The Business Times, 6 June 2003

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 j Interrifct: .com.sg SING APORE > FRIDAY, JUNE 6. 2003 850
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    Lock icon Europe cuts rate by half a point market looks for more
    587 1 Reuters Bloomberg [LONDON] Investors yesterday lapped up a widely-expected half-a-point cut in European interest rate and immediately began looking for further easing in the face of low inflation and sluggish economic growth. The European Central Bank indicated there is
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    Lock icon Analysts raise red flag as STI blazes ahead
    502 1  -  They see STI fading from 7-month high as prices ran ahead of fundamentals By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Is it too much, too soon? That's the question some market watchers are asking after the Straits Times Index roared to a seven-month high yesterday.
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    Lock icon DBS to suspend IPO applications through its ATMs
    392 1  -  Temporary move in July is for systems enhancement of the machines By 1 Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] IPO hopeftils and stags hoping for a quick buck may be thwarted next month when DBS temporarily suspends the electronic share application (ESA) function at
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    74 1 Dsn 1,427.61 (+26.41) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,430.00 (+34.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 177.00 (+3.70) Thursday Change KLSECOMP 682.43 +9.59 NIKKEI 225 +99.37 HA.Mi SENG 9,***** -23.81 SET INDEX .415.(9 +2.95 .JAKARTA COMP _511.17 +6.63 MANILA OO.WP 1.165.86 +4:1.73 TAIPEI WP1 4.738.34 +60.26 SEOI L H )>I P 642,18 +2.11 SHENZHEN B
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    76 1 FOREX RATES (JS$ 8$ USS (SSperlSS) 1.723 Si(l'SS/SS per S)1 .633 1815 EIR0(1SS/S$/E| 1187 2.010 YEN 118,1 88.60 RM 3.800 2.205 HKS 7.799 4.528 BAHT 41.59 24.13 Rl'PlAH 8,170 4.741 RENMINBI 8199 4.816 INDIAN BRI 46.91 27.22 AS 1.507 0.874 NZS 1.7I5_ 0.995 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* IS KUALA LI
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    Lock icon Analysts see hefty upsides for property stocks
    692 1  -  By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] It sounded like they were talking about the Great Singapore Sale. "Cheap" and "under-val-ued" were among the words they used. But these weren't shoppers in Orchard Road they were analysts talking about developers' stock prices. Property shares, most said,
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      Lock icon Legislate wage reform only as last resort:NTUC
      605 2  -  Unions already offering a way to achieve wage cats in bad times, it says By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Should the government be more aggressive in pushing for wage reform by turning to legislation or offering tax or other incentives? Only as a
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      Lock icon Sentosa in talks with operators to open new theme park, hotels
      391 2  -  They'll be ready in about 3 years to draw more visitors By Leonard Lim [SINGAPORE) Sentosa will get two new hotels and a theme park within about three years, Sentosa Leisure Group (SLG) property director Gurjit Singh said yesterday.
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      69 2 IN our June 3 report "Venture's Wong in race for global entrepreneur award", we noted incorrectly that the Ernst Young World Entrepreneur of the Year Award had four categories: emerging, manufacturing, services, and technology, communications and life sciences. While these categories apply to Ernst's Entrepreneur of the Year awards
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      2009 2 Van der Horst Limited (Under Judicial Management) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT an Extraordinary General Meeting of Van der Horst Limited (Under Judicial Management) wiH be held at AS ORDINARY RESOLUTION International Factors Building, 141 Market Street *10-00, Room:
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      1765 4 I U State Street. For Everything You Invest InHead office 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA *****, United States Singapore office 8 Shenton Way, Temasek Tower, #33-03, Singapore *****1. Tel: +65 *****118 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Dollars in millions of USD) As of December 31, 2002 2001
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Cable & Wireless sells its entire 14% stake in PCCW
      451 4  - Cable Wireless sells its entire 14% stake in PCCW Disposal comes three years after it received a stake in the HK telco By\ Loh Hui Yin LONDON-BASED Cable Wireless (C&W) has sold its 14 per cent stake in Hong Kong telephone company PCCW for about US$4OO million, after PCCW's stock
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      Lock icon SembCorp to gain $77m writeback after stake sale
      260 4  -  By Leonard Lim MAINBOARD-LISTED utilities conglomerate SembCorp Industries (SCI) is in for a $77 million writeback for FY2003 thanks to the divestment of its stake in China infrastructure development company Cathay International Water (CIW). In an announcement yesterday, SCI said its entire
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      Lock icon Gokongwei may yet claim PLDT's hand
