The Business Times, 11 August 2003

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    16 1 MITA (P) 024/03/2008 85* ...A THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: Ptip://business-times.asial com.sg MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2003
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    Lock icon B2C rebound in US a meal ticket for S'pore firms
    667 1  -  BTiamiuwd They can offer wares seamlessly to US buyers once USSFTA kicks off Bu\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] A fresh window of opportunity is opening up for Singapore-based companies that hawk their wares in cyberspace, as well as those that provide
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    Lock icon Analysts see Dow crossing 10,000 by year's end
    994 1  -  Bnt long-term rate hikes may prompt some pnllback first From. Andrew Marks inNew York THE US equity markets have held most of the ground they gained in the March rally. But stocks have traded in a very narrow range for the past
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    Lock icon Company taps ez-link card as payment mode for small sums
    560 1  -  BTia'MIIUm QB says market for payments below $15 worth $sb-s6b By Amit Roy Choudhury laiiNUAruKEjj ine uoiquitous ez-link card commuters use to get from one place to another may soon become an important component of Singapore's e-pay-ment system and could
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    64 1 Week Changp ST1 *****4 2154 KLSECOMP ***** -0.82 NIKKEI 225 *****3 2*414 ■AM MM *****2 ***** SCT INDEX ***** 11.66 JAKARTA a» -***** 134 MANILA H)MP *****8 142 TAIPEI WPI *****5 157* HOOLOMP 704.14 2312 SHENZHEN B _„_23l.52 M115 AI'ST ALL OKI) -*****0 *9 70 DOW JONES *****9 *37.12
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    79 1 FMEX RATES US$ S$ IS$ (S$ per r S$) 1.755 £(IS$/S$ per S) 1.613 2.832 E1'R0(TS$/SS/E). 1.134 1991 YEN 118.9 6770 KM 3 HIJ0 2165 H K$ 7.799 4.443 BAHT 41.89 £186 Rl'PlAH 8.568 4.881 RENMINBI 8.299 4.728 INDIAN Rl'PEE 46«B 26.22 AS I 535 0.874 NZS 1.717 (1978
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      15 1 US Fed gets blame for bond rout, Pg 12 HI 8 "887 81 1 '*****4"
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      35 1 INSIDE JAKARTA BLAST Travel agents brace for fallout from blast PgB Indon economy set to grow 3.5% Pg9 BIzVT What's ailing Singapore's broadband market? Angela Tan, Pg 16 Cyber-criminal activity set to rise worldwide Pgis
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      Lock icon Fall in bank lending puts Takenaka's claims in doubt
      834 2  -  The BOJ will eventually have to bale out Japan's banking system, says Anthony Rowley in Tokyo Anthony Rowley JAPAN'S Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka promised senior US officials in Washington last week that the Japanese economy is on the mend, and
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      20 2 Jap&n spent USs3Bb to weaken yen report, Pg 13 liToin Lianhe Zaobao I Are lumilune I businesses I jfc f
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon July turnover on SGX hits 4-year high of 29b shares
      468 3  -  Remisier attributes 185% y-o-y rise to pent-up demand from Sars, Iraq war By Kenneth Lim INVESTORS kept up the frenzied buying momentum on the local bourse last month, sending trading volume to its highest level in more than four years.
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      Lock icon Frontline restates loss at a higher $5.3m
      238 3 FRONTLINE Technologies Corp has revised its results for the year ended March 31, increasing net loss by $329,000 to $5.3 million. The information technology company said the adjustment was due to $97,000 in write-offs from bad debts and $232,000 related to additional costs.
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      Lock icon Silence over DPS purchase risks hurting iSoftel
      698 3  -  Hoci<rwiffly wong wei kong WHY is telecom software developer iSoftel risking the wrath of minority shareholders and the prospect of legal action to take over a loss-making company it admits has no current synergies with the group? Or are minorities missing something here?
