The Business Times, 13 January 2005

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    15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES Thursday, January 13,2005 SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://business-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 023/03/2004
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Techno glitch sparks Total Access Chaos
    714 1  -  By KENNETH LIM [SINGAPORE] For four precious minutes yesterday, computer errors made the covered warrants of Total Access Communication (TAC) available at 22 cents a stunning $1.02 discount to their previous closing price that sparked off frenzied trading before regulators stepped in at noon.
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    Lock icon Global Active issues profit warning
    1017 1  -  An 'underperforming region' the cause: sources By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] High profile Global Active Ltd (GAL) which counts Ron Sim's flagship Osim International as a substantial investor yesterday became the latest listed group to join the growing list of companies issuing profit warnings. After
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    Lock icon MARKETS DIGEST
    139 1 STI 2,079.80 (-12.41) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,078.00 (-8.00) SIMSCI 247.99 (-1.15) SIMSCI FUTURES 248.20 (-1.30) MARKETS Wednesday Change KLSE COMP 933.33 +2.70 NIKKEI 225 11,453.39 86.60 HANG SENG 13,565.31 +56.06 SET INDEX 694.63 +2.66 JAKARTA COMP 1,008.58 -3.10 MANILA COMP 1,820.57 -25.26 SEOUL COMP 880.03 -4.26 SHENZHEN B
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Strong economy key priority for S'pore: President
      599 2  -  He said it will provide the needed resources to tackle all other challenges By CHUANG PECK MING [SINGAPORE] A strong economy remains Singapore's answer to all other challenges. "We must strengthen our economy," President S R Nathan said last night, in setting the
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      Lock icon THREE-MINUTE DIGEST
      643 2 Kim Eng, Phillip Capital also up for grabs? THE local broking industry has been brought into sharp focus once again amid expectations that top Malaysian investment bank CIMB will soon take a major stake in listed Singapore broker GK Goh Holdings. The move shows that even the larger
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      Lock icon Correction
      207 2 OUR report. "Jail for HK companies which report wrong info" (BT, Jan 11), stated incorrectly that wrongdoings related to financial reporting and other periodic disclosures, disclosures of price-sensitive information and related transactions were only subject to a reprimand under Singapore law. False or misleading statements that are likely to
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      Lock icon Kim Eng, Phillip Capital also up for grabs?
      432 4  -  Yuanta raising its Kim Eng stake; Phillip open to mergers By WONG WEI KONG [SINGAPORE] The local broking in- dustry has been brought into sharp focus once again amid expectations that Malaysia's top investment bank CIMB will soon take a major stake
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      Lock icon China proposes landmark direct flights with Taiwan
      582 4 Reutets [BBUING] China yesterday proposed one-off, non-stop charter flights between Chinese and Taiwan cities during the Chinese New Year holidays in February in a -move seen aimed at easing cross-strait tensions. Landmark direct charter flights between the Chinese cities of Bering, Shanghai, Guangzhou
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      Lock icon OCBC M'sia charged with alleged disclosure breaches
      437 4  -  It pleads not guilty to charges of not notifying stake changes By MICHELLE QUAH [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd pleaded not guilty in a Malaysian court yesterday to 13 counts of foiling to comply with the country's Companies Act One of the charges
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  • COMPANY NEWS
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      Lock icon A case of too much, too fast for Global Active?