      614 4  -  l!W lock siew al labita TAIPAN John Gokongwei is likely to revive his failed bid to acquire the Philippines' listed dominant telco following this week's shake-up of parent firm First Pacific Co Ltd. The revamp, which came as no surprise for a company rent
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      Lock icon Blue chips bounce back from earlier losses
      402 5  -  Top 10 biggest stocks made doable-digit gains this year By Andrea Tan THE bull is rearing its horns. But how have Singapore's Top 10 stocks by market capitalisation performed so far this year? All have made doubledigit gains of 14.4 per cent to
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      Lock icon S'pore IPO market zooms ahead in Jan-May period
      473 5  -  Latest debutants have also performed more strongly By Kenneth Lim SINGAPORE was the world's fastest-growing initial public offer (IPO) market in the first five months of this year, according to Reuters, citing data from Thomson Financial. New stocks also made stronger debuts
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      Lock icon SingPower sells APP-linked plants in Indonesia
      340 5 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Power Ltd said it sold its Indonesian power plants that provide electricity to mills owned by Asia Pulp Paper Co, which stopped payments on US$l3.9 billion of debt in March 2001. Chris Brown, managing director of Singapore Power International the unit of
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      Lock icon US$500m UOB bond sale coming?
      359 7  -  ItH be its second largest after 2001 Ssl.3b bond issue By] Michelle Quah UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) is tipped to be looking to the bond market again, in its latest attempt to raise capital. The bank is reportedly planning a US$5OO million bond sale, which
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      Lock icon Plaza Singapura may be headed for CMT
      410 7  -  Capit&L&nd-owned mall on target for &5% Ebitda yield: sources By) Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND'S Plaza Singapura, which now has committed occupancy of over 90 per cent after signing up John Little and Marks Spencer, may be headed for the Capita Mall Trust (CMT), say
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon SGX ropeś in Lim Choo Peog
        64 7 FORMER stock exchange president Lim Choo Peng (above) has been engaged by Singapore Exchange for six months as an adviser. In a statement yesterday, SGX chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua said: "With his extensive experience in the securities industry, Mr Lim will be able
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        Lock icon Margaret Lien ups UOB interest
        47 7 UNITED Overseas Bank director Margaret Lien has raised her deemed stake in the group to 5.38 per cent from 5.35 per cent This comes after Sandstone purchased 500,000 UOB shares at $10.65 each. Mrs Lien's direct stake stays at 0.01 per cent.
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        Lock icon First Engg profit jumps 68%
        70 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED precision engineering firm First Engineering turned in a 68.4 per cent rise in net profit to $14.9 million for the year ended March 31 due to increased orders and greater economies of scale. Turnover grew 19.3 per cent to $100.4 million, with earnings per
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        Lock icon A gift of Raffles Medical shares
        67 7 RAFFLES Medical Group's executive chairman Loo Choon Yong (right) has given 16 million shares in the listed healthcare group to his daughter. Mr Loo, the controlling shareholder, transferred a 4.14 per cent stake to his daughter as a gift, reducing his own direct stake
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        Lock icon Dayen flows hack to the black
        106 7 LOCAL waste and water treatment group Dayen Environmental has powered back into the black for the six months ended March 31,2003, earning a net profit of $524,000, from a net loss of $277,000 in the previous first half. This was due mainly to a
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      883 5 PCA TECHNOLOGY PCA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF THE NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 4 Loyang Lane #05-02 Loyang Industrial Estate, Singapore *****4 on Monday, the 30* day of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      334 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 724.00 -3.00 ■TCMN -*****.00 +99.00 BT IOHUjt MA -*****.00 ->-73.00 AN-SG EqritiM 386.40 .+5.50 SG Equities Ekct 134.72 +2.79 SG Equities Fin 1204.90 ->-23.02 SG E4mWm Prop 361.51 +2.22 MTifl Tlwf pnri 176.82 +3.16 SMSCtFriarss 177.00 -t-3.70 Stocks Volume Hongguo US1.5C
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      Lock icon Chartered seen fast catching up with Taiwan rivals
      284 6  -  HOT STOCK/ WARRANT By Teh Hooi Ling CHARTERED Semiconductor traded up to an intraday high of 96.5 cents, before closing unchanged at 93 cents yesterday. Most deals were done between 95 cents and 96 cents. Some 46.6 million shares changed hands. There
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      Lock icon STI at 7-month high despite profit – taking
      756 6  - STI at 7-month high despite profit taking I lri comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore stock market charged to a seven-month high yesterday but gave up a third of its intra-day gain towards the end of trading as a wave of profit-taking swept the bourse. Liquidity remained strong, with 1.6
