The Business Times, 24 April 2003

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  • Title Section
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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03^2003 Hucrr.ei: http://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2003 86#
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Leong Hin plunges after CAD's visit to OCBC remisiers
    510 1  -  Investigators' visit believed to be over nnnsual trading activity in firm's stock By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] It had to happen sooner or later, but the fact that it took so long baffled many market watchers. The shares of property and construction
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  • Article
    Lock icon S'pore investors face relegation on KL bourse
    568 1  -  Local players go from big-time to small-time as HK and UK investors move in From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE stock market players, who have long been the dominant force in Malaysia, are now dwarfed by investors from Hong Kong and the
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  • Article
    Lock icon The players
    56 1 Inflow of foreign portfolio funds IMS 19— I 1W7 I 1W 19W 2000 2001 2008 RMbUn 52.15 7020 75.37 22JH 118.16 116.07 7.53 11.00 Hons KOflfl 24.11 41.70 4223 17.48 j 8.47 17.15 8.70 13.88 UK 12.30 17.65 20.65 6.87 5.86 8.16 7.56 12.03 US 13.78 8.87 9.88
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    Lock icon Ananda Krishnan joins battle for major Indon cell phone operator
    501 1  -  Mazis boss going head-to-head against Telekom Malaysia From I Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta MALAYSIAN tycoon Ananda Krishnan has entered the fray in the bidding for Indonesia's third largest cellular phone operator, PT Excelcomindo Pratama, but it remains unclear how the
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    70 1 STI 1,2—0S (-8.29) ST INDEX FUTURES (-10.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 154.70 (-0.90) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP 629.62 3.37 NIKKEI 225 7.***** +192 HANG SENG 8.5196(1 -5131 SET INDEX 375.39 -358 JAKARTA COMP *47.68 +4 94 MANILA ('(IMP ..1.083.88 33.24 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** +8.83 SEOUL COMP 598.09 -5.23 SHENZHEN B 217.15 -309
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ ISS (SS per ISS) 1.777 £(ISS/SS per 1574 1798 El"RO(TS$/SS/E) 1.096 1.947 YEN 120.1 6760 RM 3.800 1138 HKS 7.800 4.389 BAHT 4174 24.05 Rl'PIAH 8.745 4.920 RENMINBI 8199 4.670 INDIAN RITEE 47,13 2663 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 Kl ALA LI "M PVR «40 HONG
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    Lock icon WTO warns of cloudy global trade outlook
    629 1  -  It cites spread of Sars, uncertain post-war recovery From] Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE World Trade Organization yesterday warned that prospects for global trade this year are "clouded" because of the spreading Sars infection and uncertain post-Iraq war recovery in the Middle East.
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      Lock icon HK unveils HK$11.8b Sars relief package
      636 2 Govt aid includes tax cuts and loans, but analysts doubt it'll have much impact on economy Reuters, AP, Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong yesterday unveiled a HKIII.B billion (552.69 billion) emergency economic package the region's biggest so far to ease the impact of the
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    • Article
      Lock icon ABN's new deal may spark fresh refinancing war
      445 2  -  Many homeowners reaching the end of their lock-in period By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] ABN Amro yesterday fired the first salvo in what bankers say is likely to be a fresh outbreak of a price war among lenders for refinancing home loans,
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      Lock icon Donations pour in to Citibank-BT Sars Fund
      593 2  -  Frontline Tech boss makes personal donation, Amtek throws in $10,000 By. Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Companies and business leaders are coming together to show their support for those afflicted by Sars, with thousands of dollars of pledges and donations pouring into the Citibank-The Business
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Can't nail a job? Give the hard tnrth
        115 2 IF you can't find a job the conventional way, try some negative publicity, as a jobless Swede, Angelika Wed berg, 30, did. After repeatedly trying, she posted an ad in the regional daily Goteborgs-Posten: "I want a well-paid job. I have no
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      • Article
        Lock icon Just buy the haystack
        99 2 US ACADEMIC Burton Malkiel's claim to flame is his classic book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, in which he argues against active money management and in favour of simply buying the index. In a recent interview he reiterated that stance, saying the number of fund
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon Vegetable supply now above pre-Sars level
