The Business Times, 26 November 2003

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    13 1 MITA(P) 024/03/2003 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial com.sg WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2003
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    Lock icon 8.2% – US third Quarter growth sizzles to 19-year record
    699 1 8.2% US third Quarter growth sizzles to 19-year record Consumer confidence in Nov hits highest level in over a year; jobs market gloom starts to lift AFP, AP, Reuters [WASHINGTON! US economic growth exploded in the third quarter to hit a 19-year record annual pace of 8.2 per cent, much
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    Lock icon Singapore's blue chips hive off property assets
    688 1  -  'Asset light' strategy helps companies focus on core business By Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] Has real estate gone out of fashion with listed companies? A look at recent corporate announcements seems to suggest so. Having a flagship piece of real estate used to be
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    55 1 Tuesday Change KLSECOMP Hosed NIKKEI 22S 9,960it) +107.37 HANG SENG 12,008.07 +159.51 SET INDEX 605.03 -0.26 JAKARTA COMP _ctosed MANILA COMP .1.344.36 +9.78 TAIPEI WP1 5,***** +39.60 SEOULCOMP 768.11 +14.46 SHENZHEN B 268.85 -0.25 AUSTALLORD 3,***** +21.70 BOMBAY IND _4.894.59 +72.44 At Ham EST Change DOW .9,769.20 +21.41 NASDAQ
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    36 1 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.25 MALAYSIA 6.00 HON(i K((N(1 5.000 INDONESIA 39.0U TAIWAN 6.50U JAPAN 1175 KOREA 9.35 BRITAIN 3.75 n 4.00 CANADA 4.50 SWITZERLAND 2.125 INDIA 10.50 Avmffr of 10 banks *Average of 10 banks
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    Lock icon US arrests 125 people over US$100m Internet fraud
    911 1  -  BT exclusive One of them used a bogus duplicate of a legitimate S'pore website to con victims By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] 111 a major move to combat cyber-crime, the US government last week arrested 125 people accused of defrauding more than 125,000
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      25 1 GoV GREEN-X> Why jade is enjoying ijSSpC a fashion revival 4 Find out what will be hip and trendy in 2004 ■111 8 '"*****1 *****4
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      94 1 Omega makes Watchmaking History once again wb jr EJJjjH ifInHMUF i biii I "jj J DE VILLE Co-AXIAL Chronograph 3 year extended warranty Omega is the first ever watch manufacturer to develop the Co-Axial escapement, redefining the basic principle of the mechanical watch which had remained unchanged for over 200
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      33 1 INSIDE TRADE MtPUTS US hits China's TV makers with anti-dumping duties Pg2 NOCK LOCK SICW WillAslatrayers betonValuair payoff? Wong Wei Kong, Pg 4 PMVAIK BANKING Investment finance and the an oi leveraging Pgii
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      Lock icon Japan has some bold ideas talks with Asean
      607 2  -  It may propose a currency zone or an Asian Community From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo FAR-REACHING proposals that could bring about changes in the economic and financial landscape of East Asia in coming decades are expected to be aired at the Asean-Japan
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      Lock icon US slaps anti-dumping order on China-made televisions
      692 2 China warns that move to levy duties will put bilateral relations on the line AFP, Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON/ BEIJING] In the latest in a series of trade skirmishes with China, the US government on Monday slapped dumping duties on colour televisions from China
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      Lock icon HK brokers want wider access to China
      567 2  -  Latest pact benefits individual brokers from both sides From Jeff Wagner in Hong Kong THE agreement between Hong Kong and China regulators on allowing securities professionals to operate in each other's markets is a step in the right direction but still leaves the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Will Asiatravel's bet on Valuair pay off?
