The Business Times, 17 August 2004

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    16 1 MITA (P) 023/03/2004 850 THE BUSINESS TIMES S INGAPORE I Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 2004
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon NatSteel sells steel ops to Tata for $486m
    1169 1  -  After the sale, company will no longer be known as NatSteel By Loh Hui Yin [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel yesterday said it was selling its mother lode, the steel business, to the giant Tata group of India, in what is the group's first
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    77 1 sti 1,877.60 (+4.72) ST INDEX FUTURES (+11.00) SIMSCI 226.46 (+1.02) SIMSCI FUTURES 226.10 1.50) Monday Change KLSE COMP 809.12 -6.50 NIKKEI 225 10,687.81 -69.39 HANG SENG *****.75 -140.08 SET INDEX 596.98 +8.11 JAKARTA COMP —751.95 -3.97 MANILA COMP 1.594.83 +4i0 TAIPEI WPI 5,352.01 -3752 SEOUL COMP 773.85 -117 SHENZHEN
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    76 1 FOREX RATES US$ 8$ I'SS (SS per I'SS) 1.718 £(IS$/SS per 1.841 3.162 ErRO(l T S$/SS/E). 1.234 2.120 YEN 110.9 64.50 RM 3.800 2.212 HKS 7.799 4.540 BAHT 41.55 24.19 RIPIAH 9,287 5,406 RENMINBI 8.277 4.818 INDIAN Rl'PEE...... 46.34 26.98 AS 1.395 0.812 NZS 1.507 0.877 PRIME RATES SINGAPORE
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    Lock icon Proportion of locals buying private homes below 70%
    803 1  -  BT exclusive Trend may continue if govt lifts curbs on foreigners: DTZ By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Foreigners are buying a greater proportion of private homes. The quantum of Singaporean buyers fell below 70 per cent in Q2 this year for the first
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  • Article
    Lock icon What now for NatSteel shareholders?
    606 1  -  HOCK LOOK SIEW By Wong Wei Kong BARKING the unexpected, it's likely that NatSteel as the market has known it for so many years won't be around this time next year. In a deal announced yesterday, Tata Iron and Steel Co, India's second-biggest steel maker,
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      Lock icon Megawati gets flak over big spending budget
      760 2  -  Govt projections for inflation, oil prices, rupiah exchange rate unrealistic, say economists From Shoeb Kagda 14n Jakarta jNDONESIAN President •Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday announced an Ambitious draft budget for 2005 that analysts and economists said would be difficult to achieve. Promising to raise spending
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    • Article
      Lock icon S'pore cannot afford to become laid-back: MM
      466 2  -  Govt must ensure S'pore maintains reputation for efficiency, he says By Chuang Peck Ming [SINGAPORE] The Lee Hsien Loong government must ensure that Singapore doesn't become laid-back and squander its hardearned reputation for efficiency and clean and honest government, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
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      Lock icon Nymex crude oil futures seesaw on uncertainty
      588 2 Reports of Shiites burning Iraq oil well spook market Reuters, AFP, Bloomberg {NEW YORK] Nymex crude .ail futures seesawed in earty trading yesterday, with £n initial burst upward on llews that Shiite militia in Iraq had set fire to an oil iwell, but
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • Article
      Lock icon NatSteel sale causes little stir in market
      494 3  -  Investor interest in stock has waned after takeover tussle, say analysts By Joyce Koh NATSTEEL'S announcement yesterday that it plans to sell its steel business caused nary a flicker of surprise among market watchers, many of whom said they expected the move. Analysts
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      Lock icon Tata Steel gears up for global expansion
      663 3  -  NatSteel buy is its 1st major acquisition overseas By Joyce Koh TATA Steel's business straddles 13 countries, but its purchase of Singapore's Nat Steel Ltd announced yesterday is its first major acquisition overseas. For India's largest private sector steel company, the deal reflected
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      Lock icon Alwaleed to keep part of his interest in The Plaza
      438 4  -  Saudi prince to invest in planned renovation of hotel by new owner By Kalpana Rashiwala SAUDI billionaire investor Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal announced yesterday that he plans to keep part of his investment in The Plaza hotel in New York,
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    • Article
