The Business Times, 5 November 2004

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    9 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES online lACA(F)Q23A3OQO4 SMGAPORESSoMI Frktoy November 5,2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon StarHub-Cisco tie-up looks set to cut telecom bills for firms
    651 1  -  BT exclusive Analysts see Net telephony sparking local price war By RAJU CHELLAM [SINGAPORE] Companies will be able to slash the cost of international phone calls and tele and video conferencing with a new service from Star Hub and US
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    Lock icon Wall St sobers up the morning after
    538 1  -  Investors refocus on fundamentals, ponder impact of Bush win By ANDREW MARKS in New York REALITY caught up with Wall Street yesterday morning after the euphoria of Wednesday when the market floated on news of President George W Bush's re-election. With the party
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    Lock icon S'pore President, PM congratulate Bush
    172 1 [SINGAPORE] President S R Nathan and Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday sent congratulations to US President George W Bush on his re-election. The President said he was most heartened by Mr Bush's clear determination to press on with the global war against terrorism. In
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    139 1 STI 2,010.65 (-6.78) ST INDEX FUTURES 1.996.00 (unch) siMsa 241.01 (-1.14) SIMSa FUTURES 242.10 (-1.30) MARKETS Thursday Change KLSECOMP 872.02 -M3 NIKKEI 225 10.946.27 +58.46 HANG SENG 13.369.09 -28.58 SET INDEX 639.13 -2.16 JAKARTA COMP 888.34 -2.03 MANILA COMP 1.820.11 -7.11 SEOUL COMP 851.20 -9.85 SHENZHEN B 222.69
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    50 1 TOP STORIES ...PG 2,3 COMPANIES PG 4,6,8.9 MARKETS PG 10 SINGAPORE PG 11,12 ECONOMY PG 13 MALAYSIA PG 14 INDONESIA PG 14 CHINA PG 15 INDIA PG 15 ASIA-PACIFIC.. PG 16 WORLD PG 16 AVIATION PG 17 SHIPPING PG 18 EDITORIAL ..PG 20,21 STOCKS PG 22,23 LIFESTYLE ...PG 28-32
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      11 1 MANUFACTURING Sharp deterioration in outlook for S'pore industry pgh 8 HI
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      144 1 WORLD ECONOMY Mogul Stanley's chief economist is very worried pg 13 SINGTEL SHARES Itemasek to place out 340 m of the telco's shares PG4 1 k v ishares his C— A jjpjl* SDH /^H JBk L.U.C TWIN Outstanding design for exceptional precision L.U.C TWIN. Self-winding chronometer, double spring barrel L.U.C
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon US dollar takes a dive despite Bush win
      505 2  -  Strong jobs number may enable selling at better levels, say analysts By LARRY WEE [SINGAPORE] The US dollar fell sharply overnight despite the American stock market rallying on confirmation of a second term for President George W. Bush. And worse still, currency
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      Lock icon Oil traders brace for higher prices
      648 2  -  Bush's handling of US economy. Middle East crucial By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] Oil markets are watching to see how reelected US President George W Bush handles the economy and whether he maintains his hardline Middle East stance for clues on where oil prices will
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      577 2 Temasek to place out 330-340 m Sing Tel shares PROMPTED by the strong demand for Singapore Telecom shares as a result of the telco's healthy second-quarter results, Temasek Holdings said yesterday it is placing out 330-340 million Sing Tel shares representing a stake of about 2 per cent.
