The Business Times, 4 March 2003

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003 85*
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  • 668 1  -  -ii exclusive Offenders face jail or fine; some canght ofignard bnt no one has landed in prison By, Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] If you lodge the patent for a Singapore invention in another country first, be prepared to go to jail or pay a
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  • 780 1  -  Even banks are now hiring debt collecting firms \-H exclusive By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Soaring bankruptcies and easy credit are a potent combination for debt collection. And for Infocredit D B, business has never been better for the
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  • 69 1 sti (+5.35) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,233.00 10.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 187.60 (+1.60) Monday Change KLSECOMP 649.22 +242 NIKKEI 225 8,***** +127.36 HANG SENG 9.268.77 +***** SET INDEX 367 67 +6.35 JAKARTA COMP dosed MANILA COMP .1.024.55 +5.22 T AIPEI WPI 4.***** +943» SEOILCOMP 590.04 +14.61 SHENZHEN B 206.70 -003 AISTALLORD
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  • 72 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ l'S$ (SS per US$) 1739 £(1'SS/SS per S) 1.572 i733 El'ROn'SS/S$/E) 1.U79 1.876 YEN 118.1 67.90 RM 3.800 2.186 HKS 7.799 4.486 BAHT 4171 24.56 Rl'PlAH 8,884 5.110 RENMINBI 8.299 4.774 INDIAN RI'PEE 4765 2741 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 KIALA U'MPIR 640 HONG KONG 5.000
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  • 634 1  -  l-ii exclusive EDS out to garner market share in S'pore and region By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Electronic Data Systems Corp (EDS) has appointed local industry stalwart Stephen Yeo as EDS president for Southeast Asia as the US IT services giant seeks to
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  • 530 1  -  Analysts agree that region can offer better value if it plays its cards right By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] If South-east Asian nations pull together, the region could potentially create a better value proposition than China for manufacturers and businesses. This was a point
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    • 221 1 W"'' Hy f lux founder Olivia Lum is Woman of the Year I *.KJ. HDB explains staff compensation MAIL BAG. Page''l CIAS soars to 3-yr highs 1 a interested in a low interest rate mortgage on |your overseas property investment? US dollar and Sterling Pound lending rates are at forty
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 76 2 GOVERNOR Robert L Ehrlich hopes to raise US$5OO million every year by installing 10,000 one-arm bandits across the US state of Maryland. And he is not the first to take this approach. Already, 17 American states have legalised gambling and many others are likely to follow
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      • 76 2 SPEAKING of gambling, British companies have found that on-line betting has created an entirely new market, attracting an ever-growing number of people who would not be caught dead in a betting shop. "1t... has made betting a more approachable past-time," says analyst Andrew Lee of
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    • 747 2  -  72% in global survey expect revenue in next 12 months By< Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE) The spectre of a US-Iraq war and terrorism has not fazed corporate chief executives. Most still reckon their revenue will grow in the next 12 months, according
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    • 451 2  -  147=1 on the economy business sentiment More companies hiring now, while fewer are freezing or catting pay Anna Teo {SINGAPORE] Business sentiment seems to have lifted somewhat from the depths of July last year, despit£ lingering uncertainties. A survey 0f450 companies in January
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      314 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 3 VALUE CLOSE WOMB -64.00 -70.00 BTCMM -*****.00 +46.00 BT ld-4«y MA -*****.00 -6.00 imMhl 343.08 +1.66 SCEqmMMDM* 116.86 >3.12 SG Fla 1076.88 -2.42 310.27 +3.00 ■aaTknpir* 156.76 >0.71 SMKIMm 157.60 >1.60 ¥ri— tticlM C—Is W- Slocks Cant* W- Citiraya 2.5c 21.653.000 Chew Eu Hock 0.5c
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    • 270 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE shares of tonic and supplement maker Cerebos Pacific have been enjoying a five-month rally which has lifted their value by 35 per cent. Yesterday, the stock closed six cents higher at