      659 4  -  HOCK lock siew wong wei kong THINK airline stocks and what comes to mind for most local investors is Singapore Airlines. Indeed, until now, SIA offered them the only exposure to the aviation sector. But there's another stock on the Singapore Exchange that
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Hotung Q3 earnings plunge 68%
        103 4 INVESTMENT management and funds company, Hotung Investment Holdings, reported a 68 per cent drop in earnings for its the quarter to Sept 30. Earnings fell to NT$l4.7 million from NT545.7 million over the same period last year, despite a S3 per cent rise in revenues
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        Lock icon Nareloo net profit up 52% in Q3
        127 4 CONTRACT equipment manufacturer Norelco Centreline Holdings reported earnings of $2.6 million for the three months to Sept 30,3003, up 51.9 per cent from a year ago. Revalues rose 73.6 per cent to $2&2 million for the period. Earnings per share for the third
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        Lock icon Full Apex Q3 profits rise 40%
        118 4 MAINBOARD-LISTED Full Apex Holdings, which deals with the manufacturing and sale of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles, reported earnings of 60 million yuan (5512.4 million) for its third quarter ended Sept 30,2008, a 45.7 per cent increase from 41.1 million yuan previously. Turnover also rose
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        Lock icon Total Access new users up 0.8%
        154 4 Reuters [BANGKOK] Singapore-listed Total Access Communication, Thailand's second-largest mobile phone firm, said yesterday its net new subscribers increased 0.8 per cent in October. Total Access, which is 30-per cent owned by Norway's Telenor, said that it had a net 106,465 new subscribers in October,
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      Lock icon 54% of IPO proceeds did not fund growth
      468 6  -  In last 10 IPOs, only 46% of proceeds were used for specific investments By Kenneth Lim WHEN companies seek a public listing in Singapore, a commonly cited reason in prospectuses is to "tap the capital markets for the expansion of our operations".
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      Lock icon Nod for Design Studio's 1-for-3 share split
      286 6  -  By Daniel Buenas BARELY 11 months after its IPO, Design Studio Furniture Manufacturer has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange (SGX) for a one-for-three share split. Design Studio proposed "to split its shares by way of sub-division of every one existing ordinary
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      Lock icon Kingsmen clinches 3 contracts worth $5.3m
      203 6 Deals include those with DFS Venture and Shopper's Shop SESDAQLISTED Kings men Creative, which specialises in the design and production of exhibits and interiors, has announced that it has clinched three contracts totalling $5.3 million. The three contracts include a $3 million deal with
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      Lock icon TPA plans to take 40% stake in Explomo
      248 6 It will dispose of loss-making unit as part of the deal SESDAQ-LISTED TPA Strategic Holdings announced on Monday that it intends to take a 40 per cent stake in ordnance and explosives company Explomo Technical Services. TPA, which supplies aircraft parts and
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      216 6 Meet the giants of business at the Global Brand Forum fi Singapore-December 1-2,2003 jfl Dame Anita Deepak Chopra Tom Peters TomKelley Scott Bedbury HoKwonPing Narayana Murthy Roddick DBE Mind Body guru Author of "In Search Co-founder and The marketing brain Founder and Chairman of Infosys Founder of of Excellence" General
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      1239 8  -  You have raked in a pretty penny from your investments, but do you know what kind of taxes they'll attract? Genevieve Cua finds out Genevieve Cua TAXATION in Singapore is a relatively simple affair, yet the details can easily escape most people. In fact, in the
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      16 8 We've MADE a HAUL! Sh.ve the good news vvth vo.jr shareholders. Releasing a financial statement^ Notices
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore studying NZ's shift to knowledge economy
      309 9  -  Bilateral trade pact has raised S'pore's profile in NZ, says DPM Lee By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE is looking to learn from New Zealand in transforming its economy and refocusing its manufacturing sector towards higher value-added activities, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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      Lock icon Centrepoint Prop pays $38.6m for Paya Lebar site
      307 9  -  By Andrea Tan LOW-profile Kallang Development has quietly sold a 110,117 sq ft freehold site at Paya Lebar Crescent to Centrepoint Properties for $38.6 million. The price works out to $250 psf of potential gross floor. No development charge is payable. BT
