The Business Times, 16 January 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 024/03/2003 Inier.-.ei. nttp://business-times.asial com.sg SING APORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon PSA wins back major feeder shipping line from Johor
    686 1  -  BT exclusive Bengal Tiger Lines first to reverse flow of clients to M'sia since loss of Maersk, Evergreen By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE! Malaysia's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has lost one of its biggest feeder shipping line customers back to Singapore's
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    Lock icon Ngiam challenges govt's policy assumptions
    995 1  -  From CPF to land policy, former civil servant takes iconoclastic view of cherished policies By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] If stalwart policy maker Ngiam Tong Dow has his way, the Central Provident Fund should simply be fixed at 30 per cent, with employers contributing 10 percentage
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    Lock icon EDB forecasts $8b investment in fixed manufacturing assets this year
    490 1  -  Total business spending expected to edge up to $2b By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Guided by a more upbeat outlook that's tempered by caution in capital spending, the Economic Development Board expects $8 billion to flow into fixed manufacturing assets
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    72 1 «n 1,829.98 (-30.55) ST INDEX FUTURES (-37.00) SIMSCI 222.16 (4.31) SIMSCI FUTURES 221.50 (-5.20) Thursday Change KLSECOMP HI4.HI) -I.IK MKKKI225 IV.6S5.I5 197X5 ■Mm I.1i49.8l 71.07 SET INDEX 767.39 23.45 JAKARTA (DMP _763.45 »6J« MANILA COMP IJEW75II 1740 TAIPEIWPI 6.264.37 1061) SEOUL COUP 845.66 3* SHENZHEN B 285X3 *0«>5 AI'ST
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    81 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ I SS |SS per I SS) 1.697 V(l SS/SS per X) 1.830 3.104 EITR0(1!S$/S$/E). 1.266 2.147 YEN 106.2 62 .60 KM 3.800 2.240 HKS 7.764 4.576 BAHT 39.01 2299 RUPIAH HM1 4.941 RENMINBI 8.299 4.891 INDIAN RUPEE 4543 2678 AS 1.293 0.762 NZS 1.477 0.871
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      Lock icon Top S'pore SMEs beat big firms in profit growth
      607 2  -  Combined earnings of top 500 SMEs up 10.9% against 7.6% fall for big firms By Daniel Buenas [SINGAPORE] Singapore's top SMEs have trumped their larger corporate counterparts in terms of overall percentage profit increases, according to the DP Information Network's latest
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      Lock icon Resale HDB transactions seen growing at least 10% this year
      351 2  -  Property insiders say buyers will try to avoid higher cash downpayment of 4% in 2005 By Vince Chong [SINGAPORE] Resale public flat transactions are expected to grow at least 10 per cent this year, with most property insiders attributing the
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      Lock icon More employers coming round to wage reform
      480 2  -  5 oat of 75 targeted companies revamp their pay structure By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The labour movement is making good headway with the 75 employers it has targeted for wage reform. It has already persuaded five of them to revamp their pay
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Simon Cheong in talks to slash stake in Blu Inc
      379 3  -  Exec chairman will be left with small stake if talks succeed: sources By Siow Li Sen SIMON Cheong is busy again but this time he is selling, not buying. The controlling shareholder of publishing group Blu Inc said yesterday he
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      Lock icon SIA's Dec passenger load factor surges to 79.4%
      368 3  -  But cargo load factor dips 3.5 points to 62.6% By Ven Sreenivasan SINGAPORE Airlines passenger load factor has risen to one of its highest levels since the ebb last April in the wake of the Sars outbreak. Thanks to increased yearend seasonal
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      Lock icon The lowdown on covered warrants
      765 3  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy COVERED call warrants are all the rage, thanks to the efforts of a handful of enterprising stockbrokers. So far, almost all issues have been resoundingly successful a combination of clever pricing and fortuitous timing has meant those who took up
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      Lock icon SGX almost doubles earnings in H1 to $61.3 m
      498 4  -  CEO assures it'll keep attractive dividend policy; HI payout at 3C a share By Daniel Buenas AGAINST the backdrop of a rebound in global markets, Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday posted a near doubling in first-half earnings to $61.3 million as operating
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      Lock icon Financial review guide won't be made mandatory