      Lock icon SGX starts new derivatives trading system
      191 4  -  By Tang Weng Fai UPDATING its legacy computer systems, the Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday launched a new derivatives trading system. Derivatives trading went smoothly yesterday on SGX Quest (SGX Quotation and Execution System), which replacef the SGX ETS (SGX Electronic Trading System). "The successful
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      Lock icon SIA July passenger loads rise 2.5 points to 78%
      530 4  -  But cargo loads slip to 62.8% from 67.7% in June By Ven Sreenivasan IN a sign that the budget carriers have yet to make a significant impact on established Asian legacy airlines, Singapore Airlines (SIA) continued to enjoy strong passenger loads
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      Lock icon NOL freight rates up for fourth straight month
      303 4 6% rise came on the back of China's export boom, tight supply of ships Reuters TAKEOVER target Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL), the world's seventh-largest container shipping group, said yesterday that its freight rates rose 6 per cent in July, posting the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Jaya Hldgs earnings soar 41% to $46m
      406 8  -  Booming oil sector and shortage of support vessels boost profit even as revenue slides 22% By Donald Urquhart BUOYED by an active oil and gas sector on the back of high on prices, offshore support vessel specialist Jaya Holdings said net profit rose
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      Lock icon Meghmani lifts earnings 36% as sales rise 20%
      457 8  -  Company sees increase in export and domestic sales By Taila Krishnakumar AFTER a poor trading debut on the Singapore Exchange last week, main-board-listed M e £hmani Organics yesterday posted a strong 36 per cent rise in net profit to 295 million rupees
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    • COMPANY Briefs
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        Lock icon KS Tech in North Sea rig venture
        119 8 A NEW company owned 80 per cent by ma inboard-listed oil gas supply specialist KS Tech Ltd and 20 per cent by Sesdaq-listed Ezra Holdings has entered into a joint venture with Atlantic Marine Offshore Services (Amos) to acquire, upgrade and manage a
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        Lock icon Tat Seng profit jumps 75%
        86 8 CORRUGATED products manufacturer Tat Seng Packaging Group Ltd yesterday reported a 75 per cent surge in full-year net profit to $3.2 million, following a 17 per cent rise in revenue to $35 million. Earnings per share rose to 2.01 cents from 1.15 cents, while net
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        Lock icon PCI earnings double to USs9.2m
        66 8 ELECTRONIC manufacturing services provider PCI Ltd said net profit jumped to US$9.2 million for the financial year ended June 30,2004, from US$4.5 million for the previous financial year. The increase is an impressive 105 per cent rise over the previous year's profit. The group's turnover
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        Lock icon AsiaPharm adds to drug portfolio
        59 8 LISTED drugs group AsiaPharm yesterday said it has added an injection-delivered form of elcatonin to its portfolio as well as getting approval from China's State Food and Drugs Administration for manufacturing another drug, vinpocetine. The elcatonin drug will be introduced to the market by next
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        Lock icon TOB marketing USssoom bond
        90 8 Reuters [HONGKONG] United Overseas Bank Ltd has begun marketing a US$5OO million to US$l billion dual-tranche bond, a source said yesterday. The Tier 2 issue will comprise US dollar and Singapore dollar-denominated tranches, with both structured with a 15-year final maturity and a call option and
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        Lock icon Global Crossing sells unit
        73 8 Reuters [NEW YORK] Telecommunications company Global Crossing Ltd said yesterday it has sold its Global Marine Systems underwater cable maintenance unit and a 49 per cent stake in S B Submarine Systems to Bridgehouse Marine Lid. Bridgehouse will pay US$l4.B million and assume US$ll7 million of
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        Lock icon New name for Maroo Polo Devt
        38 8 MARCO Polo Developments has changed its name to Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Ltd. The new name will better reflect its association with its ultimate holding company, Wheelock and Co Ltd of Hong Kong.