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      Lock icon India-S'pore high-speed cable project faces delay
      534 9  -  Telco YSNL has yet to seek permission to land the submarine cable By Tang Weng Fai PLANS by Indian telecoms firm Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) to land a high-speed submarine cable here face a setback as a check with the authorities shows the
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      347 9 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ArofKS bans (7) 7 Vitamins, eg, are developed 1 How one might work out result for this diet (13) of an extended parliamentary 8 With which one might link two vote (4,8) lines of children? (9.4) 9 Country dancing is at one! (7) 12 Fuel for American state
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Maybe another 'action hero' for president
      670 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION al labita A HOUSEWIFE exclaims as she talks on the phone with a radio commentator "What? Another movie actor as president?!" Yes, indeed the Philippines' next president may yet again come from the silver screen. In a newspaper interview, Fernando
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      85 10 'In Malaysian politics, anything can happen. Probably, they are not happy with me. What can I do? I have to take it and retire gracefully.' -Abdullah Ahmad ex-editor-in-chief of the New Straits Times, after he was sacked. 'In fiscal terms, there is no doubt in my mind
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      Lock icon Sending wrong signals on trade
      687 10 EDITORIAL WASHINGTON'S decision to punish China with textile import quotas as well as anti-dumping duties on colour TV imports is unfortunate. It sends all the wrong signals on trade. The United States proclaims that it is trying to revive the Doha Round of negotiations on
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      Lock icon The currency that the world loves – and hates
      943 10  - The currency that the world loves and hates It's a no-win situation. No matter what level the US dollar is at, there's always somebody not happy about it By Caroline Baum Bloomberg IT'S hard to find anyone who likes the US dollar. It was even more out of favour last
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      Lock icon The American uncivil war
      722 10  -  COMMENTARY Bushies are trying to bally critics into disarming unilaterally By Paul Krugman NYT "ONE of the problems with media coverage of this administration," wrote Eric Alterman in The Nation, "is that it requires bad manners." He's right. There's no nice way to explain how the
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Kuok's Manila firm cuts losses
      565 11  -  CORPORATE PROFILE Net loss in the first three quarters down 42% to 142m pesos as turnover soars six-fold From Al Labita in Manila BRISK sales of units and higher rents have enabled the listed Philippine flagship of Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok to cut losses from
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      Lock icon Interior decoration takes off in China
      534 11 BEIJING Home improvement giants see huge growth prospects Reuters CHEN Feiping's Beijing apartment gives style a whole new meaning. An artist and designer, she dreamed up a white-hued parquet and even glass walls for her pebble-floored bathroom that cost 120,000 yuan (5524,835). The apartment
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      Lock icon Hong Kong may cut plot ratio, says report
      274 11 HONG KONG Bloomberg HONG KONG may cut the amount of homes that can be built at a site by about a fifth as the city's population growth slows. Developers may have to reduce the amount of homes to as little as 6v*
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        Lock icon Philips, Jilin in power chip venture
        108 11 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] Philips Electronics said yesterday it had set up a joint venture with China's Jilin Sino-Microelectronics Co Ltd (JSMC) to develop, design and manufacture power semiconductors. Products of the new venture, to be called Philips Jilin Semiconductor Co Ltd, will be located in
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        Lock icon BNP Paribas to boy ICBC's half stake
        113 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] BNP Paribas SA, France's biggest bank by assets, said it will buy the SO per cent it doesn't already own of a venture with China's biggest lender in Shanghai, making it the first wholly foreign-owned bank in China. BNP will buy
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        Lock icon India to proceed with sale of stakes
        128 11 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India will proceed with its plan to sell its remaining stakes in Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd, CMC Ltd and three other companies, Minister for Asset Sales Arun Shourie said, as the government seeks funds to plug its budget deficit Aside
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        Lock icon HK exports surge 9.4% in Oct
