The Business Times, 25 November 2003

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 Internert SINGAPORE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2003 H
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    Lock icon Banks go all out to boost card spending
    669 1  -  Millions pumped in to ad campaigns to catch post-Sars demand By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Credit card banks and companies are pumping in tens of millions of dollars to get consumers to spend like there's no tomorrow, as the pent-up demand post-Sars
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  • Article
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    68 1 Dsn MUJI (+9.68) □ST MDEX FUTURES MSO.OO (+2.00) IHBCI FUTURES 20&20 (+0.30) Monday Change KLSE COMP Closed NIKKEI 225 Closed HANG SENG _11.848.56 +8.76 SET INDEX 605.29 JAKARTA COMP -Closed MANILA COMP .1.334.58 +0.28 TAIPEI WP1 5.***** -8.48 SEOUL COMP 753.65 -17.13 SHENZHEN B 269.24 +5.82 ALSTALLORD .3,175.70 +0.40
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    Lock icon FINANCE
    77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ IS$ (SS per l'S$) 1.722 St(l SS/SS per 1.705 2.937 ETRO(l!S$/SS/E). 1.190 2.049 YEN 109.0 63.30 RM 3JW0 2.206 HKS 7.764 4.508 BAHT 39.89 23.16 Rl'PlAH 8,500 4,935 RENMINBI 8.299 4.819 INDIAN RUPEE 45.86 266:$ AS 1.181 0.802 NZ$ 1560 0.906 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25
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    Lock icon No high notes at the Padang tomorrow
    450 1  -  Surprise and puzzlement as Jose Carreras concert is cancelled By Cheah Ui-hoon, Chen Hui Fen [SINGAPORE] Fans concerned about what the weather will be like at the Jose Carreras concert at the Padang tomorrow night don't have to worry now. In a surprise
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    Lock icon Liechtenstein royals eye Asian private banking
    1036 1  -  BT exclusive LTG Bank opens Singapore branch and joins battle for wealthy private clients By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The rich here can soon rub shoulders with royalty or at the very least invest like a prince with last month's opening of the LGT
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    • Article
      Lock icon DBS in talks to buy Indian bank: report
      589 2  -  Paper says S'pore bank and Commonwealth Bank of Australia are eyeing 49% of Global Trust Bank By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has again been mentioned in a possible overseas acquisition, this time in India. DBS, along with Commonwealth Bank of
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      Lock icon Baxter looks to expand in bio-science here
      487 2  -  US firm impressed with S'pore and may invest US$20m By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] US-based healthcare giant Baxter International is looking to expand in the high-growth bio-science sector and Singapore is well situated to help in that expansion, according to its chairman and
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Jobless recovery? Yes and no
        168 2 HERE are two takes on America's "jobless" recovery. The first comes from Dumont Blake's Market Commentary dated Nov 4. Highlighting the rapid increase in productivity, the writers say: "We think 'jobless' is an incorrect way to describe the current economic recovery. All recoveries are jobless
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        Lock icon Give him the bird
        145 2 AS a pastime, it has thrilled Britons and tourists for more than a century. But feeding pigeons in London's famous Trafalgar Square is now illegal a move that has angered bird lovers but delighted the capital's controversial Leftist mayor Ken Livingstone. His new by-law came into
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      Lock icon On the trot: Selangor Turf Club looks for new home
      377 2  -  BT exclusive It invites proposals for new site from interested parties From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE historic Selangor Turf Club is set to move again after already having made way for construction of the then world's tallest buildings
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon IPs time to pick up some beaten down stocks
      858 3  -  HOCK lock siew teh hooi ling A CURIOUS thing is happening in the market now. Many companies which recently reported a solid set of earnings have seen their stocks being sold down. On Nov 19, 2003, Surface Mount Technology (SMT) said
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      Lock icon Separating client, trading business is good: traders
      365 3  -  By R Sivanithy DEALERS have welcomed a recent move by the local stockbroking industry to separate house trading from client business. They believe that although there could be a short-term drop in liquidity, the market will eventually adjust and clients will benefit. "It
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      Lock icon Market still fearful of major cash calls
