The Business Times, 13 November 2004

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    18 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES weekend SINGAPORE 85 cents MCA(P)OZ3A»2OO4 November 13-14 2004 online at http, tK/wnesstimes ,is*al com sg
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  • Article
    Lock icon Good times are back for Asian loans
    669 1  -  US$87b in nine months is a seven-year high By SIOW LI SEN [SINGAPORE] The Asian syndicated loan market is making a big comeback, driven by strong liquidity and improving economic conditions which have driven interest rates to very low levels. While the dominant
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    804 1  -  SATURDAY SOAPBOX An exasperated writer gives software makers a piece of his mind CHRISTOPHER REED DESPITE being the world's richest man, Bill Gates is still deficient in two respects. First, he remains unable get a decent haircut. And second, when users of his
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  • Article
    Lock icon Huge Suntec Reit set to launch by year-end
    698 1  -  By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] The biggest initial public offer of 2004 looks set to take place by year-end. Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust which will own about two million sq ft of retail and office space at Suntec City, worth about $2.1
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    135 1 sn 2,***** (+15.47) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,022.00 (+3.00) SIMSO 243.00 (+1.18) SIMSO FUTURES 242.90 (+0.50) MARKETS Friday Changs KLSECOMP Closed NIKKEI 225 11.019.96 +173.06 HANG SENG 13.784.46 +159.95 SET INDEX 639.74 +12.40 JAKARTA COMP 934.03 +8.85 MANILA COMP 1.742.81 -22.28 SEOUL COMP 876.67 +15.41 SHENZHEN 8 236.13 +2.61
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    Lock icon CONTENTS
    44 1 TOP STORIES PG2 COMPANIES... PG 4.5 S'PORE NEWS.... PG 8 ECONOMY PG 10 MALAYSIA PG 11 INDONESIA PG 11 CHINA PG 12 INDIA PG 12 WORLD PG 13 HEALTH PG 14-15 WELLNESS PG 16 MOTORING PG 17 SHOPPING PG 18 PURSUITS PG 19
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Western Union expands presence in S'pore
      452 2  -  It taps into market for migrant workers' remittances By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Western Union, the money transfer subsidiary of US-based First Data Corporation, is stepping up its presence in Singapore and Asia to tap into the increasing flow of money that migrant workers
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      Lock icon Study on S'pore oil cavern nears completion
      557 2  -  Green light for underground storage complex likely after March By RONNIE LIM [SINGAPORE] The go-ahead for an underground oil and natural gas storage complex at Jurong Island could come after March/April next year when the project's main consultant finishes its work. The massive
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    • Article
      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      650 2 Telcos shine in weak, lethargic market SHARES of Singapore Telecommunications, Mobile One and Star Hub jumped in active trade as funds snapped up laggard stocks yesterday amid a generally lethargic and weak post-holiday market. Dominant telco Sing Tel ended at the day's high of $2.39, with more than
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  • RAFFLES CONVERSATION
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      Lock icon Committed to the cause
      1887 3  -  Bain Company's colourful chairman Orit Gadiesh tells ANNA TEO how she keeps her company true to its values ANNA TEO FOR someone once described by Fortune magazine as one of just a handful of CEOs who "seem to have been born with it" 'it' being the
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    • Article
      Lock icon She reads about 100 books a year
      429 3 SHE'S passionate about the theatre, and reads some 100 books a year. And brings it all back to her work helping big companies tackle major business problems. "I read fiction, I read history, I read biography, I read science, I read military history,
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon F&N plans retail mall Reit; posts $291.9m profit
      643 4  -  Proceeds from the Reit could come in handy for group's expansion overseas By ANDREA TAN FRASER and Neave's renewed interest in setting up a real estate investment trust (Reit) may be good news for yield-hungry investors. "We've plans to structure our retail
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    • Article
