The Business Times, 3 July 2002

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  • 14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MnA(P)oia«B«oo2 I Interne*. http://business-times asial.com.sg SINGA PORE WEDNESDAY. JULY 3, 2002
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  • 62 1 FOUXIIIBB m st on^sipvcsf) 1.771 £{US$/S5 per L524 1697 EUBO(lS$/SS/E) 0.983 L7« DM Utt UM YEN 128.4 «8M KM- UN tt« ESS t 7.800 4496 BAHT 4L6S U4« MJPIAH &MO 4J7V PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* iH KUALA LUMPUR 6.4# HONG KONG <J2S JAKARTA ,19.90 TAIPEI 6.626 TOKO 1175 SEOUL 9*6
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  • 692 1  -  KL takes water, new bridge talks oat of package of unresolved issues From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IN an unexpected development, Malaysia has decided that it has the right to review the price of raw water sold to Singapore under the two
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  • 86 1 Bloomberg Reuters [NEW YORK] US Stocks spun lower in mid-morning trading yesterday on the growing accounting scandals and gloomy prospects for corporate earnings. By 12 noon EST yesterday, the Dow Jones was down ***** points or 1.24 per cent to 8,996.40. The SAP
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  • 961 1  -  It's first local bank to cat rates to below 3% for first three years Byi Quak Hiang Whai [SINGAPORE] United Overseas Bank has finally caved in to the housing loan price war but instead of playing catch-up, it has trounced its rivals by
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  • 452 1  -  By] David Boey [SINGAPORE] After a highprofile divorce and court battle for control of Raffles Town Club, former top remisier Peter Lim is back in the news again, although there is nothing sensational in his latest move. Once dubbed the "Remisier King",
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  • 626 1  -  COMMENTARY By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] WHICH of Temasek Holdings' 40 major companies have the potential to "push ahead" and be Singapore's flag-bearers overseas? Which should be rationalised and which should be "culled"? And how long will Temasek take to implement these moves? The
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    • 62 1 DISZDE r**' ST Comment W* A v- Loss of the The Bui) Market Mentality'. Pg 4 X* vWv-,V *?> Hock Look Slow My Can confidence in online banking be I restored? Pg 4 Top stories Singapore employI ers cautiously Wring. Mmxt Pmgm Probe deepens, analysts see World Com going bust
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 62 2 ACMA on Monday filed a notice with the Singapore Exchange about substantial shareholders' interests. It said its chairman Quek Sim Pin had made zero change to his holdings. That is, absolutely nothing happened. According to vocal investor Denis Distant, this is not the first time Acma has
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      • 61 2 AFTER the wave of number-fUdging in American companies, the following list of new financial acronyms for corporate America is making its way around the Net: EBlTDA—Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Auditors EBlT—Earnings Before Irregularities and Tampering. CEO Chief Embezzlement Officer CFO—Corporate Fraud Officer NAV Normal
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      • 52 2 HERE are the results of a recent BT Online poll on Singapore's resort island: It's time for Sentosa to be revamped Yes, it's no longer an attraction anymore— 71 No, I like it as it is— 6% I don t care as long as charges are
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    • 628 2  -  Finns reviewing talent pool and trying to attract people who can add valne: consultant By < Chuang Peck Ming (SINGAPORE] Employers are cautiously optimistic, a survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting has found. They will hire staff, lay off fewer workers and award average pay rises
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    • 474 2  -  BAFFLES TOWB CLUB SUIT It argues that members are subject to these roles and bye-laws Reports by Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Raffles Town Club can take in any number of members that its proprietor shall decide, with no limitation,
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    • 389 2 [SINGAPORE] Following the revelation that the once cash-rich Raffles Town Club currently has just $13.5 million left in the kitty, the club's lawyers yesterday attacked the intention of one of the plaintiff's key witnesses, suggesting there might be a hidden motive behind the class action
