The Business Times, 21 April 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 023/03/2004 ir.tjrr;oL http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004 850
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  • Article
    Lock icon Earlier negative equity estimates overstated
    704 1  -  MAS survey shows just 14.4% of private-housing loans are affected By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The problem of people owing more on their housing loans than what their private property is worth may not be as serious as suspected, going by detailed figures released for
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    Lock icon Power outage expected to have little impact on businesses
    701 1  -  NICOLL HIGHWAY COLLAPSE Cheow Tong says highway to be closed for months By Vince Chong, Uma Shankari [SINGAPORE] Companies and shops hit by yesterday's road collapse on the Nicoll Highway aren't expected to suffer a big dent in business. Analysts said
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    Lock icon Clob saga won't derail SGX talks: KL exchange chief
    485 1  -  Next year earliest date for tie-up following KL bourse's listing From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE ghost of the acrimonious Clob saga has been laid to rest and will not haunt talks on a strategic alliance between Bursa Malaysia (the
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    78 1 STI 1,850.42 (+5.71) ST INDEX FUTURES M 52.00 (+12.00) SIMSCI 224.34 (+0.82) SIMSCI FUTURES 225.20 (+3.00) Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 861.33 +S57 NIKKEI 225 11,952.20 +188.05 HANG SENG 12,394.37 -55.63 SET INDEX 713.95 +9.30 JAKARTA COMP 810.85 +2ti.02 MANILA COMP _1.525.96 +28.48 TAIPKI WPI 6,799.97 +20 79 SEOUL COMP
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    75 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ IJSS (SS per ISS) 1.680 £(l!S$/SS per 1.797 3.020 EURO(lJS$/S$/E). 1.194 2.006 YEN 108.0 64,10 KM 3.800 2.262 HKS 7.799 4.642 BAHT 39.36 23.42 RI'PIAH 8,612 5,126 RENMINBI 8.299 4.940 INDIAN RUPEE 43.92 26.14 AS 1.351 0.804 NZS 1.568. 0.933 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25 MALAYSIA
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      98 1 US interest rates to rise? Check US Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan's testimony at http://business-times.asial.com.sg INSIDE HIGHEST-PAID EXECUTIVES Who gets the fattest pay packets? Pg3 NTUC Fair Price goingbigin Bukit Merah PgB Centre to market S'pore IT opens in Shanghai Pgi3 8 More Drive With The German-Engineered Opel Vectra. i
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      Lock icon Full-year growth to stay strong: MAS
      653 2  -  It's likely to exceed official forecast of 3.5%-5.5%; more jobs expected to be created By Vikram Khanna [SINGAPORE] Following three consecutive quarters of double-digit expansion, the Singapore economy's growth momentum is "likely to moderate somewhat" during the rest of the year, according to the
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        Lock icon Show us the pictures, please
        67 2 MORE than an hour after CNA broke the news yesterday that Singapore's Nicoll Highway had collapsed, TV coverage was still limited to the voices of journalists talking to witnesses near the site of the collapse. On screen was a world map and a picture of
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        Lock icon Sexy biscuit tins
        129 2 AN artist who was sacked by a biscuit company took revenge by adding sex scenes to their famous tins. Huntley Palmer, which created Ginger Nuts, failed to spot the "extras" in its genteel garden party design, according to a report in The Sun newspaper. Tens of thousands
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      Lock icon Changes to Trade Union Act won't affect members' rights
      628 2  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Govt wants to preserve good labour-management relations: Dr Ng By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] Changes to the Trade Union Act made in response to the recent dispute between Singapore Airlines and its pilots won't cut into union members'
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      Lock icon Electronics growth seen lasting a few quarters
      506 2  -  MAS launches new leading indicator to help forecast trends By Amit Roy Choudhury [SINGAPORE] With the global electronics industry hitting an expansion phase, rising demand for computer chips, disk drives and other electronic components is expected to fuel economic growth in Singapore in
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      Lock icon University of NSW to set up S'pore's 1st foreign private U
      250 2  -  It's expected to poll in $500m a year in direct spending By Teh Shi Ning [SINGAPORE] The University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the Economic Development Board yesterday announced plans to establish Singapore's first foreign private university, UNSW
