The Business Times, 25 April 2003

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MHA (P) 024/03/2003 Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2003 85C
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  • Article
    Lock icon Sars-ravaged stocks offer good pickings
    540 1  -  Analysts think selling may not be the smartest strategy now By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Is the broad collapse in market sentiment under the weight of Sars justified? On the face of it, some will say yes. After all, the government has slashed Singapore's growth
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    Lock icon Leong Hin, TT Int'l dive on trading curbs
    547 1  -  Two broking finns bar margin trading in the two stocks By\ David Boey [SINGAPORE] News that at least two broking houses had imposed trading restrictions on the shares of Leong Hin Holdings and TT International (TTI) cost the two counters more than
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    72 1 STI 1,243.01 (-23.07) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,280.00 (-9.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 152.90 (-1.80) Thursday Change KLSECOMP 624.66 -496 NIKKEI 225 7.***** +6119 HANG SENG 8.***** -77 49 SET INDEX 369.71 -5.68 JAKARTA COMP 445.15 -2.53 MANILA COMP .1.070.45 -1343 TAIPEI WPI 4.***** ***** SEOl'LCOMP ***** 9.74 SHENZHEN B 215.02 -2.14
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    81 1 FOftfcX RATES u»$ s$ USS (SS per ISS) 1.778 £(VSS/S$ per 1.593 1833 ElRO(US$/S$.E). 1102 1960 YEN 119.9 67.40 RM 3 800 1137 HKS 7 800 4,386 BAHT 4176 24 05 Rl'PLAH 8,725 4 J06 RENMINBI 8199 4.667 INDIAN Rl PEE 4752 26.61 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5i6 Kl ALA
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    Lock icon Manufacturing prospects on the line
    865 1  -  DPM Lee warns of worse GDP figures if Sars becomes global pandemic By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The economy could turn out to be in even worse shape than the most recent official forecasts if the deadly Sars contagion takes on a global dimension, Deputy
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    Lock icon Quarterly reporting waiver for more firms
    387 1  -  Only those with over $75m market cap most do it, np from $20m previously By I Chuang Peck Ming Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] Some four months into the controversial mandatory quarterly reporting, the government is extending the one-year waiver to more listed firms. It has
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      86 1 C Many people L9r ask me why I write so often I to the media. I Tve been quite I worried about I how the Singapore I society has been coping with the changes, and Tin quite worried that in Singapore we have a certain way of thinking, that so
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      37 1 SARS REPORTS World Bank, OECD cut growth forecasts, Pg 2 No resource* spared to fight Sars: S'pore govt, Pg 3 Govt heavily subsidises victims'costs, Pg 3 More oases in Shanghai than reported, says WHO. PglO 111-Nil! s^szisrsooocK
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      13 1 For full text ofDPM Lee's and Health Minister's speeches, click on http://business-times. asial.com.sg
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      Lock icon World Bank, OECD cut growth forecasts
      847 2  -  SARS OUTBREAK E Asia growth will fall by a point and S'pore, HE will be hard hit, says bank PrOTTi Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE Sars outbreak will cut East Asia's economic growth by almost one percentage point this year, the World Bank said
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      Lock icon US economy starting to reel from Sars outbreak
      513 2 BEIGE BOOK SURVEY Analysts reckon it's still too early to measure its impact AFP NYT (WASHINGTON) The US economy is beginning to feel the effects of the Sars epidemic, according to government and industry reports. The US Federal Reserve, in its Beige
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Hold that sell order
        148 2 FINANCIAL adviser Harry Ernst had this bullish piece of advice in Barron's April 14 issue aimed at Wall Street players: "After being out of alignment for nearly three-and-a-half years, the monetary planets finally seem to be favourably positioned for the stock market. Not that the Dow
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        Lock icon To hedge or go mutual?
        248 2 FINALLY, a clear definition of the difference between a mutual fund and a hedge fund is making its rounds via e-mail. We hope this clears up any doubts readers may have: Mutual funds charge clients 1.5 per cent of assets, hedge funds charge 1 per
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
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      Lock icon No one's exempt
      61 3 (Ltft to right) SMLee, PMGoh, Senior Minister of State (Education, Trade and Industry) Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Health Minister Urn HngKiang having their temperature taken on arrival at Parliament House yesterday, in Singapore's continuing battle against the spread of the deadly Sars infection. None of them missed yesterday's
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      Lock icon What they say...