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      Lock icon Ipco takes its time over announcements to SGX
      442 4  -  Construction group among the last to post news on exchange's website By Kenneth Lim ANYONE interested in the going-ons of listed construction group Ipco International in the past three weeks would have had to stay up late or wake up early the
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      Lock icon Ceramic tiles maker ASA's H1 profit to be lower than expected
      280 4 CERAMIC tiles manufacturer and distributor ASA Group Holdings has warned that profitability for the half-year ending June 30 will be lower than expected. In a profit warning issued by company chairman Chan Chun-Hsiung to the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last
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      Lock icon SembCorp Ind may double Q2 profit
      432 4 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries Ltd, South-east Asia's biggest civil engineering group, may say second-quarter profit doubled, driven by growth in its utilities business, which provides services such as power and gas to industries. Net profit in the three months ended June 30 probably rose to
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      Lock icon PCCW exits Hang Seng Large Cap Index
      421 7 THREE years after its spectacular takeover of the former telephone monopoly Cable Wireless HKT Telecom, Richard Li's telecom giant PCCW Ltd has found itself deleted from the Hang Seng HK Large Cap Index after its market value fell more than 20 per cent
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      317 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES At« 8 VALUE CLOSE BTO&OS -102.00 -147.00 iTCHI -*****.00 -24.00 -*****.00 -10.00 JMUCE-Im 417.05 -0.01 SCE<«M«Ehct 148.85 40.11 SCEjdMwRi 1289.00 +0.79 SCC»*lMPrt» 386.35 +0.18 MSOTl»»in»% 189.11 +0.02 nBQUni 187.60 +0.30 Stocks Vokaws Sngpu 25c 320,178.000 Sunninedate 15c 277.097,000 IPC020C 193,579,000 Chart SemCond 26c 157,877,000 DMX Tech US5c
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      Lock icon Vicom produces good results but is not a hot stock yet
      298 6  -  By R Sivanithy THE traditional definition of a "hot" stock is one that enjoys huge liquidity, big intraday price swings and generally frenzied trading. Heat of this kind gets the pulses pounding and excitement levels shoot skywards. It is
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      Lock icon R is for 'realinvestment'
      754 6  -  STOCKS r. sivanithy THE Business Times' National Day Special had "R is for Recovery" as its main theme. This refers to the economy which by all accounts, is headed for a modest upturn for the rest of this year. This is indeed good news and it
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      Lock icon Asian currencies inch up as US$ weakens
      665 6 AFP [HONG KONG] Most Asian currencies ended the week slightly higher against the US dollar ahead of the release of economic data in the US and Japan and amid doubts over the strength of the greenback. Japanese yen: The yen seesawed against the
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      666 7 Rnancial Sector Incentive Scheme in Singapore Date What Friday, 22 August 2003 In the 2002 Budget, it was announced that some of the existing 9.00 am to 12.30pm financial sector incentives will be combined under the Financial Sector Incentive (FSI) scheme. The Monetary Authority of Singapore Venue (MAS) issued circulars
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      Lock icon Companies expect 1.1% GDP growth
      437 8  -  By Kenneth Lim A SURVEY of 122 companies shows that Singapore's GDP for the year is expected to grow 1.1 per cent on average. Reflecting the sombre mood among many companies, the most pessimistic forecast among respondents hit an all-time low since the survey started
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      Lock icon GIC buys Aussie hotel for A$125.7m
      391 8  -  Deal to buy Park Hyatt Melbourne follows purchase of two hotels in Sydney last year By Kenneth Lim GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) has signed an agreement to buy the Park Hyatt Melbourne from its original owner and developer, Lustig Moar Corporation, for A
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      Lock icon Travel agents brace for fallout from blast
      432 8  -  By Joyce Koh MOST people are sticking with their travel plans to Indonesia despite last week's Jakarta bomb blast, but the local travel industry is on alert if the regional situation worsens. Fear and uncertainty towards the region are major factors affecting sentiment,
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      2006 8 To edrcrttoc call toll-free 1800 289 Mil —*1: »otic«Oyh.co«i.»| (\V NEWWAVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD (Incorporated in The Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 8 First Lok Yang Road, Singapore *****1 on 26 August 2003 at 10.00 a.m.