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Venture chief tops list of highest paid execs
      971 3  -  He gets $7.75m-$8m, followed by CEOs of S'pore's 3 major banks By Andrea Tan BANKERS take home the fattest pay package beaten only by Venture Corp's Wong Ngit Liong when it comes to the remuneration of top executives in Singapore's top listed
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      Lock icon Bio-Treat retreats on share options grants
      371 4  -  Options will not have significant dilutive effect, says company By Joyce Koh THE stock of Bio-Treat Technology hogged the trading limelight yesterday as the counter slumped following news that the waste water treatment company has offered share options constituting 15 per cent of its
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Sats in US$60m Indon deal
        91 4 SINGAPORE Airport Terminal Services (Sats) and PT Jasa Angkasa Semesta TBK (JAS Airport Services) yesterday announced that Sats has entered into an agreement with Devro Group to acquire a 49.8 per cent stake in JAS Airport Services. The stake for the ground and cargo handling
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        Lock icon FibreChem shares debut today
        90 4 TEXTILE supplier FibreChem Technologies' long and winding road to a mainboard listing reaches its destination today as the stock starts trading after its initial public offering of 120 million shares at 36.5 cents apiece was subscribed 6.8 times. The issue includes a public tranche of 12
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        Lock icon Jackspeed profit slumps 31%
        44 4 JACKSPEED Corporation yesterday posted a 31 per cent plunge in net profit to $1.98 million for the year ended Feb 29 even though turnover rose 14 per cent to $26.9 million. Higher overheads and set-up costs were among reasons cited.
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        Lock icon Global Active secures rights
        57 4 GLOBAL Active, through its wholly-owned subsidiary USB Inc, yesterday said it has been granted the rights from General Nutrition International Inc to develop and distribute GNC products in Guam and Saipan. The company said it will establish six GNC retail outlets in these two territories, which
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        Lock icon GuocoLand in China deal
        94 4 Reuters SINGAPORE-BASED property firm GuocoLand Ltd is buying a Chinese real estate group for 527.5 million yuan (*****.5 million) in a bid to expand into China's booming property market. GuocoLand said the Chinese firm, Jiang Sheng Property Development Co, owns a 36,517 sq m land parcel
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        Lock icon Isetan completes property sale
        47 4 ISETAN (Singapore) Limited yesterday completed the sale of its property known as 25 Delta Road, Seiclene House. The disposal resulted in an estimated capital gain of $3.0 million, which is expected to have a positive effect on the financial position of the company.
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        Lock icon Ernest Wong resigns as RH director
        40 4 ERNEST Wong Yuen Weng has stepped down as a non-executive director of Raffles Holdings and as a member of its nominating committee, executive resource compensation committee and treasury committee. The resignation took effect yesterday.
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      Lock icon CapitaMall Trust's payout per unit in Q1 beats forecast
      368 4  -  Income stays flat while revenue is 5.3% above forecast By Kalpana Rashiwala THE Capita Mall Trust (CMT) has posted a firstquarter distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.27 cents, exceeding its manager's forecast on an annualised basis by about 5.9 per cent.
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      Lock icon Raise the barrier to waiving a moratorium
      775 4  -  HOCK lock siew kenneth lim SHARES of Hartford Holdings shot up 37.9 per cent, or 11 cents, to a record closing price of 40 cents yesterday as the market bought into news that fellow education service provider Raffles LaSalle has purchased a 60
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      Lock icon Oei among top 10 shareholders in QAF, Creative Master
      408 4  -  By Taila Krishnakumar TYCOON Oei Hong Leong has emerged among the top 10 shareholders in two more companies Indonesian-linked food group QAF Limited and recently listed replica car maker, Creative Master Bermuda. According to the QAF 2003 annual report, Mr Oei's
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      Lock icon Cosco Corp eyes yards, bulk carriers
      556 5  -  It is in talks to buy a stake in affiliate Cosco Shipyard and expects to close the deal this year By Loh Hui Yin CHINESE shipping giant Cosco Corp, which became a Straits Times Index component stock last month, is on the acquisition trail.
