The Business Times, 2 October 2003

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    16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 I Internet. 'nup://business-times.asial com.sg SINGAPORE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2003 85C
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    Lock icon 5% of firms polled opt to pay higher employers' CPF
    617 1  -  BT exclusive But only one in five will pass cost-savings on to staff with employers' CPF rate cut to 13% By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] For most employees under 55 years of age, the employers' Central Provident Fund rate falls to
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    Lock icon MAS to lower minimum paid-up capital for insurers
    687 1  -  NTUC Income exploring options for new products By Angela Tan [SINGAPORE] The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday as Singapore's insurance industry is shifting to riskbased supervision next year, it has decided to lower the minimum paid-up capital needs for insurers,
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    Lock icon Singapore groups' Indon bets start paying off
    780 1  -  BT exclusive Investments by CCL, SingTel, SYT and Temasek proved to be shrewd: analysts From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta WHEN Singapore-listed Cycle Carriage Ltd (CCL) paid a whopping US$3lO million for a 23 per cent stake in Indonesia's largest but troubled automaker Astra
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    72 1 «T1 1,630.72 (-0.08) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,636.00 6.00) SIMSCI FUTURES 200.50 (+0.40) Wednesday Change KLSECOMP ***** +4 19 NIKKEI 225 142 19 ■AND SOU Closed SCT INDEX 578.98 IS5 JAKARTA car .606.04 *8,19 MANILA COMP JJKII 9.11 TAIPEI WPI 5.581.66 2975 SEOI U'OMP 704.29 >6.77 SHENZHEN B (lowd Al'ST
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    77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ tSS(SSpeiTSS) 1.728 ii(lSS/KS p«T«) 1.664 2.876 HI ROH SS/SS 'E). 1.166 2016 YEN 111.1 64.44) RM 3.8IW 2.199 HKS 7.739 4478 BAHT 39*4 23 05 R1 PIAH 8,185 4.851 RENMINBI 8.299 4802 INDIAN RI'PEE 4565 2641 AS 1466 0848 NZS 1.674 0969 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE*
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      67 1 BLUE CHIPS -r a new weekly page WATCH UIC, United Fiber, Heshe Holdings, Kingsmen Creatives Page 9 Page 8 COMMENTARY GOLDTRON'S Periodic audits nMAi/ ill of brokers' lIX research needed THE BLACK Page 5 8 DESIGN jiflßil HOT SPOT Can companies here capitalise r^\\ on design and can Singapore be
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      Lock icon Private home price index dips 0.4% in Q3
      764 2  -  But HDB resale flat prices rise 2.2% on strong demand for smaller units By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] The official third-quarter flash estimate for the private home price index dipped a further 0.4 per cent over the preceding quarter, resulting in a total
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      Lock icon SembLog sacks 6 after India fraud findings
      461 2  -  It also plans to take legal action against PWC India By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] SembCorp Logistics has sacked six executives and plans to take legal action against PriceWaterhouse Co (PWC) India after an investigation into three years of accounting fraud at its India
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      Lock icon Tax breaks for firms that offer portable medical benefits
      434 2  -  Govt announces two schemes to cover workers even when they change jobs By Chen Huifen {SINGAPORE] The government yesterday announced two schemes that allow workers to enjoy medical benefits when they change jobs or lose them, while companies that offer them
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Periodic audits of brokers'research needed
      621 4  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy THE plan by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore to stimulate research coverage of small listed companies is laudable. If all goes well, the public will soon have access to up-to-date information on underresearched companies. It
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      Lock icon SingTel, M1 signal better times for sector
      476 4  -  Both companies expecting double-digit earnings growth By Tang Weng Fai AFTER three miserable years, the struggling telecoms sector could see better days ahead if results from Singapore's two biggest telcos are any guide. So far this year the shares of SingTel and Ml
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      Lock icon Goldtron turns around after 6 years in the red
      845 5  -  Former market darling records profit of $3.5m on cost cuts By Daniel Buenas GOLDTRON is back in the black, posting its first annual profit since 1996. The company made $3.5 million for its year ended June 30, 2003, recovering from a
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon EC releases 13m e«iro cover for fine
        121 5 NEPTUNE Orient Lines' (NOL) said it will release a 13.75 million euro (5527.5 million) bank guarantee that covered its share of a just-overturned anti-trust fine imposed on shipping line members of the rate-setting Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TAC A). The 273 million euro fine
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        Lock icon Xpress ffldgs returns to profit
        74 5 XPRESS Holdings Ltd reported profits of $720,000 for the year ended July 31 after writing back an $800,000 tax provision that was no longer required, compared to a loss of $13.4 million in the last financial year. This significant turnaround was achieved despite a weak
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        Lock icon Sing Tel nnit trays back $485 m bonds
        80 5 SINGAPORE Telecoms' wholly-owned subsidiary, Sing Tel Investments Pte Ltd, has bought back $485 million of its $1 billion bonds due 2006, which Sing Tel issued in 2001. The bonds, with a coupon of 3.21 per cent per annum, were bought at a
