The Business Times, 17 October 2002

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    14 1 MHX(P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2002
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    75 1 sn 1,439.05 (+9.37) ST INDEX POTUIES 1,43&00 (+3.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 179J0 (+0.90) STOCK MAKKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 654.46 +10.30 NIKKEI 225 8,884.87 +48.14 HANG SENG 9,***** +122.75 SET INDEX 332.80 +451 JAKAKTA COMP .357.37 +15.17 MANILA COMP .1,048.17 +0.48 TAIPEI WPI i223.32 +91.85 SEOtLCOMP ***** +«.68 SHENZHEN
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    72 1 FOREX RATES rss s$ I SS |SS per L'SSS) 1.798 £|l'S$/S$ p«T S) 1.552 1T5HI Kl RO(l'SS/S$/K). 11.981 1.764 YEN 124.4 69.2 RM 3.8<W 2.114 HKS 7.799 4.338 BAHT 43.94 24.44 RIP1AH 9,212 5,124 PSOKE RATES SINGAPORE* 5i5 KIALAIJMPLR 640 HONGKONG 5.125 JAKARTA 39 00 TAIPEI 6.H25 TOKYO 1,175
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    Lock icon CAD hauls in dealers in swoop on broking houses
    669 1  -  Raids said to be sparked by alleged manipulation of top volume stocks Byi Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] The Commercial Affairs Department swooped down on several leading broking houses yesterday following complaints of share manipulation by some dealers and remisiers. CAD officers were
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    Lock icon Ascendas REIT to raise up to $480m, expected 8% yield
    852 1  -  By' Vince Chong laiiNUAruKfcj ine widely anticipated Ascendas real estate investment trust (AREIT) has been given the go-ahead to list on the mainboard of the stock exchange, with plans to raise up to $480 million. As expected, yields based on
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    Lock icon The more a firm earns, the more CEO gets
    753 1  -  exm Preceding fiscal year's results determine pay By! Serena Ng (SINGAPORE) While the corporate world and financial media continue to debate CEOs' rewards, a BT survey shows that the amount a top executive is paid correlates to the absolute size of
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    Lock icon Australia moves to recoup pre-collapse payouts to execs
    258 1 Reuters. [CANBERRA] Australia moved yesterday to strip excessive payouts from executives of failed companies after public outrage that multi-million dollar perks were given to corporate leaders as their companies were collapsing. Treasurer Peter Costello said legislation introduced in parliament yesterday was designed
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      74 1 DHBPB BizlT Web services: blow the trumpet, gently. Kenneth James, Pg 18 NUS rigs up supercomputer. Pg 18 Top Stories Indonesia's longerterm outlook looks gloomy. Next Page Gong Li to front Osim's China push. Pg 5 Japan unveils economic linkage strategy with Asean. Pg 11 JP Morgan's profit tumbles in
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      11 1 Will office trust tack make a success of A-REIT? Next Page
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Easy way to the challenge
        103 2 IF Ron Sim is walking straight and steady on Oct 27, it has to be thanks to those magical massage chairs that his company, Osim, claims can soothe tired muscles like nothing else can. Mr Sim. chairman and chief executive of Osim International, is scheduled
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        Lock icon Trash collectors also get thrashed
        76 2 THE weak economy has resulted in a rash of car repossessions going by the frequent auctions of repo vehicles held in recent months. But things must be quite bad when garbage collectors are hit. In the classifieds yesterday, a repossessed Scania Garbage Wagon (1995) was
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      Lock icon Disregard Merrill's unauthorised e-mail, cautions China Telecom
      287 2 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Merrill Lynch Co sent unauthorised e-mail to 52 US investors giving them information in regard to China Telecom's US$3.6B billion share sale, the state-owned telephone company said in its listing prospectus. Merrill Lynch, one of three banks handling the offer,
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      Lock icon Dark clouds gathering over Indon longer-term outlook
      703 2  -  Jakarta may have to lower growth estimates for next year, say analysts From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA'S financial markets may be starting to recover from last Saturday's bomb attack in Bali, but there is no silver lining for the the country's
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      Lock icon Will office trust tack make a success of A-REIT?
