The Business Times, 20 June 2003

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    15 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2003 85C THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2003 Internei: !;ttp.,/Dusiness-times.asial .com.sg
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    Lock icon SIA axes 414 staff; more layoffs expected
    824 1  -  Exercise to cost $12.2 m and lead to savings of $14.5 m a year By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines yesterday announced its much talkedabout retrenchment yesterday with the axing of 414 staff as "a measure of last resort". The airline which said
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    74 1 sti 1,521.15 (+34.45) ST INDEX FUTURES 1*518.00 (+29.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 188.40 (+3.20) Thursday Change KLSECOMP .681.69 -2.07 NIKKEI 225 9.110.51 >17.54 HA.Mi SENT. 9.9*0 11 +9.81 SET INDEX 454.19 +799 JAKARTA COMP JMU +6.60 MANILA COMP 1.251.81 1.21 TAIPEI WP1 JMM9I— +49.84 SEOC'LCOMP 69(1.49 +1474 SHENZHKN B 219.97 221)
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    80 1 FOREX RATES US* SS I 'SS |SS per I SS| 1.7*! S(1 SS/SS per S) I.67S i9ltt El R()(I SS/SS/K) I.IC2 2.01:1 YEN IRS S8.50 RM £194 HKS 7.799 4M RAHT 41.82 24ttt RI'PIAH H£V> 4jm RENMINBI H.299 4791 INDIAN RI'PEE 4«,t» 2«9<> AS I.49H 0.865 NTS 1.7 IN
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    Lock icon A gentle wielding of the knife at SIA
    786 1  -  HOCK LOCK SBW More cuts would have to be executed and with the same skill, says Donald Urqnhart Donald Urquhart SINGAPORE Airlines' top boss looked visibly weary as he faced the press late yesterday to answer for what amounted to the biggest
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    Lock icon Leading indicators bolster hopes of US post-war rebound
    661 1 Bankers who have met the Fed are expecting a small rate cnt next week Bloomberg AFP Reuters [WASHINGTON] A closelywatched index of leading US economic indicators yesterday showed that the US economy may finally be set for a postwar rebound, even as
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    Lock icon STI surges 2.3% as funds chase up bank stocks
    467 1  -  Stocks with a dividend theme also in demand By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Another push by funds playing catch-up this time on bank stocks sent the Straits Times Index up 2.3 per cent, or 34.45 points, to a close of 1,521.15
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      Lock icon S'pore-managed funds buck trend to post growth
      507 2  -  Farther asset inflows expected as global industry consolidates By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] While assets managed globally fell by 8 per cent last year, total assets under management (AUM) in Singapore grew 12 per cent to $343.8 billion as the city-state benefitted from the
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      Lock icon AIA offers solution to end stalemate on 'critical year' issue
      866 2  -  Deal also provides for an independent adjudicator By Genevieve Cua [SINGAPORE] Insurance giant AIA yesterday offered a solution to break the impasse over "critical year" policies, including the involvement of an "independent adjudicator" for policyholders who do not accept the
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      Lock icon Jakarta acts to enforce money laundering law
      457 2  -  Fron Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIA yesterday launched an unprecedented two days of surprise inspections at brokerages and financial institutions as part of a crackdown on money laundering to hasten the country's removal from an international blacklist. Inspections by the Capital Market Supervisory
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      Lock icon SEC to fight revenge against analysts
      179 2 Reuters [NEW YORK] US securities regulators are considering action to stop companies from retaliating against stock analysts who issue negative opinions on their prospects, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. The Securities and Exchange Commission sent a letter to the top US stock exchanges
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      320 4 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jun 19 VALUE CLOSE TOMK 213.00 +16.00 WOW -*****.00 +115.00 +21.00 HfrSCMHw 410.60 +8.05 SG Equities Etect 142.73 +3.36 SGMa«MFhi 1298.65 +28.71 SCEqdMwfrpR 384.57 +4.54 HSCITlmun" 189.38 +4.17 SMSaFatam 188.40 +3.20 Stocks Votunw UniFiber 10c 35,865,000 GoWtron 5c 35.434.000 Chart SemiCond 26c 32,677,000 AirOcean 5c 27.827,000 Datacraft
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      Lock icon BNP sets a 40 cents price target for Federal International
      278 4  -  By R Sivanithy SINCE we featured oil and gas firm Federal International in this column last week, its stock price has surged from 24.5 cents to 35 cents yesterday a return of 43 per cent in a week. An added
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      Lock icon Is it really different this time?