        87 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's exports grew in October at their fastest pace in four months as its ports handled more components en route to factories in China and Chinese-made cell phones, clothes and fridges bound for the US, Japan and Europe. Exports rose
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        Lock icon China industrial profit up 40%
        92 11 Reuters [BEIJING] China's industrial firms made combined profits 0f647J billion yuan (*****.9 billion) in the first 10 months 0f2003, up 46 per cent from a year earlier, the State Statistical Bureau said yesterday. The growth slowed from an annual 49 per cent rise in the
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      Lock icon Indian outsourcing firms know only one way to go—up
      545 12 Indian outsourcing firms know only one way to go —up More global firms are relocating their call centres to India where thousands of smart young graduates are standing by AFP WITH more than 50 mayor international companies relocating their call centres to India, Arleen Tony now makes a better living
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      Lock icon Dell's Bangalore office denies switch in calls
      63 12 AP [BANGALORE) A day after computer maker Dell Inc announced it stopped directing calls from corporate customers to a technical support centre in southern India, the office here claimed it was business as usual. "We did not send back any calls to the
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      Lock icon China banks to invite foreign capital, talent in major overhaul
      250 12 SHANGHAI Bid to torn around ailing state banks within 5 years AP CHINA is planning to hire foreign executives for its big state banks and invite foreign investment in a sweeping overhaul of an industry struggling with chronic bad debts,
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon Japanese banks raise earnings forecasts
      633 13 TOKYO Mizuho, 2 rivals say combined profits to hit US$9b as bad loans decline Bloomberg REBOUNDING from record losses, Mizuho Financial Group Inc, Japan's biggest bank, and two of its three closest rivals, said they will earn a combined US$9.l billion this year as accelerating
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      Lock icon Flextronics, Beckman may be close to settling lawsuit
      241 13 SANTA ANA, California Reuters MANUFACTURING services provider Flextronics International Ltd appeared close to settling a lawsuit by medical device maker Beckman Coulter Inc after a round of intensive and impromptu talks in a California courtroom on Monday, parties familiar with the discussions
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      Lock icon Korea's LG Card to slash jobs, shut branches
      498 13 SEOUL Move will save 30% in operating expenses annually Reuters LG CARD Co, which was bailed out this week with a two trillion won (552.86 billion) emergency loan from banks, will lay off a quarter of its workers and shut more than
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      Lock icon New NASD proposals seek to prevent IPO abuses
      685 14 NEW YORK Underwriters may have to justify issue price, provide more light on valuation NYT US BROKERAGE industry's regulator NASD is considering whether to require underwriters to justify the prices they set for initial public offerings. The organisation proposed on Monday a
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      Lock icon Factors boosting US growth on the wane, says Fed official
      265 14 NEW YORK Reuters SEVERAL factors that have spurred US economic growth lately are likely to fade next year, a senior official at the Boston Federal Reserve Bank said on Monday, making him more cautious on the outlook than some other
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      Lock icon Regulators in Luxembourg Dublin examine fund trading
      336 14 BRUSSELS 20 companies may have shortchanged customers trading US mutual funds Bloomberg, Reuters EUROPEAN regulators in Dublin and Luxembourg, the region's biggest fundmanagement markets, have sought information from more than 20 companies that may have shortchanged their customers trading US mutual funds. "We
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      Lock icon Women now outnumber men in Turner's UN Foundation board
      252 14 AP [UNITED NATIONS] Media mogul Ted Turner has taken a small step to demonstrate his belief that women should run the world because men have "mucked it up" with too much warfare and military spending. The United Nations Foundation he established
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        Lock icon Citigroup plans US$1.25b purchase
        86 14 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc, the world's largest financial services company, agreed to buy Washington Mutual Finance Corp, the consumer finance unit of Washington Mutual Inc, for US$l.25 billion in cash. Washington Mutual Finance, based in Tampa, Florida, provides direct consumer and real estate loans through
