The Business Times, 28 July 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MIT A m>a/oa/9n04 Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004 850
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    77 1 Dsn 1,869.08 (+13.10) ST INDEX FUTURES 1,850.00 (unch) SIMSCI 226.74 (+1.50) SIMSCI FUTURES 227.50 (+2.30) Tuesday Change KI.SK (OMP 836.15 2.34 NIKKEI 225 11,(01.54 128.01 HANG SENG 12,301.32 -18.51 SET INDEX _6.-tt.21 -Oil JAKARTA COMP .__759i7 -2.52 MANILA COMP __1.560.90 +17.64 TAIPEI WPI 5,398.61 +66.90 SEOI'LCOMP 738.51 +2.30 SHENZHEN
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    Lock icon S'pore Technologies back in the black with $101m profit
    665 1  -  Group well placed to rake in higher earnings this year: says CEO By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd (STPL) the holding company of the ST group bounced back into the black in 2003, with a $101 million net
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    75 1 FOREX RATES US$ S$ USS (SS per USS) 1.720 £(IS$/SS per S) 1.842 3.169 ETRO(l'S$/SS/E). 1.215 2.090 YEN 109.7 fcl.80 RM 3.800 2.209 HKS 7.800 4.535 BAHT 41.16 23.93 RUPIAH 9.087 5.283 RENMINBI 8.277 4.812 INDIAN RUPEE 46.26 26.89 AS.—.— 1406 0.818 NZS 1.566 0.910 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE 5.25
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    Lock icon Rivals get to comment on crucial SingTel service
    397 1  -  At issue are the terms that circuits are offered to other telcos By Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] Capping its regulatory control of SingTel's dominance of the local telecom market following vindication by the Ministry of Information and the Arts (Mita), the Infocomm
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    Lock icon SM Lee: PM Goh will be No. 2 in new PM's Cabinet
    742 1 SM also says he will stay on as an adviser Reuters [SINGAPORE] Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said he will remain in the Cabinet in an advisory role when his son becomes prime minister on Aug 12, but
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      130 1 INSIDE Q2 CORPORATE EARNINGS i J NOL: Net profit nearly triples to USslB6m on higher freight rates and strong China trade Pg3 UOL: Higher hotel occupancy rates and profits lead to a 47% surge in earnings to $34.9 m Pg4 SPC: Robust refining margins and strong regional demand cause net
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      8 1 Parallel car imports plunge in first half 8
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Bonding is the way to branding
        152 2 WHAT'S in a name? Quite a lot, it seems. At least, according to the findings of a Business Week ranking of top global brands. Successful branding nowadays seems to be all about building communities of loyal, passionate even critical—customers, the US weekly suggested. There
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        Lock icon Frozen Ark
        119 2 BRITISH scientists have come together to collaborate on a "Frozen Ark" of preserved DNA from endangered animals and birds. The aim is to have them cloned in the far future if they become extinct in the near future. "I think it will be used for cloning eventually," says
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      Lock icon China's Q3 GDP growth seen slowing to 8.5%
      291 2 Cooling-down has been effective: govt research agency Bloomberg [BEIJING] China's economic growth slowed more dramatically than the government estimated in the first half and will probably ease further this quarter as lending curbs bite, a state research unit said. The economy will
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      Lock icon Liquid crystal display prices set to fall faster: analysts
      490 2  -  They cite inventory bulge, lower than expected demand, new plant openings By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] After some analysts slammed the semiconductor sector, the next victim seems to be liquid crystal displays. The latest reports by two market watchers say prices of
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      Lock icon BG Yeo rallies negotiators at trade talks
      630 2  -  Gains will be enormous, he tells WTO members From Ravi Kanth in Geneva WITH global trade talks at a major crossroads this week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo said World Trade Organization members cannot afford to miss the opportunity to clinch
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      59 2 IN the "What they say" column of BT's July 13 report of court proceedings of Oei Hong Leong's defamation suit against four parties, we reported incorrectly that former president Wee Kim Wee was a guest at Mr Oei's 55th birthday party. It was businessman Lee Kim Yew who was
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      Lock icon Malaysia, S'pore to boost security in Malacca Strait