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    • 644 4  -  I:l i comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan KEPPEL Corp was the star performer in an otherwise lethargic market yesterday, as investors warily watched the latest twists and turns in the unfolding Iraq drama. The stock of the marine conglomerate shot to $4.43 before closing a net
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    • 587 4  - Aussie soars to 3-year highs vs US$, S$, yen Rfcomment CURRENCIES Euro is the other major beneficiary as traders report heavy cross-plays larry wee THE Australian dollar exploded in Asian trading despite the release of poor Q4 2002 numbers yesterday, with players reporting heavy selling of New Zealand's dollar in
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  • 3051 4 UNITT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 674/ Com Global lifestyle Index Ftf 0768/ Com Global Health Index Fd 0 732/ n Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.374/ ?S Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0254/ Com Global Ener® Index Fd 0.777/ S'SS Com Global Fd 0.602/ L_ 13W
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 725 5  -  Household name in SE Asia aims to gain foothold in US, Australia and Europe markets By< Elgin Toh WHAT future can there be for a company selling traditional Chinese medicines and herbs? Plenty if you get the mix right says
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    • 338 5 HYFLUX founder Olivia Lum is Her World's Woman of the Year 2002, while streetwear fashion chain 77th Street's founder Elim Chew is Young Woman Achiever. Her World described Ms Lum, the 42-year-old CEO of the Sesdaq-listed water treatment company, as "an orphan turned
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    • 536 5  -  locksiew wong wei kong HERE'S something to think about: Why not leave it to market discipline to rein in stock option excesses? After all, accountants can't seem to come up with anything better than questionable option pricing models. In the wake of the corporate
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    • 305 5  -  By\ Serena Ng LIQUIDATORS have been appointed to data recovery firm FailSafe Corporation (Singapore), which abruptly stopped operating in January. Following a court order, Deloitte Touche partners Tam Chee Chong and Jimmy Wee will wind up the company. FailSafe
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    • 219 5 CITY Developments is replicating the Singapore trend of redeveloping hotels into apartments in Sydney. It is pumping in As9B million (*****.8 million) to convert one of the two towers at the Millennium Sydney Hotel, in the King's Cross area, into a
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    • 331 7  -  Roland Neo takes over as chairman and CEO following completion of reverse takeover By\ Michelle Quah SESDAQ-LISTED engineering firm Presscrete Holdings has unveiled changes to its top management, following last week's completion of a $20 million reverse takeover deal with construction company NeoCorp Innovations. Stepping
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    • 332 7  -  By Michelle Quah STREATS, Singapore Press Holdings' free tabloid, has come a long way in less than four months after its November revamp. Readership has surged to 554,000 based on a February survey by the research unit of SPH's Marketing Planning and Development Department (MPD). This
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    • 313 7  -  By' Tang Weng Fai AXIS Systems Holdings, a Malaysian-based company which develops software for Financial institutions, has launched its Sesdaq initial public offering to raise funds for its regional expansion. Of 42.9 million new shares on offer at 31 cents
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 90 7 THE Singapore Labour Foundation will vote in flavour of the proposed merger of Comfort Group and DelGro Corp, following the advice of its independent financial adviser, DBS Bank. SLF owns 37.2 per cent of Comfort. Earlier, independent directors of Comfort and DelGro were advised to recommend
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      • 124 7 ENGINEERING firm Boustead Singapore has bought the remaining 30 per cent of Sushi Deli it does not hold from James Almunir Karsan, for $270,000. The purchase price will be set off against $185,000 which is owing to Boustead by Mr Karsan and the transfer
