The Business Times, 30 January 2003

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A (P) 010/03/2002 I http://business-times.asial.com.sg S INGAPORE THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 2003 85c
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    Lock icon Creative plans to call it quits on Nasdaq
    884 1  -  Cost of maintaining listing a key factor, says Sim Wong Hoo Byi Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Creative Technology, the first homegrown Singapore company to list on the Nasdaq, said yesterday it plans to delist from the US exchange and maintain a single primary
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  • Article
    Lock icon Batam, Bintan aim to double investment in '03
    519 1  -  Islands plan to ride on US-S'pore FTA which starts in '04 Fromi Chuang Peck Ming in Bintan BUOYED by the US-Singa-pore free trade deal, the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan jointly promoted by Singapore and Indonesia aim to double investment inflows
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    73 1 STI 1,302.85 (-36.84) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,303.00 (-27.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 155.10 (-5.10) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP ***** -6 19 NIKKEI 225 *331 .08 ***** HANG SENG 9.240 79 H4.8I SET INDEX ***** 50? JAKARTA COMP .***** -168 MANILA COMP .1.039.21 *369 TAIPEI WPI dosed SEOILCOMP -58M5 -1721 SHENZHENB ***** *0.54
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    74 1 FOREX RATES U$| si I'SS (SSperISS) 1732 Sfl'SS/SSperS) 1647 1852 El'ROJI'SS/SS/E) 1.088 1.KH4 YEN 118.1 68.20 RM 380(1 2.194 HKS 7.800 4.504 BAHT 42.67 24.64 Rl PI AH MM 5,106 RENMINBI 8.298 4 792 INDIAN Rl PEE 47 86 2764 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KIALA LI'MPl'R 6.40 HON(J KONG
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    Lock icon Asian markets hit the skids as war fears get to investors
    664 1  -  Korean, Japanese markets lead selldown with over 2% losses; yen rises to 118 against US$ From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo MOST Asian markets, particularly Japan and South Korea, sank yesterday on fears that a US-led attack on Iraq could
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    Lock icon A fitting homecoming
    736 1  -  COMMENTARY By. Angela Tan IT was more than a decade ago that the Singapore Exchange (SGX) snubbed Creative Technologies, rejecting its attempt to list here because it lacked a track record on earnings. Needing funds for expansion, Creative confidently armed with only solid earnings projections headed West.
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      10 1 PTA with India next on S 'pore agenda, Pg 14
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      60 1 No quick cure for ailing US 6CMNMQf! lUJI nan oucct NEXT PAGE ntgnHgTits Of Bash's speech NEXT PAGE COMMENTARY Bnk 1 perfect Imperial MhMltln IraSf PAGE 12 ***** 8 "*****r*****4 I.Xll-STI.XC I.X GOLD? HOCK LOCK SIEW. PAGE a Home prices in east, north-east lead falls ■EXECUTIVE SUITE. PAGE 8 Has
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      Lock icon Bush goes all-out to win over war sceptics
      954 2 US economy is recovering but growth not fast enough, he says NYT Reuters [WASHINGTON] With his sweeping, if unproven, charge that Saddam Hussein "aids and protects terrorists, including members of Al-Qaeda", US President George W Bush on Tuesday night delivered his strongest
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      Lock icon Companies, Wall St see no quick cure for ailing US economy
      625 2 Some question if tax cut is enough to spur investment NYT [WASHINGTON] Beset by an ailing economy made more fragile by the prospect of pending war, leaders from corporate America and Wall Street said late on Tuesday night that
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      Lock icon EU, Asean pledge to boost trade, political ties
      559 2  -  S'pore urges EU to pay more attention to buoyant S-E Asia From Shada Islam in Brussels EUROPEAN Union and Asean foreign ministers have vowed to revitalise their trade and political ties as Singapore urged the 15nation bloc to start paying more attention
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      Lock icon Drastic changes not likely in ERC final report: DPM Lee
      184 2 [SINGAPORE] Drastic changes are not likely to feature in the Economic Review Committee's final report due next week, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, especially to Singapore's land policy and the Central Provident Fund scheme. The coming Budget will
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Pun-ters' report
        111 2 HERE'S a must-read stock market report: Helium was up, feathers were down. Paper was stationary. Fluorescent tubing was dim in light trading. Knives were up sharply. Cows steered into a bull market. Pencils lost a few points. Hiking equipment was trailing. Elevators rose, while escalators continued their slow