      475 2 They also agree to cooperate more to fight terrorism AFP [PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia] Malaysia and Singapore yesterday agreed to increase cooperation to fight terrorism and improve maritime security, particularly in the Malacca Strait, amid signs of improving bilateral ties. Deputy Prime Minister Najib
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Cosco Corp Q2 earnings rise four-fold to $ 19m
      385 3  - Cosco Corp Q2 earnings rise four-fold to 19m By Chen Huifen SHIPPING services provider Cosco Corp almost quadrupled its second-quarter earnings and is expecting its full-year performance to be better than the last. The mainboard-listed group whose core businesses are in bulk carrier charter, ship repair and shipping agencies said
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      Lock icon NOL profit surges to US$186m in Q2
      517 3  -  Shipping group says it aims to pay out at least 20% of net profits as dividends By Loh Hui Yin BUOYED by high freight rates and strong demand, Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), hoisted first-half earnings to US$354 million, sharply above the US$B9 million
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      Lock icon How brokers can prevent another Leong Hin
      665 3  -  HOCK lock siew r sivanithy NEWS that the party behind the rigging of Leong Hin Holdings shares has been brought to justice is indeed welcome, since it sends a strong signal to the market that this sort of activity cannot and must not
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      233 3 iffi Tk ->A> 4 SIA NOW FLIES TO COLOURFUL AHMEDABAD, INDIA. ENJOY SPECIAL FARE OF JtOO ON ECONOMY CUSS AND DOUBLE MILES ON AU CLASSES.* From today, we fly direct to Ahmedabad 3 times weekly. Discover one of the most colourful destinations in India, renowned for its culture, festivals and
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Raffles Hldgs' hotels doing better than pre-Sars
      688 4  -  But Q2 net profit falls in absence of last year's huge exceptional gain By Kalpana Rashiwala RAFFLES Holdings yesterday released figures showing that its hotel operations are performing better than they were before last year's deadly Sars outbreak, even as it unveiled its
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      Lock icon UOL's Q2 net profit jumps 47%
      502 4  -  Its results in next 12 months may include gain from sale of stake in UOB By Kaipana Rashiwala UNITED Overseas Land (UOL), which yesterday posted a 47 per cent improvement in second-quar-ter group net profit to $34.9 million, said its results in the next
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      Lock icon Fortune Reit reports 7.8% increase in Q2 earnings
      479 4  -  By Andrea Tan UNLIKE previous media events, Fortune Reit head Justin Chiu didn't say very much yesterday. Instead he preferred to let his body language do the talking. Fortune Reit, which owns five suburban shopping malls in Hong Kong, yesterday turned in
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon Fu Yu's first-half profit surges
        70 4 PLASTIC moulding group Fu Yu Corporation posted a 146 per cent increase in profit for the six months ended June to $26.4 million, backed by a 47 per cent jump in revenue to $190.1 million. Its higher sales was due mainly to an increase in
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        Lock icon UOB completes Bank of Asia buy
        57 4 UNITED Overseas Bank said it has completed the acquisition of a 80.77 per cent stake in Thailand's Bank of Asia Public Company from ABN Amro Bank NV. Wee Cho Yaw, Wee Ee Cheong, Francis Lee, Wong Kim Choong and Chua Teng Hui have been
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        Lock icon United Food's H1 profit dives 45%
        60 4 UNITED Food Holdings saw net profit for the first half drop 45 per cent to 128.7 million renminbi (5526.7 million) as turnover fell 13 per cent to 1.2 billion renminbi. The pork producer attributed the weaker results to a substantial increase in raw prices,
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        Lock icon AustraLand H1 profit rises 26%
        72 4 AUSTRALAND Property Group, a unit of Singapore's Capita Land, posted net profit of A 551.7 million (5563.2 million) for the half year ended June, a 26 per cent rise from a year ago. The Australia-listed group also stuck to its profit forecast of Asl44 million
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        Lock icon OKP profit inches up in H1
        50 4 SESDAQ-LISTED OKP Holdings posted a 4 per cent rise in first-half earnings to $1.25 million as turnover grew 25 per cent to $36.1 million. The infrastructure builder and civil engineering specialist said its order book stood at $168.7 million as at end-June this year.
