The Business Times, 24 February 2003

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 010/03/2002 H Internet: http://husiness-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
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    Lock icon After bullish interlude, Iraq fears return to Wall Street
    704 1  -  Investors need a resolution before returning analysts From. Andrew Marks in New York GOING into the opening of last week's trading, there was a growing sense on Wall Street that the armed conflict between the US and Iraq that had seemed
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    Lock icon Legal action against loan defaults hits 30,000 cases
    788 1  -  BTiqimmnjj Professionals like doctors, bankers account for large number of cases By! Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Lenders took legal proceedings in an estimated 30,000 cases last year in a final effort to make delinquent debtors pay up amid record credit card write-offs
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    67 1 Week Change ST1 1315.03 ♦4155 KLSEOOMP ***** 246 NIKKEI 225 8513.54 188.38 HANG SENG .*****6 >4910 SET INDEX 359.53 918 JAKARTA COMP 402.24 *2.72 MANILA COMP -*****0 18.03 TAIPEI WP1 4548.35. -54,16 SEOUL COMP ***** -2836 SHENZHEN B ***** AM Al ST ALL ORD .2808.40. unci) IX)V\ JONES 8018.11
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    78 1 FOREX RATES US$ SI ISS (SS per ISS) 1.743 S(1SS/SS per 1592 2.775 El'ROH'SS/SS/E). 1 (181 1884 YEX 118.4 67 90 RM 38U0 2.181 H K$ 7.799 4 476 BAHT 42.82 24 57 Rl'PlAH 8.909 5.112 RENMINBI 8.299 4 763 INDIAN RI PEE 47 73 27 39 PRIME RATES
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    Lock icon Let's put our heads together
    64 1 [PARIS] (From left) French Finance Minister Francis Mer, German Finance Minister Hans Eicheland US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan are in the French capital for the G7 meeting. The finance chiefs of the top economies committed to act if the global economic slowdown worsens, while
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    Lock icon Doubts over UMC-AMD plan for S'pore fab
    668 1  -  BTrmrrr^ra Analysts find no need for such costly advanced plant From Macabe Keliher in Taipei EVER since United Microelectronics Corp and Advanced Micro Devices broke off their technology alliance last month, the semiconductor industry' has wondered whether the companies' joint wafer manufacturing plant
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      36 1 Lee Han Shih NOT SO FAB FOR CHIP FIRMS IN S'PORE BizTT, Pg 17 8 They're seldom advertised but these funds have been selling briskly. What are they? Find out in BTs Investment Fund Awards today.
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      87 1 Full-time score As of yesterday, 48 SGX-listed companies had released their financial results for the full year ended Dec 31, 2002. They recorded a combined 553,092.1 m in group profits, up 71.5% over the same period last year. The breakdown is as follows No with profits 42 No with lo—»
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      Lock icon US-S'pore FTA set to sail through Congress
      647 2  -  HTBamiULUJ Pact likely to take effect by early 2004; US firms here enthusiastic Byi Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] The US-Sin-gapore free trade agreement (FTA) looks set for a smooth passage through the US Congress and is likely to be in effect by the start
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      Lock icon HK tycoons buy back stock, recast holdings in weak market
      620 2 Deals may benefit tycoons more than minority investors Bloomberg {HONG KONG) As investors shy away from Hong Kong stocks and property, the city's tycoons are buying. Taking advantage of stock values that have fallen in five of the last six
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Axis Systems eyes regional banks
      629 3  -  KL-b&sed software firm and SGZ aspirant already counts six of Malaysia's 10 banks as its customers By Wong Wei Kong TO Axis Systems, small is beautiful. It has enabled the Kuala Lumpur-based banking software company, now heading for a listing on the Singapore Exchange, to
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      Lock icon Parkway likely to double earnings: G K Goh
      341 3 PARKWAY Holdings is expected to double its earnings to $26.5 million when the company announces its results today, stockbroking firm GK Goh predicts. The figure is slightly lower than the consensus forecast of $29.6 million GK Goh said Parkway's net profit would
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      302 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 21 VALUE CLOSE TOM» 81.00 -*.00 BTCAtt -*****.00 -19.00 iT10-d«ym -*****.00 ♦8.00 jjjjjlpiw 351.20 +0.48 S6E»Ji—Ehct 117.03 >0.57 S8EM«-Fh 1133.65 >1.64 SO Pr»» 312.76 -0.55 -IT\Vmetpm* 161.73 40.29 gWCIFalw 161.50 -0.30 ReedGrpSc _114,227,000 Chart SerrwCood 26c *****8.000 Deucraft 10c 62.753,000 Chew Eu Hock 0.5c 43.004.000 S*«Te415c
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      Lock icon Robinson woos investors with generous dividend policy
