The Business Times, 27 January 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MffA (P) 024/03/2003 85* SINGAPORE Inic.r.ci: http://business-times.asial .com.sg TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon Bird flu lakes toll on shares of airlines, poultry firms
    675 1 Outbreak a blow for Asia's travel industry, which is still recovering from Sars Bloomberg, AFP, Reuters [SEOUL] Shares of Asian airlines, poultry exporters and other chicken-related businesses fell as investors grew alarmed over the spread of the bird-flu epidemic in
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    Lock icon Fewer Singaporeans took the enterprise route last year
    988 1  -  BT exclusive But Republic ranks much higher in 'entrepreneuriallike' activity in existing firms By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Some 5.4 per cent of adult Singaporeans were engaged in new business start-ups and young firms last year, slipping from 5.9 per cent in
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    Lock icon Lufthansa Cargo pondering Senai base: sources
    603 1  -  BT exclusive Company says it will issue statement in coming weeks From Eddie Tah in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN businessman Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary, who wooed the world's biggest shipping company away from Singapore three years ago, is in advanced talks to convince the world's largest
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    78 1 on 1,899.98 (+10.42) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,800.00 (+12.00) MBIMSCI U 231.81 (+1.34) SIMSCI FUTURES 232.40 (+2.40) Monday Change KLSF COMP 827.87 »3il NIKKEI 225 I0j972.60 9641 HANG SENO 11,727,27 2S.1I SET INDEX .725.56 28.88 JAKARTA COMP _78&87 +0.99 MANILA COMP I >47.70 12.12 TAIPEI WP1 Closed SEOTLCOMP 869.04 +7.67
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    75 1 FOREX RATES US* SS l'S$ (SS per 1'SS) 1.697 £|ISS/S$ per 1819 3.U87 ElIRO(lJS$/SS/E). 1.253 1127 YEN 106.2 62.60 RM 3.800 2 239 MKS 7.766 4576 BAHT 39,115 23.16 RIPIAH R460 4,985 RENMINBI 8199 4.890 INDIAN RIJPEE— 45,31 2670 AS 1.296 0.764 NZS 1.489 0.877 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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    Lock icon S'pore Dec manufacturing output edges up only 0.3%
    448 1  -  Pace comes in well below market forecasts, but economists unfazed By Chen Huifen [SINGAPORE] Helped by a strong showing from the electronics sector, Singapore's manufacturing output managed to edge up 0.3 per cent last month, but was still well below market expectations.
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      39 1 S'poreans not cancelling tours to region, Pg 2 Baht, rupiah hit 3-week lows on bird flu worries, Pg 6 Bird flu taking its toll on Indon economy, Pg 11 Property: Capita Mall denies rent squeeze on tenants, Pg 8
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      Lock icon S'poreans not cancelling tours to region
      833 2  -  Island's 5 chicken farms and 2 quail farms are free from bird flu, says AVA By Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans seem undaunted by the growing incidence of bird flu across the region. Those bound for the affected countries are not cancelling travel plans; the
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      Lock icon No fowl weather yet for S'pore food companies
      617 2  -  If authorities can control bird flu, they'll be unscathed By Kenneth Lim [SINGAPORE] Bird flu is unlikely to ruffle the feathers of Singapore-listed food companies for the moment, but further impact will depend on the ability of authorities to control the outbreak,
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      Lock icon Bird flu outbreak in Asia
      737 2 Source: Reuters, AFP Asia is grappling with an outbreak of birdflu virus that is suspected to have killed almost a dozen people, including in Vietnam and Thailand. The World Health Organisation said the rapid spread of the virus was "historically unprecedented". The following arefacts about
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon CSFB said to have offloaded 38m NOL shares
      487 3  -  Off-market deal comes after NOL said its freight rates surged 16% By Ven Sreenivasan MERRILL Lynch did it with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's shares in 2002. And Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) now seems to be pulling off the same trick with its
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      Lock icon SingPost's 3rd-qtr net profit dips 5% to $27.6m
      479 3  -  By Serena Ng SINGAPORE Post saw net profit dip 5 per cent to $27.6 million in its fiscal third quarter, which brought earnings for the nine months to Dec 31, 2003, to $75.4 million down 9 per cent from a year earlier.