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      662 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM ST Assembly Test Services July 27 closing $1.15 ALTHOUGH we expect Stats to report a strong Q2 performance today, we maintain the negative stance that led us to recommend a SELL in earlyMarch. Basically, the arbitrage opportunity between Stats and ChipPAC limits upside for
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      Lock icon STI still not oversold as breakdown continues
      402 6  -  CHART POINT By Lim Say Boon,K Ajith THE "breakdown" in stock prices we had been warning of is continuing. Over the past four weeks, we had warned that a difficult trading environment was emerging and that stocks on balance were expected to decline.
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      Lock icon US$ rules the roost on Greenspan comments
      925 6  -  A longer view CURRENCIES larry wee GIVE full credit to the man. The US dollar has come roaring back over the past week after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan dismissed June's weaker US numbers as a temporary "soft spot" and delivered an
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      Lock icon Property is latest trading theme — but for how long?
      533 6  - Property is latest trading theme but for how long? BT comment YOUR MONEY r. sivanithy EVERY once in a while when things are quiet and sentiment is weak, a trading theme emerges that captures the market's imagination. Themes such as banking consolidation, China, dividend yield plays, divestment of non-core assets,
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Ex-Links chairman still buying HG Metal
        106 6 FORMER Links Island Holdings chairman Winstedt Chong Thim Pheng (right) bought 77,000 more shares in HG Metal Manufacturing on the open market on Monday, raising his direct stake to 1.75 per cent from 1.69 per cent. His wife, Links Island deputy managing director Cynthia
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        Lock icon Temasek deemed stake in JK Yaming up
        55 6 TEMASEK Holdings' deemed stake in JK Yarning International Holdings rose to 9.03 per cent from 8.47 per cent after Nexgen Capital bought 1.1 million shares on the open market at undisclosed, prices last Wednesday. Shares of JK Yarning, a manufacturer of electrical products,
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        Lock icon See Hoy Chan raises Guangzhao stake
        58 6 PRIVATELY held See Hoy Chan Equities bought four million shares of Guangzhao Industrial Forest Biotechnology on the open market yesterday, raising its stake to 9.02 per cent from 8.22 per cent. Price details were not disclosed. Guangzhao, a China-based poplar-tree cultivation company, saw its
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        Lock icon Lafe CEO increases holding to 63.1%
        63 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM LAFE Technology chairman and CEO Christopher Ho's deemed shareholding increased to 63.1 per cent from 63.04 per cent yesterday after The Grande Group bought 575,000 shares at 17.5 cents apiece on the open market. Shares in Lafe, a manufacturer of
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      418 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 27 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -670 00 +205.00 BT CAW -*****.00 +90.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -67.00 All-SG Equities 490.43 +2.97 SG Equities Elect 153.45 +0.73 SG Equities Fin 1554.69 +9.15 SG Equities Prop 447.38 +1218 StMSCI 226.74 +1.50 SiMSCI Futures 227.50 +2.30 Stocks Volume Chart
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  • EXECUTIVE money
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      Lock icon Equities still attractive despite interest rate rise
      900 8  -  High-yield bond manager Margaret Patel tells Genevieve Cua rate rises will be positive for equities Genevieve Cua EQUITY markets may have been skittish lately, but take heart. Even with rate rises within the next one to three years, the back drop is very
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      Lock icon Wait for the rally before selling, advises Merrill
      511 8  -  It sees an uptick later this year for Asian stocks and other risk assets By Genevieve Cua IF MARKET skittishness is getting you down and you're wondering if you should push the "sell" button, hold your horses. Merrill Lynch global macro-strategist Michael
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Possible tax irregularities at Oculus' China unit
      370 10  -  Colour lenses maker will return all sums raised so far in its rights issue exercise By Joyce Koh JUST one day before its rights issue exercise was to close, Oculus Ltd said yesterday it will return all sums raised so far from the
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      Lock icon SNF expects record full-year earnings
      472 10  -  Electronics distributor could see profit of $4m By Kenneth Lim AMID fears of a technology slowdown, electronics distributor SNF Corp said yesterday its full-year profit could jump to $4 million from $2.9 million. "This will be another record year," said chief executive Ng Hock Ching,
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      Lock icon SPC H1 earnings soar four-fold to $68m
      387 10  -  Turnover rises 24% as refining margins remain strong By Taila Krishnakumar FUELLED by strong refining margins and higher volumes of crude, Singapore Petroleum Company more than quadrupled its net profit to $68 million for the first half ended June. For the second quarter
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      Lock icon Keppel T&T profit up 87% in Q2
      384 10  -  By Angela Tan AS it unveiled an 87 per cent surge in second-quarter net profit yesterday, Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation said it expects full-year earnings to exceed last year's. But few analysts were impressed, citing gains the group made from the divestment of