      769 4  -  l-l I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy y HIS time is differWent' ■ent' was a corner ill monly-heard ral- lying cry as the Internet bubble I inflated during the *****, but it's one that hasn't been bandied about too freely since the bubble burst. Now,
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      Lock icon It 's crunch time for the euro for 2nd day
      609 4  -  I comment CURRENCIES The crncial first supports are at US$l.l6 and 552.0050 larry wee THE euro was under pressure for a second day running yesterday, fast closing on two important support levels and breaking below a third. The currency was
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    3567 4 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Infotec Index Fd!" 0 307/ Com Global Energy Index Fd 0 881/ Com Global Travel index Fd 0 693/ 0677/ Com Spore Bond Fund/V__ 1.10V Star Europe Bd 1325/ Cm«t Agricoie Astet Mgt S port ltd Star Europe Bal 0 986/ Indocam Asia Vision!" 0
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Wall Shing minorities vote down privatisation plan
      727 5  -  Parent won't make second offer in response to fierce opposition to price By Michelle Quah THE minority shareholders of toymaker Wah Shing International have resoundingly defeated the company's plans to privatise as they consider the offer for their shares highly unsatisfactory. The company's
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      Lock icon Change of control at Hua Kok?
      235 5  -  That's possible, if Super Splendour and Seah Chin Tew exercise call options By Andrea Tan FINANCIALLY stretched construction group Hua Kok International may have a change of control if Super Splendour and Seah Chin Yew exercise call options. Hua Kok said yesterday Super Splendour
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      Lock icon SCS wins $19m contract
      308 5  -  By Raju Chellam MAINBOARD-LISTED Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) has won a $19 million tender to provide IT infrastructure services to the National Healthcare Group (NHG). The deal is one of the largest IT infrastructure outsourcing deals won by SCS and the first of its kind for
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      Lock icon Allgreen releases 141 condo units
      147 5 ROBERT Kuok's Allgreen Properties, which has been mostly quiet on the newhome front this year, will release 141 units at its 99year leasehold Kerrisdale condominium near Serangoon today. Allgreen will maintain the average price of $480 per square foot despite the opening of the long-awaited
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        Lock icon SembCorp unit to sell stakes in firms
        67 5 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Parks Holdings, a unit of SembCorp Industries, South-east Asia's biggest civil engineering group, agreed to sell its stake in three building material companies and their associates for $39 million as part of its plan to focus on main operations. The loss-making
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        Lock icon Micro-Mechanics IPO well received
        83 5 MICRO-MECHANICS (Holdings) Ltd, which launched its initial public offer of 22 million new shares on Tuesday, has received an enthusiastic response to its placement portion. According to manager DBS Bank, the placement tranche of 18.2 million shares (excluding the Internet placement tranche) has been fully taken
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        Lock icon Full Apex IPO 11.9 times subscribed
        45 5 FULL Apex (Holdings) Limited, a producer of high-end packaging products, said that its offer of 19.573 million shares to the public was 11.9 times subscribed at the close on Wednesday. In addition, its placement shares were 2.2 times subscribed.
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        Lock icon KenLand fond attracts US$102m
        78 5 Reuters [LONDON] Henderson Global Investors, with its joint venture partner Keppel Land of Singapore, has received US$lO2 million in investor commitments for the first closing of its Asia No 1 Property Fund. The fund's strategy is to focus on opportunities in the office, residential and retail
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      Lock icon US$4b of assets in Dow Jones Islamic indices
      447 6  -  Demand is especially strong in the Golf States and Sonth-east Asia By Siow Li Sen INVESTING in companies based on Islamic rules but not necessarily Muslim companies is a billiondollar business, as the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes shows. Since their launch
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      Lock icon JGBs on thin ice as stocks rally
      916 6  -  MARKETFOCUS Equity bull run the biggest threat to over-stretehed bond market says Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley AGAINST most expectations, the Tokyo stock market has rallied. But while this is good news for beleaguered equity investors, it could spell bad news for the overstretched
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      256 5 ■0-MICRO-MECHANICS (HOLDINGS) LTD. (Incorporated with limited liability in Singapore on 25 June 1996) INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING Invitation in respect of 22,000,000 New Shares of Sso.lo each as follows:(a) 3,500,000 Offer Shares at 550.23 for each Offer Share by way of public offer; and (b) 18,500,000 Placement Shares by way of
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      3375 6 To advertise call toll-fret 1800 289 8822 Email: noticesOsph.com.sg IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP.SO AND IN THE MATTER OF MOOULINE CABLE DUCTING PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) Ai an Extraordinary General Meetng of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 20 Reeerve Street. Preeton. victoria,
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      600 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 50) AND CLOOGH RC MSPE PTE LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 336 Smith Street #04-306 New Bridge Centre. Singapore *****6
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      651 6 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. SO ((Section 290(2)(b)] AND IN THE MATTER OF OUB OPTIMIX FUNDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED (In Members Voluntary Lipuidotion) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held at toordnoom 6th storey, 80 Raffle* Ptoce, UOB Plaza 1, Singapore *****4 on
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore economy will revive in 2nd half: DBS
      331 7 the economy economy Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S economy will revive in the second half of 2003 as the Sars virus abates and a recovery in the US boosts the city-state's manufacturing and exports, DBS Group Holdings Ltd. the city's biggest bank by assets, said.
