The Business Times, 7 May 2003

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  • 15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2003
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  • 715 1  -  World's airlines have lost USslob this year from a spate of crises By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The Sars outbreak can be potentially more devastating to the aviation industry especially Asian carriers than the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the US. The International
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  • 574 1  -  Bold two-stage plan to resuscitate tourism industry By 1 Loh Hui Yin, Leonard Lim [SINGAPORE] The battered tourism industry is fighting back by rolling out a domestic campaign to woo Singaporeans to "step out" and lead a normal life despite Sars. Once enough
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  • 383 1  -  Investing heavily in any one country may be nn wise: Japanese official From Anthonv Rowley in Tokyo IN view of Sars, businessmen may have to consider in future whether it is wise to invest heavily in any one country, a prominent Japanese member
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  • 681 1  -  Outcome will hinge on China's ability to bring Sars under control By] Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] If China fails to contain the spread of Sars, Singapore could see its GDP growth forecast dip below the recently-revised 0.5 to 2.5 per cent laid out by
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  • 70 1 STI 1,315.61 (-9.58) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,312.00 (unch) SIMSCI FUTURES 160.60 (-0.20) Tuesday Change KLSECOMP ***** +0.42 NIKKEI 225 8.083.56 +***** HANG SENG 8JW952 -2757 SET INDEX 380.05 +4.81 JAKARTA COMP .463 61 +4.66 MANILA COMP 1.***** +3.64 TAIPEI WPI 4520.45 +1853 SEOl'LOOMP 604.33 +689 SHENZHEN B .ciosed Al'ST
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  • 72 1 FOREX RATES USf S$ L'SS (SS per I'SS) 1.7*5 £(USS/SS per fi) 1.610 1809 ElUOfl'SS/SS/E). 1133 1.978 YEN 118.5 6750 KM 1800 1177 HKS 7.799 4 469 BAHT 4163 24.43 RIP1AH 8.610 4.933 RENMINBI 8199 4.755 INDIAN RIPEE 4719 27.09 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 515 KIALA LUMPUR 6.40 HONG KONG
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    • 79 1 8 Which way will US interest rates swing? Will the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates or keep them steady? To find out, log on to http://business-times.asia!. com. sg I *n^ cK g| SINCERE I <f.i',',i.»:!/ '1/.i!--,M'.- V f-RANCK MULLER BOUTIQUE VlOPMV, '.All! K» fMl 10*. SINGAPORE fi(»l I Auric,IPrTn
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    • 23 1 For the STB release on its latest tourism drive, go to: http://business-times, asial. com. sg Nominations for 2003e50 lists now open, Pg 10
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    • 635 2  -  Many hope measures will revive stock market, create more confidence in economy From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister is expected to announce a twice-delayed economic package this week, which many hope will breathe life into the stock market, and
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    • 494 2  -  Talks with US officials also focus on trade, terrorism Prom Jennifer Lien in Washington SARS, trade and terrorism were high on the list of topics discussed by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and top US officials here on Monday, the first
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    • 625 2  -  Political battle seen if govt refuses to intervene in market From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AN influential group of Japanese politicians yesterday proposed a series of radical measures to boost the Tokyo stock market, including purchases by the state postal savings system, a
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    • ON THE grapevine
      • 107 2 IN these days, when Singaporeans are eager to try any medicine they believe could stave off Sars, a restaurant that has decided to throw in "nourishing tea" with a meal is providing some welcome relief. The complimentary tea is offered by Lao Beijing Dining Hall in Novena,
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      • 63 2 TRYING to instill the idea that taking one's temperature should be considered hassle-free and very much part of a person's lifestyle, STB chief executive Lim Neo Chian says it should be like "waking up in the morning and brushing your teeth". In fact, he suggests that
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    • 499 2 Goods and Setvices Tax Workshops 2003 Dates What 21-22 May 2003 The introduction of GST in Singapore signalled a fundamental shift in long 18-19 June 2003 term fiscal policy from an emphasis on direct taxes on income to indirect 16-17 July 2003 taxes on consumption. Cuts were recently made in
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    • 141 3 Your new Boss asks if you play Golf. What's your answer? i* aiwafflwk C #£<* t »Vf x f ;v >• k V V a) stammer and say 'No' b) eagerly say 'Yes' C) cheerfully invite him to tour Asia's finest courses with you. t.vo cards offer benefits and privileges
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  • SARS OUTBREAK
    • INBrief
      • 121 4 Reuters [HONG KONG] Serum from recovered Sars patients appears to be more effective in fighting the killer respiratory disease in Hong Kong than a cocktail of antivirals and steroids, a medical expert in the territory said yesterday. The Prince of Wales Hospital there has used