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      Lock icon Reaping rewards in a low-income market
      462 10  -  By Chen Huifen THE Philippines is one of Asia's best kept secrets despite it being a low-income market, according to Andrew Buay, chief operating adviser of Philippine telco company Globe Telecom. Citing his experience at Globe, which is 40 per cent owned by Sing
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      4240 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Commarabank Asset Mtf B ll llllll rlCam Global Finance Index Fd 0 957/ Com Global Lifestyle Index Fd 0.976/ ABN Amro Asset Mgt (S pore) Com Global Health Index Fd 0 857/ Star Europe Eqty'** Com Global Telecom Inde* fd 0471/ Star Europe Bond '259/ Com Global
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Moody's gives S'pore thumbs up in growth and stability
      447 11  -  But nation's economic model may not suit changing world, it says By Chuang Peck Ming MOODY'S Investors Service has given Singapore a clean bill of health in generating growth and maintaining political stability. But the global ratings agency says the government
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      Lock icon Monarchy has a crucial role in modern M'sia: Perak Crown Prince
      283 11  -  By Daniel Buenas THE monarchy still has a crucial role to play in modern Malaysia and is uniquely apt to deal with contemporary issues of our time, the Crown Prince of Perak said yesterday. Speaking here at a public
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      Lock icon S'pore, Vietnam hold talks on boosting economic links
      317 11 SINGAPORE and Vietnam yesterday held high-level bilateral discussions on ways to forge closer economic ties between the two countries. The discussions, led by Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Vietnam's Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, centred on proposals for
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      Lock icon A toast to great wines
      109 11 DIPLOMATS from Chile, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Czech Republic, Spain, Australia and Thailand linked arms in a toast at the launch of the Wine Style Asia Award yesterday. In winning wine style, they also raced to see who could pop the cork
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      Lock icon Review foreign worker rules for domestic service: NTUC
      409 11  -  By Daniel Buenas THE National Trades Union Congress has suggested to the Manpower Ministry that it look at foreign worker dependency ratios for domestic services, as some employers still prefer to hire foreign workers over locals to save money, even after jobs
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      Lock icon Campaign against movie piracy launched
      319 11  -  By Conrad Tan MOVIE piracy is stealing, and stealing is against the law. That is the firm, no-nonsense message of a new anti-piracy movie trailer that will hit cinemas in Singapore tomorrow. This view was strongly backed by Senior Minister of State for Law and
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US housing boom coming to an end?
      921 12  -  OPINION By John Wasik IS a US residential housing bubble a fact or strange fiction? There are two schools of thought on the subject Either speculation is rampant due to low mortgage rates and home prices are poised for a decline, or demand
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      Lock icon The electronic clang
      704 12 EDITORIAL HOT on the heels of dire warnings about an impending downswing in global electronics demand comes positive news of an upsurge in Singapore's electronics output in June. A robust near-50 per cent jump in semiconductor production was the icing on a decidedly strong electronics performance that
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      Lock icon Challenging road to democracy In Indonesia
      1040 12  -  But democracy cannot be an end in itself and most be accompanied by economic progress to be successful, meaningful and sustainable By Thang D Nguyen ON July 5, about 153 million Indonesian voters went to the polls to elect their next president. To most
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      Lock icon Dermatologists don't 'under or over-treat'
      371 12  -  MAIL bag Dr Cheong Wai Kwong President, Dermatological Society of Singapore I REFER to the article, "Flatter your skin" (Executive Lifestyle, July 2) in which Dr Patrina Wong said people should see an aesthetic physician to get healthy skin, a dermatologist to treat diseased skin
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      Lock icon Funds subject to proper rules
      432 12  -  Angelina Fernandez Director (Communications) Monetary Authority of Singapore THE editorial "Fund investors deserve better" (BT, July 21) contained some inaccuracies. Funds offered to retail investors in Singapore are subject to proper governance and disclosure requirements, which are substantially aligned with those for listed companies. Under
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Slow, bumpy path to open KL govt tender system
      504 13  -  Analysts cite backlog of earlier opaque deals, review of some privatisation jobs From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government will take some time to switch to the open tender system of awarding contracts due to the backlog of opaque
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon M'sia car sales expected to rise 4.8%
        89 13 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's automobile association raised its full-year estimate after combined sales at Proton Holdings Bhd and rival carmakers rose 37 per cent in June to the highest this year, boosted by new models and economic growth. Sales of passenger cars and