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      Lock icon Unions push for MVC guidelines in wage pacts
      392 7  -  This is to ensure workers are not short-changed as business recovers Reports by Chuang Peck Ming UNIONS are pushing for guidelines on how and when to cut and restore the monthly variable pay component (MVC) to be inserted in wage pacts. The
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      Lock icon SCI backs cutting civil service pay
      279 7 THE Singapore Confederation of Industries confirming a sizable gap between starting pay in the private and public sectors is supporting a likely move to trim and revise civil service pay. "Given this poor economic scenario, and that the government has not reduced starting pay
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      Lock icon Ongoing impetus needed for Sars research: expert
      319 7 As disease subsides, firms lose the drive to make vaccines AS the threat of Sars subsides, companies may lose the incentive to develop diagnostic kits and vaccines, leaving research to political agencies and governments, a health expert said here yesterday. Dr Marie-Paule Kieny,
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      Lock icon Companies with 'Superbrands' status
      243 7  -  By Leonard Lim HOW do you leverage off companies' desire to increase their market branding? A UK-based company, Superbrands. came up with the perfect solution. In 1991. it set up a "competition" in London to award recognised brands "Superbrands" status, and charged each participating company an
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    1086 7 Transaction date:,hin 19 MTEBBAMg CROSS BATES A$ C$ ttmfc Euro HK$ Ind Bs Bupiah Yen Won Wl H2S Pafc »s Peso S$ Band «r WT$ Baht Pound USS Australia 0.898 5538 0.574 5204 ***** 54.956 0.792 7.990 2.536 1.147 38.546 35.606 1.156 5.331 0.889 23.090 27.772 0.398 0.667 Canada
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      394 7 il THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE I TENOR APPROXIMATELY 10 YEARS TOTAL AMOUNT OFFERED SGD 2,300,000,000 MINIMUM DENOMINATION SGD 1,000 MAS' INTENDED TENDER AMOUNT SGD 300,000,000 (NON-COMPETITIVE) ISSUE CODE NXO3IOOZ ISIN CODE 5G********** ISSUE DATE/SETTLEMENT DATE 1 JULY 2003 MATURITY DATE 1 JULY 2013 COUPON RATE TO BE DETERMINED BASED
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Political twist to the Indian software story
      704 8  -  bottom line OPINION yogi aggarwal AFTER years of blistering growth, the Indian software industry is slowing down. The latest figures from the National Association of Software and Service Companies show that the growth rate for the year ended March was 25.3 per cent
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      Lock icon IN OTHER WORDS
      115 8 'It can be seen clearly that the Europeans wish to control the world again. Although at first this control is indirect, today they have begun to invade and rule certain countries, ostensibly for their security but in fact to exploit the wealth in these countries.' -Mahathir Mohamad
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      Lock icon Expect Greenspan to cut rates
      592 8 EDITORIAL ON the face of it, the US economy should pick up nicely over the remainder of 2003. Yet the US central bank is widely expected to cut US interest rates again next week, though it has already shaved them 12 times and by more
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      Lock icon Are happy days here again for US economy?