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      Lock icon Chartered expected to return to the black in Q2
      519 5  -  Reports by Raju Chellam BUOYED by the continuing uptick in the semicon sector and the high demand for mobile phone chips, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing which is expected to unveil a lower first-quarter loss this Friday looks set to return to the
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      Lock icon Healthy outlook seen for chip equipment makers
      221 5 MAKERS of semiconductor equipment posted another strong month in March, continuing an uptick that began in October last year, and the outlook is healthy. Last month, manufacturers of semicon equipment posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.10, the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (Semi)
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      254 3 Jaguar XJ named as the "Best Luxury Car" by THE STRAITS TIMES (3 January 200/;) and TODAY 110 January 2004). n* Jaguar XJR chosen as the "Best Performance Car" by THE STRAITS TIMES (3 January 2004). Winner in the Luxury Car Category in WHAT CAR? Car of the Year 2004
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      870 5 r FibreChem Technologies Limited FIBRECHEM TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED (Incorporated in Bermuda on 12 September 2003) Invitation in respect of 120,000,000 ordinary shares of HK$O.Ol each comprising 80,000,000 New Shares and 40,000,000 Vendor Shares as follows: (1) 12,000,000 Offer Shares at 550.365 each by way of public offer; and (2) 108,000,000 Placement
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      655 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM Chartered Semiconductor April 20 dosing: $1.64 WE expect Chartered Semiconductor to report a Ql net loss of US$3.B million on April 23. Revenue would have increased 25 per cent quarter-on-quarter to US$22B million, largely due to shortage of capacity at competing foundries in Taiwan.
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      Lock icon Look out for STI's critical levels of 1,830 and 1,910
      412 6  -  CHART POINT By K AjitfaA Urn Say Boon, OCBC Investment Research Pte Ltd IN poker parlance, the market is playing its cards "close to its chest". And because it is revealing little, the best advice we can offer right now
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      Lock icon Linking inflation, interest rates and stock returns
      734 6  -  BT comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ONE of the biggest fallacies in finance is that in a low-infla-tion environment, stocks are an automatic buy because they will reward holders with superior returns. This belief stems from the fact that periods of low inflation typically
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      Lock icon US dollar edges up against yen, euro
      340 6 Trading is cautions ahead of Greenspan testimony this week [TOKYO] The US dollar edged up against the yen and euro yesterday in cautious Asian trading ahead of key testimony this week from Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, analysts said. The single European currency
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Challenger chief raises stake
        85 6 THE chief executive officer of Challenger Technologies, Loo Leong Thye, on April 19 bought 200,000 shares of the computer and IT products retailer at an average price of 18.2 cents each. The open market purchase raised his direct shareholding in Challenger to just above 42 per
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        Lock icon Fund manager cuts Meiban stake
        104 6 FUND manager Prudential Asset Management on April 19 reduced its deemed interest in Meiban Group to 9.2 per cent from 12.1 per cent following an open market sale of three million shares, while the company's president Goh Tiong Yong bought 200,000 shares on the same
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        Lock icon Schroders adds to Utac holding
        60 6 FUND manager Schroder Investment Management (Singapore) raised its deemed shareholding in United Test and Assembly Center (Utac) to 8.3 per cent from 7.7 per cent, following open market purchases of around 5.4 million shares by its units on April 15 and 16. Shares of the
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        Lock icon Interra shareholder pares holding
        75 6  -  Compiled by SERENA NG A SUBSTANTIAL shareholder of Interra Resources, Canyon Gate Investments, on April 16 sold 10 million shares in a married deal at 26.5 cents per share. This reduced its deemed stake in the oil and gas company to 5.8 per cent from 6.9
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      421 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 20 VALUE CLOSE BTOB/QS -508.00 -356.00 BTCADi -*****.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -50.00 AM-SG Equities 500.61 +0.26 SG Equities Elect -0.52 SG Equities Fin 1501.22 +11.43 SG Equities Prop 452.35 __*2.79 SIMSCf 224.34 +0.82 SiMSCI Futures 225.20 +3.00 Stocks Volume Wee Poh 0.5c 119,762,000 Bio-Treat HK40c
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      Lock icon Saving more for twilight years
      894 7  -  BT comment YOUR MONEY With greater life expectancy, CPF is no longer enough for our nest egg. We have to start increasing our savings and face the prospect of working beyond age 60 genevieve cua THAT Singapore has a greying population is something that is
