The Business Times, 14 March 2003

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    15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85* THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2003
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    Lock icon Govt to review quarterly reporting if it doesn't pan out
    663 1  -  DPM Lee also urges SGZ to do more to woo China, India firms Ryi Audrey Tan [SINGAPORE] The government will review the controversial issue of quarterly reporting for companies after a few years if it proves "not workable" or if
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    Lock icon China's move puts new SGX listings in limbo
    851 1  -  FT exclusive] Overseas IPOs of foreign firms with China assets hit by processing freeze By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] New share listings on the Singapore Exchange are headed for a dry patch in the coming few months while China makes up its
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    Lock icon It's an open secret now – larger law firms make more money
    705 1  - It's an open secret now larger law firms make more money Census tarns up unsurprising findings By Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] The Ministry of Law's census of the legal profession has confirmed what most people in and outside the industry already know: larger law firms made more money and enjoyed better
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    Lock icon FTSE cuts S'pore weighting in its Asia-Pacific index
    525 1  -  Bat analysts say it's a rebalancing, not a downgrade From\ Neil Behrmann in London The UK-based compiler of the FTSE range of global equity indices has lowered Singapore's weighting in its FTSE All-World Asia Pacific Ex-Japan Index, but fund managers and analysts
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    73 1 STI 1,231.77 (-1.91) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,226.00 (-11.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 150.20 (-1.40) Thursday Change KLSECOMP 627 46 -164 NIKKEI 225 7.***** -74.48 HANG SENG 8.787.45 -87.64 SET INDEX .353.48 +104 JAKARTA COMP .383.86 -3*9 MANILA COMP .1.***** unch TAIPEI WPI 4*78.99 *50.84 SEOUL COMP 531.78 403 SHENZHEN B *****
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    80 1 mm um us$ ss rs$(ssp«-rs$) 1750 £(l'S$/SS per 1604 1808 ElRO(VSS/S$/E) 1091 1909 YEN 118.0 67 40 RM 3800 2.171 HKS 7 799 4 456 BAHT 4172 24 41 RIT1AH 8.905 5.088 RENMINBI 8199 4 742 INDIAN RUPEE 47 66 2714 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5 KIALA LLHPIH 40 HONG
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Hopes of major Tokyo market bail-out fade
      636 2  -  Nikkei continues slide as FSA focuses attention on market surveillance Front Anthony Rowley in Tokyo HOPES that Japanese authorities were about to unveil a major bail-out for the tottering Tokyo stock market fizzled out when official measures announced yesterday turned out to be
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      Lock icon Govt reviewing law to decriminalise some offences
      312 2 Admin sanctions will be used to deal with offences that raise no questions of moral turpitude (SINGAPORE) Why should it be a criminal offence to have a tombstone that does not conform to a certain size? The government is reviewing legislation to decriminalise
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      Lock icon 6 candidates shortlisted to buy CPG Corp
      408 2  -  \'ii exclusive! Offers for ex-PWD said to range from $50m to $80m By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] It's a sixlegged race for Temaseklinked CPG Corporation. Apart from the proposed management buyout, five other parties are said to be in the running to buy CPG.