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        Lock icon Velizia in deal with Sheng Tong Food
        135 8 HANGZHOU Velizia Food Co, a wholly owned subsidiary of SGX-listed VGO Corp Ltd, has entered into a conditional agreement with locally-based Sheng Tong Food Industries Pte Ltd to subscribe for 50.11 per cent of Jing Tong Food Co Ltd for 28 million renminbi
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        Lock icon Devotion HI net quadruples
        102 8 HEATING equipment specialist Devotion Eco-Thermal landed a bumper half year with net profit more than quadrupling. Earnings for the six months to June 30 jumped to four million renminbi (S$830,000) from 0.9 million renminbi in the previous corresponding half year. Hie strong performance came on the
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      668 6  -  Compiled by VEN SREENIVASAN ComfovtOeigro Corp AMgl6dMfa£sL23 GOMFORTDELGRO reported an interim net profit of Sslo2 million, a substantial improvement from the Sars-affected corresponding period last year. The company also declared an interim and a special dividend, yielding a total of more than 4 per cent. The main drivers
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      Lock icon Airocean good proxy for China logistics industry
      261 6  -  HOT STOCK WARRANT By Ven Sreenivasan MAINBOARD-LISTED air logistics specialist Airocean Group saw a 35 per cent drop in first quarter earnings to $690,000 for the three months to end-June, from $1.1 million a year earlier. This was despite a 71 per cent
      Source: Bloomberg  -  261 words
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      Lock icon High-beta stocks hit as investors go for safety
      487 6  -  BT comment STOCKS ven sreenivasan WITH oil prices hitting their 10th record high in as many sessions, investors understandably had little appetite for risk yesterday. As a result, the market drifted in thin lacklustre trading as players stayed on the sidelines. Traders
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      Lock icon US$ falls on record June trade deficit
      611 6  -  BT comment CURRENCIES Euro rises to four-week highs, NZ dollar lifted to best level in over four months larry wee THE greenback was again pummelled painfully in New York trading on Friday, after news of a record US trade deficit of US$55.B billion
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Gay Chee Cheong raises ACCS stake
        122 6 ACCORD Customer Care Solutions non-executive director Gay Chee Cheong bought 75,000 shares in the company at 63.5 cents apiece in the open market yesterday, raising his direct stake from 0.11 per cent to about 0.12 per cent. His deemed stake remains unchanged at 5.88
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        Lock icon HIL deputy MD exercises options
        46 6 POR Khay Ti, deputy group managing director of HTL International, yesterday exercised share options giving him a stake of 250,000 shares or 0.084 per cent in the leather sofa maker for $115,000. HTL shares closed one cent lower to $1.24 yesterday.