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        Lock icon DBS Cashline's a winner
        72 2 DBS Cashline, the Singapore lender's unsecured credit facility, has been cited for product excellence by the magazine Asian Banker in a regional retail banking survey and research competition. The survey also rated Standard Chartered Bank as the best retail bank in Asia for 2002. The bank
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      1550 4 1 NFS MFS TECHNOLOGY LTD The Aw connect Solutions Provider (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) I NOTICE OF SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 22 Tuas Avenue 8, Singapore *****7 on 25 February 2003,
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Chartered posts US$108m Q4 loss, sees more red ink
      475 4  -  Foil-year loss hits a record USs4l7m as revenue falls 2.9% to USs449m Reports by David Boey CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing yesterday posted a fourth quarter loss of US$lOB.7 million its eighth straight quarterly deficit and warned of a further loss of up
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      Lock icon Chartered workforce at 'right level'
      248 4 CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, an unprofitable maker of customised computer chips, said yesterday that its plants are staffed at the "right level" although more than 60 per cent of its production capacity was not used during the December quarter. The group has five operational foundries. A
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      Lock icon Stats extends losing streak into 8th straight quarter
      429 4  -  Its 2002 net loss of USsB9m is smaller than expected By' Tang Weng Fai ST Assembly Test Services (Stats) reported an eighth consecutive quarterly loss yesterday but beat analysts expectations by narrowing its full-year and Q4 2002 net losses to US$B9.3 million
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      Lock icon Flairis returns to profit in H1
      226 4  -  By. Michelle Quah SESDAQ-LISTED Flairis Technology Corporation has roared back into the black, posting a net profit of almost $2 million for the six months to Dec 31,2002, after a loss of some $6 million a year earlier. The interim turnaround was due to
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      Lock icon Gold looks pretty attractive for investors
      932 5  -  hockII.U'IMM anthony rowley TIME to buy gold, or is it too late? The remarkable rise in the gold price by nearly US$lOO an ounce or more than one-third since the bull market began last year may suggest that the fun is already over. Those
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      Lock icon Fastech plunges into full-year loss
      222 5  -  It blames industry downturn for USs6.4m loss in '02 By'. David Boey FASTECH Synergy Ltd, a maker and distributor of semiconductor equipment, has crashed into the red. The Philippine-based company yesterday posted a loss of US$6.4 million for 2002, reversing the previous year's lean profits
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      Lock icon Hong Leong Fin gets nod to sell unit trusts
      202 5 KWEK Leng Beng's Hong Leong Finance (HLF) is becoming more and more like a bank. In a statement yesterday, HLF, which went into investment banking business last year, said it has now been granted approval to sell collective investment schemes such
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      Lock icon Yield for 2-year govt bonds breaks below 1%
      442 7  -  Firm demand dne to scarcity of short-end issues, global uncertainties By1 Wong Wei Kong STRONG demand pushed the yield for 2-year government bonds below the threshold one per cent at a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) auction yesterday, as the risk of
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      Lock icon Nam Lee opens first Indon plant in Bintan
      188 7  -  By Elgin Toh MAINBOARD-listed Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries Ltd yesterday announced the opening of its latest manufacturing plant in Bin tan, Indonesia. Located at the 4000-hectare Bintan Industrial Estate (BIE) a park developed by a Sin-gapore-Indonesia consortium led by SembCorp Industries
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      Lock icon Martinair to lease 2 Airbus aircraft from SALE
      226 7  -  By Ven Sreenivasan DUTCH carrier Martinair will lease two new Airbus A 320 aircraft from Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE). Under the deal Marti nair's first with SALE the aircraft will be delivered to the Amsterdam-based carrier in March. The single-aisle planes
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      Lock icon Freight Links warns of cash threat as it posts interim loss
