starting the trend of serving chicken rice in coffee houses, is now selling toy chickens mother hens and chicks to promote its chicken rice. But imagine a kid buying the cutesy chicken toy and is then asked
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        72 2 FROM a reader: "I got an income tax form from the IRAS for the first time in three years last week. Called them up to ask whether I needed to file a return, and was told: 'Oh, you don't need to file, we should not have
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      Lock icon SGX lifts trading curbs on Dayen after 18 days
      458 2  -  Traders will be wary of ramping op stock again: dealers By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange will today lift the designation status on shares of Dayen Environmental, following an 18-day ban on contra trading and and short-selling in the counter.
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      Lock icon MAS says 'no' to credit card for home downpayment
      459 2  -  This ends months of speculation, effectively kills current Amex offer Hy\ Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] Credit cards for home downpayment? Well, it's no go, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has ruled. After months of speculation among consumer bankers on what
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      Lock icon QC was hired for his expertise, value added
      477 2  -  SINGTEL, ID A SUIT Sher is one of the leading lawyers in the area of mistake of law and restitution Reports by, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Queen's Counsel Jules Sher was hired for his expertise in the area of mistake of law and
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      Lock icon Davinder wins back-handed praise from QC
      230 2 [SINGAPORE] The threeweek long trial between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore and Sing Tel was not all mudslinging between the lawyers from Drew Napier and Allen Gledhill respectively. During the last day of the trial, senior counsel Davinder Singh of Drew Napier won
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      54 2 IN yesterday's article "Fresh funding by small IPO firms raises concern", we said that ornamental fish exporter Qian Hu Corp raised $1.8 million from its IPO in late 2000. The IPO, in fact, raised net proceeds of S3 million, as was correctly indicated in the accompanying table. We are
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  • FOCUS glc review
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      Lock icon Competition law will be lean, market-friendly
      632 3  -  It is to ensnre level playing field and businesses don't have to worry about red tape and legal costs: ERC panel By Chuang Peck Ming BUSINESSES do not have to worry that the competition law which is to help bring about a more level
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      Lock icon Time is a luxury Singapore can't afford
      573 3  -  Taking 3 years to come up with a competition law is just not tenable, argues lee hah shih LEE HAN SHIH IT would seem from the leisurely manner in which Singapore is going about reforming the economy that officials here haven't heard of
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      Lock icon Analysts call for details, time-table for GLC divestment
      1086 4  -  Feedback Unit rhairman says EISCs recommendations a step in the right direction By Conrad Raj ANALYSTS expressed disappointment with the report released yesterday by the Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation Subcommittee (EISC) as they felt the recommendations lacked details, especially a timetable for divestment
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAY
      95 4 The recommendations look pretty good on paper bat in reality will be hard to achieve. The direction is right bat will the flesh be wilhngT Song Seng Wun, regional economist at stockbrokers GK Goh The market was expecting a modi more rapid privatisation programme bat instead the
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      Lock icon GLCs urged to set up stronger partnerships with SMEs
      459 4  -  ffy Siow Li Sen THE public sector and governmentlinked companies (GLCs) should establish stronger partnerships with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Subcommittee on Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation has suggested. And a good way to do this would be through the Local
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      Lock icon Rules needed to curb stat boards' encroachment
      476 4  -  By l Conrad Raj SO many government statutory boards have set up enterprises that the Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation Subcommittee of the Economic Review Committee feels there must be rules to control their encroachment into private sector space. "If not done correctly (the setting
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      Lock icon Call for GLCs, local firms to team up
      572 4  -  Govt agencies also urged to help form industry dusters for international expansion tty. Loh Hui Yin LARGER government-linked companies (GLCs) should team up with other local companies and compete as a group if Singapore Inc is to make a greater impact abroad.
