The Business Times, 13 January 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES ;,iip://business-times.asial corn.sg SIN GAPORE TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2004 MTTA (P) 024/03/2003 85*
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  • Article
    Lock icon Chip makers invest billions to boost capacity
    695 1  -  Strengthening industry recovery is giving a lift to S'pore operations of major players By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] The world's major chip makers, several of which have substantial operations in Singapore, are investing billions to ramp up their production capacities as the recovery in
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    69 1 □sn (-10.04) □STMocxpimim MM.00 (-20.00) niMM futures Mtn BO (-2.00) Monday Change KLSE COMP 823.68 -1.74 NIKKEI 225 CV»ed HANG SENG 13J5122 3358 SET INDEX 794.01 +1057 JAKARTA COMP —***** -11.19 MANILA COMP _1.501.02 -27.85 TAIPEI WPI 6jl9.71 111 SEOUL COMP 850.79 >552 SHENZHEN B ***** >1.12 AUSTALLORD —1308.70
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    78 1 ram rath USI M I'SS (SS per IT5S| 1.01 SS.'SS per Lb» a 131 LTHOfl'SS/SS/E) line 2.175 YEN 1064 CI IN) RM 1MK» li4» HKS ?70 4«tt HAHT JH*» MO I R1T1AH Mtt Oil RENMINBI W» 4909 INDIAN R1 TEE 4541 KM A$ 13* o:«t NZS I4«fl U}W7 PRIME
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon S'pore-M'sia corporate deals picking up
    760 1  -  In latest tie-up, GIC buys 5% stake in UMW Holdings By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Even as Singapore welcomed new Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday on his official visit to the Republic amid hopes of a fresh chapter in bilateral relations, corporate deals
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    Lock icon Competition with S'pore will intensify, Malaysian ports warned
    609 1 This follows PSA's push to ensure it doesn't lose more business [SINGAPORE] Malaysia's ports need to brace for heightened competition from Singapore, industry leaders across the Causeway warned in the wake of recent indications that PSA Corporation will compete on cost, productivity
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      53 1 Capita Land targets 75% earnings from abroad Pg2 Food company has a lesson or two lor Singapore's budding entrepreneurs Pgl6 SSMC in USs22om output expansion, Pg 9 ********** 8 "SB? 81 1, *****4 11 i I (I r IHMI t n B 11 IH ulSiilflKl 111 11 _r ——I I
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      11 1 All set for a new way to resolve issues, Pg 2
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      Lock icon S'pore, KL agree on new approach to bilateral issues
      635 2  -  Both leaders agree to delink and end outstanding issues throught talks By Chuang Peck Ming ENGAPORE] Declaring a lire to move their relationship forward, Singapore and Malajgla agreed yesterday to delink and aid outstanding issues through talks and will turn to
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      Lock icon Int'l Tech Park in Bangalore to add fifth building
      661 2  -  High demand for space in project by S'pore-India JV Reports by Serena Ng in Bangalore SINGAPORE'S flagship investment in India the dollar International Tech Park in Banfelore will add a fifth Bidding at a cost of US$l5 million, as demand for
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      Lock icon Tata in pilot programme to co-locate offices in S'pore, India
      252 2 [BANGALORE] India's biggest software and consulting company, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), plans soon to embark on a pilot programme with several global financial services companies that are willing to co-locate their mid- and back-office activities in Singapore and India. During
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      Lock icon CapitaLand targets 75% earnings from abroad
      732 2  -  BT exclusive Markets like Dubai, China, India will help deliver this 5-year target By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Liew Mun Leong is not content with having grown Capita Land's overseas income to 55 per cent of earnings from 20 per cent in 2001. He wants
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon SPH beats expectations with Q1 profit of $83.8m
      478 3  -  Property revenue surge cushions revenue fall in cere operations By Wong Wei Kong MEDIA group Singapore Press Holdings beat market expectations yesterday when it reported quarterly results for the first time but it still warned of an uncertain outlook. SPH registered a
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      Lock icon SBI E2-Capital launches IPO at 26¢ each
      447 3  -  By Joyce Koh IT has been called many names from a lightweight to a cowboy. But yesterday, SBI E2-Capital Holdings stood its ground as a finance company to watch out for as it launched its initial public offering. The Sesdaq-bound company only the
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      Lock icon SingTel nod for C2C debt restructuring deal
      538 4  -  It'll pump US$225m into submarine cable unit in deal with lenders By Tang Weng Fai SINGAPORE Telecommunications has agreed to pump US$225 million into C2C Pte Ltd as part of a debt restructuring to give its 59.5 per cent owned submarine cable subsidiary