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    • 56 2 IN a commentary yesterday, headlined "To be self-serving or not to be?", we said that Capita Land chief executive Liew Mun Leong and his daughter bought a unit each in the company's Levels project. This was based on earlier newspaper reports. CapitaLand has clarified that, in fhct, father and
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  • WORLDCOM debacle
    • 695 3 IthsUUSsLsb programme to borrow against accounts receivable Reuters [WASHINGTON] WorldCom Inc edged closer to bankruptcy after it said on Monday that it was delving deeper into its accounting history and lenders declared it to be in default of loan agreements. On Monday, shares
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    • 146 3 Reuters [WARSAW] The wave of accounting scandals hitting corporate America and fears of new Sept 11-style terrorist attacks have not hit the willingness of US consumers to spend, a US central banker said yesterday. The comments by New York Federal Reserve president William McDonough
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    • 377 3  -  From] Neil Behrman in London EUROPEAN regulators fear that European companies are also troubled by debt and accounting problems. In its Financial Stability Review, the Bank of England, for one, says in reference to companies such as Enron and Worldcom that other corporations might
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 706 4  -  Group clinches mandates as sole arranger and underwriter By] Loh Hui Yin DBS Bank is making its mark as a major player in loans syndication and project financing in China. A European firm building a chemical storage facility in the Shanghai Chemical
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    • 271 4  -  By Eugene Low FORMER Serial Systems chief executive Eddie Chng has completed the compensation of Serial shareholders affected by his failure to make a takeover offer for the electronics company, the Securities Industry Council (SIC) said yesterday. It added that the remaining Serial shares held in an
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    • 267 4  -  By Vince Chong HAW Par Corp president and chief executive Hong Hai will return to academia after retiring from the group in March next year. Dr Hong, who was appointed as president and chief executive officer of Haw Par in 1990, will meanwhile
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    • 378 4  -  Reports by Kalpana Rashiwala JTC Corp's corporatised subsidiary Ascendas and a unit of Australia's Macquarie group are stepping up preparations to list a Singapore industrial property trust and have appointed Salomon Smith Barney, JP Morgan and DBS Bank to help them, sources have
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    • 327 4 WITHIN two days of the launcb of the Capita Mall Trust, orders have been received for the entire initial public offer tranche of 213 million units, the issue's lead manager, underwriter and book-runner DBS Bank confirmed yesterday. "We are very encouraged by the
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    • 663 4  -  HQCKiffWfflW andrea tan THE latest string of unauthorised Internet bank transfers from the accounts of DBS Bank's customers has undoubtedly dealt a severe blow to Internet banking. What's known so far suggests that DBS's Internet banking system is not at fault for the
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    • 439 5  -  Richard Li says more non-core assets will be sold to reduce gearing FYom, Audrey Tan m Hong Kong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks' chairman Richard Li yesterday said that he will continue to sell noncore businesses to reduce the company's gearing, giving rise to speculation that CyberWorks
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    • COMPANY Briefs
      • 75 5 EASTERN Asia Technology yesterday provided an update on the performance of its China operations for the first six months of FY2002, in conjunction with a recent visit by analysts, fund managers, corporate investors and the media to its manufacturing operations in Huiyang, China. For the
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      • 54 5 Reuters KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation Ltd said yesterday it would enter Japan's telecoms market through a joint venture with a construction and engineering services firm. KepT&T said its subsidiary Keppel Communications Pte Ltd would form a joint venture with MVNO Kabushiki Kaisha that was expected to be
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      • 33 5 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering announced that Peter Ong Boon Kwee has resigned as director from July 1,2002, following his posting from the Ministry of Defence to the Ministry of Transport.
