The Business Times, 22 January 2003

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    17 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Interne!. hiip://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE .i i WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003 MiTA (P) 010/03/2002 850
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  • Article
    Lock icon NOL sees worse than expected loss
    617 1  -  Bnt it caps figure at USs33sm; analysts had expected average USs2som Byy Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) yesterday confirmed market fears that its 2002 financial results will be worse than expected, but said losses will be capped at US$335 million. While
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    Lock icon Call for revamp of senior executive pay
    525 1  -  Koh Boon Hwee urges corporates to rebuild confidence By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE! Remuneration for top executives should be overhauled in the interest of fair play and to curb short-term thinking in corporate decision-making, business leader Koh Boon Hwee said yesterday. "While being compensated
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    Lock icon Ifs boom time for Thailand's property market
    986 1  -  Analysts say Bangkok prices may double in 4 years From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S property market is entering a new growth cycle as rising consumer spending and disposable income boosts home sales and softens painful memories of the property crash that sparked
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      148 1 L BBKL. On Oil Prices The fresh American and British military buildup, and Washington's strong words at the UN, are —fuelling a price spike REPORT, NEXT PAGE SIA chief sees its wings clipped if Iraq war erupts, Next Page tt V H^H Do you dream of car I m that
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      20 1 IS S'PORE PAST ITS HIGHGROWTH ERA? PAGE S PARALLEL IMPORTERS CLINCH 10% OF CAR MARKET MOTORING. PACE 16 V HI
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      Lock icon US troop buildup, Venezuela drive oil prices to 2-year high
      725 2 Washington's strong words at UN over Iraq also stoke prices Reuters AP AFP NYT [LONDON] World oil prices surged to fresh two-year highs yesterday as the United States urged the UN Security Council not to shirk difficult choices on Iraq
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      Lock icon US housing starts surprise with a 5% surge in Dec
      327 2 LATEST US DVDZCATORS Low mortgage rates boost figure to its highest since 1986 [WASHINGTON] US housing starts surged 5 per cent in December to their highest level since mid-1986, the government said yesterday, as the lowest mortgage rates in almost
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon I'd rather be somewhere else but...
        150 2 US financial weekly Barron's in its Jan 13 issue has this gem, a round-up of things people have actually said recently at job interviews: "Sorry for yawning. I usually sleep until the soap operas are on." "I'm quitting my present job because I hate
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      Lock icon SIA chief sees airline's wings clipped if Iraq war erupts
      319 2  -  ffyy Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines, like other global carriers, would be hit should war break out in the Middle East, but the impact is hard to gauge, SIA chairman Koh Boon Hwee said yesterday. Answering questions after his keynote
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      Lock icon Malaysia's economic stimulus plan likely to be moderate
      482 2  -  Plan for LRT, highways won't strain Bndgot because of high commodity prices, say analysts From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government is set to expedite construction of a flood-diversion tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, light rail transit systems in congested cities
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon KT&T returns to the black with $86m full-year profit
      623 3  -  Forecast-beating result helped by $187 m gain from sale of Ml stake Byi Angela Tan KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation (KT&T) yesterday unveiled an $86 million net profit for 2002 a major turnaround from a $191 million loss the year before. The
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      Lock icon SingTel lands Toyota contract worth millions
      350 3  -  It will handle car-maker's Ama n telecom services By* Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE Telecom has won an exclusive two-year deal to handle Japanese carmaker Toyota's telecommunications services throughout Asia. Under the multi-million-dollar agreement, Toyota's corporate voice and data communications will be routed through SingTel's