      232 3 Compiled by BT "77)e supply of equipment masks, gowns, goggles, thermometers. The supply of masks is in shortage worldwide, but we are using all our resources from Mindef, from MTI, IE Singapore, ST Logistics. We are using all resources that we have in Singapore to get ourselves
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      Lock icon Govt heavily subsidises victims' costs
      475 3  -  It's providing lower hospital rates, free medication for Sars patients By] Raju Chellam THE government is bearing most of the cost incurred by victims of Sars including the entire cost of a key drug used in its treatment. The average length of stay of a
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      Lock icon No resources spared to fight Sars: govt
      448 3  -  Parliament, S'poreans assured of the measures being taken By' Vince Chong NO RESOURCES will be spared in combating the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). That was the message sent out by the government through Parliament yesterday as it bid to assure the House
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      Lock icon Courage Fund to start giving out $lm for immediate relief
      466 3  -  By Kenneth Lim THE Courage Fund, a Sars-relief charity created two weeks ago, said yesterday it will start disbursing about $1 million to provide immediate relief for Sars victims. The fund had already received $3.4 million as at yesterday, not
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      Lock icon More cases in Shanghai than reported, says WHO
      597 4 Only two cases so far; Beijing in panic as quarantine orders issued AFP AP Bloomberg Reuters [SHANGHAI] The World Health Organization suggested yesterday that Shanghai authorities were covering up the extent of the Sars outbreak in China's largest city, warning more cases
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      Lock icon Philippine economy reels over fears of deadly Sars outbreak
      406 4  -  From Al Labita in Manila THE Philippines has yet to experience a major outbreak of the deadly Sars virus, but fears that it would engulf the country sooner than expected sent the economy reeling. Tourism traffic, a major foreign exchange earner,
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    • INBrief
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        Lock icon Iata seeks relief from Asian govts
        161 4 AFP [BANGKOK] Airline industry group lata yesterday called on Asian governments for emergency flnanrfai relief as the industry struggles to deal with its "biggest crisis ever" due to the Sars outbreak. "Sars is a top priority for lata (the International Air Transport Association) and
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        Lock icon HK death rate underestimated
        63 4 AP [HONG KONG] A health care expert said the Sars mortality rate in Hong Kong has been underestimated. Dr Sydney Chung Sheung-chee, dean of medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, said: "It would be higher than the 5 or 6 per cent that has
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        Lock icon M`sia to quarantine ISO people
        59 4 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia is seeking to quarantine 180 people who had dealings with a Singapore market that was infected with Sars, Health Minister Chua Jui Meng said. The majority, 131 people, are from Johor, he said. The government has ordered medical officers to look
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      107 3 COURAGE FUND TO DONATE BY CHEQUE: A crossed cheque made out to 'The Courage Fund' should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6, Commonwealth Lane, Level 6, GMTI Building, Singapore *****7 TO DONATE BY PHONE: From now until April 30, members of the public can donate
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      639 4 Land I Keppel Land Limited I (incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2003 The Directors of Keppel Land Limited advise the following unaudited results of the Group for the quarter ended 31 March 2003: GROUP 1Q2003 1Q2002 $'000 $'000 SALES 142,889
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      738 4 fISB Fu Yu Manufacturing Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE Of ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Function Rooms 1-2,2 nd Floor, Raffles Marina Ltd, 10 Tuas West Drive, Singapore *****4 on Tuesday, 13 May
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      130 5 The (X^mny^/mie The massage massage -S Transcend to a whole new world of peace and relaxation on With a built-in CD player to soothe your mind with the music with an overall sense of well-being. Not surprisingly, Time magazine the revolutionary OSIM Symphonic™. Combining Eastern medical wisdom of your choice,
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    1017 6 lYansaction date: Apr 24 DtTBRBAMK CROSS RATES AS C$ »■> br» HKS *t*i HpUO Yw Wo« 8M «S N» SS K— Sir ITS Nwi tfSS Austral 0.907 5.148 0.563 4138 ***** 54.12* 0.744 7571 2J57 LI* 35 828 32.767 L»3 4.589 0147 2115 ***** 0389 0.620 CMMI 1103 5.(79
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      206 6 VILLA EXPERI Breathtaking scenery. Exhilarating entertainment and shopping. And the most HWRN exquisite resorts you could find in Bali. Savour the Bali Villa experience on GARUDA INDONESIA today, and let it take your breath away with the 3 days/ 2 nights package from just $488* (economy class) or Ss7oB* (business
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Eyes on Auston as it makes Sesdaq debut
      237 6  -  By. Kenneth Lim EYES are on tertiary education provider Auston International today as it makes it trading debut on Sesdaq hot on the heels of fire-preven-tion firm Asiatic Group. Asiatic shares ended at 18.5 cents yesterday compared with its IPO price of
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      Lock icon KepLand's Q1 net profit falls 14.5% to $21.5m
      572 6  -  Bnt some analysts forecast three-fold increase in net profit for fall-year By. Andrea Tan ONCE seen as a shadow of City Developments and Capita Land, Keppel Land has now come into its own, with some analysts rating the stock above the two
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      Lock icon Is Informatics veering off course?
