The Business Times, 6 March 2003

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  • 16 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE ii iit?rnet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2003
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  • 597 1  -  i'li exclusive! Move to enconrage consultancy work ontside academia By < Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The National University of Singapore is moving to pay its academic staff nine months of salary, instead of 12, in a drive to encourage them to
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  • 860 1  -  Corporate tax rate up 1.5 points, personal income tax rate np 1 point By Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] At a time of slow economic growth and a volatile world outlook, Hong Kong is raising taxes to prevent its runaway Budget deficits triggering a
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  • 75 1 STI 1,265.50 (-3.46) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,268.00 (-6.00) SIMSCI FUTURES ***** (-1 00) Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 643.07 415 NIKKEI 225 8.***** -7.60 HANO SEN(i 9.109.18 72.71 SET INDEX ***** 4.65 JAKARTA COMP ...***** -4.19 MANILA COMP 1.***** 1631 TAIPEI WPI 4.418.11 -81.58 SEOl LCOMP 560.26 -1632 SHENZHENB 205.63
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  • 83 1 FOREX RATES US$ si ISS |SS per ISS) 1.732 £(l'SS/SS per 1.590 1755 El'RlHVSS'SS-E). 1098 1910 YEN 117 2 67 70 RM 18N 2 193 HKS 7 799 4502 BAHT 42 49 24.53 Rl PIAH H.H68 5.119 RENMINBI K.299 4790 INDIAN Rl PEE 47 64 27 50 PRIME RATES
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  • 442 1 Co-op says probe won't affect its fiwAnrifti strength [SINGAPORE] Lim Geok Hwee. CEO of executive condominium builder NTUC Choice Homes Co-op-erative, is under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Mr Lim, in his early 40s, has also been replaced since Feb
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    • 59 1 SGX live! Read independent analyses and consensus recommendations. Go to BT Markets at http://business-times.asial.com.sg. A free value-added service for BT newspaper subscribers PAGE 16 ASL Marine aims to raise 510.5 m in IPO PAGE 3 Haw Par Healthcare to be taken private under S43m cash offer PAGE 5 CORPORATE EARNINGS
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    • 524 2  -  There's a chance US economy will slow down, oil prices will soar From Harish Mehta in Hanoi SINGAPORE should expect the worst in the months ahead if war breaks out in Iraq, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. "Without wanting to demoralise
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    • 442 2  -  But US venture firm Newbridge scales back its operations By( Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Fidelity Investments, one of America's biggest fund companies, has applied for a licence to operate in Singapore after closing its office here in 1997. Meanwhile, Newbridge Capital, a US
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    • 371 2  -  Cat E falls $3,000; Cat B, $2,700; Cat A, $1,700 By( Christopher Tan (SINGAPORE) Fortnightlyauctioned permits to own vehicles, known as certificates of entitlement (COE), continued their price slide from heady levels whipped up by frantic buying in January. The mainstay Category
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    • 346 2  -  It's part of money received from arbitration with Wong Partnership By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] Lawyer Lee Suet Fern has donated $100,000 part of a sum she recovered from an arbitration case to the Singapore Academy of Law. The academy said yesterday that
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 121 2 AT a time when most airlines are tightening their belts amid a global aviation slowdown. US restaurant chain Hooters is hoping its girls in form-fitting T-shirts will do the trick in lifting sentiment. The privately held restaurant chain which has some 300 restaurants in the
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      • 84 2 THE best friend of Asian stocks is... none other than US President George W Bush. At least that is the opinion of Hong Kong fund manager and "Doctor Doom" Marc Faber, who recently said the Bush administration's credit stimulus and the high consumption of US
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      • 88 2 ZHEJIANG is coming to Singapore. IE Singapore the trade authority and the Chinese province are organising a week of events to promote business links between the province and Singapore. Among the events of Zhejiang Week, which will begin on Monday, is a seminar at Suntec City
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    • 511 2 Goods and Services Tax Woikshops 2003 Dates What 19-20 March 2003 The introduction of GST in Singapore signalled a fundamental shift in long 15-16 April 2003 term fiscal policy from an emphasis on direct taxes on income to indirect taxes 21-22 May 2003 on consumption. Cuts were recendy made in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 318 3  - ASL Marine aims to raise 10.5m in IPO Shares priced at 21C each; fands for building dock, expanding fleet By Beth Jinks LOCAL shipyard and vessel charterer, ASL Marine Holdings Ltd, aims to raise $10.5 million in its SGX initial public offering, and use the proceeds to build a floating
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    • 167 3 IPO nets $2.2 m, trading on Nasdaq starts today IT solutions firm JK Technology's initial public offer of 2.8 million shares at 20 cents apiece has been 10.6 times subscribed, the company said yesterday. By the close of the offer on Tuesday, 496 applications