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      Lock icon SPC back on profit path with $49m earnings
      344 3  -  Keppelnnit expects to stay in the black this year By] David Boey OIL major Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), a unit of the diversified Keppel Corp Ltd, has swung into the black for its year ended December 2002 with profits of $48.9 million
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      Lock icon Hitchins offer 42 times subscribed, GKE 4 times
      301 4  -  Most IPOs in 2002 at least three times subscribed, say market watchers By' Vince Chong THE first two initial public offerings of the year Ses-daq-bound Hitchins Group and GKE International saw their initial public offerings close oversubscribed as IPOs continue to pull
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      Lock icon Credit cards alert banks
      689 4  -  l!rt>f!llock siew siow li sen UNITED Overseas Bank's (UOB) strategy of using its credit and debit cards platform for securing customer loyalty, looks, at first glance, like yet another marketing ploy to anchor its customers. But it's also a pretty powerful tool for alerting the bank
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      Lock icon Mainboard aspirant Heeton offers robust returns
      304 4  -  It wants to raise at least $8m from IPO By' Vince Chong IN A poor real estate sector, mainboard aspirant Heeton Group has found a comfortable niche, boasting returns of 30 per cent on rental investment at least in recent years. Apart from its
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      Lock icon Allgreen expects to post 15% earnings rise
      399 5  -  This is after $50m writedown in landbank values By] Kalpana Rashiwala ROBERT Kuok's Allgreen Properties yesterday said it expects to post a 15 per cent rise in net earnings for year ended Dec 31, 2002, after a writedown in landbank value of about
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      Lock icon SGX separates trading, clearing memberships
      235 5 FROM today, the membership categories for securities trading and clearing on the Singapore Exchange will be separate. The move, in effect, segregates trading and clearing rights reducing the capital requirements for membership. "This is part of our efforts to attract more players to participate in
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon JP Morgan beets up team
        64 5 US banking group JP Morgan is moving a senior executive to Singapore, with an eye to winning more business in South-east Asia as government asset sales and corporate restructurings in the region gather pace. Bart Broadman, JP Morgan's vice-chairman for Asia Pacific and head of
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        Lock icon Parkway in alliance with Medifacts
        47 5 PARKWAY Holdings' wholly-owned subsidiary Gleneagles Clinical Research Centre yesterday announced an alliance with Medifacts International to expand its cardiovascular clinical research capabilities globally. Medifacts is a leader in cardiovascular clinical trials, with offices in the US, Europe, China and Canada, said Parkway.
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        Lock icon NatSteel unit sells Taiwan stake
        55 5 NATSTEEL Ltd said subsidiary Engineering Computer Services (S) Pte Ltd has sold 765,000 shares, or 51 per cent, in ECS (Taiwan) Co Ltd for ND10.06 million (555Q5,970). The sale will result in a loss of about *****,000, but will not have a material impact on
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        Lock icon Top custody rating for DBS
        28 5 DBS Bank was voted Singapore's best custodian bank in the Asia Pacific Sub-Custody Survey 2002 by Global Investor for the second year running.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      307 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 21 VALUE CLOSE ITOMIt 206.00 +117.00 ITCOM -*****.00 ♦111.00 griHgH -*****.00 +20.00 NLSGtmUm 361.20 +1.79 MfiJIiifliil 118.91 4-1.18 MWrnMrnflm 1201.42 -4.01 M !>■■■■ hu 325.32 +2.19 ■Wnpp— 168.21 +Q.30 WWhliil 168.80 +0.60 HOL 36,059.000 Chart SerroCond 26c 16.933.000 NewWave 5c 16,762,000 Datacraft 10c 12.271.000 DMX Tech
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      Lock icon Protecting against a sharp US$ rebound
      845 6  -  yillonger view CURRENCIES Some key levels to watch oat for are 120.50-70 yen and 551.7520-40 larry wee ALMOST everybody now seems convinced that the US dollar still looks vulnerable despite hitting new multi-year lows. And it will remain that way for as long as
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      Lock icon Narrow gains as market drifts on low volume