      368 4 AYA orgjes public to resist panic buying and hoarding [SINGAPORE] The Agri-Food Veterinary Authority of Singapore yesterday said vegetable supply in Singapore has "rebounded to above normal supply levels". Advising consumers to resist panic buying and hoarding, it said that from 3 pm Tuesday
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      Lock icon China economy expected to contract in Q2
      404 4 Sars may cause 2-5% dip in growth: analysts Reuters [SINGAPORE] China's rampant economy may be stalling as the Sars virus spreads and the country's growing importance as a regional economic engine means the rest of Asia may be dragged down with it. Citigroup
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      Lock icon Beijing closes schools for two weeks
      381 4 Reuters, AFP, AP, Bloomberg [BEIJING] Travellers wearing white masks thronged Beijing's railway stations yesterday, desperate to flee the Chinese capital where the government ordered schools closed to control the soaring number of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) infections. The World Health Organisation (WHO) also
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      791 4 EE 9a SembCorp Industries SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at The Theatrette, 60 Admiralty Road West, Singapore *****7 on Monday, May 26, 2003 at 11.00
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      1054 4 9 SembCorp Industries SEMBCORP INDUSTRIES LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ADJOURNED EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Extraordinary General Meeting of SembCorp Industries Limited (the "Company") convened to be held at The Theatrette, 60 Admiralty Road West, Singapore *****7 on April 23, 2003
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Leong Hin—another fine mess in the making?
      692 5  - Leong Hin —another fine mess in the making? locksiew r sivanithy AFTER the market got wind yesterday that the Commercial Affairs Department may be investigating trading in the shares of property and construction firm Leong Hin Holdings, the counter crashed 75 per cent the biggest one-day slide in recent memory.
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      Lock icon KT&T's earnings surge 14% in Q1
      372 5  -  Rise mainly dne to sale of loss-making telecom businesses; revenue dips 5% By, Angela Tan KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation, a unit of conglomerate Keppel Corp, saw a 14 per cent rise in its first-quarter net profit to $3.1 million due mainly to the sale of
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      Lock icon SPC profit down 12% in Q1 despite higher oil prices
      324 5  -  By] Michelle Quah A SURGE in oil prices in the early part of this year, triggered by supply concerns ahead of the US-led war on Iraq, helped boost Singapore Petroleum Company's first-quarter revenues by 72 per cent to $876 million.
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Cosco to place out 100m new shares
        104 7 Reuters SHIPPING group Cosco Investment (Singapore) Ltd said yesterday it would place out 100 million new shares to private investors to raise net proceeds of $19.5 million. The Singapore-listed arm of China's biggest shipping group, China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco Group), said placement
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        Lock icon 20% rise In CapitaLand Q1 profit seen
        104 7 Reuters SOUTH-EAST Asia's largest property group, Capita Land Ltd, likely recorded a rise of about 20 per cent in first-quarter net profit, fuelled by brisk home sales in China and Australia, industry analysts said. Capita Land, which faces weak residential property demand in
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        Lock icon Donate to Courage Fond via DBS
        88 7 DBS yesterday made available its Internet Banking and Internet Kiosks to customers who wish to contribute to The Courage Fund, which was set up to support the healthcare professionals and Sars victims. Starting today, DBS and POSB customers will be able to use DBS
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        Lock icon Nora Telecom receives $11m order
        71 7 NERA Telecommunications Ltd said the company and its subsidiary, Nera (Philippines) Inc, have received two purchase orders for the supply of SDH digital microwave, equipment and engineering services to cellular operators in the Philippines. The orders have a total value of about $11 million. The
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        Lock icon BIL extends Thistle offer by 10 days
        86 7 Bloomberg [LONDON] BIL International Ltd, a Singapore-based holding company, extended its offer to buy Thistle Hotels pic by 10 days to May 2. Thistle, which operates 24 London hotels, again urged stockholders to reject the bid. BIL has received acceptances from holders of
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        Lock icon Ascott Q1 earnings stamp to $4.2m
        61 7 SERVICED apartment operator The Ascott Group reported earnings of $4.19 million for the first quarter ended March, down from $9.32 million. This was mainly because last year's Ql had higher divestment gains. Turnover was lower at $55.4 million, against $68.18 million previously. Ascott said
