The Business Times, 4 November 2003

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    16 1 JIMXA (jP) Q24/03/2003 850 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE lie I'-.tp: //business-times,asial com.sg TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 2003
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    Lock icon NatSteel hits out at Sias for raising takeover issues
    837 1  -  It says issues had been addressed, relevant info already disclosed By Serena Ng [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel yesterday hit out at the Securities Investors Association of Singapore for raising issues relating to the failed management buyout and eventual takeover of Nat Steel
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    Lock icon UOB offers '0% interest' home loan schemes
    572 1  -  0-interest OD, bridging loans converted to term loans later By Andrea Tan UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday offered a "first" in the fiercely competitive home loan market with zero per cent interest on mortgage overdrafts and bridging loans. Under the bank's new mortgage overdraft
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    73 1 □«n 1,760.81 (+37.10) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,770.00 (+45.00) MSMSCI FUTURES U 210.20 (+5.80) Monday Change KLSECOMP 813.09 403 NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG +196.71 SET INDEX 659.96 *2051 JAKARTA (JOMP _617i6 -H29 MANILA COMP .1,41 l£9 1252 TAIPEI WP1 6.***** +4133 SEOUL COMP 791.96 +960 SHENZHEN B 275.64 12.16
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    Lock icon Almost 8% of SGX firms have political links, lowest in region
    658 1  -  BT exclusive But it's above 2.7% average for 47 countries: study By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Nearly 8 per cent of publicly-listed companies in Singapore have political links, according to a recent study of 20,202 pub-licly-listed companies in 47
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    76 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ l!S$ (S$ per l'S$) 1.743 SflJi&'SS per 1.695 1966 DTW)(1'S$/S$/E). 1.158 1020 YEN 110.3 633U RM 3.800 2.180 HK$ 1.196 4.456 BAHT 3944 2192 RI'PIAH (1507 4JW0 RENMINBI 8198 1761 INDIAN Rl'PEE 4531 2600 A$ 1.411 0.809 NZS 1.627 0.933 HOME RATES SINGAPORE* 535 MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Daim a partner in Temasek consortium's BII bid
      515 2  -  Sorak confirms its consortium member ICB is owned by ex-M'sian minister From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur FORMER Malaysian finance minister Daim Zainuddin has emerged as a partner in a consortium including Singapore investment agency Temasek Holdings that is close to clinching
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      Lock icon Pals ha high places
      171 2 Country distribution of firms with political connections %of fnm tmmM %ol*me OanHM M%al mMttar, MP, M%«f Argentina OOO O.OCT Mexico 8T51 8.14 wfSBt 070 052 Netherlands 0.42 0.01 Austria 0.91 026 Now Zealand 0.00 0.00 Belgium 3.82 ,10.77 Norway 0.00 0.00 Brail 0.00 0.00 Biru 0.00
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      37 2 IN the article "Seven scientists join biomedical council" (BT Weekend, Nov 1-2), we said the Centre for Molecular Medicine aims to drive transnational research. It should have been "translational rcsearch.'\ We are sorry for the error.*"
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      Lock icon Optimism grows as PMI continues to expand
      630 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Improved sentiment reflected in 3 separate surveys By Andrea Tan, Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Businesses are turning more optimistic about Singapore's economy as the closely watched manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) fifth straight month, thanks to a stronger us
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      376 2 Financial Reporting Update 2003 18 November 2003 (Tuesday) 9iam to 130 pm I Marina Mandarin Hotel GM^|wJ I (6 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square) V^vn^/ Lewi t Taurus Mmfwapn Important changes have taken place this year that will affect a company's financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2003. This
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  • Innovation Singapore
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Changing with the times
      1937 3  -  Keeping up with evolving trends has helped Teckwah to transform itself from a simple box and packaging printer to a supply chain and logistics provider. Daniel Buenas reports Daniel Buenas TECKWAH Industrial Corp is truly a homegrown, heartlandborn company. It started out as a simple family
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      Lock icon Strong training commitment
