The Business Times, 8 January 2003

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    23 1 MITA (P) 010/03/2002 85$ THE BUSINESS TIMES S I N G A P O R E j Internet http://business-times.asial.com.sg WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2003
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    Lock icon Jacobs may have walked out with big payout from NOL
    601 1  -  Market talk pats figure at $25m, but NOL says number is inaccurate By Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Ousted chief executive Flemming Jacobs may leave Neptune Orient Lines an unhappy man. But he also leaves it a much richer man thanks
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    73 1 □sti 1,318.74 (-12.88) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,321.00 (-12.00) SMUSCI FUTURES 16JL80 (-1.10) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP 626.17 -1 7 2 NIKKEI 225 8.656.50 56.83 HANG SENG 9,652.40 13.56 SET INDEX 365.51 +1.36 JAKARTA COMP ...394.52 3.73 MANILACOMP .1,***** +4.52 TAIPEI WPI 4.701.08 *Uli SEOUL COMP 652.21) -14.51 SHENZHEN B 188.85
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    70 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ I'SS |SS per I'SS) 1.741 £(l'S$/SS per 1.606 2795 EURO(US$/S$/E) 1043 1.815 YEN 119.7 68.70 RM 3.800 4182 HKS 7.799 4.479 BAHT 42*4 24.60 Rl'PIAH 8.942 5.135 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 Kl ALA li'MPl'R 6.40 HONG KONG 5 WW JAKARTA 39.1(0 TAIPEI UN TOKYO 1,175
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    Lock icon NOL shares take a hit, sliding almost 5%
    518 1  -  Investors fear Jacobs' exit will foreshadow bigger losses for FT2002 By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Shares of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) fell sharply yesterday as the sudden exit of its president and chief executive Flemming Jacobs created fears of a management vacuum
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    Lock icon Bush gives economy US$670b boost over 10 years
    670 1 Package will seek to end tax on dividends, bring forward tax cuts AFP LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] President George W Bush's "growth and jobs" economic stimulus plan would cost US$67O billion over 10 years, with US$9B billion in tax relief in the next 16
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    Lock icon Special EDB tax perks for firms to set up HQ
    617 1  -  It will give 15% preferential tax rate for 3 years By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The Economic Development Board is broadening its headquarters programme to lure companies outside the traditional areas to set up base in Singapore. EDB is dangling a
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    • Article
      Lock icon IMF sees 3.8% jobless rate in S'pore this year
      571 2  -  =M 3 on the economy jobs Its picture of job market is rosier than what many here, including the govt, expect By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The International Monetary Fund has painted a picture of the Singapore job market that is
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Lucky encounter on Tomlinson Road
        93 2 HOTELIER Ong Beng Seng, whose 98 Holdings is bidding for Nat Steel, appears to think he needs all the luck he can get as the Jan 10 deadline for his consortium's $2.06 per share offer for the steel products company approaches. Spotting Streats' business editor
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        Lock icon New forex head at Barclays Capital
        82 2 BARCLAYS Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays pic, has appointed Henry Yeong as director of foreign exchange sales, based in Singapore. Reporting to Jonathan Pye, head of institutional sales in non-Japan Asia, Mr Yeong will be responsible for foreign exchange sales in South-east
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      Lock icon SingTel, StarHub hit 100,000 broadband mark
      620 2  -  P&cNet says it has more than 20,000 accounts in S'pore By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The two major telcos here Singapore Telecommunications and Star Hub claimed they had each crossed the 100,000 mark in the number of retail broadband subscribers in Singapore as at Dec
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      71 2 IN our Jan 6 report "Lawyers hit by worst shakeouts in decades", we said law firm Colin Ng Partners was moving out to lower-cost offices in the HDB heartland of Toa Payoh. The firm yesterday pointed out that this is part of an expansion aj}d not a cost-cutting move,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon ST Engg must pin down big project soon
      575 4  -  ir>T5T1 lock siew david boey SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering is poised at the crossroads that determines a company's fortunes. The defence industry giant, one of the most promising in Asia, is counting heavily on a future that lies with expanding its market dominance
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      Lock icon ST Engg pays dividend of 18.5¢
      522 4  -  Payout is record amount; company posts 3.4% foil in net profit to $331 m By David Boey A RECORD gross payout of 18.5 cents representing a dividend yield of about 10 per cent accompanied the release of Singapore Technologies Engineering's fullyear results yesterday. The
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      Lock icon 98 Holdings in head-on clash with Oei
      387 7  -  Saysit will vote against tycoon's demands should its takeover bid fail By i Catherine Ong SETTING the stage for a proxy war with Oei Hong Leong, 98 Holdings said yesterday that should its takeover bid for Nat Steel Ltd fail, it will vote
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon F&N says earnings on track
        62 7 BEVERAGE and property giant Fraser Neave Ltd says it remains on track to achieving its profit target of |1 per share, for the year ending Sept 30,2003. In his statement in the company's latest annual report, FAN chairman Michael Fam said the directors' confidence in
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        Lock icon Yongman response to share price fall
        76 7 IN response to a query from the Singapore Exchange, Yongnam Holdings said it was unaware of any reason for the recent sharp drop in its share price. It however pointed to an earlier announcement made by The Ascott Group concerning Yongnam's claim against Ascotfs
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        Lock icon Samndera invests in Galaxy of M`sia
        40 7 SAMUDERA Shipping Line has gone into a joint investment in Malaysian shipping agent Galaxy Shipping Services, with Jardine Matheson (Malaysia). It will see Samudera appointing Galaxy as its exclusive general shipping agent in Malaysia.
