The Business Times, 30 December 2002

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 010/03/2002 Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2002 85C
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    Lock icon MARKET SUMMARY
    68 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Week Change STI 1,341,58 +4.13 SIMSCI FUTURE. 164.40 -0.60 KLSE COMP 650.39 It* NIKKEI *****6 +307.17 HANG SENG *****6 -183.43 SET INDEX 356.48 +6.47 JAKARTA COMP_424JM -9.18 MANILA 1018.41 +17.63 TAIPEI WPI 4547.32 -48.35 SEOULCOMP 656.92 -42.52 SHENZHEN B 189.99 -732 AUST ALL ORD_2991.40 +1160
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    65 1 FOBEX BATES US$ SI US$ (SS per US$) 1.739 £(TS$/SS per 1.601 2.784 EUBO(US$/S$/E). 1.038 1.806 YEN 1200 6900 RM 3.800 2.186 HK$ 7.799 4.486 BAHT 24^9 RUPIAH 6.125 PBIME BATES SINGAPORE* gjg KUALA LUMPUR 140 BONO KONG 5 am JAKARTA 39.00 TAIPEI 8500 TOKYO U75 SEOUL LONDON 4
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    Lock icon Wall St bulls bet on 10% rise in 2003
    1052 1  -  Modest gains seen in what is expected to be another tough year Fromi Andrew Marks in New York AFTER a year in which most Wall Street strategists saw their bullish forecasts for 2002 fall flat as stocks took an unprecedented tumble
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    Lock icon NatSteel chairman sells his stake to 98
    579 1  -  He forgoes higher market price for his 40,000 shares By Eugene Low [SINGAPORE] With the closing date for 98 Holdings' general offer for Nat Steel just days away on Jan 3, the steel miller's chairman Cham Tao Soon has decided to sell his
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    Lock icon A Greenspan in the making?
    743 1 PROFILE Zhou, who will shape China's monetary policy, has the credentials and the track record Bloomberg ZHOU Xiaochuan, who kept the yuan steady during the Asian financial crisis, is taking over monetary policy in China as Asia's second largest capital market moves toward currency and
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    Lock icon Japan rethinks how it can woo foreign direct investment
    1097 1  -  Radical review may see campaigns early next year to attract investors From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN is rethinking how it can attract direct foreign investment and tap foreign capital and management skills, a development that could have far-reaching implications for
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      Lock icon India outstrips China in foreign private equity investment: report
      599 2  -  Key factor in India's favour is easier divestment, repatriation of proceeds By' Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] While China's intake of foreign direct investment (FDI) dwarfs India's by a factor of almost 20, India is the clear winner when it comes to attracting
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      Lock icon Ringing in the Sheep
      59 2 AP [TOKYO] A decoration ofsheep stares atpassersby in downtown Tokyo's Ginza shopping district yesterday three days before the Year of the Sheep arrives. All across Japan, New Year's decorations of pine branches have been set up in front of the gates of houses, buildings and department
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      Lock icon US set to see some strong economic data
      679 2 Manufacturing expansion, rise in confidence expected Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in four months in December, and consumer confidence rose to the highest in three months, private reports will probably show this week. The Institute for Supply
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      Lock icon Lawmakers to question Megawati on Indosat divestment
      378 2 House feels govt violated Constitution AP Bernama. [JAKARTA) The House of Representatives (DPR) will go ahead with its plan to question President Megawati Sukarnoputri about the divestment of stateowned telecommunications company PT Indosat, a spokesman said. In the House's view, the government violated
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CAO sees gains from China conventions
      508 3  -  Surge in visitor arrivals should prove a boon to its jet fael venture By Eugene Low CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation (CAO), which has just received its joint-venture licence to supply jet fuel to Shanghai's Pudong airport, stands to benefit from major international events
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      Lock icon Jardine sells its logistics business
      223 3 In exchange it will take 20% stake in HE's Baltrans Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Jardine Matheson Holdings, which has supermarket, insurance and hotel interests in Asia, will sell stakes in its unprofitable logistic operations to Baltrans Holdings in exchange for a 20 per cent stake in
      Bloomberg  -  223 words
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      Lock icon 32% user growth for Advanced Info in Nov
      103 3 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Advanced Info Service (AIS), Thailand's largest mobile phone company in which Singapore Telecommunications has a stake, added 32 per cent more users in November than in October, snapping a two-month slowdown in subscriber growth. The company added 337,100 new users
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      Lock icon Outlook brightens for KFC M'sia