      284 4  -  Council proposes voluntary adoption by listed firms By Joyce Koh THE Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance (CCDG) proposed yesterday that listed companies adhere voluntarily to the operating and financial review (OFR) guide. It also recommended that the guide be included as a
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      Lock icon CapitaLand expects profits in FYO3; doesn't rule out office Reit
      442 4  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND yesterday reiterated that the group expects its operations to remain profitable for financial year 2003 even as it did not rule out the possibility of setting up an office real estate investment trust (Reit). The listed
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      Lock icon ECS expands network into Indonesia
      299 5  -  By Vince Chong IT product distributor ECS Holdings is expanding its distribution network into Indonesia via a joint venture that aims to earn a pretax profit of at least US$l million a year for the next three years. This earnings target is guaranteed by the
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      Lock icon Chartered to make 90nm chips for IBM
      404 5  -  Volume production slated to start by middle of next year By Tang Weng Fai CHARTERED Semiconductor's late 2002 deal with IBM is finally bearing fruit as the two companies said yesterday that Chartered will start volume production of the latest generation of 90
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon A-Reit posts $11.6m income
        79 5 ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has posted distributable income of $11.6 million (or 2.12 cents per unit) for the three months ended Dec 31, 2003,17 per cent higher than forecast. Distributable income of 6.16 cents per unit for the nine months ended Dec 31 means
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        Lock icon Stratech CEO steps down
        33 5 STRATECH Systems said that its chief executive, Tan Chee Peng, has stepped down with immediate effect and that David Chew, its executive chairman, will now "personally lead" the company.
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        Lock icon SingTel ups MediaCorp Press stake
        32 5 SINGAPORE Telecom said that it has increased its stake in MediaCorp Press from 23.9 per cent to 24.4 per cent following a capital injection of $1.14 million.
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        Lock icon DBS Thai Danu sinks into the red
        40 5 DBS Thai Danu Bank has posted an FY2003 net loss of 2 billion baht (SsB7 million), compared with a profit of 300.8 million baht a year earlier. This was due to higher provisions.
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        Lock icon CFM IPO 42 times subscribed
        30 5 CFM Holdings Ltd said that its initial public offer of 22 million new shares was 42.2 times subscribed. Sesdaq trading for the shares starts today.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      605 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN AEM-Evertech Jan 15 dosing: 31 cants WE are raising our FYO4 earnings estimates for AEM-Evertech in view of stronger-than-expected orders for test handler systems. A total of $31 million (worth of orders) are expected to be delivered in FYO4 and we estimate this to
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      Lock icon Cheung Woh expected to ride high on HDD demand
      291 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan TECHNOLOGY stocks have been the top performers in the current rally which has lifted the local bourse by some 4 per cent since the start of the year. Hard disk drive (HDD) counters, in particular,
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      Lock icon Savage correction takes STI below 1,850 level
      526 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT was, perhaps, overdue. But when the correction finally arrived yesterday, it was as swift as it was savage. The selling started latemorning once traders saw that Japan had closed sharply weaker and Hong Kong was starting slip.
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      Lock icon US$ steady on Japan intervention fears, European warnings
      502 6 AFP [TOKYO] The US dollar was steady against the euro and the yen in Asia yesterday following repeated European warnings against sharp fluctuations in the greenback and expectations of continued Japanese intervention, dealers said. The euro was at 1.2644 US dollars in
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon ACCS directors up stake
        98 6 ACCORD Customer Care Solutions directors bought a total of 700,000 shares in the open market yesterday. Managing director and chief executive Victor Tan increased his direct stake to 6.41 per cent from 6.33 per cent with the purchase of 500,000 shares at 71 cents apiece. Non-executive
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        Lock icon Shining Corp bosses pare stake