      649 6  -  ven sreenivasan IS the business model which has sustained Informatics Holdings for the last 10 years coming apart at the seams? Is its relentless pursuit of geographical expansion leaving its bottom line vulnerable? These are questions which bitterly disappointed investors are asking after the company
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      Lock icon DBS hits 3-year low as market fears its HK exposure
      529 7  -  It also goes ex-dividend; OCBC catching up in market cap By] Michelle Quah REGIONAL expansion typically a manifestation of a company's burgeoning strength is beginning to look less desirable in these days of Sars. A case in point yesterday was
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      Lock icon ST Engg's thermal-imaging machines draw overseas inquiries
      296 7 Reuters SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering said yesterday it had received calls from the Philippines, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan about its thermal-imaging machines used to screen travellers for Sars. The defence conglomerate said enquiries for its Infared Fever Sensing System (IFSS) had come from
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      Lock icon MAS takes over SGX's on-site inspections
      372 7 Move removes supervisory duplication STOCK and futures brokers can now expect fewer visits from the regulators. In a move which will help the Singapore Exchange remove supervisory duplication, the local bourse said the Monetary Authority of Singapore will assume the primary responsibility of on-site
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      Lock icon Amy Yuen just can't keep away from the action
      456 9  -  New CFO of Sesdaqlisted Inno values retired twice-only to be enticed back By\ Kenneth Lim AMY Yuen, the new chief financial officer of precision engineering firm Innovalues Precision, retired twice but both were short-lived attempts. "I hate to miss an opportunity
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      Lock icon Dividends and overseas ops give SFI its flavour
      668 9  -  And S'pore army deal is the icing on the cake, says wongwatzonc Wong Wei Kong AT a time when consumer demand has been savaged by Sars and the threat of recession, the five-year extension of a contract to feed the army is
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      1171 7 Notices IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE COMPANIES WINDING UP NO. 311 OF 1998 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, (CHAPTER 50) AND IN THE MATTER OF THE ASIATIC ENTERPRISES (PTE.) LTD (In Liquidation) NOTICE Of FIRST AND FINAL DIVIDEND TO UNSECURED CREDITORS Name of Company
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      463 7 IN THt MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER Of HEXAGON INVESTMENT PTE LTD NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDINGUP (PURSUANT TO SECTION 290) Al on Extraordinary G*r>*rol MWm of the memban of HEXAGON INVESTMENT PTE LTD duly convened and held on 21 April 2003
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      1846 7 IR| CYTECH SOFTWARE LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Cytech Software Limited ("the Comfwiy") will be held at Moor Room, Raffles City Convention Centre, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2 on Monday. 19 May 2003 at 10:30 a.m. for the following purposes: AS
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      161 7 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF NIAN CHUAN CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF MEETING TAKE NOTICE that a meeting of the ond creditors of the obovenamed Company will be held at follows Dot* :12 May 2003 Time 2.30 PM. Venue
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      300 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 24 VALUE CLOSE BTOBOS 337.00 -55.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -134.00 KT 10-<«y IU -*****.00 -34.00 /MkSC 334.74 -6.53 SCCMMMDtt 117.50 -1.17 WtjjjfcHl 1060.11 -24.73 MfpiHNl 288.40 -6.41 MSCt Singapore 152.13 -3.13 SMSCI Fitm 152.90 -1.80 Let**Hn 20c 40.537XXX) GoWtron 5c 25.873,000 •Start*Jt»s 10c 14.815,000 IPC020C 14.704,000 NOL
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      Lock icon Raffles LaSalle holding up well but benchmarks suggest caution
      275 8  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By R Sivanithy CHINA as an investment theme has lost a lot of its shine following the Sars outbreak. So it comes as a pleasant surprise to find one stock with significant China exposure holding up well despite
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      Lock icon Painful effects of `Asian crisis Part 2'
