The Business Times, 30 November 2002

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    14 1 ijita iD\ niivni/o<vvj 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE NOVEMBER 30 DECEMBER 1. 2002
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    Lock icon Sony pullout sparks scramble by Jakarta
    401 1 Oana-Xinhua [JAKARTA] Shocked by the pullout of Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp, the Indonesian government has vowed to work hard to solve the various problems faced by existing investors to forestall others from following suit. "Our top priority now is to maintain the existing
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    Lock icon Tokyo announces timetable for banking reforms
    801 1  -  But measures may founder in face of bleak indicators and political opposition From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN'S government last night released a timetable for implementing potentially far-reaching reforms of the bad debt-ridden banking system. Some measures which aim to make banks come clean
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    Lock icon Japan, S'pore deal takes effect today
    248 1  -  By Vikram Khanna THE Japan-Singapore Economic Partnership Agreement (JSEPA), which opens up trade and investment and strengthens economic cooperation between the two countries in a range of areas, will take effect from today. Under the JSEPA, 94 per cent of Singapore's exports to Japan
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    Lock icon For $10, you too can go where the Queen went
    90 1 Keppel Club members may soon get to enjoy cruises on the Singapore government's former VIP boat Harbour Queen, which has hosted the likes of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and China's former premier Li Peng. In this photo, taken in 1989, the
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    Lock icon Bangkok Design—for that competitive edge
    1084 1  - Bangkok Design —for that competitive edge SATURDAY SOAPBOX karim raslan BANGKOK'S latest supper club, the Bed Bar, is a sleek, all-white pod dropped into the teeming mass of the city's hip Sukhumvit district. Behind the retro-Sixties, ovoid exterior is a large room with divan beds suspended from the walls. The
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    Lock icon 98's NatSteel offer: Act smart by not acting
    860 1  -  COMMENTARY catherine ong IT'S clear what shareholders of Nat Steel Ltd should do on Dec 4: vote against the management buyout offer (MBO) by Crown Central Assets Ltd and do nothing about 98 Holdings' general offer. This course of action presents the
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      Lock icon Irrationality puts market in a trading mode
      639 2  -  MARK E T REVIEW r slvanithy AT the start of the week there was nothing on the horizon to suggest the local stock market could break out of the trading range it has been trapped in for months. It was a forecast that
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      75 2 STI 1,391.53 (-12.51) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,391.00 (-16.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 171.70 (-3.20) Friday Change KLSECOMP ***** 164 NIKKEI m .9,21 it.56 .38.78 HA.N(i SENG I0.069.H7 77 97 SET INDEX 364.911 »06l JAKARTA (JOMP .045 MANILA (X)MP ASM it »4.5« TAIPEI WPI .4,646 69 .34(19 gUJLOBf- 7S4H<» -1026 SHENZHEN B
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      72 2 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ I SS (SS per I S$| I 763 V(I SS/S$ p.f S) I >49 ±731 Kl'KO(rsS/S$/K) 0994 1 752 TBI 122.4 6940 KM 3.HUU 1155 HKS 7.799 4423 BAHT 4.141 2462 RII1AH *970 5.HK7 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 525 MALA I.I Mil K ♦»40 HONG KONO
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      Lock icon China acts to curb hot money
      601 2 K adds more rules for foreign investments in domestic A shares Reuters [SHANGHAI] China has slapped new restrictions on a landmark reform to usher foreign investors into domestic stock markets, hoping to avoid the hot money flows that wreaked havoc in Asia during the
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      Lock icon Insurers aim to boost standards with new code
      458 2  -  They'll pay claims in 7 working days; have free-look period Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE) Insurance companies will pay claims within seven working days and policyholders taking out new policies will have a 14-day "free-look" period under new practices to be adopted by insurance
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      Lock icon Delta first US carrier to make KL comeback
      436 2  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur DELTA Air Lines has become the first American carrier to resume flights to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) the operator of KLIA and all Malaysian airports said yesterday Delta would
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      Lock icon SembCorp warns of $127m in losses for unit SembE&C
