The Business Times, 18 February 2003

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 010/03/2002 SINGAPORE Internet: http://'business-times.asial .com.sg TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2003
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    Lock icon 800 jobs to go in PSA revamp to fight competition
    805 1  -  Port operator will be better placed to expand overseas after retrenchment, says chairman By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation took a major step yesterday in what it described as an ongoing bid to transform itself into an international player by
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    Lock icon Ananda Krishnan overtakes sugar king as KL's richest man
    486 1  -  His net worth jumps following M&xis' ligfing* magftTinA From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur A NON-CHINESE has for the first time been named Malaysia's richest man. Ethnic Indian Ananda Krishnan has topped the latest rich list with estimated wealth of around
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    Lock icon Singapore seals FTA deal with Australia
    1019 1  -  Aussie concessions indnde undertaking to make Telstra more transparent By Yang Razali Kassim [SINGAPOREJ After months of surprisingly tough negotiations, Singapore and Australia yesterday sealed a free trade deal that is significant for their mutual concessions over some jealously guarded turfs. But the bigger
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    Lock icon DBS cuts its prime lending rate by 1/4 point to 4.25%
    643 1  -  Savings and fixed-deposit rates also cnt by 12.5 to 25 basis points from today By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Plunging interbank rates have forced DBS Bank to cut its prime, savings and fixed deposits rates because, flush with deposits,
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    66 1 Ml 1,301.19 (+27.71) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,299.00 (+26.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 159.40 (+3.40) Monday Change KLSECOMP _659,13 +2.38 NIKKEI 225 4771.89 +69.97 HANG SENG 9.383.68 +***** SET INDEX closed JAKARTA COMP .404:59 +4.88 MANILA COMP .1,034.76 +1.113 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** +*****9 SEOILCOMP 601.87 +2663 SHENZHEN B 207 00 -1.58 AUSTALLORD
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    71 1 FOREX RATES US$ 5$ ISS (SS perl'SS) 1.755 £(1'SS/SS per 1604 2.815 ElRO(i:S$/SS/E). 1.071 1.880 YEN 120.4 68.60 RM 3.800 1165 HKS 7.800 4.445 BAHT 43.12 24.57 Rl'PIAH 8.913 5.079 RENMINBI 8199 4 729 INDIAN Rl PEE 47.76 27.21 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* .5.25 Kl'ALA LTMPl'R 6.40 HONG KONG 5.U00
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Married to the economy
        121 2 BLAME it on the recession, said Singapore couples interviewed recently on the sharp decline in the number of births last year. Well, as the chart shows, the bad times apparently do deter people from taking the plunge, to begin with. Save for an aberration in 2000,
        Source: Statistics Singapore, CEIC  -  121 words
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        Lock icon No skirting the issue
        146 2 Also on the front page of the same Barclays report: Quote of the Day: Knees to hit streets. Miniskirts said to be a barometer of the economy, alongside the saying "The tighter the belt, the shorter the skirt" are expected to make a comeback this spring,
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      Lock icon Jan non-oil domestic exports up a surprise 18.4% to $10b
      555 2  -  But analysts expect sharp fall in NODX figure for February By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Singapore's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) kicked off the year with a surprisingly strong year-on-year growth of 18.4 per cent in January to hit a
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      Lock icon The telecoms coup that almost went unnoticed
      741 2  -  By rYangßaasaH Kamrim THE briefing for the media on the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement, or Safta, was going well. Then came question time. Someone noted how one issue telecommunications had eluded the media's attention. He wanted to know if it was because the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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        Lock icon It's going to be ComfortDelGro
        88 3 COMFORTDELGRO Corp, that's the name of the proposed entity created by the merger of taxi operator Comfort Group and bus company DelGro Corp. The companies said the Singapore Exchange has given in-principle approval for the listing of up to 2.061 billion shares of the new
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        Lock icon SIA load factor slips in Jan
        43 3 SINGAPORE Airlines overall load factor slipped 0.4 points to 69.3 per cent in January. Its cargo load factor fell 1.5 points to 62.7 per cent while passenger load factor inched up 0.3 points to 76.6 per cent.
