The Business Times, 18 September 2002

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    22 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES S I N G A P O R E internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2002
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    74 1 m 1,468.47 (+15.86) ST INDEX FDTUBES 1,***** (+22.00) SDBCIFOTOIEB 180L80 (+3.20) STOCK BASKET INDICES Tuesday Change KLSEOOMP 090.48 +6.19 NIKKEI 226 9 r Mi94_+J82.0i HANG SENG 9,***** _+***** SET INDEX 369.30 >7.42 JAKARTA COMP _4J7.18 -*J7 MANILA OOMP .1,***** +2.41 TAIPEI WPI 4,633.86 +176.70 SEOUL COMP ***** +2142
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    62 1 FOBS IAS US* SI US$ (SS per USS) 1.781 £(US$/S$per£) 1531 1727 EURO(USS^SS/E). 0564 1.717 YEN 1219 69.0 RM 3.800 1134 HKS 4J79 BAHT 4117 2414 Rl'PlAH 9,062 6,082 PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 KUALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG 6.125 JAKARTA 3900 TAIPEI 6.626 TOKYO L376 SEOUL 956 FRANKFURT >26
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    Lock icon Under siege: Role of HDB, URA as state land sales agents
    665 1  -  BTfTyarmro Bids by private consultants a fraction of what is normally charged By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] A price wai among property consultants to handle state land tenders looks set to put pressure or government agencies such as Housing Development
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    Lock icon Treat stock options as expense: Conference Board
    614 1 Call also to tie options grants to financial results Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Companies should be required to treat stock options as expenses, and their executives should give shareholders advance notice of plans to sell their stock, a panel of a business research group
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    Lock icon Western scepticism about Iraqi offer dampens market rally
    684 1  -  Stocks, US$ shed some gains; oil, gold recover slightly From Neil Behrmann in London GLOBAL stock markets and the US dollar surged, and oil and gold tumbled, after Iraq announced that United Nations weapons inspectors could renew their investigations but the euphoria
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    Lock icon Banks must be more upfront about their Net banking liability
    578 1  -  New MAS guidelines also call for more verification levels By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The rights of on-line banking customers who suffer losses as a result of unauthorised transactions will be given a boost under revised Internet banking guidelines released
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Another foreign talent quits OCBC
        93 2 IT'S back to our foreign talent watch again. The latest we hear is that OCBC Bank's chief credit officer Gregory Pau has resigned. Mr Pau, a Canadian, is said to have left the bank last week of his own accord, and there is talk he
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        Lock icon Sabo King
        68 2 TALK about living up to their names. A while back, we told the story of a Hong Kong broker who cheated clients of their money. His name was Demon Leung. This week, we have the story of a US congressman who is pushing for clamps on tax deductions
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        Lock icon Business in Bosnia
        128 2 IF you're looking for a winner or plan to diversify into a really emerging market, here's an update on the Bosnian Muslim-Croat privatisation programme. According to Reuters, the third round of the public share offering in about 70 state-owned enterprises in the Muslim-Croat federation started on July
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      Lock icon S'pore Aug exports up 14.7%, boosted by non-electronics
      581 2  -  Top 50 in S&P 500 Index now cheaper than the smaller companies Byi Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) are on track for their first quarterly growth in more than a year, after a 14.7 per cent year-on-year jump in
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      Lock icon Time to buy shares of top US firms?
      665 2 Tap 50 in S6P 500 Index cheaper than the smaller companies Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Now may be the time to start buying shares of the biggest US companies, according to some investors. The 50 most valuable companies in the Standard Poor's 500
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      318 2 Primer on Interest Rete Risk Management Instruments Why Attend Are you at ease with chose interest rate offerings from your bankers? Have you always wondered how they are valued? Do you make sense of the plethora of swaps and options used in Date interest rate risk management? Friday, 18 October
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      9 2 M-o-m numbers provide a better picture: lE, Pg 6
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SMRT CEO: captain or caretaker?