      436 3  -  But impact on overall group profitability will be offset by $169 m of gains from the sale of Singapore Food Industries, it says By Wong Wei Kong DIFFICULTIES faced in two major projects will drag SembCorp Engineers Constructors (SembE&C), the wholly
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      Lock icon Surface Mount's H1 profit soars as turnover jumps 93%
      416 3  -  By Serena Ng SPARKLING interim results posted yesterday by contract manufacturer Surface Mount Technology have reinforced a view among analysts that' Asian electronics firms stand to benefit strongly from their low-cost production centres, even as the wider industry remains in a
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      Lock icon S'pore, Jakarta, Bangkok ink cable deal
      349 3  -  By Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) yesterday said it had signed an agreement to build a cable network linking Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, estimated by one Thai official in May to cost no more than US$4O million. When contacted, a SingTel spokeswoman
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      Lock icon Loads matter more to airlines: analysts
      372 3  -  Savings from change in Europe-Asia flight path not significant By 1 Ven Sreenivasan DEMAND and load factors are more important to Singapore Airlines than savings arising from changes to flight paths. That was the reaction of some analysts yesterday to plans by the International
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      Lock icon Cerebos dishes out generous dividend as profit jumps 17%
      421 3  -  By\ Serena Ng TONIC for investors of Cerebos Pacific best known for its Brand's Essence of Chicken came in the form of another generous payout announced yesterday. Just months after it said it would distribute $109 million cash to its shareholders,
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      Lock icon Metro interim profit doubles to $20.5m
      301 3  -  Byl Kalpana Rashiwala RETAIL and property group Metro Holdings yesterday reported a doubling of interim group net profit to $20.5 million from $10.2 million, thanks to lower interest costs and higher exceptional gains related to the booking of profits from property sales by its
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      Lock icon Chartered shares poised for recovery: analysts
      485 3  -  They cite removal off Merrill-held stock overhang, IBM deal By' Ven Sreenivasan CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing shares are now better poised for recovery, market watchers said yesterday as the stock pulled back amid heavy selling believed to be mostly from Merrill Lynch. Fanned by Chartered's
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      Lock icon k1 Ventures turns around with $5. m profit in Q1
      351 3  -  Byi Wong Wei Kong THE sale of an investment put kl Ventures back into the black for the first quarter of its financial year. But the private equity investment firm says the outlook is too uncertain to make a profit
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      Lock icon United Fiber wins reprieve in Indon suit
      231 3  -  By Andrea Tan MAINBOARD-LISTED United Fiber System has won a temporary reprieve in its Jakarta court battle to overturn a minister's decision to withdraw a forestry concession belonging to a subsidiary. Pending the resolution of the case, the Jakarta Administration Court has ordered
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    • IN BBIEF
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        Lock icon Creditors of CEH unit okay debt revamp
        36 3 CHEW Eu Hock Holdings said about 97 per cent of unsecured creditors of its subsidiary Chew Eu Hock Construction, which is under judicial management yesterday approved a debt-restructuring scheme.
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        Lock icon Times Pub exec joins Comfort
        24 3 MICHAEL Liew, a veteran at Times Publishing, has been appointed Comfort's group general manager for overseas investments starting tomorrow.
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        Lock icon Delay in Nokia's 3G deployment for M1
        37 3 Reuters MOBILEONE Asia (Ml) said in its initial public offer prospectus that Finland's Nokia was behind schedule in delivering a third-generation (3G) mobile network. The contract is worth $200 million.—Reuters
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        Lock icon More on finance sector incentives in Feb
        50 3 THE final details of the incentive scheme for the financial sector would be released next February, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said yesterday. The Minister for Finance, during his Budget speech in May, had announced the Implementation of the Financial Sector Incentive Scheme.
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        Lock icon Clarification
        34 3 LAFE Technology said its earlier announcement that Mirzan bin Mahathir was the chairman of its new remuneration committee was incorrect The committee is chaired by former Singapore Member of Parliament Lew Syn Pau.