      724 5  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW By TEH HOOI LING FOR someone who has been following Global Active closely, perhaps it is not surprising that the retailer of nutraceutical products is issuing a profit warning. After all, the group is just embarking on
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      Lock icon Creative ramps up production to meet demand
      685 5  -  By RAJU CHELLAM CREATIVE Technology is stepping up its manufacturing operations in China and Malaysia as a surge in demand for its line of MP3 players has caused a shortage. "This is our largest ramp-up in our history," chairman Sim Wong Hoo told
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      Lock icon Duo plead guilty to $28m Maybank scam
      561 5  -  By KAREN HO A FORMER executive director of electronic-component distributor Startech Electronics and a car mechanic were yesterday convicted for a scam to cheat Malayan Banking Berhad of over $28 million. Lee Chew Seng, 41, together with mechanic Wong Siow Hiong, 39. pleaded
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      Lock icon Stockbroking body defends trading curbs
      375 5  -  By ALEXANDRA HO THE Securities Association of Singapore has come out in defence of its stock broking members' practice of slapping trading curbs on speculative stocks. In a written reply to BT's Hock Lock Siew column last week suggesting that brokers should be made to
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      Lock icon Qian Hu upbeat despite profit plunge
      409 5 By JOYCE KOH THE results were dismal but the message was inspirational. Despite gulping down a big fall in its FY2004 earnings, Qian Hu's chief executive Kenny Yap remained positive as he contemplated life and his business' future during yesterday's results briefing. As expected,
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      Lock icon Silkair flew 110,000 passengers in Dec
      365 5  -  By VEN SREENIVASAN SILKAIR flew a record 110,000 passengers in December 2004, thanks to more holiday-makers flying to regional destinations. The December 2004 figure was 15.3 per cent higher than that of December 2003 and 4.5 per cent up from November 2004. It was
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      Lock icon UOB-Kay Hian started merger ball rolling
      440 7  -  MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE STOCKBROKING Move preceded lowering of entry barriers to local securities industry By JEAN CHUA THE expected merger of GK Goh Holdings and Malaysia's CIMB is the first major stockbroking deal in Singapore in four years. The last major consolidation of the brokerage industry
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      Lock icon CIMB targets GK Goh ahead of liberalisation
      768 7  -  By PAULINE NG in Kuala Lumpur BANKING analysts view a proposal by Malaysia's leading merchant bank CIMB to acquire a controlling interest in GK Goh Holdings as a positive and proactive move ahead of the launch of a cross-trad-ing platform between the Singapore
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    • COMPANY BRIEFS
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        Lock icon ARA Asset Mgt gets Fortune Reit units as fee
        47 7 ARA Asset Management (Singapore) Limited said it has received 501,966 units in Fortune Reit issued at a price of HK56.3028 each as payment of the base fee component of its management fee for Oct 1 to Dec 31,2004.
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        Lock icon GuocoLand makes divestments
        61 7 SINGAPORE-LISTED GuocoLand yesterday announced two divestments to its major shareholder Guoco Group Ltd for RM53.3 million (5522.9 million). GuocoLand is selling a 7.13 per cent interest in Camerlin Group Bhd and a 21.49 per cent interest in Camerlin 5.5 per cent irredeemable convertible unsecured loan stocks 2002/2007
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        Lock icon DBS Bank issues warrants on Venture Corp
        105 7 DBS Bank is issuing 10 million European-style covered call warrants and 10 million put warrants on Venture Corp. Settlement for both sets of warrants will be in cash. The issue price of each call warrant is 23.5 cents, with every five warrants initially
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        Lock icon Datacraft expects FY2005 to be profitable
        63 7 DATACRAFT Asia said yesterday there are reasonable grounds to believe that FY2005 will remain profitable. The group has been reporting profits at the operating level, excluding goodwill amortisation and exceptional items, for each quarter since Q3 FY2004, it said. There is no more goodwill
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        Lock icon PDC Corp gets payment deadline extension
        68 7 PDC Corp said yesterday that May bank and OCBC have agreed to extend the payment deadline of the first instalment under a settlement arrangement reached earlier to the end of this month from the earlier deadline of Jan 3,2005. All other terms of the