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        Lock icon Stratech's new vehicle access system
        44 3 IT group Stratech has launched a new generation security system for "automatic and intelligent vehicle access control". Called Intelligent Vehicle Access Control System, it can perform licence plate recognition, vehicle undercarriage scanning and driver verification in one integrated sequence.
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        Lock icon Kim Eng Qng Asia clarifies stake sale
        57 3 KIM Eng Ong Asia, which has announced a deal to sell its stake in ATR-Kim Eng Capital Partners to Philtread Holdings Corp, has clarified that, on completion of the sale, it would continue to have an indirect interest in ATR-Kim Eng via its
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        Lock icon Baatgato CP dtaai
        27 3 DIGITAL storage maker and distributor Eastgate Technology said its subsidiary in Taiwan, Storewell Media Manufacturing, will replicate CD-ROMs for a Computer Associates International unit
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      Lock icon SGX may transfer member inspection function to MAS
      309 3  -  Several important issues have to be resolved in move to integrate watchdog roles nnder one roof By Andrea Tan IN what could be the first step towards an integrated securities regulator, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) said yesterday it may transfer its member
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      Lock icon Sias urges firms to keep proper meeting minutes
      492 3  -  By Wong Wei Kong THE Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) has stepped up its efforts to push listed companies to keep minutes of shareholders' meetings. Yesterday, it met a representative of the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) to urge
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      Lock icon Apply corporate disclosure rules flexibly
      571 3  -  HOCKffyff^ angela tan WHEN the Singapore Exchange (SGX) reinforced its Practice Note 7.1 last month on listed companies' obligations to improve disclosure, it was hard to fault the principle that motivated the move fair and open market practices that leave no room for insider trading.
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      307 3 I A Note of Appreciation I I Mil-Com Aerospace Training Center wishes to express its gratitude to the I I V Honorable Mr Peter Beattie, Premier of Queensland Minister for Trade I I and I I Mr Freddy Soon, Deputy Chief Executive, SPRING Singapore I I for witnessing the signing
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      309 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 17 VALUE CLOSE TOMS 95.00 +151.00 IT CADI -*****.00 +116.00 BTlHaym -*****.00 +10.00 jyHCEjriHw 347.36 +6.71 SOfraMwIhct 114.13 +3.71 WCjriMii R» 1113.65 +22.61 ft »p 311.32 +5.07 waiittiwn 159.65 +3.75 MWhtwi 159.40 +3.40 Stocks Volume Chart SemCond 26c 17.987.000 Datacraft 10c 15.883.000 CapitaLand 12.499.000 SingTel 15c
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      Lock icon Leong Hin: miracle of a debilitating bear market
      14 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy
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      Lock icon STI back to 1,300— but for how long?
      782 4  - STI back to 1,300 but for how long? ■BXHAMMMUhmhUI STOCKS r. sivanithy IT looks good on paper the Straits Times Index (STI) jumped 27.71 points, or 2.2 per cent, yesterday to regain the psychological 1,300 level with a close of 1,301.19 amid strength in most sectors, from electronics to banks.