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      Lock icon Time for government to let private sector lead
      1954 5 We reproduce here part of the report from the Economic Review Committee's Subcommittee on Entrepreneurship and Internationalisation WHEN Singapore became independent, the private sector was too weak to provide much-needed jobs and to support economic growth. Government therefore stepped in as state
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      136 3 LOEWE. Singapore illlSß t•■ -gff .y'y v The new Plasma Digital TV. The technological basis of a Spheros is its plasma display. Spheros represents the quintessence of television. This totally flat TV set can be hung on the wall like a painting or placed in the centre of a room
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      112 5 I Can a car mirror the sentiments of a whole new generation? Can it look convention in the defies its five-door status. A car which proves that a luxurious hatchback isn't a paradox. f*|y|o /y#\ eye and say, "Thonks, but no thanks The Golf. A harmony of design and ergonomics
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SPT to be renamed CapitaMall Trust: sources
      436 6  -  Capita Land said to be scouring for cornerstone investors, underwriters for relaunch of trust By: Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND has started oiling its machinery for a relaunch of the Sing Mall Property Trust, which it will rename Capita Mall Trust, sources told BT. Sources
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      Lock icon CapitaLand to release all units at The Shelford
      342 6  -  Move follows strong sales in preview of first phase By Vince Chong CAPITALAND will release all remaining unsold units at The Shelford this weekend, following strong sales of more than 50 homes in a first-phase preview of 100 units two weekends ago.
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      Lock icon SingTel may hike phone rates, 1st time since '91
      684 6 Such a move would boost profit for firm: analysts Bloomberg SINGAPORE Telecommunications (Sing Tel), Southeast Asia's largest phone company, may raise domestic phone rates in Singapore for the first time since 1991, a move investors say would spur profit. Sing Tel
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      Lock icon CityDev to build white site project for sale
      147 6 Bloomberg CITY Developments, which paid $288.9 million for a "white" site in the New Downtown recently, said it will sell the office or apartments it builds rather than hold them for rental income. "We are trying to work out the best possible
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      Lock icon AV Jennings may apply for co-trading status
      550 7  -  Price differentials on Clob and Sydney bourse prompt Aussie developer to moll the option By" Ven Sreenivasan AUSTRALIAN residential property developer AV Jennings Homes, whose shares are traded on Clob International, may apply to have its shares included in the co-trading arrangement between
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      Lock icon Courts' profit falls 41% amid economic slowdown
      254 7  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala FURNITURE, household appliance and electronic goods retailer Courts Singapore posted a 41.4 per cent decline in group net profit to $9.8 million for the year ended March 31. Contributing to this fall were weaker sales and higher provisions for doubtful
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      Lock icon D-Day for local banks
      678 7  -  lock siew siow li sen CONSUMER bank executives are mentally donning their helmets and filing into the trenches as the day of reckoning looms. While most consumers are more interested in hunting down bargains at the Great Singapore Sale or deciding where to holiday during this
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      Lock icon Flairis case against ex-employees thrown out
      298 7  -  Flairis' PCB design was no unique trade secret, says judge By] David Boey FLAIRIS Technology Corp. a Sesdaq listed electronics contract manufacturer, had its case against four former employees thrown out by the High Court yesterday and was ordered to pay costs to the
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      1199 6 JURONG ENGINEERING LIMITED EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2002 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO: ALL HOLDERS OF WARRANTS 2002 EXPIRY OF WARRANTS 2002 To Holders of Warrants (the "Warrants") to subscribe tor new ordinary shares ol Sso 50 each in the capital of Jurong Engineering Limited (the "Company") expiring on Tuesday 2 July 2002
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      424 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No. *****2 of 2002 In the Matter of the Companies Act (Chap 50) And In Ihe Matter of OOYSSEY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (RCB No *****3127H) NOTICE OF WINDING UP ORDER In the Matter of ODYSSEY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD
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      216 6 IN THE MATTE* OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTE* Of SEMITRON SCIENCE A TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. *****7 OF 2002 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thot the creditors of the obovenamed company, which is being wound up by on Order of
