The Business Times, 11 April 2005

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  • 15 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES SINGAPORE 85 cents online at http://b4Jsiness-times.asial.com.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Monday, April 11,2005
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  • 535 1 Prime Minister Wen expected to sign nearly 30 agreements during his India visit AP, AFP [BANGALORE] China and India should work together to lead the world in information technology, jointly heralding a new "Asian century", Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday. On a visit
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  • 844 1  -  BT exclusive Other parties available to team up with for IR Reports by ALEXANDRA HO [SINGAPORE] He's the executive chairman of Malaysia's hilltop casino resort, Genting, but Lim Kok Thay has his feet planted firmly on the ground, and aces in his hand.
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  • 254 1 [SINGAPORE] Star Cruises is committed to building a cruise hub in Singapore, regardless of whether the proposed integrated resort (IR) includes a casino. "We've been here for the last 11 years, we're not going to go anywhere," Lim Kok Thay, executive
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    • 78 1 fic young Jv2T INVESTORS' FORUM J How loss aversion affects market play pg 16 H DINING OUT Rediscovering Les Amis PGI2 ttttftttt ttttttttt ttttttttt Why are there relatively few women managers and business leaders in Singapore? CRACKING THE GLASS CEILING THE TAITTINGER MOMENT AT GRAND HYATT. NINE exciting dining experiences
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  • TOP STORIES
    • 798 2  -  WALL STREET INSIGHT Sustained rally will binge on earnings in first quarter, analysts say By ANDREW MARKS in New York WALL Street decided there "jifSt might be enough oil to .feed the needs of America's consumers and China's roaring
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    • 533 2 Brokers make bullish calls despite host of bearish signs DESPITE rising oil prices, inflation and interest rates, some stock brokers still see upside for Singapore shares. JP Morgan says that price weakness should be seen as an opportunity to buy. UOB-Kay Hian says now is an opportunity to
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    • 455 3  -  Emir cites telecoms, financial services, transportation and port development By DANIEL BUENAS in Qatar SINGAPORE and Qatar have expressed interest in furthering economic ties with each other, especially in the areas of telecommunications, financial services, transportation infrastructure and financial services. Senior
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    • 426 3  -  By R SIVANITHY [SINGAPORE] Despite rising oil prices, inflation and interest rates, some stock brokers still see upside for Singapore shares. Houses that remain bullish include JP Morgan and UOB-Kay Hian, while those that have recommended that clients turn defensive include
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    • 133 3 MARKETS W«*k Chg* STI .2181.94 +38.19 KLSECOMP 864.02 -11.90 NIKKEI 225 *****.75 ....+151.25 HANG SENG *****.72 ....+175.37 SET INDEX 683.76 -12.07 JAKARTA COMP ...1111.23 +16.16 MANILA COMP ....1906.69 -59.60 TAIPEI TAIEX 6024.07 -4.68 SEOUL COMP 992.17 +10.27 SHENZHEN 8 .273.18 +10.66 AUSTALLORD 4148.50 +22.10 DOW JONES *****.34 -...+57.04
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 515 4  -  Company already reaping fruits from earlier upstream investments there By RONNIE LIM SINGAPORE Petroleum Company is considering taking part in exploratory drilling of new oil/gas fields like Jeruk in Indonesia, even as it reaps the fruits of earlier upstream investments there, including the first
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    • 425 4  -  By MICHELLE QUAH SINGAPORE is poised to be Asia's only truly global city, beating close contenders such as Tokyo and Hong Kong, says Deutsche Bank. And against the backdrop of such strong long-term prospects, it favoured gov-ernment-linked companies such as DBS Group Holdings and
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    • 605 5  -  Khoo sisters are first to face charges for alleged non-disclosure By MICHELLE QUAH THE issue of disclosure has taken on added significance with the latest twist in the Khoo Teck Puat saga. Charges against two of the late tycoon's daughters over their alleged
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    • 701 5  - Play the property market with LTC HOCK LOCK SIEW By VEN SREENIVASAN WITH the stock market looking as lively as a dead squid, few but the bravest would dare dip their toes into equities. But for those who have the stomach and the staying power, there are some gems for
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    • 1348 4 COMAT INDUSTRIAL LTD. Company Registration Number: *****0428 C (Incorporated in Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of Comat Industrial Ltd. ("the Company") will be held at Meritus Negara Singapore, Meeting Room 2 and 3 at level 3, 10 Claymore Road (off Orchard Road), Singapore *****0