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      Lock icon US$ hits 1-month highs vs Swiss franc,pound
      574 4  -  CURRENCIES Key euro support at around US$l.O7 comes nnder siege; gold sharply lower larry wee WAR premiums were trimmed smartly yesterday in currency markets, as the likelihood of a US-led strike against Iraq looked more likely to be at least postponed. Another inconclusive
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2992 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS CMMMnbaak Aaat Mat Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 682/ Com Global lifestyle Index Fd 0.77/ n«« Com Global Health Index Fd 0 72* 1 J?w Com Global Telecom mde« Fd 0 394/ aaci! Com Global hfattc Index Fd!** 0.253/ Gi n uu Com Global Index Fd
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      326 5 When you make sense of money, the result is growth. KS t 1 J^, j Sfu >_.■ SJUSJISSfc- r iJSSi" Once again, UOBAM is Singapore's most awarded fund manager. At the 2003 Standard Poors Investment Fund Awards, investment professionals. And when you consider that UOB Asset Management won the most
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  • CORPORATE earnings
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      Lock icon CSE Systems' net profit trebles to $12m
      322 6  -  Revenue jumps 26% to $143J£m; group expects 2003 to be even better By Tang Weng Fai MAINBOARD-LISTED industrial automation and IT provider CSE Systems Engineering almost trebled its full-year after-tax profit, as it renewed its focus on industrial automation in the oil and
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      Lock icon Iraq war will hurt SIA profit, says CEO
      464 6 Rise in costs, fall in demand will hit next fiscal year's results SINGAPORE Airlines' chief executive Cheong Choong Kong has warned of adverse effect on the national carrier's earnings in the next business year in the event of an Iraq war. "Operating
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    • EARNINGSRoundup
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        Lock icon S'pore banks seen posting profits
        101 6 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest bank, and its two rivals are set to report one-time gains and profit, as earlier acquisitions countered rising bad-loan charges and a slump in credit demand. DBS will probably post a 62 per cent gain in fourth-quarter net income,
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        Lock icon Maybank declares record dividends
        76 6 MAYBANK has declared what it described as its highest dividend payout ever. Reporting a 19.2 per cent jump in interim earnings to RM897.8 million (*****.7 million), Malaysia's largest banking group will pay 35 sen in interim dividend, comprising a tax-exempt 25 sen and a taxed dividend
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        Lock icon Armstrong sees H2 improvement
        110 6 WHILE many others are increasingly revising profit forecasts downwards, Armstrong Industrial Corporation Limited has good news on the earnings front. The precision engineering specialist said despite the adverse global economic situation, its second-half results for the year ended Dec 31,2002, will be better than those of
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        Lock icon Colex discloses more on results
        71 6 COLEX Holdings Limited has revealed further information on its full-year financial statement for the year ended Dec 31,2002. It said that the increase in "other" receivables, mentioned in a Feb 14 announcement, was largely due to the rise in tax recoverable and agency fees receivable.
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        Lock icon GEB to release 700 homes this year
        191 6 CHIP Eng Seng (CES) is aiming to release over 700 homes in two joint-venture projects with NTUC Choice Homes this year, comprising a 99-year leasehold Ang Mo Kio one, with over 570 units, in Q2, and a freehold one with over 130 units
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      Lock icon What's ahead
      104 6 When results are due Inter-Roller Fab 18 Jurong Technologies Ind Ftb 10 Citiraya Feb 20 DBS Group Feb SI SGX Feb 21 Great Eastern Feb 24 Total Automation Feb 24 Cycle Carriage Feb 26 Del Monte Pacific Feb 25 Hotel Plaza Feb 28 MCL Land Feb 28 OCBC
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      Lock icon SingTel sees 40-50% annual growth in Japan
      327 7  -  Tie-np with Toyota nnit to distribute its data, voice services there By t Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd, which has roped in Toyota Digital Cruise Inc (TDC) to sell its data and voice services in Japan, expects to see a 40 to 50
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      Lock icon HVB sells debt to finance Siemens Centre
      258 7 Bloomberg HVB Group, Germany's No. 2 bank, said it is selling a $45 mUlion fixed-rate note to finance a Singapore building that will be repaid by rents from Siemens AG's Singapore office, the biggest tenant. The 387,500 sq ft east-central Singapore building is
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      Lock icon Mediaworks' joint venture divests stake in HK firm
      244 7  -  By Wong Wei Kong STAREASTWORKS Ltd (SEW), a joint-venture company ofSPH Media Works and Star East Holdings, has disposed of its entire stake in Mind Works, a company set up in Hong Kong in 2001 to provide content related values to advertisers
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      26 6 Calling all companies If you have decided on the date to release your financial results, give us a call at 6319-5318 or email us at btnews@sph.com.sg