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        Lock icon ConoooPhillips oil rig damaged
        62 13 Bloomberg {JAKARTA] ConocoPhillips' gas and oil output in Indonesia's Natuna drilling fields will fall by 17,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day after a gas and oil rig was damaged, said Trijana Kartoatmodjo, the deputy head at Indonesia's oil and gas regulator BPMigas. But this won't
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        Lock icon India seeks funds for state airlines
        69 13 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian Airlines Ltd and Air India Ltd, the nation's biggest state-run carriers, need more capital to buy planes and improve services to compete with local and overseas rivals, Aviation Minister Praful Patel said. The aviation ministry has sought money from the
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        Lock icon Shanghai Auto to buy Ssangyong
        88 13 Bloomberg [SEOUL] Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, China's biggest automaker, will sign an agreement to buy Ssangyong Motor Co by September after gaining approval for negotiations from creditors that control South Korea's fourth-largest carmaker. Shanghai Auto will retain the South Korean company's management team and staff,
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        Lock icon HSBC baying China bank stake
        79 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] HSBC Holdings Pic will pay US$l.6 billion for a 19.9-percent stake in China's Bank of Communications, the Apple Daily newspaper said yesterday. HSBC, which already owns stakes in Bank of Shanghai and Ping An Insurance Co, could sign an agreement in Beijing
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        Lock icon HSBC, Maybank seek lenders
        47 13 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] HSBC Holdings Pic and Malayan Banking Bhd are among seven banks seeking lenders for a US$46B million loan to Optimal Group, a chemical maker part-owned by Malaysia's state oil company, said bankers. The loan is part of US$BO2 million in financing.—Bloomberg
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      Lock icon Pos M'sia to buy 20% of Transmile for RM253m
      327 13 KUALA LUMPUR Move aimed at helping it to expand, boost earnings Bloomberg POS Malaysia Bhd, the country's national postal company, said it will buy 20.3 per cent of Transmile Group Bhd for RM253.1 million (Sslls million) in stock and cash to
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      Lock icon Indians splurging on luxuries
      779 14 MUMBAI Vuitton bags, Falcon Jets, Mercs hot among emerging rich class Bloomberg ANURADHA Mahindra, editor of India's Verve fashion magazine, flew to Paris from Mumbai last month for a little business and a lot of pleasure. For pleasure, she attended the five-day wedding of Indian steel
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      Lock icon Tata unit seeks new outsourcing deals
      292 14 BANGALORE AP TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) said yesterday that the backlash in the US against outsourcing contracts to Indian companies was abating and that it hopes to conclude new deals with American companies after the US Presidential elections in November. "We are seeing the
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      Lock icon China promises equal status for private and state firms
      411 15 BEIJING Premier Wen: govt will encourage, support and guide private companies AP CHINA'S leaders are promising to create a level playing field for private businesses by granting them the same "preferential treatment" given to state firms and repealing restrictive laws, state
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      Lock icon China may bar officials moving to private sector
      310 15 Former regulators who jump to financial firms will not be impartial, says central bank AFP [BEIJING] China's central bank wants to prevent financial officials from jumping to lucrative jobs in the private sector, arguing the practice was creating problems for the entire
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      1283 15 t V ran credit industriel et commercial K3A3 (A BANK INCORPORATED IN FRANCE) I Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Statement Of Income I (in millions) (i„«millions) I Assets Dec. 31,2003 Dec 31,2002 Dec. 31,2003 Dec 31,2002 I Interbank transactions 29,003 35,252 Interest income 8,746 9,265 I Government securities 21,455 23,393 Interest
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    4880 16 Transaction date: Jul 27 HONG KONG Vol HK Exchanges Clearing 16.30 0.20 4616 HKS 000 HKRInt'l 2.60 -0.03 9019 Hong Kong Electric 33.30 -0.10 1106 Aeon Credit 4 90 unch 0 Hongkong Chinese 0.93 unch 448 Aeon Stores 6.15 0.05 608 Hopewell Holdings 15.70 0.30 481 Alpha General
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      481 17 LATEST US DATA New home sales fell 0.8% in June, signalling market is cooling down AFP. AP, AFP, AP, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US consumer confidence, bucked up by a brighter jobs market, surged to a more than two-year high in July, a survey
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      284 17 TOKYO AP TWO Japanese megabanks' plan to join forces to form the world's largest bank ran into a major obstacle yesterday when a Tokyo court demanded the merger talks be scrapped. UFJ Holdings Inc, one of the banks, said it will fight the
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      323 17 PARIS AFP THE eurozone economy is set for "timid" recovery of 1.5 per cent this year, after 0.5 per cent last year but recovery would gather steam into next year, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said.