        130 6 THE top brass at contractor Shining Corporation pared their stakes by 8.2 million shares, or 10 per cent of issued share capital, through a private investment vehicle in a married deal on Wednesday. The shares were sold for 6.5 cents apiece, or a total of
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        Lock icon Wah Shins chiefs buy more shares
        140 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM CONTROLLING shareholders of Hong Kongbased toy maker Wah Shing International Holdings further raised their stakes in the company on Tuesday by 5.2 million shares, or 1.92 per cent of the company's share capital. Executive chairman Robert Ng, chief executive Christina
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      421 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 15 VALUE CLOSE BT06/0S 32.00 -358.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -232.00 ST 10-<lay MA -*****.00 +3.00 Att-SG Equttfcs 487.40 -8.72 SGEqatttesEkct 182.90 -3.94 SG Equities Fin 1532.58 94 SG Equitm Prop 469.43 -15.98 SIMSCJ 222.16 -4.31 SiMSCI Futures 221.50 -5.20 Mpcta Voi— AcbonAsia 10c 134.830.000 Chart SemtCond
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  • PERSONAL finance
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      Lock icon The way to go in property investment
      1146 7  -  Prime freehold dwellings are worth considering if you're looking to buy a property By Joseph Chong, Chong Kok Peng FOR Singapore's property investors, it has been a cruel shakeout. Since 1997 apart from a bounce after the Asian crisis the market has been
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      Lock icon Make stay-home Singaporeans 'suspect'
      474 8  -  BG Yeo urges change in social climate to encourage ventures abroad By Andrea Tan SINGAPORE should alter its social climate so that those who do well overseas are admired while those who prefer to stay home all the time are suspect. Minister for Trade and Industry
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      Lock icon STE chairman helms board at JTC
      265 8 Soo Kok Leng replaces Lim Neo Chian effective Jan 1 SOO Kok Leng has replaced Lim Neo Chian as chairman of Singapore's largest industrial landlord, JTC Corporation the first such appointment from the private sector. JTC said yesterday that Mr Soo's appointment took effect
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      Lock icon Retail sales up in Nov, but catering slips
      269 9  -  EYE on the economy retail sales By Joyce Koh OVERALL retail sales rose for a third straight month in November 2003, growing 4.4 per cent from October, according to data from the Department of Statistics. But the catering trade index fell 2.4
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      Lock icon S'pore firms ahead in leadership practices
      352 9  -  APB, SingTel among region's top 10 that actively develop leadership talent By Chen Huifen SINGAPORE is very much ahead when it comes to handling leadership challenges, a human resource practitioner said yesterday. "It's not going to be a statistical average, but the observation is
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      Lock icon GIC RE buys 2 prime Korean office buildings
      180 9 GIC Real Estate (GIC RE) has added two more prime central business district buildings in Seoul to its portfolio as it continues to bolster its presence in the South Korean capital. The real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment
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      Lock icon S'pore, Jordan aims to seal FTA before July
      265 9  -  By Chnang Peck Ming ENCOURAGED by the progress they have made in talks so far, Singapore and Jordan are aiming to ink a free trade deal before July ahead of schedule. The governments of the two countries jointly said after a third
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      Lock icon Sats secure in top spot: analysts
      406 9  -  SIA unit seen fending off any new entrants at Changi By Daniel Buenas SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) is unlikely to be usurped as the market leader in groundhandling services if a third ground-handler decides to set up shop here, some analysts say. Their
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      565 9 I 1 I Raffles Hotel invites you to experience 5 days of culinary brilliance with 6 renowned chefs, including 3-Michelin Star chefs Bras and Christophe Michalak; outstanding vintages such as Champagne Krug, Chateau Palmer, and the very rare 1945 Grahams Port. For the ultimate indulgence, may > we suggest the
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      45 10 'I think it's just a total fiscal absurdity. Bush has been spending money like we've got money to burn, and we don't.' Stephen Moore president of the US Club for Growth, a politically powerful conservative group, on the Bush moon base plan.
