The Business Times, 13 March 2003

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    13 1 MIT£I(PIO24/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES SING APORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2003
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  • Article
    Lock icon S'pore economy grew 2.7% in first quarter
    599 1  -  Flash estimates encouraging, but DPM Lee warns things may yet worsen Byi Chuang Peck Ming, Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's economy posted a steady year-on-year growth of 2.7 per cent in the first three months, despite war clouds hanging over the global economy, according
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    Lock icon Temasek said to have roped in Deutsche Bank for Danamon bid
    605 1  -  By\ Shoeb Kagda, Wong Wei Kong in Singapore TEMASEK Holdings is said to have brought Deutsche Bank on board in place of Goldman Sachs to advise on a bid for a 51 per cent stake worth US$4OO million in
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    71 1 STI 1,233.68 (+17.57) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,237.00 (+27.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 181.00 (+2.70) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP ***** >9.88 NIKKEI 225 7.***** +80.61 HANG SENG 8,874.99 >15.06 SET INDEX 352.44 +1.46 JAKARTA COMP .387.25 +7.90 MANILA OOMP 1.000.44 -667 TAIPEI WPI 4,***** +67.70 SEOl'LCOMP 531.81 -072 SHENZHEN B ***** +099 AI'ST
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    78 1 FOREX RATES US$ SI I SS (SS per I S$) 1.747 £(l'S$/SS per S) 1607 1807 El"RO(i:SS/S$/E). 1.103 1.927 YEN 117.4 67.20 RM 3.800 1176 HKS 7 799 4465 BAHT 4174 24.47 RIP1AH a888 5.089 RENMINBI 8199 4.751 INDIAN RUPEE 47 65 2718 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 Kl'ALA Ll-MPTR
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    Lock icon Osama captured? US says it has no information
    447 1 Conflicting reports add to volatility in markets Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US government said yesterday it has no information to substantiate an Iranian Radio report that Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been captured in Pakistan. "We have no information to substantiate
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    Lock icon HDB Corp may go back to former Bukit Merah HQ
    614 1  -  I -It exclusive! Cheaper rent will be a pins point for corporatised unit By* Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] From Bukit Merah to Toa Payoh and back to Bukit Merah? HDB Corp, a corporatised offshoot of the Housing Development Board, is considering
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      48 1 The Good Doctor ha s his hands full 3m Impact on Singapore: What economists say Page 2 Business as usual In Persian Gulf Shipping Times, Pg 1 Extracts of DPM Lee's speech in Parliament, Pg 8 Full text of DPM Lee's speech, go to: http://business-times.asial.com.sg Hill 8"*****1 *****4
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      60 1 Peter Lim IfIHH boosts UPP stake past mark Page 3 HHIKk US real estate veteran to Join Mapletree? Page 7 Freehold-leasehold caveat gap narra**. U8 and UK set terms to extend deadline for Iraq, Pg 14 B V LC A R I < i J £i\kV f i m 1
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      Lock icon Will war send S'pore economy into recession?
      842 2  -  Few economists are quantifying their fears, given that anything could happen, writes Wong Wei Kong Wong Wei Kong ITS called collateral damage but would it be serious enough to tip the Singapore economy into another recession? As the sands run out for Iraq,
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Links with St Patrick
        89 2 IF all those Irish jokes are true, you should probably steer clear of Tan ah Merah Country Club this afternoon when the inaugural Irish Golf Tournament tees off. Or at the very least, avoid driving on roads adjacent to the golf course. Jokes aside, the tournament
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        Lock icon Weighty problem
        146 2 IF you look at your new driving licence, you'll notice that under Class 3 you're allowed to drive cars up to 2,500 kg. This is not a new rule it's merely made clear in the new licence. However, the authorities could have kept themselves more updated, since quite
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      Lock icon S'pore urges Security Council to stay united
      424 2 TUs will send a Strang Baggage to Iraq that its defiance wfll Mt be telerated [SINGAPORE] Singapore has urged the United Nations Security Council to stay united amid a growing divide among members over a looming United States-led war on Iraq. Unity, as
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      Lock icon Voices from Parliament
