The Business Times, 23 January 2003

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Internet http://business-times.asia 1 com sg S.INGAPORE THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 2003 JWTA(P) 010/03/2002 85*
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    Lock icon NOL gives lowdown on what went wrong
    849 1  -  t-ii exclusive (tang for growth in a declining market was part of the group's problem Reports by Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Growing capacity in a declining market, unwillingness to lower rates and overspending in general and administrative areas cost Neptune Orient Lines customers and
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    Lock icon Former finance chief of CSC Holdings under probe
    464 1  -  MM^xclusivc? Poa Eheng Sin also resigns from Global Active, causing delay in its IPO By\ Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Mainboard aspirant Global Active Ltd's former chief financial officer, who resigned shortly after the company lodged its preliminary listing prospectus with the Monetary Authority
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    Lock icon Choice of new chief rests on turnaround skills: NOL's CFO
    258 1 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines' global hunt for a chief executive to replace Flemming Jacobs centres on "turning the group around" at the bottom line and includes foreign talent. Chief financial officer and board member Lim How Teck told BT NOL's
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    73 1 □sn MCMS (+3.81) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,372.00 (+1.00) M SiMSCI FUTURES Bl its. to (+0.10) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP ***** -146 NIKKEI 225 8,61 L04 97.54 HANG SENG 9j*029 -S.18 SET INDEX 373.17 174 JAKARTA COMP ..406.70 *054 MANILA COMP 1.052.44 7.63 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** +47.40 SEOll COMP ***** -1037
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    73 1 RMKX RATES Uf$ l>iS(S$p«IS$| 1.732 1(1 SS SS pw£)_ 14 Hi 1799 DROP'S* SSI} 1.V7S tJttl YEN IIU #«ll KM :tHU0 tIM HKS 7T» 4 Uli BAIfT C74 ««7 WPIAH W il» RKNMINHI *2» 4791 INDIAN RITEE 47 91 f7 <M mim watts SlNUAftiKK* KI'AUU'MPIH C4U Hr»VJ BONO a
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    Lock icon MAS scraps limit on car finance quantum, tenure
    628 1  -  A boost for sector, bat COE prices may rise: analysts By Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore has lifted long-standing restrictions on car financing, a relaxation that's expected to give a boost to the motor industry and affect COE prices.
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    Lock icon Four for the green
    128 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong took a break and headed for the fairways at the Laguna National Golf Country Club yesterday. A guest at the Caltex Singapore Masters 2003 tournament, Mr Goh is seen here with three-time Majors winner and world number 2 golfer Ernie Els
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      Lock icon Taiwan maps out NT$10b plan to boost chip industry
      570 2  -  Project involves creating more design houses but some analysts think itmaybeabitlate Froml Macabe Keliher in Taipei THE Taiwan government has announced a three-year NT$lO billion (Sssoo million) technology development plan which it hopes will boost the island's competitiveness by creating a
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      Lock icon Malaysia mulls steps to boost IPO market
      473 2  -  Possibilities include redaction of listing time to 3-4 months From Eddie Toll in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission may take steps to make listing on the stock exchange more attractive amid the current market euphoria. Commission chairman Ali Kadir said one possibility is
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      Lock icon Cut the xenophobia, open up markets, Japan told
      658 2  -  Tliis is necessary f«r region's integration, says Sakakibara From. Anthoney Rowley in Tokyo JAPAN is "too nationalistic and xenophobic" towards foreign investors, including those from Asia, to allow regional economic integration and globalisation to work successfully, said former senior financial official Eisuke
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      64 2 IN our Jan 21 article "IBM slashes iSeries prices by 80%", we reported that IBM had cut the prices of its mid-range computer servers, the eServer iSeries, by 80 per cent. This is inaccurate. IBM has pointed out that the servers deliver price/performance improvements of up to 80 per
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon NOL ends just 1.5¢ lower at 96.5¢
      675 4  -  Plans to restore profitability offset group's warning on big losses for 2002 By Wong Wei Kong THE worst could be over for Neptune Orient Lines at least for now judging by the market's reaction yesterday to NOL's warning of worse-than-expected losses and of
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      Lock icon Chew Eu Hock shares end at 1.5¢ on Sesdaq
      271 4  -  By Michelle Quah SHARES of construction and property company Chew Eu Hock Holdings (CEH) finally saw the light of day again yesterday after a one-year suspension. But the group, which had to undergo a reverse takeover and several levels of corporate
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      Lock icon New CTI leans more to quality of disclosure
      741 5  -  60% weighting given to content and 40% to context nnder new scoring By' Wong Wei Kong THE Business Times' Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) has been revamped to take into account changes in disclosure and accounting requirements as well as market feedback. Companies