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      Lock icon Asia jumpy about the yuan peg
      607 10 EDITORIAL THE debate about whether the Chinese yuan will be revalued against the US dollar in 2004 is a crucial one for Asia given the short-term shocks a sharp change could unleash. Indeed, except for that worry, Asia's economies look primed for a decent
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      Lock icon Lessons from 40 years of policymaking in S'pore
      3099 10  -  The following are excerpts from yesterday's address by former senior civil servant NGIAM TONG DOW to the Economic Society of Singapore NGIAM TONG DOW THIS is the first time I am addressing a group of fellow economists. As individuals, economists are among
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon SingTel's prospects for foothold in M'sia brighten
      517 11  -  But analysts say any plan to buy into Celcom hinges on Telekom tussle From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SINGAPORE Telecommunications' prospect of gaining a foothold in Malaysia has brightened following signs of warmer bilateral ties, but any plan to acquire a substantial
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      Lock icon More backing for change to KL tender system
      478 11  -  From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur NEW Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's readiness to tweak two of his predecessor's economic pillars privatisation policy and the currency peg was backed yesterday by his deputy and two other commentators. "By encouraging more public sector
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      Lock icon KEB in 2 projects worth RM1.6b
      268 11  -  From Diana Oon Abdullah in Kuala Lumpur CONSTRUCTION group Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (KEB) said yesterday it has taken 70 per cent stakes in two infrastructure projects in joint ventures worth a total of RMI.6 billion (SS7I3 million). Its partner in the projects is the
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        Lock icon Soros can sell Hainan Airlines stake
        82 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Billionaire financier George Soros, the first overseas investor to take a major stake in a Chinese airline, will be allowed to sell his shares in Hainan Airlines Co for the first time on Jan 30. Soros-controlled American Aviation Ltd, the company's largest
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        Lock icon Stanchart prepares for China foray
        106 11 Reuters [HONG KONG] Standard Chartered said yesterday that it plans to incorporate its Hong Kong business under a local subsidiary, a move analysts said will cut costs and pave the way for expansion in China. The London-based bank, which has been in China for nearly
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        Lock icon Indon bank sees profit surge
        77 11 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Internasional Indonesia said profit probably more than doubled last year to 300 billion rupiah (Ss6l million). It said net interest income surged to 900 billion rupiah in 2003. Its 2002 net profit was 132.5 billion rupiah. The lender, in which a
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        Lock icon Vietnam's new bird-fin cases
        158 11 AP [HANOI] Vietnam yesterday reported four new suspected cases of bird flu in people including one who died bringing to 18 the number of people believed to have been infected by the virus. The World Health Organization's top infectious disease expert arrived in the country yesterday
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        Lock icon Jakarta to sell stakes in state firms
        115 11 AP [JAKARTA] Indonesia plans to sell stakes in more than 14 state-owned companies this year in a bid to narrow the country's Budget deficit, an official said on Wednesday. The government estimates the deficit in 2004 will total about 24.41 trillion rupiah (Sss
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      Lock icon S'pore hopes to refine India double taxation pact
      638 12  -  Improvements should emulate India, Mauritius treaty: DPM Lee From Serena Ng in Mumbai SINGAPORE is hoping for refinements to its double taxation avoidance (DTA) agreement with India that emulates a similar treaty between India and the island state of Mauritius. Deputy Prime
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      Lock icon Hutchison planning to sell phone arm to affiliate
      222 12 HONG KONG Sale to Vanda could result in a gain of US$500m: sources LI Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Ltd plans to sell Hong Kong's second-largest fixed-line phone business to an affiliate, reaping a gain of about US$5OO million as it tries to make
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    1062 12 Transaction date: Jan 15 bfTTBRBAIFgCllOSS RATES AS CS ftwb Euro Hlt$ h>d»s Nghk Yen Won HI 112$ Pafc is Peso S$ Band Sir WT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.997 6.420 0.611 6.006 35.152 64.735 0.822 9.177 2.940 1.143 44.400 42.936 1.313 5.534 0.954 26.072 30.184 0.423 0.774 Canada 1.003
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    1519 12 S1C0M FUTURES Jan 15 KMBCt Fatms (doting prices) RSSItttertsA*) Close Volume Open Month Mqfc Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Ftb04 213.25 Mar 04 213.75 Apr 04 214.50 May 04 215.50 JM 04 216.25 Jol/Scp 04 217.00 RSS3(USc«b/m) Votame Open Mwtfe High Low Sttt (tomes) Merest Feb 04 123.00 123.00 123.00
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon JP Morgan Chase to buy Bank One
      723 13 Giant created by US$58b deal will realign competitive landscape for banks NYT Reuters Bloomberg JP Morgan Chase agreed on Wednesday to acquire Bank One for US$5B billion in stock in a deal that would realign the competitive landscape for banks and create a