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        Lock icon Nera unit wins US$16m Thai order
        40 7 NERA Telecom Ltd's wholly-owned Norwegian unit, Nera Broadband Satellite, has secured a fresh deal worth US$l6.6 million to supply Thai partner Shin Satellite with gateways offering broadband communication for use in their iPSTAR system.
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      Lock icon Astra sees 2002 profit exceeding 3t rupiah
      164 7 Reuters [JAKARTA] Leading Indonesian carmaker Astra International said its 2002 net profit will exceed three trillion rupiah (SSSBS million), a steep increase from 844 billion rupiah in the previous year. Astra, 32 per cent owned by Cycle Carriage, is the sole manufacturer and
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      Lock icon Maybank joins race for $70b HDB loans market
      577 8  -  It offers variable, fixed rate deals; UOB cots first-year rate for some By' Ven Sreenivasan THE battle for a slice of the estimated $70 billion HDB home loans market has just got hotter, with latecomer Maybank joining the race with its First
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      Lock icon SC Global releasing new project at $1,500 psf
      606 8  -  Group still looking for land in Asia: deputy chairman By Vince Chong MAINBOARD LISTED SC Global Developments is still making profit on each home it sells, its deputy chairman Simon Cheong said. The group will release for sale today, through private invitation,
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      Lock icon SPH restores pay cuts
      190 8  -  By' Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) has restored wage cuts and lifted a pay freeze which were imposed 14 months ago. In a circular to staff on the group's "2003 Flexiwage Payments", SPH said that wage cuts implemented on Nov 1, 2001, for executives
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      Lock icon Kim Eng Ong Asia to sell Yuanta stake
      261 8  -  By\ Serena Ng INDEPENDENT brokerage Kim Eng Ong Asia Securities yesterday said it will sell its entire stake in its "inactive" subsidiary Yuanta Securities Thailand to Siam City Bank for some $11.2 million. Some market watchers believe the move is a prelude
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      295 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 7 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 85.00 *61.00 iTCai -*****.00 -6.00 -*****.00 48.00 HMCgjriMw 346.44 -2.32 119.71 -1.59 MhyMmT* 1156.87 -10.84 MtlJuPnp 317.05 *0.41 WatlifUPi 161.54 -1.49 WWMwi 161.80 -1.10 Chart SemiCond 26c 27.164.000 MuWV»HK7e 15.747,000 DatacroftlOc 13.060 JOOO LAM lc *****,000 BIL ind US20c 10.926,000 NOL 7.706.000
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      Lock icon Few signs of a big US$ turnaround
      852 6  -  Lllonger view CURRENCIES larry wee THERE were some signs yesterday that the US dollar could earn a short-term breather this week but, beyond that, the evidence remains unsupportive of a major turnaround for now. Some say it was lifted by Monday's solid Wall
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      Lock icon Decoupling theme sums up trading
      825 6  -  -li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IF there is a single, unifying theme to describe trading in the Singapore market so far this year, it has to be one that relates to decoupling. Not only does it look like the Singapore market may have decoupled from
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon WongPartnership overtakes A&G in mergers league
      614 9  -  It participated in USs996m of finished deals in Asia ex-Japan last year Reports by Catherine Ong WONGPARTNERSHIP has, for the first time, overtaken Singapore's leading law firm Allen Gledhill from the league table for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) work in Asia. WongPartnership participated in
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      Lock icon Eraser plans expansion in China
      387 9  -  Serviced residences chain targets 3,000 units by 2006 By. Andrea Tan FRASER Serviced Residences is planning to expand to Shanghai, Shenzhen and Sydney by 2005, its chief operating officer Choe Peng Sum says. Fraser plans to be in 14 gateway cities and manage 3,000 units
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      Lock icon Freehold condo, shophouses up for sale
      350 9  -  By Vince Chong JONES Lang Lasalle (JLL) yesterday put up for sale by tender the freehold condominium of Yang's Garden Village, which has the notable feature of having its strata area currently underbuilt at an estimated 70 per cent of gross floor area. With
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      Lock icon Big law firm expands to Toa Payoh
      335 9 CLIENTS traditionally go where their lawyers are. which is mainly in the central business district of Singapore. Colin Ng Partners said its move to set up a branch office in the HDB heartland of Toa Payoh signals the reversal of that trend as
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      Lock icon GDP seen growing 3.54.5%
      144 9 Bloomberg THE Singapore economy, which narrowly avoided a recession in the last quarter, may see growth accelerate this year on the back of a pick-up in global business spending, economists at the National University of Singapore said. The economy will probably expand between 3.5 per cent
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      Lock icon Smokescreen to mask the real US issues
      744 10  -  mi\\A bottom line OPINION paul krugman HERE'S how it works. Faced with a real problem terrorism, the economy, nukes in North Korea the Bush administration's response has nothing to do with solving that problem Instead, it exploits the issue to advance its political