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      433 8 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at an Extraordkiary General Meeting of GTMS Construction Pte lid ("the Company") held on 6 August 2003 at 11.00 am, the following special resolution was passed SPECIAL RESOLUTION Pursuant to Section 76 of the Companies Act Cap 50, approval be and is hereby given to
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      495 8 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF EASTERN IRON AND STEEL MANUFACTURING COMPANY PRIVATE LOTTED (M MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE OF FMAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 306(1) oi the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that the Final Meeting of Members
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      Lock icon Rosier outlook for KLSE for rest of 2003
      619 9  -  BTH'lnliiHiil MALAYSIA diana oon abdullah NEW listings are doing well on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Stock prices of all eight new listings which began trading on the KLSE in the last month have opened well above their offer price, garnering debut
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      Lock icon Philippines tightens security at airports
      272 9 AFP Reuters [MANILA] The Philippines has tightened security at its airports amid intelligence reports that Manila's international airport might be the next target of terrorist groups, the transportation chief said on Saturday. "I am instructing all personnel and heads of the country's airports to put
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      Lock icon Australia, Indonesia plan terror summit
      233 9 SYDNEY Bloomberg AUSTRALIA and Indonesia are planning a summit for Asian nations and the US to help coordinate the region's fight against terrorism, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said. Mr Downer's comments come after the US State Department said on Saturday that terrorists may be
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      Lock icon Indon economy set to grow 3.5%
      449 9 TERROR ATTACKS Jakarta blast unlikely to derail economy: analysts AFP [JAKARTA] The bomb attack on the JW Marriott hotel is unlikely in itself to derail the Indonesian economy but it clearly puts investor confidence, especially among the foreign community, to the test, analysts said.
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      Lock icon Pact with US costing Viet textile industry
      513 10 HANOI Some garment makers face rain because of quotas on Viet exports AFP MORE than three months after the United States dragged an unwilling Vietnam into a bilateral textile agreement, some manufacturers in the South-east Asian nation are facing financial ruin. The pact
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      Lock icon Economy hit in game of power politics
      406 10  -  LETTER FROM MANILA From Al Labita in Manila PHILIPPINE equities have shed almost 10 per cent of their value since the July 27 failed coup, and President Gloria Arroyo's sabre-rattling against critics is not helping to restore normalcy in the markets. Moving in
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      Lock icon Cambodian economy seen treading water till new govt forms
      414 10 PHNOM PENH Time for govt to focus on managing economy: analyst AFP CAMBODIA'S impoverished economy will eventually fare better under Prime Minister Hun Sen but analysts expect stagnation until a new government is formed. "I hope they will move soon on
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      Lock icon Foreign funds spark boom in volatile Indian market
      649 11  -  Publicity surrounding outsourcing to India is one reason, say analysts From Neil Behrmann in London FOREIGN fund managers have poured US$l.B billion into India's stock market this year and have played a major role in a heady boom. Since its 2003 low
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      Lock icon Li Ka-shing sells entire stake in Tung's family firm
      364 11 HONGKONG Orient Overseas paid HKs46o.2m for the 9% stake AP THE family firm of Hong Kong's political leader said it has paid HK5460.2 million (Sslo4 million) to buy back a 9.1 per cent stake in itself from tycoon Li Ka-shing. Orient
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        Lock icon Top China official expelled for graft
        103 11 AFP [BEIJING] A leading Chinese official has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party for his alleged involvement in a corruption scandal that led to two of his aides getting death sentences, state press said yesterday. Cheng Weigao, 70, has been stripped of his
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        Lock icon Taiwan seeks foreign fond managers
        79 11 Reuters [TAIPEI] Taiwan's government said yesterday it will allow foreign fund managers to invest public money on its behalf in an effort to diversify investment risk, marking the first decision of its type by the island. A statement issued by the board of the NT$22O
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        Lock icon Taiwan to sign first free-trade deal
        79 11 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan said President Chen Shui-bian and Panama President Mireya Moscoso will sign Taiwan's first free-trade agreement on Aug 21 in Taipei. The agreement between Taiwan, which joined the WTO on Jan 1,2002, and Panama, will include benefits such as preferential tariffs on
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        Lock icon Indian state airlines to buy 78 planes
        91 11 AFP [CHENNAI] India's Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Saturday that state-run Indian Airlines and Air India were planning to buy 78 aircraft worth over US$6 billion once the move is granted Cabinet approval. The board of Indian Airlines has recommended
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      Lock icon Chinese stocks traded in US, HK get boost from Buffett
      452 11 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Chinese stocks traded in Hong Kong and the US are among the world's best performers this year. Chinese stocks traded in the mainland's biggest markets are among the worst. The disparity reflects demand on the international markets from
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      Lock icon Fund manager banned from Indian markets
      329 11 AFP (BOMBAY] A leading fund manager has been banned from trading on India's markets pending charges he averted millions of dollars in losses through insider trading, the stock market regulator said. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said Singapore-based Sa- mir Arora.
