The Business Times, 17 December 2004

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at .com.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004 Friday, December 17,2004
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  • Article
    Lock icon MAS to review rules in light of CAO affair
    521 1  -  Any decision will come after inquiries into CAO are completed By JOYCE KOH [SINGAPORE] Regulators in Singapore and China promised yesterday to look at whether regulatory changes are needed once investigations into the China Aviation Oil (CAO) debacle are completed. In
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    140 1 STI 2,034.30 (-14.49) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,041.00 (+2.00) SIMSCI 242.41 (-1.41) SIMSCI FUTURES 242.80 (+0.80) MARKETS Thursday Change KL.SE COMP 904.29 -047 NIKKEI 225 10,924.37 -32.09 HANG SENG 14,024.63 -53.91 SET INDEX 661.42 +4.24 JAKARTA COMP 957.16 +18.01 MANILA COMP 1,820.82 +25.93 SEOUL COMP 873.70 +4.86 SHENZHEN B
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    Lock icon CONTENTS
    48 1 TOP STORIES Pta I. J COMPANIES... PG 4-9 MARKETS PG 8 SINGAPORE PG 11,13 ECONOMY PG 14 M'SIA/INDON.. PG 15 CHINA PG 16 INDIA PG 17 WORLD PG 19 AVIATION PG 20 SHIPPING PG 21 EDITORIAL PG 22 LETTERS PG 23 STOCKS PG 24,25 LIFESTYLE ...PG 30-36
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Private sector jobs jump to 19,000 in Sept
    528 1  -  MOM: Structural unemployment still a concern, though By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] Private sector job openings hit the highest number in three-and-a-half years in September as the unemployment rate tumbled to 3.4 per cent, says a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) report. According
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Oldest S'pore goldsmith buckles under debt
      437 2  -  Poh Kong Chye had started year hoping to reconnect with younger customers By VINCE CHONG [SINGAPORE] It was the country's oldest goldsmith and a household name among the older generations of Singaporeans. But Poh Kong Chye has shocked customers and some business associates by
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      Lock icon S'pore hotels still rank among the best: survey
      636 2  -  Five local hotels have made it to a list of the best 80 hotels in the world By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPOREI Singapore hotels are still among the world's best, according to a survey by Institutional Investor. Singapore ranked third out of 37
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      668 2 Star Cruises to invest in budget carrier Valuair? IS listed cruise line operator Star Cruises investing in Singapore discount carrier Valuair? That is the market speculation after the company sent out invites to a press conference next Monday indicating it would be announcing a "strategic investment in a
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      Lock icon Philips to sell monitor, part of flat TV ops to TPV
      457 3  -  US$350m deal will make TPV the world's top PC monitor maker By JEAN CHUA [SINGAPORE] Dutch electronics giant Philips said yesterday it will sell its OEM monitor business and part of its flat-screen TV operations to Taiwan's TPV Technology
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      Lock icon China cracks the whip on state firms
      329 3 They have been ordered to shape up and to link presidents' pay to results Reuters [BEIJING] China has told 30 major state-owned enterprises to shape up and signed a contract with their presidents linking salaries and bonuses to results, state media said yesterday.
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon Stop being known as a small-time bourse, SGX
      909 4  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By R SIVANITHY IT IS heartening to hear that the regulatory authorities are prepared to review the current rules governing listings in the local stock market. At first glance, any such soul-searching is motivated by the various accounting scandals
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      Lock icon Temasek, mulling CAO rescue, seeks details of court filings
      470 4 Bloomberg TEMASEK Holdings, the state-owned Singapore investment group that has been asked to help rescue China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, has sought details of court filings in relation to the oil trader. Lawyers acting for Temasek have asked to view court
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      Lock icon Focus on corporate reputation
      266 4  -  TROUBLE AT CAO A new survey will gauge the public's perception of firm Reports by Joyce Koh MENTION a company's name, and what images are conjured? What are people's opinions based on its past record? In the wake of the battered reputation suffered by China Aviation
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      Lock icon Sias to meet CAO task force today
      282 4 MINORITY shareholders whose money vanished investing in beleaguered China Aviation Oil (CAO) may finally get some answers today. The Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) is meeting the CAO board-appointed task force and the company's independent financial adviser Deloitte Touche this afternoon at
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      Lock icon Star Cruises eyeing stake in Valuair?