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      Lock icon Critical year in life policies is not fixed, says LIA
      396 2  -  It will vary with market conditions, dividend and bonns By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The "critical year" of life insurance polices could be later or even earlier than projected depending on market conditions but it is not fixed, the Life
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  • FOCUS iraq
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      Lock icon War in Iraq: two market scenarios
      956 3  -  While there could be a swift bounce-back, analysts say, global financial markets could also plunge into turmoil, reports Ven Sreenivasan Ven Sreenivasan EQUITY markets could rebound like a "rubber band" should the Iraq issue be quickly resolved, say analysts. But should things go badly
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      Lock icon Bush open to delaying vote on UN resolution
      585 3 AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, AFP [WASHINGTON] In a reversal, the White House said yesterday that President George W Bush is open to briefly delaying a vote on his UN war resolution until next week if the postponement would help gain support for the
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAY
      126 3 'It's not a question of giving Iraq a few more days before committing to the use of force. It's about making resolute progress towards peaceful disarmament, as mapped out by inspections that offer a credible alternative to war.' —French Foreign Minister Dominique de ViUepin 'It is premature
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      382 3 The National Heritage Board (NHB) is a statutory board responsible for presenting and promoting the nations art and cultural heritage. Its vision is to make heritage an enriching part of everyone's life. Its four museums and the National Archives of Singapore stage year-round programmes to present our material culture and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Poor IPO sentiment not deterring some firms
      698 4  -  AGGS, Ocean Sky proceed with institutional investor backing By\ Serena Ng POOR conditions in the Singapore stock market have led at least two small initial public offerings to be postponed, yet the two biggest offers so far this year are confident of a
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      Lock icon UOB-Kay Hian opens US office
      228 4  -  By' Wong Wei Kong SINGAPORE'S biggest brokerage, UOB-Kay Hian Holdings, is spreading its wings further by opening an office in the US, just two months after it set up an operation in the UK. UOB-Kay Hian said yesterday its wholly owned subsidiary UOB Kay Hian
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      Lock icon Federal Int'l wins $36.4m Indon job
      227 4  -  By Elgin Toh MAINBOARD LISTED Fed eral International said yesterday it has clinched a $36.4 million procurement and logistics contract in Indonesia. Under the contract, Astinaputera and Transmega Ekacipta have appointed Federal's subsidiary Federal Hardware Engineering to handle procurement, project management, logistics and engineering
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      Lock icon JustLogin to sue OCBC over iPropertyNet
      396 4  -  Bank allegedly reneged on deal on dotcom's assets By Serena Ng A LAWSUIT brought against OCBC Bank and its subsidiary Bank of Singapore (BOS) by a local dotcom is expected to be heard in the High Court next week. Just Login, an applications service
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon SPH's Paragon site valued at $1.05b
        67 4 SINGAPORE Press Holdings' amalgamated site at 290 Orchard Road Paragon shopping centre and a neighbouring property was valued on Feb 28,2003 at $1.05 billion, the company said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange. The valuer was Knight Frank Pte Ltd. SPH's 2002 annual