      274 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WABBAMT By Ven Sreenivasan IN the last year or so, the increasing market volatility has focused minds on dividend yields. Investors have been sieving the market for companies with strong earnings growth and good dividend yields. Companies, in turn, seem to
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      Lock icon Most Asian currencies strengthen against US$
      693 4 [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies strengthened against the US dollar last week as the greenback lost value as fears mounted over the likely USled war in Iraq. The yen's advance was slowed by hints from the Japanese finance minister that the government would intervene
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      Lock icon Unhealthy fixation on Wall St's lead
      768 4  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy FRIDAY'S column highlighted the huge poker game that's currently in play in the financial markets, a game that's largely based on bluff, counter-bluff and more bluff. It's a game that centres on Iraq, weapons inspectors, war, politics, terrorism and oil (not
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    49 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND A 1 prn> we mduOve eacapt tor f Enthnggrt AaM«* fcoadfr Di»anif»eA I turrovnty Fooaad; S lower Male Low to Madwm RMc ft Median to High RMc tWar fcak. •open-ended. Before uUman of units; After tubdmon of unrts after ttodnnfct W-A-Won n»etng Pay —Boor MkUOHS
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      104 4 Market Notices Asiatravel.com Holdings Ltd will hold its AGM on Feb 26,2003, at 10.00 am, 1 Kim Seng Promenade, Great World City West Tower #13-07. Craft Print International Ltd will hold its AGM on Feb 28, 2003, at 9.00 am, 9 Joo Koon Circle. CAM International Holdings will hold its
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon 1-point cut in income taxes?: JP Morgan
      302 5  -  By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE will most likely cut both corporate and personal income tax rates by one percentage point to 21 per cent this year, predicts JP Morgan. The changes are broadly in line with the government's schedule announced last year to
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      Lock icon Mobile offers from StarHub, SingTel
      226 5  -  MTV Code woos the yonng while Sing Tel add-on plan gives Internet access Byi Angela Tan SINGAPORE'S two mobile phone operators last week unveiled new value-added service plans to win customers in the mature market. "Given the already high penetration, the telcos are trying their
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      666 5 2|d||pH THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) THE COMPANIES REGULATIONS SECTION 227N /REGULATION 55 NOTICE OF lUDICIAL MANAGERS TO CREDITORS OF FIRST MEETING Name of Company LIAN HUAT SHIPPING COMPANY PTE LTD (Under Judicial Management) Company No. *****0012G (Under the Order for judicial management of the abovenamed company dated 14 October
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  • CORPORATE earnings
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      Lock icon Hotel Royal's profit jumps on asset sale
      406 6 HOTEL Royal's earnings for the year ended Dec 31, 2002 surged nearly three times to $3.9 million thanks to gains from the sale of a shopping centre. The sale of Castle Mall Shopping Centre, which yielded a gain of $4.1 million, was the
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    • EARNINGS Roundup
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        Lock icon Sing Urn's profit slides 31%
        125 6 GARMENT producer Sing Lun's earnings dropped 31 per cent to $3.78 million for the full year to Dec 31, 2002, despite a 14 per cent rise in revenues to $80 million. It blamed intense price competition, the conversion of fee-based business to trading, the closure
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        Lock icon OUS details NTA and assets
        79 6 OVERSEAS Union Securities announced over the weekend that its net tangible assets backing per share amounted to $2.21. About 78 per cent of its assets are in equities, 14 per cent in fixed income and other securities and 8.2 per cent in cash and other
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        Lock icon Comfort, DelGro to see shareholders
        69 6 COMFORT and DelGro have each made an application to the High Court of Singapore to have meetings with their shareholders on March 19 at 10.30 am and 2.30 pm respectively. The meetings will consider whether to approve the separate schemes erf arrangement in connection with
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      Lock icon Noble Group worth a closer look
      661 6  -  HOCKBH!IM» ven sreenivasan IT is a measure of the lack of sophistication of the local stock market that a day after commodity trading firm Noble Group posted its half-year earnings, punters were chasing up the stock of an unrelated company furniture maker Nobel Design.