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      515 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHARTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF INQUISITIVE MIND PTE LTD (IN CREDITORS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT pursuont to Section 290(2)(b) of the Componies Act, Cop 50 the follow,og SPECIAL RESOLUTION WAS DULY passed ot on Extroordinory Generol Meeting
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      631 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of HARPUI HOEGH LINES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At on nt'oof dmory Generol Meeting o( the Company held at 1 Stadium Walk. Level 2 Kallang Theatre Building, Singapore *****8 on 28 May 2002, Tuesday at
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      164 7 SOLID RENTAL GUARANTEE TOP INVESTMENT PACKAGE INCREASE BP |f 10 Er Net p.a. MM& J MEANS FREE OF WtMifg' JCM gLfLyuM Body Corporate #f| RENEW ABLE Council Water Rates M I I LEASE Maintenance Cost KIOHp Jjjl \0 OPTION Letting Fees Management Fee 9 4Vi PRIME CBD LOCATION _j J-
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      316 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 30 VALUE CLOSE BTO&DS 505.00 +94.00 BTCAM -*****.00 +90.00 BT 10-4ay MA -*****.00 -51.00 W-SGCptti 445.86 +0.73 SG Ekct 148.76 +0.76 1504.36 -2.51 SCCfWki Prop 420.83 -4.80 MSCI Snppon 211.06 -0.11 SiMSCI Futures 211.70 +1.10 Stock* Volume KlWHWgslOc 16.819.000 WesTech 10c 16.561.000 TACBU0200 15.368.400 S*^T«H15c..„_-— 14.466.000
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      Lock icon Analysts differ in views on stock of Cerebos Pacific
      270 8  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRAMT By Ven Sreenivasan CEREBOS Pacific, the maker of the well-known Brand's Essence of Chicken, reported a 45 per cent decline in first-half earnings on Wednesday. The lower earnings of $16.7 million for the six months to end-March 2002,
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      Lock icon Strategies tough as funds stay away
      775 8  -  I-iri comment STOCKS r. sivanithy BETWEEN last October and March this year, the "buy and hold" school of fund management probably gave the best returns since the local market enjoyed considerable gains amid euphoria that the recession may not last as long as had
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      Lock icon S$ hits 7-month high as euro leads attack on US$
      598 8  -  FiTcomment CURRENCIES US unit could slide further; 12&50-yen mark and key US dollar index at around 111 are vital pointers larry wee THE US dollar took yet another bad beating yesterday, this time round against the euro, which hit a
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    3322 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CtiSelect Asia Tilt Ba4anced 1 28/ CitiSeJect Asia Tilt Growth 1.23/ CitiSelect Asia Tilt EnhGrth 1 ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S pore) ££5*! rOWth Star Europe Eqty'" 0 77/ CitiSelect Global Income 1 11/ a otto/ Citi Global Healthcare Fund 0 94/ Star EurooeBal o«v Citi Gib
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Mah calls on building firms to work together
      288 9  -  They should offer 'one-stop' packages to compete with big global players By Vince Chong NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday urged local construction firms to come together and move into external markets with "one-stop" packages so as to better compete with
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      Lock icon Go after your real passion, not the latest buzz words
      341 9  -  Top business players pass on valuable tips to students By, Adeline Chia THE life sciences may be the buzz words for now, but do not get swept away by them without first discovering what you are passionate about, according to
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      Lock icon Manufactured prices dip 2.1%
      296 9  -  By David Boey THE decline in the Singapore Manufactured Products Price Index eased in April, falling 2.1 per cent from the same month last year to 86.1 points. This compares with the 2.5 per cent fall recorded in March, according to the Department of Statistics. Excluding
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      Lock icon Hotels expected to score big from World Cup
      467 9  -  By Andrea Tan HOME advantage? While the World Cup will not give a huge lift to host nations South Korea's and Japan's economy, the real estate market, particularly hotel operators, will be shouting Ole! at least in June, says international property consultancy
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      Lock icon BoA commodities team tops survey
      301 9  -  Byi Quak Hiang Whai BANK of America (BoA), a relatively latecomer in the energy derivative trading business in Asia, has made tremendous progress in the last one year. Less than a year after it established its commodities trading unit, the Singaporebased team has dominated Asian
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      Lock icon S'pore premier business place: US envoy
      95 9 SINGAPORE is the premier location for international businesses, and it owes its success to its large hinterland, Asia Pacific, said US Ambassador to Singapore Franklin Lavin. Speaking at the official launch of Borland Software's regional headquarters here yesterday, he noted that Singapore supplied 6
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      Lock icon Stanchart to launch Manhattan card here
      494 9  -  Rollouts to follow in growth markets over next 18 months By Loh Hui Yin STANDARD Chartered Bank is gearing up to launch a new credit card here under the Manhattan brand later this year. This is despite a sharp rise in delinquency ratios and