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      Lock icon Dow clears 9,000 hurdle but US$ unimpressed
      625 6  -  l-i i comment CURRENCIE Reserve Bank of NZ cuts rates by 0.25 point larry wee THE euro drifted in Asian trading yesterday ahead of a much anticipated decision by the European central bank to cut euro-zone interest rates, but financial market attention was
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    3332 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Health Index Fd 0 814/ Com Global Telecom Index f d 0 441/ Com Global Infotec Index Fd'"— 0298/ n uc/ Com Global Energy Index Fd 0 853/ Com Global Travel Index Fd 0 658/ tZtSSm 0963/ Com 5'pore Bond Fund/" 1.08/ Star Asian Tiger
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    1090 7 Transaction date.Jun 5 ntTERBAlfg CROSS RATES A$ Cj W too IBS W»l fcytofc Yon Won M 12$ Wh Fwo SS «-d Sir WIS i*t Hmi V$$ Austria 0.902 5508 0569 5.176 ***** ***** 0.785 7.967 2.522 1139 38.298 35.404 1144 5.464 0J74 23.012 ***** 0.406 0.664 1108 6.105 0.631
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      655 7 "JT Registered Office: De Amsterdamse Poort I I -w- WBBjpl j 1102 MG Amsterdam Zuidoost, JL X ZHm&mrr&S The Netherlands CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET OF ING BANK CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT OF AS AT 31 DECEMBER ING BANK FOR THE YEARS ENDED 31 DECEMBER BEFORE PROFIT APPROPRIATION Consolidated mil,,ons euros)
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      Lock icon French investment trebles in past 10 yrs
      335 8  -  EDB looking to draw more French SMEs to Singapore Reports by Daniel Buenas FRENCH cumulative investment in Singapore has increased three-fold over the past 10 years, and the Economic Development Board hopes to continue to draw more French businesses, especially in niche industries
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      Lock icon S'pore welcomes foreign SMEs
      191 8 SINGAPORE aims to create a vibrant ecosystem of large and small enterprises, and foreign SMEs can be an integral part of this, Raymond Lim, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry), said. Speaking yesterday at the British Chamber of Commerce's SME of the Year
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      Lock icon Start of N-E Line to be known by weekend
      342 8 THE Land Transport Authority will announce the start of services for the long-delayed North-east MRT Line by this weekend, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. "We were expecting to make an announcement these few days, and I think that LTA
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      Lock icon DBS card spending on the rise
      262 8  -  Visits to bank branches also back to pre-Sars outbreak number By Siow Li Sen IN another sign that Singaporeans are putting Sars behind them, credit card spending and visits to bank branches have returned to normal, says DBS consumer banking head Edmund Koh. Overall
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      Lock icon Check my condo, see my lifestyle
      175 8 YOU would have thought they were selling clothes or something trendy, but they weren't. A novel way of marketing Far East Organization's development Icon was used yesterday and will continue until tomorrow. At Far East Square and One Fullerton, models were "resting" on queen-size
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      Lock icon S'pore GDP seen to lose $1.6b if visitor arrivals fall 25%
      502 8  -  STB OH THE ECONOMY By Anna Teo A 25 per cent fall in visitor arrivals this year will lower Singapore's GDP growth by just over one percentage point, and raise the jobless rate by about 1.5 percentage points. But
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      Lock icon WHO role for Taiwan will benefit China
      776 10  -  ■biTi^ bottom line OPINION frank ching THE Sars epidemic, which struck both mainland China and Taiwan with such ferocity, may leave each side of the Taiwan Strait with something to crow about On the mainland side, the World Health Organization has, for the
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      75 10 'Everybody is trying to push down their exchange rate, but by definition not all of them can succeed.' WiHern Baiter chief economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the efforts of the US, Europe and Japan to weaken their currencies. 'My stomach pains increase
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      Lock icon A welcome boost from the ECB
      667 10 EDITORIAL THE half-percentage point cut in key interest rates by the European Central Bank should help lift spirits in the eurozone's economies and markets. The ECB's third and biggest rate cut in six months should also clear some of the air in the world's
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      Lock icon Drop hidden agendas in exec pay debate
      894 10  -  Ineffective CEOs are already getting their come-nppance. All that's needed now are simplified pay packages. By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg THERE is no issue that excites people as much as their own pay. For that reason, the past few months have been an interesting
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      Lock icon Total silence in annual results
      127 10  -  MAILI Goh Teng Kiat Singapore LAST year, I asked Chemical Industries why it wrote off its entire $14 million investment in the industrial diamond business in China, when in the previous years, the business had been touted as one with good prospects and fat margin.