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      Lock icon Ex-APB exec's offer of $30m bail rejected
      652 6  -  Court deems ability to obtain forged passport suggests high flight risk By Joyce Koh FORMER Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) man Chia Teck Leng's bid to be freed on bail was thrown out by the court yesterday despite the defence lawyer's submission of a
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      Lock icon Keppel to sell 28% SPC stake to Indon group
      356 6  -  Stake sale to Kapital Asia will net it $24.6m profit By Chuang Peck Ming KEPPEL Corporation has struck a deal to sell a 28 per cent stake in Singapore Petroleum Company to a Hong Kong-incorporated company owned by a group of
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      Lock icon Retired bankers invade Singapore's GLCs
      329 6 Ex-Citicorp vice-chairman latest to come onboard SIA RETIRED foreign bankers continue to invade government-linked companies, with Singapore Airlines which recently reported its maiden loss appointing a second former top banker to its board in three months. Now a senior fellow at Wharton Business School, Pei-yuan
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    1054 4 1 Transaction date: Oct 1 MTBRBOK CROSS KATES Kj CS »■> Ear* W Mfc fm W» m (g$ Nfclb N»o SS tmt Sfr ITTS 8att Hmt USS Australia 0.920 5363 0.585 5281 ***** 572» 0.759 7J59 2.593 LM2 39.488 37.386 1179 4.749 0.902 ***** 27.W8 0.410 0382 Canada 1087
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      292 5 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER OF PROMATORY COMMUNICATIONS SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary Generol Mealing of the members of the above-named compony duly convened ond held at 4001 Eait CKopel H3I Nelson Highway, Durham,
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      1341 6 Singapore Society of Financial Analysts presents jChl The SSFA Economic Strategy Workshop "Resurgence of Asia, Challenges and Opportunities" professional SINGAPORE SOCIETY OF I B m.m a Saturday, 11 October 2003 development Ballroom 2, The Fullerton Singapore, 8.15 am 2.00 pm 3 d,t hours This workshop brings together the leading economics
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      611 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN ClM«|f Wok, Oct 1 dad* 54 arts PRODUCTION ramp for new HDD (hard-disk drive) components like covers and disk clamps was better than our expectations, while the company's core VCM (voice coil motor) plate is on track to meet our volume projection for FY
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      Lock icon Norelco shares hit record high on acquisition talk
      307 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan AFTER almost a month of frenzied activity, Norelco Centreline Holdings has revealed that it is in talks to explore the possibility of acquiring a shareholding interest in a company from a related industry. "The discussion between
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      Lock icon Blue-chip resilience tells a story
      466 8  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy BLUE chips have recently displayed remarkable resilience to overnight plunges on Wall Street, raising the possibility that for now Asian stocks may be decoupled from the US and running on their own steam. Second-liners, in the meantime, are still the
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      Lock icon Asian central banks step in to rescue US$
      592 8  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Fed bays greenback on behalf of Japan near 110 yen larry wee ASIAN central banks stood conspicuously in the path of another potential US dollar rout yesterday, fighting to shore up the ailing greenback after it lost yet more
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Sale of United Fiber shareholder's shares
        71 8 LOSS-MAKING construction company United Fiber Systems' substantial shareholder Wisanggeni Lauw was forced to sell 30 million shares as a result of financial obligations between June and August this year. The sales, worth about $4 million, pared Mr Lauw's deemed stake in the company to
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        Lock icon Heshe shareholder pares stake
        86 8 HESHE Holdings substantial shareholder Jimmy Tan Ah Keng has sold 1.6 million shares in the past two days, paring his direct interest from 1.34 per cent to 0.86 per cent. He also has a deemed 8.68 interest in Heshe. The sales, for a total consideration of
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        Lock icon UIC raises SmgLand stake
        144 8 WEE Cho Yaw's United Industrial Corporation (UIC) has raised its stake in Singapore Land in the past few months through numerous purchases disclosed in 47 separate announcements. Since June, UIC, through UIC Development, has bought almost 17 million shares, or 4.2 per cent of issued share
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        Lock icon Kingsmen unit director takes profit
        88 8  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM LESS than two weeks after the Sesdaq debut of Kingsmen Creatives, a director of Kingsmen subsidiary Hi-Light Electrical has taken profit on 40,000 shares he received under the IPO reserved tranche. Goh Ting Meng, who subscribed to the shares at 30
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      401 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Oct 1 VALUE CLOSE BT06/DS -174.00 -226.00 BTCAW -*****.00 -80.00 BT10-day MA -*****.00 18.00 M-SG EquitMs 445.02 SG Eqaffla* Etoct 171.46 -3^46 SG EquibM Fin 1404.71 +3.04 SG EqaWas Prtp _404.10 -0.55 MSa gggwi 200.35 SMSCI Fatam 200.90 +0.40 Stock* Volume HorizonEduc 5c 128.770.CXX) AEM-Evertech 5c 89,776,000
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  • BLUE Chip
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      Lock icon Slippery chip play
