The Business Times, 14 April 2003

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MfTA (P) 024/03/2003 j internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg SINGAPORE MONDAY. APRIL 14, 2003
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    Lock icon Cathay Pacific denies plans to halt all flights
    753 1 Internal memo warns it may happen if passenger numbers fall under 6,000 daily [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways yesterday moved swiftly to contain the damage caused by an internal memo warning that the carrier may ground all flights should passenger numbers fall
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    62 1 Week Change ST1 1301.02 -1171 KLSECOMP 629.69 -1.38 NIKKEI 225 7816.49 -257.63 HANG SENG 8645.65 -176.80 SET LNDEX ***** +11.43 JAKARTA COMP -438.55 +32.87 MANILA COMP *****7 +31.61 TAIPEI WP1 4530.40 +3152 SEOUL COMP ***** +24.96 SHENZHEN B ***** +4.46 AUSTALLORD -2906.30 +1100 DOW JONES 8203.41 -73.74 NASDAQ 1358.85
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    69 1 FOREX RATES US* S$ US$ (S$ per US$) 1.776 £(US$/SS per 1.570 2.788 EURO(l'S$/S$/E). 1.078 1514 YEN 1195 67.50 RM 3.800 2.140 HKS 7.799 4.392 BAHT 42.86 24.13 RUP1AH 8370 4.995 RENMINBI 8.299 4.673 INDIAN RUPEE 47.36 26.67 PIBM1IMTVS SINGAPORE* 5i5 KUALA UIMHJH fi.40 HONG KONG 5.000 JAKARTA ».00
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    Lock icon Biotech firms may have Sars test kits this week
    641 1 German firm has developed a virus detection assay test Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg, AP [HAMBURG, Germany] Test kits for Sars may be in the offing soon, with one report saying one kit may even be available from today. This comes not be
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    Lock icon Not curtains yet for trade show industry
    603 1  -  Companies meet with STB as events are axed or delayed By David Boey [SINGAPORE] The show must go on for Singapore's trade shows and exhibitions industry, now perhaps facing its gravest challenge since the Asian financial crisis. Following the Sars outbreak. more than
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    Lock icon M'sia lifts visa rule for HK, Vietnam, Canada visitors
    480 1 KL to decide if itH restrict travel te and from US, UK [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia lifted over the weekend its recently-imposed travel restrictions on residents of Hong Kong, Vietnam and Canada, but will today consider whether to extend travel restrictions to
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      Lock icon Former TAC MD denies charges of misusing funds
      362 2  -  SEC accuses him and ex-director of making illegal gains From Harish Mehta in Bangkok A FORMER managing director of Singapore-listed Total Access Communication (TAC) has denied criminal charges brought by Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that he misappropriated company funds and
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      Lock icon China faces information battle
      925 2  -  It needs to regain world's trust that It's telling the troth on S&rs ECONOMICS vikram khanna SOME years ago, Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen, who has studied the phenomenon of famines in some depth, made this striking observation: all major famines in history have occurred
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  • SARS outbreak
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      Lock icon MOH to discuss with private hospitals care for non-Sars patients
      577 3  -  By' Tang Weng Fai IN a sign of the escalating readiness to deal with the Sars outbreak, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said yesterday that it will start talking to private hospitals this week to explore the possibility of getting
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      Lock icon Medical systems of S'pore, Japan, HK best prepared: Perc
      586 3 Expats least confident in Indonesia, followed by India China and Vietnam AFP SINGAPORE. Japan and Hong Kong are the best prepared in Asia to deal with a major medical crisis such as the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak, said
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        Lock icon Taiwan may gain from Sars outbreak
        152 3 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's economy may benefit from the global pneumonia scare as the island's huge number of China-bound investments are slowed, keeping Taiwan dollars on the island, an economic planning official was quoted as saying yesterday by Taiwan's Commercial Times. "The Sars (Severe Acute
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        Lock icon HK Sars website sees 82,198 visitors
        97 3 Xinhua [HONG KONG] A professional website on Sars established by the Prince of Wales Hospital and the Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging of the Chinese University of Hong Kong has recorded 82,198 visits since its operation began on March 21. The website,
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        Lock icon New vaccine for Hong Kong bird flu
        137 3 Xinhua [WELLINGTON] Two graduates from Otago University of New Zealand have helped develop a new vaccine for a Hong Kong flu, which emerged at the same time and in the same place as killer virus Sars, New Zealand Press Association reported on Friday.