      267 2 A sampling of what MPs said in the House yesterday "(Budget) reliefs are helpful, Ido concede, but they are what they are—reliefs. A balm to relieve you temporarily, make you feel good for a while, but when the effects wear off, the pain returns because the root
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      343 2 SEMINAR Getting Ready for Quarterly Reporting Meritus Mandarin Singapore Hotel Mandarin Ballroom, 6th Floor South Tower V* 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7 Tuesday, 8 April 2003 v(L^ &30 am to 230 pm (Registration begins at &30 am. Seminar starts at 9.00 am) 3 The Singapore Exchange requires companies with a
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Parkway eyes region for growth
      870 3  -  It heads for China and India, seeks to step np M'sia operations as S'pore market shrinks By Andrea Tan IT takes a doctor to do the job. To be precise, it takes a heart surgeon like Parkway Holdings managing director Lim Cheok Peng. For Dr
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      Lock icon Peter Lim's direct UPP stake tops 5%
      358 3  -  He's said to be epea te mere after married deal at 38J> cents average By] Michelle Quah FORMER remisier king Peter Lim, whose investments range from football-club cafes to IT solutions, has now emerged as a substantial shareholder of pa-per-products maker United Pulp
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      Lock icon Indian companies show interest in listing on SGX
      641 4  -  This follows 18 months of intensive marketing by SGX By\ Serena Ng A NUMBER of Indian companies are in talks with bankers and other market professionals on the possibility of obtaining a listing on the Singapore Exchange, the head of the SGX's
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      Lock icon S&P upgrades Asian IT sector
      428 4  -  By Serena Ng THE region's chip foundries are poised to reap the greatest benefit from an expected uptick in demand in Asia's information technology sector, Standard Poor's Equity Research said yesterday after upgrading the IT sector to overweight from underweight. The sector re-rating by the
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      Lock icon Apollo Enterprises trims loss to $5.1m
      177 4 Hotel group expects better showing for this year MAINBOARD-LISTED hotel group Apollo Enterprises, which posted narrower full-year net loss yesterday, said it is expecting better performance this year. For the year ended Dec 31,2002, the group's net loss was $5.1 million, down from the
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      Lock icon DMX Technologies posts four-fold jump in earnings
      341 4  -  By David Boey DMX Technologies Group Ltd, a computer networks integrator, yesterday posted a four-fold rise in FY2002 earnings to US$3.9 million but also suggested that it "may have to raise additional capital" to fund growth opportunities in South Korea and Thailand. DMX
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      Lock icon Raffles LaSalle offers scholarships to China
      229 4  -  By Stephanie Yap SESDAQ-LISTED Raffles Lasalle is offering 60 partial scholarships to Singaporean students for its design and business courses in China. The aim is to give them a chance to understand China's design industry and consumer markets, and establish networks that will be
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      Lock icon JV losses drag Tung Lok deeper into the red
      344 4  -  It posts net loss of $4m despite revenue growth By' Vince Chong JOINT VENTURE losses contributed partly to the Tung Lok group slipping further into the red with a net loss of $4 million for the financial year ended Dec 31.
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Roly to end ADR programme
        58 4 ROLY International Holdings said it will terminate its American Depositary Receipts programme with effect from June 5,2003. The directors decided to exit the programme, which was established in June 1996, after having reviewed the trading volume of the ADRs in recent years and considered the
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        Lock icon Inchem half-year profit soars
        59 4 INTERIM earnings of chemical firm Inchem Holdings International more than tripled to $534,000, or 0.64 cent per share, thanks to the better performance of its Vietnam unit For the half year ended Dec 31,2002, sales grew 14 per cent to million. Hie group expects its FYO3
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        Lock icon Klan Ann interim earnings quadrupled
        55 4 KIAN Ann Engineering, a machine parts distributor, said its profits almost quadrupled at half time to $1.36 million. Its total revenue grew 11.8 per cent to ***** million. Kian Ann credited its better sales to "an aggressive pricing policy to capture a larger market share".