      724 6  -  11 comment STOCKS r. sivanithy FOR a while, things looked promising yesterday. The Straits Times Index was up 10 points and most blue chips were firmer. But had you looked beyond the index, all would have been revealed. Low volume and narrow
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    47 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LfOENO Al price an indicative mcapt for £> Rmggit Asset* Broadty Dtverufied.! HarrotAf Focused. S lower Ibsk. Low to Merftum ftsfc. IMkn io Moi tak. Hnher Kwfc. open ended. MoT subdrmsmn unity After sutadnnsion erf units. Sf after stock sp*tHA Won Pealing Pay Hoor fnceSJo»ls
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Phoenix Award winner's uphill battle
      375 7  -  He overcame cancer to forge a mnlti-million-dollar seminar bmriness By] Michelle Quah LIKE the re-birth of a phoenix, Richard Tan CEO of seminar organiser, Success Resources has emerged from the clutches of failure to embrace success. In recognition of his struggles and achievements, he was
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      Lock icon SIA to study in detail Thai budget airline
      203 7 AFP SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) will conduct a "detailed study" on the prospects of a no-frills airline to be based in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, the Singapore government said yesterday. The proposed budget carrier was discussed by Singapore Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Barclays warns of recession in H1
      278 7 on the economy outlook RECESSION might yet return to haunt the Singapore economy in the first two quarters of 2003, due to weak export growth and sluggish domestic demand, according to Barclays Capital. And for the full year, "we fear the government's 2-5 per
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      Lock icon JI White Paper boosts investor confidence: MP
      362 9  -  YESTERDAY DV PARLIAMENT It reassures world that S'pore takes threat seriously: Wang Kai Yuen By\ Chuang Peck Ming LOOKING at the White Paper on the Jemaah Islamiyah and terrorism from a wider perspective, Member of Parliament Wang Kai Yuen said yesterday that the
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    • PARLIAMENTBriefs
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      Lock icon HDB briefings on revamp to end by early-Feb
      353 9  -  By] Kalpana Rashiwala THE Housing and Development Board (HDB) began staff briefings on its restructuring last week, with the sessions expected to finish later this month or early next month. "After that, we will then be in a position to Finalise all
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Old forecasts can come back to haunt you
      710 8  -  PfTTTT^ bottom line OPINION caroline baum Bloomberg CLEANING out the in-box can be an eye-opening experience on just how quickly things can change in the modern world It's also a useful exercise in humility. About once a quarter, when the piles of
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      103 8 'We believe that nothing today justifies envisaging military action.' Dominique ie YiDqui France's foreign minister, on why it would not support any United Nations Security Council resolution for military action against Iraq any time soon. 'Russia has started to understand that they can influence many things in
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      Lock icon Drawing and managing talent
      568 8 EDITORIAL IS Singapore rethinking its policy on talent? The appointment of homegroomed talents Chew Choon Seng and Hsieh Fu Hua to lead Singapore Airlines and the Singapore Exchange (SGX), respectively, has sparked speculation that this could be so. Especially when these appointments come close on the
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      Lock icon Is Singapore past its high-growth era?
      1508 8  -  No because Singapore's determined effort to breed a pool of private entrepreneurs will provide a strong engine of growth for a good many years By Hoon Hian Teck AS the economy's growth rate has come down from over 10 per cent in 2000 to
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      Lock icon The sick economy
      482 8  -  COMMENTARY Good times for the economy can be bad for our health By\ Richard Morin LAT-WP WATCH out: whenever Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan does his part to help jump-start a sluggish US economy, it just might kill you. No, the Fed chairman isn't intentionally trying
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Philippines posts 213b peso budget deficit
      144 10 Reuters [MANILA] Hie Philippines posted a budget deficit of around 213 billion pesos (556.9 billion) in 2002, below the official target of 223 billion pesos, or 5.6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), government sources said yesterday. The official data is due today.