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      491 17 BOSTON They say he has not improved security in US since Sept 11 LAT—WP, Reuters DAY one of the Democratic Convention underscored Senator John Kerry's determination to challenge President George Bush on national security while emphasising a deeply personal contrast rooted in their divergent
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      862 18 NEW YORK Founders signalling they're looking for long-term investors Reuters BY setting its initial public offering share price at a range topping off at US$l35, the founders of Google Inc may be taking another cue from legendary investor Warren Buffett. Though Google's
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      361 19 It may tone down stance on proxy votes but take stronger line on excessive exec pay Reuters [SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California] Calpers, the powerful US activist pension fund, may tone down its hard-line policy of using proxy votes to promote corporate governance but
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    1662 18 SICOM FUTURES Jul 27 RUBBER Futures (Closing prices) RSS1 (S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month Hiqb Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Aug 04 217.00 Sep 04 214.50 Oct 04 ***** Nov 04 211.00 Dec 04 211.00 Jan/Mar 05 211.75 RSS 3 (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes)
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      437 20  -  But the number of cars registered during the period rises, reports SAMUEL EE SAMUEL EE THE number of parallel imported cars fell sharply in the first half of this year from the same period in 2003. According to statistics from the Land Transport
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      718 20  -  Group Exklusiv will spend $200,000 on campaign; expects Skoda Superb to boost sales By Samuel Ee GROUP Exklusiv is spending $200,000 to revitalise the Skoda brand in Singapore. More than half will go towards the current monthlong newspaper ad campaign, says Group Exklusiv, which
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      180 20  -  By Samuel Ee EXXONMOBIL Asia Pacific has created a series of cartoons incorporating smart driving tips. The energy giant, which has the largest chain of petrol stations in Singapore, hopes the 10 cartoons will drive home the message on how to use fuel wisely in
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      486 21  -  Govt pledges CCTV network expansion, new I-D card system and more manpower From Evelyn Duffy in Perth THE Australian Government will spend Aslo2 million (*****.7 million) to expand its use of closed circuit televisions at ports around the country and employ more customs officers
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      293 21 Performance exceeds initial target of orders worth US$4.5b AFP [SEOUL] Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, said on Monday that new orders jumped to more than US$B billion during the first half of this year. Orders rose 81 per cent year on
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      247 21 [SINGAPORE] Keepel Corp subsidiary Keppel Fels won a US$l26 million contract to build another jackup rig for Sinvest of Norway. Sinvest's Singapore company, Deep Drilling Invest Pte Ltd, exercised an option to build the rig, on the back of rising deep
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      301 21 SGX '000 Jul 27 SS W- Vol CH Offshore 0.38 unch 806 Chuan Hup 0.53 unch 761 Cosco Investment 0 86 -0.02 6029 CWT Distribution 0.48 -0.01 1 Ezra Hldqs 0.93 -0.01 34 Freight Links 0.10 0 01 46 Java Holdings 0.87 0 01 2154 K1 Venture 0.29
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      132 21 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan's Evergreen Group, which owns Asia's largest container shipping company by fleet size, said it may invest in a port project in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, a company official said. "We just signed a letter of intent, which is
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      144 21 Xinhua [KUWAIT CITY) The Kuwait Ports Institution is looking at signing a strategic cooperation agreement with ports in Hong Kong and Singapore, the official Kuwait News Agency reported. The agency quoted the institution's director-gener-al Shaikh Sabah Jaber A 1 Ali A 1
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      286 21 Assailants fire at duty officer, steal equipment Bloomberg [LONDON] Pirates armed with automatic rifles attacked a liquefied petroleum gas tanker off the coast of Indonesia yesterday and fired at one of the vessel's crew, the International Maritime Bureau (1MB) said in its weekly report.