      1159 9  -  WONG WEI KONG casts critical eye on the buoyant performance of Chartered Semiconductor's share price WONG WEI KONG T IS a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying noth- ing," says Shake- speare's Macbeth of life. Can the same be said too of
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  • EXECUTIVE suite
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      Lock icon 74 S'poreans make M'sia home
      154 10 Tourism Malaysia said Singaporeans formed the second largest group of people to sign up for the Malaysia My Second Home scheme in the first eight months of the year. The scheme, previously called the Sil-ver-Haired Programme, allows foreigners to live in Malaysia with a special
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      Lock icon First major Raffles PI office sale this year at 10-yr low
      585 10  -  BT exclusive Teos buy floor at John Hancock Tower for $790 psf, reports Kalpana Rashiwala Kalpana Rashiwala THE family of late hotelier Teo Lay Swee bought an office floor at the 25-storey John Hancock Tower recently for only $790
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      Lock icon Investment sales hit $1.89b in Q3: CBRE
      451 10  -  Ngee Ann City, other malls dominate deals By Kalpana Rashiwala METRO'S $538 million asset securitisation of its stake in Ngee Ann City and CapitaLand group's $470 million acquisition of three suburban malls accounted for more than half of the $1.89 billion of investment
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Sept arrivals likely to have fallen 6%
      404 11  -  EYE on the economy tourism By Kenneth Lim VISITOR arrivals are expected to have fallen 6 per cent year on year in September, and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will continue to operate at a deficit next year to bring in more people,
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      Lock icon Senoko $200m bond issue over 3 times subscribed
      290 11 IN a strong sign of continued demand in the local bond market, a $200 million maiden issue by Senoko Power Ltd, underwritten by DBS Bank, has been over three times subscribed, with the bulk going to local investors. DBS successfully launched the
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      Lock icon A hub for professional services
      740 11  -  BT exclusive More than 10 such firm have expanded or started ops here in past yean EDB By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE is becoming a hub for professional services companies in the region, with over 10 such companies expanding or starting operations here in the last
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      Lock icon SingPost to sell Air Asia flights
      542 11 SingTel appointed to ran low-cost airline's call centre SOME 10,000 Air Asia tickets for the new Senai-Kuala Lumpur run have been snapped up in the past few weeks. And sales could get hotter, with Singapore Post signing up to be a ticketing agent. Sing
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Don't overrate views carried in the media
      794 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION robert samuelson The Washington Post Writers Group IN MY business, you receive a lot of unsolicited advice and abuse. Some years ago, a reader proposed that I "drop dead". Another well-wisher later suggested that "the best thing you could
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      72 12 'There are two kinds of people here. The infected and the affected.' -Dr Marlin McKay who treats Aids patients in Johannesburg, on the epidemic sweeping South Africa. 'We want the exercise to teach students and teachers that the days of fear are finished.' -Fuad Hussein an adviser
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      Lock icon Opec's unkind cut
      621 12 EDITORIAL WHATEVER Opec's real reasons, its decision to slash oil output from November is badly timed In the process, the cartel has sent world oil prices up more than 8 per cent in a week. The decision by ministers from the Organisation of Oil Exporting Countries has
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      Lock icon Regulating insurance – but with a light touch
      1884 12 Regulating insurance but with a light touch These are excerpts from the keynote address by Deputy Prime Minister and chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), LEE HSIEN LOONG, at the 10th annual conference of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (LAIS) yesterday OVER the past decade, the financial
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Golden Hope profit expected to jump to RM550m
      372 13  -  Revamp will make company M'sia's second largest estate owner From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur GOLDEN Hope will emerge as the second biggest palm oil plantation company in Malaysia with earnings of more than half a billion ringgit each year following its
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      Lock icon Astro launches 508m share IPO
      379 13 KUALA LUMPUR AP. Reuters, Bloomberg MALAYSIAN satellite television operator Astro All Asia Networks pic launched one of Asia's biggest initial public offerings this year yesterday, hoping to raise from RM1.37 billion to RM2.11 billion (*****-959 million). The company is floating 26.6 per cent of its
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      Lock icon China may peg yuan to basket of currencies
      457 13 BEIJING Reuters CHINA, seeking a low-risk escape route from high-deci-bel criticism of its currency policy, is studying whether to tie the yuan to a basket of currencies rather than to the US dollar. The move, analysts say, could help deflect growing complaints
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      Lock icon New share offers continue to sizzle on M'sian bourse
      474 13  -  IPOs post gains in Sept despite a fall in composite index From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur NEW share offerings are riding a crest on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, with most of them posting hefty premiums on their debut.