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      Lock icon US FDA queries Osim over 7 health products
      431 7  -  Company says it is working closely with the US agency to settle the matter By David Boey OSIM International, a main-board-listed maker and supplier of healthy-lifestyle products, said yesterday it is working closely with the US Food and Drug Administration to ensure
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      Lock icon Three companies bound for Sesdaq one after another
      373 7  -  Asiatic, Anston, Ecowise nnf&zed by cautions market By Kenneth Lim DESPITE a cautious market, three companies are set to make their trading debut on Sesdaq in rapid succession, starting with fire-pre-vent ion firm Asiatic Group today. Asiatic Group's share trading today is
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      Lock icon SingTel Mobile leads in customer satisfaction: survey
      306 7  -  By Angela Tan amid me Keen rivalry in Singapore's mobile phone market, former monopoly Singapore Telecommunications Ltd has emerged top in mobile phone customer satisfaction, providing services which far exceed the industry average, according to an inaugural study. According to J D Power
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      317 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 23 VALUE CLOSE BTOMDS -282.00 +53.00 BTCAM -*****.00 -76.00 BT10-4* MA -28.00 MkSGE««n 341.27 -2.65 SBEmMmBwI 118.67 +0.42 86 Hb 1084.84 -0.75 SG Em«m Pr»p 294.81 -2.89 MSCI Singapore 155.26 -1.16 SMSCtFatms 154.70 -0.90 Stocks Volume Accord Customer 2.5c 15,417,OCX) StarC ruises 10c 14,916,000 S*«Tell5c 14,465.000
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      Lock icon Some punters still hopeful despite Leong Hin crash
      289 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan WHEN a stock keeps rising at regular intervals, only to chalk up periodic sharp and sudden falls, there is reasonable cause to suspect something suspicious is happening on the trading front. For several years, this has
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      Lock icon Behind the broad market's weakness
      747 6  -  fHicomment STOCKS r. sivanithy WAS it a case of "short in the morning, cover in the afternoon"? Or was it more a case of a market-wide downgrade for Singapore because of the negative economic pull of Sars? Or perhaps yesterday's weakness was due to a
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      Lock icon Wall Street's bounce fails to move US$
      594 6  -  comment CURRENCIES Trade-weighted Singapore dollar seen straining against lower limits again larry wee BOTH the US dollar and most Asian bourses were visibly unmoved yesterday by Wall Street's handsome 2 per cent bounce in Tuesday night trading. The best that could be said
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  • Article
    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    3087 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global HMlth Index Fd 0.786/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 403/ Com Global mfotec Index Fd!" 0279 A8N Aw li Aiirt Mgt (5 put) Com Global Energy Index Fd 0 815/ Star Europe Eqty!* 0 59* Com Global Travel Index Fd 0.63/ sSbHSSmZZZ= ZZZZeiro Com
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon COE prices rise as Sars fails to deter car buyers
      368 8  -  Strong bookings seen by many car distributors spurs aggressive bidding Byi Christopher Tan THE car industry remains relatively unaffected by the Sars scare, as motor dealers armed with more than 5,600 orders kept COE bidding lively yesterday. At the end
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    • Article
      Lock icon Maggi, SIA, Tiger, Nescafe among top brands in S'pore
      288 8 HOW important is good branding for a product? Here's a hint mention the word "instant noodles", and what is the first brand that comes to mind? If your response was "Maggi Mee", then your answer mirrors that of many Singaporeans who
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      Lock icon New consumer database for non-bank credit providers
      305 8  -  By] Daniel Buenas INFOCREDIT D&B Singa pore yesterday launched a service through which providers of credit outside the banking industry can access the credit history of individuals. Credit Scan allows subscribers access to a central depository of data obtained from other subscribers and
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon March CPI up 0.8% despite cheaper housing
      281 8  -  on the economy inflation Kenneth Lim INFLATION in almost all major categories drove the Consumer Price Index (CPI) up 0.8 per cent year-on-year in March even as housing prices continue to fall. The largest price increase of 2.3 per cent came from miscellaneous
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      Lock icon MAS seeks feedback to tweak legislation
      279 8 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking feedback on amendments to the Securities and Futures Act (SFA) and the Financial Advisers Act (FAA). MAS said the Acts will be amended in two phases as part of a continuing effort to improve the regulatory framework.