      691 3  -  HOCK eddie toh WILL the owners of lucrative fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken on both sides of the Causeway finally put their house in order? On Friday, KFC Holdings (Malaysia) proposed a management buyout and an extensive restructuring exercise to strengthen the ownership and financial
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      333 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 27 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS 284.00 +31.00 BTCMM *****.00 j^l.OO BT 10-day MA 28.00 AB-SG Equities 348.28 +2.49 SG Equities Elect 120.72 +0.54 SG Equities Fin 1193.57 +13.91 SG Equities Prop 316.19 +5.05 MSCI Siugaporo 164.49 +1.44 SMSCI Futures 164.40 +1.30 Stocks Volume 59.955,000 38.400.000 0 36.129.000
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      Lock icon Time for a covered call on CityDev
      316 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT W R Sivanithy TAKE a look at the accompanying graph. It shows the share price movement of property heavyweight City Developments over the past 12 months. It looks pretty dismal, doesn't it? A relentless slide from above $7 in January
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      Lock icon It's serious: stay on your toes
      835 4  -  STOCKS l»ll comment r. sivanithy WHAT price independent advice these days? It depends on how good the advice is and, perhaps, where it's coming from. If it comes from a stockbroker or a trading website, it may have to be taken with a pinch
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      Lock icon Yen continues rise against weak dollar
      643 4 AFP [HONG KONGJ The worldwide weakness of the US dollar in foreign exchange markets generally lifted regional currencies in quiet pre-holiday trading as fears of war in Iraq and tensions with North Korea continued to play on the greenback. Japanese yen: The yen steadily
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      Lock icon Market Notices
      110 4 GP Batteries International Ltd will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 4.20 cents tax exempt) on Dec 31,2002. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on Jan 6, 2003. Date payable is on Jan 14,2003. The Ascott Group will hold its EGM on Jan 20, 2003, at
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3444 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS MI j; 11 a Commenbanfc Aw« Mgt Com Global Finance Index Fd 0711/ AMI Amro Asset Mat (S pore) Com Global Lifestyle Inden Fd 0 824/ Star Europe Eqtyi** 0 593/ Com Global Flealtn lnde» Fd 0 77/ St* EuropeBd 1 128/ Com Global Telecomlnde» Fd 0418/
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      103 5 WHY NOT MAKE COMPUTERS MANAGE THEIR OWN COMPLEXITY? As data centers become more complex, there are two choices: Create computers that are simpler to manage. Or convince V/f one out of every two college graduates to become a systems X&r g/® administrator. A simpler way is at BUW.OOWWHYMOT microsystems www.sun.com.sg
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Look at the big picture, says PM Goh
      358 6 Singaporeans should not let disputes with Malaysia to distract them The Straits Times PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday shrugged off Malaysia's latest outburst over Pedra Branca island, describing it as just another round in the sport of Singapore-bashing. "It is not
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      Lock icon MTI refining 2002 growth forecast: DPM Lee
      248 6 Reuters THE Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) is refining its 2002 economic growth forecast of between 2 and 2.5 per cent after factory output shrank unexpectedly in November, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said over the weekend. "We said 2 to
      Reuters; AFP  -  248 words
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      Lock icon Write about why small investors buy or sell
      314 6  -  MAIL Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your article, "Director, shareholder sales don't bode well for shares" (BT, Dec 18). In a market that has been steadily on the dip, anybody who extricated himself from the bear's grip by selling in the
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      Lock icon Govt makes feedback on profiteering easier
      233 6 AHEAD of the January increase in Goods Services Tax (GST), the Committee Against Profiteering (CAP) has made it even easier for the public to give feedback on unjustified price increases. CAP, formed by the government to deal with public concern over the possibility of
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    Lock icon FINANCE & COMMODITIES
    1235 6 FINANCE COMMODITIES Week ended: Dec 27 SDfOAPORE QOVERMMIOIT SECURITIES DfDICATIYE PRICES AMD Wei Pries TwfwHl c > fl*lf TiwClfH Maturity M« YTM BM Offtr 5YR 4.125 0l-Feb-03 N*****0T 1.20% 0.655% 100.26 100.31 5 YR 4.000 01-*Ur-07 N*****0E 172% 1.69% 109.15 109.25 MR 2 250 0! Apr 03 N*****0S 0.86% 0.661%
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    Lock icon Commodities up in '02, outlook uncertain
    936 6 COMMODITY Roundup AFP [LONDON] From oil to gold, cocoa to coffee, world commodity markets enjoyed a better year in 2002 thanks to tentative signs of economic recovery, supply concerns and geopolitical worries. But the outlook for 2003 is uncertain, with the prices of commodities
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  • CHINA focus
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      Lock icon Is China deflating the global economy?