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    1501 13 SICOM FUTUIUBS Oct l ■Una Futures (Ctafaf prict*) ISSKScaabA#) Cten Volume Ope* MortH Law Sett (towtes) Merest Nov 03 198.50 Dec 03 198J0 JM 04 191.50 Fefc 04 200.50 RSS 3 «B carts/I*) Volume Ope* Meat* Hifk Low Sett (tomes) Merest No* 03 iR50 iilOO T050 375 5825 Dec
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Big Japan producers show positive sentiment
      546 14  -  First time in almost 3 years; but tankan retail sentiment lowest in 2 years From Anthony Rowley in lokyo THE balance of sentiment among Japan's large manufacturing companies turned positive in September for the first time in almost three years, the Bank of Japan
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      Lock icon Indian call centres hit by new US law
      375 14 BANGALORE AFP A US law requiring telemarketers to comply with a "do not call" list will deal a significant blow to Indian call centres, analysts warned on Tuesday, a day before the legislation came into force. President George Bush on Monday passed
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      Lock icon US manufacturing growth slows in September
      420 14 LATEST US DATA Lack of job creation weighing on recovery Reuters, AP, Bloomberg [NEW YORK] US manufacturing growth expanded for the third straight month in September but at a slower rate, while factory owners picked up the pace of layoffs, according to a report
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      Lock icon Taiwan scraps cap on foreigner stock buys
      457 14 TAIPEI Approval process for buying shares also simplified Bloomberg TAIWAN is throwing its doors open to overseas investors today, officially scrapping limits on how much they may invest in the island's US$34O billion stock market and simplifying the approval process for buying shares.
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Eurozone mfg index shows growth
        69 14 Reuters [LUNLHJN J The eurozone manulacturing sector unexpectedly returned to growth in September for only the second time in a year as firms boosted output in response to stronger demand, according to a survey of about 3,000 companies. The Reuters Eurozone Purchasing Managers' Index jumped
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        Lock icon Music sales down 10.9% in H1
        74 14 Reuters [LONDON] It was another dismal six months for the music industry as global data showed sales tumbled 10.9 per cent. Despite big hits from pop queen Christina Aguilera and rapper 50 Cent, Internet downloading and CD-burning continued to ravage the industry, dragging music
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        Lock icon Workers' suit against IBM for trial
        78 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Two former IBM Corp workers can proceed to trial with claims they contracted cancer from toxic chemicals used at its semiconductor plant. A Santa Clara county judge on Tuesday dismissed only two of four suits brought by workers whose claims were
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        Lock icon J-Phone becomes Vodafone KK
        51 14 AP [TOKYO] The Japan unit of mobile giant Vodafone adopted the brand in its name yesterday, promising V global services and new handsets. The name change to Vodafone KK from J-Phone underlines the Tokyo carrier's determination to compete against the country's top mobile company NTT DoCoMo.