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 61 3 DBS Group yesterday appointed veteran retail banker Eddie Khoo as new head of consumer banking distribution. Mr Khoo joins DBS from Citibank. DBS also made Elsie Foh its new chief operating officer of consumer banking in Singapore. Both Mrs Foh and Mr Khoo will
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      • 79 3 THINGS could be brewing at Wee Cho Yaw's United Overseas Land. Just when banks in Singapore have been directed to divest their non-core assets, the United Overseas Bank Group has strengthened its grip on its listed property arm by buying another 1 million shares at
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      • 86 3 CYCLE Carriage Ltd (CCL) yesterday said it plans to keep buying shares in Indonesia's PT Astra International after recently boosting its stake. CCL yesterday bought another 1.5 million shares at 2,300 rupiah per share in Astra for about $675,000. "We are comfortable with Increasing
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      • 70 3 SEMBCORP Utilities, a wholly owned subsidiary of SembCorp Industries, has signed an agreement with Singapore Utilities International, Shanghai Sanyu Environmental Protection Technology and Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park to build, own and operate a wastewater treatment plant in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park. SembUtilities will take
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      • 44 3 CHEW Choon Seng, who is chief executive-designate at Singapore Airlines, was named yesterday to the board of the carrier. Mr Chew who is now senior executive vice-president for administration will continue to be an executive with the airline.
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    • 762 5  -  Haw Par Corp, which saw a 42% fall in profit to $18m, makes $43m cash offer By Wong Wei Kong RESTRUCTURING has continued apace within the group of companies controlled by banking tycoon Wee Cho Yaw, with Haw Par Healthcare (HPH), the makers
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    • 304 5  -  By: Kalpana Rashiwala RETAILER Robinson Co has closed two stores since the start of the year when their leases expired. One is the R2l outlet at Suntec City last month and the other is a Marks Spencer outlet at Kuala Lumpur's Bukit Bintang Plaza
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    • 629 5  -  hqcklM shoeb kagda WHEN Arwin Rasyid left the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra) two years ago to head Bank Danamon. many in the financial sector thought he was walking into a minefield. Although he was a respected banker, the task before him was
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    • 240 5  -  By' Vince Chong MAINBOARD-LISTED United Engineers (UE), through its subsidiaries, has clinched an $89.7 million contract for foundation and sub-structure works at JTC Corporation's $500 million infocomm and media hub project Fusionpolis. While this is not expected to boost UE's performance this financial year,
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    • 433 6  -  Net profit climbs to £38m despite 4-5% revenue drop on cost catting efforts By Michelle Quah THE hospitality industry as a whole may be struggling, but Millennium Copthorne Hotels (M&C) is not. The global chain yesterday reported a 23 per cent jump in
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    • 74 6 When results are due Hotel Properties Mvty March ASJ Holdings Mich 6 Hyflux March 6 Sing Land March 7 UIC March 7 AP Oil Intl Ltd March 7 InnovaJues March 11 DMX Technologies March 12 Teckwah Industrial March 19 Trek 2000 March 20 AEM Evertech March 26 Wing
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    • 445 6  -  By Serena Ng EASTERN Asia Technology, which yesterday posted an 81 per cent surge in net profit to $24.4 million for 2002, expects to complete a fund raising exercise from the issue of 20 million Taiwan Depository Receipts (TDRs) by early June this year. Eastech,
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    • 296 6  -  By Vince Chong HERE'S a good reason for construction firms to strive to lift their game. High marks in the government's Construction Quality Assessment System (Conquas) has resulted in Sim Lian collecting a $1 million bonus award. The bonus is
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    • EARNINGSRoundup
      • 86 6 COSCO Investment Singapore has clarified that the increase in the trade and other receivables by $8.6 million in its latest results was mainly due to receivables from Calzona Pte Ltd and Johnston Investments Pte Ltd, which the shipping group sold to its immediate holding company
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      • 121 6 BRC Asia's net profit dipped one per cent to $2.5 million for the year ended Dec 31,2002. Sales fell 6 per cent to $59.9 million. The company attributed the lower turnover mainly to the disposal of its Hong Kong business. A15 per cent
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      • 105 6 TMC International Holdings has reported a 30.6 per cent slide in net earnings to $536,058. Revenue for the year ended Dec 31,2002, fell one per cent to $11.5 million. There was lower demand for computing courses amid the downturn in Singapore's IT industry. The
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      • 32 6 ITE Electric's net loss has widened to $1.25 million from $402,000 previously. Revenue for the year ended Dec 31,2002, dropped 13 per cent to $17.4 million.