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      806 8 I Keppel Telecommunications I I Transportation Ltd I I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) H 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2003 I The Directors of Keppel Telecommunications Transportation Ltd advise the following unaudited H results of the Group for the three months ended 31
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      6 8 Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon New N-E homes mostly in Punggol and Sengkang
      660 9  -  Andrea Tan looks at what's in store for the region under the URA's Draft Master Plan 2003 Andrea Tan THE North-east region will have 63 per cent more homes but ferns of Serangoon will be disappointed. The 123,000 additional homes will be
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      Lock icon Construction awards winners sharpen edge
      472 9  -  Reports by 1 Vince Chong CONTRACTORS which won at this year's local construction awards showed that the downturn has not been an obstacle in developing better industry practices which have resulted in cost and time savings for the winning projects. In fact, such recognition, they
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      Lock icon Bigwig developers dominate CEA
      229 9 AS usual, bigwig property developers dominated the Construction Excellence Awards (CEA) in the residential section, with Marco Polo being the odd one out among multiple winners Hong Leong Holdings/City Developments, Capita Land and Far East Organisation. Hong Leong Holdings won for its Hillside condominium in the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Improve Indian infrastructure — and mindsets
      749 10  - Improve Indian infrastructure and mindsets ■EiTT^ 1 bottom line OPINION amit roy choudhury WITH India finally waking up to the need to ramp up its infrastructure, some exciting projects have been taken up to improve roads, ports, airports, telecommunications and power generation It is estimated that India will need to
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      85 10 'We are concerned that if we don't take some steps, an oil glut may form in two, three months.' All al-Nmuim the Saudi Arabian oil minister, on the eve of the meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) in Vienna today. 'If Asean and China
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      Lock icon Ring-fencing against Sars
      676 10 EDITORIAL YOU know that the scientists scrambling to unravel the mysteries behind Sars are leaving no stone unturned when two have ventured that the virus is actually a cometary microbe. From outer space, in other words. According to the two UK-based astrobiologists, the Sars virus may have
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      Lock icon The Iraqi wild card in the Opec equation
      1327 10  -  After many years in the wilderness nnder UN sanctions, Baghdad has signalled it will ramp np oil production. The Americans will gladly help, of course By G Panicker WITH Baghdad, where the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) was born 43 years
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      Lock icon Can US afford long Iraq stay?