      Lock icon Telcos shine in weak, lethargic market
      476 4  -  By ANGELA TAN SHARES of Singapore Telecommunications, Mobile One and Star Hub jumped in active trade as funds buy the laggard stocks yesterday amid a generally lethargic and weak post-holi-day market. Dominant telco Sing Tel ended at the day's high of $2.39, with more
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      Lock icon STI up 23 points at a 4-year high
      494 4  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IT has been a frustrating week for those who make their living trawling the small caps but a rewarding one for those who stuck to the blue chips, especially the larger index components a softening of oil
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      Lock icon Fund managers seek bigger role in firms
      1011 4  -  CORPORATE ANALYSIS JOYCE KOH looks at whether this is a good thing for the companies JOYCE KOH THE breed of fund managers sitting passively on their investments are giving way to those who roll up their shirt sleeves for some action. Such fund
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    • Article
      Lock icon SembCorp Q3 profit drops 30% to $53m
      510 5  -  However, it expects full year's results to be 'significantly better' than 2003 By ANGELA TAN DIVERSIFIED conglomerate SembCorp Industries yesterday unveiled a 30 per cent drop in third-quarter profit but group chief executive officer and deputy chairman Wong Kok Siew expects the full
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      Lock icon ComfortDelgro's Q3 profit up 5% to $50m
      320 5  -  By SAMUEL EE GROWTH in overseas divisions, rail operations and diesel sales pushed transport giant ComfortDelGro's net profit 5.1 per cent higher to $49.8 million in the third quarter ended Sept 30. Excluding a one-time gain of $13 million from the disposal of
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      Lock icon CAO's Q3 net earnings down 15% to $8.8m
      240 5  -  By VINCE CHONG AS expected, China Aviation Oil (CAO) has sustained a substantial trading loss as a result of the recent fluctuations in oil prices. For the third quarter ended Sept 30, its gross profit plunged a whopping 91.5 per cent from
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Keppel unit wins $80m deals
        44 5 Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp said its US unit won four contracts worth $80 million to repair oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico for Ensco International Inc and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc, both offshore oil drillers based in Texas. Bloomberg
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      • Article
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        710 5 Sea View Hotel Net profit was $2.8 million from the three months to Sept 30,2004, thanks mainly to sale of investments and interest income from its cash balances. The former hotel group had lost $229,000 previously when the group was still receiving some revenue from operations. Total Automation
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  • PERSONAL INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      584 6  -  Compiled by JEAN CHUA CITY DEVELOPMENTS Nov 12 dose: $6.80 Kbit Eng Research Nov 12 THIRD-QUARTER net profit of $52.4 million was above our expectation due to a $9.9 million write-back of tax over-provision which redueed the effective tax rate to 1.1 per cent. Excluding this, earnings would
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon KS Tech directors' deemed stake rises
        120 6 KS TECH directors saw their combined deemed shareholdings increase when investment vehicle Kim Seng Holdings bought 100,000 shares at 85 cents apiece yesterday. Executive chairman Tan Kim Seng, executive director Tan Fuh Gih, alternate directors Tan Hoo Lang and Tan Wei Min, are all
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        Lock icon Japan Land director ups stake to 0.16%
        50 6 JAPAN Land independent director and accountant Jen Shek Voon bought 500,000 shares at 6.4 cents on Wednesday in the open market, raising his stake to 0.16 per cent, from 0.11 per cent. Japan Land shares finished half a cent down at six cents.
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        Lock icon NTI director raises substantial stake
        50 6 NTI International non-executive director Yang Yo-Min saw his deemed stake rise to 17.78 per cent from 17.71 per cent after Flinderslane Asset Management bought 100,000 shares on the open market at 13 cents apiece on Wednesday. Shares of the group closed unchanged at 13 cents.