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      Lock icon PSC announces chairman's retirement and other changes
      202 5  -  Byl Andrea Tan PROVISIONS Suppliers Corp (PSC), which last year saw the entry of Hong Kong's Hanny Group as a substantial shareholder, yesterday announced a slew of management changes including the retirement of its executive chairman, Tan Ling San. Succeeding Mr Tan, who
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      Lock icon Do more to boost broking research
      706 5  -  Brail locksiew r sivanithy IN a recent consultation paper, the Singapore Exchange proposed that broking houses formally separate their research functions from in-house corporate finance or investment banking outfits. This attempt to ensure greater research objectivity is laudable. But it doesn't tackle a fundamental
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      Lock icon OCBC cuts HDB home loan rates yet again
      407 7  -  First-year rate fixed at 1.5%; second-year, 2.4% By I Siow Li Sen OCBC Bank has broken the brief lull in the hotly contested public housing mortgage market with a new package that puts it ahead of its rivals. The bank's revised HDB
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      Lock icon DBS launches its first retail hedge fund
      360 7  -  Byt Siow Li Sen DBS Bank's first retail hedge fund, launched yesterday, is aimed at the man in the street, with a minimum investment of only $5,000. And other banks are expected to follow suit as they too capitalise on relaxed rules for
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      476 4 m Sss\ Singapore Society of Financial Analysts ,ranf» SSFA is a Member Society of the Association for Investment Management A Research (AIMR) financial analysts CFA is a ftyilfftd trademark of AIMR. C ML^ Wealth Management for High Net Worth Clients on Tuesday; 4 March 2003, 9.00 am -12.30pm Raffles City
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      772 4 The announcement appears as a matter of record only January 2003 CHEW EU HOCK HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (1) Issue of 718,667,100 new ordinary shares of $0,005 each in the capital of the Company to the Creditors pursuant to the Scheme; I (2) Issue of 187,123,557
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      305 4 IN THE MATTE* Of THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF ICOM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD (Incorporated in ihe Repubfcc of Smgoporel (In liquidnHnw) Maaiberi' Vohixor-) WafcgUp At am CKtro-OrdnHKy General Meeting of Members of ICOM TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD convened and held at tfl Ton Poyoh
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      314 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 22 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 143.00 -63.00 KTCJUM -*****.00 -35.00 -*****.00 +15.00 361.35 >0.15 S6r«riBnll*ct 118.50 -0.41 KMUwFki 1203.33 +1.91 SCEjdBwPrf 324.57 -0.75 MSOthppiri 168.63 +0.42 gggrNtiii 168.90 +0.10 L4M1C 41,237,000 Chew EiJ Mode 0.5c 22,168,000 GKEW5C 16,154.000 NOt 14,640,000 Chart SemCond 26c 14.204.000 NewWave 5c 11.823.000
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      Lock icon Analysts see NOL as expensive at current levels, a better bet below 80 cents
      254 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. First, it was the sudden departure of Flemming Jacobs as chief executive. Then came a profit
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      Lock icon It's business as usual
      765 6  -  nTlcomment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHEN the two most active-ly-traded stocks cost less than two cents each and 18 of the 20 most active counters cost less than $1, it can't have been a particularly memorable session in the local market. And it wasn't. To call a
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      Lock icon Wall Street, greenback reel from war talk
      629 6  -  I i comment CURRENCIES Euro emerges as leading gainer despite slipping back below the key US$l.O7 level larry wee FRESH US threats against Iraq forced both Wall Street and the US dollar to their knees again yesterday, completely brushing aside strong US housing
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      7 7 I THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE I
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon NRIs need more than just sentiment
      761 8  -  ■wTTrI bottom line OPINION g panicker FINALLY, New Delhi is reconnecting to the Indian diaspora But bonding with a people who feel "at once close and far", as Nobel laureate VS Naipaul put it will be a daunting task. Down the road, New Delhi
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      91 8 'We should not take the risk to fuel terrorism.' Dominiqne de YiUepin the French foreign minister, on the danger of a US-led war against Iraq. They are rattled, they are weakening, we are getting a massive amount of intelligence out of there now as to what is
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      Lock icon Rein in exec pay excesses
      637 8 EDITORIAL THE straight talking by Singapore Airlines chairman Koh Boon Hwee on prevailing practices in the area of senior executive pay in Singapore deserves a call to action It's time companies overhauled their sometimes lopsided, and often opaque, policies on executive pay. Delivering a keynote
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      Lock icon Deja vu in Jakarta?