      651 3 THOMAS Chua, chairman and managing director of Teckwah, believes that one of his company's competitive strengths is its people, and in order to maintain that strength, the company has consistently kept a strong focus on staff training. "We have benefited from providing training to our staff as
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      Lock icon Milestones
      147 3 1968 i Took Wth Song Kee Company eslabSshed ao solo prapfMOfSNp to mane popor ooocos I»7fc Rogtalom as private Imllod company and changes nama to lock Wsh Paper Products to position Heetfas a packaging printer tor toy, consumer electronic I and food bevorage MuMm cofTvnovuHU pnrmnp. 9002 cortftcation by
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      64 3 QiganiKiomoowniatedlolwSGCoow^aniyyedrfntiMirbuiiiwatetwiyiawieiiaiiwri. ililliliU And odopf a laid approach ihot seeks to sustain business success. MjlUllr Over 1,000 organisations are implementing #w SQC. About 400 ofganiutons vrili some Y' 300,000 staff have <» dandord. They hove been reoognised for twirocmmfceenlto m machieving woHddoii business sxcfllsnos. SPRINkJ ~[)T II 1 •Yi n'tj tti■
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CSG to push for more outsourcing deals in Asia
      741 4  -  BT exclusive Its S'pore unit CSA will spearhead push for IT and BPO deals in the region By Raju Chellam US-BASED Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) wUI leverage its Singapore-listed subsidiary CSA Holdings to push for more IT and business process outsourcing
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      Lock icon Fund managers must speak up atAGMs
      771 4  -  HOCK lock siew wong wei kong OF late, annual general meetings (AGMs) of listed companies have seen angry chairmen, stubborn shareholders and marathon sessions, but one thing has been conspicuously absent: the fund manager with a question to ask. The quality of AGMs, and
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      Lock icon M1, Vodafone in roaming tie-up
      300 5  -  Deal seen as long-term strategic partnership by both parties By Tang Weng Fai MOBILEONE (Ml), Singapore's second largest mobile phone operator, yesterday signed a deal with the world's largest operator, Vodafone, to provide roaming in the local market. Ml will offer roaming and other international
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      Lock icon SingTel regional cellphone base up 41%
      494 5  -  It has 40.8m customers at end-Sept, thanks to growth at Asian associates By Angela Tan, Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE Telecommunications' regional mobile phone customers reached 40.8 million on Sept 30 this year, a 41 per cent jump from a year ago as its regional
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      Lock icon STATS to raise factory capacity
      274 5 Reuters ST Assembly Test Services, the world's fifth largest chip tester, said yesterday it would increase factory capacity for an expected sales rise as the semiconductor industry recovers from a three-year slump. The company plans to convert 45,000 sq ft of office space in its
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      Lock icon Jurong Tech shares up 16% on bullish profit forecasts
      421 5  -  By Serena Ng SHARES of Jurong Technologies Industrial Corp surged more than 16 per cent in heavy volume yesterday to end at a record $1.27 after three research houses issued bullish earnings previews two days ahead of the electronics group's results
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    • Article
      Lock icon Airocean arranges call option deal with Clopton Assoc
      237 5  -  By Andrea Tan LOGISTICS firm Airocean Group has entered into a call option with Clopton Associates for 55.5 million shares, or 13.62 per cent of its issued share capital, at 26.5 cents each. Airocean said an option fee of almost $1.4 million
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com raises stake in Valuair to 10.81%
      471 7  -  It pomps in another US$0.5m, raising its investment to US$4m By Daniel Buenas SESDAQ-listed online hotel reservation company Asiatravel.com yesterday invested another US$5OO,OOO in Valuair, raising its stake in the Singapore budget carrier Valuair to US$4 million or 10.81 per cent of the
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Alii parent wins Sri Lanka deal
        68 7 AXIS Systems Holdings said its parent, Silverlake System Sdn Bhd, has won a deal to supply customised front-end banking solutions to the People's Bank of Sri Lanka. The deal, the first won by Silverlake in Sri Lanka, is expected to have a positive impact
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        Lock icon TKT i A ,1-nH «« – » new Aaron directors
        29 7 TKT i A ,1-nH new Aaron directors SUBSTANTIAL shareholders Neo Kim Hock and Chan Sing En, who bought into Adroit Innovations recently, have become non-executive directors of the company.