      715 2  -  COMMENTARY Industrial property trusts must offer more than 10% yield to succeed, says Lee Ban Shlh Lee Han Shih TO launch an industrial property trust in today's market is to tempt fate. Launching an industrial trust with less than 10 per
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      340 2 Banking Laws and Regulations What The Singapore banking regulatory landscape has undergone significant changes recently and more can be expected. To enable key personnel in banks and merchant banks to have a quick update and understanding of the recent and foreseeable changes in the banking laws and regulations, KPMG will
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      102 3 VACHERON CONSTANTIN Manufacture HorlogSre. Geneve, depuis 1755. a -1 a"" ■oyriv \i^ .v > yn a,, M y Jj t v .J -^pPH ■V- (Qy '"JWH^B M >^i^*i<??r^2^9BB^HH^^^^^EwMyBlSß^H^^SBlEMiSB^^^^fl > hQHBv *cragg> <sBtt. A WvyA%sAn»3f LU JERte?'*- j5-*afc ST- */c l&ft« B K *5- -..'I." »i f}i 4. t,i c /-fj'H^rj.
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SingTel cable joint venture wins S Korea licence
      272 4  -  IJjin C2C to provide links to key Asian countries, US, India using C2Cs pan-Asia network Byi Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications' (SingTel) cable subsidiary C2C said yesterday it has been awarded a Network Service Provider licence in South Korea which allows it to
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      Lock icon Stamford Land sells Sydney office building
      296 4 CK Ow's Stamford Land Corporation has sold a 10storey Sydney office building for A 566.25 million and expects to book a gain of about Ssls million at group level in the current financial year ending March 31, 2003. It had held the asset for
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      Lock icon OCBC Bank's group audit head to leave after 1½ -year stint
      335 4  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan IS foreign talent going out of style at OCBC Bank? Industry observers are posing this question in the wake of the impending departure of yet another of its expatriate senior executives. In a statement issued late
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      Lock icon Recipe for a Nikkei rally
      720 4  -  lock siew anthony rowley UNLIKE the Japanese economy, which tends to move with the alacrity of an oil tanker changing course, the Tokyo stock market could turn around on the proverbial sixpence once authorities show they are in earnest about repairing the nation's banking system.
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Nod for Chevalier capital distribution
        56 5 SHAREHOLDERS of Chevalier Singapore have approved its proposed capital distribution of $20.25 million cash, or 18 cents per share, by way of a capital reduction. The capital reduction involves cancelling $9 million of Chevalier's share premium account and cutting the par value of its shares
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        Lock icon Hup Seng Huat profit dives 75%
        56 5 HUP Seng Huat said net profit fell 75 per cent to $1.91 million in the year ended July 31,2002, down from $7.73 million previously. Turnover rose 27 per cent to $48.83 million. The group said the current fiscal year will be challenging and the
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        Lock icon Derek Goh trims Serial stake
        97 5 SERIAL System executive chairman Derek Goh sold another 500,000 shares in the open market yesterday, bringing his total holding down 0.17 per cent to 38.51 per cent. Under the Securities Industry Council's waiver conditions for a general offer, Mr Goh, and his concert parties, have
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        Lock icon Datapulse, GulTech on share trading
        75 5 DATAPULSE Technology said it is not aware of any reason for a sharp increase in its share price yesterday. The counter jumped 8 per cent or 1.5 cents to end at 20 cents on volume of 9.7 million. Meanwhile, GulTech in response to a Singapore
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        Lock icon Roly unit opens Shanghai 'megastore'
        49 5 ROLY International said its subsidiary, Shanghai Bei Zhong Trading Co, in collaboration with Benetton of Italy, yesterday opened a Benetton "megastore" in Shanghai. The outlet, with more than 3,(WO square metres of retail space, is Benetton's first megastore in China and its biggest worldwide.