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      Lock icon ECS may well be worth more than it looks
      610 4  -  HOCK lock siew vince chong BENEATH its nondescript and dull IT distribution and servicing business, ECS Holdings may offer more shine than meets the eye. With a market capitalisation of $150 million and a market share price of 40 cents, the
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      Lock icon Two more call warrants – on SIA and DBS
      270 4  - Two more call warrants on SIA and DBS By Joyce Koh CALLS keep coming in and here are two more. Yesterday, DBS Bank unveiled an issue of 20 million call warrants on the stock of Singapore Airlines its second on the national carrier in less than a week. And Deutsche
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      Lock icon Qian Hu proposes bonus issue, goes into retail business
      380 4  -  By Kenneth Lim UEsriTE a siignt increase in earnings, ornamental fish supplier Qian Hu will recommend a one-for-five bonus share issue and a first and final cash dividend of 0.6 cents per share for the year ended Dec 31,2003. The breeder
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      Lock icon More selling in bullish market
      1288 5  -  INSIDE MARKETS Several shareholders of newly listed Beauty China and Jackspeed cash out, says ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI THE Straits Times Index continued to defy gravity with the index closing at a 34month high of 1,852.53 points last Friday, up by 5 per cent so
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon Huan Hain unit to hold China stakes
        85 5 HUAN Hsin Holdings Ltd has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary in Shanghai known as China Huan Hsin Investment Co Ltd to bring direct holdings in some of the wholly-owned subsidiaries and associated companies operating in China under one roof. Huan Hsin will make certain
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        Lock icon Armstrong incorporates China unit
        58 5 ARMSTRONG Industrial Corporation has incorporated a subsidiary, Armstrong Technology (Dalian) in China. With a registered capital of US$5OO,OOO, the unit will make and sell mechanical components catering to the growing demand in China. The investment will be funded through internal resources and is not expected to
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        Lock icon Tsit Wing`s GM of China units quits
        45 5 TSIT Wing International Holdings said Nicholas Lai Tak Ning has resigned as the China general manager of the company's subsidiaries, namely Tsit Wing (China) Investment and Zhuhai Tsit Wing Food. Mr Lai's last employment day is Jan 16.
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        Lock icon DBSAM (Cayman) liquidated
        66 5 DBS AM (Cayman) Ltd, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of DBS Group Holdings, was voluntarily liquidated on Dec 23,2003. DBSAM (Cayman) Ltd was set up as an open-ended investment company with the aim of offering investors the opportunity to invest in the DBS Optimal Edge Fund. That fund
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        Lock icon Why OCBC Sec (HK) ending ops
        73 5 OCBC Securities says its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in Hong Kong, OCBC Securities (Hong Kong) is ceasing business on Feb 9 because the majority of trades are now done online and there is no longer a need for a physical presence there, Channel News Asia
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      Lock icon Transview to strengthen niche in premium brands
      335 5  -  By Vince Chong KEEN golfers in Singapore can look forward to more high-end equipment brands this year as Transview Holdings aims to strengthen its hold on this niche market. "Our top seller is S-Yard, which has been the number one-selling high-end brand in
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      599 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN MedMtog jm i2cM*sni7 WITH IP telephony making a transition into the mainstream of telecoms, a rerjigLjaarket of about US$46 billion its bJstnsfs. and is ori thilyWge of becoming profitable. Given thtfroepects, investors can get cheap earty exposure to VoIP by buying Mediaßing at these
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      Lock icon Market players catching on to AirOcean's potential
      302 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan IS the potential impact of Air Ocean's decision to buy an established and profitable China-based logistics player finally sinking in? It seems so, judging by the manner in which the stock shot up 1.5 cents to close
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      Lock icon STI takes Wall St's cue, halting 11-day run-up
      609 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan THE Singapore market yesterday broke an 11day winning streak as key index stocks took a breather after a weak Friday close on Wall Street. The Straits Times Index ended 10.04 points down at 1,842.49 as component stocks
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      Lock icon S$ tests 4-year high against US dollar