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      416 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND ETERNAL STATE PTE LTD (la Members' Voluntary Winding Dp) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Com pom held at 541 Orchard Road. •11-02 Ual Tbwer. Singapore *****1 on the 2nd day of June 2003, the (blowing Special and Ordinary
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      151 11 /V > A■ Nfl AVA Agri-Food ft Vtttrinary Official Opening Of w**m Marine AquacuKure Centre at St John's Island, 6 June 2003 J' t; .N. te Guest of Honour: Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of State for National Development 1 SK^A; >itf —Hill J J r 1 11 H y^j J'
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      126 12 Long evenings by tile BBQ pits. ■>l ",>;'?• v v -v ••> :.-^r^ th« rt,. B»Os). <8 Short strolls to my favourite shopping mails. Short rides to some of Singapore's best schools. ■I Q I 1 t i~ J 1 B i I HP .-*l^—3Lr-. L p*' IB W 9s
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      Lock icon World Bank backs bilateral FTAs
      608 13  -  SINGAPORE Multilateral trade talks still preferred, bnt FTAs can be complementary: officials By' Yang Razali Kassim THE World Bank appears to have accepted bilateral and regional free trade arrangements such as those pursued by Singapore and Asean as a new reality of the global multilateral
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      Lock icon Bashir, Aris tipped for top MAHB posts
      296 13 KUALA LUMPUR BASHIR Ahmad Majid, a former executive vice-presi-dent of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), is expected to be appointed chief executive officer of Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), while Aris Othman is expected to be made its non-exec-utive chairman, The Star reported yesterday. Currently,
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        Lock icon M'sian travel agents hit by Sars
        104 13 Bloomberg {KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's travel agents expect sales in the industry to decline by as much as RMIO billion (554.5 billion) this year, even as new cases of the deadly Sars virus that's caused hotel rooms and malls to empty continued to fall in
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        Lock icon Genting eyes power assets in India
        136 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Genting Bhd, owner of the sole casino licence in Malaysia, said it may buy more power assets in India, the world's second-most populous nation, as it seeks' rely less on its main business of gaming. "There is the potential for more
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        Lock icon Thaksin hopes for FTA with Japan
        97 13 AFP [TOKYO] Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday his nation hoped to sign a free trade pact with Japan that would initially exclude the thorny area of agricultural produce. Arguing that a free trade agreement was the only tool to expand trade, Dr
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        Lock icon Jakarta offers Poland trade deal
        100 13 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia hopes to strike a countertrade deal with Poland to acquire Polish helicopters and trucks in return for key commodities, a senior government official said yesterday. "The national police plan to get Polish trucks and helicopters and we will provide 30 commodities," Sudar
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        Lock icon Jakarta helpless in oarbing logging
        59 13 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has admitted it does not "have a clue" about how to curb rampant illegal logging, a report said yesterday. The comment by Environment Minister Nabiel Makarim, quoted in the Jakarta Post, follows a report from international environmental watchdog Greenpeace that
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      Lock icon Barclays shifts data processing jobs to India
      521 15 LONDON It is catting 150 UK jobs at some of its units to use cheaper Indian labour Bloomberg BARCLAYS Pic, the UK's third-biggest bank, has moved some data-process-ing jobs to India and may use more workers in that country to cut costs. London-based
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      Lock icon China firm denies link to disgraced tycoon
      350 15 SHANGHAI Daying shares dive even though it says it has new owners Reuters A LISTED firm linked to Chinese tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, who is being investigated for suspected fraud and questionable loans, said it had new owners, but its shares dived anyway yesterday
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        Lock icon WHO may lift Tianjin Sars advisory
        162 15 Bloomberg AFP [BEIJING] The World Health Organization said yesterday it may soon lift Sars-related advisories against travel to the city ofTianjin and three of China's northern provinctefr'sts thetotoftry reported no new cases of the disease for a second day. WHO added that the Sars
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        Lock icon Asia main global chip producer
        115 15 AFP [SINGAPORE] Asia dominates the global contract chip making industry with nearly 80 per cent of the world's production valued at more than US$B billion, an industry monitor said yesterday. Last year, the Asia-Pacific's share of the worldwide foundry industry stood at 78.1 per cent
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        Lock icon TSMC plans US$726m ADR sale
        74 15 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest contract chip maker, said it planned to sell US$726 million of shares on behalf of existing investors in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Its board had approved the ADR sale representing up to
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        Lock icon Lucent plans China research centre