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      Lock icon Kim Eng bonds pitched as best-yield short-term note
      353 5  -  By\ Wong Wei Kong THE research arm of Standard Chartered Bank, which is managing bond issues for Kim Eng Ong Asia Holdings, has positioned the listed brokerage's oneyear bonds as the best-yield-ing short maturity paper in the Singapore market. "In view of
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      Lock icon Gong Li to front Osim's China push
      588 5  -  She will be its new face in Asia-Pacific market for the next two years By Loh Hui Yin IF you want to make a big push for the Chinese consumer, who do you approach to help in your marketing drive? Gong Li, of
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      Lock icon Fastech posts 9-month loss of US$3.4m
      215 5  -  By Eugene Low MAINBOARD-listed Fastech Synergy yesterday reported a US$3.4 million net loss for the nine months to Sept 30. The group posted a net profit of U*****,000 in the same period last year. The loss per share was two US cents, compared with
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      75 4 yv The Royal Bank of Scotland pic W SINGAPORE BRANCH I■ w Eflisß {V 9 5 THE KEY TO YOUR UK PROPERTY FINANCE For further information, please contact directly: Joyce Tan Tel: (65) 6416-8751 or E-mail: Joyce.tan9rbos.com Amy Wee Tel: (65) 6416-8757 or E-mail: amy.weeQrtoos.com Eileen Tan Tel: (65) 6416-8756
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      94 5 Apologies to a shrinking world. I I The new BMW 7 Series Long Wheel Base. Despite its understated luxury, others can't help but feel its presence. And it's not just the extra 14 centimetres. Beneath its stateo -the-art 100% aluminium chassis, discover an array of impressive features like fully adjustable
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      331 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 16 VALUE CLOSE BTOBfUS 219.00 52.00 BTCMN -*****.00 13.00 BT 10-d«y MA *****.00 +22.00 AH-SGEhmMM 375.60 +1.59 SG Equities Etoct 111.01 +1.68 SG EquHms Fin 1291.98 +11.34 SG Equities Prop 348.83 +1.55 MSa Singapore 178.64 +1.27 SiMSCI Futures 179.20 +0.90 Stock* Volume Crtiraya3.Sc~~ 42.129.000 Chart SerrwCond
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      Lock icon Momentum indicators hint at further upside for Eastech
      278 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By 1 Ven Sreenivasan THE folks at Eastern Asia Technology (Eastech) must be heaving a sigh of relief now that a US court has ordered an 80-day "cooling-ofT' period in the West Coast port row. The order came after
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      Lock icon US bond market provides stock clues
      778 6  -  (comment STOCKS r. sivanithy FOR several months now, the shuffling of money between US Treasuries and US stocks has been a major feature of the financial markets. When bonds fell, stocks rose and vice versa. This pattern repeated itself on Tuesday, when all sorts
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      Lock icon Wall St rally brings relief to Asian units
      598 6  -  IHlcomment CURRENCIES Profit-taking, Intel warning among reasons cited for US$ retreat larry wee IN a sharp counter-trend move yesterday, the US dollar corrected higher against European units but fell back versus regional units in Asian trading. Players pin-pointed profit-taking on recent favourites
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    3425 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 80V Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 36* Com Global Infolec lnde« Fd 1 0237/ MN A/nro Asset Mgt (S'pore) torn Global Energy Index, Fd 0 798/ Star Europe Eqty!** 061® Com Global TraveTlndexFd 0 628/ Star Europe Sdl 1 09V
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Current and future pacts included
      557 7  -  STORE-KL WATER TALKS But no material progress made in latest meeting with Malaysia Froml Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE scored a minor success yesterday in the latest round of water supply negotiations with Malaysia, but the two countries failed to make any material progress
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      Lock icon Average 1.6 months bonus likely
      322 7  -  ■=H4 on the economy pay packages By Eugene Low SINGAPORE companies plan to pay an average bonus of 1.6 months next year, a survey by human resource consultancy Watson Wyatt Singapore has found. Among the various industries polled, financial services registered the highest anticipated variable
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      Lock icon Job seekers feel it's harder to get good jobs
      268 7 ONLINE job finder JobStreet.com yesterday said its employment confidence index, which is based on a poll of job seekers who visit its website, sank to an all-time low at the end of the third quarter. This suggests that people feel that
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac forum to focus on key investment themes