      798 7  -  Yes, according to Japan and US, who blame Beijing and its currency for global deflation. But there's more than meets the eye, says Lob Hul Yln Loh Hui Yin ARE we seeing a new round of China-bashing, this time over complaints that it is
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      Lock icon China rises on global economic stage
      711 7 AFP IBEIJING] China solidified its position as the world's fastest-growing major economy in a year that saw big changes at the top of the Communist Party tree. Growth expected this year to reach 7.9 per cent, had investors flocking to the country of 1.3
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      237 7 A Notice To All Nat Steel Shareholders From 98 Holdings Offer for Nat Steel t 4 days to go. We would like to set out for you various facts about our Offer. 98 Holdings We are the largest shareholder in Nat Steel. As at 27th December, 2002 we own in
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      Lock icon Cell-phone decision needs clarification
      467 8  - Cell-plume decision needs clarification Harry Tong Singapore I REFER to "IDA sticks to existing way of charging cell phone calls" (BT, Dec 24). 1 am sure most mobile-phone users would like further clarification on the following: Does the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) imply that it would only change the charging
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      Lock icon Let market forces decide on billing method
      260 8  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to "IDA sticks to existing way of charging cell-phone calls" (BT. Dec 24). 1 would like to suggest that perhaps it is still best to leave it to market forces and consumers to decide on the billing
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      Lock icon A model for listed firms
      100 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore ON the face of it, Singapore Exchange-listed Wah Shing International Holdings' announcement regarding its special general meeting to approve a change of auditors may seem to be "cheapskate", since it included the alert: "Please note that refreshments will not be served at
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      2061 8 M |H V KMUCO BANK 15 Foreign Currency Balances hek) in FCNR(B). EEFC and RFC WHOLLY OWNED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Accounts and coaespgxj«.ig tendings out of Ihe same are converted at Notional Rates which have no impact on Profit and Head Office: 10 BIPLABITRAILOKYA MAHARAJ SARANI: on»e«* I
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      772 8 NOTICE KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION Announces the Results of its Solicitation of Consents and Proxies and the Special Meeting Relating to its 6V«% Notes Due 2003 (CUSIP: *****1AC0, ISIN: U*****31AC02; Common Code:oo4 739 698) NOTICE is hereby given by Korea Electric Power Corporation ("KEPCO") that as of 5:00 p.m.. New
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      473 8 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF ZINK A TRIEST PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the obovenomed Company duty convened and held on 20 December 2002 at 37 Hill Side Lane,
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      Lock icon China formally breaks up power monopoly
      268 9 BEIJING Reuters CHINA formally broke up its state power monopoly yesterday, creating several revamped power firms as expected and saying the move will help bring market order to the sector. The Cabinet approved the reform in October by splitting State Power Corp into five
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        Lock icon Tom.com to sell stake in Taiwan mags
        127 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Billionaire Li Ka-shing's Tom.com Ltd said it will sell 23 per cent of its magazine businesses in Taiwan in exchange for a bigger stake in a Taiwan publisher as the unprofitable Internet and media company seeks to cut production costs
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        Lock icon Ratan Tata steps down
        65 9 AFP [BOMBAY] Ratan Tata, chairman of India's revered Tata group, stepped down on Saturday after turning 65, the retirement age set for top group executives, the company said. However, Mr Tata will continue to take a leading role in the company for at least five years
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        Lock icon Chinese savings up 18.5% in Nov
        64 9 AFP [BEIJING] Savings in China rose 18.5 per cent in November to 8.57 trillion yuan (551.79 billion), putting China second in the world behind Japan, according to figures from the People's Bank of China, it was reported on Saturday. According to the People's Daily,
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        Lock icon Bangkok residents as big spenders