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        Lock icon German business optimism improves
        119 14 Reuters [BERLIN] German business confidence improved for a seventh consecutive month in November as a global economic recovery outweighed concern about the 1 strong euro, the Ifb economic research institute said J on Tuesday. Ifo's west German business climate index climbed more than expected to 96.7,
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        Lock icon Nod for sale of Hyundai insurers
        100 14 AP ISKUULJ soutn Koreas financial watcndognas > signed a contract to sell Hyundai Investment Securities Co to US-based Prudential Financial Inc at part of a restructuring of the country's investment-trust sector. Prudential will buy a controlling 80 per cent stake in ailing Hyundai l&S
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        Lock icon US energy bill collapses
        103 14 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Despite pressure from the White House, Republican leaders were unwilling to drop lawsuit protection for oil companies from a US$3l billion energy bill and it faces an even tougher fight amid next year's political campaigning, lobbyists and legislative aides said. The bill, which included
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        Lock icon Ex-CEOs to advise California sale
        102 14 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enlisted the former CEOs of Moody's Investors Service, Salomon Inc and Wells Fargo Co for advice on the sale of as much as US$l5 billion of bonds. The sale would be the largest-ever offering of US corporate or
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        Lock icon Visa, MasterCard, retailers in talks
        88 14 Reuters INK W YORK] Visa USA Inc and Mastercard International Inc are negotiating with the biggest US retailers to make deals that could change the way consumers use debit cards, The Wall Strut Journal said on Tuesday. The meetings are likely to result in deals
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      1046 16  -  Even the super-rich borrow to increase their assets and real estate purchases account for 30-40% of investment finance at many private banks. Vikram Khanna finds out more Vikram Khanna AVOID debt if you can. Borrow only when you need to. Beware of leveraged
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      449 16 OF the many types of investment, few have proved to be as attractive in the long run as real estate and this is true around the world. But there are differences in the way Asian and non-Asian clients approach real estate investments. Quek Kwang Meng, Citigroup
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      93 17  -  By Corinne Kerk EWELLERS seem to have defied the year's tumultuous events, offering creations rich in personality, bursting with colour and infused with hope. They've looked to the past to help chart the future, re-interpreted old forms to create new styles and combined materials to produce conversation pieces.
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      661 18  -  2003 may not have been a great year for health, happiness and the general state of the world economy. But it has definitely been an unprecedented time for creativity. The global jewellery industry has been actively exploring new ideas, moving into uncharted territory and making dreams come true.
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      495 20  -  Gold, silver and platinum can be pretty spectacular on their own when not embellished with gemstones, observes CORINNE KERK CORINNE KERK DIAMONDS may be a girl's best friend and other gems her confidante but what will she do without gold, platinum and silver? Apart from being the materials
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      403 21  -  Add a little colour to your collection, says CORINNE KERK CORINNE KERK THE past year has been a fantastic one for those who love colour lots of it in their jewellery. The possibilities available when different hues are combined have given consumers plenty to fall in
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      334 24 GRANDMOTHERS wear jade, but so do fashionistas. The difference? The former wear it for good luck, the latter as a fashion statement After all, modern jade jewellery looks nothing like the plain bangle, doughnut-shaped pendant or simple bead necklace of the past. Just take a look at Loang
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      568 27  -  Men are getting jewellery with a funkier edge thanks to celebrities like David Beckham.CORINNE KERK checks out the latest designs CORINNE KERK TAME tie pins, rings and cufflinks have been the bread and butter of men's jewellery for years. But thanks to celebrities like football star David
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      483 28  -  Jewellers are drawing inspiration from art and nature for their creations which revel in the purity of lines.CORINNE KERK is among the captivated CORINNE KERK A BEAUTIFUL piece of jewellery is like a work of art. Its creator combines imagination, inspiration and talent to bring it to life.