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      Lock icon Sharp rise in contenders for defence science awards
      521 4  -  Tony Tan underscores the importance off adopting innovative approaches to defence engineering By] David Boey MICROCHIPS about the size of sand grains, a one-of-a-kind sensor network that keeps track of every airborne object for hundreds of km around Singapore, a technology for
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      Lock icon Reits success rests on mindset change
      324 4 Players musk focus on property yield over capital growth PROPERTY owners and investors need to change their mindset towards a yielddriven market rather than relying heavily on capital growth returns if Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) are to be successful in Asia. Jones Lang
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      Lock icon Slower growth for Asian exports in H1
      382 4  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY regional exports By Audrey Tan ASIA'S exports will decelerate, but not collapse, in the first half of next year, with headline growth of 5-6 per cent year-on-year, says Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). Its economist PK Basu wrote in
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      Lock icon 2012 Olympic host city to be decided in S'pore
      309 4 SINGAPORE will be the venue for selecting the city to host the 2012 summer Olympic Games. The megamedia event will be held here in 2005. Singapore won the right to host the International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting where competing cities bid
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      Lock icon KDDI enters Singapore's telecoms services market
      326 4  -  It expects to reach $5-6 m in revenues in the next 2 years Reports by Tang Weng Fai THE already-crowded telecoms market saw a new entrant as KDDI Singapore announced yesterday it had won a facilities-based operator (FBO) licence from the Infocomm Development Authority
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      Lock icon Cruise operator floats deal for Keppel Club members
      450 4  -  By\ Kalpana Rashiwala FOR as little as $10 a trip, Keppel Club members may soon get to enjoy cruises on the Singapore government's former VIP boat, which counts Britain's Queen Elizabeth and China's former premier Li Peng among the dignitaries, it has
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      Lock icon Limited growth ahead for call centres: study
      228 4 A NEW study released by analysts Frost Sullivan reveals limited upside for the local call centre market as the region expands at much faster rates than Singapore. Frost Sullivan sees the largest call centres going to emerging markets such as China and India,
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      Lock icon URA subject group rejects 3 proposals
      249 4 IF Lily Kong had her way. Jalan Kayu and its famous line of roti prata shops would be retained. So too Pasir Panjang and Clementi roads, which hold special memories for university students. Associate professor Kong, who is Dean of the Faculty of Arts
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      Lock icon Manila cancels contracts for airport
      495 6 Move will improve German firm Fraport* s chances off getting compensation for investment in scandal-hit Terminal 3 prefect Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines cancelled all contracts for a new Manila airport terminal yesterday, raising the chances for Germany's Fra port AG to get compensation for its
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      Lock icon Rafidah angered by Australian security
      266 6 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's trade minister said yesterday that Australian security officials disrespected her Muslim beliefs because they asked three times to let dogs sniff her bag during a recent World Trade Organization meeting. Islam regards dogs as unclean. The minister, Rafidah Aziz, said that
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      Lock icon Indian exchanges to turn into firms
      185 6 Bloomberg [MUMßAl] India's market regulator approved a plan to convert the Mumbai stock exchange, Asia's oldest, and the country's 22 other exchanges into companies to make them more transparent and efficient. Indian exchanges, except the National Stock Exchange are run as trusts by boards
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      Lock icon SET bid to boost volume may eat into lunch break
      268 6 It hopes to resume trading half an hour earlier at 2pm Bloomberg [BANGKOK! Thailand's stock exchange may reduce its two-hour lunch break by 30 minutes to increase trading volume in Asia's sec-ond-best performing market this year. The exchange may resume
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        Lock icon KLSE relaxes directorship rates
        114 6 IKUALA LUMPUR] Directors in public listed companies can now hold more directorships in private companies with the introduction of a new practice note by the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), the Malaysian Business Times reported. However, KLSE deputy president for exchange operations Mohd Nor Ahmad said
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        Lock icon EON wins rights to distribute Audi, VW cars
        63 6 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd, won the rights to distribute cars for Audi AG and Volkswagen AG in Malaysia. EON will sign the agreements on Dec 4. The new distribution rights may help bolster earnings at EON, which was stripped
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        Lock icon Dr M defers Umno leadership contest
        59 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's ruling party has decided to put off its own leadership contest, due in June 2003, until after the next general election, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced yesterday. He said Umno needed to concentrate on winning the next election without the
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        Lock icon Thaksin family's total assets figure slides
        51 6 Oana-Xinhua [BANGKOK] The total assets of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family was over 12.3 billion baht (***** million), a fall of about 2.3 billion baht from last year. Thai News Agency yesterday quoted the Office of the National Commission of Counter Corruption as saying.