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
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      Lock icon Market abuzz over TAC, Tech Group
      493 6  -  STOCKS Straits Times Index down 12.4 points mainly because of losses in the Jardine stable R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent "buys" issued by Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas Peregrine enough to account for a 23 per cent surge in Citiraya's shares in two days? Why
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      Lock icon BROKERS' TAKE
      965 6  -  Compiled by JOYCE KOH Sunningdale Precision D«c 12 close: 88.5 cents (-1-2 cents) Kim Eng Research. Dec 12 REITERATE BUY on Sunningdale Precision on its merger plans with Tech Group Asia. The deal, which is expected to complete by June 2005, would see Tech Group issuing 1,132 shares
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      Lock icon CURRENCIES Asian units soar on ECB comments
      533 6  -  LARRYWEE Senior Correspondent OVERNIGHT comments from European Central Bank chief economist Otmar Issing sparked strong gains for the Japanese yen and many other Asian units yesterday, at the expense of both the US dollar as well as other major cur- rencies like the
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    • TRADES TO WATCH
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        Lock icon Ipco shareholder buys more shares
        166 6 IPCO International substantial shareholder ChngGim Huat raised his stake to 5.68 per cent from 5.65 per cent through the purchase of 280,000 shares on Monday. The shares were bought on the open market, but no pricing information was disclosed. Mr Chng had earlier bought 350,000
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        Lock icon JP Morgan's Magnecomp stake pared
        147 6 JP MORGAN Chase Co saw its stake in Magnecomp International pared to 8.74 per cent from 9.01 percent through a number of open market transactions from last year to this week. In total, 366,000 Magnecomp shares were bought on Oct 26 last year, while another
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        Lock icon Two Inter-Roller directors raise stakes
        179 6  -  Compiled by KENNETH LIM TWO of Inter-Roller Engineering's top directors saw their stakes increase on Tuesday through acquisitions worth a combined total of more than $100,000. Chairman and executive director Lim Yong Wah bought 50,000 shares on the open market at 75 cents apiece, or
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      429 6 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jan 12 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 395.00 -93.00 BTCADI -*****.00 -59.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +40.00 All-SG Equities 537.83 -2.16 SG Equities Elect 161.38 +1.38 SG Equities Fin 1636.95 -8.83 SG Equities Prop 522.26 -2.01 SIMSCI 247 i" -1-15 SiMSCI Futures 248.20 -1.30 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • MID CAPS
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      Lock icon Citiraya rules e-waste industry
      843 8  -  With major contracts in the pipeline and plans to expand capacity, it looks set for a strong year ahead, says ANGELA TAN ANGELA TAN AT the start of this year, electronic waste recycler Citiraya Industries suffered a rude shock when its share price fell on unfounded
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
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      Lock icon A Malaysian-owned power station in Singapore?
      503 9  -  Possible, if either YTL or Tanjong buys Shell's US$5b InterGen business Reports by RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE'S latest power station could be completely Malaysian-owned if either of two Malaysian bidders, YTL Corp and Tanjong Pic reportedly among five groups shortlisted succeeds in buying Shell's US$5
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      Lock icon Temasek seen reviewing power market
      490 9 TEMASEK Holdings is conducting a review of Singapore's electricity market which could influence when the investment company would relaunch the longdelayed sale of the three big power companies here, sources said. Postponed since 1999, the divestment of the power companies was supposed to have resumed
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      Lock icon N-E China team out to draw investors
      245 9  -  By CAROLYN QUEK A 27-STRONG high-level Chinese delegation was in town yesterday as part of a drive to attract more Singapore investors to north-east China. To date, Singapore companies such as SembCorp, YCH Logistics and Jurong Tech have invested close to US$l billion
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      Lock icon GuocoLand puts in top bid for Buangkok lana