      716 4  -  But Smith Barney says the level of fund raising is still comfortable By Wong Wei Kong WILL there be a rash of cash calls to unsettle the market? It's a question that won't go away, after a share placement by Neptune Orient Lines
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      Lock icon SingTel's Old Holland Rd site up for sale
      398 4  -  Sources say the freehold plot may fetch $32-35m By Kalpana Rashiwala SINGAPORE Telecommunications has put up for sale its telephone exchange site on Old Holland Road. The 87,086 sq ft freehold site, which has been approved for redevelopment into landed housing, is
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      Lock icon Company linked to Citiraya CEO is buyer of HSBC site
      505 4  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala A COMPANY believed to be linked to Citiraya Industries major shareholder, deputy chairman and chief executive, Raymond Ng, has emerged as the buyer of the Good Class Bungalow (GCB) site at Bishopsgate which Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
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      Lock icon New office for Barclays Cap global IT hub
      378 4  -  By Siow Li Sen BARCLAYS Capital, after several months of looking, has found 5,000 square metres of space at the AtriumfoOrchard to house its global IT hub and backroom services. In a statement yesterday, Barclays Cap, one of the biggest investment banks
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      Lock icon Adroit shareholders look forward to better days
      669 5  -  Two board directors voted in at AGM; company set to move in new direction soon By Kenneth Lim AFTER two years of helplessly watching their company languish in the red, Adroit Innovations shareholders yesterday pinned their hopes on a new board of directors.
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      Lock icon Hour Glass posts sharply lower profit in first half
      262 5  -  By Tang Weng Fai HIT by rising manpower and operational costs from its expansion in Thailand, Australia and locally, luxury watch retailer Hour Glass group has reported a sharply lower after-tax profit for its half-year ended September. Despite an 11.1 per
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      Lock icon Amtek Q1 profits up 1% as costs grow faster than sales
      256 5  -  By Tang Weng Fai PRECISION tooling and metal stamping group Amtek Engineering looks set for a slow start in keeping to its aim of double-digit growth this year as first quarter results show operating costs rising faster than turnover.
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      Lock icon Hua Kok explains why it breached financial covenants
      419 5  -  It plans to sell non-core assets and more new shares to raise funds By Teh Hooi Ling CONSTRUCTION group Hua Kok International said the losses it incurred and lack of cash inflows and earnings from its subsidiaries caused it to breach several
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      Lock icon Three Zhejiang firms pick S'pore over HK for listing
      456 5 More firms from the rich province likely to head for SGX [SHANGHAI] Three private firms from Zhejiang have opted to list their shares on Singapore's stock market rather than in Hong Kong and the province hopes that they will be the
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      Lock icon Kim Eng in talks to sell 70% stake in listed HK unit
      340 5 Potential investor negotiating for stake worth 50.4m ordinary shares GLORIA Lee's Kim Eng Holdings said it is negotiating with a potential investor on the possible sale of its entire 70 per cent in its listed Hong Kong securities
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      Lock icon UBS upgrades SPH stock, spurred by site sale
      215 5 Reuters INVESTMENT bank ÜBS raised Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH), Asia's third most valuable listed media group, to a "buy 1" from "neutral 1" yesterday partly due to hefty gains from a recent property sale. SPH, with a market value of around
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon ata tft rtocilarri lei nf"*11*^——
        105 5 ata tft rtocilarri lei nf"* 1 1*^— ALA yesterday said it will declare a terminal bonus for endowment and whole life policies which matured or are terminated in 2001 and 2002. General manager Ralph Gaudio said the partial restoration of the bonus is "designed to align more closely the bonus
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        65 5 SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering (ST Engg) said a new tracked-based field howitzer developed by its land systems arm, Singapore Technologies Kinetics (ST Kinetics), has been commissioned into service with the Singapore Artillery. The 155 mm 39 calibre self-propelled howitzer named SSPHI Primus by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is the product
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        Lock icon New CFO for Tech Group Asia
        33 5 TECH Group Asia Ltd said Deborah Lee Siew Yin resigned as its chief financial officer on Nov 24. Nah Song Sen is the new chief financial officer.