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      • 65 6 NEW Toyo International has reversed three consecutive years of losses to post profits of $5.8 million for the year ended Dec 31,2002. The specialist paper producer's turnover rose 4 per cent to $138 million. Net asset backing per share came to 19.9 cents, up
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      300 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 5 VALUE CLOSE BTOfMDS -216.00 128.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -69.00 ■TlO-day MA ******.00 22.00 M-SG E««h 339.70 1.20 SG EyJbti Elact 113.90 1 SGEqaMasFia 1053.20 -10.55 SGEMMMPvop 304.40 -4.74 MSCJ Singapore 154.79 -0.53 smsa Fatarw 154.80 -1.00 Stocks Vdkmm CnwtSemCond26c 13,020.000 SemtoCofp Ind 2Sc 11,110.000 SingTel 15c...
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    • 265 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan IN times of uncertainty, the smart money goes in search of stable growth, strong balance sheets and good dividend yields. One such stock is that of food and agricultural products specialist, Del Monte Pacific. The company
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    • 787 4  -  -li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy WHICH comes first an economic turnaround or a stock market recovery? Do stocks recover only when clear signs are present that the economy has emerged (or is about to emerge) from a recession, or is a stock market recovery
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    • 570 4  -  I:j I comment CURRENCIES More Canadian rate hikes expected dne to inflationary pressures larry wee THE US dollar took another whack on the chin after US Treasury Secretary John Snow said he was not fazed by its fall to the lowest level in at
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    • 921 8  -  S'poreans have pumped billions of dollars into overseas residential real estate, ▼en Sreenlvas&n checks out how these investments are doing Ven Sreenivasan PROPERTY is an instinctive investment of choice for Singaporeans. Little wonder that this nation has one of the highest rates of home-owner-ship. Interestingly,
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  • 454 8 DEVELOPER/ OWNER DISTRICT LOCATION SIZE TOTAL UNfTS NO. OF PRICE TENURE prwranr| (sqft) LAUNCHED UNfTS SOLD ($psf) Blue Horizon FEO 5 West Coast Crescent 904-1,227 616 406 550 99-yr Robertson 100 MCLLand 9 Martin Rd 678-1.561 186 141 880 FH Bebnond Green CaprtaLand 10 Balmoral Rd
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 437 9  -  Fond official says floating rates would help Asia deal with external shocks By' Yang Razali Kassim THE International Monetary Fund has added its voice to the growing call in some quarters for China to loosen its currency peg. David Burton, the
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    • 283 9  -  l=tt=l on the economy job ads By] Elgin Toh THE volume of newspaper job advertisements in February rose 29 per cent from the same month last year, according to figures from the nation's dominant newspaper publisher, Singapore Press Holdings. The rise came
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    • 350 9 School intends to develop alliance with foreign universities THE world's first specialist retailing school will be set up in Singapore within three months, Singapore Retailers Association president Jannie Tay said yesterday. The Retail Academy of Singapore (Tras) aims to lift local standards to
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    • 156 9 A JOINT Study Group on a possible Ko-rea-Singapore Free Trade Agreement has concluded its first round of talks, said a joint statement by Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry and Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) yesterday. Led