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      Lock icon Malaysia prefers local funds for stimulus
      416 10 KUALA LUMPUR Economy officially forecast to grow 4-5% in 2002 and 6-&5% this yr Reuters MALAYSIA said yesterday that it would look to domestic sources to fund an additional fiscal stimulus package, expected in the weeks ahead. "Our preference is for domestic funding. We
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      Lock icon Venture capital still backing tech firms
      423 10  -  By 1 Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Despite the worst year on record for capital spending on technology, the sector still attracted more than half of all venture capital funding in the Asia-Pacific, the latest survey from Thomson Venture Economics shows. For the whole of
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        Lock icon Judges in Manulife case cleared
        96 10 AFP [JAKARTA] Three Indonesian judges suspected of taking bribes to declare the local unit of a Canadian firm bankrupt have been cleared of wrongdoing, a justice ministry spokesman said yesterday. The commercial court judges were suspended in August after they sparked an international storm by
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        Lock icon Al-Qaeda, Ball bombers Hnked: report
        105 10 AFP AP [JAKARTA] Confessions to Indonesian police by two key suspects in the Bali bombing reveal a link between the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the bombers, Time magazine reported in its latest issue yesterday. Time said it had seen the confessions of Mukhlas and Imam
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        Lock icon China's financial regulators to meet
        94 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China's banking, securities and insurance regulators will meet separately this week to hammer out policies for this year, the official Economic Daily reported yesterday. "Officials in charge of branches all over the country of the People's Bank of China, the China Securities Regulatory
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        Lock icon Manila faces action for illegal funds
        91 10 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippines may face delays in having remittances processed, less investment from abroad and other sanctions from an anti-money laundering group for failing to tighten a law that bans the entry of illegal funds. The 31-nation, Paris-based Financial Action Task Force gave
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        Lock icon 4 countries accused of dumping paper
        43 10 Oana/Antara [JAKARTA] Indonesia has accused four coated and uncoated paper producing countries of dumping their commodities into the Indonesian market, forcing local producers to cut production. The four countries accused are South Korea, Finland, India and Malaysia.—Oana/Aruara
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        Lock icon IMF sees 4% Thai growth this year
        28 10 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] The International Monetary Fund forecasts the Thai economy will grow 4 par cent this year, the finance ministry said.—Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Donors support easing of hikes
      504 11  -  Moderation seen as necessary to avoid derailment of reform programme From Shoeb Kagda in Bali INDONESIA'S msuor aid donors yesterday expressed support for Jakarta's decision to moderate increases in fuel and electricity tariffs because they fear that the continuing demonstrations against the government could derail
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      Lock icon Tough year ahead for Indon tourism
      322 11 INUSA DUA, Indonesia] Forex earnings seen falling to USs2.7b-USs£2b from USs3.4b in'o2 AFP INDONESIA foresees a hard year for tourism this year in the wake of the horrific October bomb attacks in Bali, Coordination Minister for People's Welfare Yusuf Kalla said yesterday. Mr Kalla
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      Lock icon Indian cellphone firms offer free incoming calls
      411 12 NEW DELHI Their row with limited radius service operators benefits consumers Bloomberg Reuters INDIA'S non-state cellular phone operators said they will make mobile-to-mob ile incoming calls free in a bid to match competition from fixed-phone companies that offer limited-range mobile phone services. The
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      Lock icon Lego wins copyright case in China
      366 12 BEIJING Court's ctpyrigfct protection rating Is a first in country AP THE Danish manufacturer of the colourful snap-togeth-er Lego building blocks has won a copyright-infringe-ment case in a Chinese court, a development in the anti-piracy fight promised by China's leadership since the country joined
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Koizumi changing tack on economic policy?