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      1863 6 Full year results ended Dec 2002 EARNINGS (SSm) TURNOVER (Sim) EPS (coots) DIVIDEND (cents) 1 "I 1 2002 2001 CHNG 2002 2001 CHNG 2002 2001 CHNG 2002 2001 CHNG > I > I 1 DBS Grp Hkjgs 1016.62 997.46 1.9 4065.98 3532.05 15.1 68.00 78.00 -12Z MOO 30.00 OO 2
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  • CHINA focus
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      Lock icon An Indian hand on China's pulse
      893 7  -  Indian S'porean, who grew up in China, shares his insights into what makes the mainland businessman tick. Reports by Lob Hul Yin Lob Hui Yin CHINESE businessmen, in their eagerness to get ahead, care little about virtues like sincerity and trust, says an ethnic
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      Lock icon Sri Lankan engineer with an unusual edge
      652 7  -  T R&vishankar has a degree from a Beijing university By: Loh Hui Yin ONE application stood out from among the numerous replies that Speedy-Tech Electronics received when it advertised for the job of engineer in 2000. It was from a Sri Lankan who
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      Lock icon Benefitting from a childhood in China
      660 7 POLITICAL circumstances conspired to send Ravi Sarma and his family to Beijing when he was five years old in 1959. And now, more than 40 years later, he is a beneficiary of that fate. He is putting to good use his Chinese language skills
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      385 7 Wen Virginia. USA NCA Aotr>S|td 1 «v I? y|^ 'fl ■XV ter^w STAND OUT IN THE GOTOAL ECONOMY. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS Global Business Strategics Gain a management perspective of the impact of various external and internal environments of national and international business organisations team about the changing expectations and responsNMes of
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon HK business groups agree to 1% tax hike
      325 9 HONG KONG They'll accept rise in profit tax to 17% after govt staff reach pay cnt deal Reuters THREE major business groups have agreed Hong Kong's profits tax could be raised one per cent, just a day after civil servants reached a
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      Lock icon In Manila: a showdown over money laundering
      378 9  -  Lawmakers resist OECD demand for tougher law FYoml Al Labita in Manila OFFICIALS of a Paris-based global financial watchdog arrive here today to ask the Philippines to toughen its anti-money laundering law or face sanctions starting March 15. Representing the Financial Action Task
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        Lock icon NAM opposes war on Iraq
        137 9 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Delegates to a summit representing more than half the world backed strong calls for Iraq to disarm while opposing a US-led attack on Baghdad, and host nation Malaysia warned yesterday that an invasion of Iraq would be seen as "a war against
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        Lock icon Myanmar govt shores up banks
        155 9 Reuters [BANGKOK] Military-ruled Myanmar has intervened to stop deposit rims at the country's 20 privately owned banks, state-run newspapers reported on Saturday. The English-langange New Light of Myanmar quoted Khin Nyunt, Secretary One of the ruling military government, as telling the public not to panic
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        Lock icon India's gold imports down one-third
        140 9 Reuters [BOMBAY] India, the world's largest gold consumer, imported about a third less of the yellow metal in 2002 because global prices were high and volatile, the industry-funded World Gold Council said on Friday. It imported 410 tonnes in the past year, down from 594
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        Lock icon Hopes for lower Indon debt burden
        86 9 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Chief Economics Minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said yesterday he hopes the country's debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio would fall to around 64.5 per cent this year from an estimated 71 per cent last year. Indonesia's debt burden has hampered the country's efforts
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      Lock icon 7.8t rupiah of Bank Danamon bonds to be rescheduled
      258 9 ■JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA will reschedule tomorrow 7.8 trillion rupiah (Ssl.s billion) worth of recapitalisation bonds held by Bank Danamon as part of efforts to ease the state's debt burden, a government official said. Bank Danamon, the country's fifth largest bank, is
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      1399 9 FOB LEADERS, MANAGERS, EXECUTIWES AMP SALES PROFESSIONALS SECRETS OF POWERFUL m COMMUNICATORS JIP II by Dr. Billy Kueek e February events@jobsdb.com.sg Site www.jobsdb.com.sg SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Originating Summons IN THE MATTER of Number 172 of 2003/ C Section 210 of the
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  • CHINA calling
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      Lock icon Taiwan's domestic investment falling, says govt
      328 10 TAIPEI AS Taiwanese rush to China to do business, domestic investment has fallen steadily for at least five years, according to a government report yesterday. Investment from the government and private sector totalled NT1.67 trillion (5583.5 billion) last year, said the report from the