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    • 1753 4 VENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED Company Registration No *****2886H (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of VENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED (the "Company") will be held at the Board Room, 5006 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, #05-01/12 TECHplace 11. Singapore
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  • SINGAPORE MARKETS
    • 1150 7  -  TEH HOOI LING Senior Correspondent THE second tier stocks came to life last week, as reflected by the near 1 per cent climb of the UOB Sesdaq Index. That's the second board index's sharpest ascent since the week to Jan 21. 2005. The renewed vigour
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    • 1251 8  -  INSIDE MARKETS Twenty-four firms chalk up 54 acquisitions worth $100 million while four report nine disposals worth $1.1 million, writes ROBERT HALILI ROBERT HALILI BUYERS dominated trading for the seventh consecutive week with 24 firms recording 54 acquisitions worth $100 million against four companies reporting disposals worth
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    • 648 10  -  STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent THERE seem to be flickering signs of life in small-cap stocks, as evidenced by the market's much broader-based firming last Friday than previously. Although the UOB-Sesdaq Index only inched higher that day, the fact that 344
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    • 77 10 Investor events to watch out for China Entertainment Sports Rights Issue, Ex-date, Apr 11 Lian Beng Grp, EGM, Apr 11 Tri-MTech, EGM, Apr 12 Challenger Tech, AGM, Apr 12 Sing Food, AGM, Apr 14 Nera Telecom, AGM, Apr 14 Nera Elect, AGM, Apr 14 Elec Eltek, EGM, Apr
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    • 509 10 Reuters [NEW YORK] The dollar eased against the euro and the yen on Friday reversing early gains, as traders sold the US currency as it broke through a key technical barrier and investors squared positions before the weekend. With trading winding down, dealers
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    • 755 10 COMMODITIES: WEEKLY ROUNDUP AFP [LONDON] World oil prices soared to record highs over US$5B a barrel early in the week on heightened supply concerns, before plummeting below US$54 as data showed US refineries accelerating production. The Commodities Research Bureau's index of 17 commodities
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      426 10 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Apr 8 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 88.00 +47.00 BT CADI -*****.00 +145.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +9.00 All-SG Equities 565.40 +2.87 SG Equities Elect 136.83 +1.84 SG Equities Fin 1641.61 -2.66 SG Equities Prop 565.52 +4.67 SIMSCI 258.64 +0.63 SiMSCI Futures 259.10 +1.20 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME
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  • DINING OUT
    • 719 12  -  Belgian chef Gunther Hubrechsen has finally come into his own, JAIME EE discovers JAIME EE LAST week, for the first time, 1 had a meal at Les Amis that did not make me lament the departure of its star chef, Justin Quek. Gunther Hubrechsen, the
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    • 1210 12  -  PEPPER LEE takes a look at how bosses can show appreciation PEPPER LEE IT'S that time of the year again for roses, chocolates and lunch treats. Don't panic, this is not a Valentines' Day rewind, but rather, a reminder for bosses to take time off that busy
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  • SINGAPORE NEWS
    • 574 13  -  It is looking to enhance its digital media capabilities in particular By NANDE KHIN AEGIS Group, one of the world's leading marketing services and research companies, is looking to make some acquisitions in Singapore and the region. Digital media is one area Aegis which
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    • 101 13 Xinhua TREMORS caused by a powerful earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island yesterday were felt in some parts of Singapore, according to a Channel News Asia report last night. Singapore's Meteorological Service confirmed that the earthquake, believed to be an
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1903 14 (IP HO BEE INVESTMENT LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) Company Registration No: *****2381 M NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 17" annual general meeting ot the Company will be held at 12 Tannery Road #10-01, HB Centre. Singapore *****2 on Wednesday. 27 Apnl
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  • VIEWS FROM THE TOP