      544 5  -  Company's plan to unveil 'strategic investment' adds fuel to speculation By VEN SREENIVASAN IS Star Cruises investing in Singapore discount carrier Valuair? Weeks of market speculation have gone into overdrive in the wake of the listed cruise liner operators' decision to send out invites
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      Lock icon HK court rules to allow Link Reit IPO
      543 5 But one tenant says she will appeal the ruling Reuters [HONG KONG] A Hong Kong judge rejected the latest legal challenge to the US$3 billion Link Reit IPO, but the fate of the deal remains uncertain because a public housing resident seeking
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      Lock icon SembCorp Marine wins US$131m oil rig contract
      137 5 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Marine, one of Singapore's two biggest shipbuilders, said it won a US$l3l million contract to build an oil rig for Norwegian company Petrojack AS, plus options for two more orders. The deep drilling offshore jack-up rig will be built at SembCorp's
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      Lock icon Chartered shares dive on deeper fourth-quarter loss warning
      726 7  -  The foundry is expected to stay in the red next year and possibly the following year By ANGELA TAN SHARES of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing sank to an 18-month low yesterday a day after the chip maker warned of deeper-than-expected fourth quarter losses
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      Lock icon Jardine C&C ups Astra stake, may buy more
      335 7 Further purchases bring holding to 47.21% Bloomberg JARDINE Cycle Carriage Ltd, the sole seller of Mercedes Benz cars in Singapore, raised its stake in PT Astra International to 47.21 per cent and may acquire a majority holding in Indonesia's biggest automobile distributor.
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon STI falls back on 'window-undressing'
      509 8  -  STOCKS Some stocks responsible for Wednesday push, like F&N and Venture, end up as top losers R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent After shooting up 17 points on Wednesday thanks to some last-minute win-dow-dressing, the Straits Times Index (STI) not surprisingly fell back 14.49 points to 2,034.30
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      1037 8  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH Singapore Airlines Dec 16 dose: $11.40 DBS VICKERS SECURITIES, Dec 16 STRONG November operating data: Solid November operating data showed that SlA's passenger load factors were up to 75.4 per cent and capacity was seasonally normal. The company continued to report strong load factors,
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      Lock icon US$ punished anew by poor flows data
      544 8  -  CURRENCIES LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent THE US dollar plunged anew across the board in overnight trading after sensitive flows data for the US economy released by the US Treasury revealed a sharp fall in net inflow for the month of October 2004. The
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Nam Lee directors' deemed stakes raised
        86 8 AN open-market purchase of 50,000 Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries Ltd shares by Nam Lee Industries Pte Ltd at 28.98 cents apiece on Tuesday raised the deemed stakes of executive chairman Yong Koon Chin and executive director Yong Poon Miew to 52.11 per cent
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        Lock icon Gay Chee Cheong buys 500,000 Midas shares
        123 8 GAY Chee Cheong of 2G Capital bought 500,000 Midas Holdings shares at 30 cents each yesterday, raising his direct stake in the China-based aluminium and plastic pipe extruder from 2.82 per cent to 2.89 per cent. The company's shares were unchanged at 30
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        Lock icon Fund manager's deemed interest in E&E falls
        83 8 FUND manager Value Partners' deemed interest in Elek Eltek (E8iE) fell from 7.98 per cent to 6.98 per cent after a series of transactions on Tuesday. The fund manager previously held 11.67 million shares, and after the transactions, 10.41 million shares. E&E is
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        Lock icon Oppenheimer Funds ups stake in Courts S'pore
        87 8 OPPENHEIMER Funds bought 63,000 shares of Courts Singapore on Dec 2, increasing its stake in the furniture and electronics retailer from 8.52 per cent to 8.56 per cent. Oppenheimer has been buying Courts Singapore's shares after Courts returned to the black in its
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        Lock icon See Hoy Chan adds to holding in AsiaPharm
        120 8  -  Compiled by JEAN CHUA PRIVATELY held See Hoy Chan Equities raised its stake in China-based pharmaceutical maker AsiaPharm Group from 5.15 per cent to 5.4 per cent, by buying a million shares on the open market on Tuesday. Earlier this month, AsiaPharm
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      427 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Dec 16 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -545.00 -163.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -53.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -54.00 All-SG Equities 520.95 -3.18 SG Equities Elect 155.58 -2.95 SG Equities Fin 1602.70 -0.98 SG Equities Prop 501.60 -3.57 SIMSCI 242.41 -1.41 SiMSCI Futures 242.80 +0.80 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon ACCS restructures, ties up with major player MCS