      679 9  -  It reflects lack of 99-year plots, group's depleting landbank By KALPANA RASHIWALA QUEK Leng Chan's GuocoLand is poised to make its first major acquisition of 99-year leasehold land since the last residential property peak 1996/1997. It submitted a higher-than-expected top bid for
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  • FOCUS: SERVICES
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      Lock icon China's new wave of execs
      1263 10  -  EXECUTIVE SEARCH Headhunter Li Hsiao Yuan tells ANNA TEO how young PRC return grads will soon replace Asian expats in China ANNA TEO SINGAPOREANS who still baulk at taking up posting in China may well find the opportunities drying up before too long. A flood
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      1528 10 SEMBAWANG MUSIC HOLDINGS LIMITED (Incorporated In tw Republic of Singapore an 31 March 2004) (Registration Number *****3817G) NOTICE OF THE FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that tfie First Annual General Meeting of the Company will be haw at Swissotel Merchant Court Singapore, 20 Merchant Road, Singapore *****1
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
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      Lock icon Evans criticises China's economic policies
      492 11 It risks backlash from Congress, says US commerce secretary Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] China risks inciting a backlash from US lawmakers and businesses because of policies subsidising state-run companies, curbing imports and pegging its currency to the dollar, US Commerce Secretary Donald Evans said on Tuesday. "When
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      Lock icon European Central Bank may up interest rates
      432 11 INTEREST RATES Reuters [FRANKFURT] If the European Centra] Bank believes ultra-low interest rates are no longer appropriate, it may find reasons to increase them sooner than the market thinks. Sputtering euro zone growth and an expected easing of inflation later in the year
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      Lock icon Expectations for Malaysian interest rate hike ease
      303 11 MALAYSIA Malaysia's inflation expected to nudge higher in 2005 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Expectations have eased for a Malaysian interest rate hike in the second half of 2005, as sluggish investment growth and lower oil prices have allayed fears of inflationary pressure, a Reuters
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    • Article
      Lock icon Central bank expected to leave rates unchanged
      345 11 SOUTH KOREA Bloomberg (SEOUL] South Korea's central bank will probably leave interest rates unchanged when policymakers meet today, allowing more time to assess the impact of cuts announced in the second half of last year, analysts said. The Bank of Korea will likely
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      Lock icon Nov trade deficit crosses US$60b for first time
      367 11 LATEST US DATA Reuters Bloomberg AP [WASHINGTON] The US trade deficit widened unexpectedly in November to a record US$6O.3 billion, propelled by the highest-ev-er oil import bill and a drop in exports, a government report showed yesterday. The trade gap topped US$6O
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      Lock icon Analysts divided over future rate increases
      274 11 BRITAIN Reuters [LONDON] Bank of England policymakers seem nearly certain to leave borrowing costs steady today, but economists are divided on whether rates will climb one more time later this year. All but one of 43 economists in a recent Reuters poll predicted the
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
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      Lock icon Companies in M'sia upset by auto duties
      598 12  -  Some are even considering moving their operations out of the country By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S new auto policy announced on Jan 1 threatens to make local au-to-assemblers those who make cars using imported or locally made completely knocked down (CKD)
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      Lock icon CIMB to issue warrants on Sime, 3 others
      339 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's top investment bank, CIMB, hopes to cash in on the bull market by selling 13 million securities that give investors the right to buy a basket of four companies at a pre-set price, fund managers said yesterday. The
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      Lock icon S'pore eyes Indon deals in infrastructure
      450 12  -  By DANIEL BUENAS [SINGAPORE] An infrastructure summit in Indonesia next week promises to yield U5533.5 billion worth of projects and contracts, and International Enterprise (IE) Singapore will be leading a business mission to the country with an eye to winning a slice of Indonesia's