      509 10  -  MAiLi-rm Tan Keng Tat Singapore DAVID Hale ("The prohibitive cost of a new US imperialism". BT, April 4) indicated that the US alone must foot the bill of a long military presence in Iraq, un like in Gulf War I when the allies also
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      Lock icon Banks should help in bad times
      78 10  -  D Khong Singapore I REFER to the report "Give us a break, retailers tell mall owners" (BT, April 12). I wonder if the retailers have forgotten about the financial institutions and banks. Many mall owners and landlords have to service their bank loans. So
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      Lock icon Perils inherent in re-pricing options
      269 10  -  Ang Hao Yao Singapore RECENTLY, discussions on the re-pricing of "underwater" employee stock options were reported in the press. Some companies may be tempted to consider this route as the recent bear market has made many options next to worthless. This is a dangerous path
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Syed Mokhtar nursing retail arm via revamp
      452 11  -  Capital reduction for Ocean Capital to help erase RM59m accumulated losses From Eddie Toll in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN billionaire Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who is raising funds to help complete an ambitious sea and air hub in Johor to rival Singapore, has turned his
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      Lock icon M'sian earnings forecasts take hit
      434 11 KUALA LUMPUR Corporate profits to grow 11-12% on lower GDP growth, say analysts SEVERAL research houses are projecting a slower-than-expected earnings growth for Malaysian companies following a downward revision of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) numbers. Domestic corporate earnings are now expected to grow
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    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon Ibra to sell stakes in 61 firms
        106 12 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency yesterday launched the sale of its ownership in 61 companies as part of efforts to meet its targeted full-year contribution to the state budget. Ibra deputy chairman Tauflk Mappaenre said the assets offered in this programme
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        Lock icon Taiwan factory closures up in March
        64 12 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's factory closures almost doubled in March as some manufacturers trimmed output on the island or moved to be nearer their customers in China, where costs are lower. Factory closures rose to 415 from 211 a year earlier, said the Ministry of
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        Lock icon Regal Hotels plans to sell 2 properties
        106 12 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Regal Hotels International Holdings Ltd, the biggest hotel owner in Hong Kong, plans to sell two properties as room occupancy plunges due to the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in the region. Regal's problems started long before the
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        Lock icon Indian govt workers plan strike
        112 12 AP [NEW DELHI] India's government employees, from national to village level, will strike on May 21 to protest plans to privatise state-run companies and cut their benefits, a news agency reported on Tuesday. The strike was aimed at "crippling the government machinery," Sukhomal Sen, general
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        Lock icon Indon police arrest JI leader, others
        87 12 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian police said yesterday they have arrested a suspected regional leader of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group and 16 other people—including three Bali bombing suspects. The arrests were announced the day that Jl's alleged overall leader Abu Bakar Bashir went on
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        Lock icon Telekom boosts stake in Celcom
        120 12 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Telekom Malaysia Bhd raised its stake in Celcom (Malaysia) Bhd, the country's second-largest mobile phone company, to more than 50 per cent, making it a subsidiary. State-controlled Telekom yesterday bought 55 million shares, or 2.1 per cent of Celcom stock, boosting its
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      Lock icon Sars sours Asian investor sentiment
      578 12 HONGKONG Bat region's cheap valuations and high dividends conducive for rebound if Sars is contained Reuters ASIAN investor sentiment has soured with the spread of Sars, sending portfolio managers scurrying to cash despite cheap stocks across the region. "Asia is cheap but I don't think
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      Lock icon Tycoon has stake in Tung's family firm
      420 12 HONGKONG AP TYCOON Li Ka-shing has a U5526.7 million stake in the family firm of Hong Kong's political leader, Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, executives disclosed under new stock market rules. Mr Li's flagship conglomerate, Hutchison Whampoa, owns 31.34 million shares, or a 6.06
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      Lock icon Bank of America boosting Singapore operations