      767 8  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S often said that for markets to stabilise and build a platform for a sustainable recovery, they have to undergo a climactic sell-off in which players throw up their hands in despair and throw stocks away. After the bottom fell
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      Lock icon Euro jumps above US$1.10; Asian units lag
      613 8  -  BTHnmnma CURRENCIES Surprise 0.25 point cut in interest rates hammers high-flying NZ dollar larry wee THE US dollar continued to ignore Wall Street gains yesterday, the New Zealand dollar retreated following a surprise interest rate cut, and leading European currencies became the default
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    2960 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 79* Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0.401/ Com Global Infotec Index Fd' 0 283/ Jnre pon) Com Global Energy Index fd 0 817/ Star Europe Eqly! 0.615/ Com G(oba) Trawe findex Fd 0 63V Star Europe Bd 1228/ Com S pore
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      3145 9 Notices IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER Of DEXIA ASSET MANAGEMENT (ASIA) LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CREDITORS of the abovenamed company, which is being wound up voluntarily, are required on or before the 27th
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      1633 10 IMI UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 IMPORTANT The following Summary Financial Statements contain only a summary of the information in the full financial statements and directors' report of the Bank.
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      1360 11 IMI UNITED OV€RS€AS BANK UMIT€D AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES |I I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE NOTES TO THE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 Basis of accounting The financial statements are prepared in accordance with and comply with Singapore Statements of Accounting Standard.
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      1771 12 UN FAR EASTERN BANK LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES II I I INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE A SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002 IMPORTANT The following is a Summary of the Financial Statements that contain only a summary of the information in
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Technical recession risk looms: GK Goh
      366 13 SINGAPORE'S GDP could be in the red for at least two quarters the second and third this year, and this assumes a steady showing by the goods-producing sector, says broking firm GK Goh. In the wake of a downgrade in the official 2003 growth
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      Lock icon JTC allocates more stack-up factories in 1st quarter
      391 13 JTC Corp turned in yet another mixed bag of results for the three months ended March. While net allocation for stack-up factory space swung into positive territory with 8,376 sq m in Ql, up from negative 2,070 sq m in the preceding
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      Lock icon Stable outlook seen for chip sector
      633 13  -  Gartner says Sars hasn't had big impact on semicon, electronics sectors Byi Amit Roy Choundhury THE Singapore electronics equipment manufacturing industry is expected to remain stable in the near term despite the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) outbreak, according to ITrelated consultancy Gartner. Principal
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      Lock icon Pedra Branca dispute still hanging in air
      271 13 THE dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over the island of Pedra Branca has yet to be referred to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mainly because Malaysia has delayed the exchange of ratification papers on the Special Agreement inked in February. Responding to
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    1538 13 SICOM FUTURES Apr 2RUBBER Futures (Ctoiag prices) RS51 (ScentsAq) Close VotaM Open l| -1L f <A V »-A A MOvnn low mix itorows) initr«i May 03 1 1 ***** 1 Jw 03 ***** Jni 03 167.75 Aug 03 167.75 RSS3(UScntsAq) VoImm Open Moatfk Mfk Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Koizumi's reform effort is a dud
      840 14  -  HOHIHijIE3 OPINION William pesek jr Bloomberg ITS been two years since Japan's answer to Beatle-mania Koizumi-mania swept the nation. Junichiro Koizumi's rock-star persona and maverick image threatened to shake up business as usual. These days, the 61-year-old Japanese prime minister is more of a
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      40 14 'I've never been angrier in my life. I'm shocked. The medical evidence before us does not support this advisory.' Mel Lastnun Toronto's mayor, reacting to the global travel advisory on Toronto issued by the World Health Organisation.