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      • 82 4 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan's Health Ministry said it will disclose nationality and other details of any future cases of patients it considers to have Sars, which has killed 461 people worldwide. Japan, which has no confirmed cases of the disease, has so far declined to give
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      • 69 4 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] More than 750 Malaysian medical workers and patients completed a 10-day quarantine yesterday following a Sars scare, and officials found no evidence of an outbreak, the Health Ministry said. Authorities imposed the quarantine on April 27 after patients at the Sentosa Psychiatric
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      • 44 4 AFP [BEIJING] Sars patients from Australia, Canada, the US, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been discharged from hospital, leaving just one foreigner still being treated, Beijing health officials said yesterday. The patient still in hospital is an American. —AFP
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      • 56 4 AP [BRUSSELS] European health ministers yesterday opened an emergency meeting to improve coordination on health policies to prevent the deadly Sars virus from taking hold in Europe. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the World Health Organisation, joined ministers from the 25 European nations for daylong
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    • 514 4 Motorola closes Bering office after worker catches disease Reuters Bloomberg AFP [BEIJING] The worst-hit district of China's capital sent thousands of investigators on a hunt for Sars yesterday, while Motorola one of the largest foreign investors closed its China headquarters in the city
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    • 394 4 It is the first US university to take such nnnsnal step AP [BERKELEY, California] The University of California at Berkeley will turn away new students from Sars-infected China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong this summer in what is believed to be the first such
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    • Article, Illustration
      122 4 [SINGAPORE] Staff at six hospitals will receive food hampers compliments of the Tan Foundation. A total 0f6,000 boxes which cost about $270,000 will be distributed to healthcare workers at TTSH, SGH, NUH, Changi General Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Kandang Kerbau Children's and Women's Hospital NTUC Fair Price contributed
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    • 107 4 [BANGKOK] Thailand unveiled new measures yesterday to combat Sars for tourists arriving in Thailand from Sarsaffected countries. Tourists from China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, who previously had to wear masks for ten days, are now permitted to instead consult a doctor every three
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    • 151 4 COURAGE FUND TO DOMHE W 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, GMT) Building, Singapore *****7 TO DONATE BY PHONE: From May 1, members .of the pubic can donate to the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 459 6  -  It has yet to decide which properties in pool to pomp into the Reit Bu Kalpana Rashiwala *MAPLETREE Investments, which holds a portfolio of previously 'owned by PSA Corporation, is planning a real estate investment trust (Reit), and Credit Suisse First Boston, DBS
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    • 446 6  -  Shares fall 14% on suspension of ops dne to Sars fears By Loh Hui Yin THE share prices of People's Food and rival United Food fell yesterday after the former said it has suspended operations at three plants in China because of fears
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    • 701 6  -  lock siew angela tan IT'S quite common in the stock market for investors to buy on rumours and sell on the fact. Just look at the recent rally in Singapore Telecom's share price. Since the planned listing of its wholly-owned postal agency Singapore Post was announced
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    • 387 7  -  News quashes speculation that he will take over as CEO By Michelle Quah NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) has announced that director Boon Swan Foo will leave the company after its annual general meeting at the end of this month. The news effectively
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    • 568 7  -  Higher profit thanks to Astra and MCL Land onits By Kalpana Rashiwala MOTOR-BASED group Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) posted a 5 per cent year-on-year increase in group net profit for the three months ended March 31 to $66.8 million, thanks to higher
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    • 314 7  -  By Vlnce Chong GOODWOOD Park Hotel and Hotel Malaysia, whose shares have been suspended with those of sister firm Central Properties, have reported lower interim profits as income from trading investments fell. All three groups are controlled by Singapore's richest man Khoo Teck