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      • 79 7 THE Singapore Exchange's new CEO, Hsieh Fu Hua, who started work on March 1,2003, owns 430,000 shares in the company, SGX said yesterday. Mr Hsieh will serve for three years, with an option for renewal. He is a founder and partner of Prime Partners
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      • 126 7 Reuters ASIATIC Group, a distributor of fire-fighting and protection equipment, and engineering service provider Technics Group said yesterday they plan to go public. Asiatic will offer 15 million new shares, while Technics will list 25 million shares, the companies said in preliminary prospectuses submitted to
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  • CORPORATE earnings
    • 442 6  -  Interim profits jump 56% to $12m as turnover rises 14%; EPS slips 17% By David Boey GES International Ltd, an electronics contract manufacturer which makes point of sales terminals, said yesterday it plans to strengthen its presence in China as part
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    • 374 6  -  It cites strong order book, expects to maintain profits By Elgin Toh ROAD construction and maintenance company OKP Holdings posted a group net profit fall of 43 per cent to $2.2 million in its first postIPO full-year results but stays
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    • 69 6 When results are due Hotel Properties aavfy-March ECS Holdings Ltd March 4 Eastern Asia Tech March 5 Haw Par Corp March S Haw Par Healthcare March S ASJ Holdings March SingLand March 7 UIC March 7 AP Oil Intl Ltd March 7 Teckwah Industrial March 19 Trek 2000
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    • EARNINGSRoundup
      • 69 6 LEE Metal Group posted a $2.07 million net profit for the year ended December 2002, against a $4.7 million net loss in 2001. Turnover rose 12.6 per cent to $119.95 million. The fabrication and manufacturing division achieved a profit before tax of $3.1
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      • 82 6 PK Tech International posted a $2.99 million group net profit for the six months ended Dec 31,2002 up from a $1.02 million profit in the same period a year earlier thanks to a $4.95 million gain from the disposal of its Globus business. Turnover fell
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      • 103 6 Reuters DOOR maker KLW Holdings has returned to a net profit of $760,000 in 2002 from a loss of $7.22 million a year ago. Earnings per share came in at 0.4 of a cent, from a loss per share of 4.51 cents. Turnover was
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      • 72 6 HERSING Corporation, the parent of ERA Realty, yesterday posted a $573,000 group net profit for the year ended December 2002, against a $604,000 net loss the previous year. Turnover rose 4 per cent to $44.1 million. The group said it expects to post a loss
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  • Article, Illustration
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    • 1113 7 KOREA ELECTRIC POWER CORPORATION NOTICE OF AMENDMENT 6%% Notes due 2003 (CUSIP: *****1AC0; ISIN: U*****31AC02; Common Code: 004 739 698) February 25,2003 NOTICE tS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 7.2 of the indenture (the "Indenture"), dated December 2, 1993, between Korea Electric Power Corporation (the "Company"), a statutory juridical corporation
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  • FOCUS property
    • 713 8  -  hi I comment PROPERTY Policy of upping plot ratios only on empty land changes rales of game lee han shih LAST Friday Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, a medical doctor and hospital administrator turned politician, made an announcement that drove a stake through the heart of
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    • 404 8 FOR SALE BY TENDER Casa Robing Freehold Site area: 3,015.1 sq m Equatoneil Strata area: 5,814 sq m W (subject to final survey) ill o£> /a 1 5-storey block 49apartments TOP to be obtained Tender Closing: 18 Mar 2003, Tues, 4pm I|o£ Debenham Tie Leung m 1 1 TAMPINES ST
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 330 9  -  Voluntary service guidelines aimed at helping consumers make better choices Byi Angela Tan THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has announced voluntary guidelines to encourage prepaid international calling card (ICC) service providers to adopt a more transparent set of industry best
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    • 392 9  -  Merc driver lost control of car which veered off Lentor Ave onto track By Elgin Toh TWO men were injured when an MRT train collided with a car which had veered off Lentor Avenue onto the MRT track just before 7.30 pm yesterday.