      633 9  -  More resources wilt be moved to faster growing markets By WONG WEI KONG LISTED Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS), the leading provider of aftermarket services (AMS) for mobile communications and high-tech consumer products in the region, yesterday unveiled a restructuring that would
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon FELS incorporates Regency Steel Japan
        54 9 KEPPEL Corporation said its wholly-owned FELS Offshore has incorporated Regency Steel Japan Ltd in Japan. Regency's principal business activity will be to source, fabricate and supply specialised steel components. FELS owns 85.1 per cent of Regency's share capital, while the remainder is held by Mitsui
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        Lock icon Sincere Watch gets mainboard nod
        46 9 THE Singapore Exchange has granted in-principle approval for the transfer of Sincere Watch to the main board of SGX from Sesdaq. The watch company said the effective date of the transfer of its securities will be announced at a later date.
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        Lock icon GKE in joint venture with Wideshine
        103 9 GKE International said it has entered into a joint venture agreement with Wideshine Enterprises Co Ltd for the purpose of investing in Hunan Wideshine Logistics Co Ltd, which will be renamed Hunan GKE-Wideshine Transportation Co Ltd. Liu JiChun, who currently holds 4.21 per cent
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon HK's Titan Petrochem gets nod to buy S'pore oil trader
      226 11 Bloomberg TITAN Petrochemicals Group, a Hong Kong-based garment maker turned oil shipper, said shareholders approved the purchase of a Singapore-based oil trading business from its chairman for US$25 million in new stock. Minority shareholders unanimously approved the purchase of the
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      Lock icon Industrial land glut to continue till H2 2005
      764 11  -  Govt will continue to suspend release of new industrial sites in H1 2005 Reports by VINCE CHONG THE industrial real estate glut will continue to be a drag on the sector as the old year bows out although consultants are hopeful that
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      Lock icon Lower Delta site sale under GLS soon
      358 11 A LOWER Delta Road site is set to be the first plot sold in more than a year under the government industrial land sale programme (GLS), with construction/property group Sim Lian putting in an "aggressive" top tender bid of $18.9 million, or about
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      Lock icon CPG to design Turkish underwater tunnel
      221 11  -  By NANDE KHIN CPG Consultants will be involved in designing one of the world's deepest underwater tunnels the US$l billion Marmaray Railway Bosphorus Tube Crossing project in Istanbul, Turkey. Earlier, CPG was also involved in helping the Turk-ish-Japanese consortium comprising Taisei Corp and their
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      Lock icon Analysts forecast slight fall in Nov non-oil exports
      536 13  -  They see export growth continuing to fall as global demand slows By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] A low base of comparison probably makes November's export performance look better than it seems. Last month's key non-oil domestic exports (NODX) are tipped to have
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      Lock icon Asian bond market lifted by US$2b fund
      386 13  -  It is 2nd stage of plan to develop bond markets By SIOW LI SEN THE Asian bond market got a further boost yesterday with the launch of a US$2 billion regional bond fund that invests in domestic currency government bonds. Called the Asian
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      Lock icon GIC hires State Street to trade in N America
      123 13 Bloomberg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp, which manages US$lOO billion of the city-state's reserves, hired State Street Corp to provide investment services for fixed-income and equity trading in the US and Canada. State Street, the world's biggest service provider to
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Private equity firms see big boom in India
      682 14 Surging economy, investment growth, recent big deals attracting players Reuters [MUMBAI] A rapidly growing economy and an outsourcing boom have drawn a steady stream of private equity players to India in recent years, and the industry looks set to boom after a
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      Lock icon M'sia says inflation not pressuring interest rates
      231 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's economic planning minister said yesterday interest rates were not under pressure from inflation, which hit its highest in five years in November. November's consumer price index was up 2.2 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed on
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      Lock icon US current account widens, jobless claims drop