      624 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES But local unit hits 11-year lows versus euro, sterling, A$, NZ$ larry wee THE US dollar sank to its lowest in almost four years against the Singapore dollar yesterday, tumbling to 551.6890 in Asian trading after an unexpectedly weak US
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Chew Eu Hock trims Wee Poh stake
        86 6 CHEW Eu Hock, who became an executive director of construction group Wee Poh Holdings in October last year, sold 30 million shares in a married deal yesterday at two cents apiece. Mr Chew continues to control a 10 per cent stake in Wee
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        Lock icon Haw Par COO exercises options
        81 6 A DAY after Haw Par Corporation's former president and chief executive Hong Hai sold 38,000 shares in the healthcare and leisure group, executive director and chief operating officer Chng Hwee Hong last Friday exercised his options to buy 24,000 shares at $2.39 apiece. The move
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        Lock icon Design Studio director pares stake
        117 6 A NON-EXECUTIVE director of interior fit-out company Design Studio Furniture Manufacturer, Ho Kai Hon, sold 4.2 million shares at 14 cents apiece yesterday on the open market, reducing his deemed stake in the mainboard-listed company to just 0.12 per cent from 2.12 per cent. Mr
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        Lock icon 61m Strike shares sold in married deals
        137 6 DIRECTORS and substantial shareholders of mechanical and electrical engineering service provider Strike Engineering sold a total of 61.4 million shares, or 6.3 per cent of the company's share capital, in married deals yesterday. Managing director Yeo Jiew Yew reduced his stake to 5.07
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        Lock icon 150,000 NOL shares awarded to CFO
        63 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM NEPTUNE Orient Lines executive director and chief financial officer Lim How Teck was awarded 150,000 shares on Dec 26 as part of the shipping group's performance share plan, raising the director's stake to 0.055 per cent from 0.044 per cent.
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      428 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 12 VALUE CLOSE BTOttPS 579.00 -354.00 IT CADI -*****.00 -195.00 -*****.00 +58.00 OMtMlw 490.5fr -4.31 SCrirttnlhct 182.63 -1.37 SQCuMmFIn 1541.82 -1.56 SC CMMM Pt>» 458.24 -1.01 Ifflthnpw 223.98 -1.60 SMSCtFtfwM 224.50 -2.00 Stocks Votwma Celestial US6c 76.64i.CXXD Wee Poh 0.5c 46.313.000 MediaRing 10c 46.020,000 AirOcean 5c
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      Lock icon Full Apex rides PET wave
      930 7  -  While its future looks bright it faces risks like heavy reliance on beverage giants and fluctuations in raw material prices, says CHEN HUIFEN CHEN HUIFEN AS a newcomer on the Singapore Exchange, PET bottle maker Full Apex Holdings has proven to be resilient. From a
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      Lock icon Double-digit gains for some stocks in small-cap portfolio
      423 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling THE post one week has seen some sterling performance from a few small capitalisation stocks in our portfolio. Stocks like Unisteel, Total Automation and First Engineering put on double-digit gains. Thanks to them and along with other gainers
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon DTZ sets up new division to focus on Middle East
      193 8 PROPERTY consultancy DTZ Debenham Tie Leung has promoted eight top-level staff, in the process beefing up its board with two associate directors. Another 31 mid-level staff were also promoted. In addition, the company has set up a new division, headed
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      Lock icon CapitaLand keen on BFC only if there's new demand
      609 8  -  Developer wants commitment from foreign parties before it will bid for site with partners, CEO tells Kalpana Rashiwala Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND may bid for the mega Business and Financial Centre (BFC) site at Marina Bay but only if there is real
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Ad volume for exec jobs perks up in Nov
      333 9  -  EYE on the economy By Daniel Buenas THE volume of newspaper advertisements for executive jobs is picking up, according to data compiled by Singapore Press Holdings. The amount of advertising space for executive positions rose 13 per cent year on year
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      Lock icon SSMC in US$220m output expansion
      494 9  -  BT exclusive Production will be raised to 33,000 200-mm equivalent wafers a month By Tang Weng Fai IN another sign of the quickening pace of the global semiconductor upturn, Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co (SSMC) said it was expanding wafer output from its Singapore plant
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      Lock icon Richard Hu chairs board of Majulah Connection