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    • 253 9 Mix of condos, bungalows expected for first plots THE first land parcels on the proposed waterfront housing district of Sentosa Cove are slated for launch later this year, Minister for Trade Industry George Yeo said yesterday. "We hope to launch the first
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    • SINGAPORERoundup
      • 161 9 NANYANG Technological University (NTU) raised the tempo of inter-university competition in Singapore yesterday, announcing moves to transform its undergraduate experience to meet the needs of the changing economic landscape. NTU will offer more courses—majors, minors and non-core electives—to give undergraduates greater flexibility in
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      • 73 9 INDONESIAN flour miller Bogasari's first overseas plant was officially opened in Singapore yesterday through wholly-owned subsidiary Bogasari International (BSI). The plant will make pre-mixes for one-step cooking—a first for Bogasari. It will also make different types of flour. Twelve tonnes of specialised flour will be
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  • MAIL bag
    • 329 10  -  Deborah de Souza (Ms) Senior Executive Public Relations Officer for Chief Corporate Development Officer Housing Development Board I REFER to the article, "HDB, don't be so generous to transferred staff', by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 27). Under the restructuring of HDB, the Building Development Division
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    • 123 10  -  Seah Seng Choon Executive Director Consumers Association of Singapore I REFER to your report "Lawyers urged to stop waiving conveyancing fees" (BT, Feb 26). The Consumers Association of Singapore is very disappointed that the Law Society has urged its members to stop waiving conveyancing
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    • 115 10  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "Is programme trading right?" by Leong Sze Hian (Mailbag, Feb 26), and would like to add my view that whether right or not, programme trading is here to stay as long as the SGX is prepared to list derivatives,
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    • 232 10  -  Denis Ong Eng Soon Singapore I REFER to the Saturday Soapbox "Who's really at fault when kids misbehave?" (BT, Feb 22). I absolutely concur with the view that parents are, in fact, to be blamed for the state their kids are
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    • 591 10  -  Roger Tan managing director, Ascend Technology Partners Pte Ltd I REFER to your article "Call to expense stock option when granted" by Michelle Quah (BT, Feb 27). I agree with Tan Kin Lian, chief executive of NTUC Income, that employee stock options should be
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  • 1567 10 SICOM FUTURES Mar 3 ROWER Ftiturn (Dosing prices) RSS1 (S c«»ttsAq) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Wwg Apr 03 179.25 May 03 179.25 Juo 03 ***** Jul/Sep 03 180.25 RSS 3 (US cwtsAg) Volume Opm Month High Low S«tt (tonnes) Interest Apr 03 ***** 102.50 102.50
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    • 264 11 TheSentosa Singapore A Beaufort Hotel A new name. A new logo. An unchanging nature. Introducing The Sentosa Resort Spa SESCaiJ^ HBI i 9 J 8 n From today, The Beaufort Singapore will be known as The Sentosa Resort Spa. The birthing of this new name comes with two significant transformations,
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 647 12  -  Growing at 7% against S'pore's 4% over several years will do it: PM Gob From] Harish Mehta in Hanoi VIETNAM will be able to catch up with Singapore if it grows at 7 per cent a year for several years, and Singapore grows
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    • NOTEBook
      • 89 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economy may expand at least 4 per cent this year, lower than earlier government estimates, if a war breaks out in Iraq, said Second Finance Minister Jamaludin Jaijis. The estimate is based on "a worst case scenario,"
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      • 81 12 Bernama [SEPANG] The Sepang International Circuit (SIC), the organisers of the 2003 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix (GP), has tightened security for the Fl championship but says it will not be obtrusive. SIC general manager Ahmad Mustafa said the organisers would like to assure fans,
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      • 111 12 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Shanghai plans to create the city's third commercial bank by merging 231 rural credit cooperatives, part of national efforts to combine more than 40,000 such bodies into fewer but stronger lenders, officials said yesterday. The proposed bank was expected to win cabinet approval
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      • 81 12 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong has discussed with banks the option of raising its first sovereign US dollar bond to finance its bulging deficit, banking sources said yesterday. Sources said the government may unveil plans in this week's 2003/04 Budget to tap the bond
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      • 77 12 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines, one of Asia's largest rice importers, said yesterday it might be forced to import an additional 300,000 tonnes for its buffer stocks this year if war breaks out in the Middle East and drags on for longer than a
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      • 70 12 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand's central bank left interest rates unchanged for a third month as rising consumer spending and surging exports help the economy expand at one of the fastest paces in South-east Asia at a time when inflation is slowing. The bank's Monetary Policy Board
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    • 187 12 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Privately-owned Sistem Televisyen Malaysia (TV3) is in talks with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and another firm to dispose of operations in Ghana, a report said yesterday. Weekly newspaper The Edge, quoting unnamed sources, said the other party was
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    • 264 12 ■HONGKONG Deals totalling HKsBb struck, down 45% from Jan Reuters HONG KONG said yesterday that the number of property transactions dropped sharply in February, reversing an upward trend recorded in the two months before that. A total of 4,622 sale and purchase agreements
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    • 460 13 HONGKONG Bering wants it to merge with poorer suppliers first Bloomberg GUANGDONG Guangdian Power Grid Group, which supplies power in China's richest province, scrapped a US$l billion share sale because Beijing wants it to merge with poorer counterparts, bankers familiar with the situation said.