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 704 10  -  OPINION ■ETTT3 bottom line maureen dowd NYT ITS easy to picture Rummy in a big metal breastplate, a skirt and lace-up gladiator sandals. Rummius Maximus Pompeius. During the innocent summer before 9/11, the US defence secretary's office sponsored a study of ancient empires Macedonia, Rome,
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    • 76 10 'People said they wanted a democracy in Turkey, and now they have one. Turkey is a real democracy now.' Ctmeyd bpn a senior adviser to Tayyip Erdogan, the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party, on Turkey's vote against war in Iraq. It's not like there's
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    • 686 10 EDITORIAL EVER since the United States first started amassing troops in Iraq's vicinity late last year, financial markets have been on tenterhooks. Thanks to the universal wisdom which deems that war is inevitable, stock prices fell, while oil, bond and gold prices rose as
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    • 1344 10  - Oil weapon less deadly now but still a stinger The world was a vastly different place daring the 1967 and 1973 oil embargoes. Such a move now could hurt Opec By l G Panicker THE only potent weapon that oil-producing Arab nations have against an American attack on Iraq is
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    • 512 10  -  MAILI.TTH Lim Say Boon Director OCBC Investment Research Singapore IN the article "Pair 'em up for a good hedge" (BT, March 1), your correspondent Teh Hooi Ling referred to OCBC Investment Research's recent "Long: CapitaLand/Short: Keppel Land" pair-trade idea. Ms Teh criticised the
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    • 161 10  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to your report, "Cheaper cars and petrol; and for traders relief from a headache" (BT, Mar 1). It must be highly ironical that Budget measures being introduced to give "a shot in the arm to free up the motor
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  • 1602 11 SICOM FUTURES Mar 5 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 03 183.25 May 03 182.75 Jun 03 182.75 Jul/Sep 03 182.75 RSS3(USctob/kg) Volume Opm Month High Low S«tt (toraies) Interest Apr 03 106.00 104.25 105.25 425 2275 May
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 359 11  -  Bombings spark panic selling stock benchmark drops 1.6%, peso dumped From< Al Labita in Manila JUST as the Philippines' edgy financial market seems to be finding its feet, Tuesday's bomb carnage in the war-torn south sent foreign funds helter-skelter and the benchmark Phisix index
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    • 277 11 KUALA LUMPUR Commodity prices help counter slowdown in chip shipments Bloomberg MALAYSIAN exports rose at the fastest pace in four months in January, helped by a surge in petroleum and palm oil prices in overseas markets. Exports rose 11.3 per cent to RM30.4 billion (5513.9
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    • 296 11 NIAGARA FALLS AP A LAWYER for the Malaysian billionaire financing the Seneca Indian Nation's new Niagara Falls casino defended the deal's interest rates, while a tribal councillor called them too high. Steven Horowitz, a New York attorney representing Lim Kok Thay, called the casino
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    • 583 12 BEIJING Their lot most be improved or unrest may derail growth Reuters PREMIER Zhu Rongji, who presided over China's emergence as a major world economic force, issued a blunt warning yesterday that unrest among overtaxed farmers and unemployed workers could derail its spectacular progress.