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        Lock icon Sime to buy Thai power plant
        66 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Sime Darby Bhd said yesterday it agreed to take over a power plant in Thailand for U5530.35 million in cash, the group's first power venture outside Malaysia. Its subsidiary Sime Darby Eastern Ltd signed a deal yesterday to buy the entire
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        Lock icon Petronas buys 30% stake in Iran field
        64 6 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Petronas said yesterday it has acquired an interest in the onshore Munir Block in Iran from Edison International and Lundin (Munir) Ltd. Under the newly-approved farm-in transaction, Petronas Carigali Overseas now owns a 30 per cent stake in the block,
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        Lock icon Celcom-Telekom merger in Q1 2003
        36 6 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Celcom Malaysia Bhd, the nation's No 2 mobile-phone firm, expects to complete the merger of its cellular business with that of Telekom Malaysia Bhd in Ql next year.—Bloomberg
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        Lock icon Thai ex-minister vows to fight graft charge
        62 6 AFP, AP [BANGKOK] Thailand's ex-health minister Rakkiat Sukthana vowed yesterday to fight a graft case after an indictment which could make him the first ex-cabinet member jailed or sentenced to death for graft. The National Counter Corruption Commission indicted him for taking a
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      Lock icon M'sian tourism set to suffer from travel warnings
      328 7 TERROR FALLOUT Minister sees arrivals dropping by 100,000 to 300,000 a month Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The number of tourists visiting Malaysia is expected to drop by between 100,000 and 300,000 every month following travel advisories issued by several Western countries. Culture, Arts
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      Lock icon Defence minister implicates Bashir in Bali bombing
      319 7 AP. Bloomberg [JAKARTA] A detained 64-year-old Muslim cleric is likely to have been involved in last month's deadly Bali blasts and more al-Qaeda-ordered attacks are possible in the region, Indonesia's defence minister said yesterday. In an interview with the Associated Press, Matori Abdul
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      Lock icon Security in Indonesia tightened
      101 7 (JAKARTA] Police have readied bomb squads and strengthened security as millions of Indonesians prepare to make their annual journey home less than two months after a massive bomb exploded in Bali, reports here said yesterday. National police chief General Da'i Bachtiar said about 120,000 officers are
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      Lock icon HK's 2.5% GDP growth in Q3 strongest in 2½ years
      500 7 Government rdises full-year forecast to 2% from 1.5% Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's economy grew at its strongest rate in two-and-a-half years in the third quarter compared to the previous quarter, as China's exports surged and a record number of
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        Lock icon HK to propose bridge to Macao, Zhuhai
        82 7 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's administration will soon recommend to Beijing a proposed 29 km bridge project linking the territory with neighbouring Macau and Zhuhai across the Pearl River Delta, a report said yesterday. The Y-shaped bridge would run from north of Tai
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        Lock icon Cheung Kong sold 3,800 homes this year
        65 7 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd has sold 3,800 apartments this year, generating HK$l3 billion (552.9 billion) in sales, executive director Justin Chiu said. The company had aimed to sell 3,500 apartments in 2002, he said. Of the 3300 apartments sold as
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        Lock icon Top officials linked to Vietnam scandal
        71 7 AP [HANOI] An expanding corruption scandal that has rocked Vietnam's ruling Communist Party is likely to reach top Cabinet-level officials, state media reported yesterday. The Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted deputy national police chief Le Thanh as saying he believed several top government officials will
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        Lock icon China urges firms to buy local software
        58 7 AFP [BEIJING] China is encouraging state-owned enterprises and government offices to buy locally produced software in a bid to boost the local IT sector, official media reported yesterday. Government bodies have been told to give preference to local firms when purchasing software products
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      Lock icon Mid-sized US manufacturers optimistic: survey
      493 9 Seven out off 10 CFOs expect the economy to expand next year NYT [NEW YORK) A new survey of chief financial officers at mid-sized manufacturing companies found substantial optimism about business prospects in 2003, corroborating a recent spate of positive data on the economy but
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      Lock icon Some Saudis may sell off US assets: prince
      449 9 Reuters [LONDON] Some Saudi investors would panic and sell US investments because Saudi Arabia was portrayed by some Western media as not cooperating with the United States in its "war on terror". The Times reported yesterday, quoting Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin
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      Lock icon EU identifies key concerns over US reforms