        69 15 Reuters [BEIJING] Telecommunications equipment giant Lucent Technologies Inc said yesterday it will open a US$5O million research centre in China to develop third-generation mobile technology. James Brewington, president of Lucent's mobility solutions group, said the firm would spend US$5O million on setting up the centre,
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        Lock icon Pertamina building 9th LNG line
        106 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Indonesia's state oil company said it's preparing to build its ninth liquefied natural gas production line on Borneo Island at a cost of about US$55O million to maintain its ranking as the world's biggest supplier of the fuel. Pertamina will expand output at
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        Lock icon Asia not ready for one currency: DrM
        65 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Asian countries must overcome differences in development, values and culture before they can create their own regional currency, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. "A single currency is not for Asia for a long time to come," he said in Tokyo
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      Lock icon Japan asked to help in M'sian biotech hub
      203 15 [TOKYO] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has asked Japan to help in the Bio-Valley project, which he said will benefit not only Malaysia but also the rest of the world. The Star reported yesterday. He said the project, which would involve scientific
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      Lock icon Beijing Capital Land to sell 564.6 m shares
      207 15 HONGKONG Reuters CHINESE property developer Beijing Capital Land Ltd, in which a unit of the Government of Singapore Investment Corp will become a strategic investor, is seeking to issue 564.6 million shares at HK$l.3O to HK$l.6B each in a Hong Kong listing,
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      641 16 NEW YORK Analysts say this could signal a lack of confidence in stock performances Bloomberg AMERICAN executives are selling their companies' shares at the fastest pace in 10 months, which analysts say might foreshadow a market decline. In the past eight weeks, executives,
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      329 16 LATEST US DATA Jobless claims climbed to 5-week high last week Reuters Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] New orders for US factory goods posted their largest drop in 17 months in April, the US government said yesterday in a report showing declines in many sectors and
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        68 16 LAT-WP [NEW YORK] British music giant EMI Group sued rival Bertelsmann on Wednesday, becoming the second major record label to accuse the German media powerhouse of contributing to massive online copyright infringement by backing Napster Inc. The lawsuit filed in New York federal court alleges that Bertelsmann
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        103 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] American Express Co's CEO Ken Chenault on Wednesday said Visa and MasterCard did not consider the interests of smaller members and that it would consider its own legal action to combat their restrictive policies. Visa and MasterCard are planning to appeal a
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        108 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] The fraud committed by World Com Inc was crude and limited to fewer than 100 employees who have since left the company, chairman and chief executive Michael Capellas told the Wall Street Journal. Large amounts of cash in round numbers were shifted
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      333 17  -  IMF wants Japan to adopt bolder measures to avoid deflation trap Fromj Anthony Rowley in Tokyo JUST a day after the International Monetary Fund's first deputy managing director Anne Kruger challenged Japan to adopt an inflation target to escape a "deflation trap", a member of
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      228 17 NEW YORK LATWP PALM Inc, which popularised handheld computers with the introduction of the Pilot personal organisers in 1996, will buy Handspring, a competitor launched by the founders of the Palm. The all-stock deal would be valued at US$l92 million, based on Wednesday's
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      428 19 MYT Editorial NYT WHEN Martha Stewart took her company public in 1999, she designed her own stock certificates and served 3,000 breakfasts of scones, croissants and egg-and-herb-filled brioches at the New York Stock Exchange. That sort of attention to detail helped her parlay a small
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      575 21  -  Phone Booth's an absorbing tale with a contemporary spin, bnt plot weaknesses abound Bui Parvathi Nayar y OU can tell what a culture values by what it has in its I bags and pockets,'' F says Jon Agar in his book on the history
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      284 21  -  By i Cheah Ui-Hoon WITH a large screen complementing and providing another dimension to the acting on stage, live musicians and the visible workings of puppeteers. Confessions of Zeno by the Handspring Puppet Company from South Africa was a tightly-woven multi-disciplinary and multimedia theatre production. Larger than
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      291 21  -  Needcompany's (AND) is a raw interpretation of Carlo Gozzi's play By Cheah Ui-Hoon THINK Turandot the Opera Unplugged. That was how Belgium's Needcompany presented (AND) at the University Cultural Centre, based on the Italian dramatist Carlo Gozzi's play of a Peking princess who refuses to