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      Lock icon Fidelity unveils another 25 offshore funds
      527 7  -  By Genevieve Cua FIDELITY Investments has launched another 25 offshore funds here, bringing to 58 the total number of funds available for retail investment in Singapore. The 58 funds collectively represent some US$4O billion in assets, domiciled in Luxembourg. As if the range of
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      Lock icon SGAM's capital guaranteed fund to mature in tranches at a loss
      885 7  -  By Genevieve Cua ONE of the largest capital guaranteed funds in the market the SG Asset Management's Dynamic Tri Sector Fund will begin to mature in tranches next week at a loss. At the current net asset value price
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      171 7 international Business Park (IBP) Close to Jurong East MRT station and bus interchange The Strategy 130sqm onwards Raised floor system 4 Column-free layout Tlw Syntroy 142sqm onwards U** Great tenant mix r mi> Column-free layout l Changi Business Park 10-min drive to Changi airport and close to PIE ECP The
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon BCA to retrench 70 staff
      254 8 THE Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is retrenching 70 to 80 staff over the next two months, a move which reflects the declining work volume in the local construction sector. The exercise will affect both senior and junior staff, including engineers, technical officers and clerks.
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      Lock icon FairPrice rents 53,000 sq ft retail space at ex-HDB HQ
      583 8  -  Co-op also trebles size of nearby existing store to 45,000 sq ft By Kalpana Rashiwala LOCAL supermarket chain NTUC Fair Price is going big in the Bukit Merah area. The co-operative is said to have signed up as the first
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      Lock icon Casino likely to be run by private firm, says Hng Kiang
      325 8  -  YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT Totalisator Board has no intention to expand operations By Chuang Peck Ming A PRIVATE company will probably run the casino that the government is mulling over on one of Singapore's southern islands if the go-ahead for
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      Lock icon NTU, Cornell to launch joint Masters programme
      315 8  -  By Uma Shankari NANYANG Technological University (NTU) and Cornell University will be launching a joint Masters degree programme in hospitality, it was announced yesterday by Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo at the launch of Food&HotelAsia2oo4 (FHA2OO4). A campus will be established
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      Lock icon Small F&B, tobacco market a challenge: SMa
      379 8  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY By Teh Shi Ning SINGAPORE'S food, beverage and tobacco (FBT) industry remains labour intensive though productivity is on the rise, and will continue to be challenged by the small domestic market, according to a study by the Singapore Manufacturers'
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      Lock icon Top execs never too busy to run and stay in shape
      312 8 WITH the demanding schedules of top executives in the corporate world, it would be understandable if fitness came low on their list of priorities. But that's not the case, apparently, with those who have signed up for JP Morgan
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      Lock icon Seafood delights from Norwegian wizards
      900 9  -  WORLD GOURMET SUMMIT By Cheah Ui-Hoon uivtiiN tne pervasive tood culture in Singapore, the mere mention of Norway will get most people thinking about salmon rather than, say, fjords. Seafood is the second biggest export commodity for Norway, after petroleum. Norway last year exported 2.1
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    4370 9 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Com Global Infotec Index fd!** 0.357/ Com Global Energy Index Fd 1.058/ ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S'pore) Global M MbH 0.813/ Star Europe Eqty!" ___T 0.74/ Com S pore Bond Fund/* 1.101/ Star Europe Bond 1.219/ Credit Agricolc Asset Mgt S'pore Ltd Star Europe Bal 1.042/ Indocam
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Freeing up the mind? Not yet in China
      781 10  -  THE bottom line OPINION frank ching IN MID-1978, more than a quarter of a century ago, Deng Xiaoping launched a nationwide movement calling on people in China to emancipate their minds. He did this to loosen the mental shackles imposed on the
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      61 10 'We do not use oil for political purposes; it is too important a commodity, and its impact on the global economy is tremendous.' Adel Al-Jubeir foreign affairs adviser to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, on allegations that the Saudis promised US President George W Bush that
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      Lock icon Don't bet big on Wall St bull
      648 10 EDITORIAL LIKE investors everywhere, Singapore Exchange (SGX) players rely heavily on signals from Wall Street to arrive at their buy-and-sell decisions. Lately, these signals have been mixed, although continued strong inflows into US mutual funds and positive economic data seem to suggest the