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      Lock icon Taiwan's jobs follow factories to mainland
      355 10 TAIPEI Growth dampened, jobless rate poshed to record last year Bloomberg TAIWAN is losing jobs as consumer spending flags and electronics makers like Asustek Computer Inc and Inventec Co move factories to China, where wages and land are cheaper. The exodus of jobs and
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      Lock icon China market key to 21% surge in visitors to HK
      279 10 HONGKONG AFP A FLOOD of mainland Chinese visitors to Hong Kong helped the territory buck the global trend of falling foreign tourist numbers last year, but authorities expect tougher times in 2003. While most countries have been hit by a
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      Lock icon Best China plays lie outside mainland, say analysts
      494 10 HONGKONG Regional companies with strong supply linkages safer bet than Chinese firms Reuters FOREIGN portfolio investors keen to benefit from China's booming economy but wary of its structural risks would be better off buying into regional firms with strong supply linkages to
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      Lock icon Sony to make 500,000 cameras in Shanghai
      225 10 TOKYO Bloomberg SONY Corp, the world's second-larg-est consumer electronics maker, will increase production of digital cameras in China 10-fold to meet demand for the devices in Asia's fastest growing market and to lower costs. Sony, which has a fifth of the world's digital-camera
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Powell hints at timetable for Iraq war
      431 11 WAR JITTERS Reuters AFP AP [TOKYO] US Secretary of State Colin Powell dropped heavy hints about Washington's timetable for war in Iraq yesterday, saying the UN should take vital decisions soon after a weapons inspectors' report expected on March 7. Mr Powell told
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      Lock icon G7 leaders split on ways to boost growth
      564 11 PARIS US poshes jobs and growth stimulus while EU looks to interest rate cuts AFP ANY idea the G7 had some masterplan to save the world economy from imploding was given a short shrift on Saturday and rarely has the rich-nation club
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        Lock icon ECB likely to oat key rate
        96 11 Reuters [PARIS] A European Central Bank rate cut in the coming weeks is now almost a certainty, analysts said on Saturday after the bank slashed its growth outlook and said it will not hesitate to act if the economy worsens. ECB president Wim Duisenberg,
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        Lock icon Swiss airline to axe 800 jobs: report
        52 11 Reuters [ZURICH] Swiss flag carrier Swiss International Air Lines plans to ground 15 aircraft and cut 800 jobs to tackle plunging revenues in a market downturn, the SonntagsZeitung newspaper said yesterday. Citing company sources, the newspaper said the board will vote on the
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        Lock icon Serb PM survives assassination bid
        79 11 AP [BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro] Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic has survived an alleged assassination attempt, police said yesterday. "Our initial investigation shows that it was an obvious assassination attempt," a ranking police officer said. On Friday, a truck with Austrian licence plates suddenly cut into the
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        Lock icon FleetBoston execs to forego bonuses
        82 11 Reuters [BOSTON] Fleetßoston Financial Corp, which endured loan losses and charges last year, said on Friday that its top executives will forego their 2002 bonuses because of the bank's disappointing performance. Chief executive Chad Gifford, president Eugene McQuade and chief administrative officer Jay Sarles will
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        Lock icon No change in way IBM calculates pay
        81 11 Bloomberg [ARMONK, New York] International Business Machines Corp will continue to use pension income in calculating executive pay, unlike Verizon Communications Inc and General Electric Co. Verizon, the largest US local-telephone company, joined GE on Friday in saying it will exclude pension income
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        Lock icon Intel to invest in Japan venture
        92 11 AFP [TOKYO] US chipmaking giant Intel is likely to invest in a 50-50 joint venture between NEC and Hitachi, newspapers said on Saturday. Intel is in the final stages of talks with the venture, Elpida Memory, which will be Japan's only DRAM chip maker,
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        Lock icon SK roles out change in strategy
        69 11 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea's third largest conglomerate, the SK Group, has ruled out changes in its business strategies and investment plans despite the arrest of its owner. The group issued a statement on Saturday expressing regret over the arrest of SK Corp chairman Chey
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        Lock icon US governors leek help over deficit
        76 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US governors called for more federal help to pay for rising healthcare costs and homeland security, saying their states' deficits are among the worst since World War n and could more than double next year. The 50 states have a combined deficit