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      • 69 5 ASIAN Micro Holdings' subsidiary, Asian Micro (S) Pte Ltd (AMS), has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Entronix International Inc of the US to form a joint venture for volume remanufacturing of telecommunication electronics and cellular phone systems in China. AMS will hold
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      • 47 5 AFP THE volume of derivatives traded on the Singapore Exchange from January to June rose 3.23 per cent— from the previous high set last year—to a record of 15.62 million contracts. "Robust growth was recorded by several futures contracts," SGX said. —AFP
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    • 220 5 /ft/Adeline Chia MAINBOARD-LISTED AEM-Evertech Holdings said yesterday that it has acquired a substrate production plant from Celestica Singapore for US$3.B million. Substrate products are an essential component of semiconductor chips, and the newly-acquired plant at Tuas is the only producer in Singapore. The facility is expected
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    • 426 5 Reuters HONG Kong-based computer monitor maker TPV Technology yesterday posted a 37 per cent jump in first quarter net profit, thanks to better cost management and higher margins from monitor sales. TPV, which is also listed on the Singapore Exchange, reported a net
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    • 343 5  -  Byl Vince Chong DARCO Water Technologies the third water treatment specialist to be floated here launched its initial public offer yesterday. The firm, which follows peers Hyflux and Dayen, obtained approval for a Sesdaq listing less than a fortnight ago. It
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      292 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 2 VALUE CLOSE grottos -194.00 -107.cx? iTCftl -*****.00 -55.00 -*****.00 20.00 417.17 +0.79 Wf|*llBlil 129.02 -2.84 Fh 1342.44 -0.12 408.28 +0.74 MSOSkwapor* 192.91 +0.45 IMfaFitTW 193.30 +0.80 SingTel 15c 15.051,000 Autron 14.417,000 ECS 10c 14.078,000 Strike Engg 5c 11,112.000 NOL 8,477,000 TPVUSlc 7.347,000 People's Food HGK
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    • 774 6  - US$ correction under way: how far can it go AlUl.l.NlUfdMl CURRENCIES First retracement targets at 551.7820, 12LS0yen, 97-5 US cents per euro, 55.5 US cents per A$ larry wee A STRANGE thing happened on Monday in US trading. Wall Street suffered yet another sharp fall but this time the US
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    • 745 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy AT the start of this year, bourses everywhere were clearly imbued with "The Bull Market Mentality" or TBMM. It's a state of mind in which valuations and economic growth are taken seriously, analysts speak encouragingly of prices finishing the year
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  • 2247 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global IntoteclndeuFdt** 0.306/ Com Global Ener»lnde*W 0.95V Com Global Travel Index Fd 0.744/ AM Anra Aaeet Mgt (S'pore) Com Spore Bond K**V« 1044/ Star Et*ope Eqty! A 0.736/ Star Europe Bd 10SV CrcdM Apricoie Aaeet Mft S'port Ltd Star Europe Bal 0887/ Indocam Asa Vision!** 0-886*0
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 455 7  -  Current measures will stand them in good stead, he says By Beth Jinks DESPITE having already lost two major customers "it's never too late" for PSA Corporation to react to retain the rest, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. "In terms of
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    • 527 7  -  Lesson from isolated $388 m mistake in Sing Tel compensation By\ Catherine Ong THE Infocomm Development Authority said yesterday it has learnt from its $388 million mistake and will not in future include provisions for tax in any compensation it has to pay.
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    • 243 7 LIFELONG learning can help minimise the negative impact of globalisation by ensuring that lower-skilled workers have access to skills upgrading throughout their lives, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said yesterday. "There is a concern that the education and income gaps between the
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    • NEWS Roundup
      • 119 7 PWD Corp has changed its name to CPG Corp in a bid to shrug off connotations of government links and to mark a milestone in its history. CPG signifies a creative professionals group. The organisation started out as the Public Works Departments in 1833 and
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      • 117 7 SINGAPORE Cable Vision (SCV) said yesterday its penetration rate for landed homes has soared above 60 per cent. Some 39,000 of Singapore's 65,000 landed homes are now connected to SCV's $600 million broadband network. SCV has a 100 per cent penetration rate in 19
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    • 500 7  -  It's working in annual increases into leases By\ Kalpana Rashiwala RETAIL rents may go up if a practice started by CapitaMaU Trust to work in annual rental increases into leases to boost yields becomes an industry practice, suggests Jones Lang LaSane.