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        Lock icon SGX Nikkei futures hit record volume
        93 4 THE Japanese equity market may be collapsing with the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average yesterday trading to a 20-year low. But the Singapore Exchange is doing brisk business in its derivatives market, with its SGX Nikkei 225 Stock Index Futures contract trading a record volume
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        Lock icon Ang Roag Hua buys SingTel shares
        109 4 SINGAPORE Telecom chairman Ang Kong Hua yesterday bought 500,000 shares in the telecoms giant at $1,293 apiece in the open market. Shares of Sing Tel rose as much as 2.4 per cent yesterday on a media report that it may soon sell its directories
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        Lock icon CCL boosts Astra stake
        81 4 CYCLE Carriage Limited, which has indicated interest to raise its stake in Indonesian unit PT Astra International, yesterday bought another 728,500 shares in the company at 2,300 rupiah per share. The additional investment increased CCL's shareholding in Astra slightly from 35.03 per cent to 35.05 per
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        Lock icon Roly's ADR move won't affect firm
        52 4 ROLY International, which will be terminating its American Depository Receipts scheme, said the move will not affect the share capital of the company. Also, Roly does not expect that the termination will have any material financial impact on its net tangible assets and earnings
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      Lock icon Research vacuum calls for more measured IPO tack
      559 4  -  17Te>TTi lock siew r sivanithy ■ay, at a con>sted by the Exchange, 28 from India entations to with a view re. hat the local depth and o with some fresh faces to reignite interest. On paper, news such as Wednesday's makes for
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  • CORPORATE earnings
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      Lock icon CityDev unit in the black with HK$20m profit
      255 5 CITY Developments subsidiary City e-Solutions (CES) yesterday reported a net profit of HK$2O.5 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2002, on the back of a foreign exchange gain of HK$3O million. This overturned a net loss of HK535.7 million incurred by
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      Lock icon Hotel Properties net profit for 2002 sinks 59% to $16m
      359 5  -  Poorer property development sales, lifeless hospitality market to blame By Michelle Quah ONG Beng Seng's flagship Hotel Properties Ltd (HPL) saw earnings slump 59 per cent last year, due to lower property development sales and a sluggish hospitality market. HPL,
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      Lock icon BIL slumps into the red with H1 loss of US$18m
      389 5  -  Company blames forex losses, financing costs By\ Michelle Quah SINGAPORE-HEADQUAR-TERED investment company BIL International has slumped into the red at half time, blaming hefty foreign exchange losses and financing costs for its change in fortunes. The mainboard-listed BIL which is
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    • EARNINGSRoundup
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        Lock icon Want Want profit falls I<U3%
        48 5 Want Want profit falls I&lt;U3% RICE cracker maker Want Want Holdings yesterday posted a full-year net profit of U5574.7 million, a fall of 16.8 per cent from the previous year's US$B9.B million. Revenue was up 2.3 per cent at US$4l&2 million, helped by an improvement in "beverages" turnover.