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        92 5 SEMITECH Electronics Ltd said it signed separate contracts with Taiwan-based Quanta Computer Inc and Germany's Siemens AG to provide repair and maintenance services for their products. Semitech will provide motherboard, computer notebook repair and return to vendor services to original design manufacturer Quanta for their customers in
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        Lock icon Pout eiuuUio doubles interim lo—
        99 5 PO WERMATIC Data Systems more than doubled its after tax losses attributable to shareholders for the half year to August, clocking in $2.2 million in the red compared with $967,000 for the corresponding period last year. An increase in inventory and longer credit terms from
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        Lock icon CaSC posts HI profit of $630^00
        61 5 LISTED contractor CSC Holdings ended its first half year to September with an after tax profit of $630,000. CSC did not provide comparable six-month figures for the half year ended September 2002. It a capital reduction exercise in June effective in August, paring the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      601 6  -  Compiled by QUAK HANG WHAI CUrayi Not 24 ctafev 4AS c«b NINE-MONTH net profit of $9.4 million (+55 per cent y-o-y) came to 56 per cent of our (adjusted) FYO3 net profit forecasts of $16.7 million. 3Q03 turnover of $33.2 million jumped by 213 per cent y-o-y, on
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      Lock icon Low PEs, good dividends make Pacific Andes a buy
      277 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Teh Hooi Ling PACIFIC Andes, which reported a 21 per cent increase in interim net earnings, has attracted some positive comments from a few broking firms. Phillip Securities noted that the group's increase in sales was mainly
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      Lock icon Quiet trade ahead of holiday breaks
      608 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES US$ bears maintain short positions; charts show A$ looking good against the yen larry wee CURRENCY markets traded mostly sideways yesterday, but there was no clear sign of any lasting let-up of selling pressure on the US dollar. A holiday-punctuated week
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      Lock icon Technical bounce helps ease week-long selling
      521 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy all intents and purposes, t "How's the market?" Am has been replaced by "How's the banking sector?", such is the influence banks usually exert on the Straits Times Index. But yesterday, the index's oscillations were dictated largely by movements
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
      • Article
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        78 6 DATAPULSE managing director Ng Cheow Chye has exercised options to buy 900,000 shares at 17 cents each, a 47.9 per cent discount from Friday's closing price of 35.5 cents. Mr Ng's stake in the data storage specialist now stands at 12.99 per cent from 12.84 per cent. Based on yesterday's
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        Lock icon Aegis buys into Ellipsiz, DMX Tech
        117 6 AEGIS Portfolio Managers has stocked up on technology plays during the past week, buying into semiconductor service provider Ellipsiz and network architects DMX Technologies. Aegis bought 636,000 shares in DMX last Thursday for a total consideration of about $443,000, bringing its stake in the
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        Lock icon Accord chairman buys 1.5 m shares
        67 6 ACCORD Customer Care Solutions non-executive chairman Henry Tan yesterday bought 1.5 million shares in his company off the open market for $900,000, or 60 cents a share. The purchase brings his direct and deemed stake in the mainboardlisted after-market service provider to 19.27 per
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        Lock icon UIC buys more Sing Land shares
        57 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM UNITED Industrial Corp continues to raise its stake in Singapore Land, buying 713,000 shares in one of Singapore's largest CBD landlords since Tuesday last week. The purchases, worth a total of $2.7 million, bring UlC's stake in Sing Land to
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      134 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 24 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/DS -815.00 +236.00 IT CAW -*****.00 -48.00 BTHMbgrlM -*****.00 -82.00 448.19 +1.60 Ekct 166.12 -0.77 SG Fin 1399.95 +8.89 SCClpMiMhu 417.15 +2.42 fWmUfiin 203.74 +1.57 SiMSCI Futures 203.20 +0.30 Hob Hntthtg f/riavarriti trotting cunvncies, but absolute dUfermce is in St CURRENCIES Where S$
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  • SMALL caps
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      Lock icon Federal's Russian gamble