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      Lock icon Why the Fed won't cut rates
      607 14 EDITORIAL OVER the coming week, financial markets will likely be preoccupied with positioning for what the Fed will do with US interest rates on May 6. But with the unexpectedly swift victory in Iraq, another change is probably not on the cards. Earlier this
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      Lock icon Jihad, suicide bombing: now even less 'cool'
      905 14  -  Saddam and Osama come across as unholy warriors who forced martyrdom on others while running for the hills themselves By, John Balzar LATWP ONE thing the US military has accomplished in Afghanistan and Iraq: it's blasted a crater in the foundation that upholds
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      Lock icon SingTel, waive charity call charge
      246 14  -  MAI LI Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the 20 cents administrative charge that Sing Tel charges for every telephone call made to give a donation during charity shows on television. In the charity show on April 13, media reports said more than a
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      Lock icon Time for a special army unit
      226 14  -  Arthur Tan Singapore IN the ongoing war against unemployment in Singapore, the government is taking steps to increase the quality of our workforce. Areas being looked at include: 1 Nursing, where the ratio of patients (and increasingly aged patients) to nurses is poor, and
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    4661 15 i Transaction date: Apr 24 HONGKONG Vol HKRHtl 1.01 unch 834 MRS W- 000 Hong Kong Electric .3140 unch 2147 Hongkong Chinese .0.60 unch 2120 Alpha General JO. 19 -0.01 121 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 060 unch 2120 AnandaVMngOn. .0.01 unch 0 Hopewell Holdings 6 15 -0 35 5567
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon HK shares dive on fears Sars will slow China
      445 15 HONGKONG China-linked stocks lead fail* as ratings agencies trim forecasts for HK Reuters HONG Kong shares closed at a four-and-a-half year low yesterday, with China-relat-ed stocks such as Legend Group Ltd bearing the brunt of selling as fears intensified that Sars
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      Lock icon China Telecom's '02 recurring profit up 13%
      266 15 HONGKONG Reuters CHINA'S top fixed-line phone company China Telecom Corp Ltd yesterday said its recurring profit rose 13.4 per cent in 2002, as the company reined in spending and more than tripled its growing broadband business. China Mobile's 2002 results were largely anticipated,
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      Lock icon S&P downgrades Philippine ratings
      407 15 MANILA Worsening budget deficit prompts move; peso weakens Reuters STANDARD Poor's (S&P) downgraded yesterday its long-term foreign currency rating on the Philippines by one notch because of the country's worsening budget deficit, but said the outlook on the new ratings was stable. US dollar bonds issued
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      Lock icon Insead completes case study on Bank Mandiri
      317 15  -  By' Yang Razali Kassim INSEAD'S Asia campus in Singapore has just completed a case study of Bank Mandiri Indonesia's biggest bank giving insights into the ups and downs of the country's troubled financial system. In many ways. Bank Mandiri is a microcosm of
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        Lock icon China Everbright reports `02 net loss
        70 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] State-controlled financial services group China Everbright Ltd posted a 2002 net loss of HK$993 million (***** million) on Wednesday due to a hefty provision at its mainland bank and losses at its securities arm. The group loss was far larger than
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        Lock icon Indian software group sticks to target
        55 15 Reuters [BANGALORE] India's software association is sticking to a target of US$5O billion a year in software and allied services by 2006 despite recent setbacks, its chairman said yesterday. Exports are estimated to have grown nearly 30 per cent in the year to March
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        Lock icon Chunghwa Telecom profit down
        78 15 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co, said yesterday it made an unaudited net profit of NTIIO.B billion (Sssso million) in Ql 0f2003, down 14 per cent from the year-ago period. Chunghwa's Ql earnings achieved 252 per cent of its NT542.84 billion target for 2003, it said.