    • 1549 15 THIS WEEK'S TOPIC Why are there relatively few women managers and business leaders in Singapore? My perception is that if you look at the business community regionally, Singapore has relatively more women business leaders, especially given our small population. Take, for example, countries like Indonesia and
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    • 90 15 BT CEOs e-Club Members of the BT CEOs e-Club are Singapore's top corporate leaders whom BT editors would like to interact with in an atmosphere of informality and trust This 'dub'is a virtual one, with interaction mainly via e-mail. Each week, we will invite comments from these top executives on
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  • BT-CITIBANK YOUNG INVESTORS' FORUM
    • 878 16  -  By R SIVANITHY THERE'S an old proverb which says "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush" that many people think applies to all walks of life. And why not? People don't like uncertainty because it implies greater risk and greater risk
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    • 840 16  -  CAMPUS LIFE A final year project not only helped to promote two NTU programmes but also liven up the school, reports DALENA LEE DALENA LEE t M m 1)1) a feather to M\ your cap." a meg ga-sized vinyl sticker plastered m m on a
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  • ECONOMY WATCH
    • 510 17 But extraordinary gains in some local markets may not be sustainable Reuters [WASHINGTON] Most US homeowners do not need to fear an abrupt collapse in home prices despite sharp increases in recent years, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said in a letter released on
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    • 510 17 Reuters, Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Oil at US$5O a barrel might be a realistic upper limit for producer cartel Opec's new price target as it did not appear to be endangering global economic growth, the group's acting secretary-general was quoted as saying yesterday. Adnan Shihab-Eldin
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    • 437 17 24% growth for FY05 higher than govt forecasts Bloomberg [NEW DELHI] India's exports rose faster than the government expected last fiscal year, boosted by shipments of textiles, gems and jewellery to the US. Exports rose 24 per cent to a record US$BO billion for
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 2863 17 Sol ices Gul Cy/' Technologies TY\m Bokjoon PaopH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 16th Annual General Meeting of Gul Technologies Singapore Ltd (the "Company") will be held at 9 Oxley Rise, 1" Storey Foyer, Podium Block, The Oxley, Singapore *****7 on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 at 10.00 a.m.: A)
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  • MALAYSIA/INDONESIA
    • 541 18  -  Possible prelude to consolidation, with Commerce-Asset, RHB merger first By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur KHAZANAH Nasional, the federal government's strategic investment holding company, has begun boosting its stakes in Malaysia's banks in a move that analysts feel could propel the next wave of consolidation
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    • 611 18  -  MALAYSIA INSIGHT Given how cut-throat and competitive the 'makan' scene is already, why impose more conditions than necessary? PAULINE NG KL Correspondent EATING is arguably the favourite national pastime of Malaysians. Even before they finish lunch, they're thinking about tea or dinner. And if a meeting
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    • 282 18 AP, AFP, Reuters [JAKARTA] A Malaysian patrol boat collided with an Indonesian navy ship close to an offshore oil field claimed by both countries, Indonesian media reports on Saturday said. The incident allegedly took place on Friday close to the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • GREATER CHINA
    • 1240 19  -  CHINA INSIGHT But official economic figures from local governments, though inflated, still provide useful information, TIGER TONG explains TIGER TONG CHINA may be an economic powerhouse, but its development across the country is highly divided; the map of China is coloured by regional disparity. Knowing this
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    • 779 19  -  Growing rivalry in Latin America with Japan and S Korea By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Okinawa PEOPLE'S Bank of China assistant governor Ma Delun came away from this year's annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in Okinawa voicing "deep
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    • 624 20 This follows reports that cash, assets disappeared from group's accounts AFP [LONDON] The British government could investigate the finances of automaker MG Rover, finance minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, following reports that large sums in cash and assets had disappeared from