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      Lock icon Time to get back to the nitty-gritty
      595 3  -  COMMENTARY R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IF YOU were to read most news reports, you might form the impression that the stock market is over the moon with US President George W Bush's re-election. Republicans, it is often said, tend to favour market-friendly policies,
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      Lock icon UK sweetener maker to open plant here
      533 3  -  By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Singapore is emerging as a manufacturing location for specialty ingredients with the latest announcement by Tate Lyle pic to open a £97 million (***** million) plant here. The plant will produce a sucralose product called Splenda, a no-calorie sweetener
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      Lock icon Registers of electors has over 2.1m names
      146 3 [SINGAPORE] The Elections Department yesterday said the registers of electors at all 23 electoral divisions here have been certified and there are now more than 2.1 million names in them. Of these, 420 are from overseas. They will be able to vote at
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Temasek to place out SingTel shares
      715 4  -  Placement of 330m-340m shares comes as telco reports 62% jump in Q2 earnings By ANGELA TAN PROMPTED by the strong demand for Singapore Telecom shares as a result of the telco's healthy second-quarter results, Temasek Holdings said yesterday it is placing out 330-340 million
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      Lock icon SingTel's stellar results may sway investors
      584 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By ANGELA TAN SO, SINGAPORE Telecommunications has posted better-than-expected results for its second quarter. Its shares yesterday rose 3 per cent to $2.49 before easing on profit-taking to close at $2.45. That's a rise of three cents from Wednesday, and trading
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      Lock icon PacNet doubles Q3 earnings to US$1.6m
      359 4  -  By RAJU CHELLAM SINGAPORE-BASED Pacific Internet (PacNet) reported a doubling in third-quarter earnings its 11th consecutive quarter of profitability and said it will offer data security services to help corporate customers manage online security risks during the fourth quarter. The Nasdaq-listed company, an associate
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      Lock icon Jardine C&C Q3 profit rises 15%
      481 6  -  Property arm MCL Land's earnings surge 73% to US$5.8m By SAMUEL EE and KALPANA RASHIWALA A STRONG performance from Indonesian unit Astra including its gains from the sale of a coal mine provided Jardine Cycle Carriage with a 15 per cent rise in net
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      Lock icon M&C profit triples in Q3 after recovery in travel
      461 6 Net income shoots up to £8.9m from £2.9m in Sars-hit 2003 Bloomberg [DUBLIN] Millennium Copthorne Hotels Pic, the British company that sold half of New York's Plaza last month, said third-quarter profit tripled as its US, UK and Asian hotels benefited
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      Lock icon Singpu hits the right formula as Q3 earnings soar
      325 6  -  By JOYCE KOH SINGPU Chemicals is certainly concocting a potent growth formula as it yesterday announced a triple-dig-it gain in third-quarter revenue and earnings. The company, the largest ion-membrane chlor-al-kali producer in Jiangsu Province and the third largest in China, said
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      Lock icon Informatics' Q2 disappointing: CEO
      332 8  -  Second-quarter's revenue dives 54% and net loss swells to $26.7m By KENNETH LIM INFORMATICS Holdings' 54 per cent revenue plunge and sharply widened loss for its second quarter prompted new chief executive Michael Teng to describe the results as "disappointing". "The business environment will continue to
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon SGX, FTSE Group in index deal
        67 8 SINGAPORE Exchange and global index provider FTSE Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the creation of internationally recognised indices for the Singapore and regional markets. The two will undertake a consultative study on the feasibility of introducing indices for the trading
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        Lock icon Jakarta sells 10% of Bank Danamon
        93 8 Reuters INDONESIA said it has sold a 10 per cent stake in the country's fifth-largest bank, PT Bank Danamon Tbk, to raise more than 1.7 trillion rupiah, aimed at helping cover the state budget deficit. Singapore's Temasek Holdings is a majority owner of Bank
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        Lock icon Boustead unit wins $90m in contracts
        63 8 BOUSTEAD Singapore Limited's subsidiary, Boustead Projects Pte Ltd, has secured contracts totalling about $90 million for industrial developments in Singapore with a total area of about 150,000 square metres. The projects are expected to have a positive material impact on the profitability and earnings
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        Lock icon ACCS unit in talks to buy China firm
        38 8 ACCORD Customer Care Solutions Limited's wholly-owned subsidiary, Accord Customer Care Solution (Asia), has signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the acquisition of an after-market service provider in mainland China.