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        Lock icon Cancellations to China traid fair
        115 3 AP [BEIJING] Adding to economic losses from a deadly disease outbreak, uneasy foreign buyers are cancelling plans to attend China's biggest trade fair this month in its hard-hit south. The Chinese Export Commodities Fair in the southern city of Guangzhou last year drew more than
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      289 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 11 VALUE CLOSE ITOMW -44.00 39.00 iTCMW -*****.00 -21.00 Tlfr4«yllA -*****.00 -4.00 AUCCjrfHii 349.56 +1.43 SQEjdbMlhct 118.35 -0.41 »[|JlilFli 1111.40 >12.63 MEMW-Ptbp 304.84 -1.75 159.53 +0.79 SMSCIMvm 159.40 0.00 Chart SanuCond 26c 106,039,000 Ortacroft 10c *****.000 ►SwrCrulses 10c 55,374.000 ST Ef« 10c..... 48.190.000 SemDCorp Ind 25c
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      Lock icon Huge market cap may put ComfortDelgro in good stead
      277 4  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan COMFORTDELGRO, the region's largest listed public transport operator, has had a less than spectacular two-week stint since it started trading on the big board as a merged entity. The counter ended its debut session on
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      Lock icon What now, after the war?
      788 4  -  -J i comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S often been said that war is bad for stocks. Uncertainty rises, energy prices start gyrating wildly and volatility in stocks, bonds, gold and currencies spike sharply upwards. As a result, risk premiums ratchet up. Not so this time
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      Lock icon Asian units up slightly after fall of Iraqi regime
      1133 4 AFP [HONG KONG] The collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq left Asia's major currencies dominated by concerns that emphasis will now shift back to the state of the US economy. Dealers said the prospect of an end to hostilities had
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon The new Indosat: big ambition in rough times
      1303 5  -  ST Telemedia may hold the answer to privatisation critics, says Tangßazali Sassim Yang Razali Kassim PT INDOSAT, Indonesia's second largest telecommunications player, enters a new phase this year with a revamped leadership that marries Indonesian size with Singaporean ambition. Three months after
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      Lock icon Take unit share trading further
      670 5  -  HOCKlfffyfflB r sivanithy THE new Unit Share Trading system replaces the odd-lot market from today, a welcome improvement to the current trading system offered by the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Two points, however, are worth exploring. First, in order for investors to enjoy the full benefits
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      Lock icon Hua Kok looks to new business area for income base
      543 5  -  By Serena Ng CONSTRUCTION firm Hua Kok International, which is divesting one of its four core businesses and winding up another, is searching for a new business area that will help bring in recurring income for the group. Its chief
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      208 5 KILLFIRE ASIATIC GROUP (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore on 25 October 2002) Invitation in respect of 15,000,000 New Shares of $0.10 each comprising:(1) 3,000,000 Offer Shares at $0.22 each by way of public offer; (2) 12,000,000 Placement Shares by way of placement comprising:(a) 9,500,000 Placement Shares at $0.22 each; and
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      Lock icon Sinsov put under voluntary liquidation
      342 6  -  Its main asset-the Sinsov building at Raffles Place-is again np for sale /fy Serena Ng THE Singapore Soviet Shipping Company (Sinsov), which tried to sell its Sinsov Building at Raffles Place several times over the past few years, has been placed in creditors' voluntary liquidation
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      Lock icon Focus on domestic demand: report
      381 6 GIVEN that Singapore's economic woes are probably due to "a mix of structural and cyclical factors", there should be greater "emphasis on domestic demand", says a Morgan Stanley report. According to its regional economist Daniel Lian, Singapore is "clearly entering its third year of 'recession'
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      Lock icon Johnson & Johnson Asia-Pac chief thrives on taking risks
      603 6  - Johnson Johnson Asia-Pac chief thrives on taking risks Reports by Kenneth Lim WHEN Johnson Johnson offered Supratim Bose a post in the Philippines in 1986, the Bombay native had never held a job outside India. But the young man took the offer immediately and has never looked back. "Unless you're
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      Lock icon Supratim's lists
      192 6 JUST days after he was appointed company group chairman of Johnson Johnson Medical Asia-Pacific, Supratim Bose was ready with a list of goals for the group. His three priorities are tapping the growing markets of China and India, improving inventory management and raising patient awareness of healthcare issues
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      146 6 A Senior Level Meeting Place Where Decision Makers Do Deals Strike-Up New Partnerships. ai i ES^^H BUILDING MATERIALS ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LANDSCAPING SYSTEMS FURNISHINGS Featuring an abundance of innovative designs and products. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2003 will be staged as the ideal platform and springboard for Asia's building and construction professionals. It
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      Lock icon Can home buyers cancel purchases?