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        Lock icon Deutsche, Dresdner in outsource deal
        62 14 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank, two of Germany's top banks, are set to outsource their retail bank clearing operations to Postbank to cut costs, banking sources said yesterday. One source said a memorandum of understanding has been signed. "If it goes ahead as
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    Lock icon STOCKS ASIA
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    2330 15 Transaction date: Oct 1 KUALA LUMPUR TS *8 m w- room George Kent .0.73 0.01 MS GlobetrooKsTedi 5.45 unch 99 AtMReaity 1J4 0.03 4129 52? Abnc 0 95 001 501 Gold Bndge Engrg 0.39 -0.01 115 -0.02 3 9 0^ Fr0r *5v. 521 Advance Svnerav 0 42 unct* 124
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      338 16 WASHINGTON Reuters, Bloomberg MOST large US companies won't even consider hiring an auditor from outside the ranks of the Big 4 accounting firms, but most said they'd prefer having more than four big firms, said a survey released on Tuesday.
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      2291 17  -  Does Singapore have what it takes to be a major design and ideas centre? LAWRENCE CHONG sizes up the situation LAWRENCE CHONG THE International Design Forum (IDF), which opens today, stands as a strong testament to Singapore's belief that there is money to be made from design.
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      222 17 THE International Design Forum (IDF) opens today at the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The three-day event will showcase cut-ting-edge designs, and provide a platform for the sharing of ideas by the international design fraternity through conferences and networking activities. IDF is a biennial
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      447 20 IE Singapore, Reed Exhibitions and Kingsmen Creatives have come together to generate design awareness through IDF THE International Design Forum this year will present opportunities for those interested to discover the critical impact design has on business as well as networking opportunities for experts in the design field.
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      519 20 What makes certain products stand out in a crowded marketplace? Two words good design WHAT do Singapore companies like Enzer, Osim, Creative Technology and global powerhouses like Apple, Samsung, 3M, and Bang Olufsen have in common? They have all used design to differentiate their products in a
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      427 22  -  Aptitude, behaviour, collaboration, SOON TATS FAH explains why they are so important SOON TATS FAH APTITUDE and behaviour are two inseparable characteristics of the industrial designer. Aptitude encompasses the design flair, ability, knowledge and skills of a designer. Behaviour, on the other hand, involves the analytical
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      358 22  -  By KEITH TAN GLOBALISATION and world events have precipitated inevitable changes in the design industry over the last decade. At the same time, the design practice hit several milestones in technological progress, enabling rapid cross-continental and cross-cultural fertilisation of ideas. The divide between business
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      822 23  -  Today, branding is no longer associated only with consumer products. It has become a boardroom agenda, says KIM SHUB WEI KIM CHUN WEI LET'S face it. Brands today are part of everything we do. We live in a branded world. Just consider how brands have been
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      227 19 h jgp With increasingly intense global competition, International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore) has identified design as a core competency critical to a firm's international business success. Design is a key competitive advantage. It is imperative for companies who are going international to leverage fp on design in a holistic manner,
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      373 24  -  Aim is to generate $36m in revenue over 2 years from Web services here By Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S leadership in helping to set global standards in Web services represents the coming-of-age of the local infocomm industry, said Infocomm Development Authority of Singa-
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      357 24  -  By Tang Weng Fai TELECOM companies face a new set of challenges as they compete for wallet share against competitors within and outside their industries, an analyst with research group Gartner says. Speaking at the iX 2003 conference yesterday, Bertrand Bidaud, Asia-Pacific vicepresident
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      146 24 Reuters [BANGKOK] Singaporelisted Total Access Communication pel, Thailand's sec-ond-largest mobile phone firm, said yesterday it aims to concentrate on the provinces in a bid to win 30 per cent of new users. Co-CEO Sigve Brekke said he expected 10 million new subscribers, mainly in provinces,
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      695 26  -  BT exclusive China features strongly in Palm's game plan, its hardware chief Todd Bradley tells Kenneth James Kenneth James Buoyed by its recent set of better-than-expected quarterly results and a regulatory go-ahead for its acquisition plans. Palm Inc is seizing on new opportunities for growth and
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      246 26 PALM Inc yesterday turned up the heat on its challengers in particular the Microsoft-powered Pocket PCs from Hewlett-Packard, Dell and others with new models aimed at both first-time buyers and power users. The 'baby' of the new products, which were announced at iX 2003 yesterday, is the
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      242 26 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] US retail sales of personal computers and PC-related products posted their strongest gain so far this year in August, confirming earlier analyst predictions for a strong back-to-school season, according to data market researcher NPD Group. Retail sales of