      374 9  -  He'll help recruit interested parties into the network By Chen Huifen MAJULAH Connection, a network for overseas Singaporeans, yesterday announced the appointment of former Finance minister Dr Richard Hu as the chairman of its board of trustees. Dr Hu's role will be to
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      Lock icon Astro Hotel in Joo Chiat for sale
      398 9 BUOYED by the recent sales of boutique hotels Majestic and Dragon Inn, the owner of Astro Hotel has put the 68-room Joo Chiat Road development up for sale. But most market watchers believe the 99-year project will fetch only about $6.8-$7.2 million, which
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon The battlefield that is the European Union
      766 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION shada islam ITS already proving to be a tough New Year for the 25-nation EU. Having returned to work only a week or so ago, EU leaders have lost no time in resuming 2003's fierce battles over power, prestige
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      Lock icon Free to grow the economy
      575 10 EDITORIAL JA S SINGAPORE'S economy begins to rev again, the news that HI H the Republic has again scored in a global "index of economic freedom" appears to provide encouraging evidence that the right things are being done to drive the recovery. But nagging questions
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      Lock icon US Jobs picture: paint it any way you like
      1317 10  -  Disparities in various methods of measurement are giving politicians unusual leeway to make conflicting claims By Louis Uohitelle NYT NO US economic statistic is watched more closely as a gauge of the economic recovery's staying power or of President George W
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      Lock icon Following the 'Mahathir Doctrine'
      862 10  -  COMMENTARY The US is telling the IMF to stuff it and forging its own economic path By William Pesek Jr Bloomberg A JOKE is making the rounds among traders here in Asia: Mahathir Mohamad hasn't just gone mainstream, he's gone to Washington. The recently retired prime
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      74 10 Of OTHER WORDS 'Without the support of Pakistan, the Taleban cannot do anything.' Hjunid Karz&i the Afghan president, on whether the Taleban s resurgence there was due mainly to support from Pakistan or conditions in Afghanistan. They don't want us here, but they don't want us to leave either. That's
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Indon police probe former officials
      472 11  -  Ex-central bank head, ex-Ibra chief linked to 20.9t rupiah graft case From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN police will investigate two former top civil servants in connection with a 20.9 trillion rupiah (554.18 billion) corruption scandal, a move which financial experts dismissed as window-dressing by
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      Lock icon Country Heights taps well-heeled
      267 11 KUALA LUMPUR It launches KL club that offers a range of VVIP services WANT a personal bodyguard or a butler when you stay in a five-star hotel on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur? If the answer is yes, try the Dignitaries Club at the Palace of
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      Lock icon Ex-judge to take over as KLSE chief in March
      224 11 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYSIA named former judge Dzaiddin Abdullah as chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, as part of a management reorganisation, to run the exchange from March, according to a statement. It also named Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, a director
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      Lock icon WHO not getting enough Sars data
      341 11 HK newspaper reports fourth Sars case in Shenzhen Bloomberg, AP [HONG KONG] The World Health Organisation said it isn't getting enough information on Sars from the government of Guangdong, amid reports that the southern Chinese province has found the fourth suspected case since last
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    • NOTEBook
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        Lock icon Matsushita may shift Malaysia ops
        121 11 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Japanese electronics giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co may shift its 14-year-old operations in Malaysia to neighbouring Thailand as part of its restructuring plan, a report said yesterday. Following the recent merger of its information equipment motor business with Minebea Co Ltd, Matsushita
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        Lock icon KL to stay alert to US dollar's slide
        130 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia will keep a close watch on what is happening in the world's major economies to guard its own market against volatility as the US dollar continues its slide, the prime minister said yesterday. "We must always be alert,"
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        Lock icon M'sia distributors hike vehicle prices