      207 7  -  Ngiam Seng Ngiap (Freddy) Singapore I AM one of the thousands of buyers who bought a private apartment early last year under the Deferred Payment Scheme. Since then, the prices of apartments and condominiums have dropped by 5 to 10 per cent, depressed by the
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      Lock icon CapitaLand's defence of directors unconvincing
      393 7  -  Narayana Narayana Singapore I REFER to the letter "Capita Land directors: yes, they're worth it" by Basskaran Nair, senior vice-president, communications, Capita Land (Mailbag, April 3). I have no interest in Capita Land, but feel compelled to comment on Mr Nair's letter. Mr Nair could
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      1743 7 mS'.i'.MiTaT Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Notice of Annual General Meeting Closure of Books ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND the Annual General Meeting of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd (the "Company") to be held at Intercontinental Singapore, Ballroom 2& 3 (Level 2), 80 Middle
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  • WAR IN IRAQ
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      Lock icon Iraqi oil exports unlikely before June
      681 8 Political disputes, lack of foreign investment seen as obstacles: snrvey AP [LONDON] There is little chance of Iraq resuming crude oil exports before June despite the industry emerging relatively unscathed from the war, the authoritative Middle East Economic Survey (Mees) will report today. "Mees
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      Lock icon Looking for Saddam's billions
      579 8 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The hunt is on for billions of dollars in ill-gotten assets accumulated by the family of Saddam Hussein, now believed to be scattered in a labyrinthine network of front companies and secret bank accounts from Panama to Switzerland to Jordan. As US forces moved
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      Lock icon Focus turns to Iraq's stability
      693 8 US commanders preparing to send some planes home AP, Reuters, AFP [BAGHDAD] More signs are emerging that the war is nearing its end: Instead of combat, allied forces are shifting their focus to stabilising the country, and US commanders are preparing to send home some
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      Lock icon US companies in a quandary over bids for Iraq deals
      462 8 NYT [NEW YORK] For some of the reconstruction work in and around Iraq, the US Army Corps of Engineers confidentially awarded a oneyear contract worth up to US$lOO million on April 1 to the Per in i Corp, whose revenues
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        Lock icon Saddam's half-brother cought
        89 8 AFP ARBEL, Iraq] Coalition forces yesterday captured Saddam Hussein's half-brother Watban as he attempted to cross the border into Syria, Kurdish TV said. "Watban Ibrahim Hasan, Saddam's half-brother who served as Interior Minister and in other sensitive positions, was captured today by coalition forces in Rabia (north-west
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        Lock icon Three M'sian newsmen kidnapped
        65 8 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Gunmen ambushed and kidnapped three Malaysian journalists in Baghdad, killing their Iraqi interpreter and injuring two Malaysian relief workers, officials said yesterday. The journalists were later released unharmed Hie Malaysians were attacked while travelling in two vans early Saturday from the Sheraton Hotel
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        Lock icon US to pump Iraq to top of Opec
        141 8 Bloomberg [TEHRAN] The US plans to replace Saudi Arabia with Iraq as the largest oil producer within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Iran's official news agency reported, citing a member of the Iranian parliament. The main aim of the US is
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        Lock icon US using DNA to track Saddam
        60 8 AFP [WASHINGTON] US authorities have DNA samples from top Iraqi leaders, including ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, and were using forensics to track them down, the commander of US operations in Iraq said yesterday. If the Iraqi dictator is still alive, he is under
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        Lock icon Jack Straw visits Mid-East states
        107 8 AFP [LONDON] British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his deputy were leaving yesterday for no less than si* Middle East and Gulf states as the diplomatic race to shape the region's future post-Saddam heats up. Mr Straw was to travel to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and
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      Lock icon M'sia resilient in absorbing shocks
      670 9  -  KL STOCKS Sweeping changes have beefed up economy eddie toh LIKE many other countries, Malaysia has had its fair share of economic crises in the past three decades. It was not spared the world oil crisis in 1973-74, the global recession in 1985-86 and coincidentally,