      982 8  -  That's what Wall Street seems to be signalling, Bnt, although 'this is an early stage of classic equity boll market', it may not improve the employment scene, a prominent economist warns Frort Leon Hadar in Washington JUNE seems to be bringing mixed
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      Lock icon No political agenda behind NOL moves
      237 8  -  MAiLisrm Eva Ho Director Corporate communications Temasek Holdings WE refer to the comments by Wong Wei Kong in his Hock Lock Siew column "Is David Lim the right man for NOL?" (BT. June 16). The departure of Flemming Jacobs, former CEO of Neptune Orient
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      Lock icon Why a stock holding fee?
      342 8  -  Leong Sze Hian Singapore FROM next month, local brokerages will charge a monthly custodian fee of $2 per counter for holding foreign stocks. As global equities are down about 40 per cent on average, most investors who bought foreign stocks in the past three years
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      Lock icon S'pore needs its own sporting star
      211 8  -  Lu Kee Hong Singapore DAVID Beckham is not the best footballer in the world ("Is Beckham God's gift to football, or marketing?" BT. Jun 14). He is over-rated as a footballer no doubt about it. Ask the average football fan and they'll tell you
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      101 8 Fax your letters to 6319-*****r email them to btletterQ sph.com.sg or write to: The Business Times, SPHHQ, 1000 Toa Pay oh North, Podium Level 3, Singapore 3 f8994. We need your full name, address and telephone number for verification. Please use temperate language, and bear in mind libel laws. We
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        Lock icon Vietnam warns firm over reporting
        81 9 Reuters [HANOI] Vietnam's stock market watchdog has issued a rare warning for a company, ruling the confectionery maker Bibica violated rules concerning information release and could face punishment. The stock exchange's official bulletin yesterday cited a letter by the State Securities Commission (SSC) saying Bien
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        Lock icon Beijing Capital Land flat on debut
        75 9 Reuters [HONG KONG] Beijing Capital Land Ltd, in which the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has a stake, was flat at its trading debut yesterday with investor concerns over China's overheating property market taking the heat out of
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        Lock icon Guthrie may list Indon unit before '05
        66 9 [KUALA LUMPUR] Kumpulan Guthrie may list PT Minamas Plantations on the Jakarta Stock Exchange sooner than 2005 to capitalise on the subsidiary's good performance, the Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. "We could do it earlier we are preparing the groundwork for the listing
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        Lock icon HK'S Cafe de Coral buys Oliver's
        75 9 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cafe de Coral Holdings, which runs the world's largest Chinese fast-food network, said it will buy Oliver's Super Sandwiches from Singapore-listed Jardine Matheson Holdings. Cafe de Coral declined to disclose the purchase price except to say it's paying less than the
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        Lock icon Bank Mandiri IPO size may so up
        78 9 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government may increase the size of its initial offer of shares in the country's largest bank, Bank Mandiri, following signs of strong demand, a report said yesterday. Deputy State Enterprises Minister for Privatisation Mahmuddin Yasin, quoted by Bisnis Indonesia,
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        Lock icon China, Thailand sign tariff-free deal
        50 9 AFP [BEIJING] China and Thailand have accelerated the establishment of a Sino-Asean free trade zone by offering mutual tariff-free treatment on 188 agricultural products. The zero tariffs will take effect from Oct 1, according to a Sino-Thai agreement signed here on Wednesday, Xinhua said. —AFP
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        Lock icon China-Asean free trade plan on track
        70 9 AFP [PHNOM PENH] Plans for a free trade area linking China and South-east Asia by 2010 are on track, with China confident tariffs on a range of products will be dismantled long before then. "There should be no problems (reaching that target date)," Chinese
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      Lock icon Malaysia to roll out soon plan to woo foreign funds
      240 9 KUALA LUMPUR Plan to have govt match investments by fonds may start in next six months AN ambitious plan to attract foreign funds to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE), with the Malaysian government or government-linked institutions matching ringgit for
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      Lock icon HK investors urge exchange probe of New World
      433 9 HONGKONG Bloomberg HONG Kong's stock exchange needs to review New World Development Co's disclosure after regulators reprimanded an analyst who received information from the developer that should have been made public, some investors said. The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) on Tuesday
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      Lock icon CAHB may launch RM4b offer for AMMB: sources
      349 9 KUALA LUMPUR They say EON Capital's talks to merge with AMMB have stalled Bloomberg COMMERCE Asset-Holding Bhd (CAHB), Malaysia's second-biggest lender, is preparing a RM3.5 billion (Ssl.6 billion) bid for the banking business of AMMB Holdings Bhd, whose planned merger with EON