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    • 307 12 TAIPEI Bloomberg TAIWAN'S TWSE Index fell to its lowest in four months after the government said it will cut water supplies in the northern part of the island, home to many electronics factories, because of drought. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), which
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    • NOTEBook
      • 76 12 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan has again failed to auction off a small stake in its largest phone company Chunghwa Telecom Co even though the government lowered the floor price yesterday, setting the rocky privatisation back another step. The three-day auction managed to offload only 7.42 million shares,
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      • 91 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] Bank of the Philippine Islands, the nation's second-biggest bank, is seeking to buy a 20 per cent stake in Indonesia's PT Bank NISP from funds managed by Hong Kong's Regent Pacific Group Ltd, a NISP spokesman said. The stake in NISP, which is
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      • 115 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] The founding family of PT Lippo Bank, Indonesia's fifth-largest bank by assets, agreed to the government's order for a management overhaul within 28 days after allegations of wrongdoing, a government official said. Lippo Bank is part of the Lippo Group, which was
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      • 76 12 Bernama [PUTRAJAYA] The government has agreed to increase the speed limit for the North-South Expressway to 120 km per hour from the current 110 km per hour. Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said, however, that this applied only to sedan cars and not lorries,
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      • 106 12 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine President Gloria Arroyo barred Filipinos from leaving to work as household help in Hong Kong because of the city's decision to impose a tax that will cut their pay, a statement from her office said. The decision is "unfair and unjust," Mrs Arroyo
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    • 2049 13 OSim) OSIM INTERNATIONAL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 65 Utx Avenue 1, OSIM Headquarters. Singapore *****9 on 21 March 2003 at 9 30 am for the purpose
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    • 89 13 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT (S) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION Notice is hereby given that at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Members of the abovenamed company held on 26 February, 2003 it
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  • WORLD news
    • 540 13 WASHINGTON He says 5-year housing boom likely to slow this year; prices could slip Reuters THE five-year-old US housing boom is likely to slow this year and could dampen consumer spending, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday in comments that rattled housing
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    • 542 13 WASHINGTON NYT, Reuters, AFP, AP THE federal deficit is growing much more quickly than expected, Congressional analysts have concluded amid more signs that the US is moving closer to war with Iraq. Analysts for the Republi-can-controlled House Budget Committee have
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    • 224 13 FRANKFURT Reuters GERMAN chipmaker Infineon Technologies is considering moving its corporate headquarters out of Germany with Singapore speculated to be among the possible destinations. Weekly magazine Stern said Europe's No 2 chipmaker is currently deciding whether to move to Singapore, Switzerland or
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    • WORLDWatch
      • 45 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] US consumer confidence edged lower this week after rising for the past three weeks, a survey by ABC News/Money Magazine showed. Its weekly Consumer Comfort index fell to -21 in the week ended March 2 from-19 previously. Reuters
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      • 62 13 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] Frank Quattrone. who was one of Wall Street's most celebrated investment bankers in the 1990s but is now facing criminal investigation, resigned under pressure from Credit Suisse First Boston on Tuesday. His departure comes as prosecutors are studying whether he sought to
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      • 50 13 Reuters [NEW YORK] US authorities are checking large airports to see how vulnerable airliners might be to shoulder-launched missiles, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. By studying 80 airports, authorities are trying to figure out where someone might position himself for an attack. Reuters
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    • 519 15 WASHINGTON EU unhappy, saying this will subject firms to inefficient double regulation Reuters THE new US accounting oversight board voted unanimously on Tuesday in favour of requiring both US and non-US accounting firms to register with it, despite European Union objections. In its
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  • 2291 14 Transaction date: Mar 5 KUALA LUMPUR 7 0 tla rooo FW Industries A16 unch 0 -—Gadang 0.96 unch 0 ASM Realty .0.73 0 01 2 -S ,2 Abric 069 -0.11 239 anad ff > 1* ACP Industries 3.00 unch 6 eoer ®!£Z P "251 Advance Synergy— 0.35 -0.01 80
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 256 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS manoeuvres in Finally keep monarch up new truit 09 JM Tease American for rejecting fl|| |H[ fl[ IH H| fl|J 21 Thoughts of some insipid l I Easterner (5) WM |H H| H| H| 22 In the running, with two to j— wM HL—HH 23 Expect charge
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  • BIZIT
    • 542 16  -  The ambitious goal is to develop the first unified technical standards for wireless and fixed-line communications, and to make these standards global, reports Tang WengFai Tang Weng Fai THE Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore is joining forces with Intel Corp, the
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    • 493 16 Wireless capability offered with slower battery drain AP [SAN JOSE, California] For years, Intel Corp's microprocessors for laptop computers differed little from those powering desktop PCs. At their core, the chips were designed for machines plugged into the wall, not juiced by a
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    • 142 16 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] Red Herring, the magazine considered a must-read among the technology elite, has closed its doors, the latest victim of tough economic times. RHC Media Inc reached the decision after unsuccessfully trying to sell Red Herring, Chris Dobbrow, RHC Media's chief executive officer,
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    • 744 16  -  11 i comment INFOTECH But bandwidth and business could offer some hope In the medium-term raju chellam THERE'S something not quite right with the way PDA (personal digital assistant) sales are going. Both in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, PDAs and handhelds seem to have
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    • 732 16 VAN DER HORST LIMITED (UNDER JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN mat the Annual General Meeting of VAN OER HORST LIMITED (UNDER JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT) ("the Company") will be held at International Factors Building. 141 Market Street. Level 5. Room Queen 1 on 21 March 2003
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    • 317 16 LN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER SO AND IN THE MATTER OF TAMTL INVESTMENT PTE LTD (INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) (IN LIQUIDATION) (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP) At an hxtraordinary General Meeting of the Members of Ihe aho\ enamed Company, duly convened and held at the Registered Office.