      513 12  -  Expansion, despite Sars, to include its Japan business By Siow Li Sen BANK of America, which last year posted its best-ever results from Asia, is boosting its operations in Singapore despite the Sars scare to include its Japan business. Bank of America Asia president
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    1087 11 Transaction date: Apr 23 PtTBRBAlfE CROSS RATES *S C$ »■> Uro HKS h*h tapUfc Tw Won *2S to Ewo S$ tort Sfr KTS 8*t ftmt BSj Amtralu 0.897 5.146 0.566 4.836 29.348 ***** 0.749 7.558 2.356 1107 35.836 32.556 162 4.706 0.852 ***** 26.504 OJM 0J20 Canada 1.115 5.737
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    Lock icon COMMODITIES
    1557 11 ECTCOM FUTURES Apr 2:. RU88CR Futures (CJoang prices) RSS1 (S cents/kq) CtOM Volume Open "«a f 44 i-l —A Month nifn low jfti (tonnes) iiittrtst May 03 1 1 176.00 1 Jwt 03 ***** Jul 03 ***** Aug 03 ***** tSS3 (USccotsAq) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4563 12 Transaction date: Apr 23 HONGKONG vol HKRmri —1.01 unch 1156 HKS "000 Hong Kong Electric 31.40 0-20 3807 Hongkong Chinese .0.60 -0.01 808 Alpha General 0.19 -0.01 135 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 0.60 -0.01 808 Ananda Wing On .0.01 unch 0 Hopewell Holdings. .6.50 -0.30 2539 Angang New Steel
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      550 13 FORM 65A THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) SECTION 291(1) STATUTORY DECLARATION BY DIRECTORS Of COMPANY'S INABILITY TO CONTINUE BUSINESS BY REASON OF ITS LIABILITIES Name ol Company Greenland Consulting Pie Lid Compony No *****0933K The Registrar ol Com ponies Businesses Singapore We, Wong Swei Yeuan (IC: *****853J) and Koo Hok
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      394 14 SAO PAULO, Brazil It removes donbts, adds stability to markets: US Treasury Secretary Reuters, NYT GLOBAL financial markets should be bolstered by the White House's decision to back another term at the helm of the US Federal Reserve for Alan Greenspan, Treasury
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      425 14 NEW YORK More analysts now foresee a second half recovery Reuters A GROWING number of analysts now believe the overall better-than-expected corporate earnings in the First quarter could be a harbinger for good tidings later this year. Many Wall Street analysts have warned
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      232 14  -  SINGAPORE By Yang Razali Kassim THE proposed free trade agreement between the United States and Singapore has received another boost, when the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore threw its weight behind it yesterday. AmCham submitted its written testimony in favour of the
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      256 14 NORWALK, Connecticut Bloomberg US ACCOUNTING rule makers, moving closer to a decision that would overhaul the book-keeping treatment of stock options, have agreed that options represent a compensation cost that companies should recognise on their financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards
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        93 14 Bloomberg [LONDON] Crude oil fell after Saudi Arabia warned of a looming surplus and industry consultant PetroLogistics said the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries is producing more for the fourth consecutive month. "An oil glut may form in two or three months" unless
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        79 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US prosecutors are investigating possible fraud by executives at stoat iao public companies and are likely to file new criminal charges in dozens of those cases, US Justice Department officials said on Tuesday. "We had thought that maybe this corporate fraud crisis
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        75 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] AT&T Corp, the biggest US long-distance telephone company, posted a first-quarto- profit of US$57l million as lower expenses helped counter a 5£ per cent drop in salee. Net income was 73 US cents a share, compared with a loss of US$B75
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        81 14 Reuters [PAIX) ALTO, California] Internet auctioneer eßay Inc on Tueaday posted first-quarter profits that mors than doubled on triple-digit growth in key overseas markets and strong results from its online paywnt unit. It also raised its earnings and revenue targrts for both the
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        60 14 Bloomberg [CHICAGO) Boeing Co, the world's biggest planemaker, had a first-quarter loas after coats to write down the value of leased aircreft and businesses. The net loss narrowed to USs47Bmillion, or 80 US cents a share, from US$l.36 billion, or US$l.54 a share, a
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      493 15 NEW YORK It's not investigating front-running bnt floating of obligations Reuters THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) said on Tuesday its investigation into specialists' trading practices is not focused on "front-run-ning". It is the first time the NYSE has specifically rejected use of the
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      680 16  -  Singapore-developed solution is a world first and will be showcased at a trade congress in Canada, reports Amlt Roy Choudhury Amit Roy Chondhury A LOCALLY-DEVELOPED innovation, embraced by the leading chambers of commerce here and the Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI), has enabled