      776 7  -  Its foray into oil-rich Sakhalin and the Middle East could pay off handsomely, says ANGELA TAN ANGELA TAN FOR most people, the harsh climate of Sakhalin to the north of Japan does not make it the most hospitable place in the world to do business more so
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      Lock icon Married deals open way to banks' expertise
      360 7  -  By Angela Tan THREE directors, including the executive chairman of Federal International, agreed to sell 35 million shares representing a 20 per cent stake in the company to various institutions, including Commerzbank AG, to tap the banks' expertise for future funding needs. Federal's
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      Lock icon Small-caps bear brunt of last week's selling
      399 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE market suffered another drubbing last week, with small capitalisation stocks bearing the brunt of the selling. The UOB Sesdaq Index is down a sharp 5.2 per cent in the last Ave trading sessions. Our small-cap portfolio, however, managed
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    Lock icon COMMODITIES
    1498 7 SICSOM FUTURES Nov 24 HMERfrtwetfCMat prices) KSS1 (SctatsAv) Close Votame Open Mwtt Mgh Lot Sett (tones) Interest Dec 03 210.00 Jan 04 209SO x Feb 04 210.50 Mar 04 ***** KSS3aScMtsAq) Votame Open Moat* M|li Low Sett (tonnes) interest Dec 03 1 1 ***** 1 2025 JM 04 12L2S
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Creating the right balance
      786 8 Effective use of space and lease restructuring can lower a firm's real estate costs COMPANIES today are constantly under pressure to cut costs, with every aspect of a business subject to scrutiny, from headcount reductions, to outsourcing and saving on real estate expenditure. Real estate costs
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    40 8 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS UGMD: Mt arkm Mart** ocatf far U WnogH »■■>!. twjy Divan Mo* I (Briowfjr huri; S (mm tak. low to Madhan RWc Madun to H»Wc"lMi»Mi.«B|i»i ■■tad* MmakMatotwlKMMlß u*ldUil»ii o< units SfaHw HA- Hon Oaakng Day: 99 floor fttaKSSO-tIS
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Consumer prices rise for 4th month
      259 9  -  EYE on the economy By Andrea Tan THE fourth straight rise in the consumer price index is strong evidence that Singapore's deflationary days are over. In October, the CPI rose 0.6 per cent from the same month last year. This followed a 0.7 per
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    • Article
      Lock icon Banks seem to be behaving like oligopolies
      342 9  -  MAIL bag Ong Kim Moi (Dr) Singapore HAS consolidation in the t banking sector led to cartel- like behaviour and Hobseveral banks (DBS, OCBC and Maybank) and was advised by each bank that the commission for a BG was one per cent of
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      Lock icon Rebound in October factory output seen
      560 9 Gain led by growth in electronics, biomedicals, chemicals output Reuters SINGAPORE factory output figures are expected to show a rebound in October, led by a recovery in the key electronics sector, a Reuters poll showed. "A strong upward trend remains intact, thanks to the
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    • Article
      Lock icon S'pore oil refining margins slip
      100 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE oil refiners' profit margins from turning crude oil into gasoline, diesel and other products fell in the week ended Nov 14, Merrill Lynch said. So-called simple refining margins in Singapore, Asia's biggest oil-trading centre, declined to 94 cents a barrel in the week
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    • Article
      Lock icon Minority shareholders should keep striving
      376 9  -  Daniel Ong OCBC, Wearnes Walden Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd WE refer to the letter "Craft Print committed to disclosure" (Mailbag, Nov 17) in response to your editorial of Nov 6, "The duty of minority shareholders". OWWS is, by all definitions, a minority shareholder of Craft
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      Lock icon Unshackle arts from funding constraints: Ho
      335 9  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon POLICY makers can start to think of ways to remove obstacles to developing creativity and innovation, instead of placing "creative industries" within the ambit of arts-funding agencies, said Ho Kwon Ping, chairman of the Banyan Tree Group, yesterday. Delivering the keynote
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      198 9 Euro-Asian Buffet Lunch Dinner Indulge In the best of two culinary worlds as we bring you the best of International cuisine Highlights Indude Pepper Crabs and Rod Prata from Singapore. Sashimi and Caltfornian Hand Rolls from Japan. Fresh Oysters, Soft-shelled Crabs and Braised Oxtail from Europe and lots more. Monday
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Kidnappings scaring off visitors to Philippines