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        Lock icon Venture Corp chairman cuts stake to 6.1%
        92 6 VENTURE Corp chairman and chief executive Wong Ngit Liong sold 300,000 shares at $15.20 on Wednesday, bringing his substantial stake down to about 6.1 per cent from about 6.2 per cent. Mr Wong had in mid-week exercised stock options amounting to 500,000 shares
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      Lock icon BT SHARE INFORMATION SERVICE
      1057 6 For week beginning Nov 8 SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDER/DIRECTOR TRANSACTIONS SubuntUI Bay No of Mm SHAREHOLDING Tram Shareholder Sail Sharai Par Mora Aftar Stedc Data Plratter Com TO Shr$ CW* Q88) Venture Corp 10-Nov-04 Wong Ngit Liong OE 500 14.40 ***** 6.00 ***** 6.19 Lafe Tech 10-Nov-04 Christopher
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      Lock icon Timely decisions?
      928 6  -  SHOW ME THE MONEY Private investors would be able to identify with the experience of Keppel Corp which sold SPC shares only to see the price pick up thereafter TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent FOR the many retail investors who regretted no end for selling their shares too
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      Lock icon First State to launch dividend-paying fund
      367 6  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA FIRST State Investments will launch a dividend-pay-ing Asian equity fund with an expected annual distribution of 4 per cent. The fund, First State Dividend Advantage, aims to make quarterly distributions from dividends and capital gains of the underlying holdings. One per
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      240 6 1 I -v I v-> 1 1 X' I i ft M tt *mM Be honest, how do you make financial decisions? If your current financial strategy depends At The Fry Group, we believe that a successor which way the wind is blowing, you might ful personal financial strategy depends
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  • BT INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE
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      Lock icon Emerging markets
      2835 7 OVERVIEW: WHERE to put your money in the wake of a presidential election that has left many investors gaping in dismay at the fastexpanding twin deficits in the US and at an equally rapidly-shrinking dollar? Four of the world's leading experts were in general agreement that emerging markets
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon PC shipments rise 7.8% in 03
      578 8  -  Growth above forecast thanks to corporate demand for replacements By RAJU CHELLAM THERE'S still a silver lining on an otherwise dark cloud in the infotech sector in Singapore. Personal computer shipments in the third quarter rose 7.8 per cent in Singapore, slightly above forecast,
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      Lock icon S'pore team bound for Bahrain financial IT show
      267 8  -  By NANDE KHIN A PART of Singapore's financial services industry will be showcased for the first time in the Middle East later this month. Led by International Enterprise Singapore (IE Singapore), a team of five Singapore based companies hope to provide a
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      Lock icon S'pore-lndia trade pact enters last lap
      450 8  -  By AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THE long-drawn negotiations between Singapore and India on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have entered its last lap and talks are expected to be wrapped up by the end of this month. The outstanding issues expected to be resolved relate
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      6 8 Transaction date: Nov 12
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  • NETWORK SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon At a gentler pace
      1198 9  -  It took some adjustment, but ANGIE COSSINS has finally mastered the art of taking things slowly and enjoying life Down Under ANGIE COSSINS LIFE overseas is a breeze. When 1 moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1996,1 remember just how I felt after I stepped off
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      1677 9 Transaction Date: Nov 12 SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER TURNOVER fOOO) VALUE ('000) HAW SCO IQIA1. MAIN SQfi total Muttllnd 9.997 9.997 18.281 18.291 Manufacture 197.993 14.736 212.729 159.203 3.436 162.639 CSBSMG* 32JU A109 3&0fi0 44,489 491 44,980 Tot/Stof/Com 88,079 217 88.366 149.094 251 149,345 Rome. 31.996 111 32.016 193.905 46
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      97 9 Angie Cossins was bom and bred in Singapore and is married to a British fITjA citizen. She has been living overseas ufvl/ since 19%, and now resides in Melbourne, Australia, and works for an energy management and software develop- Singapore ment company. Angie is an overseas Singa- International porean whom
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Japan's 3rd qtr growth grinds to a virtual halt
      643 10  -  Main recovery engines-export demand, private capex- both falter B y ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo JAPAN'S economic growth came virtually to a standstill in the third quarter of this year with real GDP expanding by a far lower than expected 0.1 per
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      Lock icon Sharp slowdown in Q3 euro-zone growth
      323 10 AP [BRUSSELS] Growth in the euro-zone economy slowed sharply in the third quarter, led by weaker-than-expec-ted results in France and Germany, and is expected to remain sluggish in the next six months, according to data released yesterday. The European Union's statistics agency showed that
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      Lock icon US Oct retail sales up slightly as expected
      471 10 Reuters. Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US retail sales rose modestly as expected last month, but the underlying message from the consumer was strong at the start of the fourth quarter after record oil prices failed to deter shoppers. The Commerce Department said yesterday that
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      Lock icon German recovery peters out in Q3
      238 10 AFP [FRANKFURT] The modest recovery of the German economy ran out of steam in the third quarter, official data showed on Thursday, as exports, the main driving force behind growth of the eurozone's biggest economy, slumped on the back of the global economic slowdown.