      301 7  -  By Vince Chong FREIGHT Links Express Holdings (FLEH) warned yesterday that its cash position may be materially damaged if it is unable to sell its non-core assets or find new capital. The group posted a net loss of $795,000
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Peter Cundill ups Haw Par stake
        62 7 PETER Cundill Associates (Bermuda) Ltd, which is the second largest shareholder in Wee Cho Yaw's Har Par Corporation, has bought more shares in the conglomerate. The company bought 300,000 shares at $3.4338 apiece on Jan 27 and another 70,000 shares at $3.4886 apiece on
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        Lock icon UOB Radanasin expects turnaround
        78 7 Reuters UOB Radanasin Bank, majority-owned by Singapore's United Overseas Bank, said yesterday it expected to return to net profit in 2003 after three years of losses. President Gan Hui Beng told reporters stronger loans growth would help boost the bank's earnings. "After years of losses, we
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        Lock icon Ascott profil seen dropping 28%
        65 7 Bloomberg THE Ascott Group Ltd, Asia's biggest operator of serviced apartments, will probably say 2002 profit fell 28 per cent after it recorded smaller gains from property sales. Profit for the year probably fell to $29.5 million from $41.2 million, based on the average estimate
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        Lock icon StanChart to open 3 new branches
        62 7 STANDARD Chartered bank yesterday said it was opening three new branches at Jurong East, Tampines and Upper Thomson to capitalise on the Qualifying Full Bank licence it acquired in 1999. Stanchart also said that consumer banking remained its "key engine of growth" and that
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      327 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 29 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/OS 586.00 188.00 BTCMN -*****.00 ***** BT 10-day MA -*****.00 59.00 MkSGEqoitiM ***** 7.74 SG Equities Elect 113.58 -1.14 SG Equities Fie 1126.00 -41.85 SG Equities Prop 308.09 3.64 MSaStasapoc* 159.56 -4.85 SiMSCt Futures 159.10 -5.10 Slocks Volume, Global Tech HKlc 17,925.000 Chart
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      Lock icon Creatine's Nasdaq delisting may be positive in the long term
      253 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By< Ven Sreenivasan SOUNDCARD and audio software giant Creative Technology shocked the market yesterday by announcing that it will delist from Nasdaq after more than 10 years on the Wall Street tech bourse. One reason cited is
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      Lock icon War risk premium underestimated
      779 6  -  l-l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ASKED why she was so wrong about equities in 2002, Goldman Sachs strategist Abby Joseph Cohen said in a Barron's Jan 13 report: "I misjudged two things. One concerned the extent of the malfeasance on corporate data. Our valuation models
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      Lock icon Greenback gets no joy from Snow or Bush
      569 6  -  CURRENCIES Nikkei perilously close to key 8,000 mark, seen as negative for the US$ larry wee THE US dollar's modest rebound on Tuesday was looking like a flash in the pan by yesterday evening, after war fears were further stoked by a
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    46 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LKifNO AJ pnccs tn indicative ntafX far Ibngort A»ety ■roadty Ovarvfiedt I h*m>v*y Foosad; S Umar Rnfc; Low to Medium Kuk. 4 Medium to High Rak. t+ghrr Hak. opervended. Marc Mbtfvison at unit* •/•AftariufadiwMon of intsV after WodiMlit; HA-Hon Beating Day —Boor PncrSso»ls
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      119 7 As a Dutch cooperative, Rabobank does not have shareholders, but rather stakeholders, who are Its members In Holland, its clients, and its staff. With roots firmly planted in the Dutch rural areas A of the late 19th century, Rabobank has always been a trustworthy* and sustainable partner. Gong Xi Fa
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon Home prices in N-E and east lead falls
      702 8  -  Prices in central area most resilient since Q2 2000, reports Rashlwala Kalpana Rashiwala PRIVATE home prices in the north-eastern and eastern parts of Singapore have led falls since the market peaked two and a half years ago, according to a BT analysis
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      Lock icon The perfumed garden
      656 8  -  By Thien WE have a tree which never really gets to sleep. Like wifey, who'll stay up counting sheep if I leave my bedside lamp on, our White Chempaka tree or Michelia alba is an insomniac because when the sun sets, the streetlight beside it comes on.