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      Lock icon SPC announces record sales, dividends for 2003
      481 3 Fall year net profit up 21% to $59m from 2002 REFINER Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC), part of the Keppel Group, yesterday announced record sales and dividends for 2003, thanks to a strong recovery in business conditions in the last quarter. Earnings for the
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      Lock icon Creative expected to beat its Q2 earnings target
      693 4  -  Good Christmas sales should posh profit growth past projected 20% By Serena Ng SOUNDCARD and digital entertainment giant Creative Technology could exceed its earlier earnings forecast for its fiscal second quarter by a wide margin following solid Christmas sales, analysts said yesterday.
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      Lock icon SGX to start 24-hour trading of Nikkei futures
      235 4 Reuters SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd (SGX), South east Asia's largest bourse, said yesterday it will begin trading Nikkei 225 futures round-the-clock under an arrangement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). Trading will be done through the mutual offset system started in 1984 by
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      Lock icon New rules may still spark deluge of unsolicited cards
      638 4  -  HOCK lock siew taila krishnakumar WILL Singapore banks be rushing to mail new credit cards to customers now that they are allowed to? Not likely, the banks appear to be saying. But that seems to be really arguing against the logic
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon MAE Engg's debt-for-equity plan
        162 4 MAE Engineering is proposing a debt-for-equity plan to repay some of its borrowings. The company said it had net current liabilities of $9.1 million and a cash deficit of $3.3 million at Sept 30,2003. It is proposing to offer to settle in full all or part
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        Lock icon Rotary in US$16.2m China project
        60 4 ROTARY Engineering says it has received a letter of intent from multinational Vopak Ethylene Terminal to design and construct an ethylene storage terminal in Tianjin, China. Rotary has started initial engineering and design work for the facility, which has a contract value of US$l6.2 million.
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        Lock icon Technics wins 2 deals worth $1.8m
        115 4 SESDAQ-LISTED Technics Group Holdings, a specialist engineering service provider supporting the offshore oil and gas industry and packager of gas compression equipment, says it has secured two contracts worth an estimated $1.8 million from Keppel Group and Otec Kemajuan Sdn Bhd. The first contract
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      Lock icon SIA among world's respected companies
      334 5  -  It is the sixth most respected transport company in FT/PwC survey By Joyce Koh SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday added another feather to its cap, taking sixth place in a ranking of the world's most respected transport companies, and beating the likes of USbased Southwest Airlines. In
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      Lock icon SPH names new head for Chinese newspapers division
      286 5 SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday announced the appointment of IT veteran Robin Hu Yee Cheng as executive vice-president and head of its Chinese newspapers and newspaper services divisions from Feb 1. The appointment of Mr Hu, 45, comes after SPH announced the retirement
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      Lock icon Geomancer sees STI advancing in monkey year
      741 5 Bloomberg TAN Khoon Yong is taking monkey business seriously. The geomancer says the ninth animal in the Chinese horoscope will usher in a "lively" year for Singapore's stock market. As trading opens for the first time in the year of the monkey, 50-year-old
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      690 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVSAN MobieOne, jm 2>cMbfsls3 Ml reported solid FYO3 results of $142 million, up 10 per cent year on year, in line with die market's and our expectations. Although revenue growth was muted, Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) margin exceeded our estimates slightly.