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        62 7 MAINBOARD-LISTED CSE Global, which deals in systems integration and engineering solutions, yesterday announced that die public tranche of its associated company eßworx Berhad's Mesdaq IPO was subscribed 124 times. The EPO consists of 50 million new shares at 33 sen each, of which two million were for the public,
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        Lock icon el-Nets winding-up plea withdrawn
        46 7 BELEAGURED IT firm ei-Nets said a winding up petition against it by Yeo Nai Meng has been withdrawn. ei-Nets said it has made payment of the judgment sum awarded on May 9 against the company. The petition was withdrawn on Sept 30.
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      Lock icon See Hup Seng extends trading suspension
      302 7  -  SGX wants more details of planned acquisition By Kenneth Lim SESDAQ-listed See Hup Seng yesterday extended its share trading suspension after the Singapore Exchange asked it for more information about a proposed acquisition. The blasting and painting specialist suspended trading in its shares on
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      Lock icon Grab a Chinese beauty at this EPO on Thurs
      538 7  -  By Loh Hui Yin ANOTHER Chinese consumer goods company is offering its shares to Singapore investors. Beauty China, which owns and manages the Colour Zone brand of cosmetics and skin-care products in China, hopes to raise $15.7 million through a listing
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      339 5 Not all business deals isb-wus bm*i > Program on Doing 111 Asia are llCQOtiated in Business in Asia 29 Nov-15 Dec 2003 TOp Program fee: US$B,OOO lUU I* lIHU SWMMfi In UUI OBMIUOIIII. H A 12-day intensive program in Hyderabad, Singapore and M Shanghai, the course offers frameworks, perspectives and
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      2502 6 EU YAN SANG INTERNATIONAL LTD NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at River Room, Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Place, Singapore *****5 on 19 November 2003 at 3 pm for the following purposes: AS ORDINARY BUSINESS
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      2000 6 SB PERTAMA HOLDINGS LIMITED fe (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) i ggg£* NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 315 Outram Road #01-01/02 Tan Boon Liat Building. Singapore *****4 on Tuesday, 18 November 2003
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      56 7 JKT Raffles Hotel is pleased to announce the engagement of the services of several exceptional individuals from the world of haute cuisine and fine vintage wines. As a precaution, we suggest you dear your diary for a week of indulgence at 5\ this most auspicious occasion where details of an
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      566 8  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN IWMOwmasßnk tor $13.70 A LACKLUSTRE set of results which Bgrmilßil forecast only because of onedff gains from the sale of investment securities and better than expected contribgftion from securities trading. Net "jtefltrose 1? per quarter-on-quar-to 1210.7 witliym Maintain SELL Current year forecast has been
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      Lock icon Bright outlook for Brilliant's shares
      266 8  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan THE strong recovery in the global HDD sector has meant that many Singapore-based contract manufacturers who service this industry are on a winning wicket at the moment. One of these is Brilliant Manufacturing. The stock of the company, which
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      Lock icon STI's 2% gain biggest in more than a month
      508 8  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Straits Times Index yesterday posted its biggest single-session gain in more than a month as blue chips and tech stocks were chased up on earnings optimism. Sentiment was also boosted by positive economic news especially
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      Lock icon Dollar up on bullish US expectations
      651 8 Bloomberg [TOKYO! The dollar rose in Asia on speculation that reports this week will show US manufacturing activity increased in October to the highest in almost four years and the economy added jobs for a second month. The US currency extended gains after having
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Kyodo-AKed cfcrector sels lm shares
        73 8 CHOONG Wei Siong, an independent director of clean room equipment specialist Kyodo-Allied, yesterday sold most of his shares in a "willing buyer, willing seller" deal, according to a company filing with the Singapore Exchange. Mr Choong sold one million Kyodo-Allied shares, or a 0.84 per
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        Lock icon Prudential sails Innovalues shares