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      Lock icon US initial jobless claims see a drop
      452 13 LATEST US DATA Consumer prices in December register increase of 0.2% Bloomberg AP Reuters [WASHINGTON] The number of Americans lining up to claim first-time jobless benefits fell last week, the government said yesterday in a better-than-expected report on the labour market. First-time claims
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      Lock icon Central banks adopt new capital rules
      205 13 Basel II rules project on track for completion by mid-year Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] International bank regulators have agreed to changes in a proposed overhaul of global capital standards, in a push to finish the so-called Basel II rules by a self-imposed deadline of the middle
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      Lock icon US economy improved in Dec, early Jan: Fed
      384 15 WASHINGTON Its report is by far the most upbeat in a long time: analyst Reuters THE Federal Reserve on Wednesday said that the US economy kept on the recovery track in recent months, with some areas of the nation seeing faster growth
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      Lock icon PC shipments ride rising economy
      375 15 BOSTON Double-digit 2003 growth recorded for 1st time since 2000 AP WORLDWIDE PC shipments in 2003 showed dou-ble-digit growth for the first time since 2000 as consumers took advantage of falling prices and more people bought notebooks, according to preliminary numbers released on Wednesday by
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    • WORLD Watch
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        Lock icon SEC proposes mutual fund reforms
        63 15 Reuters [WASHINGTON] Mutual funds would have to make sure their board chairmen and three-fourths of their directors are independent of fund managers under reforms proposed by US regulators on Wednesday. The Securities and Exchange Commission also proposed requiring funds to spell out more clearly the
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        Lock icon Merrill's 2003 profit rose to a record
        44 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Merrill Lynch Co said profit rose above US$3.7B billion last year to a record, reaping the benefits of staff cuts and a US stock market that rallied for the first year in four. Bloomberg
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        Lock icon IBM's revenue seen rising in Q4
        43 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] International Business Machines Corp, which on Wednesday moved up to yesterday morning its fourth-quarter earnings report, is expected to post higher revenues that analysts said were likely boosted by the weaker US dollar. Reuters
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    4567 14 Transaction date: Janls HONG KONG Vet HK Exchanges 8 Clearing 1&90 -010 3571 HKS '000 HKRInM 113 0 05 ***** H K and China Gas 1190 -0 35 9313 Aeon Credit 520 -0.10 332 hong Kong Electric 31 00 -0.10 3035 Aeon Stores 5.40 -0.05 16 Hongkong Chinese
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      619 16  -  The Last Samurai has several positives going for it despite being weighed down by Hollywood hokum By Geoffrey Eu CINEMATIC audiences whose knowledge of 19th-century Japanese history may only extend as far as a few near-forgotten episodes of the TV mini-series Shogun will be heartened
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      875 16  -  WINE CONNOISSEUR By N K Yong WINE is almost routine in our daily lives now, a marked contrast to 20 years ago when I first started exploring the world of wine. At that time, wine with meals was mainly confined to the expatriate European community and
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      496 16  -  By Frank DeMeglio LAST Friday the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) opened their 25th Anniversary season at the Esplanade, playing music by Antonin Dvorak, Edward Elgar and Johannes Brahms. The T'ang Quartet and Lynnette Seah joined the SSO onstage as soloists for the hometown flavoured celebration.
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      666 17  -  OFF the cuff Luck is a strange concept. Stranger still are the lengths to which people will go to achieve it. Such as wearing funky monkey underwear jaime ee HAPPY New Year. Again. GongXi Fa Cai. Already? Where did Christmas go? Here
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      443 17 So say geomancers, when asked how accurate their forecasts were SIXTY-YEAR cycles, flying stars, the four pillars of destiny and the five elements of metal, water, wood, fire and earth; there is a method to predicting the future, geomancers tell us, but sometimes,
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      54 17 COMPLIMENTARY BT OUT of the office tomorrow? Then ask for a complimentary copy of The Business Times at Millenia Walk and selected FAB outlets at the following malls: Scotts, Liang Court, Plaza Singapura, Clarke Quay, Funan IT Mall, IMM, Tampines Mall, and Junction 8. Lianhe Zaobao B ISA Tours I
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      341 17 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 5 An American city way to get into favour 8 Wrote music undisturbed (8) ll~ ~1l 9 A man testing for arsenic say with obvious hesitation (7) w—^ -LJ— 10 Being amusing, it dispels I HH 11 Decree support is overdue (9) BB MB BB j 14 Dormant
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      1052 18  -  Yes. In fact, the year of the monkey signals good beginnings, say geomancers, who generally believe that it's going to be a better year. CHEAH UI-HOON finds out what it holds for world affairs and the economy CHEAH UI-HOON AS we swing into the monkey year and leave