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        57 5 HEALTHCARE services firm Asiamedic Ltd has narrowed its fUll-year losses to $1.86 million in 2002, down from a $2.93 million loss in FYOI. The results were helped by a lower exceptional loss and reduced operating expenses. Sales fell 35 per cent to $6.51 million. The group expects
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        Lock icon Ctolorland brings loss down to HKsBm
        62 5 COLORLAND Animation Ltd, a provider of motion picture services, also staunched the flow of red ink in 2002. Color land reported a loss ofHKSB.2S million (S$l.BS million) for FYO2, an improvement over losses of HK$l6.Ol million previously. Its FYO2 sales dipped 2.3 per cent
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        Lock icon Pertama HI profit soars to
        71 5 PERT AMA Holdings, a retailer of consumer electronics, achieved a half-time net profit of $2.76 million, up from $1,000 in the previous corresponding half. Turnover for the six months aided Dec 31,2002, gained 23.5 per cent to $183.3 million. Pertama said factors such as the
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        Lock icon FHTK posts $2m net loss
        43 5 FHTK Holdings Ltd, a foodstuffs wholesaler, has reported a $1.99 million pre-exceptional net loss at half time. This compares with the previous pre-exceptional interim loss of $7.85 million. FHTK's interim sales fell 20 per cent to $39.05 million.
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      182 5 What's ahead When results are due Seksun March 17 People's Food Holdings Marrh 18 Acheva March 18 lecKwan inoustnai wmi IV Trek 2000 March 20 Shangri-la Asia March SI AEM Evertech March 26 WlngTai March IB United Food 3rd week of March ClyDw 111 I f 111 EnerSave mags late-March
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      324 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Mar 13 VALUE CLOSE ■TOMS 354.00 +19.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -15.00 BTl&4ayMA -36.00 M-S6 EdMbM 333.22 +0.77 SG Equities Efect 111.73 -1.58 SG Equities Fin 1016.66 -3.57 SG Eqwtie* Prop 305.02 +0.79 MSCI Singapore 150.56 -0.27 SMSCI Fntnres 150.20 -1.40 Stocks Volume SembCorp Ind 25c 11.544.000 SingTel 15c
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      Lock icon CapitaLand may be near bottom; worth tracking at current levels
      302 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan IF you had bought Capita Land's shares a year ago, chances are you are sitting on a loss of some 40 per cent. If you had bought it three months ago, the value of
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      Lock icon Rotationalplays in favour — for now
      762 6  - Rotationalplays in favour for now l-l ■comment STOCKS r. sivanithy Although Wednesday's "short-covering" bounce in the banks and other blue chips stalled on thin volume yesterday, traders drew sufficient encouragement from the session to believe that a bottom of sorts has been reached, and that the market may enjoy some
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      Lock icon US$ extends surge on war-linked rumours
      614 6  -  I-\i comment CURRENCIES Aussie leads losses with 1.8% dive; Swiss franc and euro continue to fall larry wee A WHOLE bunch of war-related rumours boosted the US dollar for a second straight day yesterday, hurting those that have benefited most from the sharp sell-off
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3277 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Finance Index Fd 0 64/ Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0.743/ Com Global Healtn index Fd 0.718/ c!^c m ff? n 4Q1, Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.3S4/ Star Europe Eqty! 0 491/ Com Global mtotec Index Fd!** 0 24V sSfHSEbaI 08?2I Com Gtobal Energy
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  • SINAGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Loss-making GLCs face management shakeup
      475 7  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT But overall, firms in Temasek stable have performed welkHngKiang By Audrey Tan THE government will only tolerate losses by govern-ment-linked companies for "a period of time" and will not hesitate to make board or management changes if necessary, Second Minister for Finance
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      Lock icon Industry says mass media code needs tweaking
      426 7  -  SPH, SCV challenge criteria for picking dominant licensees By Vince Chong THE criteria for choosing dominant licensees should be relooked, while sharper definitions are required in parts of the draft Mass Media Services Market Conduct Code, according to public feedback received by the
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      Lock icon Adspend report will factor in discounts given
      195 7 NIELSEN Media Research Singapore will soon take into consideration estimated discounts given to advertisers when compiling its regular advertising expenditure report. The media research and analysis company's quarterly report has monitored the advertising spending of agencies in Singapore by providing gross expenditure figures
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      Lock icon 2003 local brand awards launched
      190 7 THE best of Singapore's branding efforts is set to receive recognition once more with the launch yesterday of Singapore Promising Brand Award (SPBA) 2003. Jointly organised by the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (Asme) and Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, the award is meant to
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      Lock icon Deficit or not taxes need to be cut
      537 7 We most keep to promise of 20% income tax to stay credible: DPM Lee DESPITE the budget deficits, Singapore needs to deliver on its promise to cut corporate and personal income taxes to 20 per cent to maintain its credibility, Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon Wide spread in Feb export outlook
      417 7  -  =4 on the economy exports By* Chuang Peck Ming THE uncertainty clouding the economic outlook is mirrored in the wide range of growth forecasts for February's non-oil domestic exports (NODX). Analysts polled yesterday offered projections from a low of 4 per cent to a
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Bringing the water issue to centre stage
      800 8  -  OPINION bottom line anthony rowley AROUND the same time as what has been described as an "oil war" may be breaking out in Iraq, the World Water Forum will be getting underway in Japan, from this Sunday. Despite the fact that the forum
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      56 8 'I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support of a clear statement of purpose: You disarm, or we will.' -George W Bnsh the US president using Bushspeak. to show how determined America is
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      Lock icon Rough ride ahead for Opec
      655 8 EDITORIAL THE buoyant oil market, constrained by tight stocks and limited spare capacity on the eve of a war, is poised to create more problems for the global economy. The Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries (Opec) did its bit mid-week by choosing not to jangle
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      Lock icon Derivatives: financial WMD or stability aid?