        77 9 Bloomberg in/MNoiwmj nesiaenis oi uangKOK will spend 11 billion baht (Ss44o million) on travel and shopping in the New Year holiday, according to a survey, boosting sales at Thai Airways and other companies. Bangkok residents will spend about 3.5 billion baht on domestic travel during
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        Lock icon Vietnam to grow 7% this year
        62 9 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam is estimated to achieve a gross domestic product growth of 7 per cent in 2002, making it one of Asia's fastest growing economies. The government's General Statistic Office put the annual GDP value at 536.10 trillion dong (5560.6 billion), up 7
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        Lock icon Beijing to have 300-metre skyscraper
        86 9 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing's highest skyscraper will be built by 2007, a year before the city hosts the Olympics, after the project received government approval, state-run media said on Saturday. The skyscraper will cost US$BOO million and stand 300 metres tall, according to the Beijing Star
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      Lock icon Ranhill offers to take over Time unit
      336 9 KUALA LUMPUR Move conld revitalise Time's loss-making power producer Reuters MALAYSIAN infrastructure group Ranhill Bhd has proposed to take over Time Engineering Bhd's unit, EPE Power Corp Bhd, in a fresh bid to revitalise the lossmaking independent power producer. Time said at the
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      Lock icon Shenzhen home prices up as HK commute eases
      612 9 SHENZHEN One border crossing to be opened 24 hours from Jan 27 Bloomberg SHENZHEN home prices doubled the past decade and may keep rising as the commute between Hong Kong and its closest Chinese neighbour gets faster and easier. Bank of East
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      Lock icon Nina Wang files appeal in court
      452 9 HONG KONG AP HONG Kong's richest woman has appealed a judge's decision to award her late husband's estate to her fa-ther-in-law after Finding she forged a will, a court spokeswoman said on Saturday. Nina Wang, chairwoman of property giant Chinachem, filed the appeal with
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      Lock icon Delay in India's privatisation may not hurt stocks
      587 10 BOMBAY Market mood is upbeat over earnings expectations, hopes of higher foreign investments Reuters INDIAN stocks are unlikely to be hurt by a delay in the government's privatisation process as optimism stems from upbeat expectations in the upcoming earnings season and hopes
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      Lock icon China to have new govt team in place in March
      418 10 BEIJING National congress meeting to complete leaders' transition AFP, AP CHINA'S government has scheduled a national congress for March 5, 2003, to select successors to President Jiang Zemin and other top officials a step that would complete the formal transition
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      Lock icon Museum loses copyright suit over Mao painting
      397 10 BEIJING AP IN a richly ironic triumph for China's capitalist ambitions over leftist heritage, its revolutionary museum has lost a copyright lawsuit over a painting of Communist founder Mao Zedong. The Museum of the Chinese Revolution a major landmark in central Beijing and
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      Lock icon Taiwanese ex-minister faces financial woes
      190 10 TAIPEI AP A FORMER Taiwanese defence minister who set up businesses to help unemployed mainland Chinese has run into financial trouble and is asking Taiwanese investors to help stave off bankruptcy, reports said yesterday. Chen Li-an, who employs thousands of mainlanders in businesses such as
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Stocks worldwide fall for third year
      692 11 Companies in MSCI World Index lost USsl.2t of market value for the year Bloomberg (NEW YORK| Stock prices fell worldwide for a third straight year amid concern about corporate misdeeds, slowing economic growth and threats of terrorism and war, along with speculation that an
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      Lock icon China's rich develop a taste for red wine
      480 11 BEIJING Demand is soaring in big cities as well as provinces AFP CHAMPAGNE has yet to tickle the tastebuds of many Chinese but red wine has become a favourite on restaurant tables for the country's wealthy elite and demand is soaring. An
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      Lock icon Venezuela plans oil output increase in January
      313 11 CARACAS It expects to produce 2 /3 of pre-strike volume by then AFP Bloomberg, VENEZUELA will increase oil output by the end of January to two-thirds the amount the world's fifth-largest supplier was producing before a national strike began earlier this month, state
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        Lock icon WTC steel to be used in US warship