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      Lock icon Laggard Citiraya could surprise on the upside
      275 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By ven Sreenivasan THE past six months have seen a strong recovery by the long-suffering tech sector. And not surprisingly, the upbeat prognosis for the sector has sent many tech and tech sector-related stocks rallying. But there are several prominent
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      Lock icon Monkey Year off to a positive start; STI touching 1,900
      610 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan AFTER a holidayshortened week, the market got off to a good start on the first trading day of the Year of the Monkey, Speculative interest in penny stocks, particularly recent issues, dominated much of the
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      Lock icon Baht, rupiah hit 3-week lows on bird flu worried
      613 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES larry wee BIRD flu worries took their toll yesterday on two erstwhile South-east Asian favourites the Thai baht and Indonesian rupiah while elsewhere, interest rate considerations seemed to be the most important force behind currency moves. Locally, players
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Meiban shareholder sells 1,5% stake
        95 6 ONE of plastics specialist Meiban Group's substantial shareholders, Daimei Plastic, on Jan 16 sold a 1.55 per cent stake, or 1.61 million shares, in the open market at $1.20 per share. The $1.9 million share sale reduced Daimei's direct shareholding in Meiban to 9.54 per
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        Lock icon Raffles LaSalle CEO transfers stakes
        96 6 THE-chairman and C§o of design education group Raffles LaSalle, Chew ttua Seng, yesterday made off-mar-ket transfers of a 12 per cent stake, or 30 million shares, to a family trust, and a 2 per cent stake, or 5 million shares, to a family member. The
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        Lock icon Strike director in married deal
        78 6 A NON EXECUTIVE director of Strike Engineering, Lum Chue Tat, sold 15.25 million shares in a married deal at 4.5 cents per share on Jan 21. The sale of the 1.56 per cent stake reduced his direct shareholding in the mechanical and electrical engineering services
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        Lock icon Fund raises Total Automation Interest
        56 6 CHARTERED Asset Management's deemed stake in instrumentation specialist Total Automation has risen to 6.87 per cent, or 11.06 million shares, from 6.22 per cent, following an open-market purchase of one million shares on Jan 19. Price details were not given. Shares of Total Automation closed
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        Lock icon Schroder cuts M1 stake
        55 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG FUND manager Schroder Investment Management saw its deemed shareholding in cellular operator Mobile One reduced to 5.27 per cent, or 55.35 million shares, from 5.45 per cent following various transactions done from Jan 19 to Jan 22. Shares of Ml ended a
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      406 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 26 VALUE CLOSE BTO&OS -100.00 -28.00 KTCAM -*****.00 -47.00 ST 10-day MA -*****.00 -10.00 M-SGEqaltits 504.66 +1.55 SQrmMiiBilt 198.18 +2.20 S6 Equities Fin 1597.14 +7.97 SG Equities Prop 479.38 -2.37 SMSCI 231.91 +1.34 SiMSCI Futures 232.40 +2.40 Stocks Vo4um* Speedy-Tech 5c 147.930.CXX) AcUonAsta 10c —53.664.000 NOL
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      Lock icon Jackspeed heads down the runway
      837 7  -  The automotive leather-fittings manufacturer is moving into the aviation industry as well as making inroads overseas, reports JOYCE KOH JOYCE KOH A COMFORT ABLE ride is what Jackspeed is in the business of providing. And it hopes its growth path will be just as smooth
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      Lock icon Inter-Roller is small cap portfolio star of the week
      366 7  -  By Teh Hooi Ling SESDAQ-LISTED Inter-Roll-er Engineering is the star in our small cap portfolio for the week to yesterday. It surged by 17.2 per cent to 92 cents after it announced just before Chinese New Year that it had bagged
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  • Focus property
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      Lock icon CapitaMall denies rent squeeze on tenants
      982 8  -  CEO says mall manager raised shop rents because it boosted tenants' business and enhanced assets, reports Kalpana Rashiwala Kalpana Rashiwala IT'S not true that retail tenants are being squeezed in the drive for better yields, insists the manager of Singapore's sole shopping centre real
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon S'pore to remain major investor in Indonesia
      611 9  -  From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta PICKING up from where it left off last year, Singapore will continue to be a significant investor in Indonesia, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Speaking to reporters after calling on President Megawati Sukarnoputri at the
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      Lock icon NTUC Income upgrading Incomeshield benefits
      287 9 NTUC Income said yesterday it will enhance its Incomeshield plan from March 1, with improved benefits for existing and new policyholders. The lifetime limit will be increased to $900,000 for plan A, $500,000 for plan B and $200,000 for plan C, from $450,000, $325,000 and