      1205 8  -  Amid the talk of 'power grabs' and presidiums, are we watching a replay of the 1998 scenario in Indonesia? By Yang Razall Kassim THERE is something odd about the current goings-on in Indonesia. It could be a sign that a new and potentially explosive phase in
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      Lock icon Producing water from air on a large scale worth a look
      138 8  -  ITCTWpag Victor Ng Siak Keong I REFER to the story "Hyflux up against US-based rival" (BT, Jan 20). Really, extracting water from air is not new. Most people may not know it, but there are water-making machines in our
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      Lock icon Helpful to have more details of HDB's policy on defaulters
      284 8  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the articles "Don't base decision to buy flat on low interest rates, Mah cautions" (BT. Jan 14), "Making sense of the HDB home loan mayhem" (BT. Jan 11) and "Don't be duped by talk
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      Lock icon What if LawSoc dialogue leaves fees intact?
      85 8  -  Ong Chong Beng I REFER to "Conveyancing fees dialogue next week" (BT, Jan 21). What will the government's view be if the Law Society's recommended fees proposed at its coming dialogue session have the effect of leaving conveyancing charges unchanged? If a professional
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Infocomms, media investments down 3.3% last year
      435 9  -  $870 m commitment seen creating only half the jobs seen from 2001 pledges Byl Angela Tan INVESTMENT spending by media and information technology companies in Singapore fell 3.3 per cent last year to $870 million due to the global slowdown. This, in turn,
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      Lock icon Relatively cheaper now to rent an office in S'pore
      270 9  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala THANKS to a 20 per cent slide in rents in the past year, office occupation costs in Singapore were the 39th most expensive in the world at the end of last year, compared with a 31st position a
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      Lock icon 80% of UK firms to expand S'pore ops
      354 9  -  3on the economy outlook Audrey Tan FOUR in every five British firms here intend to expand their operations over the next three years, but many also expect Singapore to decline in relevance as a regional hub. A survey by the British Chamber
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      Lock icon Foil terrorism with vigilance: Kan Seng
      354 9  -  YESTERDAY DT PARLIAMENT There's no guarantee of total safety, he says By 1 David Boey SINGAPOREANS should remain vigilant and recognise that while the threat from terrorism is real, the government's White Paper on terrorism has no special solution for the "complete and permanent
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      Lock icon COE prices for cars fall $1,600-$4,000
      309 9  -  Byi Christopher Tan COE prices have fallen convincingly across the board in the latest tender, bringing rates just before the Chinese New Year week back to what they were before the festive crush. Category A (cars up to 1,600 cc) premium ended at $26,499,
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      1483 10 Stronger safeguards advertWnQ Tnfllllin A BT advertising feature A boost for YOUR property is one of your most price for compromising on their security guards, among others. Accreditation will have to be renewed each year, to valuable assets. In today's context where by choosing a security agency with the Accredited
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon MRT works may hit price of govt site
      675 11  -  The construction of the Circle Line could prompt developers to ask for a 'discount' for the Serangoon site, reports Vlnce Chong Vince Chong THE upcoming construction of Stage 3 of the MRT Circle Line could result in one of the most attractive
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      Lock icon Oasis Garden up for en bloc sale
      199 11 THE freehold Oasis Garden is being marketed as the second collective sale site this year. The development, in Bunga Rampai Place, has a price tag of $48-$52 million. This works out to $296-$321 psf of potential gross floor area including a development charge
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      Lock icon S'poreans can expect more rustic fun
      340 11  -  By. Andrea Tan NOW that the public feedback process for two development plans is over, what can Singaporeans look forward to? "Families will soon enjoy rustic fun at the wilderness park on Coney Island, off Punggol," said Minister of State for National Development Vivian
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Malaysia's property market seen flat in 2003
      339 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's property market, hit by a supply overhang of retail and office space, may be flat in 2003 in value terms, though home prices are expected to stay firm, a finance ministry official said yesterday. Malaysians bought around RM4I billion
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      Lock icon Shell reaffirms commitment to Asia-Pacific region
      270 13  -  Region to account for 40% of energy demand in 20 years By' Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell reaffirmed its commitment to Singapore and the region yesterday, as a top executive told reporters that the Asia-Pacific will account for as much as
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      Lock icon Indonesia's donors pledge fresh loans of US$2.7b
      568 13  -  Macro-economic stability praised, bat Jakarta urged to step op reforms From, Shoeb Kagda in Bali THE 30-member Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) yesterday pledged fresh loans amounting to US$2.7 billion to help Jakarta plug its 2003 Budget deficit, rewarding the crisis-hit country for
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      Lock icon Mega, Amien to run in 2004 Indon polls
      138 13 AP (JAKARTA] President Megawati Sukarnoputri said she would run for re-election in 2004, expecting tens of millions of Indonesians to support her despite rising criticism of her 19-month tenure in office. Her comments late on Tuesday to members of her political party