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        Lock icon SPP subsidiary receives HK$14,76m
        51 4 SPP Ltd, a building and heavy construction firm, said its wholly owned Hong Kong-incorporated subsidiary, BPL(HK) Private Ltd, has received in tail the payment of HK114.76 million million) from Hong Kong-based Chun Wo Foundations Ltd. This follows an arbitral award dated May 17,2002, in favour of
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        Lock icon PKTech proposal capital distribution
        89 4 PKTech International Ltd, a computer services firm, has proposed returning 5 cents per share to its shareholders as part of a $10.2 million capital reduction exercise involving the reduction of the par value of each share from five cents to three cents; and the cancellation of
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      Lock icon Comfort shareholders deserve better deal
      723 4  -  ■TTiTSTi locksiew christopher tan Shareholders will meet next week to give their blessings (or not) to the arranged marriage of Comfort Group and DelGro Corp two of Singapore's biggest transport companies. Before they do, those in the Comfort camp would do well to demand a
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      306 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 12 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/DS -373.CX) -*-94.00 IT CUDI -*****.00 ♦98.00 HlHayMA -*****.00 -37.00 AB-SG 332.45 +5.17 SCEMttttlhct 113.31 -*-1.33 SC [«■«>« Fta 1020 23 +16.07 S6 Prop 304.23 +9.67 UrtSiwra 150.83 +2.53 SMSCI Futures 151.60 +2.70 Vil i I LAM ic 24.610.000 A*ts2c 17.756.000 ST Cnffi
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      Lock icon Analysts more upbeat than Norelco on its outlook
      255 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By' Ven Sreenivasan IT is not often that analysts hold a more bullish view of a company's prospect than its own management. But that seems to be the case with contract manufacturer Norelco Centreline. After reporting a better-than-ex-pected 18
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      Lock icon Rising index stirs up temptations
      768 6  -  I-li comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ARISING index does funny things to a lot of people, stirring all sorts of emotions that run the gamut from relief to regret. It also raises many questions in the minds of observers the biggest being "can buy or not?"
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      Lock icon US$ surges as war premiums are unwound
      612 6  -  I-\i comment CURRENCIES More upside possible but longer-term players prefer selling on such blips larry wee THE prospect of a US invasion of Iraq as soon as this weekend prompted currency players yesterday to lock in at least part of the handsome war
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3254 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 642/ Com Global lifestyle Index Fd 0.741/ Com Global Health lnde> Fd 0724/ MNMreABet Mgt (Spore) Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.3S2/ Star Europe Ecityl* 5 0.507/ Giobal Index Fdl" 074 V Star Europe Bd. 1728/ Com Global Energy lnde» Fd
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore's terms of trade see slight fall in Jan
      247 7  -  P=H =J on the economy trade By] Elgin Toh SINGAPORE'S terms of trade fell slightly in January this year, according to figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics (DOS). Riding on high oil prices due to war fears in the
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      Lock icon How to settle disputes out of court
      149 7 THE Subordinate Courts and the Ministry of Law have jointly organised a two-week nationwide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Awareness Programme to increase public awareness of ways to settle disputes other than in court. The programme kicks off on March 22 at the Subordinate
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      Lock icon US real estate veteran tipped to join Mapletree
      328 7  -  Forest City's Brian Jones expected to join as MD: sources By Kalpana Rashiwala A SENIOR executive of a major US mall developer is tipped to be joining Mapletree Investments to oversee the massive Harbour Front mall in Singapore. Brian Jones will be
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      Lock icon S'pore firms urged go for Indian building pie
      477 7  -  IE S'pore lists opportunities in construction sector By Vince Chong A MULTI-BILLION dollar pie is up for grabs in India's housing and road construction sectors and Singapore companies are being encouraged to take a slice. In a seminar on doing business in
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      Lock icon Preview of The Pier at Robertson starts
      235 7 CITY Developments has begun a preview of The Pier at Robertson, a freehold development beside the Singapore River. A CityDev spokeswoman confirmed the preview for invited guests started on Monday this week but said "pricing is still not available and sales have not
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon The rivalry under the friendliness
      761 8  -  OPINION ■itfi 1 bottom line frank ching ONE figure that emerged from the current session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing has intrigued China-watchers. It is 9.6 per cent: the amount by which defence spending is scheduled to grow this year far less
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      70 8 This debate in Europe is not about Saddam Hussein and his regime, it's about George Bush and his administration.' -KonAsnos a former US diplomat, on the state of trans Atlantic relations. 'President Bush may be the smartest military president in history. First, he gets Iraq to destroy