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    • 312 9  -  Education group plans to open new franchises in Asia By Kenneth Lim HOPING to convince investors that education is reces-sion-proof, distance learning provider Hartford Holdings launched its initial public offer of 10 million new shares at 20 cents apiece yesterday. The offer consists of
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    • 246 9  -  By Michelle Quah HOTEL and property group Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) has reported a 40 per cent slump in its First quarter net profit as occupancy rates at its hotels were slammed by the Iraq war and Sars. Net profit fell to $1.76
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    • 207 9  -  By Kenneth Lim VENTURE capital firm Nexgen Capital acquired six million shares of JK Yarning International Holdings last Friday, increasing its stake in the electrical lighting products maker to 11.8 per cent from 8.8 per cent. Nexgen, which is linked to Singapore Technologies and
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    • COMPANYBriefs
      • 57 9 MAINBOARD-LISTED Willas-Array Electronics yesterday said Roger Wong has joined its management team as managing director, taking over from CC Kwok, who remains as deputy chairman. Mr Wong will look after the firm's Hong Kong businesses and lead its push into China. Willas-Array is one of the
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      • 72 9 Reuters TOP-TIER contract manufacturer Flextronics International said it would sell US$4OO million of its 6.5 per cent senior subordinated notes due 2013. The Singapore-based firm said the sale should close on May 8. Net proceeds will be used for general corporate purchases and to redeem or
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      • 80 9 AFP SINGAPORE Telecom is expected to report lower full-year net profit this Thursday due to higher goodwill and interest charges, analysts said. They are expecting net profit of between $1.38 and $1.46 billion for the year ended March 2003, compared with $1.63 billion a
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      • 59 9 CAPITALAND said property consultant Colliers International has valued office property 6 Battery Road at $667 million as of April 30, 2003. Capita Land is buying back the securitised office building to refinance its bonds. 6 Battery is a 42-storey commercial building with three basement
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    • 2784 6 NatSteei **>«»»- »>«♦»«» H*~ -turnum* m+mvu-fi NATSTEEL LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Mem Den of NatSteei Ltd (me "Company") will be held at Level 4 Conference Room 22 Taniong Wing Road Singapore
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    • 124 6 I w> ■T>i«(l *u.»%;n«HN'«tinni *>. -Amm mil v *w. '*> < v ul'' Are you still big, strong and growing despite these tough times? Companies can nominate themselves for the 2003 Enterprise Award by completing the official nomination Mfe form. Companies must be homegrown, privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies
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    • 154 7 SAMSUNG DIGIT///) everyone's invited 3 fft y DigitAII ii?# 1 c^ i Samsung Tri-band S300. Access the world with WAP over GPRS, on Dual Screens. Sggtntej SAMSUNG Fn|oy the wonders of advanced technology, all built into the sleek 70g Samsung Tri hand S300 Designed to meet your needs as you
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      335 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES May 6 VALUE CLOSE BT06/0S 101.00 -74.00 BTCAW -*****.00 -130.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +10.00 AM-SG Equities 354.22 -2.99 SC Equities Elect 123.37 -0.75 SG Equities Fin 1106.64 -17.40 SG Equities Prop 306.22 -3.85 MSCI Singapore 161.70 -1.27 SMSa Futures 160 60 -0.20 Hocta Vohw Hiap Hoe
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    • 843 8  -  I :j I comment CURRENCIES Greenback practically freefalls in the past week despite Wall Street's comeback larry wee THE US dollar has again been beaten black and blue over the past week, despite a significant comeback by American stocks. Good news seems
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    • 776 8  -  FTfcomment STOCKS r. sivanithy "CAN buy or not?" is probably the second most common question asked of stock market writers, dealers and remisiers; the first being the inane "How's the market?" The best reply to "How's the market?" is "Compared to what?". It's a
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  • 3353 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 82/ Com Global Telecom Index Fd 0 42/ Com Global Infotec Index Fd!** 0.287/ J" 1 "f Com Global Energy Index Fd 0 819/ Star Europe Eqty! 0*2/ Com Global Travel Index Fd 0.645/ sS Europe Com S pore Bond Fund/*
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    • 127 9 [iVfetfa Races I on 17May... B tiailV -v., 1 I Pfl acegoers are in for a treat in May! Saturday, 17 May ■^B will continue to be a major raceday at the Singapore Racecourse with the staging of three feature races and Special Packages exciting programmes off the track. available
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 384 10  -  Only 440 customers oat of 4,000 can initially pick their retailers from June By' Tang Weng Fai THE next phase of Singapore's power liberalisation will be delayed slightly and the implementation period extended. At a media briefing yesterday, Senoko Power said the next phase of the