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      Lock icon Why Europe is breaking into its gold vaults now
      1096 10  -  There are three obvious reasons why hanging on to so much gold isn't necessary nowadays and one subtle one By Matthew Lynn Bloomberg GOLD has always attracted its fair share of eccentrics. More than any other commodity in the financial markets,
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      Lock icon The cost of 'arrogant daydreams'
      619 10  -  COMMENTARY The US is having to pay a very high price in Iraq with bigger bills to come By Chas W Freeman Jr LAT-WP THE view in the (Middle East) region, from which I have just returned, is that by destroying the Iraqi state, the
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Khazanah may use independent consultants
      392 11 KUALA LUMPUR They will oversee its investment firms, protect its investments: report THE Malaysian government's asset management company, Khazanah Nasional Bhd, is likely to appoint independent consultants to oversee its growing list of investment companies and consoli- date efforts to protect its investments, particularly in
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      Lock icon Kuok's men join board of airfreight firm Transmile
      361 11  -  Move follows Kuok group's purchase of 28.5% of company From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur BILLIONAIRE Robert Kuok's executives have joined the board of Transmile following his group's purchase of a substantial stake in the Malaysian airfreight company recently. Transmile announced yesterday
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon Rahardja loot returned to Indonesia
        79 11 AFP is i dine i j Australia yesterday returned to Indonesia thousands of dollars illegally obtained by corrupt Indonesian banker Hendra Rahardja and laundered through bank accounts here. The sum represents only a fraction of the estimated US$l billion Rahardja looted from the Indonesian economy
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        Lock icon No timetable for yuan: China
        75 11 Bloomberg [BEIJING] China won't give a timetable for making the yuan freely traded because it doesn't want to encourage speculators and can't be sure it would be able to meet any deadline, a senior official said. The government needs to complete restructuring of state-owned companies
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        Lock icon Kapar shortlists 2 for bond sale
        85 11 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian power firm Kapar Energy Ventures has shortlisted two banking groups to arrange the country's biggest bond sale this year, bankers close to the deal said yesterday. Malaysia's top investment bank CIMB Bhd heads one group for the RM3.5 billion (Ssl.s
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        Lock icon Intel molls packaging plant in HK
        88 11 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Intel Corp said it may set up a packaging factory in Hong Kong to get closer to its customers in China. Intel denied a South China Morning Post report that the company will open an assembly plant in Hong Kong next
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      Lock icon Malaysian think-tank ups growth forecast to 6.7%
      353 11 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters A LEADING think-tank lifted Malaysia's 2004 economic growth forecast by a percentage point to 6.7 per cent, but said that an expected cooling of the US economy would weigh on the country's economic performance. The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research
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      Lock icon Telkomsel's profit jumps 52% as subscribers surge
      271 11 JAKARTA Its infrastructure investment pays off, lifting cellular growth to 60% Reuters INDONESIA'S leading mobile operator PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), in which Singtel has a stake, yesterday said its net profit jumped 52 per cent last year, boosted by robust cellular subscriber growth
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      Lock icon Thai petroleum hub vision stuck in red tape
      333 12 OIL TRADING Rules to boost foreign investment still not in place, says news report (BANGKOK) The Sri Racha Hub plan, launched three months ago with the aim of making Thailand a petroleum trading centre rivalling Singapore, appears to have become bogged down,
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      Lock icon China allows limited futures trading
      301 12 SHANGHAI CHINESE regulators have given the green light for resumption of limited fuel oil futures trading on the Shanghai Futures Exchange following government approval, state press reported yesterday. Trading will be resumed "at an appropriate time after the exchange completes various preparations", Xinhua news agency
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      3393 11 MANDATORY UNCONDITIONAL CASH OFFER by RAFFLES LASALLE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) to acquire all the issued ordinary shares of 550.05 each in the capital of HARTFORD HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) other than those already owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired by the