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    • Article
      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      34 10 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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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL firms paying out higher dividends
      396 11 This is despite earnings that are only in line with expectations [KUALA LUMPUR] Investors could be in for some pleasant surprises if publiclisted companies keep up with the present trend of rewarding shareholders with more generous dividends, reports The Star citing a JP Morgan
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      Lock icon AirAsia in advanced talks to buy new planes
      557 11 Bernama Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Low cost carrier Air Asia Bhd is at an advanced stage of negotiations for new aircraft purchases and an agreement may be reached as early as next month to acquire up to 80 new aircraft, says group chief
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      Lock icon UMW's Q3 pre-tax profit falls 36% to RM83m
      277 11 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] UMW Holdings Bhd said its pre-tax profit for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2004, fell by 36.3 per cent to RM83.152 million from RM130.573 million in the Q3 last year. The lower profit was due to higher motor
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      472 11 < 1)1 ASIA PACIFIC BREWERIES LIMITED (Registration No. *****0007-K) Results Announcement Highlights For the Year Ended 30 September 2004 The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited results of the Group tor the year ended 30 September 2004. 30 Sop 2004 30 Sop 2003 Chango Revenue $1,370.7 m $1,278.9 m
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      419 11 gfl -k| FRASER AND NEAVE, LIMITED eS (Registration No. *****0001R) Results Announcement Highlights For the Year Ended 30 September 2004 The Directors are pleased to announce the unaudited resuits of the Group for the year ended 30 September 2004. 30 Sep 2004 30 Sep 2003 Change Revenue $3,446.3 m $3,667.8
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon Traders betting on yuan to appreciate
      540 12 Yuan forwards gain on expectation of quicker move to flexibility Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Traders are increasing bets that the yuan will appreciate, speculating that China will accelerate efforts to make its exchange rate policy more flexible. China may let the yuan fluctuate more freely
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      Lock icon Air China plans London trading debut on Dec 16
      328 12 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Air China Ltd. the country's largest international carrier, plans to begin trading in Hong Kong and London on Dec 16, following an initial public offering of at least US$75O million, people involved in the sale said. The state-owned airline's
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      Lock icon Wedding boost for India gold demand
      526 12 Sales buoyed too by dip in prices from 16-year high Bloomberg GOLD demand in India, the world's biggest consumer of the metal, will probably rise from next week as dealers buy bullion for jewellery ahead of the wedding season from late November to February.
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      Lock icon Dancers with mop tops?