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        Lock icon Giordano HK sales down 30%
        40 15 Reuters [HONG KONG] Casual wear retailer Giordano International Ltd said yesterday its Hong Kong sales had fallen 30 per cent since the outbreak of Sars. Its 2002 earnings fell 9.5 per cent on the year.—Reuters
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        66 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] The European Union imposed 33 per cent European tariffs on South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor. It was acting on a complaint by Germany's Infineon Technologies that Korean government subsidies in 2001 helped Hynix export US$3O7 million in chips to Europe. South Korea said
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      350 17 TOKYO Reuters Bloomberg SONY Corp yesterday shocked investors by falling far short of earnings targets and warning of a profit slide ahead. It cited war worries and a costly reform scheme for the cautious outlook. The world's largest consumer electronics maker simultaneously
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      291 18 WASHINGTON Reuters Bloomberg A NEW US board set up to police corporate accountants voted unanimously on Wednesday to require both US-based and non-US auditing firms to register with it despite numerous foreign appeals for exemptions. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board created by
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      804 21  -  PARVAIHINAYAR finds out what prompted Simone Lazaroo to write The AustraUan Fiance' PARVATHI NAYAR THE strongest impression that Singaporean-born, Perth-based novelist Simone Lazaroo leaves with you, is the warmth of her personality. I met her at the Perth Writers Festival earlier this year, at
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      591 21  -  By I Geoffrey Eu THE camera pans along a cluttered artist's studio and lingers on past lives: a black and white photograph, a pencil sketch, an oil painting each depicting the same mother and son posing in period attire and gazing hauntingly
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      356 22 EXPECT lots of interdisciplinary, cross-cultural explorations at the Singapore Arts Festival (SAF) 2003, which offers performances by over 100 arts groups from 27 countries. The tone is set by the gala opening, a "calligraphy concert" titled Instant is a Millennium A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian
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      110 23 [HAIKOU, Hainan] Medical workers from the Hainan Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and an armed policeman escort a man (front, in white shirt) on a boat heading ashore in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. The man was reported to the centre by the crew of a passenger
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      149 23 Xinhua [TIANJIN] The customs department of the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, reported a slight increase in trade with the Middle East via Tianjin Port in the first quarter of this year. The statistics show that total trade volume between the two sides
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      335 23  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Jurong Port handled more than 10 million tonnes of cargo in 2002, dominated by its traditional bulk handling, which accounted for 55 per cent of throughput. While its recent focus has been on building the container business, Jurong Port said
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      258 23 AP [WELLINGTON] New Zealand maritime authorities said yesterday they have given up attempts to find 18 sailors believed drowned after their Taiwanese fishing boat sank in a storm earlier this month. Trying to find the 32-me-ter Lih Fa and its crew would be
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        515 32 AVIATION CRISIS They're struggling to deal with the vims as flight cancellations rise AFP [PARIS] The world's airlines are set to hold crisis talks with the World Health Organisation over the deadly Sars disease which is causing passengers to cancel
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        291 32 Branson expects Virgin Bine IPO in next few months Reuters [TOKYO] Travel and retail mogul Richard Branson said yesterday that Virgin Atlantic Airways would continue flights to Hong Kong despite the Sars outbreak and that he expected to take Virgin Blue public in "the
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        234 32 AFP [PARIS] Insurance companies said that no airplane exists to safely repatriate Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) victims in accordance with international guidelines. "Air transport recommendations are so drastic that there is currently no way to repatriate a person infected with
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          89 32 Reuters [HONG KONG] Beijing Capital International Airport Co said yesterday passenger traffic fell nearly a quarter in the first three weeks of April due to the spread of the Sars virus that might affect its operation. The company, which runs the airport at the Chinese capital,
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          75 32 Bloomberg [TOKYO] New Tokyo International Airport Authority, which operates Tokyo's Narita airport, said passenger traffic growth in March was at its slowest since April 2002 as concern about a deadly virus and the war in Iraq hurt travel demand. International passenger numbers at the airport rose
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          85 32 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Guangzhou Baiyun Airport said it will list its 2.35 billion yuan (*****.8 million) initial public offering on the Shanghai stock exchange next week. Baiyun, in a listing statement published in official securities newspapers, said it made a net profit of 71.7 million
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        316 32 Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways and its parent Swire Pacific Ltd said yesterday they were reconsidering proposed dividend payments as the airline had been bludgeoned by the Sars virus and the Iraq war. "The chances are they (Cathay)
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        485 32 Firm may file for bankruptcy if it fails to salvage cost-cut deals AP [FORT WORTH, Texas] American Airlines is prepared to file for bankruptcy if it is unable to salvage cost-cutting deals jeopardised by employee anger over executive perks, said two elected officials
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        254 32 Reuters [LONDON] The incoming chief executive of German airline Lufthansa Wolfgang Mayrhuber has rejected speculation that the airline might set up its own "no frills" operation, according to the Financial Times. The newspaper said yesterday that Mr Mayrhuber, who takes up
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