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    • 277 20 Reuters [TOKYO] Struggling electronics maker Sanyo Electric named former journalist Tomoyo Nonaka as its chief executive on Friday, setting the stage for her to become one of the few women running a big Japanese company. The announcement of the management change, to be put
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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    • 1193 19 O n O i en a. NOVEIMA HOLDINGS LIMITED Registration No: *****7300 M (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the shareholders of the Company will be held at 47 Sungei Kadut Avenue, Singapore *****0 on Wednesday, 27 April 2005 at 2:30 p.m. to
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 1787 20 KING'S SAFETYWEAR LIMITED Company Registration No.: *****1365E (Incorporated in Singapore with limited liability) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of King's Safetywear Limited ("the Company") will be held at The Clark Room, Level 4, Raffles City Convention Centre, Swissotel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore *****2 on
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    • 1907 20 3 n BENG KUANG MARINE LIMITED (Company Registration Number: *****0196 M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of Beng Kuang Marine Limited will be held at 55 Shipyard Road, Singapore *****1 on Thursday, 28 April
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 2337 21 ACHIEVA LIMITED (Company No: 1993-***** -M) (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of Achieva Limited will be held at 240 MacPherson Road, #02-03/04 Pines Industrial Building, Singapore *****4 on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 at 2.30
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    • 230 21 UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Singapore) (Co. Reg. No. *****0026Z) LOST SHARE CERTIFICATE The undermentioned certificate has been reported lost, destroyed or mislaid:Naroe Certificate No. No. of shares Goh Chai Kuan *****80-3 500 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that new share certificate will be issued and the above original share
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    • 140 21 IN HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Companies Winding Up No 48 Of 2005/ X In the Matter ol the Companies Act, Chapter 50 And In the Matter of HABASCA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (Registration No. *****1393Z) NOTICE OF WINDING UP ORDER IN THE MATTER OF HABASCA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD
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    • 2266 21 fv* China Sun Bio-chem Technology Group Company Ltd. J (Incorporated in the Cayman Islands) China Sun NOTICE OF FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the First Annual General Meeting of China Sun Bio-chem Technology Group Company Ltd. will be held at Hullet Room, Level 4 Raffles City
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  • WORLD
    • 322 22 Bloomberg [NFW YORK] Verizon Communications, the largest US phone company, will pay investor Carlos Slim US$l.l billion for his 13 per cent stake in MCI Inc to fend off a competing bid for MCI by Qwest Communications International Inc. Verizon agreed to pay
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    • 457 22 Plan would enable govt to analyse patterns in terrorist financing Reuters [NEW YORK] The Bush administration is developing a plan to give the government access to possibly hundreds of millions of international banking records in an effort to trace and deter terrorist financing.
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    • WORLD WATCH
      • 134 22 Reuters [NEW YORK] Warren Buffett will be in the hot seat today as state and federal investigators interview him, hoping the much-lionised billionaire might help them go after a smaller name but bigger fish American International Group's once-powerful chairman, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg. Mr Buffett will
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      • 157 22 AP [SAN FRANCISCO] The trio of billionaires who rim and own much of online search engine leader Google Inc reduced their individual salaries to US$l last year and rejected a recent attempt to give them a raise, according to documents filed last Friday. Google
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      • 165 22 Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Refco Inc, the world's biggest privately-held futures broker, and its shareholders may raise much as US$57 5 million in an initial public offering, amid record trading at derivatives markets such as the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The proposed sale, outlined in a
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 1471 22 global NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of CSE Global Limited ("the Company") will be held at The College Room, The National University of Singapore Society, Suntec City Guild House, 3 Temasek Boulevard #05-001, Suntec City Mall, Singapore *****3 on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 at 3.00 p.m.