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        Lock icon Pan United Marine posts $8m Q3 loss
        65 8 PAN United Marine posted a Q3 loss of $8 million, against a net profit of $1.5 million a year ago. Revenue went up 53 per cent to $53.7 million. The group said the loss arises from a $12.6 million provision for a vessel
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        Lock icon Stamford Land's profit dips
        34 8 STAMFORD Land Corp said its half-year net profit fell 8.5 per cent to $3.6 million. For the six months ended Sept 30, revenue dropped 17.5 per cent to $105 million.
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        Lock icon SSC profit soars to $6.1min Q2
        67 8 SINGAPORE Shipping Corp's net profit rose 161 per cent in Q2 to $6.1 million, from $2.3 million a year ago. For the three months ended Sept 30, the group saw a 27.1 per cent jump in revenue to $26.5 million. This brings its half-year
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      Lock icon Frontline H1 profit surges 42% to $2.1m
      378 8  -  By RAJU CHELLAM MAINBOARD-LISTED Frontline Technologies Corp's net profit surged 42.4 per cent in its first-half year, helped by strong growth in infotech services and overseas operations. The year-on-year earnings rise which came as revenue jumped 28.5 per cent to $67.5 million brought
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      Lock icon Shanghai Asia's Q3 net profit up 34% at 15.8m yuan
      371 8  -  By CHEN HUIFEN SHANGHAI Asia yesterday reported a 34 per cent jump in its third quarter net profit to 15.8 million yuan (553.2 million), as it rides on the growth of the cigarette industry in China. On account of the
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      Lock icon UOB offers new home loan package
      323 9  -  Customers can get same rates on deposits as their mortgage By JOYCE KOH IN the latest salvo unleashed in the competitive home loans market, United Overseas Bank (UOB) yesterday unveiled a new home loan product that is applicable to new purchases and refinancing of
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      Lock icon First Engg unveils joint venture; H1 profit rises 31 %
      471 9  - First Engg unveils joint venture; H1 profit rises 31 By KENNETH LIM PRECISION plastic component maker First Engineering said interim net profit rose 30.8 per cent to $12.8 million as stronger tooling orders and reined-in harddisk drive inventories hint at a firmer outlook. The company, which is proposing a half-cent
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      Lock icon China's Sinobest raising $10.6m from IPO
      388 9  -  By KENNETH LIM WITH a track record of government security and insurance systems contracts under its belt, China-based Sinobest Technology Holdings is raising $10.6 million through an initial public offering to ride the modernisation wave sweeping the country's social services. The offer, priced at
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Traders move into 'what next' mode
      537 10  -  STOCKS Friday's US jobs report looms over the horizon as players may revert their attention to economic concerns R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent NOW that the US presidential election has been milked dry for all its worth as a marketmoving theme, it looks very much
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      910 10  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM NET profit of $64.5 million in Q2 was below our forecast. This was due to lower investment income and a $4.6 million exchange loss. Compared with Q2, profit was down 55 per cent but this was largely due to an exceptional $71 million gain
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      419 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Nov 4 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -194.00 -133.00 BTCAPI -*****.00 -85.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -20.00 AM-SG Equities 521.43 -0.96 SG Equities Elect 154.77 -2.45 SG Equities Fin 1596.43 -25.28 SG Equities Prop 482.49 +1.33 SIMSCI 241.01 -1.14 SiMSCI Futures 242.10 -1.30 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME Anwell
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      Lock icon Euro hits 8-month high against dollar
      396 10 CURRENCIES AP. Bloomberg [BERLIN] The euro hit an eight-month high yesterday against the US dollar, which fell sharply on worries about the economic effects of rising oil prices and expectations of continued trade and Budget deficits under a reelected President George W. Bush. The
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon UOL buys more Hotel Plaza shares
        127 10 UNITED Overseas Land continued to consolidate its hold over hotel arm Hotel Plaza yesterday, buying 190,000 shares on the open market at undisclosed prices. UOL, an investment and property development company chaired by United Overseas Bank chairman Wee Cho Yaw, now has a 76
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        Lock icon Armstrong director buys 5.5 m shares
        66 10 ARMSTRONG Industrial Corp independent director Anthony Ang Meng Huat raised his stake to 1.64 per cent from 0.57 per cent yesterday by buying 5.5 million shares on the open market. Those shares were bought at 14 cents each. Mainboard-listed Armstrong is a manufacturer of