      187 7 MORGAN Stanley will host a three-day Asia-Pacific Summit in Singapore later this month to discuss key investment themes for the region. It wiU be attended by policymakers. corporate bosses, and institutional investors from around the world. The Oct 22 24 conference at
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      Lock icon Gemplus invests another $100m in Singapore
      347 7  -  Sm&rtc&rd maker beefing np RAD presence here By' Tang Weng Fai GEMPLUS, the largest smartcard maker in the world, said yesterday it will invest an additional Ssloo million in Singapore to beef up its already substantial R&D presence here, making it the first research
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      Lock icon Ascendas announces key S'pore staff
      224 7 BUSINESS space provider Ascendas yesterday announced key appointments in its Singapore operations which took effect from Oct 7. Former chief executive officer of Ascendas Land (Singapore), Goh Kok Huat, has been appointed CEO of Ascendas-MGM Funds Management, which will oversee the Ascendas real estate investment
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      309 7 Mortgage-backedSecuritization^^^^^M 4 to 5 Dec 2002 Programme: Programme Fee: I The executive programme consists of 2-days of I lectures and seminar sessions. Besides *$2,000 (3% GST Inclusive) per participant. I academics from NUS, industry experts from Earty Mi"d discount if registered before I investment banks, accounting, legal, and tax 5
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Jockeying for power in Myanmar
      814 8  -  mnm 1 bottom line OPINION harish mehta The writer is an Indochina specialist based in Bangkok. WHAT should one make of the sentences of death by hanging of the son-in-law of former Mvanmar dictator Ne Win and his three grandsons? Was there really a coup
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      46 8 'Over a longer horizon, China could become a very important healthy development. We need it. It's not good for the globe to be so dependent on the United States as the sole locomotive of world growth.' Kenneth Rogoff chief economist. International Monetary Fund
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      Lock icon S'pore can weather Bali blast fallout
      545 8 EDITORIAL SINGAPOREANS are feeling more edgy about their economic prospects and personal security after the devastating Bali blast last week. Coming just as Singapore has been working doubly hard to shrug off last year's recession, the blast has dealt a blow, at least psychologically
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      Lock icon Media had but small role in market crash
      1042 8  -  Back in the late 90s, just about the only people warning that the babble was a bubble were journalists; while Alan Greenspan issued one warning By Matthew Lynn The author is a columnist for Bloomberg News. The opinions expressed are his own
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      Lock icon Let people buy HDB resale flats for rental
      207 8  -  S Vasudhevan Singapore CONSIDERING the recent changes to the rules on property, the next logical step would be to permit Singaporeans and permanent residents to buy Housing Board resale flats for rental income. Given the present market conditions, this will be a
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      Lock icon Should referrer of medical tests disclose referral fees?
      183 8  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the on-going debate on health-care costs. I understand that when a patient is referred to do medical tests, the provider of the tests may be paying referral fees to the referrer. As I understand that
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon SLA unveils marketing portal
      444 9  -  The website will list some 200 state properties op for lease By Andrea Tan THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) yesterday launched a marketing portal which will see some 200 state properties up for lease and 25 buildings available for tender. The portal known as State Property
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      Lock icon Launch of Gallop Green this weekend
      294 9  -  By Vince Chong WITH an eye to attracting expatriates whose current housing leases are due to expire at year end, DTZ Executive Homes (DTZEH) will be launching Gallop Green residential development for rent this weekend. DTZEH is a corporate housing tie-up between DTZ Debenham
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      583 9 i, DEVELOPER/OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNITS NO. OF PRICE TENURE (9Q«) LAUNCHED UNITS SOLD ($psf) Blue Horizon FEO 5 West Coast Crescent 904-1,227 616 396 550 99-yr Karrisdale Allgreen Prop 8 Beatty/Sturdee Rd 990-2.787 340 157 480 99-vr Robertson 100 MCLLand 9 Martin Rd 678-1,561
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      496 9 UtMceim»aU2 rfcnw»fpkj^^ IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OE BU FASHION <S> PIE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-CP) Al an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abos enamcd Company duly convened and held at 629 Aljunied Road. #03-05. Cititech Industrial Building.