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        Lock icon Indonesia to sue recalcitrant debtors
        42 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The Indonesian bilk rescue ugamy plans to take the country'* recalcitrant debtors to court after they failed to settle a combined 2J trillion rupiah (Ss429million) in debt owed to the government, the agency said. —Bloomberg
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        Lock icon China's biggest tax evasion cese
        84 13 AFP [BEIJING] Nine people including a Hong Kong businessman are facing prosecution for allegedly evading taxes close to 300 million yuan (Ss42 million) in what is considered the biggest tax evasion case in China, state media said yesterday. Guangdong police said Hong Kong resident Shi
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        Lock icon KL's foreign reserves fall 0.6%
        54 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's foreign reserves foil 0.6 per cent in the first two weeks of January as companies repaid foreign loans and investors pulled funds out of the stock market. Reaerves foil about US$2OO million to U5534.4 billion in the two wseks to Jan
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        Lock icon Bank of China pretax profit up 2.4%
        39 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Bank of China's pre-tax profit roee 2.4 per cent to 112 billion yuan (Ss2£ billion) last year as provisions for bad loans oflbet a rise in income from consumer lending.—Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Asian banks still face hurdles after crisis
      455 15 TOKYO Hnge bad loans, reform delays, low quality assets, among woes: Fitch AFP BANKS are recovering from the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis but still face hurdles, with massive bad loans in China, reform delays in Taiwan and low quality assets hurting Philippine lenders,
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    • ASIANotes
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        Lock icon Tom.com, GMM Grammy may tie up
        39 15 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Billionaire Li Ka-shing's Tom.com Ltd is in talks to form a music venture in China with GMM Grammy Pel, Thailand's biggest music-recording company, according to Grammy chairman Paiboon Damrongchaitham. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon China domestic air fares set to drop
        56 15 AFP [BEIJING] Domestic air fares in China are set to drop by up to 20 per cent from next month, the China Dally reported yesterday, citing aviation officials. It said a policy change would allow discounts offered to be increased to 40 per
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        Lock icon Taiwan-Shanghai flights popular
        32 15 AP [BEIJING] About two-thirds or 1,100 of the 1,600 tickets for trial flights by Taiwanese airlines to China have been sold, the state-run China Daily newspaper reported yesterday. —AP
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        Lock icon Taiwan jobless rate rises to 5.2%
        51 15 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's unemployment rate rose to a record last year as manufacturers shifted production to factories in mainland China. The jobless rate rose to 5.2 per cent from 4.6 per cent the previous year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics.
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        Lock icon China to discard tourist homing rule
        36 15 AFP [BEIJING] Beijing's municipal government will this year abolish a rule requiring overseas visitors to stay in hotels officially designated for foreign tourists, state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday. —AFP
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        Lock icon ATMs at Taiwan McDonald's outlets
        37 15 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Fubon Financial Holding Co, Citigroup Inc's main partner in Taiwan, will install up to 300 automated teller machines at McDonald's restaurants by end-August to expand its retail banking network. —Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Philippines' 2002 Budget deficit ballooned to record
      389 15 MANILA Bloomberg THE Philippine Budget deficit swelled to a record for a fifth straight year in 2002 as tax revenue fell short of government targets, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said. The deficit last year was 213 billion pesos (556.9 billion), compared with
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      Lock icon China balks at another bank capital injection
      451 16 BEIJING Officials are giving reforms and bad loan cuts top priority: analysts Reuters CHINA, which injected more than US$3O billion into its debt-laden state banks in 1998, is unlikely to take a similar step soon as officials give reforms and bad loan cuts
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      Lock icon Taiwan brokers can enter China
      171 16 TAIPEI Bloomberg Reuters YUANTA Core Pacific Securities Co, Fubon Securities Co and rival Taiwan brokerages may be able to open representative offices in China, getting access to investors in the world's most populous nation. Taiwan's Ministry of Finance amended rules to let brokers open mainland
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      Lock icon Taiwan's opposition to give up money spinners
      259 16 AP [TAIWAN] Taiwan's former ruling Nationalist Party said yesterday it will place about US$l billion worth of businesses in a Swiss trust fund in an effort to clean its image after losing the last elections amid accusations of corruption. "This party will no
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      3606 14 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION OF SECURITIES ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL DEPOSITORY (PTE) LIMITED mii vimt .r* »> >■* i *a- --xxj >*-** w 1. INTERPRETATION 1.1 In theee Securities Account ComMons:"Acf means the Companies Act (Chapter SO) and any amendment, modification and re-enactment thereof and wtoere the context permits.