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      318 21  -  By Parvathi Nayar EL Hijo de la Novia (Son of the Bride) is a delicately constructed film of life and loving, responsibilities and regrets. It takes a while to pick its tune, but when it does, the beat turns out
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      1502 24  -  PARVATHI NAYAR looks at the Harry Potter phenomenon that has caught fire here and given the publishing industry a boost. PARVATHI NAYAR COUNTDOWN to Pottermania has officially begun. What is probably Singapore's biggest-ever launch of a work of fiction commences this weekend,
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      330 24 THE world of Harry Potter in all its exquisite detail was first conceived or so the story goes by J K Rowling over the course of a train journey, fleshed out with notes and ideas in the cafes of Edinburgh. She had difficulty in getting her
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      634 25  -  Lua fails to attract enoagh votes to retain a place on SSA council By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] A changing of the guard at the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) has seen Pacific International Lines (PIL) boss Teo Siong Seng replace
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      252 25  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises' luxury vessel the SuperStar Virgo will return to Singapore in July after being redeployed to Australia due to a Sars-related collapse in passenger numbers here, according to Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. Mr Yeo also told reporters
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      290 25  -  Govt suspected of naing shipping revenues to fond Sierra Leone war By Donald Urqnhart [SINGAPORE] A United Na-tions-backed war crimes court has indicted Liberian President Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity for his support of rebels fighting a bloody civil war in neighbouring Sierra
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      197 25 [SINGAPORE] Four new maritime professorships have been established at Singapore universities with a $16 million endowment fund by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). MPA said the professorships would help develop a pool of skilled maritime manpower here, as part of a broader
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      453 25  -  Decision to extend terminal discount package lies with PSA: transport minister By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore has enhanced its maritime tax incentives to attract more ship operators under a govern-ment-backed push to develop an international maritime centre, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong announced yesterday. The
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      198 25 AFP [CHERBOURG, France] A ship transporting Japanese nuclear waste treated in France left on Wednesday for Japan, French nuclear energy firm Cogema said. The load of 144 containers of vitrified waste was the eighth shipment of reprocessed nuclear materials returned to Japan since the Asian
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      857 26  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK English court affirms Aegean Sea decision in case involving a time charter of CMA vessel -By\ Selva Kumar A TIME charterer that was sued by a vessel's owner for damages it caused to the ship by carrying
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        418 26 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Delta Air Lines Inc, the third-largest US carrier, is installing 400 check-in kiosks at airports and using "lean" maintenance techniques to reach its target for US$2.5 billion in savings and new revenue by 2005. Atlanta-based Delta announced the target last
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        841 33 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 average sized stem. Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        406 34  -  SABSOUTBREAK Steps against S&rs include procedures for screening passengers and airport workers By Donald Urqohart [SINGAPORE] Changi Airport will be the first international airport evaluated under new anti-Sars measures formalised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) at a meeting in Singapore
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        355 34 Drop in air travel following S&rs outbreak to hit 2003 growth forecasts oil ezec Reuters [SINGAPORE] The slump in air travel due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) will keep China's demand for jet fuel in 2003 unchanged from 2002, confounding earlier
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        437 34 Sars wipes out 35% of its traffic on key Asian routes Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Dutch airline KLM said on Wednesday its passenger traffic fell 10 per cent in May as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus wiped out more than a third of its
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        265 34 Air France forced to cancel a few medium-haul flights Reuters [PARIS] The French transport system began to return to normal on Wednesday with some flights and trains cancelled as a few workers chose to prolong a one-day strike against pension reforms and unions called for
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        190 34 Reuters [PARIS] German travel operator TUI AG is in talks with aircraft makers Boeing Co and Airbus SAS for an order of up to 60 aircraft, the Financial Times reported on yesterday. "It is right that we are in talks with
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        239 34 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Ryanair Holdings, the world's third-big-gest airline by market value, said fiscal 2004 net income growth may slow to 10 per cent from last year's 59 per cent because of the British pound's decline. Chief executive Michael O'Leary, 42, who modelled the
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