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 279 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index fell 8 points to 1754, the Baltic Capes ize Index fell 24 points to 2450, the Baltic Panamax Index fell l point to 1671 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 4 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Hanjin Melbourne (built 1987) *****0 dwt reported 03/03
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    • 270 17 MX *000 Iters tt VI CWT Distribution 0.60 unch 0 Chum Hup 0.41 0.01 501 CoscoMvtstnwnt—0.20 -0.01 45 Freight Links 0.03 unch 0 GB Holdings ....0 59 0.02 7 ■Jaya Holdings 0.29 -0.01 2765 KapptlCorp 4-22 0.02 2371 K1 Vtfrtur# 0.14 unch 35 Ktpptl Talt 0.83 unch 6
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    • 622 17  -  Partner CUB has offered to sell its 20% stake in Belgian terminal operator to PSA, which already owns 80% By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] PSA Corporation is expected to take 100 per cent ownership of its Belgium subsidiary, Hesse Noord Natie (HNN), after partner CMB
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    • 302 17 US Customs officers in Belgian port to check cargo shipped to US Bloomberg [ANTWERP, Belgium] Five US Customs officers have started working in Antwerp, the world's third-largest container port, to prevent terrorist arms or explosives from being shipped to the US. Belgian
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    • 567 17  -  Most likely cause leading to tanker sinking ABS By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Lightering activities may have contributed to hull damage in the months leading up to the Prestige oil tanker casualty in which the vessel broke into two and sank, soaking the
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    • 209 17 [SINGAPORE] Global logistics provider Kuehne Nagel (K&N) said recently ocean shipment volumes were up 20 per cent in 2002 over the year prior, with total ocean volumes surpassing the one million TEU (20ft container) mark. The company in which Singapore's SembCorp Logistics (SembLog)
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    • 859 18  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes THE recently announced multi-bil-lion pound project to build two giant aircraft carriers for Britain's Royal Navy (RN) is somewhat out of the remit of this column but I couldn't help noticing, once again, that navies can take the long view
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    • 118 18 PAGE BSA 6 B'tang Mas 6 CM A CGM 3 COSCO 3 Columbus 5 China Shpg 5 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink 6 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Foong Sun 5 Fujitrans 4 Gemartrans 4 Goodway 2 Hangli 4 Hyundai 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL 5 Kapal Kris
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    • 9559 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Oesfn Hue Kerne Number Number SIN Dest'n Name Nam* Number Number ■■■MNaaMaHMBaMMBMMMMMMMMNMBBMMMi aaWHHBMMHHHHBHMaHaNHMBHHaa 26/03 18/04 MOL A PL ENCLANO H7E 65*******6 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvolre T# AUCKLAND (AKL) 2031 Now Zealand
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    • SHIPS IN PORT
      • 597 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL AROSIA V.541 J16 A/SIDE 06/03 2359 NIAGA 55 01/03 J24 A/SIDE 06/03 0600 SANDIDEWA 14 118 J8 A/SIDE 06/03 0630 SESEAS 41A J23 A/SIDE 06/03 1500 THANGLOI 2/03 J25 A/SIDE 06/03 0100 WINSTAR 7 08S03 J2 A/SIDE 06/03 0630
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      • 1979 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ABU DHABI Q24E C224E 1 0903/*****7 30 0903/200*21 <» AC* MARGUERI 015S 0T5S 1 0903/2003 1500 **********00 AQ VIOLET 053N 053N 1 *****003 1500 **********00 ALAMJAYA 2 8836 8836 1
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      • 135 25 Mar 8 Belarus: Women's Day Russia: Women's Day Slovenia: Preseren Day MarlO Cyprus: Ash Monday Greece: Ash Monday Mat 11 Lithuania: Lituania Statehood Mar 14 Brunei: Maulud Mat 15 Belarus:Constitution Day Hungary: Anni 1848 Revo Marl6 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day Mar 17 US: President's Day Ireland: St Patrick's
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      • 787 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 515 25 Carton 160 Mai 990.7 0.4 13.4 0.06 38 0.02 Ft* 27 Density Wateir AihAhmMuai Sediaefll No aboM E2S 0 0 0 0 0 0 rrs 380 AM 904.4 02 M.0 0.05 2! 0.02 iw 380 Ma> 992.3 2.0 3 0.09 49 0.05 K/tri »/v m/m m/h