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        Lock icon China EnerSave CEO ups stake
        51 6 CHINA EnerSave chief executive Koo Ah Seang bought 91,000 shares in the company on Friday at 14.5 cents apiece. This raised his direct and deemed stake to 5.75 per cent from 5.71 per cent. The Sesdaq-listed company's shares dipped half a cent to 14.5 cents
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        Lock icon Aspial chief exec buys 200,000 shares
        52 6 ASPIAL Corporation chief executive Koh Wee Seng bought 200,000 shares in the jewellery company on Friday at 30 cents apiece. The open-mar-ket purchase raised his direct interest from 4.36 per cent to 4.56 per cent. Aspial shares closed half a cent down to 31.5
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        Lock icon Lafe Tech CEO's shareholding up
        68 6 LAFE Technology chairman and chief executive Christopher Ho Wing-On's deemed stake in the company rose to 63.24 per from 63.18 per cent after The Grande Group bought on the open market a total of 571,000 shares 160,000 shares at 17.5 cents apiece on Friday and
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        Lock icon Achieve chief buys 1.2 m shares
        58 6  -  Compiled by TAILA KRISHNAKUMAR ACHIEVA executive chairman and chief executive Henry Lim Yong Choon bought 1.2 million shares in the company yesterday at about 14.7 cents apiece. The open-market transaction raised his direct stake from 21.47 per cent to 21.71 per cent. Achieva's shares
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      Lock icon Trust among friends key driver of SNFs successful integration
      892 7  -  Its CEO tells JESSICA CHEAM about their vision of becoming an important player in the Asian region JESSICA CHEAM HE WAS once a founding director of multibillion dollar company, Nat Steel Electronics (NEL). But instead of choosing to rest on his
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      Lock icon Small caps hit as investors bail out
      431 7  -  By Toh Hooi Ling TOE disparity in the performance of blue chips and small-cap stocks widened significantly this week. The UOB Sesdaq Index plunged a sharp 6.8 per cent in the five sessions to yesterday, versus a more moderate 2.5 per cent decline
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Relentless preparation key to good leadership: Giuliani
      593 9  -  Preparation for disasters helps, says ex-NY mayor, citing 9/11 example By Nande Khin RELENTLESS preparation is the key to being a good and effective leader, said the man who led New York City through its darkest period, the 9/11 tragedy in 2001. Rudolph
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      Lock icon LabOne to build new $25m testing facility
      326 9  -  By Jessica Cheam HOMEGROWN testing services company Lab One Singapore broke ground yesterday for a $25 million facility at International Business Park in Jurong. To be completed in two phases by May and December next year, the 110,000 sq ft facility will consolidate
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      Lock icon Retail sales rise 5.5% in June
      221 9  -  EYE on the economy By Nande Khin OVERALL retail sales rose 5.5 per cent in June this year from May. Excluding vehicles, the gain was 2.8 per cent. Boosted by the Great Singapore Sale, most retail activities reported higher turnover in June. Retailers of
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      Lock icon PM Lee suited for the job: ex-mayor
      195 9 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong is well suited to lead Singapore, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said yesterday. "I think (PM Lee) has got the background that suggests he knows what to do and how to do it," Mr Giuliani said.
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      Lock icon Reach out to Asia's youth – through their mobile phones
      299 9  - Reach out to Asia's youth through their mobile phones By Daniel Buenas MOBILE phones may become the "broadcast television" of the next generation, and companies must learn that in the new techsawy youth culture of Asia, creativity will be the key differentiating factor for success in reaching out to younger
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  • FOCUS property
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      Lock icon Overseas investors eyeing S'pore shopping malls
      509 10  -  Average annual returns of 6-7% make them attractive: report By Vince Chong SOME shopping mall owners in Singapore must be smiling to themselves, as property funds and major real estate investors look to add such assets to their portfolios. With annual returns averaging 6-7
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      Lock icon Eco-friendly buildings can save you money
      423 10  -  A 3-room flat's maintenance fees may total 8% of its value over 50 yrs By Andrea Tan MAINTENANCE fees paid for the upkeep of a threebedroom leasehold suburban apartment over a 50year period will add up to about 8 per cent of its value,
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon White powder scare at US embassy in M'sia
      380 11 KUALA LUMPUR M'si&n stocks slip as news added to jitters about high oil prices Reuters THE stock market here fell nearly one per cent at one stage yesterday on news that an envelope containing suspicious white powder and threats against Americans was
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      Lock icon US to station customs officials at Pelepas
      220 11 KUALA LUMPUR AFP UNITED States customs officials will be deployed to a second Malaysian port, Tanjung Pelepas in Johor, to screen US-bound container cargo for terrorism risks, the American embassy said yesterday. The move comes against a background of increased concern over the
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    • NOTE Book
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        Lock icon GE has big plans for Malaysia
        103 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] General Electric Co—which is seeking to expand into the finance sector in Malaysia —says it won't put a cap on its investment in consumer financing in the country, Malaysian Business Times reported yesterday. The company wants to be free from any limits
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        Lock icon Shell Refining posts RM175m Q2 net
        97 11 [KUALA LUMPUR] Shell Refining Company (Federation Of Malaya) yesterday announced its highest ever quarterly income after tax of RMI7S million (Ss79 million) for the second quarter, exceeding by RMS3 million the previous record of RMI22 million set in the first quarter of this year.