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      397 17 NEW YORK Provisions related to Enron trades, lawsuits to blame Bloomberg JP Morgan Chase Co lost US$3B7 million in the fourth quarter after the second-big-gest US bank wrote off losses related to bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp and set aside money to cover
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      377 17 SCHAUMBURG, Illinois Bloomberg MOTOROLA Inc earned a profit of US$l74 million in the fourth quarter, beating forecasts for a decline. It was the first time in two years the world's No 2 mobile-telephone maker had net income in consecutive quarters. Net income was 8 US
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        58 17 Bloomberg [MURRAY HILL, New Jersey] Lucent Technologies Inc posted a net loss of US$364 million or 11 cents a share in Ql, although the figure was an improvement from a US$423 million, or 14 cents a share loss a year earlier. Sales fell 42
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        47 17 Johnson Johnson Q4 pro fit up 30% Bloomberg [NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey] Johnson Johnson's Q4 profit rose 30 per cent to US$l.4 billion, or 48 cents a share, from US$l.l billion, or 36 cents, in the year-ago period, while sales climbed 14 per cent to US$9.4 billion.—Bloomberg
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        61 17 Bloomberg [ST PAUL, Minnesota] 3M Co announced Q4 earnings jumped 34 per cent because of cost cuts and more sales from outside the US. Net income rose to US$5ll million, or US$l.29 a share, from US$3Bl million, or 96 cents, in the year-ago
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        60 17 Reuters [NEW YORK] Eastman Kodak Co yesterday posted a quarterly profit but offered a weaker-than-expected outlook and said it would cut up to 3 per cent of its work force. It will take a charge of between US$75 million and US$lOO million to
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      264 18 BERLIN AFP SAYING that public confidence in big business has been damaged by corporate scandals, the international corruption watchdog called for new codes of conduct to restore faith. In its Global Corruption 2003 report, Transparency International's chairman Peter Eigen said the scandals
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      373 19 NEW YORK Enron crisis leads to 330 companies restating accounts last year Reuters SPURRED by the feverish scrutiny of corporate books following the Enron-Ander-sen debacle, a record number of companies restated financial results due to accounting errors last year, a study by a
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      356 19 CARACAS, Venezuela Reuters AFP VENEZUELA'S government, fighting a crippling opposition strike, has approved a temporary closure of the foreign exchange market starting this week as it studies curbs to stem capital flight, a government source said on Tuesday. The bolivar currency has
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      433 20 Company plans USs4lBm of loans from Chinese banks for USsB9Bm plant Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's biggest supplier of made-to-order chips, received preliminary government approval to become the first Taiwan chipmaker to open a factory in China.
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      233 20 Reuters [BEIJING] Japanese electronics giant Toshiba Corp said yesterday it will invest US$l billion in China over the next few years to boost production of computer chips, screens and mobile telephones. Nobumasa Hirata, the firm's chief China representative, said on the sidelines
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      195 20 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] North America-based makers of semiconductor equipment had an increase in their book-to-bill ratio as orders rose from the previous month, Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International said. December orders rose to U*****.2 million, on a three-month average basis, from a
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      175 20 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp won orders from Unilever NV, VeriSign Inc and the US Professional Golfers' Association tour, all of which use the Linux operating system. Terms were not disclosed. IBM will run server computers, provide video over the
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      324 20 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp has agreed to buy Place Ware Inc, which helps customers hold meetings over the Internet, for an undisclosed amount as the world's biggest software maker expands into online conferencing. Microsoft will fold PlaceWare into a new unit within
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      314 21  -  By David Boey [SINGAPORE] Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), the world's second biggest maker of made-to-order chips, has started moving equipment into its new Singapore plant. In a statement yesterday following the close of trade in New York where UMC shares are quoted UMC
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        514 32 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa AG plans to reduce its European fleet by an additional nine aircraft because of a drop in demand for business travel and transport of cargo. The reduction will lead to the grounding of a total of 21
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        538 32 Analysts expect discounts on other models as incentive Bloomberg [TOKYO] Airbus SAS is turning to Japan, a market dominated by bigger rival Boeing Co, in a quest to win more orders for its new A3BO, which can seat as many
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