The Business Times, 27 February 2003

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    16 1 MITA(P) 010/03/2002 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SIN GAPORE ln err ci: http://business-times.asial.com.sg THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2003
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon HDB to shed about 2,500 staff in $100m revamp
    785 1  -  Economic crisis underlines need to adapt qnickly and efficiently: Mah By. Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Ending weeks of speculation, the Housing Development Board said yesterday it would shed 2,500 to 3,000 of its 8,000 employees in a $100 million restructuring exercise. Minister
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    Lock icon HDB, don't be so generous to transferred staff
    730 1  -  COMMENTARY By\ Lee Han Shih THE Housing and Development Board has said it will trim perhaps 2,700 people from its workforce of more than 8,000. But amazingly, HDB does not expect to retrench a single person. The key is a $100 million
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    70 1 *n 1,287.14 (-3.30) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,285.00 (-6.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 157.40 (-1.10) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 650.71 -2.42 NIKKEI 225 8.***** -3.68 HANG SENG _J,11M8 -32.20 SET INDEX 356.02 -0.74 .JAKARTA COMP ***** 1.57 MANILA COMP 1.000.27 -1366 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** +2.:J4 SEOUL COMP ***** 199 SHENZHENB 207.61 >0.65 Al'ST
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    78 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ ISS |SS per LSS) 1 734 ii(VS$/SS per ii) 1.575 1731 El RO(l SS/SS/E) 1073 1 861 YEN 117.5 67.80 RM 3.800.-.. .1191 HKS 7.799 4497 BAHT 4176 24.65 RI'PIAH 8.892 5.127 RENMINBI MOO 4.7*6 INDIAN RI'PEE 4768 27 49 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 KIALA
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    Lock icon Goh Chee Wee not on new board
    505 1  -  ComfortDelGro board to be led by Lim Jit Poh Byi Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Comfort Group managing director Goh Chee Wee won't be on the board of Comfort Del according to a scheme document of the proposed merger between Comfort and DelGro. The proposed
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    Lock icon Cho Yaw tightens hold on UOB with Haw Par move
    448 1  -  His youngest son, Ee Lim, promoted to head Haw Par By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] It's all coming together for Wee Cho Yaw. Youngest son Ee Lim, 41, will soon take charge of Haw Par Corp, seen by many as
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Pharmaceuticals give January output a shot in the arm
      410 2  -  Bat economists see mixed signals in 13-6% rise in industrial ontpnt By. Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's manufacturers got off to a good start this year, with a 13.6 per cent year-on-year rise in industrial production last month, latest figures from the
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      Lock icon Mahathir seeks Jetro aid to keep manufacturers
      597 2  -  Japanese companies need better supporting industries: Jetro From. Anthony Rowley in Tokyo CONCERNED about a possible exodus of Japanese manufacturing companies from Malaysia to China, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has asked the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) to study what his country
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Plain speaking
        134 2 HENRY Paulson, chairman and CEO of US Investment bank Goldman Sachs, came in for heavy criticism recently when he said that "in almost every one of our businesses, there are 15-20 per cent of the people who add 80 per cent of the value in terms of their
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        Lock icon Heipful embassy
        67 2 THERE is a new reason for Singaporeans holidaying in Bering to visit their embassy it has moved back to its old address at No 1. Xlu Shul Bei Jie. This is a respectable address, but as all shopping-mad Singaporeans know, the Xlu Shui area is also where the
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      310 2 Intellectual Property Unearthing the hidden gold Date What Friday, 14 March 2003 The drivers of tomorrow s wealth are brands, networks, knowledge, 2.30pm to 5.00pm competencies, corporate culture and leadership. Managing these intangible resources require new tools and techniques. tun d ST! 1° this half-day workshop, Daniel Andriessen, creator of
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon All three telcos reject CDMA2000 network
      570 3  -  Qn&lcomm network is not GSM-friendly and poses roaming problems, they say By Angela Tan THE three major telco operators here are no longer considering CDMA, a technology pioneered by US cellular phone giant Qualcomm to deliver third-generation mobile services in less bandwidth. Star Hub,
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Oei completes Super Coffeemix deal
        54 3 OEI Hong Leong has completed his purchase of a 9 per cent stake in Super Coffeemix Manufacturing. The food and beverage company had earlier agreed to sell the Indonesian-born tycoon almost 40 million shares or about 9 per cent interest at 27 cents apiece, making
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        Lock icon Hua Kok to sell unit to staff
        35 3 HUA Kok International Ltd has agreed to sell subsidiary PD Group to two of the latter's management staff Lim Chuin Yong and Danny Ho Hee Him—for $15 million.