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        Lock icon Yongnam director pareshis holdings
        132 10 YONGNAM Holdings executive director Seow Soon Hee sold 5 million shares on the open market on Wednesday at about 2.5 cents apiece, paring his stake to 3.72 per cent from 4.39 per cent. Mr Seow also sold 2.5 million warrants the same day at one cent
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        Lock icon Cheung Woh directors' stakes raised
        158 10  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM A FAMILY trust bought 506,000 shares of Cheung Woh Technologies, or a 0.19 per cent stake, on Monday last week, raising the deemed shareholding of three Cheung Woh directors to 4.96 per cent from 4.76 per cent. The Cheung Woh Trust
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon Manufacturing outlook poor as PMI dips to 51.5
      568 11  -  Contraction threat looms, with fall in new orders and output in October By ANNA TEO THE outlook for Singapore's manufacturing sector has deteriorated sharply, with the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI) dipping to within touching distance of the 50point base level to
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      Lock icon HSBC to expand branch network here by 20%
      392 11  -  By SIOW LI SEN HSBC Singapore is looking to expand its branch network by at least 20 per cent. This could be accomplished next year through some refocusing on corporate clients and possibly an increase in offsite automated teller machines by 50
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    • SINGAPORE ROUNDUP
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        Lock icon S'pore appoints Canada envoy
        50 11 THE government has appointed Vanu Gopala Menon as Singapore's High Commissioner to Canada, resident in New York. Mr Menon is also Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985 and has served in various posts.
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        Lock icon 3 NTU dons win engineering awards
        54 11 THREE professors from the Nanyang Technological University were presented the Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards organised by the Institute of Engineers, Singapore (lES). They are Pan Tso-Chien, Tay Joo Hwa and Lawrence Koe, who won for their respective projects in land use maximisation, biological wastewater
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        Lock icon WDA to launch 3 labour guides
        29 11 THE Workforce Development Agency (WDA) said it will be launching three labour guides to keep citizens up to date about labour market trends.
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      Lock icon Boutique developer is big winner
      549 12  -  Wah Khiaw bags 3 of 7 bungalow plots in Sentosa Cove's 2nd land sale: sources By KALPANA RASHIWALA BOUTIQUE developer Wah Khiaw has bagged three of the seven bungalow plots which Sentosa Cove has awarded in its second land sale, sources told BT. Market watchers
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      Lock icon Pricing seen as key to more new homes being sold this year
      539 12  -  By VINCE CHONG PROPERTY players believe that the total number of new private homes sold this year will still exceed last year's measly 5,156 as long as developers bring on the projects but at reasonable prices. They add,
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      Lock icon BMW design head joins advisory panel on design
      379 12  -  By SAMUEL EE THE man largely seen as responsible for BMW's bold new look (disagreeing Beemer fans have used less flattering terms) has been appointed to Singapore's first International Advisory Panel (lAP) on design. BMW Group design director Chris Bangle will join
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      34 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS LEGEND:All prices are indicative;Broadly Diversified; Narowly Focused;$ Lower Risk;^ Low to Medium Risk;& Medium to High Risk;** Higher Risk;open-ended;+Before subdivision of units;After subdivision of units;SP after stock split N.A-Non Dealing Day
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      192 11 FINAL AUCTION VALUABLE SEIZED MERCHANDISE High Value Bank Collateral Assets impounded under Preventive Distraint in enforcement of Court Injunction ordered to be sold by Mayor International Bank in the exercise of a lien against a very substantial unpaid loan to a leading Persian carpet wholesaler together with other outstanding consignments/
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Global outlook slipping into 'danger zone'
      532 13  -  Major economies have 40% chance of outright recession: Morgan's Roach By ANNA TEO [SINGAPORE] As far as the world economic outlook is concerned, it makes no difference whether George Bush or John Kerry is in the White House, according to Morgan Stanley's chief economist
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      Lock icon Tough economic challenges ahead for Bush
      490 13 NYT [WASHINGTON] Even as US President George W Bush was celebrating his election victory on Wednesday, his Treasury Department provided an ominous reminder about the economic challenges ahead. After four years of rapidly rising budget deficits, the Treasury announced on Wednesday that the government