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    • 249 7 ST Gregory Spa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with USbased health company Kronos yesterday to set up an anti-aging clinic in Novena Square. St Gregory pumped in $2 million for the start-up of the 2,900 sq ft centre known as St
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    • 299 7  -  on the economy outlook By t Anna Teo THE Singapore economy should be able to grow 4 per cent in 2002, but any meaningful growth will only kick in next year, say United Overseas Bank's economists. And a drop in the unemployment rate
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    • 173 7 FOR the second time in barely a month, Singapore denied yesterday that it was at China's behest that it blocked Taiwan's accession to the World Trade Organization's Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). The Ministry of Trade and Industry said a June 28 Taipei
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 648 8  -  1 THE HcEuSBns OPINION frank ching The writer is a Hong Kong-based journalist and commentator FIVE years ago, when Britain handed Hong Kong and its people over to China, the Western media was full of predictions about the end of political freedom Images were
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    • 126 8 The international financial system is coming apart at the seams. I think we're in fairly serious trouble. I do think we're in a crisis situation.' -George Sara the American hedge fund bigwig, blaming President George W Bush and his team for the fall in the US dollar
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    • 551 8 EDITORIAL AFTER the US technology bust which triggered last year's economic slowdown, we are now witnessing a "corporate governance shock". If sustained, it could compromise—and even derail—the fledgling US economic recovery. The consequences are potentially serious and might be felt far and wide, including in Asia.
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    • 960 8  -  They are certainly hoping voters will be di«Anfhantfld enough with a big business-big government nexus to punish the Republicans in November From Leon Hadar The writer isBT's Washington correspondent in Washington THE recent corporate scandals including the US$3.B billion in accounting irregularities in
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    • 825 8  -  MAILIiETTM Chong Huai Seng Vice-Chairman Panpac Media.com Limited I REFER to your Hock Lock Siew columns "Should Sesdaq listing rules be tightened?" by Chua Hui Min (June 18) and "A big IPO could liven up the market" by Wong Wei Kong (June 20). As
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    • 169 8  -  Alex Thian Chairman Research Biolabs Group THE report "Singapore is Asia's top investor in biotech sector" (BT, July 2) stated two factors that may have an impact on the development of biotechnology as the next engine of growth. Firstly, biotechnology investments in Singapore are mainly in
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    • 445 9 I•a 4 p.- Hi •r| Beat uncertain times and get higher returns with an investment in a portfolio of three major Singapore shopping malls Tampines Mall, Junction 8 Shopping Centre and Funan The IT Mall. With an attractive forecast yield of above 7%% Capita Mall Trust provides stable income stream
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 455 10  -  Economy is caught in liquidity trap, will take time to recover From Harish Mehta m Bangkok THAILAND'S gross domestic product has still not bounced back to pre- 1997 crisis levels, top economists and officials said yesterday on the fifth anniversary of the devaluation of
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    • 611 10 gTHiHiMd BANGKOK Reuters US investment guru Warren Buffett once said that if you aren't willing to own a stock for 10 years, don't even think about owning it for 10 minutes. It is not a message heeded by many Thai investors, for whom
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    • 355 10 KUALA LUMPUR Poor demand for group's assets may hamper task Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S plan to halve United Engineers (M) Bhd's debt to RMI4 billion (556.5 billion) this year may founder because of waning investor demand for the assets of the
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    • 313 10 KUALA LUMPUR Late rally asfnnds snap up stocks of blue chips Reuters MALAYSIAN blue chips, led by state power utility Tenaga, staged a late rally yesterday as funds snapped up stocks ahead of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's return from a 10-day holiday today.