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    • 282 10  -  By. Amit Roy Choudhury l Hti national trade Doay representing the infocomm industry, Singapore Information Technology Federation (SITF), has renamed itself the Singapore infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) to reflect the increasing technological convergence in the industry. SiTF has also enhanced its website,
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    • 57 10 NTUC Link launches online bidding NTUC Link, Singapore's biggest loyalty card of its kind with more than 660,000 members, is organising its first online auction eßid Link. NTUC Link card-holders will be able to use their Link Points as currency to bid for items on its website www.ntuclink.com.sg. Bidding
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    • 311 10 Private companies owned or based in S'pore are eligible NOMINATIONS for the 2003 Enterprise 50 (e5O) and the eSO.startup were officially launched last night by Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education. Willie Cheng, country managing director of
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    • 295 10 FOR buyers with the appetite for a good class bungalow (GCB) costing about $10 million, check out No 19 Camden Park, which has been put on sale by tender. The freehold property, marketed by Knight Frank, has a site area of about 29,500
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    • 302 10  -  the economy prices By. Kenneth Lim HIGH oil prices continued to lift wholesale prices in March compared to a year ago. But on a month-on-month basis, prices saw the slowest climb since the sharp rises in the months preceding the Iraq war. A 33.6
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    • 155 10 LOCAL drug company MerLion Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday that it will work together with Novlmmune of Switzerland to discover and develop drugs for use in immunosuppression and immunomod ulation. The companies said in a joint statement that the collaboration builds on Novlmmune's experience in
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    • 2594 10 HI mqgnqcomp intarnotiooql Magnecomp International Limited NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at Blunde l Room, Raffles City Convention Centre. 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2 on Monday, 26 May 2003 at 11.00 a.m. for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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  • INTELLECTUAL property
    • 1544 11  -  Singapore is on its way to be an IP hub with design houses that generate and market intellectual property taking root says Audrey Tan Audrey Tan WHEN three friends left AT&T BellLabs in 1994 to start their own company, they eschewed the usual manufacturing production line
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    • 20 11 The difference between a good idea and a GREAT idea? (r ~i i TECHNOLOGIES INtmnONM. PTE LTD PATENT NO: *****8t*
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
    • 719 12  -  ■l^ I bottom line OPINION anthony rowley THE Yasukuni Shrine has come to symbolise the lingering distrust that prevents Asia from moving forward towards a European-style unity. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the controversial shrine in Tokyo which commemorates the war dead, including 14
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    • 90 12 There are so many American entities dealing with this situation that we are at a loss really to establish a viable liaison and know who is in charge.' Hoshiar Znbairy a spokesman for Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party in Iraq. 'If business takes seriously
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    • 687 12 EDITORIAL PACED with falling passenger revenues, stubbornly high costs and weakened balance sheets, the global airline industry faces its worst crisis in decades. The first signs of malaise became evident over two years ago, when several US and European carriers struggled to stay afloat atop weak
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    • 1529 12  -  It's been a tough few weeks since Sars started, bnt the sector will recover as the situation improves and people take things in their stride By Soon Su Lin THE Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) epidemic has largely curbed most property-related activity in the
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  • MAIL bag
    • 338 13  - SingPost campaign fact or hyperbole? Narayana Narayana Singapore RECENTLY, I found in my mailbox a card "with compliments from Singapore Post". There were four illustrations of postal stamps, one of which was a fridge magnet. Below was the wording: "A company with a heritage of delivering since 1819 now commemorates
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    • 69 13  -  Denis Distant Singapore THE Singapore Post Ltd IPO prospectus claims on Page 3 that "we are Singapore's dominant provider of domestic and international postal services with a history through our predecessor entities dating back to 1819". In the interests of ac- curacy, could Singapore Post
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    • 166 13  -  Peter Chan Managing Partner Baring Communications Equity Asia I REFER to Robert Halili's article. "Buyers prop up shares" (BT, April 30) on our fund's sale of Popular Holding's shares. Our fund's regional divestment policy is institutionally driven through private placement processes. As it is