      542 10  -  TOURISM UPS AND DOWNS Hotel occupancy is taking a knock, especially in Metro Manila From Al Labita in Manila A NEW rash of kidnappings coupled with election-relat-ed political tensions have cast a pall on near and medi-um-term prospects for Philippines tourism. "Tourism is usually
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      Lock icon Peso near all-time low
      108 10 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine peso dived to a 34-month-low against the US dollar yesterday after the resignation of Finance Secretary Jose Isidro Camacho and concerns that a movie star will become the country's next president, dealers said. The dollar rose to 55.70 pesos in early trade,
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      Lock icon HK malls raise rents for first time in 3 years
      701 10 HONG KONG They're banking on Chinese tourists to boost sales Bloomberg WHARF (Holdings) Ltd, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd and other Hong Kong mall owners raised rents for the first time in three years, betting that increased tourism from China
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    • Article
      Lock icon China to inject more cash into debt-laden state banks
      408 10 BEIJING AFP CHINA is once again preparing to bail out its insolvent state-owned commercial banks in a move that has been widely expected for some time, the Financial Times reported yesterday. Details of a comprehensive package are now being worked out
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Heights of indebtedness
      56 10 [SHANGHAI] A worker clambering up an elevator tower at a construction site in Shanghai China's army of 94 million migrant workers are owed some 100 billion yuan (Ss2o billion) in unpaid wages, a huge sum that is sounding alarm bells in government offices due to the potentialfor
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    • Article
      Lock icon Top exec salaries in China may top HK's in 5-7 years
      309 10 HONG KONG Flight of talent leads to brain drain in Asian cities report Reuters SALARIES for senior managers in fast growing mainland China cities are expected to overtake those in Hong Kong in five to seven years, and Singapore
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    • Article
      Lock icon Thai govt to weed out 47,000 from civil service
      272 10 BANGKOK AFP THAILAND plans to axe 47,000 government jobs to weed out underperformers and streamline a bureaucracy preparing to become an online "e-government", officials said yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said details of the mass lay-offs are being finalised by
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Pro-China party mauled in HK polls
        138 10 AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong voters turned out in record numbers to hand the territory's top pro-Beijing party a stunning defeat in local elections that showed pro-democracy forces maintaining momentum from a huge anti-government march on July 1. "I believe the government got the
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        Lock icon James Murdoch quits HK's Phoenix
        84 10 Reuters [HONG KONG] James Murdoch has resigned as a non-executive director of Mandarin-language broadcaster Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings, the company said yesterday. Mr Murdoch, son of media baron Rupert Murdoch, relinquished his directorship after resigning as chairman and chief executive of News Corp's Hong Kong-based
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        Lock icon Curbs on Xinjiang Hops trading
        123 10 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Xinjiang Hops Co shares will be restricted in trading starting today after its market value was slashed by 73 per cent amid a probe into 988 million yuan (*****.4 million) of hidden loan guarantees. China's biggest supplier of beer barley and hops said
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      • Article
        Lock icon Thai Airwavs share offer taken up
        67 10 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways' offering 0f442.75 million shares has been fully subscribed, generating over 22 billion baht for the national carrier, and will begin trading on Thursday, officials said yesterday. "All of the 385 million Thai Airways shares plus 57.75 million under the greenshoe
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      • Article
        Lock icon New plan to sell China's state firms
        81 10 AFP [SHANGHAI] Chinese securities regulators have proposed a new plan to sell off shares in state-owned enterprises, a problem which has bedevilled the government and stock markets for more than two years, a report said yesterday. The sale plan is expected to be
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon US says it will comply with WTO rulings
      674 11 BRUSSELS Move to lift steel tariffs will avoid EU sanctions due to begin next month Bloomberg, AFP, AP, Reuters THE US has signalled a willingness to remove steel tariffs and scale back export tax breaks in time to avoid European Union sanctions
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      Lock icon Now you see it, now you don't