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    1103 12 Transaction date: Apr 20 MTERBANK CROSS RATES AS C$ Rmb Euro HK$ tnd Rs Ruplah Yen Won RM WZS Pak Rs Peso S$ Band Sir NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 1001 6.143 0.620 5.773 32.514 63.758 0.799 8.524 2.813 1.161 42.564 41.190 1.244 4.823 0.963 24.387 29.138 0.412 0.740
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    1622 12 SICOM FUTURES Apr RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (Scents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May 04 235.00 Jun 04 234.50 Jul 04 236.50 Aug 04 237.00 Sep 04 237.75 Oct/Dec 04 238.25 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest May
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      Lock icon Centre to market S'pore IT opens in Shanghai
      448 13  -  SINGAPORE 19 companies in four clusters form the core of SSC set up by SiTF and IDA Reports by Tang Weng Fai A CENTRE to showcase the Singapore IT industry in China opened yesterday in Shanghai. The Singapore Solutions Centre (SSC) was
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      156 13 SINGAPORE Computer Systems (SCS) yesterday became the first local company to sign a contract with a Chinese customer as part of the kickoff for the new Singapore Solutions Centre (SSC) in Shanghai. SCS inked a $2.2 million contract with Beijing Tongßen Hospital. The deal was
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      231 13 SACREMENTO, California/HONG KONG Reuters INDIA has passed the investment test of top US pension fund Calpers, winning an endorsement that is likely to spur more foreign stock buying in the emerging markets. Just two months ago, India had failed to meet Calpers'
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      Lock icon MCI out of bankruptcy, says it's in good shape
      403 14 WASHINGTON It drops WorldCom from name, targets wireless and data services to business Reuters Bloomberg A LEANER MCI emerged from bankruptcy yesterday with promises to radically remake a changing telecom landscape. The long distance giant, which dropped the infamous World Com
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      Lock icon MGM Mirage, Peel may build casinos in UK for £650m
      279 14 LONDON Bloomberg US casino company MGM Mirage and UK real estate developer Peel Holdings may build casinos in cities including Manchester and Liverpool for £650 million (Ssl.9 billion) to benefit from a possible easing of gambling laws there. They may
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      447 14 NEW YORK GM beats forecasts; Lucent makes third consecutive profit Reuters STRONG quarterly earnings reports from auto giant General Motors, telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc and others were in the spotlight yesterday as a flood of quarterly scorecards rolled
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      275 14 NEW YORK Reuters ACCOUNTING standards setters on both sides of the Atlantic jointly asked US politicians not to stand in the way of Corporate America being told to expense employee stock options. David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), also said if
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        114 14 Reuters 1 w Abriirsi u ton J More Ub companies raised prices in the first quarter and more reported increased hiring, a survey released yesterday showed. "Employment continues on an upswing, driven by prospects of continued solid economic growth," said Duncan Meldrum, president of
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        102 14 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian telecoms giant Telstra and rival domestic mobile phone operator Hutchison Telecommunications said yesterday they had abandoned talks on merging elements of their cellphone businesses. Telstra Corp said the talks concluded in the past few weeks but did not rule out a future
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        91 14 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Walt Disney Co chief executive Michael Eisner got a thumbs down from current and former staffers as a majority of retirement plan shares were voted against his re-election to the board in March, dissident shareholders said on Monday. Over 72 per
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        68 14 Reuters [MELBOURNE] Australian drugs and diagnostics company Mayne Group Ltd has pulled its wholesale drug distribution arm off the auction block after failing to get the price it wanted, the company said yesterday. The business, which supplies medicines to chemists, was on Mayne's books
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        76 14 Reuters [NEW YORK] Computer Associates International, mired in a long-running federal criminal probe into its accounting, has fired nine employees after an internal investigation into its bookkeeping. The software maker dismissed four employees in its legal department and five in its finance department, effective immediately.
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        92 14 AFP [DETROIT] General Motors Corp and the Ford Motor Company said on Monday they plan to make US$72O million in capital investments to manufacture a jointly developed transmission in a first-of-its-kind partnership. The arch-rivals, tentatively agreed to collaborate on the six-speed transmission in October 2002.