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    1642 9 SICOH FUTURES Jun 19 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS 1 (Scents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul 03 177.50 Aug 03 17L25 Sep 03 165.50 Oct/Dec 03 161.50 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Jul 03 1 100.75 1
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  • REGIONAL world
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      Lock icon Mahathir gives usual suspects a talking-to
      477 10  -  M'sian PM gives his last opening address at Umno's annual meeting From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur IT was almost business as usual in the Malaysian capital as Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad delivered his last opening address at the annual general assembly of the
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      Lock icon IBM beats TSMC to deal: spokesman
      284 10 NEW YORK Bnt TSMC says it decided not to compete for contract Bloomberg Reuters INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp. the world's largest computer maker, has won a multi-year order from Analog Devices Inc to build chips for medical-imaging equipment, beating rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
    5082 10 Transaction date: Jun 19 B HONG KONG Vol HKRIntl 148 unch 1265 HM '000 Hong Kong Electric 31.10 unch 4287 Hongkong Chinese 0.S7 0 04 ***** AlphaGeneral 0-28 unch 105 Hongkong Chinese Ltd 0.87 0 04 ***** Ananda Wing On .0.01 unch 0 Hopewell Holdings 835 -005 613
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Fifty years of history show that US rally may falter
      451 11 NEW YORK Only twice since 1953 has S&P 500 gained 20% in first 3 months after low Bloomberg Reuters THE Standard Poor's 500 Index has risen during the past three months at a pace that would produce a new high
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      Lock icon EU closer to naming Trichet next ECB chief
      320 11 PARIS Bloomberg EUROPEAN Union leaders are nearing a consensus to appoint Bank of France governor Jean-Claude Trichet the next European Central Bank president after he was cleared on Wednesday of de-cade-old false-accounting charges. French President Jacques Chirac, who forced the European Union
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      Lock icon US firms pin weak Q2 outlook on war, Sars, rain
      323 11 NEW YORK Sceptics reckon excuses mask deeper problems Reuters IT is beginning to feel like the gods are frowning on US businesses. Companies are citing war, disease and bad weather as reasons why their second-quarter earnings will fall short. But
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      Lock icon Lehman Bros Q2 earnings surge
      353 11 NEW YORK But Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns' results disappoint Bloomberg NYT LEHMAN Brothers Holdings Inc yesterday said sec-ond-quarter profit surged 48 per cent on record revenue as bond sales and trading climbed. That result contrasts with those from its Wall Street peers Morgan Stanley
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        Lock icon Citicorp brokerage exec fired: report
        85 11 Reuters [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc has fired William Maguire, the top executive in its Citicorp brokerage unit, the New York Times said yesterday. Mr Maguire, the president of Citicorp Investment Services, "has been relieved of his duties, and he is in the process of leaving
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        Lock icon McClellan may souceed Fletscher
        88 11 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON! Deputy White House press secretary Scott McClellan, a native Texan and long-time aide to President George Bush, will succeed Ari Fleischer as White House press secretary, two administration officiate said. Mr McClellan, 35, will take over after Mr Fleischer leaves his post at the
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        Lock icon Freddie Mae may restate earnings
        72 11 [NEW YORK] Freddie Mac, facing government and investor scrutiny over its accounting, could restate its earnings by between US$l billion and US$3 billion, the Wall Street Journal laid quoting people familiar with the matter. The move, mortgage specialists told the paper, would boost Freddie Mac's
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        Lock icon Ad giant WPP bays UK's Cordiant
        73 11 Reuters [LONDON] British media giant WPP yesterday agreed to buy-advertising rival Cordiant in a £266 million (*****.4 million) deal, the majority of which is debt, ending a battle with France's Publicis for control of the ailing firm. WPP said it would offer one new
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      275 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD across 7 Shrinks from written underexample (5) 10 Porterhouse perhaps ad11 An accountant aspired to 14 Consumers'source of heat HB M vanishing from radiators 21 Campaigners at Zamora in an apartment block (8) 26 Tax brackets it causes frivolity (6) (6) 23 Many returned to find noth--27 Prepared
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      260 14 THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE AT PARK MALL. UP TO 70% OFF TILL 13 JULY 2003. -4 Ml J .*C Ml V M w\ K X u fsAd) b'j SHOP' aso 2 MIL-ION tntAS Tf CEKIf a HOVt T *t VVA> Vplj Sff IT 1,-.. 0 PtSJNi; RC AD :)PPO$-'t 0H{'6»
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      747 15  -  [•'aathe cuff Can't wait till tomorrow morning to get your hands on 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'? Not to worry, here's onr completely fabricated version of Harry's latest adventures to help yon appreciate the wait jaime ee THE hottest day
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      405 15  -  By Parvathi Nayar fAKprom Heaven is a truly disconcerting film, its heart-warming technicolour staginess at odd variance with its unhappy fragmented centre. Every shot is filled with lavish detail and colour heightened to the point of unnaturalness: the lurid leaves of autumn in