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 475 14 JAKARTA Global bond issues, external funds will finance Budget needs, says Jakarta AFP Bloomberg INDONESIA is ready to exit the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) economic programme when it expires at the end of this year, Economy Minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti said. "The Indonesian government has
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    • 260 14 JAKARTA AP INDONESIA'S reportedly frail ex-dic-tator Suharto paid a visit over the weekend to his youngest son in the prison where he is serving a 15-year sentence, the warden said yesterday. The 82-year-old Mr Suharto, who rarely ventures out in public, spent about two
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    • 261 14 BANGKOK Reuters THAILAND yesterday said its consumption-driven economic growth remained on track, despite the Sars virus outbreak hitting tourism and exports. Bank of Thailand governor Pridiyathorn Devakula told a seminar that robust domestic consumption and improved farm incomes would likely offset revenue losses
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    • 188 14 HONGKONG Bloomberg HANG Seng Bank. Bank of East Asia and other rivals should accept profits for 2003 may fall short of budgeted targets because of the Sars outbreak, the de facto central bank said. The city's lenders are hurting as customer traffic at branches dwindles,
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    • 455 14 HONGKONG Decline, dne to Sars, was smaller than forecast Reuters HONG KONG'S retail sales fell 6 per cent in March as businesses were clobbered by the Sars outbreak that left consumers too frightened to venture out of their homes and onto
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    • NOTEBook
      • 74 14 Reuters [SINGAPORE] China has picked an economist with little oil industry experience to lead energy policy as Beijing strives to reform its power sector and secure vital supplies of oil and gas to meet growing domestic demand. Officials close to China's energy policy yesterday
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      • 61 14 AFP [JAKARTA] The bombings at Jakarta's international airport and near the UN mission in the city are linked to the blasts at the Jakarta Stock Exchange building in September 2000, Indonesia's top detective said yesterday. Erwin Mappaseng said all three bombings were "interconnected" and
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      • 75 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Harbour Centre Development Ltd, the hotel arm of Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, expects first-half profit to be "adversely affected" as the Sars virus leads to a plunge in occupancy, the company said. The Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel, which accounts for 80
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      • 59 14 AFP [YANGON] Myanmar democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi marked the first anniversary of her release from house arrest yesterday by embarking on a lengthy political trip, her spokesman said. The Nobel peace laureate left the capital in a three-car convoy bound for northernmost
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      • 73 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Sun Media Group Holdings, the No 2 Hong Kong-based broadcaster into China, abandoned a Taiwan venture that caused it to lose the right to broadcast into the mainland. China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television restored Sun Media's broadcasting rights on
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      • 81 14 Reuters [JAKARTA] An Indonesian parliamentary commission yesterday approved a government proposal to abolish a 10 per cent sales tax on certain capital goods such as machinery, in a bid to boost investment. The tax will be scrapped some time next month. "This is aimed
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  • Article, Illustration
    1079 14 Transaction date: May 6 DITERBAMg CROSS RATES AS C$ gmb Euro HK$ Ind to Buplah Yen Won BM H2S Pat Bs Ptso S$ Band Sir >fTS Ba»t Powd USS Australia 0.8% 5.296 0.563 4.977 30.179 54.945 0.756 7.683 2.425 1120 36.879 33.369 1114 4.666 0.854 22.188 27.204 0.396 0.638
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    • 1065 15 GOODWOOD PARK HOTEL LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2003 1. Profit and Loss Accounts The Group The Company 2003 2002 Change 2003 2002 Change $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Revenue Hotel operations 47,424 49,994 -5.1
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    • 803 15 HOTEL MALAYSIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARY (Incorporated in Singapore) PROFIT AND DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT I UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 MARCH 2003 1. Profit and Loss Accounts The Group The Company 2003 2002 Change 2003 2002 Change $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Revenue Investment income 12,008 11,602 3.5 12,008
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    • 3497 16 NOTICES WIZOFFICE.COM LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the sth Annual General Meeting of Wtfoffice com Ltd (the "Company") will be held at the Boardroom (Level 2). The Pines. 30 Stevens Road, Singapore *****0 on Friday, the 30th day of May 2003 at 10