      342 9 tt has also developed proposals on how to remedy the major difficulties Reuters [BRUSSELS] The European Commission has identified seven key concerns stemming from recent US corporate law reforms, which will be taken at bilateral meetings starting next week, a top commission official
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      Lock icon Telefonica chief faces insider trading charges
      290 9 [MADRID) Anti-corruption prosecutors in Spain are seeking to bring charges of insider trading against Csar Alierta, chairman of Telefonica, Spain's largest company, the Financial Times said yesterday. The move follows an investigation into share deals when Mr Alierta chaired Tabacalera, a tobacco group, five
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    • WORLD WATCH
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        Lock icon Global chip sales up 1.8% in Oct
        59 9 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 1.8 per cent in October from the previous month, an industry study said. Sales rose to U5512.51 billion in October from U5512.29 billion a month earlier, boosted by demand for chips used in mobile
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        Lock icon Bundesbank my sell some of its gold
        53 9 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Bundesbank may sell some of its US$35 billion of gold to buy more profitable assets, executive board member Hans-Helmut Kotz said. This likely wouldn't happen until the Washington agreement between 14 European banks and the ECB to limit gold sales ends
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        Lock icon Deutsche Telekom mulls further share sale
        61 9 AFP [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom is planning to sell a further batch of shares in its Internet arm, T-Online, to help reduce its vast debt, the Financial Times Deutschkuid reported yesterday. It said Deutsche Telekom was examining the possibility of a short-term sale of shares
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      Lock icon Fund managers boost holdings of US assets
      418 10 They bet on US after positive economic data, at expense off Europe and Japan Reuters (LONDON] Fund managers across the globe in November bet the US economy will gain momentum ahead of other regions and boosted holdings of US equities at the expense
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      Lock icon Toyota applies for US banking licence
      341 10 H expects approval from Nevada stale by April 2004 Bloomberg (TOYOTA) Taking a cue from its rivals, Toyota Motor Corp, the world's thirdbiggest carmaker, plans to enter the banking business in the US. The company's Toyota Financial Services Corp unit last month applied for
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      Lock icon New Basel banking rules will up risk: industry group
      252 10 Bloomberg (LONDON) New international rules on how much money banks must earmark for loan losses would increase risks and undermine corporate governance, a report from the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation said. The new Basel Capital Accord, dubbed Basel
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      Lock icon Bold moves by takeover specialist
      937 5  -  In his battle for Nat Steel, Oei Hong Leong demonstrates the same audacity that has brought him success in his other S'pore, HK and China ventures. LOB BUI TIN revisits his coups LOH HUI YIN IT now has a familiar ring to it a visit
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      Lock icon 1990-2000: Oei's formidable decade in Hong Kong
      655 5 MOST investors are familiar with Pacific Century CyberWorks, or PCCW, the telco now controlled by Richard Li, the younger son of Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing. But not many know that PCCW's earlier incarnation was an unpretentious company called Tricom Holdings, which was
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      Lock icon Early warm welcome in China turns cool
      531 5 HE can speak Mandarin, crack Communist jokes and sing revolutionary songs better than any apparatchik. So said a friend of Oei Hong Leong, the Indonesia-born businessman who spent part of his childhood in the 1960s in China. Mr Oei's China credentials also gave
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      Lock icon A cashflow view of stocks
      797 11  -  Using the cashflow return on investment measure helps to highlight problem companies and pick out quality Arms, says TEH HOOI LING TEH HOOI LING ONE of the red flags analysts are told to look out for in companies' financial numbers is the discrepancy between earnings
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      685 11 HAVING a well-designed portfolio is central to a successful investment strategy. If time is the "Archimedes lever of investing", an efficient portfolio is the internal combustion engine. Or put another way: a well-designed portfolio using Modern Portfolio Theory provides a "free lunch". Modern Portfolio
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      520 11  -  Some see it as indirect investment in bkrtech sector By, Joseph Chong The writer is managing director of New Independent Financial Advisers PARKINSONS disease, cancer, heart attacks, and kidney failure have one thing in common. They are often defined as critical
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      387 11  -  Byl Patrick Peck The author is the Vice President for the Paris based JCF Group THE number of opinion changes this week surged to an all-time high ofBl, comprising 30 upgrades and 51 downgrades. This arrested the downtrend in changes over the
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      790 12 MONEY TALK Leant how you can save for your children's education and give them the protection they deserve, in the third of a five-part series on financial planning THERE are milestones in our life which we must prepare for. Life expectancy has increased.