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    • 154 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] JP Morgan Chase Co said it hired Merrill Lynch Co's Charles Li as chairman of its China business, as the second-largest US bank tries to win a share of about US$5O billion of stock sales in the next decade. Mr Li,
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    • 188 13 Reuters [BEIJING] China, increasingly reliant on crude imports, may set up a US$lO billion fund to purchase oil for a strategic reserve and hedge risks, the official China Daily newspaper said yesterday. "The essence of the oil financial system is closer interaction between
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    • 260 13 NEW DELHI Shortfall of over trillion rupees seen for fiscal year ending March '03 AFP INDIAN Finance Minister Jaswant Singh yesterday described as worrying the government's inability to rein in the burgeoning budget deficit. "What worries me is the percentage component of the
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    • 123 13 AFP [MANILA] Philippine officials are studying a proposal to ease traffic congestion in Manila by relocating at least two ministries to a former US air base in the north, President Gloria Arroyo's spokesman said yesterday. "The proposal aims to decongest Metro Manila which
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    • ASIANotes
      • 101 13 AFP [BEIJING] China's nominal lower house of Parliament started its annual meeting yesterday under tight security as the country braced itself for the biggest leadership transition in almost a decade. The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a 2,238-member assembly, kicked off its annual full
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      • 75 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] The direction of Hong Kong's credit ratings will depend on achieving a balance between addressing its growing fiscal deficit and adopting policies that will stimulate economic recovery, rating agency Standard Poor's said yesterday. S&P said the Hong Kong government must
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      • 99 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's economy expanded for the first time in seven months in February, but at a marginal rate, indicating that business conditions remain relatively stagnant, NTC Research said yesterday. The British research firm said in its monthly Purchasing Managers' Index
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      • 92 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Kerry Properties Ltd, a Hong Kong developer controlled by the family of Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok, said yesterday that profit last year surged by two-thirds on higher revenue from its logistics business and lower provisions. Net income rose to HKS66O million (Ssl47
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      • 47 13 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's retail sales rose 9 per cent from a year earlier in the first two months of this year, the State Economic and Trade Commission estimated yesterday. Retail sales rose to 754.3 billion yuan (*****.5 billion) during the period.—Bloomberg
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      • 67 13 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan said it sold one per cent of Chunghwa Telecom Co shares on offer in the first of a three-day auction aimed at raising NTJS.2 billion (*****.8 million). One million of 100 million shares on offer were sold at an average price
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 735 14  -  mum I bottom line OPINION dane chamorro IDONT know if anyone in the Bush administration has read Sun recently, but it has seemingly fallen victim to one of the ancient Chinese sage's classic strategies: "to be defeated without combat". Of course, Saddam hasn't
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    • 119 14 'I hate romanticism in politics. I'm a realist. And every day, I'm not kidding, I got 60 or 70 messages from people telling me to vote against.' Mehmet Fehmi Uy&nik a Turkish legislator who voted against allowing US troops to launch attacks on Iraq. 'We've got an
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    • 560 14 EDITORIAL HERE is an interesting statistic: 600 more new businesses were registered in Singapore last year, compared to the previous year, even as the economy went through one of its toughest times ever. Are these businesses proof of a more entrepreneurial spirit among Singaporeans, as they are
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    • 1192 14  -  Shunning 'dirty'jobs in manufacturing which foreigners readily accept the local worker has made himself less desirable to employers By' Tan Kee Wee IN a simple world, many lower-skilled workers retrenched in recent years should be able to secure jobs for themselves pretty
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    • 272 14  -  COMMENTARY By Caroline Baum Bloomberg THERE'S a premium on safety these days. Consumers want to be safe. They run out to buy duct tape and plastic sheeting to protect against biological and chemical attacks, only to learn they might suffocate in their hermetically
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  • WORLD news