        130 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's distributors for vehicles made by Toyota Motor Corp and Mitsubishi Motors Corp raised prices by as much as a fifth, after the government amended its tax structure and imposed a new excise duty on all cars. DRB-Hicom Bhd, which sells Mitsubishi's
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        Lock icon Industrial Bank unaware of govt plan
        70 11 Bloomberg [BEUING] Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the nation's biggest lender, said it has no knowledge of a government plan to inject US$4O billion into the bank to help it reduce bad loans before selling shares to the public. "I am unaware of
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        Lock icon India may grow 8.2% this year: CMIE
        91 11 Reuters [MUMBAI] A leading economic think-tank raised its forecast for India's growth in the year to March 2004 to 8.2 per cent from 7.4 per cent on the back of a strong resurgence in the industry and services sectors. The upgrade by the
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Citigroup, Deutsche Bank may buy China bank stake
      463 12 HONG KONG Their target is China Construction Bank, the nation's third-largest lender Bloomberg CITIGROUP Inc and Deutsche Bank AG may buy a stake in China Construction Bank, the nation's thirdlargest lender, to help win a role in arranging its US$5 billion overseas
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      Lock icon India calls for united Asian stand
      349 12 HYDERABAD, India Fighting backlash against outsourcing among key issues AP INDIA lobbied its neighbours and business rivals to jointly resist a backlash in the US and other developed nations over companies shifting software and customer service jobs to Asia. "This is a matter of
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      Lock icon China, US to start textile quota talks
      225 12 Reuters [BEIJING] China and the United States were set to start negotiations yesterday on textile quotas Washington has slapped on some Chinese knit fabrics, gowns and bras, the China Daily newspaper said. The US group, which arrived in Beijing on Saturday, had asked
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      2595 12 Miyoshi Precision Limited (incoipCT—a *y tm o< sngapon) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Miyoshi Precision Limited ("the Company") will be hetd at No 5 Second Chin Bee Road, Singapore *****2 on Thursday. 29 January 2004 at 2 00pm for the
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      731 12 Serial System Ltd (Incorporated in Singapore) MEBb NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the shareholders of Serial System Ltd (the "Shareholders") will be held at 11 Jalan Mesin. #06-00. Standard Industrial Building, Singapore *****3 on Friday, 30 January 2004 at 3.30
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      400 12 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES The undermentioned share certificates have been reported loat, destroyed or rrmiaid:Name De Vaz Maurice *****26-5 87 -do- *****01-8 6 do *****57-6 11 Low Yew Loon *****28-2 62 do *****53-8 4 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that new share certificates win be
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      417 12 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF E I C ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD (Memben' Voluntary liquidation) Al an Exlraordinory General Meeting of the Members of E A C ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 9 January 2004
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      603 13  -  Hollowing out of industrial base can create social and political tensions, analysts fear From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo THE "hollowing out" of Japan's industrial base is expected to gather pace this year as companies in key manufacturing sectors prepare to
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      406 13 SEOUL Rescuer KDB to sell company after it is stabilised Reuters STATE-RUN Korea Development Bank (KDB) will replace the management of LG Card soon after leading a US$4.5 billion rescue of the company, the country's largest credit card issuer. KDB stepped in
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      519 13  -  We're keen to restart WTO trade talks Swedish PM By Vikram Khanna SWEDEN is keen to re-start the multilateral trade talks under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), rather than pursue bilateral or regional free trade deals, Swedish Prime Minister Goran
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      314 13 BEIJING AFP CHINA will make a one-off revaluation of the yuan within the first quarter of the year and move to a trade-weighted basket of currencies to set its exchange rate by the second half, investment house Goldman Sachs said yesterday. The
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        Lock icon Siemens to sell half of Infineon stake
        117 14 Bloomberg [MUNICH] Siemens AG, Germany's largest electronics company, is raising as much as 1.8 billion euros (553.9 billion) by selling half of its Infineon Technologies AG stake, taking advantage of the chipmaker's best annual share performance since a spinoff almost four years ago.