      887 8  -  This is an important debate because derivatives have exploded and are implicated in big recent scandals like Enron and LTCM and could threaten the financial system Ry\ Robert J Samuelson The Washignton Post Writers Group SINCE the 19th century, governments have tried to prevent
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      Lock icon Good luck trying to change S'poreans
      405 8  -  MAlLirm Cheng String Chow Singapore WE are a nation of campaigns and contradictions. So much so that these days, we are best off laughing at ourselves. Come May 31, the young and the restless will head for Orchard Road, where a government-organised Singapore Street
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      Lock icon Companies should hold AGMs earlier
      174 8  -  Ang Hao Yao Singapore COMPANIES in the past were required to announce their results within three months of the end of their financial year. Starting this year, they have 60 days to do so and by next year, 45 days. This is entirely beneficial to
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      Lock icon No plans for spa at site of hot spring
      102 8  -  Huang Peiling Manager, Media Relations Singapore Tourism Board WE refer to the report, "Sembawang hot spring a potential spa?" (BT, March 10). The Singapore Tourism Board wishes to clarify that the request for proposals which we issued on Jan 29 does
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Telekom, Maxis win nod for 3G plans
      169 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP FIXED-LINE giant Telekom Malaysia and top cellular operator Maxis Communications have been given the go-ahead to develop thirdgeneration (3G) mobile phone networks, the regulator said yesterday. Business plans submitted by the two companies had been approved, said Malaysian Communications and
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        Lock icon Manila acts against peso speculation
        76 9 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine central bank yesterday said it had taken steps to curb speculation in the peso, which has dropped close to its all-time low 0f55.75 to the US dollar. The peso touched fresh 26-month lows at 55.16 yesterday. The central bank said it
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        Lock icon Khazanah sells RM1b off 5-year bonds
        59 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's government investment arm Khazanah Nasional yesterday said it had sold RMI billion (Ss46o million) of five-year bonds at an average yield of 3.70 per cent. The AAA-rated issue, to be secured by shares and warrants, marks the first bond sale
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        Lock icon Philippine Air cuts profit forecast
        52 9 Bloomberg [MANILA] Philippine Airlines slashed its profit forecast by half because of higher fuel prices and other costs, president Avelino Zapanta said. It expects to post net income ofsoo million pesos (5515.9 million) in the fiscal year ending this month, down from one billion peso
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        Lock icon India promises oil to Sri Lanka
        74 9 AFP [COLOMBO] India has offered to supply Sri Lanka's oil requirements in the event of any disruption caused by a war in Iraq, Constitutional Affairs Minister G LPeiris said yesterday. "A war in the Middle East is going to have very serious repercussions for
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        Lock icon Manila in telcom standoff with US
        67 9 AFP [MANILA] The telecoms regulator in the Philippines ordered local telecom firms to reject calls to this country from major US carriers who have refused to pay higher rates. The move was in response to a US Federal Communications Commission directive telling US carriers
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      Lock icon War impact will be milder on Asian airlines
      646 9 SINGAPORE They won't be as badly hit as US and European carriers, says report Bloomberg, AFP CATHAY Pacific Airways, Singapore Airlines and other Asian carriers will probably retain more traffic than rivals in Europe and the United States in the event of
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      Lock icon Thailand cuts tourism growth forecast to 1.7-4%
      359 9 BANGKOK Reuters THAILAND has cut its forecast for 2003 tourism arrivals, a major source of export earnings, but still sees 1.7 to 4.0 per cent growth over last year, despite the risk of a US-Iraq war, officials said yesterday. Patpong Abhijatapong, deputy governor
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      Lock icon S-E Asian tour operators diversify to new markets
      116 9 KUALA LUMPUR AFP SOUTH-EAST Asian tour operators are diversifying their markets with offers to exotic destinations like Mongolia and Indochina to cushion the blow of a war in Iraq, an industry group said yesterday. Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA)
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      Lock icon Indonesia to evacuate embassy personnel in Iraq
      221 9 JAKARTA AFP INDONESIA is evacuating several embassy personnel from Iraq and only a skeleton staff will remain in Baghdad, a foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday. Three diplomats, one Indonesian local staffer, and four Jakarta-based journalists would be evacuated to Damascus on Friday, said
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      Lock icon FDI into China back on growth path
      442 11 BEIJING Foreign companies poor in total of USs7.s4b for Jan and Feb Bloomberg FOREIGN direct investment into China resumed growth in the past two months after the government issued new guidelines regarding overseas companies' ventures with stateowned enterprises. Investment in the past two
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        Lock icon China welfare fund to invest in stocks
        73 11 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's national welfare fund is putting the final touches on a plan to allow state pension funds into domestic stock markets for the first time, a senior official was quoted by newspapers yesterday as saying. China picked six domestic fund management