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      Lock icon Sime to head mega M'sian plantation group: report
      177 9 KUALA LUMPUR It will buy Golden Hope, Guthrie and Islands Peninsular THE Malaysian government will use conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd as the vehicle for its plan to consolidate several plantation firms into a mega group, a business weekly reported yesterday. The Edge
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      Lock icon EON eyes Nissan car dealership
      156 9 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's biggest car distributor EON, fresh from securing a new deal to sell Proton cars, is exploring the possibility of becoming a dealer of Nissan cars, a business weekly said yesterday. Quoting sources, The Edge said EON had been in talks with
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      Lock icon Japanese firm sets IPO history in China
      663 10 SHANGHAI It's first foreign company to get nod for public offer on mainland Bloomberg NINGBO Tongmuo New Materials Co, a Japanesecontrolled metal parts maker, edged out Unilever NV, Bank of East Asia Ltd and other contenders to become the first non-Chinese company allowed
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      Lock icon China's housing bubble waiting to burst
      378 10 BEIJING Report points to massive bank loans, unsold property AFP CHINA'S three-year housing boom is on the brink of busting with 61 per cent of real estate investment fuelled by bank loans and some 120 million square metres of housing left unsold, a leading
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      Lock icon India says ICICI Bank is 'sound'
      229 10 NEWDELHI Bloomberg THE Reserve Bank of India has assured depositors that ICICI Bank Ltd is not facing liquidity problems, to quell panic withdrawals of cash by account holders in some parts of the country. "The bank has sufficient liquidity in its current account with
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      Lock icon India may call new bids for shipping firm sale
      384 10 NEWDELHI Reuters THE Indian government is likely to call for fresh bids for a 51 per cent stake in Shipping Corp of India Ltd, the country's largest shipping line, a senior disinvestment ministry official said on Saturday. "There are only two
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        Lock icon Taiwan leader seeks cooperation
        73 10 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian yesterday appealed to the opposition parties for cooperation in setting aside a special Budget of NTJ7O billion (553.6 billion) aimed at creating some 115,000 jobs. In a rare move, Mr Chen, the head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),
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        Lock icon China politics delays US trade trip
        91 10 Reuters [WASHINGTON] A US agriculture trade negotiator's trip to China has been put on hold to give China's new leaders more time to settle in, a US trade official said on Friday. The US Trade Representative's agriculture negotiator, Allen Johnson, had planned to travel
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        Lock icon Air India delays purchase decision
        69 10 Bloomberg w m [MUMBAI] Air India Ltd, the country's biggest overseas carrier, delayed a decision to choose between Boeing Co and Airbus SAS for an order of 17 long-range planes. The board will meet in about 10 days to decide on the purchase, said the
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        Lock icon China's March CPI seen to rise again
        76 10 Reuters [BEIJING] China's benchmark consumer price index (CPI) is expected to rise in March from a year earlier, ensuring positive growth in the first quarter, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. The government has pledged to continue its expansionary fiscal policy
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        Lock icon Nepal's 1st private phone service
        78 10 Reuters [KATHMANDU] Nepal's first private telephone service is expected to begin operation by July as a joint venture between three Indian telecom firms and a Nepali company, an official said on Saturday. United Telecom Ltd, a joint venture with India's Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL),
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        Lock icon Indian inflation hits new 2-year high
        105 10 Reuters [NEW DELHI] Robust demand for manufactured products and high food and fuel prices pushed India's wholesale price inflation to a new two-year high in the week ended March 29, data showed yesterday. But analysts said they expected prices to ease in the months
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      Lock icon Iraq war boon to China media