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      1326 13  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY Attitude, behaviour, and creativity are essential ingredients to becoming extremely wealthy, according to the authors of new book on making money teh hooi ling ATTITUDE, behaviour, and creativity these are the three major ingredients necessary for achieving
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      692 13  -  By Teh Hooi Ling am old couple in Canada had a house on a large land area, but not much savings. His modest pension was not enough for them to live comfortably. So he worked as a security guard and made a
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  • what's in style motoring
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      425 14  -  If s the first off 5 new Land Rover models to be launched over next 5 years By Christopher Tan THE new Range Rover was given as close to a royal introduction as you can possibly get here yesterday. It was unveiled at the
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      1142 14  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN, who was in Spain to test the Porsche Cayenne, found that hail and rain couldn't dampen its fiery spirit CHRISTOPHER TAN THE rain in Spain does not fall mainly in the plains. It falls anywhere it fancies, and it falls in any which way
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        102 14 HONDA Motor is planning to release the new Accord sedan in China early next year. The Accord sales of Honda's joint-venture Guangzhou Honda Automobile fell 1.5 per cent in the first 10 months of this year, from a year earlier, while the total
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        137 14 A BIG percentage of Honda's new City will be exported to Japan making it the first Thai-made sedan to be sold in the world's most exacting car market. Next year, Asian Honda Motor expects to export over 30,000 units of the City some 80 per cent
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        68 14 THOSE who drive up to Malaysia for leisure will appreciate Driving Holidays in West Malaysia. a book-sized guide published by Singapore-based Lancer Publisher. The compilation of both highway and city maps of 11 states, with food, entertainment and places of interest highlighted, is available for just
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        72 14 RENAULT'S Megane II and Vel Satis have attained five-star rating at the European New Car Assessment Programme. Laguna was the first Renault to be awarded the top accolade. With a score of 33.12 points out of 37, Vel Satis is now the safest sedan in
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        79 14  -  Compiled by Christopher Tan RENAULT'S Megane II (right) was voted European Car of the Year, giving France's second-largest car maker a boost as it introduces the model across Europe this month. The Megane finished ahead of 30 new models in a poll of 58
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      Lock icon Enchanting Lord of the Rings land
      1040 15  -  PARVATHINAYAR is amazed by her recent Kiwi experience from scenic beauty to wonderful wines PARVATHI NAYAR With Lord of the Rings about to weave its spell yet again, it's a good time to talk of something that's perhaps even more magical the country where
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      945 16  -  For Phoebe Leong, success with her lower-end labels has fuelled a desire to go upmarket and hence TrißeCa boutique is born. CORINNE KERK reports CORINNE KERK SHE has a law degree from London, but didn't practice law. She didn't have any retail background or management experience, but
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      434 16  -  The 130-year-old brand is banking on its sexy and bold Type 1 jeans to keep the market buzzing By Cheah Ui-Hoon THE granddaddy of denim wear Levi Strauss Co (Levi's) is launching its "next big thing" next week, accompanied by an extensive advertising campaign that will
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        120 16 What's new in the stores Hold your breath: You can now buy a 42-inch plasma TV that costs less than $7,000. Made by Daewoo of South Korea, it costs $6,800, to be exact. Like the other plasma models in the market, it is equipped with a host
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        92 16 When you have guests over for dinner, the Spode mark on a plate says a lot about you. More so, if you serve them with Spode tableware imprinted with its famous Christmas tree design. Spode's original Christmas tree pattern has been a beloved yuletide signature
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        87 16 It's hard to describe the sensation of having four hands working on your body in synchrony but it sure is a novel, pampering experience. Judging by the number of bookings, lots of women are going for that personal touch in Clarins' Four-Hand Slimming programme. However, if DIY
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        59 16 Dior has just launched a new fragrance range for the globetrotting man; Eau Sauvage, Fahrenheit and Higher. Each fragrance comes with a practical and elegant kit containing a 100ml eau de toilette spray, a 50ml tube of all-over cleansing gel and a 50ml spray deodorant. Available at
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        85 16 MWenia Walk: Kidz Funtasy: Children get to play computer games, watch cartoons or have their faces painted free. Otherwise, they can sit and listen to Christmas stories or learn new crafts like sand art, vinyl painting and clay art. Today at 4.30pm; Join Santa and friends in a musical
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        122 16 Baroque is the look of Yves Saint Laurent's Rive Gauche collection for Fall/Winter, and the look is good. With the Marquise line A of bags, for instance, Tom Ford has translated 18th century M France into opulent and romantic accessories. The bags come with sculpted metal
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  • what's in style art
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      777 17  -  PARVATHINAYAR visits some of New Zealand's well-known potters to find out stories behind their mould PARVATHI NAYAR THE larger Nelson region in New Zealand's South Island is a treasure trove of pottery, where you can find everything from functional tabldware to extravagantly individualised decorative ware. Many
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      Lock icon Portraying timeless Jiangnan for a cause
      468 17  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon ITS hard to imagine a Jiangnan teeming with tourists and all the loud trappings of modern living when you view the works of watercolorist Ong Kim Seng, and businessman-photography hobbyist Kwek Leng Joo, at their joint exhibition. So picturesque and tranquil
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      423 17  -  Compiled byi CHEAH UI-HOON A roundup of events Christmas spirit HOW about giving a work of art to your loved one as a Christmas present? Over 200 original works paintings, charcoal and ink drawings, etchings, bronze sculptures and terracotta tiles priced from $80 to $2,800 are on sale.
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