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    Lock icon Supply and terrorism worries drive oil prices upwards
    782 10 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] OU prices gushed up to the highest level since the war in Iraq last week amid worries about tight supplies and terrorism. Gold: Gold prices dug their heels in after sliding the previous week, helped by fresh signs
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      Lock icon US Fed bears brunt of blame for bond rout
      658 12 WASHINGTON But its supporters say investors misread complex message from Fed Reuters THE blame game in the wake of the bloodiest US bond market rout in nearly a decade is in full swing and many of the fingers are pointed at
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      569 12 NEW YORK FOMC expected to keep rates unchanged Reuters STEADY is the watchword for US stocks this week when investors will take in a host of data expected to show that the economy's gradual growth is continuing. Investors usually are reluctant
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      Lock icon Fund watchdog makes fun of Fidelity
      256 12 BOSTON Reuters FIDELITY Investments found itself at the centre of a joke that fooled readers of a mutual fund watchdog's website after it expressed support for the Bush administration's dividend tax cut initiative. "Fidelity is pleased to announce the creation of a new mutual
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        Lock icon Swiss Int'l in talks with BA
        76 12 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Swiss International Air Lines Ltd, the national carrier that's struggling to survive, is in talks with British Airways pic (BA) and still aims to join the Oneworld alliance. BA, the dominant carrier in Oneworld, is ready to accept Swiss International into the
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        Lock icon Automakers to hike joint purchases
        72 12 AFP [TOKYO] Japanese automakers Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, Isuzu Motors Ltd and Suzuki Motor Corp all firms of General Motors Corp plan to expand their joint purchases of car parts to reduce costs, a report said. The firms intend to double joint procurement in the
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        Lock icon Saban completes TV station purchase
        61 12 AP [MUNICH] US investor Haim Saban completed his purchase on Saturday of Germany's second-biggest private television broadcaster, ProSiebenSatl, the station's bankrupt parent company said. Saban won agreement last Tuesday from creditors of KirchMedia to buy its majority stake in ProSiebenSatl. KirchMedia said the contract was
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      Lock icon Japan spent US$38b to weaken yen: report
      539 13 TOKYO Intervention welcomed at home and by US Treasury Secretary JAPAN intervened massively to weaken the yen in the three months to June, spending a record US$3B.4 billion in an operation that has helped keep the yen-US dollar rate more stable than at
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      Lock icon Tie-up to tackle Japan's bad loans
      251 13 TOKYO Goldman, Sumitomo Mitsui and Daiwa Sec set np venture Bloomberg GOLDMAN Sachs Group is forming a venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and Daiwa Securities SMBC for the disposal of bad loans, the Yomiuri newspaper said, citing bankers that it didn't name. Sumitomo Mitsui
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      Lock icon 'Shoot to kill' orders for London cops: report
      185 13 LONDON AFP LONDON is at increasing risk from suicide bombers, forcing its front-line police officers into a policy of "shoot to kill", a UK newspaper reported yesterday. Metropolitan Police Commissioner John Stevens placed his force on its highest state of alert last
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      Lock icon Hoon to take the rap: report
      367 13 Paper says minister will quit over handling of Kelly's case AFP [LONDON] Britain's Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is being lined up as the government's "fall guy" over the apparent suicide of David Kelly, the weapons expert at the centre of an uproar over the
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      Lock icon US chief justices want lawyers to report fraud
      428 14 NEW YORK They endorse letting lawyers at listed firms set aside client secrecy Bloomberg THE chief justices of the 50 US state courts endorsed a plan to let lawyers at listed companies set aside client confidentiality to tell regulators about accounting fraud
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      Lock icon Arnie no dummy with money
      260 14 LOSANGELES Movie star hastens of millions in stocks, bonds and property Reuters ARNOLD Schwarzenegger, a self-described Austrian farm boy who found wealth and fame in America, has at least tens of millions of dollars in stocks, bonds and other investments, according to a financial disclosure
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      Lock icon Developed nations' 'rigidity slows WTO'
      299 14 NEWDELHI AP LACK of flexibility by developed nations is holding back progress on agreements that would help developing countries benefit from a liberal multilateral trade regime, an official from the World Trade Organization said on Friday. Two years ago, trade ministers from 146 WTO member