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      Lock icon URA nod for 3 housing projects
      538 9  -  PROPERTY FOCUS Total of 926 units receive provisional permission in Q4 By Kalpana Rashiwala THREE residential projects with a total of 926 units received provisional permission from the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) in the fourth quarter of 2003, including a condo and apartment project
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      Lock icon HDB resale market on a roll last quarter
      758 9  -  By Andrea Tan THE Housing and Development Board resale market had a party in the last quarter of 2003 but things were much quieter in the private housing sector. HDB resale transactions crossed the 10,000 mark for the first time in 18
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      Lock icon CPI up a marginal 0.5% in 2003
      272 9  -  EYE on the economy prices By Chen Huifen THE Consumer Price Index rose a marginal 0.5 per cent last year from 2002. Except for housing, consumer prices in all groups contributed to the rise in the index, according to data released yesterday by
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      Lock icon Industrial space saw few takers last year
      506 9  -  By Vince Chong THERE were generally few takers for industrial space last year, but some sectors managed to buck the trend by posting positive net allocation numbers. JTC Corp, Singapore's biggest industrial landlord, said yesterday that net allocation gross allocation less termination of
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Between the devil and the deep blue sea
      713 10  -  OPINION THE bottom line al labita THE Philippines is saddled with complex and deep-seated social, political and economic woes and yet, the May 10 presidential election offers nothing but a mind-numbing choice between the devil and the deep blue sea There is
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      87 10 'Basically, the (US) economy is in the hands of Karl Rove, President Bush's political adviser.' -George Seros the billionaire currency speculator, warning that the US and global economy may be in trouble after the November American presidential election. 'Unless you are a plumber, or perhaps a newspaper
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      Lock icon Vajpayee seeks a fresh mandate
      650 10 EDITORIAL IN the coming weeks, attention will be focused on India's general election campaign, and it will be more heightened than usual because of the country's growing clout as an emerging economic power. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, the 19-party ruling coalition led by
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      Lock icon Is India really shining – or is it a false lustre?
      1170 10  - Is India really shining or is it a false lustre? It depends; while the middle class is having it good, the poor class finds it the same old miserable story. And the future is a very mixed picture From Prem Shankar Jha in New Delhi IN the past two weeks,
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      Lock icon 1% rule comes under Companies Act: SGX
      286 10  -  MAIL bag Daisy Tan VP Head, Issuer Regulation Singapore Exchange Limited WE refer to Mr Robert Halili's article, "Dangerous loophole in 1% reporting rule" (BT, Jan 26), regarding the requirement for substantial shareholders to report only trades that result in their interests changing
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      Lock icon Time to scrap service charge
      437 10  -  Ee Teck Siew Singapore IT'S time that Singapore did away with the 10 per cent service charge at hotels and food and beverage establishments. From a consumer's perspective, one wonders whether this service charge is part of the F&B bill, since it is übiquitous at
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  • FOCUS bird flu
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      Lock icon Bird flu taking its toll on Indon economy
      490 11  -  Rupiah weakens, tourism industry could take a big hit From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta INDONESIAN authorities are trying to calm public fears after admitting that bird flu has been widespread in the country since last September, and there is growing concern that
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      Lock icon Poultry-related M'sian counters take a beating
      425 11  -  Losses range from 1.9-13%; Leong Hup posts biggest fall From Diana Oon Abdullah ew Kuala Lumpur PRICES of poultry-related businesses on the Malaysian Securities Exchange Bhd (MSEB) were hit yesterday as investors became alarmed over the growing avian flu outbreak in the region. Losses
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      Lock icon Baht suffers biggest hit in three months
      431 11 SINGAPORE Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP THE Thai baht had its biggest decline in three months on concern the country's outbreak of bird flu will deter tourists and slow exports. The Stock Exchange of Thailand has also been badly rattled by the outbreak, with many
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Citigroup, Morgan Stanley in US$5b IPO
      493 12 CHINA IPOS Constraction Bank offer is biggest share sale by Bering since 2000 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Construction Bank, the nation's third biggest lender, hired China International Capital Corp, Citigroup Inc and Morgan Stanley to arrange a US$5 billion initial public offering by the