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    • 1757 16 |To> I.R.E. CORPORATION LIMITED Notice of Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventeenth Annual General Meeting of I.R.E. CORPORATION LIMITED will be held at 123 Genting Lane, #07-01 Venom Industrial Building, Singapore *****4 or Friday, 23 May 2003 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes: Ordinary Business
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  • REGIONAL world
    • 719 17 SHANGHAI Investors flock to Sara-immune car, banking, healthcare sectors Reuters AFP CHINESE companies regained some lustre at the end of the 2002 results season as improved earnings prompted higher dividends and bonus share issues, but analysts said shareholders may not be
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    • 259 17  -  By Siow Li Sen SARS may be the "tipping" point that bursts China's bubble and causes investors to take another look at South-east Asia, says Credit Suisse economics director V Anantha-Nageswaran. In recent years, the Western financial world has shown nothing
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    • 281 17 TAIPEI Taiwan chip maker gains access to Japanese R&D Reuters TAIWANESE memory chip maker ProMOS Technologies will exchange its production for Japan's Elpida Memory's technology, securing access to know-how after breaking off with former partner Infineon. ProMOS and Elpida yesterday said they signed a memorandum
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    • 197 17 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan said yesterday it will launch a US$lOO million "catastrophe bond" on Aug 1, tapping international debt markets for the first time to hedge against natural disasters. Taiwan will issue the three-year bonds through state-controlled Central Reinsurance Co, the island's top insurance
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    • 386 17 SYDNEY Aussie regulator looking at possible insider trading AP AUSTRALIA'S corporate watchdog is investigating possible insider trading linked to a major share issue by financial services giant AMP Ltd last week. The investigation is into trade on futures contracts based on the
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    • 757 17 1 ASIA DEKOR HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at 3302,33 rd Floor. Tower One. Lippo Centre, 89 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong, on 28 May 2003 at 10 00 a m
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    • 449 18 LONDON Key indices remain weak bat growth expectations rising on rapid resolution of Iraq war Reuters EUROZONE services companies grew more optimistic after fighting ended in Iraq, even though their business went on shrinking. But Britain's service sector got a mild bounce in April, according
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      • 106 18 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Securities and Exchange Commission sought a court order to freeze severance payments to Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc former chief executive Henry Yuen and former chief financial officer Elsie Leung. Gemstar, which the SEC has been investigating for possible securities fraud, said
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      • 87 18 Reuters [PARIS] Airbus parent EADS yesterday reported wider first-quarter losses from lower plane deliveries but stuck with 2003 forecasts despite tough times for airlines and peaking costs to develop its A3BO super)umbo. The firm said it still aimed at 300 Airbus deliveries this year
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      • 84 18 AP [JOHANNESBURG] Walter Sisulu, the quiet giant of the South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle for five decades, died on Monday after a long illness. He was 90. "His absence has carved a void. A part of me is gone," former president Nelson Mandela said in an impassioned
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      • 68 18 Reuters [PARIS] French oil firm TotalFinaElf yesterday posted a forecast-beating 49 per cent rise in first quarter profits on a surge in crude and fuel prices because of war and civil unrest in key oil producer nations. Total's 49 per cent net earnings
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    • 461 18 NEW YORK Despite 20% pay cut last year, he made USs37.7m Bloomberg MARIO Gabelli, the chief executive and controlling shareholder of Gabelli Asset Management Inc, took a 20 per cent pay cut last year. But his U5537.7 million in total pay still ranked highest
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    • 362 18 SAN FRANCISCO Bloomberg IN what amounts to an admission that the no-frills approach to Internet trading is no longer viable following the stock market downturn, the biggest discount broker is planning fee increases for its services. "We haven't changed our price points in
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    • 248 18 WASHINGTON AFP HOURS before the first US bombs rained on Baghdad, Saddam Hussein sent his son Qusay to the Iraqi central bank to load nearly US$l billion onto three tractor trailers, The New York Times said yesterday. "When you get an order from
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    • 424 20 NEW YORK Online commerce conglomerate agrees to buy Lending Tree for USs734m in stock NYT BARRY Diller wants to help you find a date, through Match.com. He'll find you a show, through Ticketmaster. If things work out he'll help you book your