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      Lock icon Agilent to slash 4,000 jobs
      437 13 SAN FRANCISCO 11% of employees affected; company's Q1 loss widens to USs369m Reuters AGILENT Technologies will cut 4,000 more jobs amid one of the worst chipequipment industry slumps and uncertainty on the timing of an economic recovery. Shares in Agilent rose as much as 8.7
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      Lock icon EU proposes 'light-touch' quarterly reporting
      317 13 BRUSSELS Firms to state big figures like net turnover, profit, loss pins a statement on fntnre plans Reuters FIRMS listed in the European Union will be required to publish slimmed down interim reports in addition to more detailed biannual ones under a proposal EU Commission
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      Lock icon Opec, IEA believe oil crisis unlikely
      757 14  -  They say fears are overdone, and shortages are temporary From\ Neil Behrman in London THE oil market does not believe Alvaro Silva, Opec's secretary-general, who insists that there are sufficient oil inventories and potential supplies to avoid another energy crisis. But fundamentals in the
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      Lock icon Calpers wants Tyco back in US
      111 14 SAN FRANCISCO Reuters US pension fund Calpers on Friday asked the top 100 shareholders of scandalplagued Tyco International Ltd to urge the Bermudabased manufacturing conglomerate to return its corporate address to the US. The California Public Employees' Retirement System issued a "shareowner alert", asking
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      Lock icon With no bids, Sotheby's takes itself off the block
      409 15 Auction house calls off 8-month search for a buyer NYT [NEW YORK] The auction house that has been successful in selling multi-million-dollar paintings in this poor economy cannot seem to find a buyer for itself. Sotheby's Holdings and A Alfred Taubman,
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    Lock icon Oil prices gyrate on war worries, blast at US facility
    793 12 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON) Oil prices endured a volatile run last week as the Iraq crisis and an explosion at a US oil facility kept markets jittery. Gold prices extended their slide early in the week as the dollar
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    1585 12 SICOM FUTURES Feb 21 RUB8EK Futures (Closim prices) RSS1 (S ceots/kq) Close Vohme Open Month H|h Low Sett (tonnes) Iwtfst Mar 03 178.75 Apr 03 181.75 May 03 *175 Jun 03 W1.75 RSS3(U$cMbAq) VofaM Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 03 ioHo ioEio ioZio BO wo Apr
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      1093 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 SG SECURITIES (SINGAPORE) CUSTODIAL SERVICES PTE LTD IN MEMBERS VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 60 Robinson Road, #21-00, Singapore *****8 (via video/tele-conferencing), on the 17th day of February, 2003 the following resolutions
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      504 16  -  He is named Person of the Tear at Saturday's SCS annual awards By Amit Roy Choudhury ENTREPRENEUR Sim Wong Hoo has another feather to add to his already crowded cap. The chairman and CEO of Creative Technology, arguably Singapore's bestknown high-tech entrepreneur, won
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      367 16 CONTRARY to perceptions among some corporate leaders, Singapore's IT industry is not in crisis, Khaw Boon Wan, Senior Minister of State for Transport and Information, Communications The Arts, says. In a speech at the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) Gala Dinner on Saturday, Mr Khaw said
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      311 16  -  By Tang Weng Fai MICROSOFT Corp last week announced its latest update of its flagship server operating system (OS), Windows Server 2003. The pre-launch version is available for trial download and testing from Microsoft's website www. micro soft.com which already uses Server 2003
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        103 16 BENQ has launched its Joybook 8000 notebook computer, a 3.1 kg system retailing for about $4,000. It runs on a Pentium 4 Mobile 1.8 GHz processor and comes with 256 MB RAM, 30 GB hard disk, 8-speed DVD/CD-RW combo and 15.2-inch 1,280x854 pixel display. Its Q-Media enables
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        71 16 APPLE has upgraded its Xserve 1-unit rack servers to deliver what it claims is "incredible price performance" through dual 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 processors, up to 2GB 0f333 MHz Double Data Rate (DDR) memory and up to 720 GB of hot-plug storage, with configurations starting at
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        52 16 and launches Xserve Raid APPLE has introduced Xserve Raid, which it says is the first 3-unit rack storage system with 2.5 TB (terabyte) storage capacity, performance of up to 400 Mbps and "the industry's most aggressive price point of just over $7.50 per GB". Prices start at $10,884. For details,
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        68 16  -  Compiled by! Raju Chellam EMC Corp has announced its new Symmetric DMX series of information storage systems based on EMC's Direct Matrix Architecture. "Compared to the nearest competitor, these systems deliver about twice the performance in transactional environments and thrice in decision support environments," EMC said.