        74 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Recycled steel from the World Trade Center will be used to build part of a new US warship, according to defence contractor Northrop Grumman. The ship is to be named the New York, in honour of the almost 2,800
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        Lock icon Al-Jazeera reaches out to West
        70 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Al-Jazeera. the Arab satellite television channel known to broadcast statements from Osama bin Laden, will reach out to the West starting in February with an English-language website. "It will be original news in English tailored to a Western audience. We are very
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        Lock icon More aid likely for S Korea's Hynix
        60 11 Reuters [SEOUL] Korea Exchange Bank, the main lender for Hynix Semiconductor, said 120 creditors would meet today to discuss additional debt restructuring and a share merger for the chipmaker. The move comes even as Micron Technology of the US accused Korean competitors of
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Japan's bank reforms seen paying off soon
      631 12 TOKYO Stricter accounting standards will force banks to revise downward value of loans and assets AFP AP JAPAN will soon see that tough reforms aimed at ridding banks of their massive bad loans are paying off, its chief banking regulator was quoted as
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      Lock icon Tyco lawyers questioned spending: report
      190 12 NEW YORK AFP LAWYERS for Tyco International expressed concern about the firm's accounting in their e-mail messages. The Wall Street Journal reported last Friday. The electronic mail, obtained by prosecutors, show that Tyco's former outside lawyers questioned former chairman Dennis Kozlowski's spending. "There are payments
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      Lock icon WorldCom loss doubles in October
      190 12 CLINTON, Mississippi AP WORLDCOM Inc's losses nearly doubled in October from the previous month, and sales of its telecommunications services remained flat, according to a bankruptcy court filing. The flat sales indicate World Com is not winning new business fast enough to counteract the loss
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      Lock icon Ex-Enron execs 'resisting prosecutors'
      295 12 WASHINGTON Justice Dept determined to put pressure: report Reuters SOME former senior executives at Enron Corp are not cooperating with prosecutors seeking testimony to use against former top officers, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. Citing people close to the government's investigation, the newspaper reported that
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      Lock icon XO chief to resign after firm gets out of bankruptcy
      289 12 RESTON, Virginia Bloomberg XO Communications Inc chairman Daniel F Akerson will resign after the seller of business phones and Internet services emerges from bankruptcy, allowing financier Carl Icahn to pick a new leader. Mr Akerson, who has been XO's chairman
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      Lock icon War on Iraq from Feb 21: tabloid
      568 13 LONDON Another report says Riyadh would allow US to use its bases in event of a conflict AFP Reuters A BRITISH tabloid newspaper claimed yesterday that a US-led war on Iraq would start on Feb 21 "at midnight". The Sunday Express said the
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda link to Liberia, Burkina Faso
      331 13 WASHINGTON Operatives were given shelter, allowed to bny diamonds: Post AFP LIBERIA and Burkina Faso harboured senior al-Qaeda operatives and allowed them to go on a US$2O million diamond buying spree in the months prior to and immediately after the 911 terror attacks, the
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      Lock icon North Korea has many options to prolong confrontation: report
      405 13 WASHINGTON AFP, Reuters NORTH Korea so far has not shifted its military forces in any noticeable way since resuming activity at the mothballed Yongbyon nuclear reactor complex, the Washington Post reported yesterday, citing senior intelligence officers and military experts. But defence
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      Lock icon JP Morgan to more than halve most staff's stock options
      587 14 NEW YORK Move reflects decline in firm's stock price, earnings JP Morgan Chase Co plans to cut stock options for most employees by more than half, chief executive officer William Harrison said in a memo appealing for workers to maintain
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    1582 12 SICOM FUTURES 0^27 RUBBER Futures (Dosing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Ohm High Low Sett (tonnes) IntmSi J" 03 149.00 Feb 03 149.25 **03 149.50 Apr/Jan 03 15L50 RSS3 (US cents/kg) Volume Opm Monttl Htqli Low Sett (tomes) Interest j«03 E*0 84!00 8*50 950 2050 [f 6 86.00