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon BCA should not collect upfront fees
      599 8  -  BIM.1..1..fJ.l« PROPERTY Deferred collection will go some way to help ease contractors'casta flow problems in these tough times lee han shih THE Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Land Transport Authority, and now the Building and Construction Authority. Why are more and more civil servants behaving
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon GIC places out $26b in funds, beating target
      620 9  -  It'll place ont more funds, but on smaller scale, if conditions are right By Wong Wei Kong THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has exceeded its target of placing out $25 billion in funds for external management and is prepared to
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      Lock icon Nearly completed Casa Robina up for tender sale
      397 9  -  By Vince Chong ANOTHER property developed by former Apollo Enterprises director and founding shareholder Tjia Eng Soei has been put up for tender sale. This time, it is the 49unit, almost-completed Casa Robina along Robin Road, which has been left as it
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      Lock icon Siemens securitises new building
      195 9 GERMAN engineering and IT group Siemens said yesterday it has securitised its upcoming Siemens Centre believed to be the first securitisation of a single industrial building before completion. The building has been financed by the issue of $45 million of fixed-rate notes backed by a 15-year
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      Lock icon CPF withdrawals for private housing up 15% in Q4
      290 9 377 of the 3,060 applications for EC BUYING momentum in the real estate market picked up in the fourth quarter of 2002, with 3,050 Central Provident Fund members applying to use their CPF funds to purchase private property. This was an
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      Lock icon Vehicle sales drive up Dec retail figures
      267 9  -  By Elgin Toh THE retail sales index posted an exceptionally high year-on-year increase of 8.5 per cent in December 2002, mainly because of a surge in vehicle sales, according to Department of Statistics figures released yesterday. Compared with December 2001, vehicle sales at
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US-EU rift on Iraq: a matter of principle
      953 10  -  OPINION I.MiM'.'.lfnTa shada islam IN the stock market, anything is possible. Sometimes, miracles happen and stocks can rise 10-fold or even 100fold as in the case of Malaysian sec-ond-board counters a few years ago. Recall, of course, the Internet craze of three
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      94 10 'Repayment of the IMF loan is an important symbolic act political as well as economic. Thailand is now strong financially with big foreign reserves and steady balance-of-payments surpluses.' Thanomsri Fonganmnmg a senior Thai economist, on the government's move. 'At best, the economy will be close to zero
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      677 10 EDITORIAL AS THE world braces for a possible war in the Middle East, Indonesia faces the happy prospect of a windfall, as oil prices climb ever higher. For the oil-exporting country's fiscally stretched economy, this is a welcome development but only provided Indonesia's policymakers make the
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      Lock icon Financial regulator spews new rules in UK
      966 10  -  The aims of the Financial Services Authority are worthy enough bnt it's behaving like a regulatory monster that's driving away investment and failing to reassure consumers By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg BRITAIN'S bankers, insurers and fund managers are not as busy as they once
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      Lock icon Unit trust rules are stringent here
      780 10  -  MAILI.TTT All unit trusts in Singapore most publish detailed semi-annual reports for their unit-holders. Dennis Lim Chairman, Public Relations and Membership Committee Investment Management Association of Singapore AS the professional body representing fund managers in Singapore, the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) would
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  • REGIONAL news
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        Lock icon Indon Q4 growth slows to 3.8%
        93 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter after a bomb attack on the resort island of Bali led to a slump in tourism The economy grew 3.8 per cent from a year earlier, compared with a revised 4.3 per cent expansion
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        Lock icon Maybank H1 net up 19% to RM$96m
        75 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malayan Banking Bhd, Malaysia's biggest lender, yesterday said its first-half net profit rose 19 per cent, helped by a drop in bad debt cover. The bank said net profit for the six months to Dec 31 rose to RM897.81 million
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        Lock icon HK credit card write-offs surge in Q4
        77 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong banks and finance companies wrote off HKJ2.24 billion (*****.7 million) worth of credit card loans in the fourth quarter, a 76 per cent rise over the year-ago period, as the unemployment rate and bankruptcies remained near record levels.