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      734 17  -  iru.nx.Mm INFOTECH China is taking the lower-end 6-inch wafer fab business away. What happens when Singapore's 8-inch Cabs become lower-end? lee han shih February 13 will go down in Singapore history as the first time hundreds of workers in a high-technology industry
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      166 17 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Intel Corp, the world's biggest chipmaker, said it may permit rivals to design chips to work with its new processor that will make it easier for notebook computers to connect wirelessly to the Internet. The Centrino processor package, which
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    • IT TAKES
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        37 17 CROSSBEAM System, a developer of total security solutions for networks, has announced the appointment of Anthony Urn as regional director, Asia-Pacific, based in Singapore. Mr Urn was previously with Check Point Software Technologies.
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        44 17 XM Asia Pacific, a services firm offering solutions in areas like e-business strategy, has appointed Brett Jackson as 9enior account director/strategist. Mr Jackson, who will be based at the Singapore regional HQ, comes from Lemon HK where he was senior business analyst
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        95 17 REGISTRATION for the Singapore 2003 Microsoft Office Academic Skills Challenge competition, which opened last Monday, will be on till March 31. Microsoft Singapore and National Trades Union Congress Launched the Singapore round of this worldwide contest, with the finals slated for April 12. Participants will be tested on
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        53 17 NATIONAL Junior College has become the first school in Singapore to launch its own technology-enabled knowledge management system, called Knowledge NJC. Developed to enrich teaching and learning while enhancing performance of teachers and students and the college as a whole, the initiative will benefit 1,700 students and
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        55 17 LINEFUSION, a provider of mobile solutions and premium rate services, has announced a free public trial of JustYak Chat till March 31. JustYak is a mobile instant messaging application that enables instant messaging for mobile users using Java-enabled mobile phones and General Packet Data Radio Service (GPRS)
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        76 17 STARHUB'S Hub TV. Singapore's first MMS/SMS TV channel chalked up 140,000 messages In the first six days following its launch on Feb 8. Hub TV viewers can participate in the interactive "live" chat by sending their SMS to 8000 (for StarHub mobile customers) and *****(for Ml customers).