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      Lock icon India, Singapore should link up to win outsourcing biz
      571 15  -  SAYliri A seamless tie-up between S'pore and India can prove compelling to a large global client base. Both countries share substantial bandwidth, numerous flight connections and time zone advantages girija pande SINGAPORE is uniquely positioned to find a niche in the
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      1967 15  -  Tech customers are under assault from hordes of software companies that don't even deserve to exist. It's time for a shakeout but who will do the shaking? By Victoria Murphy, Quentin Hardy DAVID Guzman buys software for a living. He likes the stuff, but he can't
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      498 15  -  A new generation of software connects computers directly to computers By John Markoff, John Schwartz NYT [NEW YORK] In the Penta gon research effort to detect terrorism by electronically monitoring the civilian population, the most remarkable detail may be this: Most
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      Lock icon China builds taichi-playing robot
      108 15 AFP [BEIJING] China's scientists have built a 1.58 m and 76kg robot which can play taichi, the traditional Chinese form of shadow boxing, state media said yesterday. The robot, BHR-1, passed appraisal on Saturday as a major project for the Beijing University of Science and Engineering
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      Lock icon Travelocity settles shareholder lawsuits
      182 15 Bloomberg [WILMINGTON, Delaware] Travelocity.com, an online travel agent bought by Sabre Holdings Corp for more than US$4OO million, has settled lawsuits with shareholders who sought more money in the buyout. Travelocity said in February that it had received a US$345 million, US$23 per share offer for
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      Lock icon New Skies' satellite to boost Asia's data communications
      606 16  -  ■a^xciusive The USs2som NSS-6, launched last fortnight will mainly help large countries in the region like China and India, as Tang WengFal finds out Tang Weng Fai THE Nether-lands-based communications firm New Skies Satellites NV launched its US$25O million NSS-6 satellite last
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      Lock icon Light at the end of the 2002 tunnel for some Internet firms
      1073 16  -  A brief look at some of the category leaders By Paul Chan ABOUT 35 months after the Internet bust, some of the top online firms seem to be finally regaining their footing. As Internet usage continues to grow,
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      278 16 LAT-WP [BALTIMORE] If you think you're seeing more unsolicited commercial e-mail, jokes and chain letters than you did last year, your hunch is right. Researchers and Internet security experts say spam increased to 30-50 per cent of all e-mail in 2002. A
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      1162 16  -  IT INFOTECH We'd like, among other things, to see a spam-free S'pore where handphones show Xmax-like pictures raju chellam HERE'S my dream list of 15 innovations or improvements I'd like to see in Singapore before Dec 31, 2003. They are in no particular order or priority,
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      171 16 Bloomberg (TAIPEI] Taiwan's Compal Electronics plans next year to boost production by a quarter on stronger demand from Dell Computer and other customers. Quanta Computer and Compal. Taiwan's two largest notebook suppliers, will make more than half of Taiwan's output this year and plan to
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      286 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young BULK CARRIERS: Magadang Ilog: 174,004 tdw bit 85 Hitachi reported sold region U5511,400,000 to clients of Eastmed. Bulk Hellas: 151,053 tdw bit 4/95 Kawasaki reported sold region U5523,750,000 to clients of Lykiardopulo. World Place: 150,790 tdw bit 95 Daewoo HI reported sold region
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      265 17 MX 000 a <■/■ w CWT Distribution 0.70 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.44 0.01 426 Cosco Investment 0.19 unch 233 Freight Links 0.03 unch 103 OB Ho>«3inqs 0.62 unch 0 jaya Holdings 0.23 unch 221 Keopel Corp 3 66 -0.04 389 Keppel Marin* 0.16 unch 461 Keppel Tele
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      Lock icon HK can handle new mega-container ships
      520 17 Kwai Chang able to serve fifth generation vessels: Marine Dept stndy AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong, one of the world's busiest ports, is already capable of receiving the next, or "fifth generation" of mega-con-tainer vessels, a spokesman for the Marine Department said. A study