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      Lock icon A 'depressed' economist's poll on Bush and the dollar
      267 13 HE was giving his take on the world economic outlook in the post-US election period. Then, after fielding some questions, Stephen Roach who said he wasn't jet-lagged from having just flown in from New York, just "depressed" with the election outcome
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Msia's Scomi Q3 profit jumps, eyes US market
      189 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian oil services firm Scomi Group Bhd said on Wednesday that its third-quarter net profit rose more than fourfold, lifted by its recent purchase of Oiltools International Ltd, which provides drilling waste management services around the world. Scomi said
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      Lock icon Sime Darby to spend up to RM2b on regional purchases
      454 14  -  Its sight is set on plantations, oil and gas business to spur growth, says CEO By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur SIME Darby, which last year spent slightly over Ss3oo million to acquire assets in Singapore, plans to shell out
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      Lock icon Yudhoyono orders Indonesian military chief to stay on
      202 14 Xinhua [JAKARTA] Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered Military Chief Hndriartono Sutarto to retain his post and prevented Army Chief of Staff Ryamizard Ryacudu from attending a parliament meeting in which he is likely to be nominated as new military chief.
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      Lock icon Stanchart, Astra cleared to buy 51 % of Permata
      216 14 Stanchart, Astra cleared to buy 51 of Permata Reuters [JAKARTA] A consortium headed by Standard Chartered won formal clearance yesterday to acquire a 51 per cent stake in Indonesia's seventh largest lender, PT Bank Permata, the central bank said. London-based Stanchart and Indonesia's largest automotive distributor, PT Astra International, won
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      805 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT CAP 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF SKYBEST PTE LTD (Company No. *****3481H) NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (Pursuant to Section 290) At the Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the above-named Company, duly convened and held at 5 Shenton
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      733 14 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP.SO AND M THE MATTER OF CIC ASSET MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at 63 Market Place #15-01 Singapore *****2 on 28 October 2004 at 10a.m., the following
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      784 14 M THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP.SO AND M THE MATTER OF XIN YUAN (SG) MARITIME ENTERPRISES PTE LTD (MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING UP) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at SO Raffle* •Place *56-01 (JOB Plaza 1 Singapore *****4 on 28 October
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      535 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF MOCAM INDUSTRIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD (IN MEMBER'S VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) At in Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of MOCAM INDUSTRIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD, duly convened and held on 31 October 2004 at 11.00 a.m., at 4-3,
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      406 15 Top officials say progress made; analysts expect yuan shift any time Reuters [BEIJING] China's top financial officials pledged to make the yuan currency more flexible, saying fundamental preparations had been made but stressing the need to avoid volatility, state media said on
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      835 15 Majority opinion favours China to come out on top but India is closing the gap Bloomberg CHINA and India, the two Asian giants, are both trying to become rich, each in its own way. China is big in manufacturing, while India's strength is in
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      174 15 AP [HONG KONG] Financial analysts who offer anonymous stock tips in Hong Kong media outlets will be required to identify themselves in an attempt to prevent share price manipulation, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission said. Many Hong Kongers are small-time investors, and
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      434 15 Many are from lucrative retailing, Internet sectors [BEIJING] Thirty-some-things are doing well in China's emerging capitalist society, making billions on retailing and the Internet, according to a list of the country's richest people issued yesterday. Top of the list of the 200 richest
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      312 15 AFP [BElJlNG] Trade between China and the 10 Asean nations should surpass US$lOO billion this year, said Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi while calling for the fast tracking of a proposed free trade area (FTA). "From January to September, bilateral trade increased 35.6 per cent year-on-year