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        Lock icon Stratech bags LTA contract
        62 3 MAINBOARD-LISTED Stratech Systems Ltd has been awarded another contract by the Land Transport Authority (LTA). The contract is worth $1.2 million over a 15-month period with an option for another three-year operation and maintenance, bringing the total contract value to $2.3 million. The deal is expected
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        Lock icon Sats ups stake in Taiwan associate
        44 3 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) has bought an additional six million shares in its Taiwan associated company, Evergreen Air Cargo Services Corporation, for NT$6l.2 million (Ss3 million). This brings Sats' total stake in Evergreen to 25 per cent.
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        Lock icon FEH's main brand valued at $92.9m
        41 3 FOOD Empire Holdings (FEH) said international branding consultant Interbrand has completed a study to measure the value of FEH's main house brand Mac Coffee. The Mac Coffee brand was assigned a value of $92.9 million.
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      Lock icon OCBC, DBS take different forks in road
      928 3  -  lock siew siow li sen OCBC is playing the volume consumer game. And if there was any doubt that this strategy might be tweaked or changed, CEO David Conner, unveiling his three-year vision for the group on Tuesday, confirmed that it is the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      340 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Feb 26 VALUE CLOSE ■T®* 05 -55.00 -62.00 BTCAM -*****.00 +4.00 WlMnflW -*****.00 -5.00 M-SGEvrttet 344.31 -0.40 SG Eq«itfr»Ehct 114.71 -0.76 SG Equities Fin 1094.85 -0.97 SG Equities Prop 308.38 +0.47 MSCI Singapore 157.57 -0.34 SMSCtFNtarM 157.40 -1.10 Stocks Volume Chart SemiCond 26c 9,283,000 Autron 7.795,000 Keppel
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      Lock icon Some analysts upbeat on NOL's prospects despite record loss
      288 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan IN keeping with its earnings caution, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) reported a record full-year loss of US$33O million for FY2002. In January, it had warned that it could incur a loss of up to US$335
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      Lock icon Yes, the market did stabilise, but...
      773 4  -  -l i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy YES, the Singapore market was open for a full day yesterday. And no, your eyes aren't deceiving you total volume excluding foreign currency issues really did amount to a paltry 169 million units worth $195 million. Yes, it
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      Lock icon US$ regains some poise; yen outlook uncertain
      566 4  -  I comment CURRENCIES Euro gets polled in opposite directions by stronger yen, weaker sterling larry wee THE US dollar and Wall Street regained some poise yesterday despite a Tuesday report of a devastating drop in US consumer confidence. But the biggest guessing game
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    3203 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ■nTRSfmnnHHHHBBHI S B Sel Gib Business Ldrs Ptfl(USO) 0.7V Commntnii Autt Mat AM Amro DM Mgl (S'pore) Com Global Finance Index Fd 0.6* Star Europe Eqty!" 0.533/ Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0:77/ Star Europe Bd 1.199/ Com Global Health Index Fd 0.73/ Star Europe Bal 0.83V
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  • CORPORATE earnings
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      Lock icon NOL loss hits record US$330m
      670 5  -  Recovery hinges on improved freight rates and cost-cutting By] Donald Urquhart NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) reported a record full-year 2002 loss of US$33O million yesterday, saying a return to profitability will depend on improved freight rates and cost-cutting that could, over time, include axing up
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    • Article
      Lock icon What's ahead
      101 5 Whon results aredue Overseas Union Enterprise Feb 27* Royal Clicks Feb 27 Ellipsis Feb 27 Magnecomp Intl Feb 27 HTL Intl Feb 27 Fu Yu Feb 28 United Overseas Bank Feb 28 Venture Corp Feb 28 Straits Trading Feb 28 Coeco Investments Feb 28 Eu Yang Sang Feb
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    • EARNINGSRoundup
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        Lock icon Good Wing Lung dividend for DBS
        80 5 DBS GROUP will collect a strong dividend from Hong Kong's Wing Long Bank. The bank, 10 per cent-owned by DBS, posted an 11 per cent drop in earnings to HRS757.6 million (S$168.4 million) last year after making more bad-loan provisions. But Wing Lung, which
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        Lock icon Network Foods profit up 53% to $2.1m
        62 5 CONFECTIONERY and chocolate producer Network Foods posted a 53 per cent rise in 2002 profit to $2.1 million, despite revenue rising just one per cent to SS0 million. The profit jump was due to a 1376,000 fall in finance costs and taxes, plus
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        Lock icon Superbowl profit spikes to $950,000