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      680 16  -  ilicomment INFOTECH It's abont to take off In a big way. Badnesses shonldnt miss the boat kenneth james NOT many tech developments rate a cheer in these Sars-depressed times. Corporate Wi-Fi does. Which is why businesses, even as they expend valuable resources coming to grips with
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      260 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 4 points to 2097, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 9 points to 2734, the Baltic Panamax Index fell 3 points to 2107 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 55 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Iron Prince (built 1995) *****4 dwt 14.6 on 62
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      676 17  -  Antwerp beats M'sian port to be world's no 10 container port By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Port Klang missed out on a place in the world's top 10 container ports by a whisker last year, climbing one spot to
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      258 17 Some striking track operators return to work at Indian port Reuters [AHMEDABAD, India] Cargo at one major Indian port has started to move as a crippling nationwide truckers' strike continued into its second day. Cargo handling at Kandla, one of India's busiest ports, was
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      228 17 AP [WELLINGTON] The 17 crew members of a Taiwanese fishing boat were believed drowned after their vessel sank in a severe South Pacific storm, search and rescue authorities said yesterday. The captain of the 32-m Lih Fa radioed to other vessels in the fishing
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      308 17 Offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by state-run shipyard Oana-Xinhua [YANGON] Myanmar has delivered to a Singaporean company an offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by the Myanma Shipyards (MS), a state-run enterprise under the Ministry of Transport, official newspaper The New Light of
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      95 17 [SUOMENLAHTI, Finland] Hylje, a ship which is specially designed to fight oil spills, is seen at the Gulf ofFinland near Suomenlahti. Hylje, which means seal, was dispatched to the Porvoo area in the Gulf of Finland on Sunday night after an observation flight detected an oil slick
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        1078 18 Military, aid cargo to Iraq is helping some firms at a time when most are struggling to reverse declining profits in a slumping world economy Bloomberg WASHINGTON] SEVERAL shipping companies, including Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), continue to benefit from the US defence forces' need
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        779 23 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 averagesized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        546 24 Sonny holiday destinations, future EU markets are the key growth targets Reuters [LONDON/STOCKHOLM] Scandinavian flag carrier SAS and other European carriers being squeezed by bigger players and low-fare rivals face mounting pressure to shore up home markets and find new business closer to
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        450 24 AAPA urges airport to lower landing and other fees Bloomberg AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, the city's largest airfreight handler, will cut by half the amount it charges airlines for office space, helping them trim costs as a deadly virus
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        560 24 Unions still angry at airline's gaffe involving exec pay Reuters [CHICAGO/DALLAS] While American Airlines scrambled on Tuesday to avoid filing for bankruptcy, two smaller US carriers reported mixed results showing an industry still in crisis. Unions were still angry at the world's largest
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          61 24 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines Cargo said on Tuesday it is rescinding its war surcharge on affected flights through the Middle East immediately. SIA, like many other airlines, introduced a surcharge on the outbreak of the war in Iraq, to cover additional costs incurred by longer
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          102 24 [SINGAPORE] With crude oil and kerosene prices falling, Lufthansa's cargo service has cut its fuel surcharge further. After announcing a reduction of 0.05 euros (550.097) in its fuel surcharge on April 7, Lufthansa Cargo is trimming the surcharge by a further 0.05 euros, from May
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          99 24 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, the country's two largest carriers, will next month increase weekly flights between Seoul's Incheon airport and Yanji in China because of rising travel demand between the two cities. Korean Air and Asiana will each raise the number
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        468 24 It plans to take the Embraer jets in mid-2006 instead of next year Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's biggest non-state airline Jet Airways will delay taking delivery of as much as US$52O million worth of planes from Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, the
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