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      719 16 Ashcroft, Ridge likely to give up Justice, Homeland Security; Powell, Rice face moves NYT. LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] President George Bush's re-election produced a scramble that administration officials said Wednesday could reshape the Cabinet, with Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Secretary
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        63 16 Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The Dutch farm ministry sealed off more livestock farms yesterday after discovering cancer-causing dioxin in animal feed that had also been exported to Germany and Belgium, authorities said. A total of 162 Dutch cattle, pig, sheep and goat farms, eight Belgian and
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        55 16 Reuters [PARIS] Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has been in a coma since Wednesday evening and was now in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a French military hospital, aides said yesterday. They said doctors still did not know what was wrong with him,
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        78 16 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 28 per cent as strength in broadcast and cable television helped offset a lacklustre performance by the film division and Italian pay-TV losses. News Corp reported a fiscal first-quarter
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        72 16 Reuters [MANILA] PLDT, the Philippines' top phone company, announced record quarterly earnings yesterday as its mobile phone services lured more new users than. rival Globe Telecotn. > Analysts said the v fourth quarter should be even better as people buy or upgrade mobiles with Christmas
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        63 16 Reuters [MANILA] San Miguel Corp recorded al2 per cent fall in third quarter net profit as poor results from its poultry and soft drinks businesses offset strong beer sales. San Miguel, owned 15 per cent by Japan's Kirin Brewery, said it had
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      464 16 All eyes on whether there'll be continuity LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] With the re-election of President George Bush, a burst of aggressive rule-making at the Securities and Exchange Commission over how companies should be governed may be coming to an end. "I think we've dona the
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      338 16 Reuters [WASHINGTON] US business productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter to a 1.9 per cent annual rate, but was still faster than expected, a preliminary government report showed yesterday, while unit labour costs grew at a modest 1.6 per cent pace.
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      360 17  -  He says S'pore firms can leverage on their strengths By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] China's logistics market offers huge growth opportunities for Singapore transport and logistics players, Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday. "The transport and logistics sector, as a crucial growth enabler,
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      173 17 Bloomberg [DUBAI] Emirates, the largest Arab airline, said it stopped recruiting administrative staff and may increase a ticket surcharge to offset a 47 per cent rise in its first-half fuel costs. "There's a recruitment freeze as we're all trying to do same things
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      459 17 Report says Aussie carrier, HK's Shun Tak and Air Macau agree on JV details Reuters [SYDNEY] Australia's discount airline Virgin Blue said yesterday talks continued with Hong Kong casino magnate Stanley Ho's Shun Tak Holdings and Air Macau about setting up a
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      332 17 AFP [PARIS] The Chinese regional carrier Hainan Airlines has finalised an order for eight Airbus A 319 aircraft, with delivery scheduled from 2005 to 2007, the European aircraft maker said. The order is part of an initial placement for 30 Airbus aircraft inked with
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      329 17 Bloomberg, AFP [TOULOUSE, France] European Aeronautic, Defence Space Co, Europe's largest aerospace company, increased its forecast for 2004 earnings as net profit more than doubled in the first nine months of the year. EADS reported net profit of 597 million euros (Ssl.3
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      556 18  -  By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Fires burning deep within the cargo holds of the bulk carrier Nina, loaded with 58,600 tonnes of coal, were extinguished recently after a five-day salvage effort which included grounding the vessel and flooding its cargo holds. The salvage operations were
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      177 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Top Tankers Inc on Wednesday agreed to buy five suezmax oil tankers for U*****.5 million to increase its fleet to 21 ships. Proceeds from the expected sale of 7.52 million common shares will be used to finance the purchase,