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    • 210 10 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) said yesterday that six banks were considering swapping up to 40 trillion rupiah (SsB billion) in bank recapitalisation bonds for loans, currently on sale by the powerful agency. Last month, Ibra started selling non-performing loans with a
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    • NOTE Book
      • 107 10 Reuters [BOMBAY] Xerox Corp disclosed that its Indim subsidiary made "injproper payments" overSrt years to push salss to government custon*rs, lW according to an annual rsfort filing with the OsU Securities Exchange Commission. Xerox Corp hdpds a 68 percent stake inlndian unit Xerox Modkorp Ltd
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      • 74 10 Xinhua Financial [BEIJING] Less than JO pa* cent of Chinese residents plan to invest in the securities markets, according to a People's Bank ofCfcina survey 0f20,000 residents in 50 Chinese cities. The poll shows 65 per cent prefer to put their money in
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      • 88 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai central bank chief Prldiyathorn Devakula said he's concerned about the baht's recent appreciation against the dollar, signalling the hmk will sell the currency to stem its gains. "Right now we are closely monitoring the baht," Mr Pridiyathorn said. "We are trying to
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      • 78 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government's investment arm Exchange Fund Investment Ltd yesterday said a provisional 71 million units of its Tracker Fund were sold on the first day of the third quarter sale. Each quarter, the government sells blue chip shares
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      • 95 10 AP [JAKARTA] Former Indonesian president B J Habibie told a court yesterday he could not account, for the US$5.4 million of state funds allegedly embezzled during his presidency by the current Speaker of Indonesia's Parliament. Dr Habibie told the judge he authorised Cabinet officials
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    • 615 12  -  They ieed Inge capital to upgrade technology amid stiff competition from Korean firms From\ Macabe Keliher in Taipei CHI MEI Optoelectronics Corp, one of Taiwan's largest flat panel makers, will go public next month in what has become an industry trend here to
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    • 455 12 HONGKONG LiKa-shing hoping to cat his stake in biotech venture Bloomberg LI Ka-shing's CK Life Sciences International (Holdings) Inc will ask investors for as much as HK52.93 billion (***** million) for a stake in a biotech venture that had less than US$2O,OOO
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    • 373 12 SHANGHAI Reuters CHINA'S aviation regulator said yesterday it will raise limits on foreign investments in domestic ait-linos and airports from Aug 1 to attract more overseas investors into the tightly controlled sector. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said it would
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    • 337 12 AFP [BANGALORE] Indian commerce and industry yesterday applauded the appointment of veteran politician Jas want Singh as the country' 8 new finance minister, saying the move would give a definitive posh to the country's sagging economic reforms. "Jaswant Singh's appointment would
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    • 283 13 I 1^ CORPORATION HHBw |f N CPG Corporation takes over the reins from PWD Corporation as one of the leading building and professionals in Asia. new name signifies a creative professionals one of the group of multidisciplinary professionals that lends the company a full.. H| bandwidth of expertise.The name change
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  • WORLD news
    • 415 14 TOKYO Finance minister wants to keep current framework to compile Budget Reuters JAPAN'S Ministry of Finance has decided to keep Haruhiko Kuroda, its top official on foreign exchange policy, in his current role, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said yesterday. Mr Shiokawa told reporters he decided to
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    • 305 14 SEOUL Six outsiders in 9-member beard headed by two CEOs AP CREDITORS of Hynix Semiconductor Inc yesterday brought in two new top executives and made sweeping changes to the South Korean chipmaking giant's board ahead of a planned overhaul. Hynix said the nine-member board would
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    • 117 14 Bloomberg (TOKYO] The Tokyo Stock Exchange will tighten delisting rules for companies traded on its market by April 2003 to improve investor confidence, the Nihon Ketzai newspaper said, without citing anyone Firms will be delisted when their market capitalisation falls below one billion yen
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    • 409 15 PARIS Its debt was slashed to jnnk and allegations over its accounting emerged Reuters MEDIA giant Vivendi Universal saw a third wiped off the Value of its shares yesterday as persistent worries over its finances panicked investors despite the imminent OUSter of its
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    • 303 15 BRASILIA Reuters BRAZIL posted its largest trade surplus for a month of June since 1994 as imports slowed at a faster pace than exports due to sluggish growth in Latin America's biggest economy, the Trade Ministry said on Monday. The trade surplus
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    • 249 15  -  From'. Neil Behrman in London BANKERS and fund managers are worried that a Brazilian currency and debt slump could have a ripple effect on other emerging markets. The Brazilian real plunged 76 reals to an all-time low of 2.896 to the US dollar this