      527 10 SHANGHAI Ads flood in daring battle broadcasts AFP CHINA may be adamantly against the US-led war in Iraq, but the nation's stateowned media companies have cheerfully capitalised on surging advertising revenues as companies race to place ads during television broadcasts from the battlezones. With
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      Lock icon Oil slides on hopes of Iraqi export resumption
      786 11 COMMODITY WeeklyRoundup AFP [LONDON] The downfall of the Iraqi regime bore down on world oil prices on the prospect of a resumption of crude exports from the country. The negative pressure was partially offset however by signs that the Opec producer cartel
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      196 10 Did you miss these stories lately? Shanghainese buyers sought for luxury homes in London Meet China's top athlete ice-skating queen Yang Yang Chongqing city a giant worksite with 4 airports, 8 highways 20,000 buildings under construction S'porean businessman who's made a name for himself in Taixing city in Jiangsu S'pore's
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon US airlines, laid-off workers to get more aid
      573 12 WASHINGTON Lawmakers also ease op on restricting executives' pay NYT HOUSE and Senate negotiators on Friday agreed to give financially strapped airlines and their laid-off workers more money than Congress originally had planned, and decided to go easy on restricting airline executive
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      Lock icon US Senate voles to cap tax cut package at US$350b
      427 12 WASHINGTON Reuters US Senate leaders agreed on Friday to more than halve the US$726 billion in new tax cuts sought by President George W Bush in order to win approval of next year's federal budget, sparking a bitter and unusual
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      Lock icon Asia ahead in race to end poverty: report
      377 12 From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo ASIA has made most progress among developing regions in reducing poverty over the past decade but its spending on health and education still lags behind that of some poorer as well as richer countries, says the World
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      Lock icon Investors likely to shift focus to profits from Iraq
      371 12 ATLANTA NYT BOTTOM lines are likely to replace Baghdad as the focus of investor attention this week as the tide of firstquarter earnings reports swells. That may or may not be good news, depending on what corporate chief executives have to
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        Lock icon Morgan Stanley may face SEC charge
        64 12 Reuters [NEW YORK] Morgan Stanley said that the Securities and Exchange Commission has signalled it may file charges against it in oonnection with an investigation into alleged IPO abuses. The SEC is conducting an investigation into whether different Wall Street banks doled out shares
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        Lock icon Bosh earned US$856,068 last year
        60 12 Reuters {WASHINGTON] US President George Bush earned U*****,058 in 2002 and paid U*****,719 in federal taxes, according to a copy of his tax return released on Friday. The return for the president and first lady Laura Bush listed U*****,534 in wages from the president's salary.
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      Lock icon G-7 optimistic about global outlook
      546 13 WASHINGTON Uncertainty lifting with signs of end to Iraq wan ministers Reuters, AFP FINANCE ministers from the Group of Seven rich nations are "reasonably optimistic" about the global economic outlook with the fog of uncertainty lifting amid signs the war in Iraq may be near
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      201 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] American Express Co, the fourth-larg-est US credit-card company, said it was sued in California by cardholders alleging it hid fees on purchases made outside the US. Hie suit came after Visa International Inc and MasterCard International Inc, the No 1 and
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      1098 15  -  BTIsVmiMWJ Canada leads in the Accenture study of 22 countries. Better integration can help narrow the gap, Rqju Chell&m learns Raju Chellam SINGAPORE has maintained its position as the world's second-most wired economy in e-gov-ernment services, behind Canada which has now taken the
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      284 16 THE United States has stuck to its third position in Accenture's e-government rankings for the second year running but has made huge leaps in e-government initiatives and is a hairline away from overtaking sec-ond-placed Singapore. The US Office of Management and Budget commenced its E-Government
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      307 16 FOR the third consecutive year, Accenture has ranked Canada No 1 in e-government maturity, readiness, and integrity. The key to Canada's success is its GOL (Government On-Line) project that the country began in 1999 with clear targets, citizen involvement, and departmental and jurisdictional integration.