      66 12 [HONG KONG] Choreographer Carlos Pads and members of the Hong Kong Ballet company is producing a three-part short programme called "Trilogy", one of which will give the points and tutus treatment to seven Beatles' hits. "Beatles on a String" is billed as a classical work with
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      Lock icon India plans banking system overhaul
      255 12 AFP [NEW DELHI] India plans a far-reaching overhaul of its outdated banking system to enable it to keep pace with the technological revolution sweeping the sector globally, the finance minister said on Thursday. The government will introduce a series of bills in parliament in the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Accenture to double China workforce by 2007
      203 12 Bloomberg [BEIJING] Accenture Ltd, the world's second-largest consultant, plans to double its China workforce by 2007, betting that banks and insurers will boost technology spending as the country deregulates its financial industry. Accenture will increase the number of workers in China to as
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  • ASIA-PACIFIC/WORLD
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      Lock icon Investment group may bid for Adelphia
      465 13 Joint bid could be largest leveraged buyout since RJR Nabisco in 1989 NYT [NEW YORK] Several prominent investment firms are exploring a joint bid for all of Adelphia Communications, the cable operator that is up for sale, in what would be the largest leveraged
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      Lock icon Dell's Q3 profit up 25% on PC, printer demand
      305 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Dell Inc, the world's largest personal computer maker, said third-quarter profit rose 25 per cent, driven by demand for PCs and printers during the back-to- school season. Net income increased to US$B46 million, or 33 cents a share,
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    • Article
      Lock icon HSBC in talks to buy Korea First Bank: govt official
      506 13 Reuters [SEOUL] HSBC Holdings Pic is in talks to buy Korea First Bank from controlling shareholder Newbridge Capital, a senior South Korean official said yesterday, in a deal reportedly worth up to US$3.l5 billion. The talks over South Korea's eighth-largest
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    • Article
      Lock icon S'pore to host centre to fight piracy
      184 13 [SINGAPORE] Singapore has been chosen to host a new information-sharing centre aimed at combating piracy in the region. The decision was taken after a regional meeting of Asian nations last week in Tokyo. The centre is part of a wider regional agreement proposed
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      Lock icon Barrett retires with chips down
      577 13 He leaves behind slumping sales growth, restless investors and product delays Bloomberg INTEL Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett wanted to go out in glory like his old boss, Andy Grove. Instead, he'll retire to slumping sales growth, restless investors and repeated product delays. "Grove's timing
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      Lock icon BMW man raps owners of MG Rover
      104 13 AFP [LONDON] The British head of BMW has denounced the owners of MG Rover as "the unacceptable face of capitalism" for reaping millions in payouts despite the ailing state of their British carmaker. Jim O'Donnell, managing director of BMW Great Britain the former
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      1935 13 MT* XPRESS HOLDINGS LTD (Reg. No. **********) XDreSS (Incorporated In The Republic of Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Xpress Holdings Ltd ("the Company") will be held at 8* Floor Boardroom, No. 1 Kallang Way 2A, Communications Techno Centre Singapore *****5 on
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  • HEALTH
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      1637 14 your health questions answered What is the ratio of patients opting for living donor liver transplants to that of patients waiting for a suitable cadaveric donor liver? What is generally the doctor's advice? Is looking for a living donor liver transplant the first option most patients look at now?
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      Lock icon Having surgery? Consider going MIS
      1636 15  -  It is relatively painless and you get to go home earlier. Just make sure your surgeon has what it takes. TAN SU YEN finds out why minimally invasive surgery is becoming the preferred option for certain types of surgery TAN SU YEN DOCTORS are now
      PHOTOS BY ARTHUR LEE  -  1,636 words
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      1658 14 CSA HOLDINGS LTD Unaudited Second Quarter Financial Statement and Dividend Announcement 1(a) (i) Income Statement $'000 Group 3 months ended 6 month* ended NotM 30.09.2004 30.09.2003 30.09.2004 30.09.2003 Revenue 125,329 116,246 248,786 229,530 Cost of sales (I) (64,863) (60.706) (130,834) (122,595) Cost of services rendered (I) (48,607) (43,406) (94,725) (86,100)
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      426 15 m v\ m i* 1 Every year, over 200,000 patients from Asia's premier fully integrated healthcare provider Largest regional network of private hospitals and 150 Countries come to Sincpapore for healthcare services tertiary care. Over 60% of them are J seen by specialists from one of our over 1,200 specialists
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  • WELLNESS