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    • 390 15 LOS ANGELES Reuters THE auditor of bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corp confronted the company's board and charged management was withholding key information three weeks before the auditor's dismissal, according to a letter released on Monday. Deloitte Touche, which Adelphia fired
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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    • 308 15 The Singapore Institute of Management sponsors jO resident's Young Performers Series Organised by Singapore Symphony Orchestra JULY 12 13 VICTORIA CONCERT HALL 8.15PM CIAZUNOV Violin Concerto m A RACMMANINOV Rhapsody on a Then* of PaganH, Op. 43 Ufl Two highly gifted young Singaporeans take centrestage in this year's President's Young
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  • FORMULA ONE
    • 862 16  -  Only second row playing musical bucket seats, says HmKHHmnvsGH HEIKE HIENTXSCE The writer is a freelance journalist specialising in motor sports. She also prepares motorsports press releases for BMWAg AT this time last year, Formula One was awash with rumours of possible team switches by
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    • PIT Stop
      • 88 16 THE Minardi Formula One team has coaxed former champion Damon Hill out of retirement—to drive one of its two-seater cars m a demonstration race at England's Donington Park circuit next month. A Minardi spokesman toid Reuters that (he 41-year-old Briton—world champion in 1906—will join
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      • 92 16 THE World Com scandal ooold have lasting effects on auto racing because the firm—under fire for accounting Irregularities—ls a major player In sports marketing and sponsorship. JtsmoaocedlDtiy Racing League driver Mark Dismare at Keiley Racing fttan UW7-BP. APPraportad rhamp WwwAip Antn Racing Team's (CART)
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      • 104 16 EDDIE Irvine has warned he will quit Ftormula One racing if Jaguar's new RBB car is not competitive, according to the BBC. The 36-year-old Uteterman is disappointed the Jaguar car baa languished near the 1 back of the grid all eeaaon, with fartne'sUneepoints in Australia
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      • 112 17 TOYOTA Motor will release the world's first mass-produced ftiel-cell car by the year-end—months earlier than expected. According to Bloomberg, Toyota will initially release about 20 units of the FCHV^car—based on the Lexus RX3oo—in the model's first year on the market Ten will be for the
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      • 128 17 VOLVO plans to spin off or find a buyer for its stake in Swedish rival Scania to meet a 2004 deadline set by European regulators. Bloomberg said the world's No 2 truck-maker is still studying whether to sell its 30.7 per cent voting stake in
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      • 151 17 EXPORT numbers for Japan's carmaker* may h» going through the roof but signs of weakness in the US economy and the strengthening yen are darkening clouds threatening their potential profit growth. Japanese vehicle exports soared 25.6 per cent in May from a year earlier
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      • 122 17 NISSAN Motor has filed with the Frankftirt stock exchange to delist its shares from the bourse due to low turnover, according to Reuters. Nissan said it is not clear when the delisting—the latest in a series of cost-cuts by the auto-maker—will take effect. Meanwhile,
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      • 76 17  -  Owpflwdbyi Christopher Tan ...I— m w w THE Japan External Trade Organisation will hold the 4th Conference on Asean Auto Supporting Industries at the World Trade Centre Metro Manila on July 9 and 10. The goals of the conference are to nurture automotive supply industries
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    • 340 18 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 MOVENPICK ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company deemed to be held on 24 June 2002. the following resolutions were duly passed: 1. SPECIAL RESOLUTION WINDING-UP That the Company be wound up voluntarily
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    • 534 20  -  Very bearish levels of some equity markets could be a positive signal, reports OEMEVIEVE cua GENEVIEVE CUA IS it a good time to take a contrarian view of equity markets, and start to buy? Investment notes by some research and fund management firms say
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    • 826 20  -  By John F Wasik [CHICAGO] If only the process of rating mutual funds was like the snap opinion of film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper: A thumbs up for a positive review or thumbs down for unfavourable. Life is rarely that easy. Many investors
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    • 992 21  -  |^12ICEJCEG22S By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider. He is assisted by Ngia Soon Choi THE Singapore insider sentiment closed in semi-bullish territory at +30.3 points for the Ave days ending on Monday. The index was down from the previous week's
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    • 141 21 HENDERSON Global Investors has launched a 1.5 per cent discount scheme for its range of unit trusts, in an effort to encourage people to drip-feed their investments through a regular savings plan (RSP). Managing director Alexander Henderson says: "Our view is that markets