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      82 10 'Will there be stability in the wake of victory or will the conflict unravel a lot of political assumptions we've had about the region?' K «Li<* e rttal an authority on US national security, on the outlook following a US war with Iraq. 'I was shocked by
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      Lock icon Will change improve equity research?
      579 10 EDITORIAL A CONSULTATION paper issued last month by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) proposes that stockbrokers formally separate their research function from their corporate finance and backroom operations so as to avoid conflicts of interest If adopted, it will be a welcome change. Previously, brokers were
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      Lock icon When central bankers behave like ostriches
      1139 10  -  They're burying their heads in the sand, refusing to see that asset babbles represent inflation just as much as rising prices of goods and services From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo IMAGINE checking into a hotel to find that the room charges had doubled or
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      Lock icon The view from the cab driver's seat
      530 10  -  lAUIIbag Narayana Narayana WITH holidays coming and going, and the current spell of wet weather, the "hot potato" topic of the moment appears to be cabs, or more accurately, the seeming scarcity of them, especially around the "Cinderella hour" of midnight. Ms Loh
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      Lock icon India posts trade surplus, thanks to IT exports
      172 10  -  Rahul Goswami A TIMELY comment by Vikram Khanna in "Will India go China's way?" (BT, Jan 6), but it requires a little amplification in one area. And that is India's surplus on its trade account. It is simply not a situation that
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon ExxonMobil opening new regional office
      332 11 SINGAPORE Asia-P&c business centre in Bangkok to provide support services EXXONMOBIL Corp wUI open its new Asia-Pacific business centre in Bangkok next month to provide support services in accounting, information systems and order processing to regional operations including in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. The
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        Lock icon Ling sent resignation letter in Ang
        70 11 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Transport Minister and Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president Ling Liong Sik announced yesterday he has submitted a letter to resign from the Cabinet. The undated letter was sent to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Aug 15 last year, Dr Ling
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        Lock icon Indonesia may revive N-plant plan
        89 11 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesia is considering reviving plans to build a nuclear power plant in the next decade, a minister said yesterday. "We have to develop the nuclear sector so that we can be respected. We have the capability to do that," Research and Technology Minister
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        Lock icon Lawyers want trials moved off Bali
        101 11 AFP [DENPASAR, Indonesia] Lawyers for the Bali bombing suspects said yesterday they want the trials held outside the resort island after the second attack in two days on a member of the defence team Angry Balinese at Denpasar district court earlier yesterday attacked a
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        Lock icon KL in talks to boy 6 Airbus A380 jets
        76 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is negotiating with European plane maker Airbus to buy six A3BO superjumbo jets for state carrier Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS), The Star newspaper said yesterday. The newspaper, quoting unidentified sources, said the deal could be worth
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      Lock icon CEB hopes to resume S'pore service soon
      374 11  -  From Al Labita in Manila A PHILIPPINE airline owned by taipan John Gokongwei hopes to resume its just-suspended daily Ma-nila-Singapore flight once enough people want to fly the route, a senior official said yesterday. "We hope to resume soon, but the date will
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      Lock icon M'sia industrial output slowest in 5 months: poll
      203 11 KUALA LUMPUR Nov production seen growing 5.9% on easing exports Bloomberg MALAYSIA'S industrial production probably grew at its slowest pace in five months in November as exports eased and the fasting month of Ramadan affected work at factories in the predominantly Muslim
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      Lock icon RM400m harbour city planned in Port Klang
      212 11 KUALA LUMPUR WORK on a RM4OO million (SslB3 million) project will begin in March to give a new look to the shoreline of Port Klang, turning the maritime hub into a harbour city, The Star reported. The project was first proposed eight years
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      Lock icon Indon investment approvals down 35% last year
      242 12 JAKARTA Legal uncertainty, labour disputes blamed for fall in foreign investments AFP FOREIGN investment approvals in Indonesia in 2002 plunged 35 per cent with officials yesterday blaming the fall on legal uncertainty and labour disputes. Foreign investment approvals were worth US$9.7 billion in
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      Lock icon Protests against price hikes continue