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    • 1231 22 STATSChiptfe STATS ChipPAC Ltd. (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration Number *****7932 D) w Notice of Eleventh Annual General Meeting NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Eleventh Annual General Meeting (the "Annual General Meeting") of STATS ChipPAC Ltd. (the "Company" or "STATS ChipPAC") will be held at 10
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 2379 23 m/ V VICOM LTD (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Co. Reg. No.: *****0320K) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Auditorium, ComfortDelGro Headquarters, 205 Braddell Road, Singapore *****1 on Thursday, 28 April 2005
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    • 2168 23 INTERRA RESOURCES LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) (Company Registration No. *****0166Z) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of Interra Resources Limited (the "Company") will be held at Meritus Mandarin Hotel, Mandarin Ballroom, Level 6 South Tower, 333 Orchard Road, Singapore
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  • AVIATION
    • 293 24 It will use fuel more efficiently, strike better deals for airport work Bloomberg ICHICAGOI United Airlines, seeking to reduce expenses and exit bankruptcy, said it will save US$*M million this year on lower ticket-selling costs, more efficient use of fuel and
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    • 226 24 Bloomberg [MKLBOURNKI A Qantas Airways baggage handler was fired after parading on the tarmac at Sydney airport in a camel costume taken from a passenger's checked-in luggage. The staffer was sacked after an internal probe, Qantas said on Saturday. The owner of the
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    • 206 24 Reuters (BRUSSELS] The European Union joined the United States on Saturday in readiness to continue talks on cutting state aid to aircraft-makers past a deadline due today, making an immediate return to mutual litigation unlikely. Both sides agreed in January to put
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    • 791 24  -  COMMENTARY By ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg BIIX Marriott speaking on creating prosperity though tourism? That's hardly news. One would expect the chairman of Marriott International Inc. the biggest US hotel chain, to be an evangelist for his industry. What's interesting is that Mr Marriott.
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    • 1229 24 Midas Holdings Limited Company Registration No *****9758W NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Fourth Annual General Meeting of Midas Holdings Limited (the "Company") will be held at Mandarin Court B, Meritus Mandarin Singapore, 333 Orchard Road. Singapore *****7 on Wednesday. 27 April 2005 at 10
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    • 512 25  -  Pirates storm vessel, rob crew in Southern Malacca Strait on Friday By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] Armed pirates have struck yet again in the Malacca Strait, the fifth attack in just over one month, this time storming a Singapore-flagged tanker in the southern reaches of
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    • 60 25 [SOUTHAMPTON] P&O's newest cruise liner the Arcadia, sailing past the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman as it arrives in the Solent heading for Southampton, southern England, last week where she is to be named by double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes. Arcadia is the largest
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    • 287 25  -  By DONALD URQUHART [SINGAPORE] The owner of the Japanese tugboat Idaten, whose Japanese captain, chief engineer and Philippine crewmember were abducted for ransom in March, said the incident cost his company about 50 million yen (*****,000). Kanji Kondo, president of Kitakyushu-based shipping
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    • 218 25 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] China Shipping Group Co, China's sec-ond-largest shipowner, will more than double its container fleet capacity by 2008 after ordering more vessels, Oslo-based broker Fearnleys AS said in a report. The order for five container ships from Dalian New Ship Heavy Industry
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    • 292 25 SGX '000 Apr8 S$ Vol CH Offshore .0.3S unch 579 Chuan Hup .0.72 unch 775 Cosco Corporation 1.60 -0.02 3831 CWT Distribution 0.61 unch 0 Ezra Hldgs 1.08 -0.01 25 Freight Links 0.08 unch 652 Grand Banks Yacht 1.01 unch 0 Java Holdings 1.07 unch 320 K1 Venture
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  • BizIT
    • 602 33  -  BT exclusive Preliminary estimates by Gartner for this year show operators will target high-spending users, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY THIRD generation (3G) mobile telephony could be taking off in Singapore more strongly than anticipated, going by preliminary
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    • 229 33 DEMAND for low-tier handsets, mainly as replacements by pre-paid users or from new users in emerging markets, helped propel Asia-Pacific mobile phone sales to 164 million units last year, a 24.1 per cent increase over 2003, according to the latest figures from research agency
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      • 51 33 ROSINA Howe-Teo has been re-elected president of the Information Technology Management Association. The vice-presidents for the new term are Wu Choy Peng, who was also vice-president in the previous council, and Alvin Ong. Irving Chew takes over as honorary secretary, and Kwa Kim Chiongisthe new