      693 3  -  lock siew To: The Board of Directors, SMRT Corp Re: Position of Group CEO and President christopher tan Dear Messrs, I would like to be considered for the above. But first, please permit me to find out more about what is, or is not, expected
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      Lock icon GP Batteries buys 75% of China firm for $48m
      267 3  -  Deal gives it 12% of China alkaline battery market By David Boey MAINBOARD-LISTED GP Batteries International said yesterday that it will pay $48.7 million for a 75 per cent stake in China's second largest alkaline battery maker. The stake in Zhongyin
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      Lock icon JMI International delays IPO
      417 3  -  Book-building exercise foils to whip op investor support By David Boey JMI INTERNATIONAL, a Bermuda-registered firm which offers surface finishing services for plastic parts, said yesterday it will delay its initial public offer (IPO) as it does not want its investors "to be penalised by the
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      Lock icon Mediastream sees faster turnaround with acquisition
      465 5  -  Executive chairman also says purchase of Allandesnota backdoor listing By Serena Ng SESDAQ-LISTED Mediastream's planned acquisition of container rental firm Allandes Corp for around $13.8 million will help the lossmaking audio and visual production company return to profitability sooner, its executive chairman George Thia
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Eagle issues interim profit warning
        99 5 SANITARY-WARE maker Eagle Brand Holdings said yesterday it expects a 20 per cent slide in turnover and a likely 85 per cent dive in profit for the six months ended July 31. The company blamed factors, including intense competition in the ceramic tile and sanitary-ware
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        Lock icon Elec & Eltek profit takes a dive
        72 5 Elec Eltek profit takes a dive DIFFICULT market conditions for PCBs and computer peripherals saw Elec Eltek International's earnings for the year to end-June slump to $44.4 million from 193.6 million last year. Turnover fell 26 per cent to $438.7 million. The company expects overall business conditions to remain challenging.
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        Lock icon PT Astra back in black at half time
        74 5 Bloomberg PT ASTRA International, Indonesia's largest carmaker, said it was profitable in the first half, reversing from a loss the year before, because of foreign exchange gains. TTie company posted profit of 2.2 trillion rupiah (***** million), or 848 rupiah a share,
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      Lock icon Sunningdale pulls out of Penton rescue plan
      294 5  -  By Ven Sreenivasan IN another surprising development, Penton International's white knight, Sunningdale Holdings, has decided against buying a controlling stake in the Ses-daq-listed plastic injection mould and tool maker. In an announcement yesterday, Penton said that Sunningdale's call option had been terminated with
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      Lock icon Comfort appoints new chief financial officer
      209 5  -  Byi Christopher Tan IN the second vital change within a week, taxi operator Comfort Group has appointed a new chief financial officer to replace Peter Leong, who has held the post for about six years. The listed group has picked Tang Fook Meng, 44,
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      Lock icon ST Assembly up 17% as firm sticks to Q3 forecast
      393 5  -  Firm also has no plans for additional financing this year By David Boey SHARES of loss-making ST Assembly Test Services reversed their losing streak and shot up 17 per cent to $1.12 yesterday after its management said it is sticking
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      298 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Sep 17 VALUE CLOSE ■TWOS -321.00 -*-270.00 it CAW -*****.00 +169.00 -*****.00 -32.00 MWrpllw +5.98 MEqalbwEltt 112.65 +4.73 tOf|i<liiW» 1301.23 +2.51 MfpJlMhM 374.08 +2.75 WHIiWOT 181.51 +2.12 M»Mra 180.80 +3.20 CitlrayB 2.5e 57jW7.000 Link* Island 10c 29.4S3.000 NawWa*® 5c 29.037.000 Chan Semiconductor 26c 22.197,000 ST As»emtt»y 25c
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      Lock icon The trouble with bubbles in the stockmarket
      803 4  -  I:l comment STOCKS r. sivanithy STOCKMARKET bubbles are fascinating phenomena worthy of close study. Their usefulness lies in trying to figure out how they inflated, what went wrong if and when they burst, and how to avoid a similar situation in the future.