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Preparing Singapore executives for the global stage
      309 9  -  Courses launched in international marketing and business devt By Audrey Tan TRANSFORMING local talent into international business leaders is the next step for Singapore's internationalisation drive, as the government yesterday launched the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme for Internationali sat ion (SMCP International). To
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      Lock icon Consumer sentiment hits 5-year low
      287 9  -  =4 on the economy consumer confidence By Anna Teo CONSUMER sentiment here appears to have plunged to its lowest in five years, with Singaporeans particularly pessimistic about the stock market and employment. The latest Masterlndex of Consumer Confidence survey, conducted in December, sees Singapore notch
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    • NEWSRoundup
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        Lock icon No transport industry reps for PTC
        89 9 No transport Industry repa for FTC THE Public Transport Council (PTC) no longer has representatives from the transport industry, following a debate last year that called into question their presence in the watchdog body. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday that SBS Transit
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      Lock icon Banyan Tree to operate museum shops
      168 9  -  Bi Cheah Ui-Hoon KEEN to turn cultural shopping and souvenir-hunting into an "art", the Banyan Tree Gallery (BTG) will sink in $3 million to rebrand and rejuvenate the National Heritage Board's (NHB) museum shops, after winning the bid to operate them for three years.
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      Lock icon UOBAM bags 5 S&P annual awards
      257 9 UOB Asset Management (UOBAM) yesterday won five awards for its equity and asset allocation funds under Standard Poor's Fund Services annual investment fund awards. S&P said for its 2003 fund awards it did away with its one-year category, explaining that the move was to
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      Lock icon CapitaLand upgrades parking systems
      149 9 THE Capita Land group plans to introduce the electronic parking system (EPS) to eight more properties this year including Tampines Mall, Junction 8, Capital Tower, Temasek Tower and Six Battery Road. EPS, which uses the same technology as the Electronic Road Pricing system, is already in
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      678 9 JJTIs Grove A**" off Sixth Avenue Prime residential f enclave of BukitTimah MT M Land area 1731.3 sm/18,635.5 sf Km. /w Lots 4685 A 4572 L MK 4 hSsSSo. Zoned 3-storey 'Mtxed Landed' Tender Ctosing: 4.00pm, 11 Feb 2003 1 B Freehold/Approval for sate has been obtained For tender documents,
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      291 9 IN THE MATTE* OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. 50, AND IN THE MATTER OF SANSEI ELECTRON SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS At an Extroordmary General Meeting of the members of the obovementioned Com pony duty conwied and held o» 2-24-13 Yushiima Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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  • RETOOLING MANPOWER
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      Lock icon Surviving the global market
      695 10  -  AUDREY TAN Audrey tan reports on lE's new initiative, SMCP International, to equip the Singapore worker with critical skills for overseas jobs MUCH has been said about the need for Singapore companies to expand overseas, but do their employees have what it takes to survive in
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      Lock icon Best practices for employers
      1105 11 As Singapore companies venture out to the region, having an understanding of what it takes to be a good employer in each of the major markets provides an important edge. The following article provides a summary of good practices based on Hewitt's Best Employers research in
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Bush's perfect imperial scheme in Iraq
      689 12  -  ■lll=l bottom line OPINION maureen dowd NYT THERE was no smoking gun on Tuesday night in Washington. There was merely a smoky allusion. President George W Bush tried to sell skittish Americans on a war with Iraq by alluding to the possibility of a
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      103 12 Britain has always been a superpower. So why, now, is it playing second fiddle to America? Why is it being the puppet of America?' -haqn&t Ali a British Islamic leader, on Britain's role in the world. 'I had all these people wanting to donate and I had
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      Lock icon Time to clean up IPOs
      668 12 EDITORIAL IT used to be that initial public offers (IPOs) were exercises in which companies tapped the equity market to raise funds to grow. People would apply for IPO shares on the implicit understanding that if successful, they would be in a possibly long-term investment
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      Lock icon Which Iraq outcome is bad for the dollar?