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    • 142 20 AUSTIN, Texas NYT THOUSANDS of Central Texans might not be working for DeU Computer Corp much longer. DeU wants to drop "computer" from its name and be known simply as "DeU Inc". In a regulatory filing on Monday, the world's largest personal-computer maker said
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  • 1549 18 8I00M FUTURES May 6 RUS6CR Futures (doting prices) RSS1 (ScwtsAg) Close Volume Opto Low Sttt (tonwti) Interest j Jun 03 165.00 Jul 03 157.75 Auq 03 157.75 Sep 03 157.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Ope* Moetti Hhjh Low Sett (tomes) Interest Jun 03 1 1 1700 Jul 03
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    • 207 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD exercise and pulse (5) 29 Could be a drum playing be- 7 Praised former sound editor YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION fore the triangle (7) (8) Across* 1 Train-bearer 9 Mate 30 Damaged green lid got left 12 Is a savings account the anbehind(B) swer? (3) 10 Supervision, 11 Gate, 14
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    • 721 21  -  Sexy convertibles are still in demand despite the virus outbreak and downturn, finds Samuel Ee Samuel Ee ECONOMIC uncertainty and the Sars virus are no match for sexy styling and that special wind-in-your-hair experience. Or so it would seem from the strong sales of high-end
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      • 120 21 MERCEDES-BENZ has scored a hat-trick in the Top Gear Awards 2003. The UK's top motoring magazine named the E-class, CLK coupe and SL roadster the Best Executive Car. Best Coupe and Best Convertible respectively. The E-class beat the BMW 3-series, Jaguar S-type, Audi A8
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      • 128 21 GERMANY'S top auto-makers have suffered their first combined fall in US sales in April since December 2001. BMW, Mercedes and Volkswagen all lost US market share in April, thanks to what appears to be a combination of competitive pressure and a US backlash
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      • 121 21  -  Compiled by Samuel Ee PIAGGIO looks set to have a new rider. Italian financier Roberto Colaninno is said to be close to a deal to take a controlling stake in the Piaggio group, famous for its Vespa scooters, by May or June. Reuters said
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    • 507 21 1 i CATHAY CATHAY ORGANISATION HOLDINGS LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of Cathay Organisation Holdings Ltd (the "Company") will be held at the Board Room, 11 Unity Street, #02-01 Robertson Walk, Singapore *****5 on
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    • 249 21 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SCHICK (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308( 1} of the Companies Act. Cap. 50, that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenomed Company will be
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    • 1061 21 HYFLUX LTD (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE OF ANNUM. GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Hyflux Ltd ("the Com parry') will be held at 40 Changi South Street 1, Singapore *****4 on 22 May 2003 at 2.30pm for the following purposes: AS
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  • Executive money
    • 981 22  -  The new standard definitions for insurance plans mean that critical illness coverage could be different from existing plans. Genevieve Cua finds out Genevieve Cua FROM July, all insurers will carry the same definitions for dread diseases. The big question for customers is are you better off?
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    • 277 22 HOW much critical illness cover do you need? Advisers say there is no standard formula, and the amount of cover you need may be linked to your desired standard of healthcare. Patrick Lim of Life Planning Associates says that with $150,000 and $200,000 of CI
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    • 1089 22  -  ll?Wli]=< markets By Robert Halili A SHARP fall in selling by directors and substantial shareholders dampened insider trading volumes in the past week, while buybacks dwindled to just one company repurchase. There were only 71 trades worth $34.5 million for the four trading days
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    • 1260 22 mediaring (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of MEDIARING LTD ("the Company") will be held at Singapore Post Centre, 10 Eunos Road 8, #05-30 The Pavilion (Theatrette), Singapore *****0 on Friday, 23 May 2003 at 2.00 pm for the following purposes:
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 683 23  -  M'sian carrier to rationalise some services, cat operating costs By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC), which last week bought American Eagle Tankers (AET) for over US$l billion including debt, is now looking at chartering out some of its container
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    • 278 23 MX '000 toy 6 SS Vol CWT Distribution 0.58 0.02 1 Chuan Hup 0.38 -0.01 806 CH Offshore 0.19 -0.01 108 Cosco Investment 0.22 unch 742 Freight Links 0.04 unch 100 GB Moldings _....0.57 unch 0 Jayi Mo amqs -0.34 -0.01 552 Keppel Corp 4.52 -0.04 897 K1
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    • 361 23 [SINGAPORE] Ten crew members of a Malaysian-registered tanker taken into quarantine in Hong Kong have been found free of Sars and returned to their vessel yesterday. Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), the owners of the ship, said they received a letter from the