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        Lock icon Indonesia's FDI approvals down 34%
        62 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's foreign investment approvals fell 33.6 per cent to US$3.3O billion in the first seven months 0f2004 compared to the same period last year, the state investment agency said yesterday. However, agency data showed domestic investment approvals jumped 34 per cent to 18.72
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        Lock icon IOI Corp Q4 earnings surge 52%
        91 11 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] 101 Corp, Malaysia's largest oilpalm plantation company by sales, said fourth-quarter profit rose 52 per cent after it exported more palm oil and its property unit sold more homes. Earnings rose to RM218.6 million (5598.8 million), or 19.4 sen a share,
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      Lock icon Ranhiill eyes stake in UEM Builders for RM1b: report
      340 11 KUALA LUMPUR RANHILL Bhd is eyeing Khazanah Nasional's 51.7 per cent stake in UEM Builders Bhd at a price tag of RMI billion (***** million), the Star newspaper reported yesterday, citing sources. If it materialises, the move would create the largest
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      Lock icon Shanghai's 19 km bridge and tunnel link approved
      295 11 SHANGHAI AP CHINA has approved a 19kilometre bridge and tunnel link in Shanghai that would be the biggest project of its kind in the world, an official newspaper said yesterday. The route to Chongming island would combine a 10 km suspension bridge
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      Lock icon Malaysia's New Straits Times plans tabloid version
      521 11 Move aimed at turning around falling circulation Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's broadsheet Englishlanguage newspaper, the New Straits Times, will add a new compact edition from next month in a bid to turn around falling circulation, its group editor-in-chief said yesterday. Following the lead
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      Lock icon Rising US rates could hit Asia, ADB warns
      516 13  -  Study highlights risks of capital outflows, reduced export demand From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo IS Asia headed for another financial and economic crisis, spurred by the global movement towards higher interest rates? This may appear to be an exaggerated interpretation of the
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      Lock icon China wants state firms to disclose execs' pay
      128 13 BEIJING AFP EXECUTIVES in China's state-owned and controlled enterprises (SOEs) are now required to make public their annual income, the latest attempt by the government to fight rampant corruption in the sector, the government said yesterday. The country's top state assets watchdog,
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      Lock icon Hong Kong jobless rate expected to drop to 6.8%
      439 13 MORE JOBS Reuters [HONG KONG] Hong Kong is expected to report on Thursday that its unemployment rate slipped to 6.8 per cent in the three months ended July this year, as the territory's rebounding economy helped create jobs in vibrant tourism
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      Lock icon China's fast growth leads to labour shortage, says report
      271 13 HONG KONG Rising farm incomes also deter people from migrating CHINA'S explosive economic growth is leading to shortages of migrant labour among the country's 1.3 billion people, Financial Times reported yesterday, citing warnings by economists and government officials. The shortages, confined
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon US economy: Fed can do only so much
      713 12  -  THE bottom line OPINION paul samuelson Tribune Media Services International PEOPLE abroad go whole hours not thinking about US economic growth. Tacticians in the Bush White House right now, by contrast brood about not much else. The suspense is immense. Weakness in
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      92 12 'Gambling of this type is very rare here although it was very popular in the old days, so we were very surprised when we first heard about it.' -Angns Yeong Fu-yin a Hong Kong police inspector, on a betting syndicate that offered bets on battles between huge
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      570 12 EDITORIAL WHEN an industry deregulates, its members react in a variety of ways to counter the threat of competition. Most seek to separate themselves from their peers by offering new and different products. Many will step up their efforts to increase market share through aggressive advertising. Some even
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      1174 12  -  If the US dollar and US prosperity decline, looking to China to take over as global economic locomotive would be misguided the Asian giant has too many problems of its own By V Anantha Nageswaran RECENTLY, I came across an interview with