      70 11 [SHOW A, Japan] This picture released by the Japanese Antarctic observation team yesterday shows the solar eclipse taken from the Dome Fuji, some I,oookm south ofthe Japanese observation base at Showa. It was visible for barely two minutes, but enthusiastic umbraphiles were happy
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      Lock icon Toyota loses trademark battle in China
      323 11 BEIJING It had objected to logos used by China carmaker Geely Bloomberg TOYOTA Motor Corp lost a trademark lawsuit against China's biggest private carmaker, raising concern courts will allow domestic companies to mimic designs and logos of overseas investors including Volkswagen and General Motors
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      Lock icon Whole Foods founder savours business award
      276 11 AUSTIN, Texas NYT AT the business world's equivalent of the Academy Awards, Whole Foods Markets Inc founder John Mackey, 50, walked away the big winner. Mr Mackey was named Entrepreneur of the Year, becoming only the second Austinite to win the national honour. The
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      Lock icon Goldman considers cutting off research arm
      224 11 NEW YORK Reuters A TEAM of Goldman Sachs Group executives has considered eliminating the Wall Street firm's research department and forming a separate company to serve as a research clearing house, The New York Times reported on Sunday. To respond to claims of tainted
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      Lock icon It's music Bronfman's ears
      565 11 NEW YORK Warner Music deal lets him return to his pet business NYT, Reuters FOR the last three years, Edgar Bronfman has lived in the shadow of a monumentally bad decision. He sold his family's Seagram liquor empire for shares of Vivendi, a French utility-turned-media company,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Takeover talk boosts German banks
      289 11 Reuters [FRANKFURT] German bank stocks posted strong gains yesterday on takeover speculation after Der Spiegel magazine reported that the country's finance minister had urged banks to merge to avoid being taken over by non-German bidders. Banking sources told Reuters over the weekend that Germany's top
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon Telstra to buy back shares
        104 11 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Telstra Corp Ltd, Australia's biggest phone company, said yesterday it would buy back All billion (511.2 million) worth of its shares at AJ4.20 each, a 14 per cent discount to its closing share price on Friday. There was strong demand for the off-market
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        Lock icon Seoul extends probe to Samsung unit
        81 11 Reuters ISfcUULj soutn Korean prosecutors raiaea yesteraay Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co, widening a probe into a political funding scandal that had already enveloped the second-largest conglomerate, LG Group. Prosecutors are investigating links between the country's family-run conglomerates and politicians and bureaucrats during last December's presidential
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      • Article
        Lock icon Carlyle denies Hollinger talks report
        69 11 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Carlyle Group Inc, a Washington-based private equity firm, said it isn't in talks to buy part of Hollinger International Inc, publisher of London's Daily Telegraph, denying a report in UK newspaper The Observer. The Observer reported that Carlyle, which employs former UK
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      • Article
        Lock icon UK fond mgt firms least profitable
        81 11 Bloomberg [EDINBURGH] UK fund management companies are the least profitable in Europe as competition depresses fees, according to consulting firm McKinsey Co. British fund companies last year posted operating profit of £300,000 (Ssl .4 million) for every £1 billion of assets they oversaw, New
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        Lock icon Alcan likely to extend Pechiney offer
        113 11 Reuters [PARIS] Canadian aluminium maker Alcan was unlikely to hit its target of nabbing 95 per cent of French rival Pechiney when its takeover offer closed yesterday and may extend the offer period, sources close to the deal said. Alcan is likely to fall
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        122 11 AP [CHICAGO] Boeing Co fired its chief financial officer Mike Sears for negotiating the hiring of a missile defence expert while she worked for the US government and was in a position to influence Boeing contracts, the company said yesterday. The former Air Force official,
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      820 12 WASHINGTON But productivity rise and slow growth in jobs may create re-election problems for Bush AP THE US economy, primed by tax cuts and low interest rates, should grow next year at the fastest pace in two decades, top economic forecasters predicted yesterday.