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      Lock icon MISC shares hit record high on freight rate hopes
      182 12 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Shares of Malaysia International Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC) hit a record high yesterday, driven by their cheap valuations and expectations of firmer freight rates. The stock rose over 2.6 per cent to RM15.70 while the broader market gained
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mandiri ups bond sale to as much as US$500m
      228 12 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Bank Mandiri, Indonesia's largest lender by assets, increased the size of a planned bond sale by more than threefold to as much as US$5OO million as it seeks to expand business in an economy forecast by the government
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    • Article
      Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR STOCK EXCHANGE
      2438 12 VOl FSBM 083 -0.01 82 J—» H W- rn) FTtC Resources 0.49 -0.01 8468 FurqanBus Org .0.39 0.03 ***** ASM Realty 1.37 unch 51 Gadana 1.45 -0.01 328 Abric .0.58 -0.01 276 Gamuda 5.35 0.05 1770 ACP Industries—...........—1.21 unch 14 General Corp .0.51 unch 176 Advance
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  • TSUNAMI AFTERMATH
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      Lock icon Indonesia tells foreign troops to leave Aceh soon
      478 13 It says they should stay no longer than three months as they are not needed AFP. Bloomberg [BANDA ACEH. Indonesia] Indonesia yesterday told foreign troops helping tsunami victims to get out of the country soon and defended tough new restrictions en aid
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    • IN BRIEF
      • Article
        Lock icon Death toll at 158.860
        137 13 AFP [JAKARTA] The death toll from last month's earthquake and tsunamis that devastated Indian Ocean coastlines rose to 158.860 yesterday as Indonesia added another 1,261 to its list of fatalities. Indonesia, hardest-hit by the Dec 26 disaster, has now reported 106,523 deaths, with 12,047 people missing,
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        Lock icon Forensic help sought
        82 13 Bloomberg [BANGKOK] Thailand, which had the highest number of foreign tourists killed in the Dec 26 tsunami, said more than two-thirds of the dead still cannot be identified. Of the 3.685 bodies not identified, 1,030 are non-Thais, Interior Minister Bhokin Bhalakula said in a statement. Prime Minister
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        Lock icon Dr M chips in
        113 13 [KUALA LUMPUR] Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will be back in the driver's seat this week. He will chauffeur nine people in a Porsche car on Malaysia's Grand Prix racing circuit on Sunday to help raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami, local media reported
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        Lock icon Japan leads donors
        106 13 AFP [GENEVA] Japan has announced it will pay US$25O million within days for the tsunami aid effort, making it the biggest contributor at Tuesday's conference on aid for devastated countries, a UN official said. "The biggest by far is Japan which is contributing within the next few
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    • Article
      Lock icon EU to cut tariffs on imports from main tsunami-hit states
      420 13 Reuters. AFP [BRUSSELS] The European Union wants to help the worst-hit tsunami states by lowering tariff barriers for their exports to Europe, its trade chief said on Tuesday. The 25-nation bloc has already pledged 1.5 billion euros (553.2 billion) to
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      Lock icon Tsunami alert system in Indian Ocean?
      429 13 Japan to use Kobe conference to start ball rolling AFP [TOKYO] In the wake of Asia's tsunami calamity, Japan plans to use a world anti-disaster conference next week to take the first concrete steps towards creating a system to warn of giant waves in
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  • GREATER CHINA/INDIA
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      Lock icon HK puts weight on social objectives
      431 14  -  Tung promises to help the needy and poor, as well as promote stability By JEAN CHUA AS Hong Kong takes firmer steps towards economic recovery, its government is now turning its attention to ensuring that there is no repeat of last year's high-pro-file disasters
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      Lock icon Tung admits to faults in his leadership
      329 14 He pledges to listen closely to the people and tackle poverty Reuters, Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa, admitting to "shortcomings and inadequacies" in his leadership, pledged yesterday to listen more closely to the people and seriously address the city's