      397 14 Reuters, Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The number of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay fell by much more than expected last week to 317,000 in the steepest decline in three years, Labor Department data showed yesterday. A Reuters poll of analysts had forecast first-time
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      Lock icon Asia-Pac central banks to invest US$2b in new bond fund
      259 14 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The central banks of 11 nations in East Asia and the Pacific will invest US$2 billion in government bonds denominated in local currencies and governmentbacked debt in the region for the first time to promote the bond
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Arsenic found in Indon vice-president's soup
      331 15 AP [JAKARTA] Traces of arsenic were found in a bowl of soup to be served to Indonesia's vice-presi-dent and police scientists were running thorough tests on the dish, police said. Vice-President Jusuf Kalla's security detail initially detected the poisonous substance in the soup, prepared
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    • Article
      Lock icon Cheap Macau flights not affecting Genting
      416 15  -  Air =Asia offering inexpensive flights to Macau at a fare of RM159 one way By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur AIRASIA'S new cheap flights to Macau may prove a draw for gamblers from Kuala Lumpur, but not enough to make a dent in Genting's
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      Lock icon M'sia expects to collect RM1.8b in gaming tax
      122 15 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] The government expects to collect RMI.B billion (Ss7Bo million) in gaming tax this year compared with RMI.7 billion last year. Parliamentary Secretary of the Finance Ministry Hilmi Yahaya said the revenue would be derived from the 1,822 gaming licences
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      Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
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      Lock icon Tenaga set to award RM1.7b plant deal: source
      252 15 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's biggest power firm Tenaga Nasional Bhd is set to award a RMI.7 billion (*****.8 million) contract to a Japanese-led consortium this month to upgrade one of its power plants, a source close to the deal said yesterday. The
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  • GREATER CHINA
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      Lock icon Macau-linked stocks in HK soar
      559 16 Surge driven by Las Vegas Sands' sparkling trading debut in NY Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Shares in Hong Kong-listed companies with investments in Macau such as Shun Tak Holdings Ltd climbed after Las Vegas Sands Corp, which has a casino in the gambling enclave, surged on
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    • Article
      Lock icon Carlyle buys stake in China insurer
      296 16 Reuters [HONG KONG] US private equity firm Carlyle Group and insurer Prudential Financial are buying about 25 per cent of China's third-largest life insurer for up to US$4OO million, the latest foreign investment in Asia's financial sector. The deal which values China's Pacific Life
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    • Article
      Lock icon More curbs seen as China investment rises
      419 16 AP, AFP [SHANGHAI] China's investment in construction and factory equipment, a key growth indicator, slowed slightly in November on lower public spending, but local-level investments surged, the government reported yesterday. China views urban investments in property developments, construction projects and other fixed assets
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  • INDIA
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      Lock icon Petropars and IOC may set up a new LNG plant
      524 17 IOC will hold a 60% stake in the plant while Petropars will hold the remaining Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest refiner, may set up a 9-mil-lion-tonnes per year plant to liquefy natural gas along with Petropars
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      Lock icon Reliance shares fall on fears family feud will hit expansion
      460 17 Bloomberg [MUMBAI] Reliance Industries Ltd and unit Reliance Energy Ltd fell for a second day after two stock brokerages said the reported dispute between the brothers who manage India's biggest non-state company may delay plans to expand the energy and
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      389 19 Move may drive Congress to create stricter regulator for mortgage giants Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Fannie Mae, the biggest source of money for US home mortgages, may have to restate earnings by as much as US$9 billion after the Securities and
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        72 19 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Media company Time Warner Inc will pay US$5lO million to resolve US investigations into whether its America Online unit improperly booked advertising sales. Time Warner will pay US$2lO million to end a US Department of Justice investigation, Deputy US attorney-general James Comey said.