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      861 22  -  STRAIT TALK By David Hughes THE mutual insurers that cover liability claims for most of the world's fleet, the Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs, usually keep their heads down when it comes politically sensitive issues. They do have quite lot to say,
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      187 22 PAGE Alianca 3 AAL 5 Avant 5 Bank Line 4 B'tang Mas 3 BSA 4 BTL 6 •CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 China Shpg 4 Confer 5 Crocodile Line ....4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 EP Carriers 5 ECL 3 Eng Lee 5 < Eukor 2 < Eurasia 5
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      12442 26 THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'ivoire 04/08 tl/09 CMA CGM CMA CGM ELBE SX055W 65-*****800 07/08 31/08 Delmas THERMAIKOS 435W 65-*****344 08/08 16/09 Delmas WESTERDEICH 008W 65-*****344 09/08 17/09 China Shpg PERSEUS 2014W 65-*****898
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        585 29 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure JURONG PORT/MULTI-PURPOSE TERMINAL ASIAN ROBIN 12 J7 A/SIDE 28/07 0600 BAYSWATER228 E4182 J2 A/SIDE 28/07 0200 CHANG HONG 0423A J6 A/SIDE 28/07 2200 DELMAS KERGU 426E J25 A/SIDE 28/07 0800 DEWI LAKSMI 18 J5 A/SIDE 28/07 0600 J P HARAPAN JB4703 J6
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        1743 29 CONTAINERS TERMINAL AND VESSEL SCHEDULES Vessel Out In Bth Berthing Un- Berth Name Voy Voy seq berthing Nmbr ACX MARGUERI 033N 033N 1 30/07/2004-08:00 30/07/*****18:00 ACX MARIGOLD 016N 016N 1 28/07/2004-11:30 29/07/2004-01:00 T03 ACX RAFFLES 093S 093S 1 28/07/2004-16:00 29/07/2004-07:00 T04 ACX SWAN 10SN 105N 1 31/07/2004-15:00 01/08/2004-01:00
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        137 29 Aug 1 Switzerland: Nat Day. Aug 9 Singapore: Nat Day. Aug 12 Thailand: Queen's Birthday. Aug 15 France: Assump Day. Belgium: Assump Day. India: Indepen Day. S Korea: Libe Day. Aug 17 Indonesia: Independ Day. Aug 20 India: Parsi New Day. Aug 30 UK: Summer Bank Hoi. Aug
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        817 29 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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        603 29 Carbon 180 Max 983.7 0.3 15.2 0.03 41 0.03 Jul 22 Density Water Residue AshAluminium Sediment No above E25 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 —380 Ave 987.9 0.2 14.9 0.04 19 0.02 t„ 0 380 Ha* 1013.5 0.7 17.9 0.07 55 0.06 KG/W3 v/v M/M
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        589 30 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] UAL Corp's United Airlines violated federal laws by agreeing with bankers to halt contributions to its employee pension plans under terms of a new bankruptcy loan, the US Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp told the airline. The agency, which pays benefits
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        471 30 But it will enter low-cost sector only if ground rules change, says MD AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia Airlines said yesterday it can launch a no-frills carrier in six months if the situation merits but it would not rush into the
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        385 30 AFP [SYDNEY] A bomb threat in a note found on board a United Airlines flight forced the Los Angeles-bound plane to make an emergency return to Sydney yesterday. An Australian government spokesman said the note was scrawled on a sickbag found
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        287 30 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa, Europe's thirdbiggest airline, won't face proceedings over its plans to cut commissions for ticket agents, Germany's antitrust regulator said. Lufthansa didn't breach German anti-trust laws, and the airline gave travel agencies enough time to respond to the changes by letting
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        253 30 It may challenge fresh loans in WTO if negotiations fail AFP [CHICAGO] US officials are pushing their EU counterparts to renegotiate a 1992 pact that authorises statesubsidised loans to Airbus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Bowing to pressure from the
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