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      Lock icon Industrial Bank eyes IPOs in HK, China
      235 12 HONGKONG It hopes listings will doable assets to 400b yuan: report Reuters CHINA'S Industrial Bank, which last year attracted investment from foreign institutions led by HSBC Holdings pic's Hang Seng Bank, is planning share listings in Hong Kong and the mainland, according to
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      Lock icon Proton revives interest in Indon car plant
      499 12 KUALA LUMPUR It plans to acquire US$20m Cikarang plant: report AFP MALAYSIA'S national carmaker Proton has revived plans to acquire a car assembly plant in Indonesia as part of its expansion into South-east Asia and to battle increasing competition under a regional free
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      Lock icon Proton unit to sell RM2b of bonds in H2
      79 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] A unit of Malaysia's national carmaker Proton plans to sell as much as RM2 billion ($526 million) of bonds backed by hire-purchases in the second half of 2004, sources said yesterday. Sources close to the deal told Reuters
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      Lock icon Philippines likely to revise upwards 2003 export data
      368 12 MANILA Reuters THE Philippines will review months of last year's export data and is likely to revise them to show growth rather than a fall after finding that some reports were not included, officials said. Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri said merchandise
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  • REGION world
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      Lock icon Soros says he won't sell Hainan Air stake
      369 13 In fact he wants to increase his holdings in China Bloomberg FINANCIER George Soros, the first overseas investor to take a major stake in a Chinese airline, said he will not sell his shares in China's Hainan Airlines Co. In an interview
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      Lock icon Japan's high-tech firms set to tap markets for US$15b
      272 13 TOKYO Reuters Japanese technology companies are expected to tap the stock market for US$l5 billion this year to finance expansion and mend finances, taking advantage of revived buying interest among global investors. The trend, helped by an overall market upturn, is
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      Lock icon India in landmark pact with Latin American trade bloc
      497 13 NEW DELHI Move likely to be followed by free trade agreement between the two AFP INDIA and the Latin American trading bloc Mercosur on Sunday signed a landmark agreement which is expected to pave the way for a free trade arrangement
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      Lock icon Japanese stocks fall after UFJ report hits banks
      261 13 TOKYO Osaka-based bank alleged to have deceived regulators about true size of bad loan problem FT, Reuters, Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL investor confidence in Japan's banks was damaged yesterday amid allegations that UFJ, the country's fourth largest bank, had deceived regulators about the true
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    4746 13 Transaction date: Jan 26 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchangesft Clearing..21 00 0.40 5422 HKS W- '000 HKRInfl. 3.45 -008 ***** H K and China Gas 12.50 0.25 9040 Aeon Credit 530 0.50 211 Hong Kong Electric 31.10 0.10 5490 Aeon Stores £20 0.30 688 Hongkong Chinese 1.14 -0.02
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      611 14 PARIS Successful merger will create world's 3rd-largest drug firm NYT, Bloomberg, Reuters SANOFI-SYNTHELABO, the French pharmaceutical company, yesterday launched a 47.8 billion euros (Sslo2 billion) hostile bid for its larger national rival, Aventis. The manoeuvre, which was blessed by the French
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      401 14 LATEST US DATA Record number sold in 2003; price rise biggest since 1980 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US sales of previously owned homes increased to a 6.47 million annual pace in December, concluding a record year, an industry report showed yesterday. The median sales: price
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        73 14 Reuters [MILAN] Parmalat's net debt at the end of September stood at more than 14 billion euros (5529.8 billion), almost eight times the figure stated in the food group's now discredited accounts, the company's new* management said yesterday. PriceWaterhouseCoopers—hired shortly after the crisis
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        69 14 Bloomberg [PARIS] French media company Vivendi Universal SA yesterday dropped a lawsuit against its former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier after he agreed to forsake US$25 million in severance pay. Vivendi last month agreed to pay a US$5O million fine to settle a US Securities and
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        Lock icon Asia's PC sales below forecast: IDC
        70 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Personal computer sales in Asia, excluding Japan, rose at a slower-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter because Chinese sellers, expecting companies to halt purchases during the Chinese New Year holidays, reduced inventory, market researcher IDC said yesterday. Sales "slightly missed" IDC's