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      Lock icon US bank regulators finalise accounting rules
      304 14 WASHINGTON Reuters [WASHINGTON] American banking regulators last Friday issued final rules for suspending or barring accounting firms from providing services to large banks if the firms have violated professional work standards. "The final rules, which take effect on Oct 1,2003, establish procedures under which
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  • BizIT
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      Lock icon Cyber-criminal activity set to rise worldwide: Gartner
      478 15  -  Most companies plan to take precautions and are going for Web filtering solutions Bl Raju Chellam WITH more than 600 million individuals worldwide now on the Internet, cyber-criminals are taking advantage of unsecured systems to usher in a new era of high-profit, low-overhead
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      Lock icon Indian telecoms panel allows low cost limited mobility service
      241 15 AFP [NEW DELHI) An Indian telecoms dispute settlement body has allowed the entry of new low cost mobile phone services, which established cellular firms fear could jeopardise their viability. Two of the judges on the panel ruled in favour of allowing
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      Lock icon Samsung, Sony extend Memory Stick deal
      157 15 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Samsung Electronics Co, the world's No 2 chipmaker, will start making and seUing Sony Corp's Memory Stick datastorage devices in Q3 2003 as part of a new accord between the two companies. The deal extends an August 2001 production agreement and allows
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      Lock icon Schlumberger's smart push in Asia
      791 16  -  griaimmwj The French smart card maker now has 27-30% market share in Asia and is gunning for big bucks in magnetic card replacement Tang Weng Pal has the details Tang Weng Fai France-based Schlumberger Ltd has overtaken fellow rival Gemplus SA in Asian sales of
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      817 16  -  INFOTECH The harsh truth is that while It has grown over the years, there's little money to be made and Investor Interest remains courteous at best angela tan LAST Thursday, Sing Tel revealed that the number of its ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) broadband lines
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      Lock icon Foreign giants call on China's Dalian for service
      300 16 The city serves as a low-cost support centre for their operations in Japan Reuters [HONG KONG] A growing group of major Western companies are discovering the bustling city of Dalian in north-east China and quietly building it into the next big Asian
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      Lock icon US wireless firms jolted into giving better service
      218 16 Reuters [CHICAGO] The US wireless industry is feeling an urgent need to keep customers happy before the advent of a new government rule on switching services. Starting in November, customers will be able to keep their old phone numbers when switching wireless
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      Lock icon Vodafone nears £400m UK service provider buy
      169 16 Reuters [LONDON] British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Pic is close to agreement on a £400 million (551.13 billion) deal to buy Singlepoint, a mobile service provider. Vodafone. the world's largest cellphone group by sales, is reported to have been in talks to
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      Lock icon Broadcom, Intel settle patent battle
      161 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Rival semicon makers Intel Corp and Broadcom Inc said they have settled their long-run-ning patent battle involving two separate lawsuits. The settlement, which comes three days after the companies asked a Texas court to dismiss one case over graphics chips, calls for
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        Lock icon MDIS otters new online courses
        78 16 THE Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) said it is now accredited to market online courses from UK e Universities (UKeU) Worldwide Ltd. UKeU Is a British government-backed institution set up in May 2001 to globally offer British university education online. Singapore students can access
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        Lock icon Dell's new Latitude
        68 16 DELL Computer has introduced its sub-1.5 kg Latitude X3OO notebook. It runs on an Intel Pentium Mobile processor at 1.2 GHz and can handle business^^^^^^^^^^^v productivity apps. It comes with an optional Mediaßase that connects to the bottom of the notebook and includes a D-Family media module,
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        Lock icon Microsoft cots Office XPprioes
        71 16 MICROSOFT Singapore has cut prices of several products in the Microsoft Office XP family. The fUll package product (FPP) erf Office XP Standard and the FPP cost of Microsoft Office XP Professional have been cut by about 15 per cent The FPP prices of the stand-alone
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        Lock icon Microsoft's public lector hoed
        33 16 MICROSOFT Singapore has appointed Ng Kin Yee as its public sector director. Mr Ng was previously president of Ufinity, an IDA spin-off that specialised in security and mobile solutions.