      74 12 AP [JAKARTA] Hundreds of students burned tyres and pictures of President Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday when protests against fuel, telephone and electricity price hikes were held in 10 Indonesian towns. It was the second day of demonstrations against the rises, which have been approved by Parliament
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      Lock icon APP accused of abuses
      167 12 JAKARTA AP INDONESIA'S largest pulp producer has been "complicit" in a string of bloody attacks by security forces on villagers protesting forestry concessions on Sumatra island, a human rights watchdog alleged yesterday. Locals were demonstrating against logging activities by Asia Pulp and Paper and its forestry
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      Lock icon Trade balance overstated: Manila
      261 12 MANILA Restatement may hurt sale of US$ bonds analysts Bloomberg THE Philippines said its current account surplus for the past three years may have been overstated, an admission analysts said may force up the cost of selling bonds overseas to fund a government deficit. Central bank
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      Lock icon China moves to break iron rice bowl
      343 13 BEIJING Country's 30m civil servants will be affected by change AFP CHINA will phase out the "jobs-for-life" system for the country's 30 million public institution employees over the next few years, state media said yesterday. The announcement by the Ministry of Personnel on
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        Lock icon More foreign banks to do yuan trade
        83 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China's central bank yesterday said it allowed more foreign banks to conduct yuan-denominated business in several cities recently, bringing the total to 53 institutions since 1996. "The opening up of China's banking industry has been accelerating further since joining the World
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        Lock icon Cricketer Kapil to promote Stanchart
        75 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Standard Chartered, a UK lender which makes two-thirds of its profit in Asia, said it hired former international cricketer Kapil Dev to promote the bank in India, where it's celebrating its 150 th anniversary. Kapil, the only cricketer to have scored more
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        Lock icon Taiwan Dec exports rise 13.5%
        74 13 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's finance ministry said yesterday the island's December exports rose 13.5 per cent from the same month last year, meeting market estimates thanks to sustained demand frfim Asia, particularly China. The ministry said December exports totalled U5511.66 billion, down just slightly from a
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        Lock icon PCCW share consolidation approved
        54 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] PCCW Ltd shareholders approved a five-for-one share consolidation plan, aimed at boosting the stock price of Hong Kong's biggest phone company. The consolidation would raise the stock price to HK56.65, based on Monday's close, and may generate interest among foreign investors, deputy chairman
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        Lock icon HK November retail sales slip
        63 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong retail sales slipped for the ninth straight month in November, dropping more than expected, as consumers remained worried about the weak economy and high unemployment. The value of retail sales in November fell 2.9 per cent to HK$l3.4 billion (Ss3
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      Lock icon Court rules Soros-linked firm cheated Peregrine
      184 13 HONG KONG AP A FIRM affiliated with financier George Soros and several other parties cheated a collapsed investment bank's creditors by cheaply taking over shares it held in a fund company, a court here ruled. High Court Judge Maria Yuen's ruling in favour of
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      Lock icon Get Yao on the phone
      105 13 [SAN FRANCISCO) China's Yao Ming has signed an endorsement deal with a California-based gaming company which plans to create an interactive game named after the Houston Rockets rookie. "Wireless phones and wireless entertainment are very popular in China, "said Yao in a statement released by
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      Lock icon Tung may call for closer economic ties with China
      344 13 HONG KONG HK chief dae to an veil development blueprint AFP HONG Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa will call for closer economic cooperation with mainland China in his first policy address since being re-elected last year, analysts said. Mr Tung, who
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      Lock icon Indian state telcos cut long-distance mobile rates
      142 13 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIAN state-run telecoms giants yesterday slashed their national mobile-to-mobile long-distance call rates in a move to match tariffs offered by private cellular services providers. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd said it will now charge 4.80 rupees (550.17) per minute during peak
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    1065 12 Transaction date: Jan 7 mTERBAMK CROSS RATES AS C$ Nib Euro HK$ Ind t» tapiali Vm Won Ml K2$ Pifc It Peso S$ lw< Sir CTS Balrt Pvmi US$ Australia 0.8% 4.763 0.551 4.477 27.549 ***** 0.687 6.8H 2.181 1.079 33.401 30.686 1.000 4J91 0.803 19.855 24.587 0258 0.574