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      Lock icon The times are a-changing, man
      635 8 EDITORIAL THE response was swift, strident and, not to mention, sweeping. Our lead story last Saturday ("It's not women's day in the boardroom —yet") apparently struck a chord of disapproval with one male reader. "Come March 8 every year, the 'Women's Brigade' whips itself into
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      Lock icon The Budget in context
      2014 8 The following are excerpts from the speech in yesterday's parliamentary Budget debate by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong THIS (2003) Budget is an important step forward in restructuring our economy. It builds on the strategic shifts that we began last year, especially
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      Lock icon Craft Print directors acted properly
      385 8  -  MAILI.TTH Dora Ong Kwee Cheng On behalf of the Board of Directors Craft Print International Ltd WE refer to your Hock Lock Siew column on Craft Print (BT, March 10). We would like to thank you for your fair and impartial coverage of our AGM
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon Freehold-leasehold caveat gap narrows
      745 9  -  Kalpana Rashiwala talks to some analysts to find out why Kalpana Rashiwala CAVEATS lodged last year for freehold private homes jumped nearly 60 per cent to slightly over 8,000, compared with a 30 per cent rise for 99-year leasehold private homes and executive condominiums (ECs). Although
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    1054 9 Translation dale: Mar 12 DITERBAint CROSS RATES c$ un m m n frn Ww m P**% Hu> 5$ Sir T$ 8* Hm4 US$ Austria 0.993 5.014 0.548 4712 28.789 53.694 0.709 7.5U 2796 1.092 34.932 ***** 1.055 4J19 0J04 20 970 2SJN 0X76 0j04 CMXb 1.120 5.617 0.613 5779
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Mergers seen among M'sian banks
      508 10 KUALA LUMPUR Plantations also prime candidates in government-led marriages: analysts Reuters MALAYSIAN banks and plantation companies in which the government has big stakes may be first in line for state-led mergers aimed at boosting stock market interest, analysts said yesterday. The government said a day
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      Lock icon New measures lift KL stocks
      357 10  -  From\ Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian bourse staged a rebound yesterday following the unveiling of market-friendly measures earlier this week. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 9.88 points or 1.6 per cent to 629.10 points. But volume was moderate with 227.4
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      Lock icon Terrorist fund flows likely to shift to Asia: FBI
      245 10 HONGKONG Reuters A CRACKDOWN on illegal money flows has forced Osama bin Lad§n's Al-Qaeda network to channel funds away from the Middle East, likely to Asia, a senior FBI officer said here on Tuesday. "They are looking for other routes they
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  • REGION world
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        Lock icon Citic profit soars 85% to HK$3.9b
        59 11 Reuters [HONG KONG) Citic Pacific Ltd said yesterday that its 2002 net profit rose 85 per cent to HK$3.9 billion (SsB73 million). The company proposed a special dividend of HK$l per share, and a final dividend of 70 HK cents per share. The result
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        Lock icon MAS picks banks for bond sale
        68 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPURJ Credit Suisse First Boston Inc and Morgan Stanley have been hired to arrange a US$5OO million sale of 10-year global bonds by the parent of Malaysian Airline System Bhd, said bankers who pitched to arrange the sale. Bond sales in Asia
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        Lock icon China workers take to the streets
        59 11 AFP [BEIJING] Laid-off textile workers in north-east China have carried out a second day of protests and were joined by disgruntled employees from other factories, sources said yesterday. More than 100 workers from Jiamusi Textile Plant in Heilongjiang province took to the streets on
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        Lock icon Peso speculators to be named
        75 11 Bloomberg [MANILA] The Philippine central bank will publish the names of banks found to be speculating against the peso after the currency tumbled to its lowest level on record against the US dollar, deputy governor Alberto Reyes said yesterday. The peso fell 0.4 per cent
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        Lock icon HK seeks proposals on asset sale
        90 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong government has invited investment banks to make proposals for the sale of assets to help curb a swelling budget deficit, banking sources said yesterday. The administration is seeking ideas on the disposal of assets in areas such as
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        Lock icon Sun Hung Kai posts HK$3.7b H1 profit
        73 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's top real estate developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd yesterday reported a rise in profit in its fiscal first half on sales of investment properties and a turnaround at its Internet arm. Sun Hung Kai reported a net
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        Lock icon Honeywell unit to move to India
        51 11 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Honeywell International Inc, the biggest maker of aircraft-cockpit electronics, said it will move software production to India from Ireland because Ireland is too expensive. New Jersey-based Honeywell will fire 63 workers as part of the plan to close the Irish software unit.