    • 428 16 HONGKONG Bad credit card debts exact toll, tough market seen with deflation Reuters THE Hong Kong units of global banking giant HSBC Holdings pic said yesterday that profits fell slightly in 2002 as bad credit card debts took their toll, and
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    • 256 16 LATEST US DATA Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US spending on new construction surged unexpectedly by 1.7 per cent in January to a record level, the government said yesterday, as home builders rushed to keep up with demand for new homes and improvements. Construction outlays
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    • 543 16 LONDON Tnrkish MPs reject US plans, Iraq scraps missiles Reuters, Bloomberg, AP, AFP BAGHDAD'S destruction of missiles and Turkey's rejection of US plans to use its soil for an attack on Iraq over the weekend raised the prospect yesterday of war being delayed,
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    • 464 16 LONDON WEST African organised-crime cells are infiltrating banks in the UK and elsewhere, according to the Financial Times. The paper also said law enforcement officials are being overwhelmed by a proliferation of fraud schemes. The criminal gangs, based mostly in
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      • 64 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] European manufacturing unexpectedly expanded In February, the first gain in six as companies boosted production and received more orders. An index based on a survey of purchasing managers at about 2,500 companies for Reuters Group Pic rose to 50.1, from 49 J
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      • 72 16 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] Worldwide sales of semiconductors rose 22 per cent in January from a year earlier, boosted by demand for mobile phones, the Semiconductor Industry Association said. Sales increased to US$l2.2 billion in the first month of this year from US$lO
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      • 78 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] Pearson He, the world's largest textbook publisher and owner of the Financial Times, had its first profit since 2000 in the second half on higher sales to US colleges. Net income was £96 million (***** million) compared with a loss of £305 million
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      • 84 16 Bloomberg [LONDON] Hugh Osmond, founder of the Punch Taverns Pic pub chain, offered to buy Six Continents Pic, owner of the Intercontinental and Holiday Inn hotels, for £7 billion (5519.1 billion) in cash and assumed debt. Mr Osmond offered 36 new shares of his
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    • 628 18  -  Snch banks raised their euro holding at the expense of the greenback, yen last year From Neil Behrmann in London THE surging euro's short and mediumterm outlook could largely hinge on what Asian central banks and investors do. European officials, currency analysts,
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    • 665 18 NEW YORK Chain trying to regain ground after years at the top NYT MCDONALD'S, which has long symbolised to some people the American way of eating the way that General Motors once represented the open road, is struggling with an identity crisis.
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    • 497 18  -  From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo BANK of Japan (BOJ) gov-ernor-designate Toshihiko Fukui appears to have a date with Parliament after all, and sources said it could be on March 10. After initially rejecting calls by Opposition parties for Mr Fukui to appear before Parliament
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    • 394 19 TOKYO Japanese work ethic also gets drubbing 'western mindset' blamed for their low efficiency A SENIOR executive of Toyota Motors has touched off a controversy with his observations on worker productivity in countries where the company has factories. In frank comments
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 179 19 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 27 It's to do with marriage. Mai- 8 A tiller translated misprint (7) YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 28 WomanothaMnhaMnp) )5 SECOND PART OF 4 (4.5) Across: 5 Unrest. 8 Amateurs. DOWN 16 Plan without me to use it on 9 Ottoman, 10 Tonic, 11 Slow 1 Reported number on highest
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  • KNOWLEDGE economy
    • 1320 21  -  David Pye heralds the arrival of an international standard of information security, and with it opportunities for businesses large and small David Pye EVER since Sept 11 2001, the word "security" does not seem to have left the news; and most of that news has
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    • 1196 22  -  Painter, poet, sculptor and philosopher Tan Swie Hian tells Parv&thl Nayar about receiving the prestigious WEF Crystal Award, his inspirations and his projects in the works Parvathi Nayar ON Jan 28, Tan Swie Hian became the first Singaporean to receive the World Economic Forum's
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 276 23 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 1 point to 1764, the Baltic Capes ize Index fell 8 points to 2485, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 1 point to 1673 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 83 points to *****. TIME-CHASTER: Kyushu Star (built 1982) *****6 dwt delivery Shekou