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    1513 12 SICOM FUTURES Jan 7 IUIMR Marcs (Oostaf prim) tSS1(ScMbA0 dost Volume Ope* Mowt* Mgfc Low Sett (town) Interest Feb03 ***** Mar 03 155.50 Apr 03 157JO May 03 157.50 RSS3(UScMts/kq) VoiMM Opm Mortb m* low Sett (towns) tatemt Fob 03 88.50 88.00 88.00 KJOO 2850 Mar 03 8925 3150
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      248 13 TRUST A BANK TO PUT A SPOILER ON THIS BEAUTY. B|. high interest rates that banks charge on a car loan At Singapura Finance, we understand that you All this is possible, because Singapura Finance is can really spoil the feeling of driving even the best car. want to buy
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  • WORLDnews
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      Lock icon Konica, Minolta unveil ambitious merger plan
      324 14 TOKYO Bot analysts are sceptical if merged company catch np with big rivals Reuters JAPAN'S two film photography giants, Konica and Minolta, yesterday unveiled a merger plan that they hope will put them in the big league of camera and office machine makers with
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      Lock icon US factory orders down in Nov
      296 14 LATEST US INDICATORS (M 3% decline follows a revised 1.4% rise in Oct Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Orders to US factories fell in November for a third month in four as companies held down inventories in the face of modest consumer demand. Factory orders decreased 0.8
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        Lock icon UK charters ships, calls up reservists
        80 14 Reuters AFP [LONDON] Britain has placed a massive charter order for 20 merchant ships to haul armour and supplies to the Gulf, shipping sources said yesterday as the government prepared to mobilise troops for a possible war against Iraq. The order comes on top
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        Lock icon Crude oil slips far a second day
        88 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil fell for a second day alter Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) officials said the group may boost output by 8 per cent to offset a halt in exports from Venezuela. They said Saudi Arabia backs moves by Opec
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      671 17  -  MJ :l track But quota system will ensure that sales will be maintained at the level of COE supply christopher tan THE Singapore motor industry looks likely to be in for another rough year. But unique to Singapore, sales are unlikely to fall through the
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        82 17 VOLKSWAGEN Ag chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder plans to introduce 20 new models this year, reported Bloomberg. The additions may only bring Europe's largest car-maker back to the sales level it had two years ago. Sales of all erf* Volkswagen's divisions are expected
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        127 17  -  Compiled tty Christopher Tan TOYOTA'S Camry reclaimed the distinction of bestselling car in the US for 2002 from the Honda Accord, while Ford Motor's F-Series truck remained the nation's top-selling vehicle, reported AP. Sales of the Camry helped by a redesign for the
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      144 18 Source: LATWP CRYSTAL ball gazing conjures different images at Wall Street as strategists disagree on which areas of the economy will do well in 2003 and on where the S&P's 500-stock index will end up at year's end. Here are thoughts from
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      957 21  -  NOL chiefs sodden ouster sparks speculation on real cause By) Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A mix of trading conditions and official displeasure is the likely reason behind the surprise ouster on Monday of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) boss Flemming Jacobs, according to a
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      112 21 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] US West Coast dockworkers began voting on Monday on a tentative contract deal reached after a bitter labour dispute that led to a 10-day shutdown of ports handling US$3OO billion of cargo each year. A caucus of the International Longshore Warehouse
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      276 21 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's ports need investment of more than a RM4 billion (Ssl.B billion) to raise capacity and win a greater share of global trade, a report said yesterday. Malaysian ports had grown from handling one per cent of world trade
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      879 21  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes POLLOWING the sad event of last weekend it is understandable if people start to speculate as to the cause of the collision which led to the deaths of three crew members of RSS Courageous. Understandable, but we need
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        391 30 It blames higher costs for tighter security and war insurance Reuters [PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad] The global airline industry suffered a US$l3 billion loss in 2002, the second straight year of staggering losses as costs for tighter airport security and war insurance
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        312 30 Reuters {CHICAGO] United Airlines, seeking ways to boost revenue as it operates in bankruptcy, on Monday said it would slash the priciest business fares to and from its two biggest hubs in Chicago and Denver by as much as 40 per cent.
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