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      272 13 LOSANGELES He created first successful all-purpose card that gave instant personal credit LAT-WP JP WILLIAMS, who spearheaded the creation of BankAmericard the first successful all-purpose credit card that provided both convenience and instant personal credit has died. He was 88. Mr Williams
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      556 13 SEOUL Stocks, currency tumble over fears of card defaults derailing economy Bloomberg, Reuters SOUTH Korean markets fell after the two trillion won (552.9 billion) bailout of LG Card Co revived concern that the banking system and an economic recovery may
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      283 13 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 What percussionists do to 7 Hopes to find articulate Indian worshippers (5) 111 BB I i I i I I i 8 George, Paul, Otto and I are ■M~ devastated (9) 10 Regret transporting English 10 I I I I I I j j money by train
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      Lock icon Managing credit card RISK
      735 14  -  Do you really need another piece of plastic, asks KENNETH LIM. Rising bad credit card debts and rollover balances show consumers need to learn how to assess their credit budgets KENNETH LIM AS banks in Singapore battle it out for a bigger slice of the credit
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      653 14  -  Don't let the freebies distract you. Know exactly what the deal is before signing on the dotted line. ANDREA TAN reports ANDREA TAN YOU walk down Orchard Road and a credit card spruiker dangles the chance to win that dream Ferrari, free spa treatments
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      625 14  -  By Andrea Tan GET invited to sale previews, skip the long queues at Embargo or Velvet Underground, learn how to scuba dive. These days your credit card does more than just pay your bills. "Increasingly, credit cards are no longer
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      1051 15 Overwhelmed by the flood of credit cards on the market? They come in all shapes, colours and sizes, but what lies behind the snazzy offerings? Here's a snapshot of various issuers and what they themselves say about their latest and hottest. TEXT COMPILED BY TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR. DESIGN BY
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      865 16  -  Rising bad debts and market saturation mean lower fee and interest income for credit card banks. SIOW LI SEN looks at how the players are coping SIOW LI SEN THE credit card business has never been tougher despite potential higher spending by card-members, as fierce rivalry has resulted
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      637 16  - The high-end card: back in black —or on the rack? TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR finds out if the exclusivity of the 'ultimate colour' in credit cards is fast eroding TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR TWO years ago, a young working professional in Singapore signed up for the Citigroup Clear, a black, translucent card that to
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
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      249 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 68 points to 4144, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 91 points to 5986, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 104 points to 4060 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 102 points to *****. 1U&GBAS1BR: Aigion (built 2004) *****0 dwt delivery ex yard Samho
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      267 17 SGX '000 W.24 St W- W CH Offchore -033 unch 959 Chuan Hup 0.45 jidi 4323 Cosco IrwMnant A53 -0.02 1732 CWTDWribubon .0.56 unch 0 EzraHkte -0J5 -0.05 747 Ftetfiturifcs 009 0.01 199 G8 Holdings 0*4 unch 0 0.77 0.01 1700 (cTCenlureT: 0.22 -0-01 1413 KnpelCorp A40 010
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      575 17  -  Business, onions will work hand-in-hand instead of clashing, conference told From Evelyn Duffy in Perth AUSTRALIAN shipowners anticipate that changing social attitudes in their country will spurn a radically evolved industrial climate whereby unions and business form partnerships and abandon old fashioned adversarial
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      84 17 [SINGAPORE] Xiamen Port's two millionth TEUfor 2003 was loaded onto Cosco's Chuan He container ship at Hutchison Port Holdings' (HPH) Xiamen International Container Terminals (XICT) recently. XICT is the only deepwater port in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone in the Fujian province, and is capable of handling post-panamax