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      254 19 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index rose 68 points to 5459, the Baltic Capesize Index rose 118 points to 8030, the Baltic Panamax Index rose 37 points to 5316 and the Baltic Handymax Index rose 431 points to *****. TIME-CHARTER: Buccleuch (built 1993) *****5 dwt delivery China 10/20 February
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      306 19 SGX '000 m»is s$ vol CH Offshore 0J6 -0.01 2725. Chuan Hue 0.48 -0.01 2062 Coko Investment 0 64 -0.02 3300 CWT Distribution 0.56 unch 89 Ezra Htdgs 109 -0.03 329 Freight Links .0.13 unch 5105 G8 Holdings .0.71 -0.01 65 Jaya Holdings 0 81 -0.03 1222 Kf
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      676 19  -  Star's US unit hopes to refloat vessel being built at Lloyd Werft in next few days By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises' US subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) suffered another blow on Wednesday, when its Pride of America cruise ship partially sank during
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      267 19 Vessel arrivals at LA and neighbouring Long Beach up 6% last year Anderimar Shipping News [LONDON] The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach have recorded an overall increase in commercial vessels arrival last year, reversing a decline in 2002. The Marine
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      1163 20  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK Fishing vessel just missed being run over by merchant ship off Queensland, Australia By Selva Kumar THE issue of bridge watchkeepers not acting in accordance with the International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea 1972 (Colregs) has
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      200 20 PAGE Alianca 5 Austral AL 5 Avant 6 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 5 BSA 4 BSC 6 BTL 6 Cargoways 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Confer 6 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng
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        1483 27 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX LILAC 031S 061S 1 1801/2004-18:00 1901/2004-10:00 ACX MARGUERI 026N 026N 1 1901/2004-1800 AL FARAHIOI C277W C277W 1 17/01/2004-17:00 1801/2004-05:00 AL MUTANABBI C269E C269E 1 17/01/2004-19:00 1801/2004-08:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8878N
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        153 27 Jan 19 US: Martin Luther Birthday. Jan 22 Brunei: Lunar New Year. China: Lunar New Year. Malaysia: Lunar New Year. South Korea: Lunar Holiday. Taiwan: Lunar New Year. Vietnam: Lunar New Year. Singapore: Lunar New Year. Indonesia: Chinese New Year Thailand: Chinese New Year. Jan 23 China: Lunar
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        824 27 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market. Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the
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        533 27 Carton j 4 n S Density Water Residue AjhAiumlnium Sediment %M/N loa Kflrj %»/v m/m m/m mi «xiw iSO/Cimac limits Spec E25 991 U) 15.0 0.10 80 0.10 frtr 635 991 1.0 W O 0.15 80 0.10 Northern Europe 180 Ave 980.4 0.1 11.9 0.04 20
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        376 28 Govt may increase requirement from 50m baht to 300-500 m baht AFP Oana/TNA [BANGKOK] Thailand's transport ministry is considering raising the minimum registered capital requirement for airline companies from 50 million baht (552.2 million) to 300-500 million baht, a report said yesterday. The move
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        225 28 Bloomberg [PARIS] Flash Airlines' fatal plane crash in Egypt this month highlighted a need for greater "security and transparency" from French tour operators about which airlines they use, said French Transport Minister Gilles de Robien. Mr De Robien plans to press for
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        609 28 3,000 km rail link from Adelaide to Darwin opens for business AFP [ADELAIDE, Australia] A massive freight train began the long haul across the Australian continent to Darwin yesterday, opening an ambitious raU link that planners hope will transform the sparsely-populated
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        243 28 Carrier trying to match services offered by AirAsia AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Flag carrier Malaysia Airlines will launch an Internet booking service next month as part of a technology upgrade to boost sales and match similar services offered by no-frills rival Air sia, a report
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          72 28 Xinhua [BEIJING] A total of 11 million journeys are expected to be made on Chinese airlines during the Spring Festival period, said Yang Yuanyuan, director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC), yesterday. He said the CAAC also attached great importance to
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          106 28 Bloomberg [LONDON] easy Jet, Europe's second-biggest low-cost airline, is benefiting as the dollar's decline against the pound reduces fuel and maintenance costs that are paid in the US currency, company founder Stelios Haji-loannou said. "Fuel, aircraft ownership costs, maintenance and spares are paid
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        234 28 Reuters [BEIJING] An Iran Air plane made an emergency landing in Beijing shortly after takeoff yesterday because of engine problems, the airline said. No one was injured, Chinese aviation officials said. Iran Ait flight IR 800 stops in transit in Beijing from Teheran
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      30 19 Thailand mulls !SS,tXS« raising airlines' bookil, g WG£ minimum capital BACK PAGE rp opK Thinking about penetration, exposure, results? if it's about Singapore's maritime community, think T V Sllll'im TlVIIX
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