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      6 9 Showdown begins, Exec Lifestyle cover story
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Happy days are not here again — yet
      905 10  - Happy days are not here again yet There are too many economic indicators which belie the notion that a solid, sustainable US recovery has started By Paul A Samuelson The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology LATWP THE step-up in political uncertainty has tended
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      Lock icon Bushies try juggling the I's with the P's
      793 10  -  mr.i I bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent ITS deja vu all over again for the Bushies. Once again, an ally of Washington, let's call it 1(2), is threatening to take military action against another player, P(2)
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      89 10 The trick for us is to survive now, not to make money. Before we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, the Israelis need to give us the light back.' -TarekAggad a Palestinian investor, on the state of the Palestinian economy. Warning: Life is
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      Lock icon Trade shares without board lots
      337 10  -  Alison Cousland I REFER to the article "SGX looking at lack of liquidity for odd-sized lots" (BT, May 25) by Chua Hui Min. There is a misconception that needs to be corrected with regard to board lots. Neither the US nor Australian stock markets operates
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      Lock icon Being able to hike rates leaves no urge to trim costs
      176 10  -  HDB GAR PARKS Gabriel Ng Chung San London, UK via Internet I REFER to the article "HDB carpark operations are profitable" (BT, May 28) by Lee Han Shih. I have been quietly enjoying Mr Lee's columns now for quite
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      Lock icon Car owners pay for poor designs
      237 10  -  Goh Kia Nee I REFER to your property column, "HDB carpark operations are profitable" (BT, May 28) by Lee Han Shih. I live in Woodlands. I remember this HDB car park behind the Admiralty MRT station that was immediately "upgraded" shortly after it was
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      Lock icon Why are covered carparks costlier?
      179 10  -  Nicholas Yap Soon Hua I REFER to the article "HDB carpark operations are profitable" (BT, May 28) by Lee Han Shih. There are several other interesting points on this issue: ♦Why are covered car parks (euphemism for multi-storey car parks that come with inconvenience) more
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      Lock icon KL woos Australian Airlines, Lufthansa, BA
      292 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA Airports Holdings Bhd, sole operator of the country's 37 airports, is in talks with Australian Airlines, Deutsche Lufthan sa AG and British Airways Pic for the airlines to resume flights to Kuala Lumpur. "We are talking very seriously with them,"
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      Lock icon HSBC plans to buy more assets in Malaysia
      201 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg HSBC Holdings pic said it plans to buy assets from other lenders in Malaysia, following its move to set up a data centre there with 2,000 employees. Constrained by laws limiting foreign banks' expansion, HSBC bought ABN Amro Holding
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        Lock icon HAS shares hit 7-week low
        52 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System, which on Wednesday posted its fifth straight year of losses, disappointed investors by not providing details about plans to separate its unprofitable domestic business. Its shares fell 2.4 per cent to close at RM4.08, the lowest in about seven
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        Lock icon MISC earnings drop 21% to RM1.3b
        57 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia International Shipping Corp expects prospects to improve in 2003 after its net profit fell 21 per cent in the financial year ending March this year. It said on Wednesday that its net profit for the year declined to RM1.339 billion
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        Lock icon Jakarta claims on assets in E Timor
        94 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia has no intention to drop demands for compensation for assets left behind after it ended its 24-year rule of East Timor, Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda said yesterday. "This has been on our agenda so far, will remain on our agenda
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      Lock icon Tan Chong co-founder ousted after feud: reports
      333 11 KUALA LUMPUR Tan Kim Hor voted off the boards of family's key firms Reuters THE co-founder of the Tan Chong car empire with interests across Asia has been ousted from the boards of the corporate dynasty's flagship Malaysian firms following a family feud,
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      Lock icon Govt may regain control of PAL
      426 12 MANILA Arroyo says move will help liberalise airline industry, promote tourism Dow Jones Newswires PRESIDENT Gloria Macapa gal Arroyo said yesterday the government is considering retaking a controlling stake in flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc. currently majority owned by tycoon Lucio Tan. Ms Arroyo
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      Lock icon Thai Airways expects better H2