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      Lock icon Charles Bell named McDonald's CEO
      372 15 Heir apparent replaces the late Jim Cantalupo, years ahead of schedule Reuters AP [CHICAGO] Charles Bell, the first non-American to lead McDonald's Corp, started serving hamburgers and french fries at the company's restaurant in Australia at 15. From that typical teenage part-time job, Mr Bell
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      143 15 Reuters [CHICAGO] Distasteful or not, the sudden death of McDonald's chief executive Jim Cantalupo from an apparent heart attack may turn up the spotlight on criticism of the restaurant's food as fatty and unhealthy. McDonald's Inc and other fast food chains have come
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    4866 14 Transaction date: Apr 20 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges Clearing .16.15 -0.15 2007 HKS '000 HKRInfl 2.65 -0.05 3207 H K and China Gas 13.30 unch 7687 Aeon Credit 5.90 0.05 66 Hong Kong Electric 34.20 0 30 2033 Aeon Stores 5.80 0.05 70 Hongkong Chinese 1.05 001
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    7096 15 Transaction date: Apr 20 S2«* Tol last Vol Day Last Quote GrOiv Dfv GrVM Net MCip Wall Low Coda Comply Sate (HOP) High Low »yyar Solar Cvt P/t hw« 57.9 32 9 5834 A Sonic 42.5cd -1.5 374 44 42 5 42.5 43 5 N9.7 0.6 15.1 1439
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      194 15 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 24 IVflLIt round the ships (8) 25 Taken the wrong way (6) 7 Time to get thing mended? Across: 1 Watercress, 6 Cole, 26 Leave platform for another (7) 10 Nawab, 11 Persevere, 12 candidate? (4,4) 14 Way to understand good Acridity, 13 Awake, 15 Railers, driving technique
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      557 16  -  Despite popularity of its Cayenne, company not going for market share or volume By Samuel Ee fUKbCMh b output may nave surged alter entering the lucrative SUV market with its Cayenne, but it says it will always remain an exclusive niche manufacturer. The sports
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      761 16  -  Is too much money being spent on spanking new facilities? Samuel Ee reports Samuel Ee TAN Chong Motor Sales has raised the stakes in the Übi motor belt as its brand new Nissan showroom continues to pull in the crowds. But with other marques also
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    2678 16 Transaction date: Apr 20 KUALA LUMPUR General Soil 1.26 unch 0 y 0 j Genting .................17.10 0.30 523 RM *1- room George Kent .0.80 0.01 193 Globetronics Tech 7.25 unch 0 ASM Realty 1.60 -0.03 6 GlomacBhd 2.88 -0.12 656 Abric 0.89 unch 87 Gold Bridge Engrg 0.52 0.01
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    878 16 i Transaction date: Apr 20 Sttdiiinw Wl Ow Onwy Stock mm Wt Oct Change Allgreen 50c 0.32 1.050 NOL 1.63 2.130 +0.080 Bll Intl US20c 0.38 0.750 -0.005 0C8C 8 89 12.100 +0.200 CapitaLand 1.21 1.680 +0.010 Parkway H 25c 0 58 1.160 Chart SemiCond 26c 1 35 1.640
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      Lock icon India's JNP terminal project caught up in election battle
      779 17  -  Tender awarding referred to election panel; opposition slams revenue share as pittance By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] Highlighting the challenges of doing business in India, the plum win by the Maersk/Concor consortium for the new 10 billion rupee (Ss3B2 million) container terminal
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      377 17 It surpassed Japan with 43.8% of international orders in 2003 AFP [SEOUL] South Korea overtook Japan to become the world's largest shipbuilder last year with over 40 per cent of the market, the Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry said yesterday. The ministry said that South
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      768 18  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes THERE is no doubt that last week's news that the US Coast Guard (USCG) has admitted Singapore to its 21st Century programme (Qualship 21) is a real feather in its cap for the Republic's register and the Maritime
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      240 18 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China International Marine Containers (CIMC), the world's largest maker of shipping containers, expects first-quarter net profit to leap more than 50 per cent on booming demand, the company said yesterday. CIMC, an arm of ports-to-roads conglomerate China Merchants Holdings, reported 104.31