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        Lock icon Jiang's protege to head advisory body
        62 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] An advisory body to China's Parliament chose Jia Qinglin, a protege of outgoing President Jiang Zemin, as its new head to replace Li Ruihuan, who's retiring. Mr Jia, 62, will preside over the 2,200-member China People's Political Consultative Conference, which groups businessmen,
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        Lock icon Tom.com loss narrows to HK$410m
        65 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Tom.com, the Hong Kong media conglomerate backed by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, yesterday said its net loss narrowed in 2002 as the former Internet startup continued its diversification drive. Tom.com reported a 2002 net loss ofHK$4lO million (Ss92 million), compared with
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        Lock icon Worm linked to Indo-Pak cyber-spat
        100 11 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Hackers claiming to be from India have launched their latest strike in a cyber-spat with Pakistan by unleashing a new variant of the "Yaha" Internet e-mail worm, anti-virus firm Sophos said on Wednesday. The worm, written by a group calling itself the
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        Lock icon Newbridge, Softbank in Asia Netoom
        59 11 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Newbridge Capital and a Softbank Corp fund will each take a 24.5 per cent stake in Asia Netcom, which gained control of bankrupt cable operator Asia Global Crossing. China Netcom Corp will take a 51 per cent stake in Asia Netcom with Newbridge
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      Lock icon Bollywood goes on show at convention
      449 11 AFP [BOMBAY] Global giants are descending on Bombay this weekend for a brain-storming convention aimed at tapping India's potential as a hub for the entertainment business. Analysts say India is emerging as a strong market, driven by the vast potential of its film and
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      Lock icon KL orders probe as Indian IT experts leave
      524 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFP MALAYSIAN police yesterday ordered an inquiry into the mass arrest of Indian IT professionals for alleged visa irregularities, even as some had already left Malaysia while many others booked tickets to leave. Kuala Lumpur police chief Dell Akhbar Khan
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      694 12 SEOUL It pumped USsl.6b into money markets and said itH slow chaebol probes as investors fled Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg SOUTH Korea sought to calm investor panic over false accounts at a top company yesterday by pumping US$l.6 billion into money markets and saying it
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      417 12 LATEST US INDICATORS Broad weakness caused biggest drop in 15 months AF, Reuters, AFP (WASHINGTON] War worries and snow storms kept shoppers away from the stores, driving down sales at the nations' retailers by 1.6 per cent in February. The worst showing in
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      241 12 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Europe's biggest consumer electronics firm, Philips Electronics NV, yesterday announced 1,600 job cuts in its key semiconductors unit and a factory closure in the United States to counter weak demand. A day after saying there was little to lift the
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        74 12 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Ahold, the world's No 3 retailer rocked by an accounting scandal, will erase US$3O billion in reported sales when it corrects the way it accounts for joint ventures, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Citing people close to the investigation, it said Ahold's
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        Lock icon Chip equipment sales op 17% in Jan
        97 12 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Worldwide sales of chip-making equipment rose in January, the fifth consecutive gain after 18 months of declines, the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan said. The increase provides more evidence of a possible recovery in chip demand. Chip equipment sales rose 17.2
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        67 12 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Accenture Ltd, the world's largest consulting company, is cutting one per cent of its work force, or about 760 people, against a backdrop of weak technology spending, spokeswoman Roxanne Taylor said on Wednesday. The reductions are aimed at managers and partners,
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        85 12 NYT [LONDON] Shareholders of Six Continents, which owns the Holiday Inn and Intercontinental hotel chains, rejected a takeover offer on Wednesday from Hugh E Osmond and instead voted in favour of a management-backed plan to split the company's hotel and pub operations into two concerns.
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        76 12 AFP [PARIS] Christian Dior, the holding company of luxury goods group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, returned to fashionable black in 2002, posting a net profit of 78 million euros (*****.2 million), it said yesterday. The company, which recorded a net loss of 95 million
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      490 13 LONDON Capture would cut risk of more attacks, spar higher-risk investments Reuters THE arrest of the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, would boost the US dollar and hit safe-haven investments like government bonds and gold, market reactions to
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      319 13 CLINTON, Mississippi Bloomberg A WORLDCOM Inc report may show that founder Bernard Ebbers knew about a US$9 billion accounting fraud that forced the telephone company to file for the largest US bankruptcy last year, said a person who has seen the document.