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      Lock icon HK mulls new sales tax to help ease budget deficit: report
      249 14 AP [HONG KONG] Hong Kong's government plans to propose a new sales tax in the next few months as a way to raise revenues to help plug the territory's budget deficit, a newspaper reported yesterday. Financial Secretary Henry Tang
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    • IN BRIEF
      • Article
        Lock icon Khazanah seen getting waiver
        88 14 Reuters [KUALA LUMPURJ Malaysia's state investment arm Khazanah Nasional Bhd has been granted a waiver from making a buyout offer for the remaining shares it does not own in carmaker Proton, sources close to the deal said yesterday. Without a waiver from the Securities Commission, Khazanah
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      • Article
        Lock icon Indon gas firm seeks foreign partners
        61 14 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Perusahaan Gas Negara, Indonesia's state-owned gas distributor, is seeking overseas investors to help build a US$3OO million pipeline linking gas fields in southern Sumatra to North Sumatra province. The Jakarta-based company plans to invite bids for prospective partners in the first
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        Lock icon Ka-shing seen buying perfume retailer
        80 14 Reuters r\s>lci S I ItbUCM man, Li Ka-shing, has made an offer to buy troubled French perfume retailer Marionnaud, French newspaper Les Echos reported yesterday, quoting several sources. Mr Li, the chairman of ports-to-telecoms conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, could pay 21.8 euros a share, a premium
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        69 14 Bloomberg [KUALA LUMPUR] DigiCom Bhd, which runs the smallest of Malaysia's three mobile-phone networks, said Vincent Tan Chee Yioun resigned as chairman yesterday after almost six years in the post. Deputy chairman Arve Johansen, 55, will replace Mr Tan as chairman, DigiCom said in
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        59 14 AFP [BEIJING] An official audit of 181 Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has found that 120 submitted incomplete financial information, while 13 falsified records outright, state press reported yesterday. "The key trouble makers are financial intermediaries," Xinhua news quoted Meng Jianmin, an official with the
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      494 14 Growth spurred by strong demand for outsourcing Reuters [BANGALORE] Indian software bellwether Infosys Technologies Ltd reported a better-than-expected 52 per cent jump in quarterly net profit on strong outsourcing demand and it has raised its full-year earnings forecast. Infosys, India's secondlargest software services exporter,
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      452 14 [MUMBAI] THE Indian government is re-looking the tax status of non-resident Indians (NRIs) who have returned to India for good, according to a report in the Business Standard newspaper of India. It said the United Progressive Alliance government is likely to re-intro-duce
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      852 15  -  ASIA INSIGHT It's unclear if the new spirit is reactionary tendencies or spontaneous and positive action ANTHONY ROWLEY Tokyo Correspondent fa MBITIOUS Japan' reads a slogan m painted nowadays m M in large blue letters on the side of some of Japan's m sleek,
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      379 15 Rivals lying in wait as bank denies talk of acquisition AWSJ [LONDON] Standard Chartered Pic, in signing its proposed US$3.3 billion purchase of Korea First Bank, appears to have doused the notion that it is takeover bait. Not so fast, say some investment bankers and
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      434 15 Sales hit US$9.6b beating the past record of US$8.4b Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] Microchip maker Intel Corp on Tuesday reported its high-est-ever quarterly revenue and boosted its budget for factory and manufacturing investments by more than US$l billion as profits exceeded Wall Street expectations. The bellwether
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      418 15 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Britain's International Power and Japan's Mitsui are out of the bidding for US$5 billion of Shell power assets, but an American International Group partnership has joined four rivals on the shortlist, sources close to the situation said yesterday. Speaking after a
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      309 15 Reuters [NEW YORK] Bloomberg LP said on Tuesday it is not for sale, despite recent comments by its founder, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, that he eventually plans to sell the financial news and data company and focus on charitable works.