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        122 14 Bloomberg [PARIS] Morgan Stanley SA gave investors biased advice and must pay LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA 30 million euros (5565.2 million) in damages, a Paris court ruled. The luxury-goods makpr sought 100 million euros in damages from the US securities firm, alleging that its
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        141 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] A Hollinger International Inc unit made US$3 million in bonus payments in December 2000 to former chairman Conrad Black (right) and two of the company's top executives, wiring the money to the Caribbean unit of a Canadian bank, the New York
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        125 14 Reuttrs [NEW YORK] Charles Schwab Corp, the No 1 US discount brokerage, said yesterday it plans to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market, in addition to its current listing on the New York Stock Exchange, as part of a movement
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      518 14 BASEL, Switzerland Global economic recovery will continne, say G-10 central bankers Reuters Bloomberg EUROPE views volatile and brutal currency movements as unwelcome, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said yesterday. "We are concerned, we're not indifferent," he said at a press conference after a meeting
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      416 14 PARMA, Italy Swedish MNC to probe claims of payoffs in return for deals NYT, Reuters THE former chief financial officer of Par malat, Fausto Tonna, has accused a supplier of paying millions of euros to the Tanzi family, which controlled Parmalat, a
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      570 15 LONDON Koeĺick promises mend ties with enveloping world and plans to write t all WTO members Reuters HOLDING out the promise tlfet the US would try to mend relations with developing countries, US Trade Representative Robert Zoelltek has urged members of pie World
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      260 15 Reuters [LONDON] Fund managers expect stock markets to continue to recover this year although returns will be muted after a strong run-up through the previous year, according to data published yesterday. Stocks globally should return around 8 per cent in nominal terms
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      1072 16  -  Taila Krishnakumar finds out why the food company diversified into consumer electronics and healthcare, and its expansion plans Taila Krishnakumar WHY would an established food company venture into something as disparate as consumer electronics? Call it ambition, gumption or sheer business sense. "When I
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      63 16 MIRCHI taste of india North Indian cuisine The Esplanade Lunch P—l 12noon 2.45pm SSls.9o+++ SSl7.9o+++ Pliwr 6pm 11pm A Special Express Theater Menu available (6pm Bpm) For reservation please call us at: Tel: (65) 6334 5590 Fax: (65) 6334 5591 8 Raffles Avenue #02-23 Esplanade Mall Singapore *****2 Enjoy free
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      115 16 •ffiXftl Si Qui In In IrsUirui Have A Prosperous Start To The Year Of The Monkey 12 |wity 5 February Carry on the tradition of feasting and gathering with our traditional Family Reunion Wining Set Menus at Si Chuan Dou Hua Restaurant. Prices range from $496 to $1218 inclusive of
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      228 16 Milestones 1940 Goh Joo Hft founded by Goh YeowGek (father of Goh Kai Kia who is currently Yie company's chairman). IMS Goh Joo Hki transformed to Goh Joo Hin Pte Lid. Goh Kei Km appointed company chairman. Goh Kai Kti appointed CEO. 1900 The company's flagship brand "New Moon' abalone
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      244 17 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 145 points to 5046, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 208 points to 7349, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 208 points to 4861 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 192 points to *****. IXM&CBAVIBb Johnny K (built 1994) *****9 dwt delivery Xingang 15/17
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      865 17  -  Successful bidder will have to ran existing terminal and develop India's first container hub By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] The on and off plans for the building of a container transhipment terminal at India's Kochi (Cochin) port is on again, but this
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      379 17  -  Unit of Marshall Islands ship registry expanding in region By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] International Registries (Far East) Ltd, the Asian unit of the administrator of the Marshall Islands ship registry, has opened a branch office in Singapore, adding to the growing number of branch offices
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        67 17 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's biggest shipbuilder, and its affiliate won an order to build five container ships from South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co for US$34B million. Hyundai Heavy will build three container vessels that can carry 6,500 standard 20-foot containers and