        51 5 SPORTS and leisure group Superbowl Holdings said earnings rose more than tripled to $950,000 in 2002, even though turnover sank 19 per cent to $26 J million. The group trimmed expenses and saw smaller impairment losses. The firm will pay dividends of 0.75 cent a
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        Lock icon North 22 warns of full-year loss
        69 5 IT solutions and services provider North 22 Technology yesterday issued a profit warning, predicting losses for the year ending March 2003. The firm had earlier announced a half-year profit of US$1.2 million. But it incurred a third-quarter operating loss of about US$2.8 million excluding
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        Lock icon New listing GKE's interim profit falls
        57 5 NEWLY-LISTED GKE International posted higher revenue but a lower profit for the half-year ended November 2002. Compared with the same period a year ago. turnover rose 8.1 per cent to $10.9 million but profit slid 31.4 per cent to $1.3 million. The logistics services
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        Lock icon Sin Soon Huat boosts profit by 45%
        63 5 METAL products distributor Sin Soon Huat (SSH) boosted its earnings for 2002, thanks to concerted efforts to cut costs. These helped the company raise net profit 45 per cent to $360,000. despite a 34 per cent fall in revenue. But SSH has warned
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        Lock icon Eng Kong suffers fall in interim profit
        53 5 PROFIT and revenue were both down for Eng Kong Holdings in its half-year ended December 2002 due to a decline in its container depot operations. Earnings fell 27.7 per cent from a year ago to $1.7 million, while turnover fell 10.5 per cent
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      Lock icon Multivision eyes SMRT contract
      386 5  -  It emerges from loss, with net profit of HKsl6.sm for first nine months By Serena Ng HONG KONG-BASED Multivision Intelligent Surveillance has teamed up with three local companies to submit a bid for the supply and installation of improved video surveillance technology for Singapore's MRT system.
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      Lock icon Elec & Eltek optimistic about H2 as interim net slips 25%
      297 5  - Elec Eltek optimistic about H2 as interim net slips 25% By David Boey HALF-TIME net profits have fallen by a quarter for Elec Eltek International, but the printed circuit board maker is cautiously optimistic that the worst is over for the company. The group yesterday posted a 25 per cent
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      Lock icon Jardine trebles net profits to US$352m
      519 5  -  Figure excludes revaluation of leasehold properties By Michelle Quah SINGAPORE-LISTED Jardine Matheson Holdings (JMH) which runs supermarkets, car dealerships, insurance brokerages and hotels in Asia more than trebled its net profits last year, from US$ll5 million to US$352 million. The impressive performance was largely
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      26 5 Calling all companies If you have decidea 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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      99 5 THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF j 1"' Tenor Approximately 7 years II Total Amount Allotted SGD 1,000,000,000 I Amount Allotted to I Non-Competitive Applications SGD 83,790,000 I Of which allotted to MAS Nil I Total Amount Applied SGD 2,410,350,000 I I B Coupon Rate 4.625% p.a. I Average Yield Price 2.01%
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon OCBC naming agents for Kim Seng, Mt Emily sites
      567 6  -  The freehold sites may be the only major property assets the bank has to divest according to MAS ruling, say analysts By Kalpana Rashiwala OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corporation is appointing two property agents to explore the possibility of selling its residential development
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      Lock icon Smitten by trees
      670 6  -  GARDENER'S ITW &y Thien TREES always occupy a special place in my heart for many reasons, including those happy memories of my cousins and I staying up in them for hours on end in grand-dad's garden. These days, however, the challenge is different. It's not how high
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      1166 6 CALROSE GARDENS FOR SALE BY TENDER TT W Z/ Address 501-511 Yio Chu Kang Road \«li Land Area 27,996.9 sqm (301.358 sq ft) A Tenure Freehold v\y Zoning Residential j \4 Plot Ratio 1.4, up to 5 storeys Description: Large elevated freehold y site within walking distance V —t° Yio
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      331 6 To advertise your Notices Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 or email recru«t@ sph.com.sg The Business Times Weekend Edition You don't work on Saturdays? lihF S^f^ /v?/:s^ Get it at home! Saturday-only home subscription is now available at only $45 (for 52 issues) You know us for our weekday exclusives, company
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Insolvency cases up 438 in January
      390 7  -  P=M 1 on the economy bankruptcies It is highest monthly figure since 1999; bankrupts now number 16,067 By. Audrey Tan AFTER hitting a 17-year high last year, the number of bankruptcies continued to accelerate in January, with another 438 people declared insolvent last month.