        103 8 FUND manager Prudential Asset Management, which became a substantial shareholder of Ses-daq-listed Innovalues Precision at the end of September, has sold part of its holding following trades last week. It bought 279,000 shares in the open market on Oct 29 at $1,857 per share through DB
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        Lock icon HS8C apt stake In TFV
        83 8 HSBC Asset Management (Hong Kong) has raised its shareholding in dual-listed monitor maker TPV Technology following an Oct 30 open market purchase of 7.15 million shares at an average price of HKS4.069 (S90.913) per share. Its acquisition of the 0.53 per cent stake has raised
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        66 8 KHOO Bee Leng. the wife of TPA Strategic Holdings' chief operating officer and director Lye Chee Pel, has acquired 667,000 shares of the Sesdaqlisted aviation services company at 20.5 cents apiece. Her purchase on Oct 31 raised Mr Lye's deemed stake in TPA from
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        Lock icon Kim Ho ihanhokkf uds bohflK
        104 8  -  Compiled by SERENA NG A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder of Kian Ho Bear ings. South Asia Textile Industries Pte Ltd, bought 135.000 shares at 17.61 cents apiece in the open market on Oct 31. The purchase was the third since Oct 17 by the company, in which
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      380 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 3 VALUE CLOSE BTOW -678.00 +142.00 WOBI -*****.00 +236.00 MTi§-4mmA -*****.00 -68.00 IBfpJIw 479.31 +9.22 MirpJlMfllil 172.75 +1.96 MruWnFh 1522.32 +37.68 HKplHhM 459.49 +15.64 Mmvmmm 218.00 +4.27 SNMMmm 219.20 +5.80 KXD 45c 48.068.000 Chart SerrtCood 26c 2L729.000 HortaonEduc 5c 21.472.000 Juror* Tat* 10c 19.563,000 C«ray»2.5c 16.576.000
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  • SMALL caps
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      Lock icon Norelco, Eastech set back small cap portfolio
      378 9  -  By Toh Hooi Ling OUR small cap portfolio slipped 0.7 per cent from a week ago, with Norelco Centreline's and Eastern Asia Tech's (Eastech) 20 per cent foil being the biggest drag. Norelco's share price fell after It disclosed a $271 mflHnn to
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      Lock icon Can China continue to sustain HL Asia?
      758 9  -  It is doing well in China and in its building materials sales, says ANGELA TAN ANGELA TAN WITH so many construction companies reporting losses and going bust, it's hard to believe that Hong Leong Asia, once a mere supplier of building materials, should
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      Lock icon Company on acquisition path
      456 9 HONG Leong Asia's chief executive officer Wrix Gasteen is so confident about the sustainability of the group's China business that he is actively looking for acquisitions and may continue to raise stakes in its existing units. "Since our transformation in December 2001, we are on a
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      272 9 P. '4f. Raffles Grill Chef David Mollicone 'Unleashes the Flavours' with specially-prepared menus for lunch and dinner designed to tempt the palate and engage one in new culinary adventures. 1 SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES: PREMIERE EPICUREAN EVENTS INCLUDE: Top French wine makers Dominique Laurent from Burgundy, Award winning Pastry Chef Norihito
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon It's the product, not image that counts, survey finds
      615 10  -  Asia-Pac firms not up to par in terms of corporate responsibility By Daniel Buenas COMPANIES in the region are not meeting the expectations of what stakeholders view as leading attributes associated with corporate reputation and responsibility, according to a newly released
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      Lock icon ST Engg gets lop innovation award
      246 10  -  By Chen Huifen FOUR local organisations were recognised at the biennial Singapore Innovation Award yesterday. Singapore Technologies Engineering was named Innovative Organisation of the Year for its overall achievement in strengthening innovation capabilities. ST Engg is responsible for the radio frequency book-tagging system used
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      Lock icon S'pore needs specific fluids to become media financing hub
      364 10 Industry veteran: S'pore faces strong rivals in HK, China SINGAPORE needs to create a pool of specialised con-tent-investment funds if it is to become a media financing hub in the face of strong competition from Hong Kong and China, says an
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      Lock icon Carlyle consortium selling stake in Koram
      520 10  -  Temasek said to be looking for partner to buy stake By Siow Li Sen THE Carlyle Group-led consortium has confirmed it is selling its three-year-old strategic stake in Koram Bank, Korea's seventhlargest bank. After weeks of rumours including the names of potential buyers, such
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      Lock icon DaimlerChrysler opens logistics hub