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    • 302 23 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Nippon Yusen KK, P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd and other shipping lines are reducing fuel sur charges on routes between Asia and Europe by 19 per cent next month after oil prices fell. The Far Eastern Freight Conference, a group that controls
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    • 81 23 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Teekay Shipping Corp has named Peter Evensen as its chief financial officer, replacing Peter Antturi, who was named president of Navion ASA, a shuttle tanker company recently acquired by Teekay. Mr Evensen since 1997 has been managing director and head of global shipping at
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    • 784 24  -  STRAIT TALK -By David Hughes THERE was a time when, on approaching port, the ship's master would stride onto the bridge, perhaps take a cursory look at the chart and then announce: "I'm taking over." The officer of the watch (OOW) would duly write "CVTMO"
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      • 1860 31 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr AO MAMCUOM 017N 017N 1 *****003-15:00 *****003-0300 AEGEAN tP 33S 33S 1 O70SQOO3-18OO *****003-0130 HM ALNOOF C241W C241W 1 *****003-15:00 *****003-0300 AITOWA 0333 0332 1 0705/2003-0100 07J05Q00M7Q0 KD9 AMBER 1
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      • 132 31 May 8 Soth Korea: Memorial Day France: Victory Day HongKong: Buddha's Birthday May 14 Indonesia: Prop's Birthday Malaysia: Prop's Birthday Thailand: Wisakha Bucha DayMay 15 Indonesia: Waisak Day Malaysia: Vesak Day Thailand: Wiskha Bucha Singapore: Vesak Day May 19 Canada: Victoria Day May 26 U.K.: Spring Bank Hoi
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      • 764 31 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 524 31 Carbon 180 Mai 1005.1 0.7 BJ 0.08 144 0.03 May 1 Density Nitre Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above £25 3 0 3 0 2 0 TTT 380 Ave 962.3 OJ 13.8 0.04 18 0.02 tuo. 380 MM 991.1 1.5 18.9 0.08 41 0.06 M/W3 v/v s
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      • 412 32 Parent of Airbus blames economic slowdown, worries over Sars AFP [PARIS] The parent company of Airbus, European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Co (EADS), yesterday reported a near quadrupling of losses in the first quarter, blaming the economic slowdown and worries about the impact of Sars
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      • 253 32 Reuters [HONG KONG] Air freight prices have risen by 10 per cent on Asian routes out of Hong Kong as forwarders and logistics firms vie for cargo space after Sars-hit airlines cut passenger flights, an industry group said. The Hong Kong
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      • SARSLog
        • 66 32 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Airport Authority, which runs the world's fifth-busiest airport, said 300 flights, or 60 per cent of scheduled services, were cancelled on Monday as a deadly respiratory virus stifled travel demand. Fewer people are travelling within and to Asia because
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        • 85 32 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Dragon Airlines, the smaller of the city's two carriers, will delay the delivery of four aircraft it ordered from Airbus SAS as a result of the stifled travel demand caused by the Sars outbreak. The airline will push back the
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        • 79 32 AFP [AUCKLAND] Air New Zealand on Monday cancelled 14 more of its Auckland to Hong Kong return flights due to continued low bookings related to the SARS epidemic, the airline said. "This means that for five weeks (May 5-June 11) Air New Zealand will
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      • 244 32 Bloomberg [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines will cut fares on international routes by as much as 50 per cent in a bid to win back customers after a regional outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome sent passenger numbers tumbling. Vietnam Airlines carried about three-fifths
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      • 351 32 AVIATION'S SARS WOES The 16,000 sq ft facility can handle two million passengers a year AFP [PHNOM PENH] Cambodia yesterday officially opened a new US$32 miUion passenger terminal at Phnom Penh's Pochentong airport as Prime Minister Hun Sen warned of a plunge in
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      • 279 32 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp, the bankrupt parent of United Airlines, has not paid millions of dollars it owes on aircraft leases, a US Bancorp unit claimed in court documents. The world's second-big-gest airline failed to pay at least US$ll million due
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      • 468 32 Their support raises likelihood that bankrupt airline's management will be supplanted Bloomberg [HONOLULU] Boeing Co's effort to oust the management of bankrupt Hawaiian Airlines Inc and have a trustee named to take over the carrier's reorganisation won backing from a panel of
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