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      43 17 [BAHRAIN] An artist's impression of a US$l billion Bahrain Financial Harbour, at the gateway of the old Manama seaport, in the Bahrain capital. Construction is to start in the second quarter 0f2003 and will take six years to build. REUTERS
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      141 17 Xinhua [BEIJING) The Chinese government will offer preferential loan to support the building of Pakistan's Gwadar deepwater port. Yang Zilin, president of the Export and Import Bank of China (Eximbank), and Pakistani Ambassador in China Riaz Mohammad Khan signed a
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      306 17 70 passengers, 10 crew of Majesty of the Seas suffering from symptoms often associated with Norwalk-like virus Reuters [MIAMI] Some 80 people become ill while sailing the Caribbean on a Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) ship, the fifth luxury vessel to have such an outbreak
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      293 17 PRESTIGE SINKING AFTERMATH Ship should not have been ordered ont to sea, he says AP [MADRID] The captain of the oil tanker that sank and caused a massive oil spill in north-western Spain criticised Spanish authorities for refusing to allow the ship to
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      Lock icon Main oil slick 110 km off Spain's coast
      245 17 AFP [MADRID] The main slick of fuel oil that leaked from the sunken Prestige tanker is now lying between 110 and 150 kilometres off the north-western Spanish coast, Deputy Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said. It consists of around 40 patches of oil
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      162 17 AFP [MOSCOW] Russian holding company Alfa has sold off the Crown Resources trading group, one of the main companies that chartered the Prestige oil tanker that sank off the coast of Spain last month, a Crown Resources spokesman said. The Alfa holding, which almost wholly owned
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      1116 18  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes STANDARDS are improving. Fewer ships are sinking. Not as much oil goes into the sea in an average year due to maritime accidents as 30 years ago. The number of surveys carried out on ships has never been higher. Port state
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      208 18 PAGE Avant 8 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 6 BSC 8 BTL 8 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Central Ex 4 Chahaya 8 Charter Shpg 8 China Shpg 5 Confer 8 4 Cougar 5 4 CWT Globelink 6 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 8 ECL 3 EIS 6
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        817 25 THIS report, compiled by Cocked 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 average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        497 26 Bat mechanics' onion yet to support deal to trim costs and keep the airline out of bankruptcy AFP [CHICAGO! United Airlines says it has reached wagetrimming agreements with four of the company's six unions as it launches a costsaving campaign to
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        Lock icon Delta pilot taken off duty for alleged alcohol use
        321 26 Flight delayed for nearly an hour; pilot suspended AP [NORFOLK, Virginia] A Delta Airlines flight was delayed for nearly an hour after a test allegedly showed that a pilot had alcohol in his system. The pilot was issued a summons and
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        278 26 Bloomberg [MOSCOW] OAO Aeroflot shareholders approved spending of as much as US$3l4 million to buy eight aircraft under a leasing agreement with Airbus SAS as Russia's biggest airline begins replacing its 27 for-eign-built planes. Approval of money for the new single-aisle Airbus A320-series aircraft
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        Lock icon New year, new uniforms
        45 26 Cr€ W Unir Up to P Qrade J heir uniforms in Beijing. Designed by Frenchman Olivier Lapidus, the uniforms will come into ffecton Wednesday, replacing the present uniforms which were designed by world famous designer Pierre Cardin back in 1988. AFP
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        Lock icon Biman to bring back grounded UK planes
        72 26 AFP [DHAKA] Bangladesh's national airline Biman said yesterday it will bring back into service two Britishmade Aero Turbo Prop (ATP) aircraft some three years after they were grounded for safety concerns. "The two aircraft will be put back into service very soon after
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        420 26 Advisory role seen as stepping stone to IPO deal later Bloomberg [TOKYO] New Tokyo International Airport Authority, owner of Japan's largest airport, will hire financial advisers in February to help prepare for an initial share sale. The owner of Narita Airport, which
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