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        75 15 AP [SEOUL] A South Korean team of scientists who produced the first cloned human embryo last year were yesterday given government approval to proceed with stem cell research to find cures for diabetes, cerebral palsy and Parkinson's and other diseases but not for work toward
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        56 15 Reuters [PARIS] British bank Barclays is set to buy ING Ferri, the high net worth money management arm of Dutch financial services group ING's France unit, French newspaper Le Figaro said yesterday. ING Ferri has 1.5 billion to 2 billion euros (553.2-4.3 billion)
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        61 15 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] New York attorney-general Eliot Spitzer said his investigation of insurance fraud would cut into the market share of the three largest brokerages, Marsh McLennan Cos, Aon Corp, and Willis Group Holdings. "Some of the cartel-like behaviour was a direct result
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        73 15 Bloomberg [LONDON] Holcim Ltd, the world's second-biggest cement maker, said it may bid £1.78 billion (555.5 billion) for Aggregate Industries to expand in the UK and US after four years focused on growth in emerging markets. Aggregate said it would accept Holcim's potential
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  • AVIATION
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      622 16 They are seeking a negotiated settlement on subsidies AFP [STRASBOURG] The EU and the US agreed on Tuesday to shelve WTO action and seek a negotiated settlement regarding subsidies for Airbus and Boeing, avoiding what the EU said would
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      960 16 Never have two groups bet so much on such contrasting visions IHT WITH the new Airbus A3BO set to become the toast of Europe for a day, a less festive scene is unfolding nine time zones away at the Boeing plant in
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      190 16 AFP [LONDON] British Airways (BA) is to suspend all its flights between Britain and Saudi Arabia from March because of reduced passenger demand, the company said on Tuesday. BA will suspend its flights between London Heathrow airport and Jeddah and Riyadh in Saudi
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        169 16 Reuters [NEW YORK] Leaders of the union representing flight attendants at UAL Corp approved late on Tuesday a tentative labour agreement with bankrupt United < Airlines. The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) said on its website that the United Master Executive Council was unanimously
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        150 16 Reuters [LONDON] Britain's biggest airport operator, BAA Pic, said passenger traffic rose 4.6 per cent in December from a year earlier as long-haul travel recovered and more people flew on low-cost airlines. BAA, whose seven airports include London's Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, said yesterday
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      590 17 Brokers optimistic that market will stay bullish throughout 2005 Reuters [TOKYO/SEOUL] Shipping rates in Asia have regained strength this week, shrugging off a bearish mood seen late last year amid hopes that demand from China will pick up ahead of the Chinese
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      741 17 Bloomberg [LONDON] The shippingderivatives market will probably expand by 20 per cent this year, the Forward Freight Agreement Brokers' Association said. Growth will slow from 2004, when freight rates reached records. The value of contracts tied to costs of shipping commodities nearly tripled
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      255 17 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co and other shipbuilders may raise prices 10 per cent this month, Oslo-based shipbroker Fearnleys AS said in a market report. "We already see price indications 5-10 per cent above end
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      330 17 Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] Petronet LNG Ltd, India's only supplier of liquefied natural gas, will hire three additional ships to meet growing imports of the fuel. Its shares surged. Petronet will hire ships that will transport between 165,000 to 200,000 cubic metres
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      271 17 Reuters [LONDON] Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards is set to win a billion-dollar order for three new cruise ships from Norwegian entrepreneur Olav Norum, industry paper Lloyd's List reported on Monday. Mr Norum plans to spend 1.2 billion euros (552.58 billion) on three
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        50 17 Bloomberg a [OSLO] Nippon Yusen KK, Japan's largest shipping company, and Denmark's J Lauritzen A/S plan to create a joint venture to operate ships carrying refrigerated cargo. The 50-50 venture builds on the two companies' previous agreement to jointly market their so-called reefer vessels. Bloomberg
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        74 17 Xinhua (BEIJING) Storm tides and other marine disasters cost China 5.4 billion yuan (Ssl .1 billion) in direct economic losses in 2004, with 140 people left dead or missing, China's State Oceanic Administration said on Sunday. "The situation of marine disasters was normal last