      893 12  -  Iraq has become a catch-all for everything that ails the US economy. What will be the target when the war is over? Byi Caroline Baum Bloomberg I'M flummoxed every time I read or hear that the US dollar is falling because of
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      Lock icon Mahathir should look beyond Malaysia's borders
      397 12  -  MAILI.TT7B Ong Yang Peng HAVING been paramount leader of Malaysia for so long, Mahathir Mohamad needs to look beyond its boundaries if he aspires to be regarded as an international statesman. Former US presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, after reaching the pinnacle of
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      Lock icon Review need for CPF investment agent banks
      202 12  -  Tan Peng Huat Steven I RECENTLY contacted my CPF Investment Scheme agent bank. DBS, to express my desire to attend Fraser Neave's annual general meeting (AGM) today. DBS duly wrote to F&N's company secretary, who replied that "outsiders" are not allowed to attend
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  • REGiONAL news
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      Lock icon Deutsche Telekom can't veto merger, says Celcom
      331 13 KUALA LUMPUR Power given by former management not enforceable, says chairman Bloomberg CELCOM Malaysia Bhd, the nation's No 2 mobile phone company, said Deutsche Telekom AG, one of its largest shareholders, has no power to veto the merger of its cellular business with
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        Lock icon Siam Cement net doubles to 14b baht
        83 13 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's biggest industrial conglomerate Siam Cement yesterday said that 2002 net profits doubled, helped by a housing construction boom, gains booked from a merger involving its steel units and asset sales. The company, seen as a barometer of Thai corporate health
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        Lock icon Globe Telecom beats forecasts
        97 13 Bloomberg [MANILA] Globe Telecom, the Philippines' second biggest mobile phone company, posted a record profit in the fourth quarter as sales surged after it had its biggest surge of new subscribers in a three-month period. Profit surged to 2.45 billion pesos (5578.6 million), more than double
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        Lock icon Utama gains control of RHB
        94 13 Bloomberg (KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Utama Banking Group Bhd said it completed the purchase of Rashid Hussain Bhd from its founder, giving it control of the country's third largest banking group. Utama bought 121 million shares in Rashid Hussain, a 17.3 per cent stake, from Abdul
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        Lock icon Permodalan Nasional cuts BAT stake
        85 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Permodalan Nasional Bhd, a Malaysian state investment company, said it sold a 2.8 per cent stake in British American Tobacco cutting its holding to 6.9 per cent. Permodalan sold eight million shares on Jan 17, it said in a filing to the
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        Lock icon Manila to sell real estate abroad
        66 13 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippines will sell real estate it owns in the US and Japan to fund a Budget deficit expected to be 202 billion pesos (556.5 billion) this year, Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho said. The government wants to trim the deficit from
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        Lock icon Jakarta sinks Philippine fishing boats
        106 13 AFP [JAKARTA] An Indonesian warship has sunk four Philippine fishing boats which tried to flee after poaching in Indonesian waters, press reports said yesterday. The KRI Untung Surapati opened fire on Monday off Sulawesi island, newspapers and the state Antara news agency reported. A navy
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      • Article
        Lock icon Sino Land may write off HK$455m
        97 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Sino Land Co, a mid-sized Hong Kong property developer, may have to write off HKS4SS million (Sslol million) of its profit this year because of unsold apartments and falling value of some stock investments. JP Morgan Chase Go said in a
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        Lock icon Foreign stake allowed in Indon TV
        91 13 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri signed into law a broadcast bill that allows overseas investors to own as much as 20 per cent of local radio and television stations, Member of Parliament Paulus Widyanto said. Shares of PT Indosiar Visual Mandiri. one of
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      Lock icon US seen investing less in new M'sian factories
      308 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg FEWER US companies are likely to invest in new Malaysian factories this year because of the slowing global economy and concern about anti-American sentiment. the American Chamber of Commerce and Industry said. "We don't expect new companies to be
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      Lock icon Mahathir elaborates on plans for retirement
      189 13 KUALA LUMPUR AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has revealed more details about his retirement plans, saying he will take a two-month break before stepping down around October. But Dr Mahathir, 76, who has dominated politics in Malaysia since he came to power in
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      Lock icon Nod for China-Taiwan oil search
      375 14 BEIJING Beijing, Taipei let their oil companies prospect jointly in Tainan Basin Bloomberg THE governments of China and Taiwan, political foes for half a century, agreed to allow their oil companies to jointly search for oil in the waters that separate them in an effort
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      Lock icon Chunghwa chairman replaced by Chen's ally
      411 14 [TAIPEI] Chunghwa Telecom Co chairman Mao Chi-kuo, who began the phone monopoly's transition to public ownership, was replaced after 29 months in office by a political ally of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian. Government spokesman Chuang Suo-hang said Ho Cheng-Tan, a former vice communications minister