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        43 14 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics conglomerate Hitachi Ltd and sensors-to-switches maker Omron Corp said yesterday they will integrate their automated teller machine (ATM) manufacturing operations in a joint venture aimed at creating the world's fourth-biggest ATM maker. Reuters
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      436 15 RIYADH Disney, with a bleeding Paris resort, courts Alwaleed LATWP WALT Disney Co needs a real-life prince. His name is Alwaleed bin Talal. His grandfather was Saudi Arabia's founding monarch. With huge stakes in companies ranging from Citigroup Inc to the Four
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      274 15 LOS ANGELES NYT THE Warner Music Group, which was recently acquired from Time Warner by private investors, has hired the urban music pioneer Lyor Cohen to lead its North American operations, the company confirmed on Sunday. Mr Cohen, who got
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    2234 14 Transaction date: Jan 26 KUALA LUMPUR SSJ KM *1- r000) General Soil 1-26 unch 0 Genting_„ -.-17.60 unch 696 A A M Realty 177 0.12 697 George Kent Abrk 092 nvti 0 Gk)bftronioT«h 7.10 0.05 265 ACP Industries 2 96 -0 02 52 GAomacihd 2MB unch 216 Ad«nce Synergy
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      257 14 CKVFTIC CROSSWORD run JlH—._pK_ straight stroke in cricket 10 Inventor resigned in a tanlam in pursuit a carnage Hf HK ]|0 Vflf V|f WM ißj 12 Yield what is sown, say (4) 20 Not knowing what to believe and acting so strangely (8) 22 Team making use of spin personal
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      912 16  -  Altus Tech's Benny Woon decided to go into business when he found that his savings were insufficient for the overseas studies he had set his heart on. Chen Huifen reports Chen Huifen Money not enough? Start a business instead. That probably crossed Benny Woon's mind about
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      379 16 Festive Buffet Lunch 16 January 5 February 2004 excluding 22 23 January 2004 a Adult $25.80+++ Inclusive of a complimentary plate of Yu Sheng for a minimum of 4 diners. Festive Buffet High Tea Weekdays, 3.30pm to 5.30pm excluding 22 23 January 2004 Adult 16.80+++ Child $12.80+++ Weekends, 3.30pm to
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      64 16 <3) MIRCHI taste of india North Indian cuisine The Esplanade Lunch Peal 12noon 2.45pm Ssls.9o+++ Ssl7.9o+++ Pinner 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
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      549 17  -  Insurer of Tasman Spirit again asks Pakistan to free 8 men, who have been held for 6 months By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The health of the 'Karachi Eight' who have been held in Pakistan for six months following the Tasman Spirit oil
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      245 17 SGX '000 Si *V- Vol CH OfWiore 036 unth 2456 Own Hup 0.49 -0.01 1328 Qacolnveainent 0.71 -042 7790 CWT Distribution 0.56 -041 14 EaaHldgs 1.12 -041 450 0.13 «*xh 1135 (jHolcfcncjs 0.70 -0.01 15 jMHddmgt .047 0.01 4866 KWenture 032 unch 1696 KaapelCarp 7.00 0JS 3067 jWMannc
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      187 17 AFP [DUBAI] The Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) handled a record 5.15 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) as container traffic surged 23 per cent in 2003 over the previous year, according to a statement yesterday. In 2002 traffic had already climbed 20 per cent
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      705 17  -  2004 expected to be another year of double-digit growth By George Joseph [SINGAPORE) Container shipping giant Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) recorded impressive growth in its cargo volume through Singapore last year, exceeding its global average and reaching a total of one million TEUs.
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        109 17 Bloomberg [LOS ANGELES] The Port of Long Beach, the second-busiest US seaport after Los Angeles, said container shipments in 2003 rose 2.9 per cent to a record high, helped by a rebound in exports and US consumers' demand for goods from Asia. The number
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        72 17 Bloomberg [ZURICH] Kuehne Nagel International, the world's biggest sea-freight shipper, said it plans to buy the international freight business of CAT Group to expand services for the car industry in Belgium, Mexico and France. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed in a faxed
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        801 18 Pent-up demand means more leisure travellers will head for Europe this summer, industry analysts say NYT [ATLANTA] DESPITE the unfavourable exchange rate and continuing fears of terrorist attacks, US airlines expect a rebound in European tourism by Americans this spring and
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        106 18 PAGE Austral AL 5 Bank Line 4 BSA 4 B'tang Mas 6 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 5 Crocodile Line ....4 CWT Globelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 ECL 3 Far Shpg 5 Foong Sun 5 Gemartrans 4 Hamburg Sud 5 Hangli 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL