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    1089 10 TraruHu tion date: Oct 16 MTERBAim CROSS RATES *S C$ **> Euro MS mdfc »upta» Y- Woo IM >« Wh Pwo Sir WT$ BO>t Pound U$$ Australia 0.966 4.549 0.559 4.275 26.498 50 498 0.682 6.835 2.083 1.144 32.379 29.027 0.985 5.718 0.821 19.191 24.088 0.353 0.548 Canada 1151
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  • ESPLANADE festival
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      Lock icon Enter the Dragon
      441 10  -  SRT's musical Forbidden City tells the tale of the legendary 'dragon lady', Empress Dowager Tzu Hsi. in a verv different litrht wrifps Aaron Lva Aaron Lye MUCH as Singaporeans seem to love musical theatre, there aren't many in the genre that we can call our own. However,
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      Lock icon Journey through Space and time
      463 10  -  Byl Parvathi Nayar ALTERZONE: A State of Mind is one of two mini-festivals within the Esplanade Opening Festival. This one is devoted to new ways of perceiving music as pure sound, as sound installations, as artistic carriers of technology and as collaborators with other artistic
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    1645 10 SICOM FUTURES Oct 16 RUBBER Mures (dosing prices) RSS1 (S cmtsAfl) ClOM VoiWM OpM Moth High Low Sett (towwts) Interest Nov 02 V45J5 Dec 02 ***** J* 03 146.00 Feb 03 146.00 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Opt* Month High Low Sett (tomes) Interest Nov 02 80.00 79.75 80.00
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Japan unveils linkage strategy
      656 11  -  Tie-npswith Asean, S Korea to be based on S'pore- Japan agreement From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S foreign ministry yesterday unveiled its strategy for linking the Japanese economy with those of Asean states, plus South Korea, through a series of bilateral economic partnership agreements paralleling the
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      Lock icon New rules for M'sian hill resort development
      232 11 KUALA LUMPUR THE government has spelt out specific development guidelines for six popular hill resorts in Malaysia in order to protect the environment and minimise landslides, The Star has reported. Chairing a National Land Council meeting on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Badawi
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon M'sia manufacturing sales up 4.6%
        53 11 AP [KUALA LUMPURJ Sales in Malaysia's key manufacturing sector rose 4.6 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, bolstering expectations of a relatively strong third-quarter economic performance. Manufacturing sales in August totalled RM27.1 billion (5512.8 billion), the government's Department of Statistics
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        Lock icon New board at Airports of Thailand
        83 11 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand revamped the board of Airports of Thailand pel, reducing the number of military directors and appointing a civilian chairman as it prepares to sell shares in the operator of Asia's second-busiest airport. Srisook Chandrangsu, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Transport,
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        Lock icon Resorts World to mop up Star rights
        72 11 Reuters irvu/\Li/\ LiUiviruKj Malaysia s gaming and leisure firm Resorts World Bhd said yesterday it would buy newly issued securities in Star Cruises, maintaining its stake in Asia's biggest cruise operator. Resorts, which controls a 34.3 per cent stake in Star Cruises, added
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      Lock icon Euro-Asia says Yang Bin too busy to declare share sale
      337 12 HONG KONG Reuters EURO-ASIA Agriculture (Holdings) Co Ltd chairman Yang Bin was too busy to declare the number of shares he sold in his orchid export company, Euro-Asia said yesterday. China detained Mr Yang, a 39-year-old Chinese-born Dutch national, for
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      Lock icon Top China exec flees to dodge graft probe
      336 12 beijinc State Power Corp accused of making dubious deals under MD Gao Yan AFP THE former head of China's giant State Power Corporation, who disappeared in late August, has lied the country to avoid arrest on charges of corruption, it was reported
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      Lock icon FDI propels China to 8.1% growth in Q3
      350 12 M BEIJING Bnt expansion seen slowing as govt curbs spending Bloomberg CHINA S economic growth accelerated in the third quarter as foreign coinpa nies opened more factories, increasing exports from Asia's fastest-growing econ omy. Gross domestic product expanded 8.1 per cent in
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      Lock icon Walt Disney to start building US$2.9b HK park in January
      311 12 HONGKONG Bloomberg WALT Disney Co, the sec-ond-biggest US media company, will begin construction in January on its US$2.9 billion Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, spokeswoman Marie Garvey said. The park, scheduled to open as early as 2005, will create about
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        90 13 Bloomberg ICHICAGOJ Boeing Co, hobbled by what it calls the commercial aviation industry's worst-ever decline, said third-quarter net income fell 43 per cent to US$372 million, from US$65O million a year earlier. Sales fell to US$l2.7 billion from US$l3.7 billion. Boeing also said it expects
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        67 13 Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Coca-Cola Co, the world's largest soft-drinks maker, said third-quarter earnings rose 8.1 per cent and warned that profit this year may be less than forecast because of falling currencies, including the Argentine peso. Net income increased to US$l.l6 billion from US$l.O7