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        Lock icon MAS asked to increase Europe flights
        68 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] The Malaysian government said it is in talks with national carrier Malaysian Airline System to increase direct flights to European cities such as Frankfurt to help lure more visitors. "We are talking to Malaysian Airline to 9olve the problem," Tourism Minister
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        Lock icon KFC Q4 profit rises 31%
        74 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd, Malaysia's biggest Cast-food chain operator, said fourth quarter profit rose 31 per cent as sales gained. Net income rose to RM16.7 million (557.7 million), or 8.61 sen a share, in the three months ended Dec 31, from RM12.8
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        Lock icon Jakarta opens oil areas to provinces
        56 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Mines and Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro yesterday said that provincial governments could invest in new oil exploration areas and purchase stakes of up to 10 per cent in new production contracts. He said any investment would need to take place through
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      Lock icon Price rise fears fuel run on petrol in Hanoi
      427 11 HANOI Petrol stations fonnd hoarding could lose licence Reuters MOTORISTS besieged petrol stations in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi yesterday, fearing a fuel shortage and price hikes linked to the prospects of war in Iraq. A number of petrol stations have been
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      Lock icon Malaysia to host informal meeting of Islamic nations
      254 11 KUALA LUMPUR AP AFTER a proposal to hold a formal emergency meeting of Islamic countries was thwarted, Malaysia plans to host an informal gathering to discuss the threat of war in Iraq. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference meeting will be held
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      Lock icon Manila minister seeks to convince Calpers to stay
      153 11 MANILA Bloomberg PHILIPPINE Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho will ask officials from the California Public Employees' Retirement System (Calpers), the largest US pension fund, to take another look at the South-east Asian country after the pension fund's adviser said it should pull
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      Lock icon Wheelock to sell Lane Crawford, other retail units
      417 12 HONG KONG Chairman to pay HKss9om for assets; Fortune Realty also announces closure Bloomberg, Reuters THE weak property market here is taking its toll. Wheelock Co, one of four Hong Kong developers to reorganise themselves after property shares suffered their biggest slide
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    • China probing Roche for alleged virus rumours
    • SG fund venture gets China's go-ahead
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      Lock icon Sony may open chip design centre in China
      276 12 TOKYO Bloomberg SONY CORP, the world's second-largest consumer electronics maker, said it may open its first chip design centre in China this year, taking advantage of local engineering talent to develop new consumer electronics products. "We are considering a facility to develop
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    • ASIANotes
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        Lock icon Fraud in China project compensation
        69 12 AP [HONG KONG] Authorities in southern China have arrested 14 people suspected of stealing money meant to compensate local residents displaced by construction of a foreign-invested petrochemical project the China Daily reported yesterday. The US$4.3 billion petrochemical processing project, 50 per cent invested by Royal
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        Lock icon India urged to reopen Enron plant
        61 12 AFP [BOMBAY] US ambassador to India Robert Black will yesterday urged Indian authorities to reopen a US$2.9 billion power plant built by collapsed US energy giant Enron after a 20-month shutdown over a payment dispute. Mr Blackwill held talks with Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushil
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        Lock icon China FDI rose 48% in Jan
        63 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose by almost half from a year earlier last month as overseas companies expanded factories and offices. FDI rose 48 per cent to U553.59 billion in January, according to official data. Investment rose 12.5 per cent
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        Lock icon Indian poll sees moderate war impact
        57 12 AFP [NEW DELHI] More than 60 per cent of Indian industrialists say a US-led attack on Iraq would have only a moderate negative impact on India's economy, a survey found on Sunday. Only 23 per cent believed there would be a significant negative impact,
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Opec may suspend quotas if war erupts
      329 13 LONDON Temporary exemption likely to makeup for loss of supplies: source Reuters OPEC oil exporters will probably agree temporarily to suspend output quotas and pump at will if an attack on Iraq halts exports from the world's eighth largest exporter, an Opec source
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    • WORLDWatch
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        Lock icon Streets of London quieter than usual