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      Lock icon US$ hits 3-month high as Iraq war fears ease
      755 4 Knroda's verbal intervention also helps support greenback Reuters AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar leapt to a three-month high against the yen yesterday on news that Iraq agreed to unconditionally re-admit UN arms inspectors, easing fears of an imminent US strike on
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2522 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 369 Com Global mfotec Index Fdl" 0259 Com Global Enerw Index Fd 0 821 MNhnMMgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!* 06/ Com S pore Bond fund/* 1 056 Star Europe Bo 1.077/ Star Europe Bai 0J17/ CredH Agricota Asset Mgt S pore
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      814 5 In the Matter of The Cotwpteiiei Ad, Cap. SO And In to Mdter of GUARDIAN FRANCHISEE PTE LTD Notice of Rnolulions for Members' Voluntary WmdmoUp (Pursuant to Section 290) At the Extraordinary General Mooting alto members of GUARDIAN FRANCHISEE PTE LTD duly convened and hold ot 78 SUnlonWoy, #29-02, Singapore
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      434 5 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANES ACT, CAP.SO AMOM THE MATTER OF SENG GUP ft CO (PTE) LTD (In Voluntary Ixjuriabon) NOTICE OF RESOLUTION At an Extaordawy General Meeting of to members of SENG GIAP ft CO (PTE) LTD. diiy held and convened al 5 Jalan Besar #05-01, Singapore *****5.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Month-on-month data paints better picture: IE S'pore
      424 6  -  C=M 3 on the economy data reporting -Bl Anna Teo WHAT'S typically referred to as the "headline" trade figures measuring Singapore's nonoil domestic exports, or NODX are the "year-on-year" percentage changes, which compare the latest month's figures against the same month a year
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      Lock icon Grange Residences at $1,350 psf
      537 6  -  Wing Tai sells handful of units at The Light atCairnhill By] Kalpana Rashiwala MARCO Polo Developments has been previewing selected Grange Residences condos for the past two days at its Wheelock Place office, sources told BT. Potential buyers have been told that for now the
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      Lock icon Two more big guns join Mapletree
      345 6  -  Byy Vince Chong VETERAN property pundit Ong Teck Hui and former Capita Land Residential chief operating officer Steve McMillan have joined Temasek unit Mapletree Investments. Mapletree yesterday told BT Mr Ong was appointed director of research while Mr McMillan was made a consultant. Mr
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      Lock icon Muis plans terrace homes at Chancery Lane
      359 6  -  ii exclusive By Vince Chong THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is looking to develop a freehold estate of 20-30 terrace/cluster houses in Chancery Lane, sources say. Muis is said to have met developers to explore the possibility of selling the prime
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      611 6 IN THE MATTER OF HUA SHUN VENTURES PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50, that a Final General Meeting of the members of the abovementioned Company will be held at 10 Collyer Quay, #21-01 Ocean Building, Singapore
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      443 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 TAKADA TECHNOLOGY (S) PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) Al on Extioordmory Generol Meeting of the members of TAKADA TECHNOLOGY (S) PTE LTD duly convened and held at 51 Guf Rood, Singapore *****2 on the 16 day of September 2002, the
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      565 6 IN THE MATTE* Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of fENG TING (1991) PTE LTD (Members' Voluntary liquidation) At on Extroordinory General Masting of the Members of FENG YING (1991) PTE ITD, duly convened ond h* Id on 12 September 2003 the following was duly ri
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      515 6 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTE* Of TYCOM CARBIDE TOOLS PTE LTD (In Mambars' Voluntary liquidation) NOTICE Of SPECIAL AND ORDINARY RESOLUTIONS (Pursuant to Sachon 290(2Mb) Alan Extraordinary Ganarol of tha Company daamad to b« hald on 12 s•ptamfaai 3003. N fallowing Rasolutions
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Hoping for a rubber cartel with bounce
      703 8  -  1 bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer is an Indochina specialist COMMODITY cartels were all the rage in the 1970s with the spectacular success of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). The end of the 1970s when Opec set prices
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      95 8 The fact that these guys are alleged to have looted the company on that scale does not mean they would have overstated earnings or cash flow or done anything else nefarious to the company's financial statements.' -James ChuM a longtime Tyco critic, on the charges levelled against
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      Lock icon War averted for now ?