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        Lock icon Bono's digital cameras
        81 16 BENQ has unveiled two new digital cameras. Hie details: BenQ DC 2300; Costs $279, comes with 2.1 megapixel CCD and a 1.6-inch colour LCD screen. It offers 4x continuous zoom and five white balance modes. BenQ DC 2410: Costs $359, comes with 3.14 Megapixel CCD and BenQ's
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        Lock icon Pinnacle's aew Studio addition
        51 16 PINNACLE Systeiqssaid the new addition to its Studio line of consumer video editing products is now available. The Studio A V/DV costs $260 and allows users to import and edit video from both analogue and digital camcorders via a single internal PCI card. For details, e-mail
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        Lock icon Aetnate's new appointments
        44 16 ACTUATE Corp, which offers business intelligence solutions, has appointed David Runacres as regional director for Asia-Pacific, Brian Higgins as channels director for Asia-Pacific; Ong Chiek Ting as marketing director for Asia-Pacific, and Kenneth Chan as regional sales director for South-east Asia.
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        35 16 IDC Asia-Pacific will hold its IP Convergence Conference 2003 on August 21 at The Sheraton Towers. The meet will focus on benefits of IP for Asia's enterprises and service providers. For details, visit www.idc.com.sg.
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        Lock icon Leveraging rich media content
        42 16 INFOCOMMASIA and the International Communications Industries Association will hold a conference, "Leveraging rich media content— strategic implementation of AV communications for your organisation" during the InfoComm Asia 2003 exposition from October 29 to 31. For details, visit www.irtfocommasia.com.
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        Lock icon MuM-nee machine from Sharp
        46 16 JAPAN'S Sharp has launched a fax machine that combines a plain paper fax, copier, 2.4 GHZ digital spread spectrum cordless phone and handset, and an answering machine. The PO-CCSOO costs $499 and supports up to four cordless handsets. For details, visit www.sharp.conusg.
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        Lock icon Palm's new online store
        56 16 PALM Inc has opened an online store at www.apacstore.palm.com in Singapore. Palm said this would be the first of a series of such stores in the Asia-Pacific region. A full range of Palm handhelds and accessories will be available at the e-store—and it will allow trade-in
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        Lock icon new LCD monitor
        70 16  -  OoaplMbjf Amit Roy Choudhury PHILIPS Singapore has debuted a new 15-inch LCD monitor, the first to feature Philips' Digital Light Frame technology that allows brightness and sharpness to be enhanced by multiple, user-selected areas Tho Brilliance 150P4 comes with Philip's zero bright-dot policy "which eliminates the bright
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      273 17 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young ACTIVITY has been maintained although the number of sales actually concluded was down. There have been a number of newbuilding contracts reported resold. Demolition prices continue to remain firm, but numbers of vessels coming for scrap are fewer than expected, considering the prices
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      Lock icon S'pore ports on course for record year
      546 17  -  HI throughput surpasses previous highs in 2000/02 By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Singapore's ports are on track to deliver a record year of container and cargo tonnage throughputs, with volumes in the first half of 2003 outstripping its former bests in 2000 and 2002.