      356 11  -  Its Tuas centre is largest single-client warehouse facility in Singapore Reports by Samuel Ee DAIMLERCHRYSLER'S Regional Logistics Centre in Singapore is a firm endorsement of the republic's position as a leading global logistics hub, Environment Minister Lim Swee Say said yesterday. Mr Lim was the guest
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      Lock icon S'pore appoints 4 new ambassadors
      242 11  -  By Kenneth Lim SINGAPORE has appointed four prominent businessmen and professionals to diplomatic posts. The countries are Ghana, Switzerland, Finland, Panama, and Chile. Senior counsel Giam Chin Toon, who heads a special committee to relook controversial rule changes at the Law Society, will be the
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      Lock icon Skilled labour force the top pull factor for auto firms
      632 11 A GOOD infrastructure and supportive government policies are prerequisites, but what appears to have clinched the deal for most automotive companies when choosing Singapore as their regional base is its skilled labour force. Take Germany's DaimlerChrysler, for instance. The world's
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      25 10 There's nothing strange about building cars frorr natural fibres. To find out more about our resource conservation initiatives and our biofuel projects, please visit www.daimlerchrysler.com.
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      272 11 CKTPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 4 A crime organised by a coun--7 Career golfer carrying little (7) weight on course (9) 5 Producer of "The Mummy"? 8 Unambitious within range (8) (5) 6 Bass player? (9) 10 He anticipates returns from 9 Problems taking lop off tabvoters in turn out (8) (4)
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Restart confirmed list?
      940 12  -  Kalpana Rashiwala weighs the likelihood of this happening, after a two-year halt Kalpana Rashiwala AN important government announcement affecting the property market will be made next month the Government Land Sales (GLS) programme for first-half 2004. The Ministry of National Development will reveal whether it will resume
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      Lock icon Developers report better response from home buyers
      282 12 CITY Developments' Monterey Park condo in the West Coast averages $585 psf, and the property giant is reported to have sold about a dozen units during a preview of the project over the weekend, BT understands. This pricing applies to the first batch
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Abdullah adds finance to home portfolio
      577 13  -  He's expected to relinquish one of the positions after the general elections From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur NEW Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also the Home Affairs Minister, has taken on the powerful finance portfolio, but analysts said it could
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      Lock icon ING calls a 'sell' on newly-listed Astro
      358 13  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah w Kuala Lumpur ING Research has called a "sell" on newly-listed Astro All Asia Networks, with a 12-month target price of RM3.36 8 per cent below the IPO retail price and 17 per cent lower than the RM4.06 IPO
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      Lock icon Malaysian group set to bag RM3.2b road deal: sources
      351 13 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters A MALAYSIAN road-building consortium is close to clinching a RM3.2 billion (511.5 billion) government contract to build an expressway along the country's west coast, sources close to the deal said yesterday. A plan submitted by (Consortium LPB Sdn
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      393 13 NOTICES IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER Ss) AND IN THE MATTER OF LIANG TECK HUNG (PRIVATE) LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) (Members' Voluntary Winding-lip) NOTICE OF FINAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act. (Chapter 50) that the Final General Meeting of the Members
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon BOJ going overboard on deflation
      672 14  -  THE bottom line OPINION david derosa Bloomberg EXPECT more of the same policies from the Bank of Japan for the indefinite future. Hie BOJ will continue to keep the short-term interest rate at or near zero and afford modest growth in the monetary base. The
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      136 14 'Dislike of rich people goes very deep. They feel the rich did not get their money in an honest way. And in part, that is actually true.' -Leonid A Sedev an analystfor the Russian Center for Public Opinion Research, an independent polling company, on the arrest of
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      Lock icon Be vigilant against pay excesses
      631 14 EDITORIAL ALTHOUGH listed companies may prefer not to have shareholders question them on how much they pay directors and top executives, the fact is that there are few more effective checks against excesses in corporate pay than shareholder scrutiny. Last month, the Singapore Exchange (SGX)