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      Lock icon Contractors in pay dispute
      207 7  -  By Stephanie Yap ABOUT sixty contractors who were involved in building Pioneer Junior College and Bedok South Secondary School allege that they have not been paid by the subcontractor for the two projects. Yesterday, about 13 representatives from the various contracting firms turned up at CPG
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      Lock icon FPAS confirms it's suing over financial planning title
      260 7  -  By I Serena Ng THE Financial Planning Association of Singapore (FPAS) yesterday confirmed it is a co-plaintiff in a writ that has been served on another association over its choice of acronym. Last week, the Insurance and Financial Practitioners Association of Singapore
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    • Article
      Lock icon Call to expense stock options when granted
      344 7  -  Income CEO also suggests they be revalued annually By. Michelle Quah ONE day after the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) asked for the public's opinion on how companies should account for stock options, the head of Singapore's leading insurer has given
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      Lock icon Strong demand for longer-dated SGS
      273 7  -  Bu Wong Wei Kong CONTINUING strong demand for longer maturity government bonds pushed yields down to the low end of market expectations at a Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) auction of 7-year Singapore Government Securities (SGS) yesterday. The auction, a re-opening of an existing 10-year
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    1093 7 Transaction date: Feb 26 EMTBRBAlfg CROSS RATES AS C$ Rut) Ean) MRS Mh ttvpUk Yen W— IK 12$ Mh hw S$»«X «*r MTS 8afct Hmt VS$ Australia 0.904 5.017 0.563 4.714 28.822 ***** 0.710 7.184 2297 L074 35.125 32.852 1.048 4X98 0.823 ***** 25.843 0384 0.604 Canada 1106 5.548
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      89 7 Esplanade Presents CENTRE Water 'O Cloud Gate Dance Theatre f f of Taiwan v A staye transformed into a mirrored cabinet. Dancers who JSiIL move as though on clouds. Reality M and appearance melt into each r other. A timeless universe set to the music of J S Bach. Theatre,
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon No cakewalk for Americans in Sulu
      749 8  -  OPINION pi!l=l I bottom line al labita AMERICAN troops may have gone unscathed in their previous sorties in troubled southern Philippines, but targetting Sulu for a new round of intrusion is likely to be a different story. The predominantly Muslim-populated island, 1,000km south of
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      75 8 'We've seen some very creative efforts to limit agricultural imports. When one barrier is knocked down, it seems like another is quickly installed in its place.' Jon Huntsman a deputy US trade representative, on China s trade system. 'I used to think their statements might change the
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      Lock icon Japan loses the deflation fight
      612 8 EDITORIAL JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi may have sealed his own political fate by nominating Toshihiko Fukui to succeed Masaru Hayami as Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor. The appointment of the reputed monetary conservative appears to signal to voters and to the outside world that
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      Lock icon Banking on honour
      1415 8  -  The proposed Code of Corporate Governance for Banks will safeguard the interests of depositors and policyholders of direct insurers By Kala Anandarajah Singapore has taken the lead by proposing legislation to give corporate governance bite. It is not clear what the source of the proposed Code of
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      Lock icon PSA aims to be lean and responsive
      235 8  -  MAiLi.-rm Wong Fong Tze (Ms) Vice-president (Corporate communications) PSA Corporation Ltd WE REFER to Francis Aurol's letter "PSA must retain people on the ground" (Shipping Times. Feb 25). We agree with Mr Aurol that one of PSA's strengths is our people, past and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • Article
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    1556 9 SICOM FUTURES Feb 26 IUS8EI Fat urn (Closing prices) ISS1(SctAtiA4) Clot* Volume Open MowMi Htqii Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 03 176.25 Apr 03 178.25 May 03 17*25 An 03 178.25 RSS3(UScants/ke) Volume Open »IH-t. I f M t I-A A Pvmn nlfll LOW Mil lIUVHIvSJ IIIIW III Mar
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon S'pore jobs on the line as Maxtor builds China plant
      473 9  -  USs2oom hard disk drive factory in Suzhou will come onstream in 2004 By'. David Boey [SINGAPORE] Job losses in Singapore are on the cards from 2005 at Maxtor Corp, the world's second-largest maker of hard disk drives (HDDs), once the
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      Lock icon Islamic nations to mull oil as anti-war weapon: Dr M
      442 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters ISLAMIC nations will consider using oil as a way of exerting pressure on the West to prevent war on Iraq, but have reached no decision on the tactic, Malaysian Prime Minister Maha- thir Mohamad said yesterday. He
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      Lock icon Long-term permits for China's foreign residents