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      899 12  -  COMMENTARY Rather than fixing the economy, the government has a pet mega-project By William Pesek Jr Bloomberg [SEOUL] Anyone wondering about South Korea's economic health need only look at the central bank's surprise interest rate cut last week. It came at time when its
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    4565 14 Transaction date: Aug 16 HONGKONG Vol HK Exchanges Clearing..15.40 -0.20 3586 HKS 000 HKRInfl 2 53 -0.03 1637 Hong Kong Electric 33.60 unch 1984 Aeon Credit 4.95 unch 0 Hongkong Chinese 0.93 unch 50 Aeon Stores .6.75 unch 62 Hopewell Holdings 16.40 -0.15 394 Alpha General 0.30 0.01
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      529 15 SEATTLE Google expects US$108 to US$135 a share, compared with analysts' forecast of US$70 to US$115 Reuters FRIDAY the 13th was decision day for investors weighing whether to bid for shares in Google Inc's initial public offering. The big question now is,
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      363 16 FRANKFURT Weak US economy may discourage users from replacing old models: Gartner Reuters GLOBAL shipments of personal computers may not rise as fast as expected this year if US economic growth slows, discouraging firms and consumers from replacing old models, market re- search group
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        100 16 Reuters [PARIS] Four private equity firms have agreed to acquire Bermuda-based Intelsat, the world's second-largest satellite operator, for an enterprise value of about US$5 billion, people close to the deal said yesterday. Intelsat, which carries voice, video and data traffic, became the third satellite company
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        85 16 AFP [MUNICH] Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, estimated yesterday that damage from Hurricane Charley will burden the reinsurance industry by up to US$l4 billion. The hurricane hit Florida last week, killing at least 16 people and leaving thousands homeless. A Munich Re spokesman said
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        76 16 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Telstra Corp, Australia's largest phone company, may be fined and taken to court to stop it stifling competition in high-speed Internet services, said Graeme Samuel, chairman of Australia's competition regulator. Mr Samuel threatened Telstra with fines in March after it cut the
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      498 16 TOKYO Reuters JAPAN'S UFJ Holdings Inc will choose either Britain's HSBC Holdings or Japan's Shinsei Bank to take over its consumer finance unit, sources said yesterday, with the winner gaining entry into one of Japan's most lucrative businesses. A takeover of Aplus Co,
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      729 16 NEWS analysis WASHINGTON AP GOING against conventional wisdom, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an election year. And it is Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, a Republican, who is leading the charge even though an incumbent Republican in the
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      311 17 Bloomberg OIL tanker bookings are set to accelerate this week in the Persian Gulf as oil companies and traders get confirmation for September loading dates. Shipbrokers disagree whether freight rates will climb as well. Three very large crude carriers were signed up over the weekend, shipbrokers such as
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      281 17 SGX '000 Aug It SS W- Vol CH Offshore 036 -0.02 1377 ChoanHup 0.53 unch 1027 Cosco Investment ...._.0.77 -0.0« 6316 CWT Distribution...—0.47 -0.01 36 Ezra Hldgs 0 93 001 20 Freight Lmks .0.10 unch 160 Grand Banks Yacht.....0.79 -0.02 132 Jaya Holdings 0.89 0.01 3749 K1 Venture—
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      511 17  -  Greenfield project to build container terminal, multi-purpose berths By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] P&O Ports looks set to add another port to its Indian network after securing the rights to become an investor in Bengal Port Ltd (BPL), which will develop a container and
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      270 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Oil companies and traders may pay more to hire supertankers if Venezuelan oil exports are disrupted in the aftermath of a vote that could remove President Hugo Chavez from office, New York-based shipbroker Poten Partners said. The US, which relies on Venezuela for
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      371 17  -  Fincantieri has won contracts to build high tech aircraft carriers By George Joseph [SINGAPORE] Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri marked its strength in naval buildings when it launched an aircraft carrier for the Italian Navy and announced contracts to be involved in constructing a new type of