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        95 19 Bloomberg [AMSTERDAM] ABN Amro Holding, the largest Dutch bank, plans ]U) cut 2.850j0b5, or about 3 per cent of its workforce, to stem a decline in operating profit as revenue growth stalls. The bank will take a charge of 790 million euros ($1.7 billion)
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      349 20 LAT-WP [WASHINGTON] The cabins of commercial jetliners one of the last bastions of silence from consumer electronics gadgets could soon become a cacophony of cell phone chatter and Internet communications. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday approved a plan to
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        64 20 Bloomberg [WELLINGTON] A ceiling collapsed at Auckland International Airport, New Zealand's busiest gateway, injuring 15 workers, the airport said in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange. A section of suspended ceiling tiles above new check-in counters in the international terminal collapsed, chief executive Don Huse
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      166 20 AFP [SYDNEY] Australian flag carrier Qantas said yesterday it would offer full refunds and waive cancellation fees to any passengers wishing to cancel Christmas flights to Indonesia after new warnings of potential attacks. On Wednesday, the Australian government reissued a travel advisory warning against
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      191 20 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] The Hong Kong Airport Authority, which is preparing for an initial public offering, said it will review a 15 per cent discount on aircraft landing and parking charges that has been in place since 2000. "We will constantly review
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      560 21  -  Parties close to breaking impasse over salvage security By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Arrested cargo worth nearly US$lB million aboard the salvaged container ship Milena may soon see the light of day as the involved parties are close to overcoming an impasse over
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      739 21  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By SELVA KUMAR A US appeals court last week rejected as "meaningless and superfluous" any legal distinction between the words "all freights" and "subfreight", which are commonly used in charterparties for the purpose of specifying maritime liens. However, the
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      355 21 AFP [WELLINGTON] New Zealand said yesterday it would seek urgent clarification from Australia about a new maritime security zone which it said stretched into its own territorial waters and even onto its coastline. Acting Transport Minister Harry Duynhoven said Wellington would ask Canberra
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      312 21 Reuters [HONG KONG] Port agents in China's southern boom town of Shenzhen are threatening to go on strike over a new government levy they have to prepay for shippers using the world's fourth largest container port. The agents were due to talk
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      153 21 AFP [TOKYO] The Japan Coast Guard said yesterday it was continuing to search for three men who went missing after an explosion onboard an empty tanker. One South Korean and two Filipino crew members of the Panamanian-registered Sunny Jewel went missing after the
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      503 22 EDITORIAL IT'S one of these unfortunate, if almost inevitable, conundrums, a reflection of market realities here: Even as Singapore's jobless figures hit new highs in recent years, many companies, both foreign and homegrown, found they couldn't continue operating here for lack of requisite skills. Or
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      795 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg INDIA'S Finance Minister recently made a statement, which if it wasn't plain bravado was a hint that he favours a stronger currency. "We should push inflation to below 4 per cent," P Chidambaram said this
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      117 22 'People are strategising that the dollar is in the early part of a long-term decline and are, therefore, putting a lot more money abroad to take advantage of the weakness of the dollar.' -James Paulsen, an investment officer, on why Americans have been stepping up their purchases
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      320 23  - Why is cash-back okay for housing loans LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Leong Sze Hian Singapore I REFER to the article "Banks shifting strategy on home mortgages" by Siow Li Sen (BT, Dec 16). Currently, HDB flat buyers who cannot qualify for HDB loans, or choose to borrow from banks, have