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      Lock icon China's top leaders pledge to submit to supervision
      268 14 BEIJING AFP CHINA'S political elite have vowed that they will submit themselves to supervision as the fight against rampant corruption heats up, state media said yesterday. The pledge one of the first times that the war on graft has been taken right
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    • Article
      Lock icon FTA with India next on S'pore agenda: BG Yeo
      340 14  -  Talks may start in April after study report is accepted From Chuang Peck Ming in Bintan WITH the United States-Sin-gapore free trade pact in the bag, Singapore is ready to tackle the next big trade deal with India. "Singapore is likely
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      291 14 AFP [NEW DELHI] India, the world's largest gold consumer, is in the grip of a wedding fever as fears of war in Iraq push the precious metal beyond the reach of many aspiring brides. London-based Gold Fields Mineral Services forecasts that gold prices
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      332 15 SINGAPORE Survey finds them more upbeat than in June, as are those in M'sia, Thailand AFP CONSUMERS in China have the most optimistic economic outlook in the Asia-Pacific region, with confidence also strong in Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand, according to a survey released
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      525 15 CORPORATE RESULTS [TAIPEI] Acer Inc, Taiwan largest desktop computer maker, said it posted net income of NT$B.7 billion (***** million) for last year, short of the company's forecast, because of a smaller-than-expected one-time gain. The company didn't provide the year-earlier figure because Acer merged in
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      173 16 WASHINGTON Bloomberg FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has warned senators against creating long-term US budget deficits with tax cuts to boost the economy now, lawmakers said on Tuesday. "He said that we ought to be very cautious about reducing taxes," said Senator Chuck Grassley,
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      384 16 m BERLIN Govt also reiterates its anti-war message Reuters THE German government yesterday cut its growth forecast for this year while projecting higher unemployment and warning of the risks of a war in Iraq. "A possible military intervention in the Middle East could
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      288 16 LONDON Senior auditors limited to 5 yrs with a single company Reuters Bloomberg BRITAIN unveiled a shake-up of its accountancy profession yesterday in an attempt to restore confidence in the independence of auditors after international accounting scandals brought the industry into disrepute. The government said senior
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      409 16 Reuters [JERUSALEM] Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's rightwing Likud party romped to victory in Tuesday's general election on a wave of support for his tough approach to the Palestinian revolt, humiliating leftist parties which had pursued Middle East peace deals. Now he faces
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      467 17 TOKYO Playstation 2 outplays rivals and rakes it in for Sony in fiscal 3rd qtr Reuters ENTERTAINMENT conglomerate Sony Corp scored a record net profit in the last quarter as its Play Station 2 trounced the competition and movies like SpiderMan
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      205 17 ■TOKYO AFP AS electronics giant Sony announced plans to adopt a US-style corporate structure drawing a line between executive and supervisory functions, experts said yesterday it is doubtful if it will spread widely in Japan. Sony said on Tuesday it would create
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      265 17 TOKYO Bloomberg SONY Corp and Ericsson AB agreed to invest an additional 300 million euros (***** million) in their unprofitable mobile phone joint venture to boost the unit's finances and regain lost market share. Sony and Sweden's Ericsson will each invest 150 million euros
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      401 18 CEO PAT PACKAGE Treasury secretary nominee tells confirmation hearing he'll lose USssom in moving over to govt post LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] US Treasury Secretary nominee John Snow said at his confirmation hearing that his multimillion dollar pay package at railroad giant CSX Corp
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      509 18 BURBANK, California Iger's total package jumped 10-fold to $18m; Eisner's was np fivefold to $6m Bloomberg AP COMPENSATION soared at Walt Disney Co last year, with president Robert Iger's total compensation jumping more than 10-fold from the previous year and chief executive
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      268 18 NEW YORK Reuters NEW rules designed to prevent Enron-esque shenanigans might force companies to shift billions in assets and debt onto their balance sheets, a move that, in some cases, could hurt earnings, accounting experts say. It's not clear whether companies will in
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      430 19 Song-swapping service Kazaa connter-sning the industry Reuters [WASHINGTON] Big record companies, reeling from weak CD sales and the popularity of Internet song-swap-ping, on Tuesday faced a backlash in court and in cyberspace as they battled to collect royalties on the Web. The parent
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      128 19 Reuters [SANTA MONICA, California] Internet media company Yahoo Inc said yesterday it was launching a subscription. Web-based radio service, part of its continued drive to shift towards pay-for-use services. The new Launchcast Plus service, which will carry commercial free radio, will be available to consumers
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      243 19 Bloombere [CUPERTINO, California] Apple Computer Inc added faster processors to its three Power Mac G4 models and lowered the price by as much as 20 per cent, seeking to attract buyers after its first back-to-back quarterly losses since 1997. The