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        85 17 Bloomberg ISINGAPORH] The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was the largest hirer of crude oil tankers in the single voyage, or spot, market last year as freight costs rose to record levels, according to figures compiled by shipbroker Poten Partners. Shell, Europe's No 2
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      312 17 SGX '000 Jan 12 SS W- Vol CH Offshore 0.39 -0.01 1082 Chuan Hup 0.68 -0.01 818 Cosco Corporation 1.25 0.01 5068 CWT Distribution 0.66 unch 2 EzraHldgs 116 unch 123 Freight Links 0.09 0.01 185 Grand Banks Yacht 1.00 unch 0 Java Holdings 1.02 unch 253 K1
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      496 18 EDITORIAL IT'S not just the statistics in the Economic Development Board's latest report card on the infocomm and media cluster that catch the eye, dramatic as the numbers are; what stands out is that the growth surge is coming from a fresh new set
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      936 18  -  European and Arab nations should take a more active role in mediating negotiations LEON HADAR Washington Correspondent THE election of Mahmoud Abbas, a pragmatic politician committed to negotiating with Israel, as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) coupled with the formation of a
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      729 18  -  THE BOTTOM LINE ROBERT SAMUELSON The Washington Post Writers Group "WE have a problem, and the problem is America is getting older and that there are fewer people to pay into the system to support a baby boomer generation which is about to
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      1627 19  -  The territory has defied its handover gloom by attracting US$99b of investment from 2,000 mainland companies since 1997 By JASMINE YAP Bloomberg ZHANG Weihong wasn't just looking for investors when she helped lead a team of 1,500 business people to Hong Kong from China's central
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      436 19  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ang Hao Yao Singapore I REFER to the report "Options expensing forces rethink on staff rewards" (BT, Jan 12). The article mentions that the recent rules requiring the expensing of options have caused many companies to move to
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      617 26  -  Corporate sales will be a thrust area, company executives tell AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY BROTHER International Singapore has targeted a 30 per cent growth this year in the Republic for its information and document department, wjflb sells devices and solutions
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      254 26 BROTHER International Singapore yesterday launched three new printers, including its latest 5-in-l colour multi-function centre (MFC). MFC-3240C. The other two are flatbed colour MFCs, the MFC-5440CN and MFC-5840CN. The MFC-3240C is a colour inkjet all-in-one machine for home-office or small office users, according to Jimmy Lim, solutions
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      697 26 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs introduced a lower-priced iPod music player and the least expensive Macintosh computer in the machine's 21-year history in a bid to expand sales of both products. The iPod shuffle uses a
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      468 26  -  BT exclusive Supply contract with Anwell could be worth $5m By RAJU CHELLAM A SUBSIDIARY of Sesdaqlisted Asti Holdings Ltd said it will supply vision inspection systems to mainboardlisted An well Technologies Ltd for its optical disk replication equipment. The deal could be worth
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      299 26 Reuters (TOKYO! Hewlett-Packard Co's (HP) Japan unit said on Tuesday there are signs that IBM's sale of its PC business to Lenovo Group Ltd is prompting some corporate users of IBM machines to switch vendors. "As a certain maker that has always been competing with
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  • PROPERTY
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      Lock icon HK banks eyeing new mortgage concept
      692 27 Balloon mortgages, which are popular in the United States, are being considered [HONG KONG] Several Hong Kong banks are examining introducing a new concept in mortgages to the city as a fierce residential loans market forces them to think of innovative products, says a
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      475 27  -  By ANDREATAN THE River Valley area holds many nostalgic memories for Hong Leong Group chairman Kwek Leng Beng. And this is where the group will develop Watermark, a condominium that will breathe new life into 19th century warehouses. Mr Kwek's first
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      372 28  -  The company will buy over Jusco Mall in Seremban for RM95m By ANDREA TAN GIC Real Kstate continues to strengthen its presence in Malaysia in 2005, with the government property investment arm announcing yesterday it will buy over Jusco Mall in Seremban for RM9S
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      476 28  -  By ALEXANDRA HO WHAT do you do for an encore when your resume includes designing high-pro-file and large-scale projects like the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay and Suntec City International Convention and Exhibition Centre? For eminent local architect Koh Seow Chuan, founder and senior
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