      180 9 BEIJING AP CHINA issued its first long-term residency permits to 46 foreigners on Tuesday, letting them live in the country for up to five years instead of being required to renew annually like most other foreigners, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The new
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        Lock icon HK imposes HK$400 maid levy
        90 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong, battling to close a gaping Budget deficit, will impose a HKJ4OO (SsB9) monthly levy on its 240,000 foreign maids from October. Chief Secretary Donald Tsang told legislators the levy would be paid by employers, but many of the maids, primarily
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        Lock icon Kim Eng HK rapped ever controls
        69 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Kim Eng Holdings (Hong Kong) and its former dealing director Terry Fok were reprimanded by Hong Kong's securities regulator for failing to have internal controls when trading derivative warrants in 2001. The unit of Singapore's Kim Eng Ong Asia Holdings placed
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        Lock icon Jardine's underlying '02 earnings up
        66 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] Diversified business group Jardine Matheson Holdings yesterday reported a big jump in underlying 2002 earnings on a successful reshaping of its South-east Asian business and strong recoveries at Dairy Farm International. The group said its underlying net profit rose 41 per cent
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        Lock icon German tyre maker bays stake
        55 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Germany's Continental AG, the world's fourth-largest tyre maker, said yesterday it had bought 30 per cent of the tyre unit of Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby for US$3l million. Continental has the option of buying a further 21 per cent in Sime's SDC
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        Lock icon Celcom to complete merger in H1
        69 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's mobile operator Celcom said on Tuesday it hoped to complete a planned merger with Telekom Malaysia in the first half of this year despite a potential legal battle with shareholder Deutsche Telekom. The latter, which owns 8 per cent of
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        Lock icon TSMC gets nod for China plant
        59 9 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taipei has approved a finance plan by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to build the island's first chip plant in China. Taiwan Semiconductor still needs to provide data on its operations in Taiwan before the government will let it move old equipment to
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      Lock icon New Indon commodities trading body
      145 9 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA, reforming its economy as part of commitments to the International Monetary Fund, plans to create a new commodities trading giant in May by restructuring the national logistics agency Bulog. The new entity, to be known as Perum Bulog, will trade rice, sugar,
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      Lock icon Microsoft exec suggests 'move' to India
      434 10 REDMOND, Washington He says firm can save money by shifting non-core, low-risk tasks Bloomberg A MICROSOFT Corp executive has said that moving some software development work to India would help the company save money and accomplish more. The move could "leverage the Indian economy's
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      Lock icon India's Budget seen wooing FDIs
      141 10 BOMBAY Reuters FOREIGN investment hungry India may propose easing some restrictions preventing it from luring vital overseas capital and catching up with emerging market peers when it presents its Budget tomorrow, analysts say. "They'll move on the FDI ceilings in some industries because politically they're
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      1283 10 a National Australia Bank Limited 0 a A.B.N. **********7 Registered Office: 500 Bourke Street, IvlflllVllHl Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia. (All amounts are expressed in Australian currency unless otherwise stated). Statement of Financial Position Statement of Financial Performance As at September 30,2002 For the year ended September 30,2002 Group Company Group
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      1254 10 The following share certificates have been reported lost, destroyed or mislaid: HONG FOK CORPORATION LIMITED Certificate No. Name No. of Share *****09 Ng Soo Ngoh 1 x 900 KEPPEL CORPORATION LIMITED *****54 FooAhNeok 1 x 1000 *****55 -do- 1 x 250 DELGRO CORPORATION LIMITED *****63/4 Tayib Bin Mohamad 2 x
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  • Overseas Property
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      Lock icon Good times roll for Sydney
      528 11  -  The residential market has seen strong growth in the past 10 years. kim hoang highlights the trends and not spots KIM HOANG A BOOM in Sydney's residential market has seen the average price of houses doubling in the past 10 years and in 2002 alone,
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      Lock icon City apartments see slower gains than houses
      238 11 WHILE Sydney houses chalked up rapid gains, inner city apartments saw a slower appreciation of 10 per cent in 2002. And going forward, demand is faltering, with fears of oversupply, as well as fewer Asian investors. With the exception of waterfront units, demand
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      Lock icon Where is the market headed in 2003?