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        57 17  -  Compiled by J Amit Roy Choudhury CRIMSONLOGIC, an IT service provider, will work with BEA Systems HK Ltd to create an interactive Web-based training course on BEA Systems' WebLogic Server. The course, titled "Introduction to BEA's WebLogic Server 7.0", will target BEA WebLogic Server customers across
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      310 17 NYT [HONG KONG] The Legend Group, China's biggest manufacturer of personal computers, plans a big push into foreign markets soon, probably including forays into the US and Europe, a senior Legend executive said on Friday. Mary Ma, the chief financial officer and senior vice-president
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      658 18  -  RTiamiL-^ The Korean giant is aiming for 40 per cent revenue growth this year, and 30 per cent in Singapore, regional MD Choi Tae Bong tells Chellam Raju Chellam WHILE much i sector is downsizing to fight the slump. South Korean giant
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      364 18  - Branding the Samsung way By Raju Chellam ABOUT eight months ago, a group of Samsung executives wondered if they could erect a giant electronic billboard on top of the Suntec Convention Centre. That would be a prime location indeed for billboards, with an LED (light emitting diode) sign that would
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      52 17 Frontline Runs Oracle E-Business Suite i i ASIA'S PREMIER IT SERVICES COMPANY The world's most successful businesses run Oracle E-Business Suite. oracle.com or call 1800 672 2531 CopynfM C 2001 2002 Oractt Corporation Al n«hts rooorvod Oraclo a ragwtarod tradamart of Orada Corporation Othar MM may bo tradamarta of tharr
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      1073 19  -  By Serena Ng ITS HARD, for both retail investors and market experts alike, to keep an optimistic outlook alter the past three years of disappointing returns in most equity markets around the world. Though the yearly Investment Fund Awards honour the best-performing funds in their sectors over various
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      1490 20  -  Spectre of longer life expectancy, modest wage increases, lower investment returns point to the need to tighten your belt, says FREDDIE ORCHARD FREDDIE ORCHARD IN THIS new economic landscape, it is all the more crucial for Singaporeans to husband and manage their savings well. Here's
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      1228 22  -  More Singaporeans are turning to money market funds, a low-key instrument with little risk and zero sales charges, says chris firth CHRIS FIRTH AN INVESTMENT that consistently beats deposits, has hardly any risk and usually no sales charges? Sounds like wishful thinking, but in fact money
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      1715 22  -  By I KEVIN SCULLY THE COMMON question about where the Straits Times Index is headed continues to be asked but with the lack of visibility, nobody knows the answer. So rather than try and focus on the index, investors should be doing more bottom-up stock picking.
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      865 24  -  chuasoom hock lists some essential points to help investors judge hedge funds wisely CHUA SOON HOCK HEDGE funds are raising their profile here but as a retail investor, you need to consider some pertinent points about these absolute performance-based funds before you decide to invest
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      737 24  -  By KWEK SING CHER DID you jump in and buy that dream car when COE prices fell to a low last month and car loans were liberalised? Some, including myself, did. Many spent a lot of time thinking about it, and did not. They wondered if
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      1227 26  -  Over the medium term, a S$ appreciation vs US$ needs to be predicated on Sing dollar depreciation vs yen and euro, says philip wee PHILIP WEE FOR the first time since the Asian crisis, the Singapore dollar finished the year on a firmer note last
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      476 19 The DBS Absolute Return Fund. Designed to perform independently equity or direction. W At an target absolute of poor market The Absolute Return to over managers the value S As a result, you may be able to enjoy equity-like returns with nH low bond-like volatility, even in an uncertain investment
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      164 20 j We're delighted that PruLink Singapore Managed Fund has been ranked #1 over 10 years. Especially when our investors have been the happy ones for over a decade. So happiness does come to whatever risk appetite you may have. those who wait. These funds are expertly At the Investment Fund
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      455 21 icn^ ears Standard JAS Chartered K CATEGORY NAME OF FUND FUND Asia Ex-Japan Equity FrankUn Tempieton Fund Asian Equity Fund Tempieton Asset Management (Singapore) Lid Asia Pacific Bond UOB Optimtx Asian Bond Fund UOB Asset Management Ltd Asia Single Country Equity Aberdeen Indonesia Equity Fund Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd
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      391 23 We're adding 10 more Investment Fund Awards to our walls. r AT AW -mm w c <z>&, mm ""v.jiPl^l 'j£&f£&£/ tSQfrJk The award winning funds 2002 United Growth Fund Best Performing Fund over 10 Years in the Singapore Equity Category United Regional Growth Fund Best Performing Fund over 5 Years
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      245 24 Invest in European Property Securities HiSfl Henderson Global Investors identified an I NVESTMENT FUND AWARDS exciting long term investment opportunity 9002 arising in Europe property stocks. Henderson Investing in the quoted equity securities of companies involved in the ownership, European Property management and development of property Securities Fund in Europe,