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    • 83 23 [SINGAPORE] Recently salvaged Hanjin Pennsylvania (above) has reportedly returned to Singapore for damage assessment after containers loaded with fireworks exploded on board last November, causing this spectacular blaze in waters south of Sri Lanka. Two crewmen were reportedly killed in the blast aboard the 4,389-TEULiberian-flagged
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    • 591 23  -  China group still keen on stronger ties with PSA By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The China Ocean Shipping Company Ltd (Cosco) has signalled its continued interest in taking a stake in one of PSA's Singapore terminals, saying it has been in ongoing talks with
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    • 211 23 [SINGAPORE] Middle East shiprepair yanls are promising owners safe havens and insurance cover in the event of war being declared against Iraq. The latest edition of Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) News insists the Arabian Gulf is a stable area, well away
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    • US security
      • 701 24 Programme one of the counterterrorism measures put in place by new Department of Homeland Security NYT [WASHINGTON] ALL travellers arriving in the United States will be screened by federal border inspectors for radiological materials, according to senior Bush administration officials. The plan, which started
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    • 459 23 COMPANIES EUROPE West Indies Lines (EWL) is expanding its services to Asia by appointing Ahlers Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore) general agent for Asia. EWL is a major player in the Europe Caribbean Central America market with direct sailings to Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba, Venezuela. Colombia, the Dominican Republic,
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    • 420 23 ■US screening travellers for radioactive materials Page 2 New US low-cost carriers face tough time taking off Back Page MAS to hire Chinese air stewardesses Back Page Swiss airline keen to join One World alliance Back Page NOTICE TO ALL SHIPPERS OF SINGAPORE BRUNEI EAST MALAYSIA TRADE REVISION OF EMERGENCY
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    • 787 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil I.td. 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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    • 117 31 7™ £BBT~ 'S ->x r Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: I Thunderstom Wind speed symbols showers Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds M p a j n One halt fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day "One tull tleche represents 10 knots Hazy A "One
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  • AIR & LAND transport
    • 742 32 Difficult for them to stand ont in crowded market, say analysts Reuters [NEW YORK] Airline passengers are on the prowl for good deals, but with a handful of US carriers seeking to enter the discount market, even the cheap seats may
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    • 472 32 It will decide by mid-year whether orders justify it Reuters [LONG BEACH, California] Boeing Co plans to decide by mid-year whether or not it can muster enough orders to justify building a stretch version of its smallest commercial jet, the money-los-ing 717, the head
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    • 235 32 Reuters [STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian flag carrier SAS is aiming for cost cuts of at least 18 per cent to return its biggest unit, Scandinavian Airlines, to profitability, the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer reported yesterday. The magazine quoted Soren Belin, chief operating officer at
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    • 201 32 Malaysian airlines eyeing China market Xinhua [BEIJING] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has announced plans to employ 100 Chinese air stewardesses this year as part of overall efforts to enhance cooperation with China in the area of aviation. China has become the focus of the Malaysian
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    • 298 32 Reuters [GENEVA] National carrier Swiss International Air Lines wants to join the OneWorld airline marketing alliance despite a current blockage in negotiations, chief executive Andre Dose said. Bucking a downward trend on trans-Atlantic routes this year amid fears of repercussions of the Iraq
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    • LOGBook
      • 70 32 Reuters [LONDON] The French government has added major airports, including Europe's second largest Charles de Gaulle, to its list of planned privatisations, Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported. The newspaper said that based on valuations of Britain's BAA pic, owner of Europe's largest airport at Heathrow
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      • 99 32 AP [AMMAN, Jordan] Jordan's national carrier is considering sending the bulk of its fleet to Greece if a US-led war begins in neighbouring Iraq. Royal Jordanian said in a statement on Sunday that moving planes to Greece was possible under an "emergency plan" that envisages continued
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