      246 12 BANGKOK Carrier says it has folly recovered from travel slump Reuters Bloomberg NATIONAL carrier Thai Airways International pic said yesterday it expected a better second half, due to route expansion and a recovery in the airline industry from the post-September 11 downturn. "In the next
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      Lock icon Meeting on Bank Niaga stake sale postponed
      147 12 JAKARTA Bloomberg INDONESIA will decide on Monday whether to proceed with the sale of a 51 per cent stake in PT Bank Niaga, the nation's fourth-largest retail lender, a senior government official said. A meeting of the Financial Sector Policy Committee that was
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      Lock icon Lawyers: China still lags in legal sophistication
      411 12  -  SINGAPORE System has made rapid strides bnt difficulties remain By Conrad Raj CHINA'S legal system still lags in investment practice despite rapid strides in the past 20 years. And as a result, investors still face many difficulties in seeking legal redress. "The legal
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        Lock icon No damage from Taiwan quake
        68 12 Reuters [TAIPEI] An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Taiwan yesterday, the central weather bureau said, though there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake was centred on the opposite side of the island from Hsinchu, the heart of Taiwan's
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        Lock icon HK to resume subsidised home sales
        72 12 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong will resume the sale of subsidised home ownership scheme (HOS) flats in July, but the number of units to be released has not been decided, the government said yesterday. The government is to announce details of the resumption of
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        Lock icon Q3 Tracker Fond details on June 14
        85 12 Reuters IHUN(j KUNtrJ Hong Kong will announce details of the third quarter sale of the government's Tracker Fund of blue chip shares on June 14, a spokeswoman for Exchange Fund Investment said yesterday. Tracker Fund units would be available from July 2, she
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        Lock icon Monitoring has improved: PSE
        70 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine Stock Exchange said it has improved its trading-monitoring system to prevent a repeat of stock market manipulation like that of 1999, which drove investors away. The exchange added more regulators and set up automated alerts for abnormal trading volume and big price
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        Lock icon Manila revises 2001 growth figures
        47 12 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine government yesterday announced that GDP growth in 2001 was 3.2 per cent, down from the previously announced 3.4 per cent. It also said GNP growth in the year was 3.4 per cent, down from 3.7 per cent. Reuters
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        Lock icon Australia, Thailand to work on FTA
        58 12 AFP rtubirdiia ana xna liana yesieraay agreed to start work on establishing a free trade agreement. The two countries have been holding preliminary talks for the past year and the agreement was revealed by Prime Minister John Howard and his Thai counterpart Thaksin Shinawatra,
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      Lock icon Directors quit China Airlines' biggest shareholder
      316 13 CAL CRASH Bat the foundation's chairman refuses to resign AFP [TAIPEI] At least four out of the 10 directors of China Airlines' biggest shareholder have resigned as calls mount for an overhaul of the Taiwanese state-controlled carrier following a deadly crash last weekend. Transport
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      144 13 AFP ITAIPEIJ Taiwanese insurance companies will pay some NT52.77 billion (Ssl4s million) in compensation to victims of the China Airlines (CAL) plane crash at the weekend, industry sources said yesterday. Twenty-two life insurance firms were estimated to pay NT$l.74 billion while 14 other
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      420 15 WASHINGTON Barclays Global plans to proceed with 7 fluids Bloomberg THE Securities and Exchange Commission voted to allow Barclays Global Fund Advisors to introduce the nation's first exchange-traded funds based on bond indexes. The SEC agreed unanimously to let Barclays, the second-largest US asset
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        81 15 Reuters ILUnlhjn j aoutn Airican Breweries yesterday agreed to buy Miller Brewing in a US$5.6 billion deal to catapult the enlarged group to No 2 in world brewing behind Anheuser-Busch. London-based SAB is paying US$3.6 billion in shares to Miller's owners Philip Morris and paying
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        54 15 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp is in talks to settle the Securities and Exchange Commission's claims the company misrepresented its financial statements, the Wall Street Journal said. The SEC will probably bring civil charges against Microsoft for failing to keep accurate records, "considered
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        50 15 AP [SYDNEY] Rodney Adler, a former director of Australia's HIH Insurance, which collapsed in March with massive debts, was yesterday banned from holding a director-level job at any other firm for 20 years after a court found he had diverted company funds for personal use.—AP