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      271 15  -  Byi Geoffrey Eu A GROTESQUELY muscled, luminescent green man-monster with deep-rooted emotional issues and a spectacularly bad temper may not be everyone's idea of the archetypal superhero, but director Ang Lee's much-anticipated take on the latest comic book character to go cinematic is
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      255 15  -  ByI Geoffrey Eu AT 81, jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans may be well past his playing prime, but he still knows how to put on a show that's finger-click-in' good. As the star attraction of an Arts Festival concert on Wednesday night, Thielemans had an
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      1147 16  -  They came as foreigners to Singapore. Strangers to the local culture and people, they made a commitment to spend time, energy and effort to do volunteer work and serve the less fortunate in our midst CORINNE KERK meets some of these inspiring foreign talent CORINNE KERK AFTER
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      1111 16 WHEN it was reported last month that the charity bread run, Food From The Heart (FFTH), may fold due to a lack of funds, people started asking questions. Such as, why does it cost $20,000 a month to run the programme? Is it necessary
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      427 16 THEIR own families have rejected them and thrown them out of their homes. But people like Frenchman, Francois Bretault, are not afraid to extend a helping hand to such HIV/Aids patients. Mr Bretault, who teaches French at the Alliance Francais as well as Nanyang
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      276 17 Reuters The Baltic Dry Index rose 5 points to 2154, the Baltic Capesize Index fell 2 points to 2940, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 16 points to 2070 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 17 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Heythrop relet (built 1996) *****9 dwt 14 on 54
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      269 17 SCX '000 Jiif m CWT Distribution 0.61 -0.01 163 ChuanHvp 0.41 unch 686 CH Offshore 0.21 unch 119 Cosco Investment __0.26 unch 288 Freight Links 0.06 unch 119 G8 Holdings 0.68 -0.01 45 Jay* Holdings 0.34 0.01 569 Keppel Corp 4.82 0.02 1899 K1 Venture 0.20 unch 2066
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      605 17  -  S'pore becomes first port to enforce supply chain quality management norms By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore's bunker suppliers and surveyors have been given a two-year deadline to meet strict new government-en-forced supply chain quality standards, or face losing their accreditation.
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      164 17 AFP [BEIJING] A passenger ship and a cargo vessel have collided in heavy fog on China's Yangtze River, leaving at least 90 people missing, state press and local officials said yesterday. The accident happened at 8 am (0000 GMT) near Peilinglun city, 270 kilometres
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      136 17 [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises is bringing back two of its biggest ships, SuperStar Virgo and SuperStar Leo, to their homeports in Singapore and Hong Kong after a temporary deployment in Australia to escape the fallout from the Sars outbreak. The popular cruise ships were redeployed to Perth
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        139 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's second-largest shipbuilder, won an order from TotalFinaElf E&P Angola to build an offshore plant worth US$l35 million. The order calls for Daewoo Shipbuilding to build the hull of a floating production storage and offloading platform to
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        149 17 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] Ports of Auckland Ltd, New Zealand's largest port, said the volume of containers it handled in May rose 8 per cent from the same month last year. The company, which handles about half the containers shipped to and from New Zealand,
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      204 17 AFP [SYDNEY] The skippers of 31 Indonesian fishing boats confiscated after they were caught poaching off Australia's north coast have escaped with fines and warnings, but many remain in jail unable to pay the fines, officials said. They also face probable forfeiture of their boats, which
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      477 17  -  Veteran Greek maritime administrator will succeed William O'Neil who steps down at the end of the year By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Veteran Greek maritime administrator Efthimios Mitropoulos has been elected as the new sec-retary-general of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO). He will succeed
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      282 17 Vessel, which sank in English Channel in Dec, is a hazard to navigation Reuters [BRUSSELS] Salvagers will start this week to cut up the wreck of a luxury car carrier which has proved a hazard to navigation since it sank in the English Channel,
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      828 18  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK In case of aluminium shipment to Baltimore, it rules that there is the possibility consolidator might not pay the freight to the carrier -Bi Selva Kumar A SHIPPER that chose to pay ocean freight through a cargo consolidator rather
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        274 18 Bloomberg [MUNICH) Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe's thirdbiggest airline, said 2003 results, which are expected to be "poor", will exceed most competitors' now that demand for air travel is starting to recover as the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) slows.