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      6627 22 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar Vnul Voyaga Talaphona ETA ETA Advartlsar Vassai Voyaga Talaphona SIN DmTii Nama Nam* Numbar Numbar SN Dast'n Nama Nama Numbar Numbar <« > -.v.-. 10/02 29/02 China Shpg ANL HAMBURG 20KW 45******90 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'I voir# FREMANTLE (FRO 2130 Australia
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        548 23 V—I Voy No Bfth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL CRYSTAL SUN 001 J12 A/SIDE 27/01 2300 REAL 0401 J7/8 A/SIDE 27/01 1800 > SANDIDEWA 14 145 J2 A/SIDE 27/01 0630 SHANNON EXP 02/04 J3 A/SIDE 27/01 0600 WINSTAR 7 26A4W J2 A/SIDE 27/01 0530 YURISHIMA TOC 66 J6
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        1686 23 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES VmmI Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Nam* Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX HXSCUS 088S QMS 1 2701/*****730 27/01/2004-1B30 T03 ACX MAGNOUA 073N 073N 1 27/01/*****8:00 2701/2004-22:30 T04 ANPA 4023 4023 1 2801/2004-1030 2801/2004-1830 AHLHAMBUBG 28KE 28KE 1 2801/2004-21 JO 2901/*****4:30 P02
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        155 23 Feb 1 Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Feb 5 Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. Feb 0 NZ: Waitangi Day. Feb 11 Japan: Nat Foundation Day. Feb 10 US: Washington Day. Thailand: Makha Bucha Day. US: Washington's Birthday. Feb 22 Brunei: Islamic New
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        775 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 stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        Lock icon ANA to boost China flights by 30% in 2004
        270 24 Airline aims to tap growing business and leisure traffic as Sars woes fade Reuters [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways (ANA), Asia's secondbiggest airline, said yesterday it would boost the number of flights it operates between Japan and China by 30 per cent
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        65 24 [NEW YORK] An artist drawing of the design for the World Trade Center Transportation Hub of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Downtown Design Partnership, in association with architect Santiago Calatrava, is designing the hub that will include a permanent PATH terminal and
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        675 24 ASIAN AIRLINE PROFILE Bloomberg [TOKYO] Shinichi Nishikubo, an Internet executive turned airline investor, said he wants to boost profitability at Japan's Skymark Airlines Co by selling more tickets on the Internet and expanding its fleet Mr Nishikubo, 48, who is scheduled to succeed
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        Lock icon Cathay to hire more than 520 cabin crew as it adds services
        237 24 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cathay Pa cific Airways, Asia's sixthlargest airlines by sales, said it will hire more than 520 cabin crew as it seeks to expand its flights. The airline is advertising for about 350 Hong Kong-based flight
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        199 24 Bloomberg [LONDON] A group led by European Aeronautic, Defense Space Co (EADS) was named the likely winner for a £13 billion (5540.1 billion) UK contract to supply planes for airborne refuelling, the country's biggest-ever military tender, beating a team led by Boeing
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        Lock icon Qatar Airways to get new planes to widen network
        288 24 Reuters [DOHA] Qatar Airways said it would receive 13 new Airbus aircraft this year to expand its operations to 12 more cities. "We are going to take the delivery of the aircraft this year and (are) requesting the Airbus to expedite
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          89 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines System Corp, Asia's biggest carrier, said it plans to cancel 93 flights in the three days starting on Sunday, as it fixes cracks found in 18 of its MD-80 planes made by McDonnell Douglas Corp, now part of Boeing. The disruptions will
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          71 24 Reuters [TEHERAN] Iran should allow foreign airlines to compete for domestic passenger and cargo flight slots, the head of Iran's National Aviation Organisation told a newspaper. Hassan Hajalifard said it was illogical to limit choice to one or two Iranian airlines. 'The way
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          60 24 Reuters [MOSCOW] Russia's flagship carrier Aeroflot said it carried 5.844 million passengers in 2003, up 6.5 per cent from the previous year and slightly above its initial target. It said in a statement seat occupancy had risen to 69.4 per cent from 68.8 per cent a
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          59 24 Bloomberg Qantas Airways said it will add two new domestic routes in New Zealand, both from the base of rival Virgin Blue Holdings's new unit, Christchurch. Sydney-based Qantas, Australia's biggest airline, will start flying from Christchurch to Rotorua and to Wellington from April 1 with
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      28 17 Skymark's new chief shoots for profit BACKPAGE US akfines gear up for surge in European travel PAGE 2 Hie freight report was not available doe to technical problems
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      24 17 ANA to boost China flights BACK PAGE rp npn Thinking about penetration, exposure, results? if it's about Singapore's maritime community, think i 4j| SHIPPIMifIMKS
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