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      112 17 AP [SYDNEY] Twelve people were hospitalised yesterday after a New Zealand navy ship's lifeboat plunged 10 metres into the water at a Sydney dock, the ship's commanding officer said. The accident happened during a drill on the HMNZS Endeavour, which was berthed at the Garden
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      458 17 Demand for cargo, vessels increasing Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co, the world's sec-ond-largest shipbuilder, said its first-half profit rose 20 per cent from a year earlier because of increasing orders for cargo and container vessels. Net income rose to 191.6 billion won
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      654 18 FIGHTING terrorism A week-long training operation involving 8 nations shows how seriously it regards terrorist threats AP [ABOARD THE USS CROMMELINJ THE US Coast Guard boarded the ship in the choppy Caribbean waters and began counting crew members, but the numbers did not
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      108 18 PAGE Austral AL 5 Bank Line 4 BSA 4 B'tang Mas 3 CMACGM 3 •COSCO 3 China Shpg 4 Crocodile Line 4 Delmas 4 Dongnama 3 Eukor 2 ECL 3 Foong Sun 4 Gemartrans 4 Hamburg Sud 3 Hangli 4 Heung-A 3 IRISL 5 Jesselton 5 Kyowa
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        799 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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        242 24 Union members voting on a proposal to strike Bloomberg [LONDON] British Airways, Europe's second-larg-est airline, must increase its pay offer to 11,000 baggage handlers and check-in staff to avoid strikes, said the UK Transport General Workers Union. T&G members are voting on
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        398 24 Declining cash reserves force it to rethink operational strategy Reuters [NEW YORK] The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc may add more longerhaul routes, spend more on customer service and amenities and cede some US market share in a bid to help
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        513 24 Passenger numbers rise 14% to 739,000 as it cats prices Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Austrian Airlines Group, owner of Austria's largest carrier, said passenger traffic in July rose 28 per cent as the company added long-distance routes. The number of passengers on the
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        210 24 AFP [BUDAPEST] Three Frank-furt-bound flights, two of them from Istanbul, were grounded by bomb alerts at the weekend, it emerged yesterday. Hungarian police told AFP that a bomb hoax had forced a Turkish Airlines flying from Istanbul to Frankfurt to make an emergency
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        254 24 AFP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's Dragonair passenger and cargo traffic hit record highs in July, the company said yesterday. It flew 412,838 passengers in July, up 6.7 per cent from June as leisure travel during the summer holidays boosted traffic, the company
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        121 24 Xinhua [KUALA LUMPUR] Search and rescue teams have found the wreckage of the Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) helicopter reported missing in Sarawak. Commanding Officer of the army's 20th battalion Lt Col Hamdan Hussein was quoted by Bernama as saying rescuers also airlifted one of the 10 soldiers
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          71 24 Bloomberg [MANCHESTER] Manchester Airport Group pic, which owns the UK's third-biggest airfield, said its full-year profit surged nine-fold as low-cost airlines including BMlBaby and Hapag-Lloyd Express added flights. The net income was £35.5 million (*****.18 million) for the year ended March 31, compared with £3.9 million
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          106 24 Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] Austrian Airlines Group said financial damage from Friday's strike by pilots and flight attendants amounted to 650,000 euros (551.36 million). The company, which owns the main Austrian Airlines brand as well as Lauda Air and Austrian Arrows, said it had to cancel 19
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          175 24 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, the country's two largest carriers, said more people travelled abroad in summer this year after the 2003 outbreak of Sars ended in Asia. The number of people who made overseas trips on Japan Airlines rose 28
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        214 24 AFP [HANOI] Vietnam Airlines said yesterday the government had denied it permission to hike ticket prices to compensate for rising fuel costs. Nguyen Chan, spokesman for the state-owned carrier, said Deputy Finance Minister Nguyen Ngoc Tuan on Saturday formally rejected the request made
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