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      199 18 PAGE Avant 6 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 Chahaya 6 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee 6 ESP Lines 4 Far Shpg 5 Foong
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        743 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL ATLANTIS 7 A7152 J3 A/SIDE 19/06 0630 ELITE LEADER 309 J23 A/SIDE 19/06 2100 ID CRUSADER 4 J4/5 A/SIDE 19/06 1200 KENZUI UC143 J22 A/SIDE 19/06 2359 PATRIOT 5 J10/11 A/SIDE 19/06 1200 BAYSWATER228 M3138 J3 19/06 0900 19/06
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        1960 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX MARIGOLD 001S 001S 1 *****003-1700 *****003-0500 ACXSAKUHA 01 UK 018N 1 *****003-1500 22/*****3-0300 ALFARAHICM Q47W C247W 1 *****003-1500 *****003-0300 Ai MUTAMA—I C239E C239E 1 **********00 2106/2003-21:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8850
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        135 25 Jan 24 Philippines: Manila Day. Jvll China:Communist Party. Hongkong: SAR Estab Day. Thailand: Bank Holiday. Jul 14 France: National Day. U Kingdom: Orangmen's Day. Jul 15 Brunei: Sultan Birthday. Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Jul 17 S Korea: Cons Day. Jul 20 Japan: Marine Day. An(l China: Founding Chi
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        825 25 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        483 25 Cjrto* ISO MM 9922 0.4 15.7 0.07 45 0.02 Jun 12 D#i»it» Water Residue Ash Aluminium Sediment "0 ibove E25 3 0 4 0 0 "V 380 Ave 985 6 0.2 14.4 0.04 21 0.02 lS 380 Mix 995.0 0.6 17.6 0.09 74 0.09 a/ri y/»
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        570 26 Korean Air, Emirates among airlines placing orders for 1380 Reuters [LE BOURGET, France] Lingering doubts about the much-hyped A3BO superjumbo jet are being laid to rest at this week's Paris Air Show as airlines line up to order the 555-seat giant being
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        402 26 Their cooperation covers European, Aussie routes Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines expects to see a conservative single digit growth in European passengers within the first three months after signing a joint partnership agreement with Garuda of Indonesia. "We are targeting 1,500 European passengers in
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        260 26 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has received approval to provide flight services between Hong Kong and Beijing, a government spokeswoman said yesterday. "Approval has been given to Cathay Pacific" to provide flight services between Hong Kong and Beijing,
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        190 26 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kongbased carrier Dragonair said it is making a gradual recovery from the Sars crisis and plans to increase flights on a number of its routes for July. "The increases in our July schedule are in line with the gradual return of
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        187 26 Engine-maker also wins contracts with Qantas, Egypt Air Bloomberg [LONDON] Rolls-Royce, the No 2 aircraftengine maker, said it has won a contract worth US$l5O million from Gulf Air, the Middle East's fifth-largest carrier, to service Trent 700 engines on six A 330-200 planes. Gulf
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        221 26 Plan doe to dive in Asian travel linked to Sars union Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Northwest Airlines Corp. the fourth-larg-est US carrier, plans to lay off 150 mechanics because of a decline in travel in Asia linked to Sars. the workers' union said. The Aircraft Mechanics
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        191 26 Reuters [BRUSSELS] Budget airline Virgin Express said on Wednesday that it opened subscriptions for a discounted rights issue to try to raise 35 million euros (Ss7o million) to pay off a loan. Virgin Express is offering 35,108,125 new ordinary shares at one euro
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      281 22 Tropical shipping LCL FCL CONSOLIDATION Wlildy Soiling! with Fix ad-Day Arrivals to the Coribbeon, Ctrtrol Oiwcko, South Amorito and Florida Angoillo Grenada Si Barlhs St Vincent Antiquo Guatemala St. Croix Tortoia Bahamas Honduras St. Kilts Trinidad Costa Rica Ntcoroguaa St. Lucia Turlts Caicos Dominica Panama St. Moorten Venezuela El Salvador
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