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      344 15 NEW YORK Bnt JP Morgan revises gold price forecast upwards Bloomberg Reuters THE time to buy gold shares as a shelter from the stockmarket storm has passed, says Goldman. Sachs Co analyst Daniel McConvey. Mr McConvey yesterday said he sees little chance
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      310 17 NEW YORK Bloomberg VIVENDI Universal, the world's second biggest media company, scrapped plans to seek shareholder approval next month for an executive stock option package worth 1.8 billion euros (Ss3 billion). The company's board decided not to hold a second
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      356 17 LONDON Barclays latest to annonnce plans to axe I,ooojobs to save £190 m by 2003 Reuters BRITAIN'S financial workers face thousands more job losses as companies continue to cut costs, the sector's main trade union said yesterday, after news of
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      427 28 NEW YORK Database will help to screen, weed out suspicions accounts LAT-WP LEADING financial services firms here have formed a private database company that will compile information about criminals, terrorists and other suspicious people, for use in screening new customers and weeding
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      416 28 TOKYO Economy won't hit bottom till later this yean Hayami Reuters Bloomberg JAPAN'S economy won't reach bottom until later this year, and even then is unlikely to embark on a full-blown recovery, central bank governor Masaru Hayami said. "Even if the decline
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      400 28 NEW YORK Reuters MOODY'S Investors Service on Wednesday cut AT&T Corp's credit ratings to two notches above "junk" status, affecting about US$25 billion of debt, saying the largest long-distance telephone company will be challenged to boost revenue amid rising competition for its
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      223 28 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S leading chipmakers said yesterday they are boosting semiconductor production to meet reviving global demand and two, NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd, are back to operating at full capacity. "We are back to full capacity with all semiconduc-tor-related divisions," said a
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      182 28 Congratulations to Mr. Daniel Teo on his installation as WORLD PRESIDENT OF FIABCI (2002/2003) FIABCI THE INTERNATIONAL REAL ESTATE FEDERATION FIABCI is the worldwide Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe-Africa. As a non-governmental organization with Category II network open to all professionals in the property industry. With chapters currently operating in consultative
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      688 30  -  I»'aa the cuff There's no escape from the World Cap to help non-fans get through the month, here are some crucial pointers about the game jaime ee THERE are probably several things you don't want to be this World Cup season a dog with especially
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      558 30  -  Reports by Vince Chong, Quak Hiang Whai FOR expatriates living in Singapore, you either create a suitable World Cup ambience or find a watering hole with giant screens pandering to your national team. But one would think that at least one nationality would find it
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      201 30 THE next time you see your co-worker staring hard at his computer screen, he could well be just computing his odds for the next World Cup match. With the advent of the Internet, soccer fever has quickly spread to cyberspace with traffic in sport sites hitting
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      248 30 JUST about every pub and disco in town will be throwing football parties and offering promotions linked to what Pele once called the most beautifid game in the world. Most of them boast giant screens and extra TV sets to screen live matches and offer games and quizzes
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      279 30 RESEARCHERS have become increasingly obsessed with studying the link between the performance of the soccer nations and their cultural, economic, demographic and even climatic factors. Our reporters, for instance, are receiving more such research studies which are perhaps attempting to help poor performing nations like Singapore achieve
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      171 30 FOR whatever reasons, some of the F&B outlets have aligned themselves with different competing teams. Mandarin Singapore for instance is preparing newly created sandwiches which are named after competing countries. For live matches involving France, guests will be entitled to a Delifrance baguette voucher with every purchase of
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      318 30 JUST as in previous World Cups, productivity in the corporate world will take a tumble. Most Singapore corpo rates refuse to tell us how much their work rate will be affected but according to one study overseas, an estimated onethird of male employees are planning
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      421 30 What World Cup??' 'Ofcourse Tm a fan!! Big time actually. I won't pass up a chance to ogle—so many men, so little time!!!' YvmmmUm.abmtk aim f fir 'Now that I'm into fitness, I'm very appreciative of big muscular bodies, on both men and women.