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      Lock icon Business Objects plans regional expansion
      348 16  -  Byl Tang Weng Fai BUILDING on a 20 per cent revenue growth in the region last year, US-based Business Objects is extending its currently small presence in the region, says its locally based Asia-Pacific vice-president, J Y Pook. The firm specialises in business intelligence, a
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      Lock icon HP turns the heat on IBM with mega deals
      615 16 P&G contract worth USs3b; terms of Ericsson deal not disclosed Reuters [NEW YORK] HewlettPackard Co on Friday said it won multibillion-dollar deals with consumer goods giant Procter Gamble and wireless network gear maker Ericsson, turning up the heat on rival International
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      Lock icon India aims to be new world hub for animation
      398 16 AFP [NEW DELHI] India is fast becoming a hub for the animation industry, thanks to its cheap labour and widespread knowledge of the English language, industry experts say. "India has great quality animation, perhaps better than other Asian countries," said Akhauri
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      381 16 NCS seals HKslom eßfan deal; Crimson Logic launches Canada's WebCnstoms By Amit Roy Choodhnry THE economic slowdown, Sars scare and Iraq war have not stopped local IT solutions providers National Computer Systems (NCS) and Crimson Logic from winning and implementing notable projects overseas. Sing
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      110 16 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Intel Corp, Fujitsu and other companies said last week they have joined a group that is working to promote the adoption of broadband wireless access over long distances. The non-profit company WiMAX (World Interoperability for Microwave Access) aims to
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      339 16  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury PacNet appoints new director PACIFIC Internet has appointed Vincent Phua to its board of directors. Mr Phua is currently group financial controller at Media Corporation of Singapore (MediaCorp). Mr Phua takes over from Anthony Chia who left the board with effect from Feb 28.
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      762 18  -  rr w. w i INFOTECH Hutchison's problems underline the perils of early 3G lee han shih FOR months Singapore telcos have tried without success to push back an official deadline to roll out 3G services by the end of next year. Now
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      364 18 Reuters [LONDON] Hutchison Whampoa-backed 3, Europe's first third-generation (3G) mobile phone operator, said last Thursday its phones would be available in 1,000 British stores by the weekend. The increased retail presence coincides with an extension of its introductory half-price offer for handsets by
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      554 18  -  Its failure to hononr rebates fast enough had come under fire By 1 Tang Weng Fai FOLLOWING widespread dissatisfaction with its handling of complaints, PCmaker Dell says it has cleared outstanding rebates it owes to customers. Dell's customer rebate scheme came under fire recently when
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      436 18 Reuters [SINGAPORE] As a Web surfer, James Sia is an incorrigible speed demon. Mr Sia downloads email and data at blazing speeds on mobile wireless broadband networks known as "Wi-Fi", scoffing at cellular technologies that allow users to access the
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      363 18  -  By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE will be hardly affected by mobile phone giant Nokia's plans to cut 1,800 jobs at its Nokia Networks infrastructure division, following delays in launching third generation (3G) networks by mobile phone operators worldwide. About 1,100 jobs
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      270 18 Trusted Solaris meets stringent security standards LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Sun Microsystems Inc last Tuesday started selling a high-secu-rity version of its operating system that runs on standard chips from Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD). Sun's Trusted Solaris software, previously available only for
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      535 18  -  By Amit Roy Choudhury USONYX, an Asian broadband hosting service provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has launched six broadband Web hosting solutions for Singapore SMEs with prices starting as low as $20 a month. The Usonyx.net platform, built on the Singapore ONE
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      660 20  -  No single ICTT firm can do It alone and so collaboration Is necessary kwang-soo kim OVER the past 50 years, the information and communications technology ("ICT") industry has constantly released breakthrough products to sustain high industry growth. But it has yet to invent the
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      621 20  -  BTiamiumj A few precautions, using equipment they already have, conld save firms a lot of grief: expert By Tang Weng Fai COMPANIES thinking they are dealing with computer security by buying more equipment could be pouring their money down the drain. More often
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      243 20 Reuters [MUNICH] US software giant Microsoft Corp, the unrivalled ruler of the personal computer (PC) world, does not aim to dominate the mobile phone software market, its German chief executive said on Saturday. The world's biggest software maker has started to woo telecom