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    • AIR & LAND transport
      • 401 26 Net income for 6mthstoDec3l was HKs2.sb, beating analysts' HKsl.7b forecast Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, turned in a profit in the second half as faster economic growth in most of Asia lifted passenger demand and a US
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      • 553 26 Govt role means big changes for major unions who hold board seats Reuters [CHICAGO] United Airlines' parent on Tuesday reported a US$3B2-million loss for January and also indicated that a special tax ruling from the government may end nearly a decade of
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      • 211 26 Cathay cargo nnit permitted to fly to 15 destinations in Asia Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways' cargo unit, Air Hong Kong, started its first cargo flight to Bangkok yesterday, chief operating officer David Saechiu said. The freight carrier renewed its licence with
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      • LOGBook
        • 61 26 Bloomberg [ROME] Alitalia, Italy's national airline, said it will cancel 72 international flights and 96 domestic flights today as air traffic controllers go on strike to win more pay. The Rome-based carrier will also reschedule an additional 126 flights, said Andrea Zannoni, an Alitalia
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        • 63 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] BBA Group pic, the UK airport-services and plane-repair provider, said full-year profit more than doubled after it reduced costs following the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. Net income rose to £39.9 million (551.09 billion), or 7.9 pence a share, from a restated £14.9 million,
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        • 85 26 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Europe's No 4 airline, said February passenger traffic rose 7 per cent even as KLM filled less seats on its planes. Total passenger and freight traffic rose 5 per cent, KLM said yesterday. The proportion of seats filled fell
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        • 62 26 Reuters [NICOSIA] Cypriot national carrier Cyprus Airways reported a marked increase in 2002 net profits on the back of changes in corporate tax payments and a strong performance by its duty free division. The airline said 2002 net profit jumped to 10.71 million Cyprus pounds (5534.3
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      • 247 26 AP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International, Thailand's national airline, announced plans to hire cabin crew on temporary contracts rather than giving them permanent employment as it has done in the past. The mostly state-owned airline is recruiting "new male and female cabin
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      • 204 26 Reuters [PARIS] European plane maker Airbus SAS said its exposure to bankrupt US airline US Airways was unchanged following news the carrier had not made payments of U5544.5 million related to 23 Airbus aircraft. Airbus also said on Tuesday that financing of the
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      • 150 26 Bloomberg [ORLANDO, Florida] jetBlue Airways, one of the few profitable US airlines, said its first-quarter operating margin will be narrower than its forecast because of cancelled flights after a February snowstorm and a drop in air travel tied to fears of war with Iraq. The operating
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    • 329 17 Newbuilds: For a safer fleet, think long-term Pg2 Cathay turns in better than expected H2 profit BackPg NOTICE TO SHIPPING PUBLIC INCREASE OF FUEL ADJUSTMENT FACTOR (FAF) As per shipping lines' previous agreement with shippers, the member lines of the Informal Rate Agreement (IRA) wish to advise members of the
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 127 25 g REGIONAL WEATHER 8 FOR 7AM 6 Mar 2003 Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: I < Thunderstom Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds R a i n L One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day 1 -One full
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    • 218 26 Call toll-free 1800 289 8822 ECSA FORUM TO INTRODUCE GRI ASIA EAST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA The ECSA East Coast Of South America) Forum, in consideration to the severe market climate caused by the continuous freight rate levels drop throughout the last years, is going to implement a General Rate
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