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  • MUSIC
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      589 15  -  By\ Kannan Chandran IF you've been listening to the Rolling Stones all these years and are worried you may be stone deaf from all that catching up by the time the concert rolls into town, Jake Berry will ensure you hear every riff Keith Richards pulls
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      886 16  -  Former movie star and beauty queen Valerie Chow is enjoying her new career marketing shoes for Pedder, reports COMNNEKERK CORINNE KERK SHE is late. The first thing you wonder is if old habits die hard for this former movie star/beauty queen. Apparently not. Seems Valerie
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      651 16  -  The Italian outlet is worth exploring food-wise, says JAIME EE JAIME EE BACCO is an Italian restaurant in Cluny Court that some may well have walked into by mistake while looking for II Giardino, that other Italian eatery owned by Da Paolo owners Paolo and Judie Scarpa. Still,
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      328 16  -  By Jaime Ee THAI food with less heat doesn't necessarily mean it's less authentic. When you don't want to fire up the taste buds but still want the real McCoy, head for Northern Thailand, where the weather is cooler and the food's in a class of its
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      674 16  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR N K Yong /\i uit; risn ui repealing myself, here are some recent thoughts on the service of wine. Glassware Plain, clear, uncut and unengraved glass (crystal preferably) stem ware is the accepted standard. Cut crystal glassware looks brilliant but is not really
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      778 17  -  QFFfItTtCTTiI The real issue here is not so much for rule-makers to lighten np across the board, but for them to know when to ease np jaime ee LET me tell you my experiences with litmus, whether they are there or not. Since I
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      432 17  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan HERE'S a confession: I've never been a fan of Callaway irons. Before you turn the page, think of just how many of the top names carry them? Tiger demolishes the competition with his Nikes. Els swears by his new
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      494 17  -  The stylish Santa Maradona opens this week's Italian Film Festival By Geoffrey Eu ITALIANS tend to take their football pretty seriously, but thankfully they're inclined to have a better sense of humour when it comes to making movies. Santa Maradona which opens this week's
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      1390 18  -  The upcoming S'pore International Film Festival promises to be a celebration of youth. PARVATHINAYAR checks out the S'porean filmmakers behind some of the offerings PARVATHI NAYAR NINE Singaporean filmmakers within a feast 0f350 films from over 45 countries may not seem like much but it's positive news for
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      706 18 IF national wars and terrible ethnic cleansings marked the final chapters of the previous millennium, the new one is recognised by conflict that's no longer geographically contained. It's more than a rumour of war now, terrorism is global, and naivete is no protection from
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      256 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 14 points to 1779, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 4 points to 2433, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 23 points to 1722 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 131 points to *****. TTME-GSABTERi China Steel Excellence (built 2002) *****3 dwt 14.25 on
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      Lock icon HK chalks up record 19.14m TEU throughput
      569 19  -  Container handling at world's busiest port np 7% last year By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] It's official the world's busiest port has become the first to surpass 19 million TEUs throughput in one year, as Hong Kong notched up 7 per cent growth in
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      Lock icon Over 3,000 workers laid off at Aden's free trade zone
      500 19  -  Ships, industries staying away from Yemen following Limbnrg attack By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] More than 3,000 people, including 247 from PSA Corp's Aden Container Terminal (ACT), have lost their jobs at the port's free trade zone as ships and industries
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      Lock icon Xiamen implements maritime traffic safety law
      209 19 Xinhua [XIAMEN] A locally-enacted maritime traffic safety regulation has been put into effect to handle the complex conditions in the Port of Xiamen of southeast China's Fujian province. The regulation, drafted in light of China's Maritime Traffic Safety Law, addresses general principles, navigation environment,
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      Lock icon S'porean to head APL's ops division
      159 19 [SINGAPORE] Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) has appointed local senior executive and 21-year company veteran Goh Teik Poh to head its liner arm APL's operations and network division. The Singapore-based senior vice-president position was formerly held by Ron Widdows, who was appointed acting chief executive
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      Lock icon Two vessels collide in icy Baltic Sea