        102 13 Bloomberg [LONDON] London's streets were quieter than usual yesterday morning after the city began charging motorists £5 (Ssl4) daily to use its streets, drivers said. The "congestion charge", the world's biggest experiment in traffic management, aims to cut city-centre traffic by 15 per cent
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        Lock icon T-Mobile to launch smartphone
        101 13 AP [CANNES] Germany's T-Mobile International said yesterday it will launch a Windows-powered smartphone this summer in its major European markets. The announcement marks the second major wireless provider to embrace Microsoft's smartphone operating system. Orange SA, the English-French wireless provider, launched its own version in October
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        111 13 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japanese workers' average monthly wages fell a record 2.4 per cent last year from 2001, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare said in a revised report. Workers at Japanese companies with five or more employees earned an average 343,480 yen (555,012)
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        94 13 Bloomberg [ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania] Agere Systems Inc, the unprofitable semiconductor maker spun off from Lucent Technologies Inc, said it developed the fastest chip to direct information across computer networks and the Internet. Agere's US$295 APPS4O, one-fourth the size of a credit card, performs the
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        77 13 AP [RIO DE JANEIRO] The World Bank could lend Brazil a further US$l billion this year to help it weather the effects of international crises on its economy, the bank's president, James Wolfensohn, told a Brazilian newspaper. The bank already has pledged US$l.5 billion
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        79 13 Bloomberg [REDMOND, Washington] Microsoft Corp is targeting customers aged 13 to 24 with a program that allows them to form online groups to chat and share photos and music. The threedegrees program will be available for free starting next week, said Tammy Savage, director of
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        64 13 [CANBERRA] International ratings agency Standard Poor's yesterday upgraded Australia's foreign currency ratings to its top AAA level from AA-plus. The vote of confidence came despite a warning last week by the nation's Finance Minister, Treasurer Peter Costello, that Australia's likely role in any war with Iraq
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      293 13 BRUSSELS AP AP NATO agreed to begin planning defence measures to aid Turkey in the event of a USled war in Iraq, breaking a month-long stalemate that had opened the biggest rift in the West since the Cold War. But European Union
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      499 13  -  From Neil Behrmann in London SPECULATIVE sales of gold overwhelmed the global bullion market last week and the downward pressure on prices is expected to continue, dealers say. Spot gold fell as low as US$34l an ounce yesterday, its weakest since early January and down
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      162 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] A lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, will be the biggest employment discrimination class action in US history if plaintiffs' lawyers succeed in getting class certification, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Lawyers plan to
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      473 14 PARIS French, Russian and Chinese firms unlikely to give np present agreements AFP AS the growing beat of war drums sounds the threat of war in Iraq, international oil majors and their governments are preparing for the battle to stake claims on Iraq's
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      414 16 TOKYO It says economic activity remains flat amid uncertainty THE Bank of Japan yesterday maintained a bleak view of Japan's economy, saying in a monthly report it was unlikely to show signs of recovery for some time. "Economic activity remains flat amid substantial
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      199 16 CK7PTIC CROSSWORD find part of the body (6) 23 A grave mob shattering ex- (7) Across: 1 Risking, 5 Decline, 9 plosive device (4-4) 7 Banks are ruined —in a Verbena, 10 Proffer, 11 Lip--24 Place limits on filter again state! (8) reader, 12 Serai, 13 Dread, 15 (8) 8
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      1535 17  -  The doyen of leadership studies Warren Bennis tells Stnart Crainer about leaders under 35 and geezers over 70 and why dialogue between generations is important Stuart Crainer WARREN Bennis has done more to debunk the heroic leadership myth than just about any other business thinker. Leaders,
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      446 19  -  Third quarter stronger than expected By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd (K Line) has revised upwards its fiscal 2002 results forecasts on the back of a stronger than expected third quarter. The company's predicted consolidated income before tax and extraordinary
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      185 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 14 points to 1,673, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 41 points to 2,275, the Baltic Pan am ax Index fell 4 points to 1,671 and the Baltic Handymax Index was up 54 points at 9,658. TIME-CHARTER: SA Fortious (built 2001) *****0 dwt