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        72 17 Bloomberg [SHANGHAI] Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co, the world's biggest maker of container cranes, said profit last year probably rose by more than half. The company did not provide any figures in its statement to the Shanghai stock exchange. Net income in 2002 dropped 28
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        90 17 Bloomberg [OSLO] Aker Kvaerner, a Norwegian offshore services and engineering company, said it won a contract worth US$2l million to conduct a preliminary study for a concrete liquefied natural gas terminal in the North Adriatic Sea. The planned terminal will get LNG shipped mainly from
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      376 17 It is getting ready in anticipation of huge vehicle exports from China Bloomberg [TOKYO] Nippon Yusen KK (NYK), Japan's largest shipping line, plans to expand its port loading operations in China as automakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co start to export vehicles
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      185 17 Xinhua [YANGON] Myanmar and Thailand will start building a deep seaport at Dawei, southern Myanmar's Tanintharyi division, later this month under an economic cooperation strategy (ECS) of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand, the local Business Tank reported in its latest issue. The agreement
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        956 18  -  To avoid human error in maritime incidents, 'hardware' such as safety equipment and 'software' such as training and safety procedures are necessary, says Nick Sanson Nick Sansom [SINGAPORE] THE scale and frequency of major maritime incidents has long been a concern to ship operators and
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        798 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 sized item Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        358 24 New computerised prescreening system, will evaluate domestic flight passengers NYT [WASHINGTON] Stymied by the domestic airlines in trying to test a massive new computer system meant to identify people who are risks to civil aviation, the government is thinking of
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        246 24 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Global passenger air traffic will probably rise 4 per cent this year as demand for travel recovers from the impact of the Iraq war, Sars and slowing economies last year, the United Nations' civil aviation authority said. Airlines
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        282 24 Reuters [HONG KONG] China is considering setting up lowcost airlines to serve its fastgrowing domestic market, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. "It seems some companies (want to do it) and they have made some moves. I think there's room for a
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        136 24 AFP [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) said yesterday it will begin flying to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen from Friday as it aims to capitalise on the booming business centres of the Pearl River Delta. The airline said in a statement the return service will
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        269 24 Move to compete with Orient Thai Airlines and other discount airlines Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International, the country's biggest carrier, cut fares on most domestic routes by up to 40 per cent to compete with Orient Thai Airlines and other discount airlines.
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          33 24 AFP [BANGKOK] Thai Airways International will suspend its thrice-weekly flights from Zurich to Geneva from Feb 1 as the route is unprofitable, the national carrier said yesterday. —AFP
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          105 24 AP [LONDON] Belgian carrier VLM Airlines increased its London to Brussels flight frequency from yesterday. The airline will operate eight return flights each weekday between London City Airport and the Belgian capital, compared with the existing five. VLM, which began flying on the route in
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          100 24 Reuters [WELLINGTON] New Zealand's Wellington International Airport Ltd named Simon Draper its new chief executive, majority owner Infratil Ltd said yesterday. Mr Draper had been general manager, commercial at Integral Energy, one of Australia's largest electricity retailers and distributors, after a stint as chief executive of
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      405 17 US turns to Europe to test plane security system BACKPAGE TIIAI aiJa Jn n mJLm m Imaa i nai cuts flomesuc tares BACKPAGE people HHIHI Mtk* Barclay group. has been named chief Englishman, Mr Barclay. Singapore isSlA's Airlines 1 (SIA) former regional carrier, I general He takes manager in over
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