      610 8 War averted for now EDITORIAL IRAQ may have bought itself a little time with its decision to admit weapons inspectors to the country "without conditions". Whether this is enough to avert war, however, remains to be seen After all, US President George W Bush's case against Iraq was that Saddam
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      Lock icon Americans won't back a United States empire
      1593 8  -  Although a 'New American Imperialism'appears to be developing, two big obstacles render it highly improbable From. Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington NO one would accuse those (mostly) guys who dominate the foreign policy debate, those retired middle-aged diplomats
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      Lock icon Discipline—and the lack of it
      651 8  -  COHMENT&RT Greenspan's latest discourse on fiscal prudence rings mighty hollow By Robert Reno The writer is a columnist with Newsday EVEN before Alan Greenspan had opened his mouth to testify before the Senate Budget Committee last Thursday, the market had suspected this wasn't going to
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  • MAIL bag
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      Lock icon Changing warrant terms not good idea
      356 9  -  Tan Chin Wee UK, via Internet I REFER to the Hock Lock Siew column "Allow changes to warrant terms" by R Sivanithy (BT, Sept 9). It would be a bad idea to allow changes to warrant terms. It would encourage warrant holders to assign
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      Lock icon Suggestion that is long overdue
      134 9  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the Hock Lock Siew commentary "Allow changes to warrant terms" by R Sivanithy (BT, Sept 9) putting forward arguments to back his suggestion for a change in the rules governing the life span of share warrants issued by SGX-listed
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      Lock icon Be fair to warrant 'quitters'
      235 9  -  Chia Hui Ping Singapore R SIVANITHY'S Hock Lock Siew commentary "Allow changes to warrant terms" (BT, Sept 9) makes a strong case for keeping an expiring out-of-money warrant alive, by either lifespan extension or the issue of free replacement warrant bearing a lower exercise price.
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      Lock icon KKH needs to re-think fee hikes
      426 9  -  Ong Yang Peng CEO Cananex Singapore Pte Ltd I REFER to the report "Govt hospital fees for subsidised patients up 2-8%" (BT, Sept 12). From the reasons given, it seems that Kan dang Kerbau Hospital is now too big. Of course, one reason is
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      Lock icon Aggrieved owners can take MC to court
      133 9  -  Malaruizhi Dinesh Corporate Services Division for Chief Executive Officer Building and Construction Authority I REFER to the letter from Wu Ping Yen ("Strata titles law should be boosted", Mailbag, Sept 12). Mr Wu said that the commercial tenants in his estate are monopolising
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon New projects will spice up KLCC
      432 10  -  Petron&s units involved in building convention centre, new hotel nearby From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE world's tallest buildings in the Malaysian capital will soon be complemented by two new buildings, which will help make the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) an even
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      Lock icon TKI restates 3 ½ years of losses, shareholder funds
      287 10 TKI restates 3 years of losses, shareholder funds Accumulated losses widen by RMl9Bm toRM774m Bloomberg, Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Technology Resources Industries Bhd restated accumulated losses and shareholders funds for the first half of the year and the previous three years. Malaysia's second-big-gest mobile-phone company on Friday announced the discovery of
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      Lock icon M'sia approves 500,000 construction work permits
      214 10 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIA has approved 500,000 work permits for the construction sector following the recent mass deportation of illegal immigrants which crippled the building industry, the official Berna ma news agency said yesterday. Deputy Human Resources Minister Abdul Latiff Ahmad said 300,000 of
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Thai reserves may push up rating
        69 10 Bloomberg (hanukukj Thailand s ruing foreign currency rt*« veu ire putting "stronger upward pressure" on JnvSw^rrta^SfyerteixJi^S^aSteiTtial t long-term debt BaaS, the lowest investment grade, with a stable outlook. It last raised the rating in June 2000. Thai reserve® are at a record high of
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        Lock icon China Unicom launches share offer
        97 10 Reuters. [SHANGHAI] China Unicom Group launched the country's second largest domestic share issue yesterday. The 11.5 billion yuan (592.5 billion) share offer from China's No 2 cellular carrier, which also has an overseas listed-unit, was priced near the tow end of expectations due to poor
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        Lock icon India's NSE revamps index
        72 10 Reuters [BOMBAY] India's National Stock Exchange (NSE), the country's biggest bourse by traded volume, yesterday announced changes to its benchmark Index that analysts said would make it more volatile reflect market trends more accurately. The NSE said its 50-iflSue Nifty index would soon include software services
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        Lock icon M'sian manufacturing sales up 2%
        67 10 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Sales in Malaysia's key manufacturing sector rose 2 per cent in July cooipared to the same month last year, lending weight to expectations of a relatively stron* third-quarter economic performance. Manufacturing sales in July totalled RM25.9 billion (5512.1 billion), the Department of
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        Lock icon Thai cabinet okays bonds pricing