      526 13  -  Reports say he may appoint advocate of stronger BOJ action to key panel Fromi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo DOES Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi plan to adopt a new approach to economic policy in future? Reports that he intends to appoint former financial vice-minister
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      Lock icon Mizuho expects 1.95t yen loss in 02/03
      285 13 TOKYO Bloomberg Reuters MIZUHO Holdings Inc forecast a 1.95 trillion yen (Ss2B billion) full-year loss, almost nine times its earlier estimate and the largest ever by a Japanese company, bowing to government pressure to write off bad loans. To repair its financial health,
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      Lock icon Citigroup earnings sink 37% in Q4
      357 14 NEW YORK It earned USs2.34b after USsl.ssb in charges; 2002 profit is record USsls.3b Reuters CITIGROUP Inc's profit fell 37 per cent in the fourth quarter, after US$l.55 billion in charges to settle the stock research scandal and to cover potential loan losses and
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      Lock icon Deutsche told to pay customer damages
      199 14 FRANKFURT Bank gave woman faulty investment advice, coort finds AFP A GERMAN court ordered Deutsche Bank, the biggest bank in Germany, to pay 150,000 euros (*****,500) in damages to an elderly customer whose savings were wiped out when she followed faulty investment advice by
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      Lock icon HP has US$2b of Linux sales
      129 14 AMSTERDAM Reuters HEWLETT-PACKARD, the world's largest PC maker, yesterday said it had annual sales of US$2 billion linked to the Linux operating system, the fast-growing rival to Microsoft's Windows. "Our Linux business is a US$2 billion a year business. We have the most comprehensive
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      Lock icon Credit Suisse posts 3.4b Sfranc loss
      265 14 ZURICH Bank hit by legal costs, writedowns last year Bloomberg CREDIT Suisse Group suffered a loss of about 3.4 billion Swiss francs (554.3 billion) last year, a record for a European bank, because of legal costs and investment writedowns. The fourth-quarter loss was about
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      Lock icon Embattled C&W chief exec to resign
      238 14 Reuters [LONDON] Graham Wallace, the embattled chief executive of British telecoms group Cable Wireless pic (C&W), bowed to calls for his resignation yesterday in a management shake-up aimed at restoring confidence in the 131-year-old firm. CAW, whose share price plunged 87 per cent last
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      Lock icon SEC wavers over rules for auditors, lawyers
      414 15 WASHINGTON Hard to predict how its five members will vote today and tomorrow: sources Reuters SUPPORT for tough new, post-Enron rules for corporate accountants and lawyers was said to be faltering at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ahead of crucial SEC votes
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      365 16  -  I=ll exclusive Strong demand for rights means it may bny on open market By Christopher Tan LISTED motor group Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) may buy up more Astra International new shares when trading of the rights-con-verted scrip starts today. The Jardine-controlled group is said
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      245 16  -  AH reports by Christopher Tan SESDAQ-LISTED motor group Wearnes International has been looking to take up new Volvo franchises in various markets in the region for over six months now, but has yet to make any headway. Top Wearnes executives have not returned
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      437 16 ALMOST one in three Honda cars sold in Singapore last year were grey imports, making the brand the most parallel-imported marque. Mercedes-Benz was a distant second, followed by Toyota. On the whole, one in 10 car buyers here chose a parallel import over
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      321 17  -  Christopher Tan ALMOST half of the 400,000 or so cars here are insured by NTUC Income, a union-linked group that has emerged as Singapore's undisputed leader in motor insurance. Last year, Income, led by chief executive Tan Kin Lian, cornered 40 per cent
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      1013 19  -  markets Insider sentiment turned negative in Dec on the back of weaker STI By Robert Halili AFTER recording positive scores in 13 out of 18 weeks from August to November last year, the Singapore insider sentiment headed south in December with negative scores recorded
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      749 19 Merger Announcement I m I /Goodwins I H The Directors of Goodwins Law Corporation are pleased to H announce that the firm of George Sandosham, Gurdip Partners H H has been incorporated into Goodwins Law Corporation with effect H from Ist January 2003. I H With effect from the Ist
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      1196 20  -  By Roy Varghese THINK back seven years ago today. The mad scramble to acquire residential properties for investment was beyond belief. Sales and sub-sales of apartments and yet-to-be-completed condos were the order of the day. It happened as the market experienced unparalleled appreciation in
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      276 21 Knight-Ridder Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 4 points to 1718, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 18 points to 2226, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 4 points to 1846 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 21 points to 9747. nMB-CHARTERj Navios Star Cargill relet (built 2002) ***** dwt