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      324 25 DH Manulife Financial Sound Advice Sound Decisions Exceptional Performance The Manulife Golden International Bond Fund walked away with awards in both the global bond and special award categories at the Investment Fund Awards for 2002. Organised by Standard Chartered Bank, Reuters and The Business Times, the Investment Fund Awards honour
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      292 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE newbuilding sector continues to overshadow second hand business being concluded, although there is certainly a positive tone and expectation of activity, despite the recent holidays. WTTT.g nABMBBft Ling Xian: 52,450 tdw bit 90 Okean reported sold region U556,350,000 to clients of Goldenport
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      264 27 S6X '000 ma a w CWT Distribution 0.65 unch 0 Chuan Hup 0.42 unch 839 Cosco Investment —0.19 unch 8 Freight Links 0.03 unch 22 GBMo'tJings 0.58 unch 7 Jaya Holdings 0.29 -0.01 1594 Keppel Corp .3.94 -0.04 1723 K1 Venture 0.15 unch 45 Keppel Tete 0.84 -0.01
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      697 27 Company joins 2 others in seeking stake in Yangshan deep-water port Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, the port unit of China's largest shipping company, plans to bid for a stake in Shanghai's new port, the latest company to seek business in
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      457 27 But there is little expectation of anything coming ont of it AFP [SUVA] A meeting to discuss concerns over radioactive waste shipments across the Pacific opens in Fiji today with delegates from the shipping nations, Britain, France and Japan, taking part but with
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      114 27 Reuters [ISTANBUL] Turkey re-opened its Bosphorus straits to oil tanker traffic on Saturday after being closed for most of the day as a heavy snowstorm cut visibility on the narrow waterway passing through the city of Istanbul. An official at the traffic control centre for
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      568 27  - Who's to go PSA staff will know today Lay-offs are across-the-board, affecting 95 per cent of PSA departments By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Today ends an anxious wait for PSA Corporation's 5,750 employees, who will finally know for certain who made the axe list 0f496 to go in the terminal operator's
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      260 27 AFP [ROTTERDAM. The Netherlands] The Tricolor ship that went down in the English Channel in December with a cargo of thousands of luxury cars will be recovered within six months, the ship's Norwegian owners said. "Weather permitting, the wreck should be salvaged
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      850 28  -  DOCKYARD -By] David Hughes AS the Iraq situation appears to be coming closer to a showdown, the shiprepair yards in the region have to carry on as normal. But of course things are not quite normal. The VLCC (very large crude carrier) Limburg is
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        129 35 Mar 24 Brunei: National Day Mat 1 Korea: Independence Day Mar 3 Australia: Labour Day Bulgaria: National Day Luxemburg: Carnival Mar 4 Malaysia: Awal Muharram Indonesia: Moslem New Year Day Portugal: Carnival Mar 5 Brunei: H Uriah Mar 8 Belarus: Women's Day Russia: Women's Day Slovenia: Preseren Day
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        777 35 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 siied stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        585 36 WAR THREAT Aussie carrier stands to gain from consequent industry consolidation AFP Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon predicted yesterday that airlines would go bust if war broke out in Iraq, although he insisted his own airline's future was
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        159 36 Reuters [MANAMA] Bahrain-based regional carrier Gulf Air said on Saturday it would maintain flights throughout the Gulf region in the event of a war on Iraq. "Gulf Air is closely monitoring the current international situation to ensure the safety of its passengers, crew
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        450 36 It will mothball 10 more planes, cut investments, freeze hiring Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa is taking an additional 10 aircraft out of service, cutting investments, and adopting a hiring freeze to help it weather the weak global economy. The cuts in investments will amount
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        Lock icon Pilots union turns up nose at Virgin Atlantic pay offer
        282 36 Bloomberg [LONDON] Virgin Atlantic Airways' pilots union is recommending that members reject the carrier's pay offer and may seek a vote on protest tactics in the event the proposal is defeated, British Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa) general secretary Jim
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        308 36 Move will allow greater inroads by private airlines AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand's transport ministry is pressing the national carrier to cut its domestic destinations to five from 13, the Bangkok Post reported on Saturday. Deputy Transport Minister Pichet Sathirachawal has instructed Thai Airways
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        Lock icon Qatar jet grounded by bomb scare
        165 36 AFP (CAIRO] A Qatar Airways passenger plane was grounded at Cairo's international airport on Saturday after a bomb warning was found on board, although a search of the craft turned up nothing, Egyptian airport officials said. The incident, which involved a plane that had
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        Lock icon ANA likely to incur operating loss: report
        195 36 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) may incur a group operating loss of nine billion yen (*****.3 million) in the year to March, vacating an earlier forecast of a profit, a report said on Saturday. The country's second largest carrier had forecast
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