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      • 58 33 SMART card solutions provider Gemplus has appointed Martin McCourt as president of Gemplus Asia. Based in Singapore, Dr McCourt will be responsible for Gemplus' operations in Asia, including China, Japan and Korea. A telco industry veteran with 20 years of experience, he was most recently
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      • 69 33 HEWLETT-PACKARD is holding a workshop on information lifecycle management (ILM) on April 20. The workshop is targeted at IT managers who are interested in learning more about ILM, and how HP's Storage Works Reference Information Storage System can help them better manage
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      • 62 33 THE Software Defined Radio Forum, an international industry association supporting development of software defined radio (SDR) systems, will meet in Singapore from April 18-20. SDR is a new wireless architecture that allow wireless networks and terminals to be reconfigured via software and hence provides an
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      • 95 33  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM IT solutions and hardware provider Fujitsu Asia has announced that it will sponsor its Primergy servers and 50 workstations to local animation house Egg Story Creative Production. The equipment will be used for computing-intensive tasks such as three-dimensional modelling and creating
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    • 797 34  -  &lt;cool stuff&gt; The phone-shaped 7100g has its perks and its quirks, says ROLAND LIM ROLAND LIM HOW many people really want to have their e-mail messages literally at their fingertips wherever they go? Well, judging from the number of "BlackBerries" of the inedible variety that
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    • 289 34  -  By ROLAND LIM ADOBE Systems Pte Ltd yesterday previewed its latest software suite, Adobe Creative Suite 2, which features improved integration across its range of design software while also offering access to its new Adobe Stock Photos service. Adobe Stock Photos allows users to preview
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    • 250 34  -  By LIZA LIN SINGAPORE Telecom has unveiled a new weapon in the fight against maritime piracy. Sing Tel Mobile Satellite Business (MSB), its mobile satellite arm, is linking up with Inmarsat, a global satellite provider, and other technology partners to offer security solutions to
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      • 92 34 FUJITSU Asia has released the fi-60F, an A 6 colour flatbed document scanner which features an output resolution of up to 600 dots per inch (dpi) and takes only 1.7 seconds to scan a document in colour in 200 dpi. Designed for scanning documents such as
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      • 99 34 STORAGE specialist lomega has released its latest line of portable hard drives—the lomega Portable Hard Drive Silver series, which come in storage capacities of 60GB and 80GB, and are priced at $319 and $409, respectively. Based on 2.5 inch hard disk drives, the Silver series
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      • 68 34  -  Compiled by ROLAND LIM DELL has unveiled its smallest and lightest ultra-portable notebook, the Latitude XI. Weighing in at 1.14 kg with its standard three cell battery, the Latitude XI features a wide-aspect 12.1 inch screen that displays at a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels. The
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    • 808 34  -  &lt;you say&gt; ALVIN LIM INSTANT Messaging (IM) is fast becoming as übiquitous as email in the workplace. Since its humble beginnings almost 10 years ago, when a company called Mirablis introduced a freeware program called ICQ providing realtime interactive chat and file transfer functions, IM
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    • 580 35  -  IBM is setting aside US$250m to research RFID solutions, reports RAJU CHELLAM from Hawthorne, New York RAJU CHELLAM THE world's largest computer company is plonking big bucks, allocating more R&D, adding more industry-specific experts, and tying up with business and research partners on what
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    • 331 35 LAST month, European giant Royal Philips Electronics deployed what could be the world's first major RFID implementation in the semiconductor sector. The project was developed with IBM Corp and involves the tagging and tracing of chip wafer cases and cartons between Philips' manufacturing facility
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      • 1280 36  -  In today's information-heavy business environment, firms can maximise the value of their data with an information lifecycle management strategy, writes AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY AMIT ROY CHOUDHURY INFORMATION has always been a valuable resource for businesses worldwide and across industries. What has changed over the past few years,
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      • 400 36 INFORMATION Lifecycle Management (ILM) is a cornerstone of Hew-lett-Packard's Adaptive Enterprise approach, according to Anthony Chan, general manager of HP Asia Pacific Storage Works division. Mr Chan describes ILM as a set of designed processes, solutions and services to capture, manage, retain and deliver timely
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