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      451 27  -  It wants to capture more cargo from growing N China, India, Middle East markets By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Samudera Shipping Line is poised to expand its longer China, India and Middle East services by adding capacity and services, rather than its traditional short-sea Southeast
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        82 27 [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Shipping Association (SSA) will hold a Maritime Safety Seminar here tomorrow to update local industry leaders. Speakers include International Association of Classification Societies (lACS) chairman Ugo Salerno, Neptune Orient Lines technical division vice president Teh Kong Leong, AP Moeller safety security
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        63 27 [SINGAPORE] The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) has announced that it will discount port dues to passenger ships calling at Laem Chabang Port more than four times a month. The fees for regular calls will drop from 6 baht to 4 baht per gross tonne
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      184 27 Xinhua [MACAU] A new ferry route linking Macau directly to a ferry harbour at the Hong Kong International Airport has come in service. With a 40-minute jetboat trip on the new route, passengers can spare not only an hour of ride on road
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      461 27  -  Tender includes 1.2 m TEU minimum volume guarantee within six years By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Hefty new volume guarantees slapped on a concession for a container terminal in Mumbai, India, could discourage key bidder PSA Corporation, as the Singapore operator has been unable
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      227 27  -  By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's Transport Ministry is unlikely to proceed with a proposal to deepen Port Klang's approach channel to 15m from its current 11.3 m due to prohibitive costs and limited demand. The ministry is currently considering the deepening, but Malaysian
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      39 27 [NAPLES] The new Costa Mediterranea cruise ship is seen at harbour in the Gulf of Naples. The Costa Mediterranea is the newest ship of Italy's Costa Crociere cruising fleet and can carry up to 2,6Bopassengers. AP
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      954 28  -  NEWBUILDS By David Hughes THIS week's newbuilding list is quite spectacular; including three large cruise ships, one VLCC (very large crude carrier), one LNG carrier and two "super capesize", 200,000 dwt bulk carriers. It is, incidentally, the first one for some time not
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        141 33 Oct 2 China: Nat Day Hoi. Oct 3 Germany: German Unity Day. South Korea: Nat Found Day. Oct 4 Hongkong: Chung Yeung Fest. Oct 6 Australia: Labour Day. Oct 10 Taiwan: National Day. Oct 12 Brazil: Our Lady Aparecida. Oct 13 Canada: Thanksgiving Day. Japan: Sports Day. U.S.:
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        768 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 averagesized stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        436 34 A380s seen likely to dominate deals for large aircraft in next 20 years Bloomberg. Reuters [SINGAPORE] Airbus SAS, the world's second-largest planemaker, said its 555seat A3BO aircraft will take up the major share of orders for large aircraft from Chinese carriers in the next
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        229 34 [HONG KONG] Air services talks between Hong Kong and Britain have been postponed in view of local carrier Cathay Pacific's request to operate trans-Atlantic flights between London and New York, it was reported on Wednesday. The talks between Hong Kong and Britain, which
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        163 34 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Singapore and Sri Lanka signed a bilateral air services agreement allowing airlines of both countries to operate cargo and passenger services without restrictions, Singapore's Ministry of Transport said yesterday. Currently, Singapore Airlines and SriLankan Airlines each operate seven weekly services between
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        222 34 Reuters [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's sec-ond-biggest airline, said yesterday it aims to cut employees' salaries across the board to reduce costs after its revenues were hit by the Sars virus. ANA submitted a plan to its employees' main union on Tuesday
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          132 34 AP [WELLINGTON! An Air New Zealand plane was struck by lightning yesterday and then removed from service for safety checks, disrupting the travel plans of scores of passengers. A spokeswoman said the Boeing 737 airplane with 106 passengers and five crew was flying from Wellington
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          97 34 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Virgin Express, a low-cost carrier owned by UK businessman Richard Branson will introduce flights between Amsterdam and Milan's Linate Airport as it widens its network. Based in Brussels, the carrier will start daily flights between the European cities on Oct 26, with one-way fares starting
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        649 34 AIR FRANCE TAKEOVER OF KLM Huge losses, rising threat from new low-cost carriers could push more airlines to tie up Reuters [PARIS] The deal announced on Tuesday for Air France to take over KLM could open the way to more cross-border mergers, but rival airlines
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        338 34 It flew hazardous materials by air without properly notifying pilots NYT [DAYTON, Ohio] Emery Worldwide Airlines Inc on Tuesday agreed to pay a US$6 million fine for flying hazardous materials on airplanes without properly notifying pilots. Emery pleaded guilty to criminal charges that
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      115 33 Issued by Meteorological Service Division.NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds R a j n One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day *One full fleche represents 10 knots x* Hazy A One solid triangle represents 50 knots
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