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      1164 16  -  No need to pay a bundle, nor slave over a stove for the goodness of cordyceps. Technology has helped make the herb more accessible, finds CHEAH UI-HOON CHEAH UI-HOON THANKS to technology, increasing awareness in the West, and a growing group of Asian "yuppies" interested in Traditional Chinese
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  • MOTORING
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      753 17  -  SINGAPORE MOTOR SHOW The Singapore Motorshow 2004 kicked off this week with a slew of new models. SAMUEL EE looks at some of the highlights SAMUEL EE IT was loud, glitzy and almost glamorous. The Singapore Motorshow 2004 is a surprisingly interesting affair, with lots of dancing
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      Lock icon When Gottlieb (sort of) met Karl
      361 17 ONE of the most prestigious names in motoring owes it to Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz, and yet these two brilliant gentlemen had never actually met. However, they did invent the motor car in 1886 and when their respective companies merged in 1926, the
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      Lock icon Rolls-Royce plans convertible
      361 17 ROLLS-ROYCE gave the Singapore Motorshow 2004 a huge measure of credibility when the ultra-luxury carmaker announced on Wednesday that it will build a new twodoor, four-seat convertible inspired by the 100 EX Centenary Experimental Car. The new drophead will be based on the Phantom's lightweight aluminium spaceframe
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  • SHOPPING
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      Lock icon Mass market shake-up
      1007 18  -  A new fashion retailer pitching itself as a msyor urban-casual player is in town. CAT ONG pits the new WH against the competition CAT ONG IN SINGAPORE, there are maybe four brands dominating the mainstream mid-to-low-priced fashion retail market the likes of Esprit, Giordano, Bossini and U2
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    • IN STORE
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        Lock icon Moveable feast
        69 18 IF you have a cluttered kitchen and guests are descending on you soon, here's a quick idea that's inexpensive and clever: a kitchen trolley with elegant chrome lines and a clean white look. For $29 (usual $55), it can be used as a mini storage cabinet or a
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        Lock icon Gem of a bag
        61 18 INSPIRED by Verner Panton's circle designs, the soft nappa leather Boheme bag comes with a colour-coordinated enamelled buckle with rose gold trimming. The shoulder-carry bag retails at $922 and the hand-carry version sells for $853. They are available in onyx black, petrol blue, rouge and tobacco
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        Lock icon Ring in the festive season
        80 18 GOLDHEART Jewelry is having a festive promotion where it is giving discounts of up to 50 per cent till Nov 15. One of the better bargains is this range of men's rings retailing from $174 onwards (usual price starts from $248). Classic, stylish and masculine,
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      • Article
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        101 18  -  Compiled by MIKE CHUA Raffles City: With every $50 spent, you'll stand a chance to win a family holiday to Disneyland USA! Charge to Citibank Credit Cards and/or Citibank Ready Credit to triple your chances of winning. More privileges for Citibank cardmembers: Enjoy complimentary coffee/ tea and first
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      Lock icon A success born of desperation
      655 18  -  By CAT ONG "JUST when you think you've got her down pat, Pat Liew always comes up with something different!" says Irene Yeo-Tan, marketing director of Mid-Point Properties, which manages both Tanglin Mall and Great World City, where the leading Malaysian retailer has her British
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  • TRAVEL
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      Lock icon Streets of Plenty
      1735 19  -  JAIME EE wanders the different districts of Paris for the best produce the food-obsessed city has to offer JAIME EE EATING and shopping may be Singapore's national past time, but in Paris, the combination of the two borders on obsession. It's not so much discovering the next
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      Lock icon Practicalities
      902 19 Where to stay Le Meridien Etoile 81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint-Cyr Tel: (33) 140 *****6 The thing about going to Paris is that the hotels are horribly expensive, and a cab ride from the airport costs at least 40 euros. That's probably why Le Meridien Etoile is a practical choice
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  • FOOD
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      1992 20 Singapore may be a city, but it still has its share of rural delights, including eating spots that offer that back-to-nature experience KRANJI may be some distance both literally and figuratively from the culinary centre of Singapore, but its surprisingly rustic charms are being discovered by a
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      315 20 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 A 3 In Grampian broadcast there's ACROSS time for a grouse (9) 1 Brace for a blow left at finish of 4 Last buckled under the last to gale (6) P r ePfe <6) -1 5 Time I'll get locked up in low 5 Cambndge revue that
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