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        86 13 AP [DEARBORN, Michigan] Ford Motor Co lost US$326 million in the third quarter, largely because of losses related to the sale of a European vehicle repair business Kwik-Fit, but its profit before charges easily beat Wall Street estimates. Ford had a loss of US$692
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        101 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] Pfizer Inc, the world's largest drugmaker, yesterday said third-quarter net earnings rose 13 per cent, boosted by strong sales of heart-related medicines such as cholesterol drug Lipitor. It posted a net profit of U552.35 billion or 38 US cents per share,
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      212 13 LONDON Reuters EUROPE'S biggest chip maker STMicroelectronics (STMicro) is in talks to buy Motorola's semiconductor operations in a deal that would create the world's second largest chip maker after Intel Corp. STMicro, part owned by the French and Italian governments, denied
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      447 13 NEW YORK Loan losses, weak trading results hit earnings; 2,000 job cnts planned Reuters J P Morgan Chase Co Inc posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit yesterday on loan losses and weak trading results, and said it plans to cut more than
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      289 13 mNEW YORK Bloomberg MERRILL Lynch Co's profit rose for the second consecutive quarter, the first back-to-back increases since the end of 2000. The profit was boosted by president Stanley O'Neal's cost reductions and payment of an insurance claim. Merrill earned US$693
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      475 15 NEW YORK Companies conld do a lot to improve disclosure to investors; study Bloomberg A STANDARD Poor's study that measures transparency and disclosure at companies in the S&P 500 Index has concluded that annual reports are often weak. The credit rating agency "scores"
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      142 15 AFP [TOKYO] Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday awarded the heads of Japan's top auto maker Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co Ltd and Canon Inc for their efforts in pressing ahead with corporate reform. Mr Koizumi presented the first ever Corporate Reform Awards
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      250 15 SACRAMENTO Reuters US pension fund giant Calpers on Tuesday approved plans to file a shareholder challenge to "excessive" executive compensation policies at General Electric Corp, demanding the company adopt a new policy that links pay to performance. Calpers, which owns about US$l.4 billion
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      364 15 NYT, Bloomberg (NEW YORK) Citigroup's largest shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Tuesday that now that the bank has reported such strong results, "all those doubters should shut up", repeating the words several times for emphasis. The bank reported a 23
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      342 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] The British-based mobile phone giant Vodafone Group pic offered to acquire Vivendi Universal SA's stake in French phone company Cegetel SA for 6.77 billion euros (Ssl2 billion) after agreeing to buy out two other partners for 6.3 billion euros. Vodafone agreed
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      260 17  -  Aim is to help local firms become globally competitive via best practices By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE yesterday launched a new initiative to help local companies adopt world-class supply chain and logistics practices. The initiative, called the eSupply Chain Management (eSCM) Assessment Programme, is driven by
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      178 17 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA, California] Sun Microsystems Inc may cut as many as 8,000 jobs to try to stem losses, Merrill Lynch Co analyst Steve Milunovich said. A 20 per cent reduction in Sun's workforce of 39,400 is possible after CEO Scott McNealy
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      157 17 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp posted higher Q3 earnings but cautioned that revenue for the holiday sales-driven Q4 would be lower than Wall Street had expected, saying there was no sign yet of a recovery in the PC industry. Intel shares fell 14
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      258 17 Company cots sales forecasts for Q4 and 2003 NYT [NEW YORK) Motorola said it had slightly exceeded investors' diminished earnings expectations for its Q3 ended Sept 30, but that it had fallen well short of Wall Street's revenue projections. The revenue shortfall overshadowed
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        Lock icon China closes 90,000 Internet cafes
        86 17 AFP [SHANGHAI] China has closed nearly half of the Internet cafes around the country in the past five months as it toughens regulations on the operation of the popular businesses. Since a fire at an Internet cafe in Beijing killed 24 young people in June,
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        68 17 Bloomberg iwalluuki 1 oermanyj SAP AG may cut its forecast for sales growth this year to 5 per cent or lower as customers trim spending, analysts said. SAP cut its target to 5-10 per cent in July as signs of an H2 recovery failed
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        92 17 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp may ma fro a "small minority investment" in Siebel Systems Inc even as Microsoft moves to compete with Siebel, Credit Suisse First Boston analysts wrote in a note to clients. Bill Gates, who will give a keynote speech at