        55 10 Reuters [BANGKOK] "Hie Thai cabinet yesterday approved the pricing of Thailand's US$l billion global bonds at 145-156 basis points over 10-year U8 Treasuries with the spread being capped at a maximum 175 points over the US paper. The 10-year bonds is the country's first sovereign
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        Lock icon Pertamina may sell LNG to China
        70 10 Bloomberg (JAKARTA] Pertamina, Indonesia's state oil and gas company, is investigating an offer by a company called Pacific International to buy liquefied natural gas for China's Jiangsu province, president director Baihaki Hakim said. Representatives from the company that owns a power plant in the
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      Lock icon SM: Jiang will retain clout after he steps down
      528 11  -  China president likely to have installed loyal supporters in key posts By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who is due to step down by March, will continue to have an influential role in China after he relinquishes the leadership,
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      Lock icon BankThai to be sold at up to 18% discount
      274 11 BANGKOK Bloomberg THAILAND will offer shares in Bank Thai Pel at a discount of as much as 18 per cent to attract buyers for a stake in the country's worst-performing bank stock that was worth US$2O5 million at Friday's close. The
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      Lock icon HK unemployment registers first decline in 20 months
      264 11 HONGKONG Unexpected Aug fall to 7.6* spurred by economic revival Bloomberg, Reuters HONG Kong's jobless rate unexpectedly fell In August for the first time in 20 months, suggesting an economic rebound may be gathering pace. Unemployment fell to 7.6 per cent from
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      Lock icon HK will make its last Tracker Fund sale next Quarter
      404 12  -  Quarterly sales will no longer weigh down the market: brokers From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE Hong Kong government wiU seU its last batch of Tracker Fund units next quarter, marking the final chapter of its 1998 controversial intervention
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Internet worm targets Linux Web servers
      357 13  -  SINGAPORE Slapper virus has hit 5,000-11,000 servers so far By' Tang Weng Fai THE relative peace in the so-far secure Linux operating system may be shattered by the arrival of a new breed of Internet-based computer virus that specifically targets the free operating system.
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      101 13 TOKYO Reuters JAPANESE Economics Minister Heizo Takenaka yesterday said the economy had yet to clearly emerge from a period of stagnation, but there were signs of a pickup. "The economy is still spotty but there are signs of recovery," Mr Takenaka told reporters as he emerged
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      647 13 TOKYO Bat analysts highlight continued worries over US earnings, Japan policies AP Reuters, Bloomberg TOKYO stocks surged by over 3 per cent yesterday and the US dollar strengthened against the yen, as relieved investors welcomed Iraq's decision to accept unconditional UN weapons inspections. Sentiment
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      482 15  -  UNCTAD cites its focns on biomedical sciences for its success in dry year By. Ravi Kanth in Geneva SINGAPORE is ranked fifth in the world's top ten economies last year for attracting foreign direct investments, which saw a sharp fall
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        102 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] UK banks such as Barclays and HSBC Holdings would be open to criminal charges for failure to reveal fees for transferring money to other countries under British government proposals. The UK plans to fine banks as much as £2,500 (556,800) if
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        49 15 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission will consider at a meeting tomorrow whether to require mutual funds to reveal how they vote in corporate proxy contests. The SEC will also decide on whether to make the proxy voting records available to shareholders.—Bloomberg
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        44 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co replaced an analyst after Tyco International's former chief executive complained to Merrill chief David Komansky about the analyst's coverage of Tyco, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Merrill replaced Jeanne Terrile in 1999.—Reuters
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        52 15 Bloomberg [COPENHAGEN] MobilCom AG, Germany's No 5 mobile-phone company, needs European regulatory approval to use German government aid to stave off bankruptcy, European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti said yesterday. The German government had pledged on Sunday 400 million euros (*****.6 million) to bail out
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        81 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] US federal investigators into World Com Inc are scrutinising personal loans that former chief executive Bernard Ebbers had granted to chief operating officer Ron Beaumont, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The investigators are looking at the U*****,000 in loans as well
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      334 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The dollar's rise to a three-month high against the euro and the yen is acceptable to the US, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill said yesterday. The dollar strengthened to as much as 96.10 US cents per euro, the highest since June 20. Against Japan's
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      313 15 LATEST US INDICATORS Dip stirs concerns on manufacturing rebound Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US industrial output posted an unexpected decline in August, the Federal Reserve said yesterday in a report that raised concerns about the manufacturing sector's fragile rebound. The Fed said output