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      Lock icon Apple's overtures to buy Universal worry Wall Street
      373 20 LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] Wall Street took a bite out of Apple Computer Inc last Friday as CEO Steve Jobs' overtures to buy Universal Music Group were alternately hailed as a stroke of genius and needled as the oversized ambitions of Silicon Valley's
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      428 21  -  They will initially target the government market Byi Amit Roy Choudhury ADOBE Systems, which recently introduced the latest version of its flagship Adobe Acrobat software, has stepped up its efforts in the enterprise and e-govern-ment markets, tying up with IBM to deliver integrated
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      285 21  -  Compiled by Amit Roy Choudhury Dell's new Inspiron DELL has introduced its newest thin and light notebook, the Inspiron 500 m, a moonlight silver notebook computer designed for small businesses, students and consumers. Starting at $2,599, the Inspiron 500 m supports Intel Centrino mobile technology capability, has long battery
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      185 21 Reuters [NEW YORK] Tivo Inc launched a service last week to make its system a hub for home entertainment, allowing users to not only record TV programmes, but access digital music and photos from their personal computers. Tivo's Home Media Option is avaUable to
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      237 21 BENQ has launched a limited edition notebook, the Joybook 8000 Classic, which has a stanza from the Chinese poem, Autobiography, embossed on its cover. BenQ is launching only 300 sets worldwide, out of which 88 will be on sale in Singapore. The Joybook 8000 Classic retails
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      249 21  -  By Daniel Buenas US computing giant Sun Microsystems last week announced the launch of two new servers the Sun Fire V2lO and V 240 and a slew of new computing products and services. The servers are targeted at entry-level users who require frontend, enterprise and
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      611 23  -  Ship thoroughly disinfected; two itineraries cancelled /ty Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The Malaysian cruise ship SuperStar Virgo has returned to the Singapore Cruise Centre (SCC) after being temporarily banished to Singapore's maritime quarantine after two crew members were hospitalised for suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome
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      151 23 Xinhua [TOKYO] An unidentified ship has caught fire and sunk in the Tsushima Strait between Japan and South Korea, Japan Coast Guard officials said. The Coast Guard is trying to identify the sunken ship and find the crew, the officials said. They said
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      984 24  -  LINER SCENE -By] David Hughes THERE are those that argue that container shipping is becoming a sort of commodity. Well, perhaps so. It depends on how one defines these things. But container shipping companies do seem to have an inexhaustible supply
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        792 31 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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        645 32 Carriers cutting hundreds of flights across region as travel demand falls Bloomberg AFP [SINGAPORE] Airlines in Asia are reeling from the effects of the Sars epidemic with the resulting slowdown in travel likely to hit the bottom lines of almost all
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        248 32 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Hainan Airlines, whose largest shareholder is US financier George Soros, said profit more than doubled last year after the airline expanded its network and carried more passengers. Net income at China's fourth-largest carrier rose to 128.1 million yuan (5527.28 million), or 0.18
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          109 32 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines, the world's second-biggest carrier, reached an agreement with its mechanics that would save US$349 million a year, wrapping up labour accords that are part of efforts to avoid liquidation. The six-year agreement would cut wage rates 13 per cent, raise
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        244 32 Reuters [LONDON] In a sign that the worst fears over the Iraq war have gone, British Airways (BA), Europe's largest airline, is reinstating direct flights to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Dubai. The airline said in its staff newspaper that it is resuming flights to
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        263 32 Bloomberg [ROME] Alitalia SpA, Italy's largest airline, will cancel 320 flights today, affecting the travel plans of thousands of travellers, as pilots, flight attendants and air-traffic controllers strike against working conditions. The company will cancel 170 national flights and 150 international flights and will
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        550 32 More carriers will go bast if reductions are not made soon AFP [TOKYO] Cutting airport user charges is vital for airlines as they struggle to survive the outbreak of war in Iraq and the spread of a potentially deadly strain
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