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      401 17  -  They fear monopoly will result if a line wins JNP tender By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Monopoly concerns have intensified the bidding battle for the 9 billion rupee (*****.5 million) third container terminal project at India's Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) as shippers
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      292 17 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thailand's largest shipping company. Precious Shipping, expects core revenue this year to jump at least 30 per cent as freight rates rise on higher demand. "Revenue from shipping should grow at least 30 per cent this year because the freight rates now
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        655 18 Majority of world commercial fleet has yet to implement security measures to meet IMO's July deadline AFP [OSLO] THE world's shipping industry has taken on board the vulnerability of its fleets to possible terrorist attack, but concrete measures to protect commercial vessels
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        131 23 Nov 25 Singapore: Hari Raya Puasa. Malaysia: Hari Raya Puasa. Dec 5 Thailand: King's Birthday. Dee 10 Thailand: Constitution Day. Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Singapore: Christmas Day. Philippines: Christmas Day. Malaysia: Christmas Day. Korea: Christmas Day. Hongkong: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Brazil: Christmas Day.
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        452 23 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average siied stem Market movements are indi cated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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        546 24 Tourism, addition of long-had routes seen boosting bottom line Reuters [HONG KONG] Dubai's Emirates airline said it expects earnings to grow more than 50 per cent in the second half of the year on tourism to the tax-free shopping haven and the addition
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        169 24 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] China Airlines, Taiwan's largest carrier, said it will sell NT$lO billion (*****.84 million) of bonds convertible into its shares in Taiwan to pay for its aircraft purchases and reduce loans. The company's board approved the sale of the fiveyear zero-coupon
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        176 24 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Korean Air, Asia's fifth-largest carrier, said it will offer flights to 29 more US destinations from next Monday by expanding a ticketing agreement with Delta Air Lines. The destinations include West Palm Beach, Seattle and Buffalo, Korean Air said in an e-mailed
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        88 24 [NEW YORK] Passengers leave a New Jersey PATH commuter train after it arrived at the temporary World Trade Center train station linking lower Manhattan and New Jersey in New York. The station has undergone a USss66million restoration programme after being destroyed in the Sept 11,2001 attacks on
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          93 24 AFP [TOKYO] An Alitalia cargo plane made an emergency landing at Kansai International airport in western Japan shortly after takeoff due to engine trouble but the three crew members were not injured, an airport official said. The plane, a Boeing 747, left the Kansai airport
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          100 24 Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai's Emirates airline said it has signed a 12.1 billion Japanese yen (*****.18 million) operating lease for an Airbus A 340-500 long-range plane. The airline said that the financing, which is over a 12-year term, was arranged and funded by HSBC and combined
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        576 24 Passengers may have to report early to avoid long lines LAT-WP [LOS ANGELES] With the busy holiday travel season set to start this week, city officials and airlines worry that a shortage of federal security screeners at Los Angeles International
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      122 23 255&555E5EE55^'' 1 FOR 7AM 25 Nov 2003 Issued by Meteorological Service Division,NEA LEGEND: Thunderstorm Wind speed symbols Showers Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds Rain One half fleche represents 5 knots Cloudy Day One full fleche represents 10 knots ix Hazy A -One solid triangle
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