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      285 15 ■GENEVA Reuters THE World Trade Organization ruled on Monday that the United States violated key trade agreements with a law that channels antidumping duties on imports to US firms making similar products. US officials in Washington said they would appeal the decision,
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      310 16 NEW YORK Charles Simonyi to set up his own software firm NYT CHARLES Simonyi, a computer scientist who joined Microsoft when it had 40 employees and who helped set its technical strategy for years, is leaving the company to found his own software startup. Mr
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      317 17 NEW YORK Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc, facing allegations that a consumer finance company it bought two years ago gouged unsophisticated borrowers, is taking steps to make sure customers know whether they are paying for insurance on home loans. The world's largest financial services company
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      314 17 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The United States will allow the controversial group that oversees the Internet's traffic system to retain its authority when its contract expires at the end of the month, a Commerce Department official said on Monday. But while the Internet Corporation
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      94 15 THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE Results of auction of taxable book-entry Singapore Government Bonds to be issued on 1 Oct 2002 Tenor approx. 5 years Total Amount Allotted SGD 2,300,000,000 t 'V Amount Allotted Non-Competitive Applications SGD 383,230,000 Of which allotted to MAS SGD 200,000,000 Total Amount Applied SGD 4,227,295,000
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      605 18  -  Lenders turn to auctioneers to sell repossessed cars as they've wider reach Byi Christopher Tan THE car auction scene is getting to be a bumper-to-bumper affair, as more banks and finance houses turn to auctioneers to reduce their stock of repossessed vehicles. Last year, when
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      520 18  -  ■^^exclusive He faces 7 years' jail; 2nd charge' relates to accounts All reports by Christopher Tan JIMMY Lim, the head of exSkoda distributor JTA Motors, has been charged with one count each of cheating and failure to maintain accounting records and system of
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      222 18 ■:i (exclusive St&rsanto allays fears as brand is set to cease here DAEWOO distributor Starsauto will honour warranties even after the brand ceases to exist here, according to a senior executive. With General Motors' takeover of Daewoo Motor of Korea and the formation of a
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      230 18 MOTOR traders have been alerted to suspicious deals offered by free agents who promise cars at substantial discounts. Typically, these agents claim in print or by word of mouth that they can supply cars from authorised sources at $10,000 or more off the
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        107 18 BP and Caltex have become the first to raise pump prices on the back of rising crude rates. Caltex raised rates quietly last week, a move which took many customers by surprise. BP yesterday announced increases from 1 lpm: its 96-octane petrol went up by
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        139 18 VEHICLE components and systems exhibition Automechanika Asia will be held next in Kuala Lumper, instead of Singapore. Organiser Messe Frankfurt Singapore said the third show will take place at Putra World Trade Centre from Nov 12-15,2003. The first two events, in 2000 and 2002,
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        118 18 TAN Chong Motor Holdings, the assembler of Nissan cars in Malaysia, may raise vehicle prices in three to four months to offoet the higher cost of imported parts on the back of a stronger Japanese yen. "The yen is still very strong, so if it
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        79 18 HONDA Motor expects to sell one million motor scooters in Thailand this year, up from almost 700,000 last year, due to strong marketing efforts, The Bangkok Post reported. The company, which dominates the Thai market based the projection on a 57 per cent jump in
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        133 18 GENERAL Motors' Shanghai unit sold 40 per r*>nt more of its Buick-branded sedans, mini-vans and compact care in China last month, piggy-backing on a broader surge in sales in Asia's second-largest auto market Unit sales at the Shanghai plant rose to 11,655 in
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        183 18 1 mmmmmwm m mm u mm* rw TOYOTA Motor sold 15 per cent more cars in Europe in the first eight months of2002 than it did a year earlier, helped by strong demand for its Yaris compact car. The manufacturer sold 518,000 cars in Europe
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        132 18 PSA PEUGEOT-CITROEN of France is initiating trials with e-business network bokro.net with the aim of allowing all group exports to be processed on-line. PSA's test will involve a group subsidiary and a distributor using the Bolero system to process shipments of spare parts and new
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        95 18  -  nii iiy Christopher Tan SEAT-BELT use among US motorists rose to a record 75 per cent this year because of strong state laws and police enforcement, Bloomberg reported. Belt use hit 80 per cent in states where motorists can be stopped and ticketed solely
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      845 19  -  By Robert Halili The writer is managing director of Asia Insider BUYING activity remained high among listed companies' directors and substantial shareholders for the second straight week, with 34 companies recording such purchases during the five-day period up to Monday. The sentiment index rebounded