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      239 23  -  George Koo Singapore I WRITE with regard to Vikram Khanna's commentary "Waging bets on faulty premises" (BT, Dec 13). I agree with his assessment of preliminary studies by academics: their theories are highly questionable and filled with many assumptions. Our project should
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      156 23  - Bank streamlines; customers pay Winston Chin Singapore OCBC Bank recently informed its customers who have securities deposited with the bank as collateral theft it was outsourcing its depository agent's activities to an external service provider, namely, Citibank. As a result of the outsourcing arrangement, customers will be charged a minimum
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      357 32  -  By CHEAH UI-HOON IF there was one fairytale that was beautifully brought to life on stage last week, it was the Singapore Dance Theatre's The Sleeping Beauty. The ballet in three acts surpassed expectations of the usual year-end Christmas production which has thus far been
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      196 32 Dec 17 (Fri)to Dec 18 (Sat) Christmas Concert with Carol Singalong By Singapore Symphony Orchestra (S'pore) Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm (120 mins, with intermission) Tickets: $11, $16, $24, $34, $49, $59 Dec 19 (Sun) Winter Solstice By SYC Ensemble Singers (S'pore) Esplanade Concert Hall, 7.30pm (170 mins
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    961 33  -  It is every bibliophile's dream, an earthly version of Borges' Library of Babel an unending universe of hexagonal galleries that contain every possible book. Like its surreal narrator, "I have wandered in search of a book" but for far more mundane reasons: because they make the perfect year-end gift.
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      928 34  -  Violet Benjamin tells CORINNE KERK how her Tingle brand of energy enhanced aromatherapy bodycare products was birthed CORINNE KERK SHE was a teenage bride and mother who quit the glamorous world of fashion almost a decade ago so as to focus on her four children.
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      740 35  -  Wotif.com offers last-minute deals on hotel bookings at discounted rates, says GEOFFREY EU GEOFFREY EU Four years ago, when Graeme Wood launched Wotif.com a specialist website offering last-minute deals on hotel accommodation he was convinced that his easy-to-use, high quality and good value booking engine
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      251 35  -  WINE By CHEAH UI-HOON ONE restaurant has come up with an innovative way to draw up its wine list —by giving its own awards to the wines in its cellar. Early December, Tower Club held its Wine Awards 2005 at its 62nd penthouse
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      502 35  -  FILM By PARVATHI NAYAR TWELVE is the new Eleven? Not quite, but, as you'll discover, it doesn't really matter. The movie is.set three years after Ocean's Eleven, Steven Soderbergh's 2001 remake of the Frank Sinatra heist flick. You're not quite sure why Twelve was made, apart
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      813 35  -  ART By PARVATHI NAYAR THE impact of war and violence through psychic, physical and psychological prisms. This is the raw material that fuels much of the work of Lebanon-born. New York-based artist Walid Raad, in town for Theatre Work's Flying Circus Project (FCP). Unusually considering the
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      439 35  -  DANCE By CHEAH UI-HOON DANCE residencies have gotten off on a good footing so far this year. Even as the Akram Khan dance company from Britain had a two-week stint before they opened the Singapore Arts Festival, a local dance company also offered an
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      351 35 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS (4) 7 The usual haircut for small 5 Repeated note to an old masplayer plus teams (5,4) ter (6) 8 William's appearing before 6 Did Len bat? Sent out in first the beaks (5) meeting (5,4) 10 Early baby, so needs my robe 9 Bent the law
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      641 36  -  off the cuff jaime ee WHO says I don't know my neighbours? Of course, I do. The neighbour on my right is a Dutch engineer who lives with his Singaporean Chinese girlfriend who teaches yoga. He travels a lot, and she spends a lot of time
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      1729 36  -  After parting ways with Crystal Jade, Alfred Leung has bounced back into the restaurant scene with Imperial Treasure. He talks to GEOFFREY EU about his latest venture in his first-ever newspaper interview here GEOFFREY EU BARELY a few chopstick lengths away from the everpopular Crystal Jade Palace
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