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      Lock icon Cosco Pacific's Q1 volumes up 18.6%
      171 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cosco Pacific Ltd, the port arm of China's largest shipping company, handled 18.6 per cent more containers in the first quarter as demand in the US and Europe for China-made computer chips, cellphones and other goods rose. The company handled 5.07
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      197 18 PAGE Alianca 3 AAL 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 CWTGIobelink ...4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 6 ECL 3 Eng Lee 6
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      13211 23 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT I u.„.„ T.i»h... TTA FT A I/KUI Vnvjina T»l»nhon» ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Oesfn Name Name Numew 01/05 15/05 ECL DAWEI 45-*****555 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot# D'lvolra To CALL AO
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        523 25 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL BAYSWATER228 E4100 J3 A/SIDE 21/04 0230 CITRAABADI JB4403 16 A/SIDE 21/04 0800 COS LUCKY *****4 J15/16 A/SIDE 21/04 2300 LUSHAN 50 J15/16 A/SIDE 21/04 2300 MU EXPRESS 26SA J13 A/SIDE 21/04 1200 NICO 3 1904 J3 A/SIDE 21/04 0630
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        1727 25 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX SAKURA 029N 029N 1 22/04/2004-23:59 23/04/2004-12:00 ALAMJAYA 2 8892N 8892N 1 24/04/2004-07:00 24/04/2004-14:00 ALNOOF C291W C291W 1 24/04/2004-15:00 25/04/2004-04:00 AMERICA SEN 952W 952W 1 22/04/2004-16:00 23/04/2004-06:00 K14 ANDA 4095
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        626 25 Carbon 180 Max 989.7 0.3 14.9 0.05 36 0.04 Apr IS Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above E2S 0 0 0 0 0 0 5T5/M 380 Ave 985.9 0.3 13.5 0.05 26 0.02 Exxon 380 Max 994.4 0.7 17.8 0.08 64 0.05 K6/W3 v/v M/M
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        140 25 Apr 25 Italy: Liberation Day. NZ: Anzac Day. Apr 26 Australia: Anzac Day. Apr 29 Japan: Greenery Day. Apr 30 Vietnam: Victoria Day. May 1 Belgium: Labour Day. China: Labour Day. France: Labour Day. Germany: Labour Day. HK: Labour Day. Italy: Labour Day. Norway: Labour Day. Philippines: Labour
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        845 25 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        Lock icon US Airways' chief Siegel quits amid strife
        982 26 Bruce Lakefield, board member at parent US Airways Grp, to succeed him NYT [NEW YORK] The chief executive of US Airways, David Siegel, who vowed last month that he would not run from the airline's deepening financial problems but had reached a logjam
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        625 26  -  TNT opens Asia clinical express services headquarters in Singapore By Beth Jinks [SINGAPORE] The growth of life sciences and biotechnology shipments will continue to outstrip the electronics sector in Singapore, according to express logistics major TNT. TNT South-east Asia general manager Michael
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        103 26 AP [LOS ANGELES] Los Angeles International Airport suffered its second power outage in eight days, although flights were not disrupted thanks to backup batteries. A malfunctioning transformer was blamed for leaving some airport buildings without regular electricity for nearly two hours on Monday. "It's a
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        263 26 AP [PITTSBURGH] Pittsburgh International could become the first major airport in the United States to abandon the post-Sept 11 rule that only allows ticketed passengers past security checkpoints. Federal security officials are considering allowing people to accompany friends and relatives to departure gates.
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      542 18 Lines services represented by '$B*l 509,5'"S 09,5 vgytQ/ Singapore Snipping Association ULY LINE MALE AVESSEL VOY ETA ETA ETA A P. KLAHG SPORE MALE China Star 016W 23/04 03/05 Kota Tegap TGAO62 26/04 06/05 Princess Lily 0304 30/04 12/05 I ULY MARINE SERVICES PTE LTD 1 NORTH BMDGE ROAD, #21-10,
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      118 26 SINGAPORE PORT KLANG TO KARACHI AND V.V. COLOMBO TO KARACHI AND V.V. NOTICE TO TRADE RATE RESTORATION Feeder operators in the Karachi trade wish to inform all MLOs that a Rate Restoration will be implemented on 15 May 2004. The following minimum rates shall apply for all SOC shipments with
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