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  • WORLD CUP
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      1104 31  -  The soccer frenzy is a golden chance for adidas, an official 2002 Fifa World Cup sponsor, to boost its sales in Asia, reports amiateo ANNA TEO Back when there wasn't a specialty shoe for every activity or type of athlete —such as left-footed high jumpers
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      345 31  -  By Grace Tan THINKING of going to South Korea or Japan but worried that you may have to postpone your travel plans because of the World Cup? Well, hold on. Local travel agents lament that would-be tourists interested in leisure tours are changing their
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      521 31 AFP [PARIS] Football fans with frail hearts and couch potatoes with chronic obesity may be advised to avoid the TV screen for the next month. Top-level football can be a lifeshortening experience not necessarily for the players, but the people who watch
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      529 31 Reuters [YOKOHAMA, Japan] The World Cup may still be a few hours away, but the ball has already come in for a good kicking. Depending on which player you ask, the 'Fevernova' ball that sports equipment maker adidas says provides the ultimate soccer experience
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      859 32  -  i;nr;AH ui-BOOM finds out what's different about the reworked musical version from Down Under CHEAH UI-HOON Remember the groundbreaking 1980 movie about a bunch of performing arts students who go to school in New York complete with big hair, bright makeup and colourful leotards? Take a walk down
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      486 32  -  Violinist Hilary Halm's accomplished rendition of Brahms captivates By Mona Lim The writer is a freelance contributor IT was a night of the three B's Bach, Beethoven and Brahms all in that order. The audience for the SSO Gala Concert at the Victoria Concert Hall last
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      152 32 Each Sunday our traditional roast carvery will complement popular BBQ varieties at the St. Gregory s Brasserie 8. Courtyard. With the choice of Indoor or alfresco dining at our garden courtyard and stroller band performing, the experience Is made enjoyable with discounted free flow of wine and beer. Enjoy your
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      442 33  -  Cerebos has extracted the sesame seed's essence for use in health supplement pills, reports chbah ux-hoom CHEAH UI-HOON THE humble sesame seed an essential part of the Asian diet for ages can now be an important part in the modern diet today. Thanks to
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      289 33 B»50% o I -v I ti* Ci n Kea fab le I Sale. I The range. The quality. The value. Everything at the Orientalist is totally beyond compare, especially our prices. And now, our carpets are going most affordably, at 50°/o off storewide. Making this the sale you can't afford
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      576 34  -  Slick camerawork and expert pacing make 'Panic Room' highly watchable Byi Geoffrey Eu PANIC Room takes place over the course of one dark and stormy night in New York City, but thankfully the cinematic cliches don't extend too much beyond a constant pouring rain
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      737 34  -  The Spielberg classic may be 20 years old bnt it remains a triumph of cinematic story-telling By Parwathi Nayar INT AGE books yellowed with age, the smell of coffee on rainy mornings, wide-eyed beast ies who visit from far-away planets and get lost: some
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      564 34  -  DVD REVIEW By. Adeline Chia MEN In Black is one probably one blockbuster that you don't mind saying you liked, and for good reason too. It is fun of the highest order hypercool gizmos, a credible storyline and a hit soundtrack all the while
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  • ARTS FESTIVAL 2002
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      978 35  -  Composer-conductor Tan Dun explains to cheah ui-hoom his affinity with water CHEAH UI-HOON T'soneofthe first sounds we hear as babies in our mothers' wombs," explains composerconductor Tan Dun. "Water reminds us of where we're from and where we're heading to." The manifold sounds of water being sloshed
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        211 35 man* ofi potco Hie Asian premiere of a play involving three glamour girls who fall in love with a racing car possessed of human consciousness, written by Richard Foreman and performed by American avant-garde theatre company Ontological-Hysterk Theatre. Jun 6-9,Bpm, University Cultural Centre Theatre. Tickets at $42. $32 and
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        121 35 A two-part ballet based on the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, choreographed by Nacbo Duato. Jun 54, apm, Kallang Theatre. Tickets at $82. $62, $42, $32 and $22. An amalgam of classical dance, contemporary, dance, yoga, gymnastics and break-dance Swan lake beyond its classical interpretation aTV presents it in
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        277 35 T— Pi wUh tte Mwgnior* Sypfcpwy Orchestra With the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Chinese composer Tan Dun combines traditional instruments with the not-so-traditional in a performance of Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra, followed by The Gate Today and tomorrow, Bpm, University Cultural Centre Ball Tickets at $82, $62, $42
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        43 35 Adage Dasca OtpH Opening the Late Nite Series is the Adage Dance Circle's contemporary take on Chinese dance, used to create a work that explores the various interpretations of the Chinese phonetic jing. Jim 1-2,9:90pm. Drama Centre. Tickets at $15.
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        712 48 It wants to make gains in NZ market bnt there are competition worries Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Qantas Airways, which controls 85 per cent of Australia's aviation market, said it is in talks with Air New Zealand to buy a minority stake
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        218 48 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Skymark Airlines expects to increase its runway slots at Tokyo's Haneda Airport by three to 12 and may expand its fleet as the government reshuffles slots to prepare for Japan Airlines Co's merger with a smaller rival. Japan's first low-cost airline
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