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        Lock icon Tenaga to sell power plant stake
        59 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Tenaga Nasional Bhd is in talks to sell a 20 per cent stake in a 440 megawatt power plant to conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd, Tenaga's chief said yesterday. A deal is likely to be finalised this year. The sale could fetch
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      Lock icon SK Group head surrenders shares
      611 11 SEOUL He'll hand over all his shares in conglomerate's nnits to creditors AFP, Bloomberg, Reuters THE tycoon controlling the SK Group yesterday agreed to surrender all his shares in South Korea's third largest business conglomerate as collateral for debt rollovers for a group unit, creditors
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      Lock icon S'pore, Thai firms urged to seize the day
      497 11  -  From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THE growing Asean and Asian markets offer an opportunity to build panAsean and pan-Asian ICT companies, and Singapore and Thai firms should seek closer cooperation to seize those opportunities, a Singapore minister said yesterday. David Lim, the
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    1598 11 SICOM FUTURES Mar 12 RUBBER Futures (dosing poets) RSS1 (S centsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 03 187.00 May 03 185.75 Jun 03 185.25 Jul/Sep 03 185.00 RSS 3 (US centsAg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Apr 03 107.25 107.25 107.00
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Is Europe suffering from recession – or repression?
      395 12 Is Europe suffering from recession or repression? Reuters [LONDON] Is Europe heading for a depression? Or a recession? Or are its policymakers suffering from a Great Repression? Michael Hartnett, investment bank Merrill Lynch's director of European equity strategy, has coined the phrase to describe what he sees as the failure
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      Lock icon US pension schemes face record US$300b shortfall
      322 12 NEW YORK Falling stock markets, interest rates to blame US EMPLOYERS' pension schemes are facing a record US$3OO billion shortfall, the head of the governmentsponsored pension insurance programme told a Congressional panel. Steven Kandarian, executive director of the the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation,
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      Lock icon FASB set to change options rules
      208 12 NORWALK, Connecticut Bloomberg US accounting rule makers voted unanimously to overhaul guidelines governing stock options, moving closer to a standard that would force companies to treat options given to employees as a salary expense. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, the private-sector panel that sets
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      Lock icon Chirac's veto may come to haunt top French brands
      427 14 Reuters [PARIS( A resounding "No" to war in Iraq from French President Jacques Chirac has thrown the spotlight on France's luxury brands such as Moet Chandon and Chanel, amid fears of a retaliatory boycott by US consumers. Mr Chirac told French
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      Lock icon US and UK set terms to extend deadline for Iraq
      507 14 NEW YORK Move aimed at winning over wavering UN Council members Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP SEEKING crucial votes on a divided UN Security Council, Britain and the United States suggested Iraq could be given a few more days to prove it
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        Lock icon US trade deficit narrows in January
        125 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit narrowed sharply in January to US$4l.l billion, but still stood at the second-highest level on record despite an upturn in exports, the government said yesterday. Rising oil prices ahead of a possible war in Iraq helped keep the
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        Lock icon Canary Wharf shares plunge
        119 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Shares of Canary Wharf Group pic fell by almost a third after it said vacancies may almost double by 2005. The shares were down 29 per cent to 160 pence at mid-morning, their largest one-day decline in at least four years. The vacancy rate
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        Lock icon Intel sees US$1b options hit on profit
        76 14 Bloomberg [SANTA CLARA California] Intel Corp said 2002 net income would have been reduced by US$l.l7 billion had the company treated stock options as an expense. Earnings would have been US$l.95 billion, instead of the reported US$3.l2 billion, Intel said in a report
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      722 15  -  liicomment INFOTECH It's bad news for its rivals but a clear signal for the industry as a whole kenneth james WHEN a global giant comes in with guns blazing, you know the stakes are very high. That's true of the diplomatic for now, anyway
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      130 15 Reuters [HANOVER, Germany] Germans will soon be able to send mobUe phone picture messages to each other not by high-speed wireless network, but by low-tech snail mall. 02 Germany, the German division of British-based mobile phone group mmo2, plans to launch a
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      649 16  -  It also plans to work with Sing Tel and Ml on verification programme By. Amit Roy Choudhury INTEL, which introduced its Intel Centrino mobile technology worldwide yesterday, is working with StarHub in a verification programme for hot spots set up by