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      261 19 sex *ooo NUT CWT Otetrfcutton 0.67 -0.04 tl Chuan Hup 0.44 -0.01 1223 Coico Investment —0.19 0.01 25 Freight Links 0.03 unch 20 OB HoMlngs 0.56 -0.01 10 JeyaHoMngs 031 0.02 5697 Keppei Corp 3.84 0.12 2310 K1 Venture 0.15 0.01 122 Keppei Tote 0.84 -aOI 1T7 Laproy
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      492 19 Refinancing deal allows its directors to regain control AFP [HOBART, Australia] Australian shipbuilder Incat has been rescued from receivership by the US military build-up for looming war in Iraq, the company's directors said at the weekend. A producer mostly of high-speed twin hulled
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        119 19 [SINGAPORE] Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and P&O Nedlloyd will launch a new service between Asia and Africa, with the first sailing from Singapore this week. Two existing weekly services, separated last year, have been combined to form the Container West Africa (CWA) service WAI and WA2. CWA
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        111 19 [SINGAPORE] Evergreen Marine Corp and Wan Hai Lines will launch a new joint intra-Asia service covering Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam next month. The service will run on a 14-day rotation calling Keelung-Taichung-Manila South Port Manila North Port-Ho Chi Minh-Kaohsiung-Keelung. Initially, Evergreen will deploy the
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        114 19 Bloomberg [AUCKLAND] Ports of Auckland Ltd, New Zealand's largest port, said its first-half profit fell 10 per cent after the company borrowed more, and spent more preparing to handle bigger ships being used by P&O Nedlloyd Container Lines Ltd. Net income for the six
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        668 20 Sales have cooled with the US economy; recovery not expected till'os Reuters {CHICAGO] For some corporate executives, it is back to long lines at crowded airports and a bag of pretzels for lunch. Sales of business jets, once the ultimate status symbols, have cooled
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        329 20 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] FedEx Corp, United Parcel Service Inc and rival air-cargo carriers do not have to replace cockpit doors unless a US security agency decides the action is needed, under legislation approved by Congress. Cargo airlines backed the legislation, which may
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        197 20 Bloomberg (ZURICH] Creditors of Swissair Group's airline unit will probably only recover as much as 6 per cent of the money they are owed by the former national carrier that went bankrupt in October 2001. The airline has assets worth about 472 million
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        798 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma nne 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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        602 28 'Family-friendly' flight times, quality image could help carrier compete Bloomberg [BALI] Air Paradise International began flights from its base in Bali to Australia, almost four months after a bombing on the Indonesian resort island delayed the airline's start of operations. Air Paradise
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        190 28 Xinhua [WASHINGTON] Three major US airlines have increased fares to help cope with fuel price hikes caused by recent uncertainties on the world oil market. The three airlines, Continental Airlines, American Airlines and US Airways, increased nearly all their fares by US$lO each way on
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        318 28 Reuters [ATHENS] Greece has challenged a European Commission ruling ordering it to recover 194 million euros (*****.2 million) in illegal state aid from national airline Olympic Airways, saying it believed the carrier owed it only 41 million euros. It also said
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        207 28 AFP [RIYADH] Saudi Arabian Airlines has successfully contested the revoking of the licences of four Saudi pilots by US authorities on the grounds they posed a security threat, a spokesman for the national carrier said. "Lawyers for Saudi Arabian Airlines have appealed to concerned (US)
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        196 28 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Asiana Airlines, South Korea's secondlargest carrier, expects to gain an additional 4.3 billion won (556.2 million) in annual ticket sales from joining the Star Alliance, the world's biggest airline grouping. Asiana officially announced it is joining the team after the
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        297 28 But second half bookings are 'encouraging' Bloomberg [LONDON] easy Jet Pic, Europe's largest low-cost airline, said it is charging passengers less in a bid to keep attracting budget-conscious travellers as full-service rivals cut fares. It also said second half bookings are
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        182 28 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Far Eastern Air Transport Co, TransAsia Airways Corp and Uni Airways, three of Taiwan's four domestic airlines, will cut flights starting next month to reduce costs because they could not fill almost half their seats last year. Far Eastern Air will halt
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      502 19 PSA to axe 700-800 to stay trim PEOPLE JERRY Salazar, former director of the Panama Maritime Authority, hat been appointed to the position of Minister of Stata for Canal Affairs by Panama's President Mireya Moscosa Mr Salazar will assume the chairmanship of the Panama Canal Board of Directors, replacing Ricardo
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