      198 11 LIKE London, Sydney's residential market may have peaked, with housing approvals slowing and building starts expected to fall by 14 per cent this year. This is largely due to a "balancing out" of demand from the first-home buyer market. However, the downturn is
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      Lock icon Bleak house?
      852 12  -  Rents might be down and vacancies up for UK property but all is not lost for investors. The key is to be highly selective and look for properties in regions outside London, meilbehrmamm elaborates NEIL BEHRMAMM "TROUBLE at the Top" screams a tabloid headline. And the story unfolds
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      Lock icon Piling on the charm
      910 14  -  The bursting of the China property bubble in early 1990s may have hurt investors but they remain hopeful about the prospects for cities sucn as Shanghai and Beijing, lohhui yim finds out why LOH HUI YIN PRESTON Shaw was among the first wave of Singapore investors
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        29 18 Bloomberg [LONDON] Abbey National Pic posted a £1.2 billion (553.3 billion) full-year loss as it wrote down the value of investments and goodwill—Bloomberg
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      505 19 LOS ANGELES Printers the most profitable of its 4 main business divisions LATWP HEWLETT-PACKARD Co reported a 49 per cent jump in first quarter earnings on Tuesday, despite continuing weakness in information technology spending in the US and Japan. Revenue growth in the
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      269 20 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive Carly Fiorina is gambling that by ending development of her most expensive semiconductors, she'll save the world's No 2 computer maker as much as US$5OO million a year. Trouble is, her customers aren't
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  • SHIPS IN PORT
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      731 29 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BAYSWATER228 E3044 J3 A/SIDE 27/02 0030 BOLAN 007 HW J15/16 A/SIDE 27/02 1200 E LINK 1 4188 J4 A/SIDE 27/02 0630 ORIGINATOR 416 J14/15 A/SIDE 27/02 1200 SINGA ENERGY ***** J12 A/SIDE 27/02 0600 UNIPLUS 0304 J22 A/SIDE 27/02
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      1834 29 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX SAKURA 014N 014N 1 0103/2003 1500 02/03/2003-0200 K12 ACX VIOLET 0535 0535 1 O203OOO3-15OO *****003-0300 ALAMJAYA 2 883S 8835 1 28/02/2003-01:00 **********00 K12 ALTONA 031S 0314 1 27/02/2003-0400 *****003-1000
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      Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
      128 29 Marl Korea: Independence Day Mju- 3 Australia: Labour Day Bulgaria: National Day Luxemburg: Carnival Mju-4 Malaysia: Awal Muharram Indonesia: Moslem New Year Day Portugal: Carnival BUrB Brunei: Hijriah Mar 8 Belarus: Women's Day Russia: Women's Day Slovenia: Preseren Day MarlO Cyprus: Ash Monday Greece: Ash Monday Mar 11
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      816 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 averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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  • AIR & LAND transport
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      Lock icon Swiss Air Lines to axe another 700 jobs, cut fleet
      528 30 It will also reduce or drop routes in bid to save 500 m Swiss francs by end-04 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swiss International Air Lines will eliminate an additional 700 jobs, reduce its fleet by 20 planes and shed routes such as
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      Lock icon EasyJet may not buy DBA if terms are not met
      558 30 It wants German airline's staff to accept cost cnts, longer hours Bloomberg [PARIS] Easy Jet Pic, Europe's biggest low-fare airline, won't buy British Airways Pic's DBA unit if it can't get the German airline's staff to accept longer working hours
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      Lock icon Fraport to decide on troubled Manila project by end-March
      227 30 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Frankfurt airport operator Fraport AG said on Tuesday it expected to decide whether to write off part of its troubled investment in Manila airport by the end of March or early April. Previously, the group had said it would
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      Lock icon US agency says pilots must carry guns in bags to and from plane
      263 30 AP [WASHINGTON] Commercial airline pilots won't be able to use holsters to carry guns into the cockpit under the final plan for arming pilots announced by the US Transportation Security Administration. The TSA will require weapons to
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      Lock icon Pressure rising to slash costs, says Delta CEO
      521 30 Restructuring of bankrupt rivals will impact solvent carriers, he says Reuters (CHICAGO] The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc said on Tuesday the reorganisation of Delta's bankrupt competitors has heightened pressure on solvent airlines to cut costs. Leo Mullin, chief executive
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      Lock icon MAS chalks up RM330m profit in third quarter
      308 30 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Flag carrier Malaysia Airlines (MAS) continued its flight to recovery by logging a net profit of RM330.40 million (*****.66 million) in the quarter to December. This compared to a loss of RM310.20 million in the same period last year,
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