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      463 18  -  Kidnap-for-ransom cases in Malacca Strait may spread to other areas: IMB By DONALD URQUHART Source: IMB [SINGAPORE] Piracy and armed robbery attacks on ships continued its wellworn trend over the first nine months this year, with 56 per cent of the 251 actual
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      739 18  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A US appeals court last week stalled a major class action by a group of bulk chemical traders against four giants in the parcel tanker industry with its ruling that the damages claim for price fixing ought to first
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      174 18 Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai dry bulk carrier Precious Shipping said yesterday its thirdquarter net profit more than doubled due to higher freight rates on the back of robust global trade. Precious, which ships mainly Thai agricultural and wood products as well as building materials, reported
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      746 20  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent THE decision by two of East Asia's leading economic powers, China and South Korea, to apply for membership of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) thereby ending Japan's reign as the sole representative from this region
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      768 21  -  By HAROLD EVANS LAT-WP THE striking thing about the innovators who succeeded in making our modern world is how often they failed. Turn on a light, take a photograph, watch television, search the Web, jet across the Pacific, talk on a cell phone. The innovators
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      385 21  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Kenichi Suganuma Minister Embassy of Japan I REFER to the editorial, "Japan turns to pre-emption" (BT, Oct 15). I believe the editorial misleads readers on Japan's defence policy. The editorial seems to suggest that the government of Japan has adopted
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      511 28  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN ACCORDING to some of the writers involved in the Indian literary arts scene, there's both good news and bad news. The bad news first. With the increased demands of study and work, the absolute numbers of Singaporeans writing fiction
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      651 28  -  PARVATHI NAYAR finds out more about the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore's ambitions and its inaugural exhibition PARVATHI NAYAR AN arts venue you'd visit without checking the programme because cool stuff always happens there, whether cuttingedge arts, or arty conversations in its cafe: the Institute
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      406 28  -  By SANGEETHA MADHAVAN WHILE a bona fide hit on the West End and Broadway, an imported production of Irish playwright Marie Jones' two-hander Stones In His Pockets brought in by Sh! Productions which tours British productions regularly to the Middle East showed that not
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      675 29  -  Five dancers jointly created a new piece for 'Double Happiness' in just two weeks, reports CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON DANCE lovers will have a good snapshot of the Asia-Pacific contemporary dance scene this weekend, when six young leading dancers from Hong Kong,
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      955 30  -  Derek Althorp is very hands-on when it comes to building his home theatre, reports KENNETH LIM KENNETH LIM GIVE a passionate perfectionist a lot of money, and you have Derek Althorp building a US$l million home cinema. The 63-year-old cochairman of Sesdaq-listed DMX Technologies has combined a
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      494 31  -  CINEMA The characters in Shark Tale are forgettable, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU SHARK Tale is the new computer-generated animated underwater offering from Dream Works that looks a lot like a kid flick but is aimed more at the grown-ups accompanying them. Numerous references to R-rated classics
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      825 31 WATCHES HE is said to build complicated watches so tough, he can toss them across a room without damaging them in the least. This despite the fact that exquisitelycrafted watches with haute complications such as the tourbillon mechanism are known to be very delicate,
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      201 32  -  Four entrepreneurs from across the Causeway are making their mark on Singapore's commercial landscape. CHEAH UI-HOON reports CHEAH UI-HOON ANEW breed of Malaysian entrepreneurs are making an impact on Singaporeans' lifestyles—whether they're bringing in international art exhibitions, selling fragrant coffee buns, providing a top-of-the-line bus
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      342 32 COME December, Singapore will be overrun by the sheer weight of Colombian artist Fernando Botero's imagination with 20 monumental outdoor sculptures, 15 smaller sculptures and over 50 paintings which go on show. This is Botero's largest and most comprehensive exhibition in Asia,
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