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    • 921 24  -  YOUR MONEY Any new proposal to make Singapore a fund management bub and build up retirement savings should be driven by members' interests—not institutions' drive for yet more fee income genovieve cua THE Economic Review Committee's (ERC) review of the Central Provident
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    • 1038 24  -  Byi Genovieve Cua BY NOW you're probably aware that you'll need to save and invest more to make your retirement income last a long time. What you still don't know is just how the Central Provident Fund will be tweaked to ensure a greater
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    • 250 25 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDQ was unchanged at 1,006, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPT) fell one point to 1,019, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) shed three points to 7,532 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was unchanged at 1,156. TXXE-GHARTEfe Mineral Century (built 1905) 161,425 dwt 13.5
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    • 528 25  -  Major lines' warning comes as contract talks with dockworkers continue By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' container arm APL and other major lines calling at US West Coast ports have warned they may shut down the waterfronts if dockworkers "slow down" during contract
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    • 462 25  -  They will get USssomfor training over next five years By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Local shipping industry management and personnel will enjoy the lion's share of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore's (MPA) $80 million Maritime Cluster Fund through course
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      • 110 25 Renters [SHANGHAI] China Shipping Development Co, the country's second largest shipping firm, Mid it plana to build two 110,000 dwt oil tankers costings77.7t million yuan ($00.79 million). China Shipping would fund 85 per cent of the cost through long-term bank loans, the Hong Kong-
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      • 68 25 [SINGAPORE] Multiport member Oriental Shipping Co Ltd (OCBCL) has wona 10-year contract to operate a passenger terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port to Saudi Arabia. The subsidiary of Middle East shipping and marine group A 1 Zakir International already serves the Baodl ports of Jeddah, Dammam. Dhuba,
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    • 173 25 Accord will help shipowners to avoid delays if drugs are found on board [SINGAPORE] Bimco has established its fourteenth anti-drug smuggling agreement with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Rome with the Italian Customs. The world's top shipping representative organisation claims
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    • 873 26  -  STRAIT TALK -By David Hughes ON Monday of this week, the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code) became mandatory for most ships trading internationally. That deadline represented the completion of Phase 2 of implementation of
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      • 625 36 52 children en route to holiday in Spain among the victims Reuters [UEBERLINGEN, Germany] At least 70 people, including 52 children, died after a Russian passenger plane collided with a cargo jet over southern Germany late on Monday. Swiss air traffic
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      • 255 36 [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand pilots have given notice they will walk off the job for 48 hours later this month, denouncing changes that could affect job security. The Airline Pilots' Association intends to strike on July 19 from 4 am, the airline said
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      • 246 36 21 cases claiming unfair dismissal to be heard tomorrow Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways pilots who were fired last year have lodged individual complaints with the Hong Kong Labour Tribunal, claiming they were unfairly dismissed by Asia's sixth largest airline during a
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      • 177 36 Dow Jones Newswires [BASEL] Switzerland's new national airline company on Monday started using its formal name, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. The new name replaced Crossair atop the corporate headquarters in the northwestern city, a company statement said. Crossair, a former subsidiary of the defunct Swissair,
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      • 177 36 AP [MELBOURNE] Thousands of air passengers faced delays yesterday when Qantas Airways check-in staff stopped work at Melbourne Airport to express their concern about working in cold conditions. About 250 customer service staff at the domestic terminal walked off the job for 45 minutes
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      • 285 36 The figure is better than what many analysts had feared Reuters [PARIS] European plane maker Airbus said yesterday it would deliver 300 aircraft in 2003, countering some analysts' fears that deliveries would slip in the wake of the airline industry turmoil since
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      • 218 36 Bloomberg [TOKYO] The International Air Transport Association (lata) opposes any airport privatisation plan that would let Tokyo's Narita Airport subsidise other hubs, the organisation's head said in a letter to the country's transport minister. Japan's government plans to sell terminal building operations at international
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