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      477 18  -  With just $500,000 and help from Dell Computer and Singapore Computer Systems, the NUS system could be among the world's top 500 supercomputers By' Tang Weng Fai THE National University of Singapore (NUS) has cobbled together an innovative high-end computer that could just make it into
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      743 18  -  INFOTECH Pioneering efforts could fall flat, bnt all credit to those who take the first step kenneth james The writer is BT's Technology Editor NTUC Income hosted distinguished guests when it blew its big trumpet on Tuesday, no less than Prime Minister Goh Chok
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      262 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) fell five points to 1,335, the Baltic Panamax Index (BPI) lost six points to 1,234, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHI) firmed seven points to 9,276 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was down nine points to 1,739. TIME-CHARTER: Aquahope (built 1997) 167,109
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      628 19  -  Findings can then be incorporated into IMO maritime security legislation Byl Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] International Maritime Organisation (IMO) secretary-general William O'Neil has appealed to both France and Yemen to urgently release investigation findings into the apparent terrorist attack on an oil tanker
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      299 19  -  Crew, S'pore yard get paid from sale of ocean tng -By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] In a surprise happy ending to an 18month long saga that created an international stir in Singapore last year, the five abandoned crew of ocean tug Master Cody and repair
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      219 19 Deloitte Touche to audit Liberia register's revenue [SINGAPORE] Liberia's long search for a legitimate organisation to monitor up to US$lB million in annual revenue from its shipping register has finally ended with the recent announcement that international accounting firm Deloitte Touche will take on this task. Ernst Young, KPMG International
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      404 19 Crippled vessel to be carried by semi-submersible back to UK Reuters [SYDNEY] A British warship crippled when it hit rocks off a remote Australian island in July was given "a whale of a welcome" on Tuesday when the vessel was towed
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      932 20  -  n>ii w»nrm fttniw nnmawi <>t NEWBUILOS --By David Hughes THE pros and cons of building bulk carriers with double hulls has been the subject of intense debate within the shipping industry for some time. Recent series orders by prominent owners suggests the double hull
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        796 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        581 28 New information shows that co-pilot had problems with wake turbulence AP [WASHINGTON] With hearings into the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 set to open later this month, investigators have turned up new information that has led them to focus
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        775 28 It also plans more layoffs as it scales back capacity Bloomberg [ATLANTA] Delta Air Lines Inc deferred delivery of 29 Boeing Co jetliners and plans to lay off more workers after the No 3 US airline's third-quarter loss widened to US$326 million.
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        224 28 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Metro International Airline, Malaysia's newest carrier, will next month start flying twice a day between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, said the company's chief executive, Mohd Nazri Abdullah. "We know there is still good demand" for travel between Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, he
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        441 28 Taiwan carrier to invest USs47m in China Cargo Air Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines (CAL) received approval from Taiwan to invest US$47 million in the cargo unit of China Eastern Airlines, clearing the way for the Taipei-based carrier to gain a
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        173 28 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong and US negotiators started three days of talks in Hong Kong yesterday to draw up a new agreement on commercial air services across the Pacific, it was reported. Neither side would discuss the negotiations, with a Hong Kong government
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        280 28 8 of injured taken to hospital after arrival in Sydney AFP [SYDNEY] Qantas yesterday defended a decision to continue a long flight from Japan to Sydney after more than a dozen people were injured when a jet hit turbulence following take-off from
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          119 28 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] China Eastern Airlines, the third-largest carrier in the country, said it named Li Fenghua as president after its current top executive Liu Shaoyong took a new position at the country's aviation regulator. Mr Liu, 44, has been appointed as deputy director-general of the
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          85 28 [SINGAPORE] Air India has leased an A3lO/300 aircraft from Singapore Airlines as part of its network expansion in the Gulf and South-east Asia. The latest dry lease was signed in Singapore last week and the aircraft will be in service by the end of
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          92 28 Reuters [HANOI] v letnam's flagship carrier will sprout a new logo of a lotus flower that will replace the blue-and-white stork and moon that has been its symbol for 12 years. The change had originally been planned for 1997, and Vietnam Airlines actually
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