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      688 21  -  INTERNATIONAL MARITIME AMD PORT SECURITY CONFERENCE Compliant operators less likely to face delays in trading with US Reports by\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The international maritime community must pull out all stops to comply with new security regulations and get on the "good
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      415 21 Improved security measures most also not hinder free trade: APL, Bimco [SINGAPORE] Commercial realities including efficient transportation and cost recovery are key to the success of enhanced security frameworks imposed on the maritime industry, according to both APL and the Baltic International
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      221 21  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore authorities have left Indonesia to investigate the recent piracy attack on a tug near Bintan Island that led to the death of one crew, but are monitoring the followup. "The Indonesian authorities are investigating the hijack of Singapore-regis-tered tug MV Bina
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      58 21 AFP [ALGECIRAS, Spain] An oil barge carrying 1,000 tonnes of fuel sank overnight off southern Spain in rough seas. Two crew members were rescued, but the ship's captain is still missing. The Spabunker IV, belonging to the Ciresa shipping company sank in the Bay of Algeciras. No leak
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      225 21 [SINGAPOREJ Terrorists are more likely to use a ship as a weapon itself than to simply transport a "bomb in a box", according to visiting security analysts. Outlining the maritime terrorist threats here yesterday, Maritime Intelligence Group (MIG) vicepresident Tanner Campbell
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      392 21  -  Accept costs, inconveniences of increased security, conference told Byi George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The first major maritime security conference in this part of the world opened yesterday with some 400 delegates being told that there was no escaping the fact that the threat to
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      193 21 AFP [GIBRALTAR] Twenty people were arrested off Gibraltar on Monday when Greenpeace protesters boarded a single-hull tanker, like the Prestige which sank bringing ecological disaster to Spain's shores, a police spokesman said. The 20 were taken to Gibraltar police headquarters after swarming onto
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      999 22  -  STRAIT TALE -By David Hughes WHEN delivering the 17th Annual Chua Chor Teck Memorial Lecture last week, the chairman and chief executive officer of classification society American Bureau of Shipping, Frank larossi, said things that needed saying. Mr larossi hit the target with most
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        751 29 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        599 30 Bering maybe reluctant to permit more competition on mainland routes Reuters [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, eyeing the lucrative skies in mainland China, is facing a turbulent ride as it bids to return to one of the world's fastest growing air markets. Cathay
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        75 30 [HONGKONG] A journalist trying out Dragonair's new business class seats at a press preview of a HKSI9S million (5543.3 million) re-design ofaircraft cabins. The Hong Kong-based carrier came under fire over the weekend when a 180 kg woman was refused a seat on a flight from
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        575 30 JAL and ANA support rival TV drama serials based on lives of airline staff Bloomberg [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways Co and Japan Airlines Systems Corp are extending a battle for supremacy in the skies to the airwaves. Good Luck!!, a soap opera
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        274 30 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines said on Monday it will open up four new routes within Asia this year to complement its fleet expansion plans. The state-controlled flag carrier will inaugurate weekly flights to Jakarta, Shanghai and the Indian business capital of Mumbai at
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        205 30 Xinhua [BRUSSELS] Air passenger safety will be threatened if the European Union (EU) goes ahead with plans to harmonise rules on pilots' working hours, the European pilots' union said on Monday ahead of an Italian airline strike. Italian pilots were to strike for four
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          101 30 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand said some of its cabin crew on international flights plan to strike next month alter the airline and a union failed to reach a wage agreement, potentially disrupting travel for thousands of people. The Auckland-based airline, which is 82
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          75 30 AFP (STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) said it had postponed the purchase of Ave Airbus planes for a year owing to poor market conditions. '"Hie postponement is due to the market situation and the fact that we have a surplus of planes," Sture Stoelen, head of
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          71 30 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Ryanair Holdings pic may say in the next two weeks it will open a new base in northern Germany as Europe's No 2 no-frills airline seeks to win more budget-conscious travellers in the region's biggest economy, analysts said. Ryanair has said it wants
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          98 30 Bloomberg [LONDON] Eurotunnel pic's 2002 revenue rose 2.3 per cent as the operator of the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and France carried more trucks on its shuttle trains. Sales rose to £570 million (Ssl.s billion) from £557 million a year ago. "The current weak economic
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