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      994 20  -  While China leads the wealth market, S'pore posts slowest growth in Datamonitor study By Genevieve Cua THE rich in Asia continued to get richer last year, despite rocky markets and frozen salaries. A report by London-based Datamonitor has found that not only did the number
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      289 20  -  By< Genevieve Cua FUND MANAGERS in Hong Kong and Singapore hoping to tap the liberalisation of investment rules for hedge fUnds may have to brace themselves for a disappointing take-up rate from retail investors. UK-based Datamonitor analyst Simon Pearse says there is a
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      555 21  -  HE'S throughput up only 2*3% for first eight months By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A continuing surge of cargo volumes through China's southern ports hit a stunning 52 per cent growth for the first eight months of 2002 over the same period last year
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      203 21 [SINGAPORE] India and Indonesia have begun joint naval patrols to combat piracy, smuggling and drug trafficking off the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, the Indonesian defence ministry announced recently. Under an agreement signed last year, the two navies began joint patrols
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      301 21 Second fire flares up in area containing non-hazardous material AP [LONDON] Fire broke out again on Monday on a ship in the English Channel, hours after firefighters thought they had brought the blaze under control, the coast guard said. The Hampshire Fire Service later said
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      284 21  -  2U c. By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation's overseas ambitions were boosted yesterday with the opening of the Singapore container terminal operator's Aden Distripark (ADP) in the Yemeni capital. Both the distripark and the nearby Aden Container Terminal, which began operations in
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      1122 22  -  STRAIT TALK -By David Hughes OVER the next few months we can all expect to see seafarers' unions and shipowners' organisations engaged in a whirl of activity as they try to sort out what to do about the scheduled US$5O increase
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        548 31 It cites strong cargo recovery; steady growth in passenger market Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's secondlargest carrier EVA Airways raised its 2002 pre-tax profit forecast by 40 per cent yesterday, lifting its shares and boosting optimism that the sector was emerging from its slump.
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        179 31 Bloomberg [PARIS] Air France SA and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines NV shares rose after Les Echos reported that the two carriers are in talks for a broad alliance that would allow them to link their networks. Air France gained as much 6.3 per cent,
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        295 31 Modules on new-generation models may malfunction Oana-Xinhua [BEIJING] Major Chinese airlines have started checking the flight control modules of their newest Boeing 737s after the manufacturer revealed that some of them might be defective. Industry sources said some airlines that own newgeneration
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        446 31 ANA will take over its operations, buy half of its seating capacity AFP [TOKYO] Japan's No 2 carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) said yesterday it has signed an agreement for a comprehensive tie-up with regional carrier Hokkaido International Airlines, or Air
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        190 31 AFP [MANILA] Ground crew unions have filed a lawsuit yesterday seeking to nullify a German-Filipino consortium's contract to build a passenger terminal at Manila airport, their lawyers said. The lawsuit was filed at the the Philippines Supreme Court, with the unions saying
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          78 31 AFP v (JAKARTA] Indonesia's Jatayu Airlines wHi open a new route linking Jakarta to the southern Kalimantan city of Banjarmasin on Saturday, the company said yesterday. The daily flights will be served by two 115-seat Boeing 7375, a company spokesman said. The company,
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          80 31 AP ILUNDON] Workers on London's Underground system will strike on Sept 24 and Oct 1 if they have not gained a pay agreement, union leaders said yesterday. Each strike would start at Bpm and continue for 24 hours, the unions said. Strikes by members
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      760 32 The Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) has kept up with the changing maritime learning environment with its research and development centre. Most words now have an "e" prefix e-commerce, e-learning and e-busi-ness. And terms like "Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone", "just in time" and "performance support systems" are
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      614 33  -  Training alone isn't sufficient to avoid accidents, a mindset geared towards safety is important too. By George Joseph The Singapore Maritime Academy (SMA) is to embark on a study of fatigue to gauge how long the human mind remains alert under shipboard conditions. This is especially important
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      765 34 A wide range of papers will be presented at Martech 2002. Here is what some industry experts and university professors from across the world have to say about simulation and maritime safety. Professor Svein Rristiansen of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology questions the feasibility of simulation
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      298 32 SPOTLIGHT ON SIMULATORS In the last decade or so, concern over marine accidents has focused attention on the use of simulators for the training, performance evaluation and licensing assessment of mariners. There is a wide range of marine simulators bridge, engine, steering and even cargo handling simulators being used and
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