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      124 19 Bloomberg (ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp, the world's largest computer maker, plans to start selling its most powerful mainframe system in the second half, analysts said. The machine, codenamed T-Rex, would be able to perform about 450 million instructions each second,
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      508 20  -  B-ii exclusive These companies achieved average revenue growth of 385% over three years, reports Chell&m Raju Chellam SEVEN Singa-pore-based infocomm companies have made it to the inaugural "Asia-Pacific Technology Fast 500" rankings compiled by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (DTT). The list ranks fast-growing
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      697 20  -  111 comment INFOTFHH Some prominent players are concerned by an apparent lack of direction. So step forward, sirs kenneth james FOR once, the buzz around the lunch table wasn't about how bad business was or when the recovery would come. Unfortunately, the
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      264 21 Knight-Ridder Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 33 points to 1593, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 23 points to 2121, the Baltic Panamax Index fell 72 points to 1581 and the Baltic Handymax Index fell 57 points to 9680. TIME-CHARTER: Mineral Sines (built 2002) *****6 dwt 14.75 on
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      603 21  -  Cruise ships, followed by oil tankers, most vulnerable to terrorist attacks: expert By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Although the security level in the cruise industry is higher than that of cargo-carrying vessels, wide discrepancies in security preparedness exist between different cruise lines and
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      202 21 AP [BIARRITZ. France] Patches of oil from a sunken tanker washed ashore in a highly touristic area of south-western France for the first time on Tuesday, regional officials said. Orange-suited cleanup crews fanned out to rake up the oil from the sunken
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      113 21 AFP [BEIJING] Up to 25 people are feared dead in two maritime accidents in southern China, state press said yesterday. Fifteen fishermen are missing after the trawler Yuehuiyang sank in stormy weather off southern Guangdong province, but a woman survived by clinging
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      442 21  -  Ministry of Transport perm sec Peter Ong takes over from Peter Ho Byi George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Peter Ho is stepping down as chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) after heading it since its inception in February 1996.
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        814 22 The recent outbreaks of gastrointestinal disorders, which seem to have run their course, have little impact on the cruise industry, thanks to early action aimed at damage control AP Despite a week-long bout with a virus aboard a cruise ship two years ago, Jack
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        801 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        318 30 System can nab people travelling with false identification in a matter of seconds AFP [SYDNEY] Australia began yesterday using the world's first electronic photomatching technology as part of its anti-terrorism arsenal, to quickly match faces to passports at its airports. Currently the Smart Gate
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        525 30 Profitable US carrier needs more planes to support rapid growth Reuters [CHICAGO] Low-fare airline AirTran Holdings Inc, one of the handful of profitable US carriers last year, wants to order up to 100 more aircraft to continue its sharp growth, chief
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        65 30 [SEOUL] An Asiana Airlines passenger plane, with the logo of the Star Alliance painted on its body, landing at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. The South Korean carrier on Tuesday celebrated joining the alliance, which also includes Varig Airlines, United Airlines, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, SAS,
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        354 30 Rates will go up from June to compensate for a landing fee hike Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's second largest airline, All Nippon Airways Co Ltd (ANA), said on Tuesday it would raise its fares for domestic flights from June to pass a planned government increase in
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        208 30 Aussie carrier will continue to improve its cashflows this yean Moody's Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Qantas Airways, Australia's largest airline, had its credit rating outlook raised to stable from negative by Moody's Investors Service, which said cashflow from its domestic and international routes will improve this
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        162 30 Bernama [PETALING JAYA] Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) foresees passenger traffic at the KL International Airport (KLIA) to increase to 18 million for the current year from 16.33 million in 2002. For the whole country, the passenger traffic is expected to increase to
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        218 30 NYT [ATLANTA] Surging international shipments helped United Parcel Service (UPS) overcome a weak domestic economy in the fourth quarter and UPS officials say overseas results will lead the company's growth this year. "We see no catalyst to spark a quick (domestic) recovery," said Scott
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        87 30 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Silk Air, the regional unit of Singapore Airlines, will cancel its weekly flight to Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi, as the route is not profitable. "The route was unprofitable for a long time and traffic between Singapore and Makassar has declined further
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