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      382 16 Emphasis on money-savers rather than cool innovations AP [HANOVER, Germany] Thinned out and subdued, the world's biggest technology fair reflected the industry mood on Tuesday as mobile phone operators unveiled cautious plans to phase in next-generation service and hardware makers pushed gadgets aimed
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      864 17  -  Most lines expect business to cany on as usual By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] While war jitters have gripped much of the world, shipping companies trading in the Persian Gulf say it will be mostly business as usual regardless of whether war
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      569 17  -  Its completion by year-end will mean faster connections to rest of Australia By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The new Port of Darwin is "on-track" to take a slice of Australia's Asian trade volumes through faster connections as a long-awaited rail link
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      199 17 [SINGAPORE] China is going to charge a Chinese seaman with murder for allegedly killing his ship's captain and dumping his body overboard in the Malacca Straits. The master, Canadian national Ma Sai Chung, 53, was believed to have been attacked in
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      213 17  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) container arm APL has added two Chinese ports to its expanded capacity Mexico Asia Express (MAX) service. From today, MAX will call Shanghai and Chiwan, and deploy six larger 4,050TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) vessels on
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        542 18  -  Orders for 2003 may hit all-time high of over 11m cgt By. P T Bangsberg WITH its No 5 shipyard reporting a substantial order for container ships, South Korea's shipbuilding industry is forecasting a record haul this year, cementing the country's place as the
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        194 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Kwai Chung container terminals, which handle two-thirds of sea cargo in the world's busiest port of Hong Kong, handled 8.7 per cent more containers in February than a year ago. The terminals processed about 790,000 standard 20foot containers last
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          131 18 Xinhua [GUANGZHOU] A new navigation channel which handles 100,000-ton vessels has been launched at Zhanjiang, a port city in South China's Guangdong province. The port is a major gateway for imports and exports in the vast regions of south China, and considered the shortest route to
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          124 18 Xinhua [TLANJIN] Tianjin port in north China began building a container logistics centre at the cost of 6.8 billion yuan (Ssl.4 billion). Yu Rumin, head of the Tianjin Harbour Office said that the centre, to be completed by 2010, will handle modern container logistics services like
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          58 18 Bloomberg [MANILA] International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), the Philippines' largest non-state port operator, posted a per cent decline in profit last year. Net income rose to 3.04 billion peso 6 (S|96 million) from 3.21 billion pesoe in 2001. Sales rose by a quarter to
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        753 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma line Oil Ltd. shows prior 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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        816 26 Former crew say airline allowed pilots to fly aircraft while severely ill AFP [TOKYO] Asia's largest carrier Japan Airlines (JAL) is facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit over allegations it broke aviation safety rules by allowing pilots to fly while sick. The flagship
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        268 26  -  Aircraft tail struck runway on takeoff, no injuries reported By\ Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane made an emergency landing at a New Zealand airport yesterday morning after its tail struck the runway at takeoff. The Boeing 747-400 aircraft, carrying 368
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        162 26 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US airlines could slash 70,000 jobs and lose up to US$4 billion a quarter if there is war with Iraq and the government does not give the industry more help, the biggest domestic carriers said. The Air Transport Association,
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        151 26 AP [ROME] Italy's flagship airline Alitalia said it will raise the price of its flights starting this weekend to compensate for the higher costs it faces due to an increase in oil prices. The airline said domestic fares will increase as of
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        153 26 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air, the country's largest carrier, will resume weekly flights between South Korea's Incheon International Airport and Amsterdam because it anticipates higher demand. Korean Air will offer one weekly flight to Amsterdam starting today and increase the frequency to three a
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        170 26 Bloomberg [LONDON] Now, a new UK low-cost airline, plans to start flights from TBI pic's London Luton Airport in the third quarter of the year to tap into demand from budget-conscious travellers. The airline will begin operating with two 148-seat Boeing Co 737-300 aircraft
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        218 26 They may replace normal passport controls if successful AFP [FRANKFURT] One of continental Europe's busiest transport hubs, Frankfurt airport, will start identity checks based on scanning the iris of a passenger's eye, an official said. The iris scan checks will be run on
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