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      Lock icon Virus strikes cruise passengers
      71 17 AP [SEATTLE] The Star Princess (extreme right), a Princess Cruises ship sailing between Seattle and Alaska, sits at dock in Seattle on Saturday. A total of 112 passengers and 14 crew members vomitted and had diarrhoea from the common Norovirus during the cruise ship's most recent
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      Lock icon Canada's west coast ports face work stoppage
      354 17  -  Longshoremen, employers yet to resolve contract dispute By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] All shipping traffic through Canada's west coast ports could grind to a halt tomorrow if an ongoing labour dispute between employers and longshoremen is not resolved before then. Talks between the International
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      Lock icon Bigger function for new EU maritime body
      361 17  -  Emsa may get wider security, anti-pollution roles By] Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The European Commission (EC) plans to widen the security and anti-pollution roles of its new European Maritime Safety Agency (Emsa). It is proposed that Emsa operate a fleet of pollutionfighting vessels and
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      193 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 EIS 6 Eng Lee 6 ESP Lines 4 Far Shpg
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      735 18  -  DOCKYARD -By David Hughes NOVEMBER may still seem a long way off to most of us, but not to the organisers of the annual Shiprepair Conversion event to held on the 26th and 27th of that month. Over recent weeks there has been a steady stream
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        Lock icon GLOBAL HOLIDAYS
        138 25 Aug 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday. Aug 18 France: Assumption Day. Italy: Assumption Day. S Korea: Liberation Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Indepen Day. Aug 24 UKingdom: Summer Holiday. Aug 31 Malaysia: National Day. Philippines: Nat Heroes Day. Sep 1 Canada: Labour Day. U.S.: Labour Day. Sep 2 Vietnam: National
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        809 25 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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        Lock icon Swiss pilots accept crucial redundancies
        528 26 Move aimed at polling up the airline from looming bankruptcy AFP [ZURICH] Pilots from troubled airline Swiss on Saturday accepted a restructuring plan involving 500 redundancies from among their number, clearing the way for the loss-making carrier to try and escape bankruptcy. The airline said
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        Lock icon Qantas a potential target for terrorists: Aussie PM
        258 26 SECURITY ALERT AP [SYDNEY] Prime Minister John Howard yesterday warned that Australia's national airline Qantas is a potential target for terrorists with heat-seeking ground-to-air missiles. Mr Howard told Australia's Channel 9 TV that all Western embassies in the Indonesian capital Jakarta and
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        Lock icon New hi-tech screening system launched in NZ
        238 26 Xinhua [WELLINGTON] A hi-tech screening system to control airport security and counter the threat of terrorism has been launched at Auckland International Airport, New Zealand Press Association reported. Advance Passenger Screening (APS) extends the country's border security off-shore, by preventing passengers who are
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        Lock icon Air France pilot arrested at JFK for shoe-bomb remark
        401 26 No bomb fonnd after plane searched; flight cancelled AP [NEW YORK] The co-pilot of Air France's late flight to Paris was arrested at Kennedy International Airport on Friday after making a remark about having a bomb in his shoe at a
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        Lock icon Manila tightens security at its airports
        208 26 AFP [MANILA] The Philippines has tightened security at its airports amid intelligence reports that Manila's international airport might be the next target of terrorist groups, the Philippine transportation chief said. "I am instructing all personnel and heads of the country's airports to put additional
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        Lock icon Choose Air France, Northwest urges KLM
        212 26 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Northwest Airlines, the long-standing transatlantic partner of KLM, is urging the Dutch airline to select Air France and not British Airways as its alliance partner, a newspaper said on Saturday. Dutch evening paper NRC Handelsblad, reporting from a fleet renewal presentation by
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        Lock icon M'sia Airlines to upgrade 32 aircraft
        340 26 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines will invest RM7OO million (*****.3 million) to upgrade 32 Boeing aircraft in a bid to be more competitive with other carriers, reports said on Saturday. The upgrade of the 17 Boeing 747-400 and 15 *****00 aircraft will lead to
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      121 17 NOTICE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION EFFECTIVE 11 SEPTEMBER 2003 FROM BOMBAY (INCLUDING JNPT/NSICT) TO SINGAPORE AND PORT KLANG With increases in operating costs, the following feeder operators in the Bombay to Singapore/Port Klang trade sectors wish to inform all Main Lines Operators that the following minimum rates shall apply to
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