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      Lock icon NatSteel refutes Sias' contentions
      2096 14 NATSTEEL'S REPLY We reproduce below excerpts of NatSteel's responses yesterday to questions raised by the Securities Investors Association (Singapore) (Sias) in its letter dated Sept 23 MiKtunl Financial Results Cash available for distribution The Sias letter refers to (i) Nat Steel's circular of 6 November 2002,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Thomson to merge TV unit with China's TCL
      441 15 The combined TV and DVD player venture will have US$3.5b in sales Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Thomson SA, the biggest supplier of television sets in the US, will merge its TV business with TCL International Holdings, China's largest television seller, creating a venture
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      Lock icon Outsourcing market to hit US$1t
      277 16 BANGALORE On-demand computing trend will lead to consolidation: IDC AFP THE global outsourcing industry will consolidate leaving behind a few large players in a market expected to touch a trillion dollars within four years, an industry monitor said yesterday. "Consolidation is expected to continue, leaving
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      Lock icon China a growth engine for the world, say economists
      522 16 WASHINGTON Its growing imports are boosting Asian economies and corporate profits Bloomberg CHINA, criticised by some US lawmakers who say its cheap exports are destroying jobs, is becoming an economic boon for much of the rest of the world because of
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      Lock icon 4.3% fall in M'sian exports in Sept surprises analysts
      280 16  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA yesterday announced preliminary trade data which showed a bigger than expected year-on-year decline of 4.3 per cent in exports for September. This surprised economists, who had been expecting September's exports to see mildly
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      363 19 Reuters [ZURICH] The world's largest semiconductor maker Intel Corp says many uncertainties make a near-term forecast difficult though the company is optimistic about the future. "In principle I am optimistic about the future. I am speaking about a timespan of five or 10
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        77 20 AP [TOKYO] Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro \£T Koizumi's ruling party may win Sunday's genecal --';i elections with an outright majority, poll results showed yesterday. Mr Koizumi has said he will step down ifthe three-party ruling coalition loees a majority in the 480-seat lower house.
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        59 20 Reuters [LONDON] The London Clearing House (t£H) and its French counterpart Clearnet have sealed the terms of their 1.2 billion euro (552.4 billion) merger to create Europe's biggest clearing house, an LCH spokesman said on Sunday. The deal will create Europe's dominant central counterparty or
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      478 21  -  Unlikely to be any more prosecutions, says CPIB By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has wrapped up its bunkering bribery scandal probe, with questions remaining only over one more prosecution. The three-year investigation into Singapore's $6 billion a year
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        515 28  -  Modest 1% growth in Sept, but industry set to lose US$5b this year Reports by Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Global air passenger traffic rose for the first time in seven months, posting a modest one per cent growth in September year-on-year, but
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        537 28 Load factor declines as airline adds capacity, routes Reuters [DUBLIN] Irish-based nofrills airline Ryanair Holdings said yesterday it was cutting prices sharply to fill seats on its expanded European network, but still managed to report better than expected first-half profits. Europe's biggest
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        268 28 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan's leading international carrier China Airlines (CAL) reported a NT5408.15 million (5120.8 million) parent net profit in the nine months to September, coming back from a first half loss that followed Sars and the Iraq war. CAL registered
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      340 21 EADS seeking to hike revenue PEOPLE ANDREA Staines has officially replaced Denis Adams as chief executive of Oantas-. subsidiary Australian Airlines, as the full-service, all-economy international leisure carrier celebrated its first birthday last week. Ms Staines had been acting in the position for several months, as Mr Adams returned to
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