      178 19 Reuters [HELSINKI] An empty tanker collided with a container ship on Wednesday in icy conditions in the Baltic Sea but the accident caused no injuries or threat to the environment, Finnish officials said. The ships were in a convoy when the bow of
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      Lock icon Stand-on ship takes 20% of blame in crossing collision
      912 20  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK It did not do enough to avoid give-way vessel: English court -By Selva Kumar THE English Admiralty Court last week held that a stand-on vessel that was hit by a giveway vessel in a crossing situation should take 20
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      Lock icon Recycling subway cars
      65 20 AP [VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia] One of 50 subway cars from the New York City Transit Authority makes a wave as it tumbles into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. The subway cars, stripped of fixtures and operational systems, were pushed off the edge
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      204 20 PAGE Avant 8 B'tang Mas S BSA 6 BSC 8 BTL 8 Cargoways 8 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Chahaya 8 China Shpg 5 Confer 8 Cougar 5 CWT Globelink ...6 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 8 ECL 3 Eng Lee 8 ESP Lines 9 Foong Sun
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        145 27 Mar 14 Brunei: Maulud Marlß Belarus: Constitution Day Hungary: Anni of 1848 Revo Marie Thailand: Makha Bucha Day Mar 17 US: President's Day Ireland: St Patrick's Day U.K: St Patrick's Day Mar 19 Malta: Feast of St Joseph Mar 21 Japan: Vernal Equinox Day Mar 29 Cyprus: Independence
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        758 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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    • AIR & LAND transport
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        Lock icon Boeing resumes work on 777-200LR long-haul jet
        508 28 17,000 km range jet was mothballed after Sept 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Boeing said on Wednesday it would resume development of a longhaul jetliner it mothballed when air travel slumped after the Sept 11 attacks. The 300-passenger jet the 777-200LR, whose last two
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        Lock icon United willing to extend contract talks with unions
        443 28 It targets USs2.6b savings in mid-Mar filing for relief from labour pacts Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines, which last year filed the biggest airline bankruptcy, said it's willing to negotiate with its unions on worker concessions beyond a March deadline. United
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        Lock icon Austrian Air expects 10% fall in traffic
        235 28 [VIENNA] Austrian Airlines expects up to a 10 percent drop in this year's passenger numbers if war breaks out in Iraq, the flag carrier's head of marketing said on Wednesday. Chief commercial officer Josef Burger said that the fall-off would come from cancelled
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        35 28 [DALLAS, Texas] American Airlines pilots during *n information demonstration at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The demonstration is part of a nationwide effort to inform the travelling public about the current airline crisis. REUTERS
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        Lock icon Kuwait Airways to cut some flights
        261 28 Xinhua [KUWAIT CITY] The Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) will reduce the number of flights to a number of destinations later this month, Kuwait's official KUNA news agency reported. Due to the current cir- cumstances in the region and their impact on commercial flights, "Kuwait
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        Lock icon Virgin keen on activities of bankrupt Air Lib
        330 28 It's interested in both budget and long-haul units of French airline AFP [PARIS] The head of British airline Virgin, Richard Branson, said on Wednesday he was interested in the budget and long-distance activities of bankrupt French airline Air Lib. Speaking before a
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          Lock icon Probe of Alaska Air crash reopens
          79 28 Bloomberg [SEATTLE] Alaska Air Group Inc, the ninth-largest US carrier, said federal prosecutors reopened their investigation into possible criminal charges in the crash of a jet off the California coast in 2000. The investigation had been suspended until the National Transportation Safety Board concluded
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          Lock icon Embraer wins order from India
          73 28 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, the world's fourth-biggest commercial aircraft maker, won a contract from the Indian government for five small aircraft for transporting officials such as the president India selected the Brazilian aircraft maker because it quoted a cheaper price than
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          Lock icon easyJet shareholders okay jet buys
          114 28 Bloomberg [LONDON] easy Jet Europe's biggest low-cost airline, said its shareholders backed the purchase of 120 new Airbus SASA3I9 aircraft, worth as much as US$6 billion, and options to buy 120 more. "Earlier today, at the extraordinary general meeting of the company, the shareholders approved
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