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      463 31  -  CORINNE KERK CORINNE KERK finds out what's going to be hot in 2004 A, what will be in vogue for jewellery J* To find out, BT spoke to Signity, a |fec}alist in precision-cut genuine ■t man-made gemstones, as well as Kernationail and local jewellers, dignity outlined four trends
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      413 33  -  Environmental group attacks quality of S'pore-registered shipping fleet Reports by Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Environmental campaign group Greenpeace International has taken a direct swipe at Singapore, calling into question the reputation of its shipping register as the controversial direct action group narrowly escaped expulsion from
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      258 33 [SINGAPORE] The IMO's London headquarters is a busy place this week and next with a raft of issues being debated including places of refuge, ship recycling and the European Union's (EU) proposal for an early phase out of single hulled tankers. Opening the 23rd session of
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      255 33 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's exports grew in October at their fastest pace in four months as its ports handled more components en route to factories in China and Chinese-made cell phones, clothes and fridges bound for the US, Japan and Europe. Exports rose
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      69 33 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine coast guard has rescued at least 12 crew of a cargo ship carrying coconut oil that caught fire and sank off the main northern island of Luzon yesterday. Coast guard spokesman Lieutenant Armando Balilo said rescuers continued to search for three
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      198 33  -  By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The Oiltanking group of companies has raised its Singapore petrochemical storage capacity to over one million cubic metres, with the building of two new tanks at the group's Jurong Island yards. With the new tanks, built by Oiltanking Odfjell Terminal Singapore
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      508 33 Busan, Gwangyang offer discounts to compete with China [SINGAPORE] South Korea will cut handling fees on transhipment cargo by as much as half at the country's two busiest ports in a bid to make them more competitive against facilities in China and
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      148 33 [SINGAPORE] Lloyd Triestino will launch another two new services through slot share arrangements with CMA CGM, linking China and the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean and the US East Coast. The latest move in the Italian carrier's route overhaul and network expansion follows from
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      817 34  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes PLACES of refuge, guidelines on ship recycling and the development of a model audit scheme are among the important technical issues on the agenda for this week's 23rd Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), according to an IMO press statement
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        449 41 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. show* 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 ca ted. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        489 42 Resistance from British carriers expected in HK, UK air talks; analysts Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways probably won't win the right to fly trans-Atlantic routes during air services talks between UK and Hong Kong officials, because of resistance from British
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        178 42 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pacific Airways, Asia's sixth-larg-est carrier, will this week apply to the Hong Kong government for rights to operate cargo flights to Beijing as the carrier taps growth in China's cargo market, chairman James Hughes-Hallett said. Cathay will resume
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        293 42 Bloomberg [TOULOUSE] Delta Air Lines, whose costs are among the highest of any US carrier, said Leo Mullin will quit as chairman and chief executive officer after the company posted losses totalling U552.49 billion the past two years and pilots balked
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        301 42 Sacked Mike Sears had been once seen as front-runner to become next CEO Reuters [SEATTLE] With one big misstep, Boeing Co chief financial officer Mike Sears threw away a bright future at the world's largest aerospace company and reopened a debate
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        187 42 Bloomberg [MELBOURNE] Ansett Holdings Ltd's former employees are set to receive Aslso million (*****.9 million) after a settlement was reached between the airline's administrators and a retirement fund. The accord, approved yesterday by Australian Federal Court Justice Alan Goldberg, allows Ansett administrators KordaMentha
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        340 42 New system will lead to mid-air collision, they warn AFP [SYDNEY] Australian pilots threatened lengthy flight delays across the country yesterday if authorities proceed with air traffic control reforms they fear will lead to a mid-air collision. The reforms, which have been slammed
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        130 42 Reuters [WELLINGTON] Air New Zealand said yesterday it has settled out of court with Wellington International Airport Ltd (WIAL) over outstanding landing charges. The settlement meant that a pending case in the High Court between them had been avoided, it said. "As part of
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          61 42 Reuters [HONG KONG] Dragonair, Hong Kong's number two carrier, said passenger numbers fell 1.9 per cent in October from the same month last year, but cargo volume jumped by 36.7 per cent Dragonair, hit hard by the Sars outbreak earlier this year, said it carried 334,969
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          91 42 Reuters [MADRID] Airlines British Airways and Spain's Iberia plan to merge the flight routes they have in common from January if the European Commission approves the move next month, Spanish newspapers reported. Spanish financial dailies Expansion, La Gaceta and Cinco Dias reported that the
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          55 42 AP [BRUSSELS] Belgian's low-cost airline Virgin Express on Monday partly blamed its plunge in profits on what it sees as illegal state aid to some of its competitors. It reported third quarter profits of L 7 million euros (553.4 million) compared with 4.5 million euros for the
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          96 42 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) said yesterday its net loss widened nearly 10-fold to 383.8 million pesos (51U.85 million) in the second quarter due to low passenger loads. The national carrier reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission that the period is a traditionally lean season for
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      153 33 Cathay unlikely to get nod for trans-Atlantic routes Aussie pilots unhappy over air traffic reforms Delta's Mullin to step down Boeing fires CFO BACKpage FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE |FEFC) 1 JANUARY 2004 RATE RESTORATION The Member Lines of the FEFC had in end Oct of 2003 announced a westbound Rate
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