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Title Section13 2005-07-06 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES inline at http://business-times.asialxom.sg MICA (P) 089/03/2005 Wednesday, July 6,2005 SIN13 words
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Article, Illustration552 2005-07-06 1 JOYCE KOH - Guests at Esplanade Theatre treated to a brand of S'pore entertainment few expected By JOYCE KOH [SINGAPORE] It was an extravaganza of song and dance at the Esplanade Theatre last evening as some of the world's most recognisable faces celebrated the official opening ofCHEW SENG KIM/ST - 552 words
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Article136 2005-07-06 1 STI 2.222.61 (+1.45) ST INDEX FUTURES 2,225.00 (+1.00) siMsa 265.11 (+0.38) SIMSCI FUTURES ***** (+0.10) MARKETS Tuesday Change KLSE COMP 898.87 +0.18 NIKKEI 225 11,616.70 -34.85 HANG SENij 14,124.80 -53.07 SET INDEX 663.52 -6J6 JAKARTA COMP 1,131.17 -7,71 MANILA COMP 1.817.02 +135 SEOUL COMP 1,018.81 -2.9 SHENZHENS 212.54136 words
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674 2005-07-06 1 S JAYASANKARAN - By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FORMER prime minister Mahathir Mohamad defended Tengku Mahaleel Ariff, the embattled chief executive of carmaker Proton Holdings, at a press conference yesterday in comments that delivered an implicit rebuke to the carmaker's board. That defence, and his implied674 words
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Article, Illustration286 2005-07-06 1 LARRY WEE - By LARRY WEE [SINGAPORE] The American dollar powered its way to fresh 2005 highs in Asia yesterday as financial markets factored in better growth prospects Stateside and wider interest rate differentials in favour of the US, ahead of what could beSource: Reuters - 286 words
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TOP STORIES
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Article, Illustration866 2005-07-06 2 TEH HOOI LING - PFood says lower interest earned as cash was moved to short-term deposits By TEH HOOI LING [SINGAPORE] CLSA AsiaPacific Markets has raised a red flag over the cash hoard of locally-listed Chinabased pork producer People's Food (PFood), saying the company's interestFILE PHOTO; Source: Bloomberg - 866 words
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Article494 2005-07-06 2 5% drop in business bankruptcies seen FEWER than 470 Singapore businesses are likely to go to the wall this year, even though the expected slowdown in the world economy is likely to hit growth, says credit insurance firm Euler Hermes. And the 5 per cent decline in business494 words
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Article, Illustration795 2005-07-06 2 KALPANA RASHIWALA - Sino Land, IOI, Wing Tai seen as potential bidders By KALPANA RASHIWALA [SINGAPORE] Interest in the mega Business and Financial Centre (BFC) site being offered for sale through a tender that closes tomorrow, seems to be hotting up, with market talk that bidsFILE PHOTO - 795 words
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Article592 2005-07-06 2 NANDE KHIN - By NANDE KHIN [SINGAPORE] After dipping iir 2002, Singapore's investments overseas grew 5.1 per cent in 2003 to end the year at $294 billion, figures released yesterday by the Department of Statistics (DOS) show. Portfolio investments accounted for 19.7 per cent of,total investments, jumping592 words
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Article110 2005-07-06 2 IN the article "Singapore Inc needs an India strategy" (BT. July 4), it was reported that under an "early harvest" provision under the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement between India and Singapore, 506 items can be exported to India duty free, covering about 75 per cent of Singapore's exports to110 words
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Article, Illustration690 2005-07-06 3 NANDE KHIN - Ministers told to identify, reject attempts to gain undue influence By NANDE KHIN [SlNGAPOßE] Ministers and Members of Parliament were yesterday given updated guidelines on how to conduct themselves with regard to their public positions. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has revisedFILE PHOTO - 690 words
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627 2005-07-06 3 CHEN HUIFEN - By CHEN HUIFEN [SINGAPORE] Fewer than 470 Singapore businesses are likely to go to the wall this year, even though the expected slowdown in the world economy is likely to hit growth, says credit insurance firm Euler Hermes. And the 5 per cent decline627 words
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COMPANY NEWS
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Article, Illustration634 2005-07-06 4 WONG WEI KONG - HOCK LOCK SIEW By WONG WEI KONG SHOULD corporate figures who are under investigation or have been charged continue to wield influence within a company while matters remain unresolved? It's a question being asked after what has happened at Accord Customer Care Solutions634 words
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480 2005-07-06 4 MINDY TAN - Boustead awarded $6.5 m energy recovery deal By MINDY TAN RECORD high pil prices may have hit some stocks but this has not stopped some listed companies from engaging in power-re-lated deals. Colben System, a power supplies and precision gear firm and wholly480 words
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Article, Illustration436 2005-07-06 4 VEN SREENIVASAN - By VEN SREENIVASAN JURONG Engineering (JEL) has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Corporate Finance to advise directors on the proposed sale of its core business to Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI). Announcing this, JEL advised shareholders to "exercise caution when dealing in the shares"436 words
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238 2005-07-06 4 LISA TAN - By LISA TAN SINGAPORE Post Limited (Sing Post) and Prudential Assurance will roll out the Care for Life service at 18 more Sing Post branches, doubling the number to 36 by March 31 next year. The Care for Life service was first238 words
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Article, Illustration288 2005-07-06 6 WEE LI-EN - IT-RELATED DEALS Use of mySAP solution is part of streamlining exercise Reports by WEE LI-EN MAINBOARD-listed Meghmani Organics is set to streamline all its business procedures and processes to expand its pigments and pesticides manufacturing business. Meghmani, Singapore's first Indian listing, has completed the288 words
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170 2005-07-06 6 fcSBSDAQ-LISTED System Access has a joint venture (JV) company /"with Digital China Software (BVI) Ltd to £hmll banking software and solutions in Hdhlna. f Digital China is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Digital China Holdings, the largest IT product distributor and170 words
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184 2005-07-06 6 Reuters HARD-DISK drive maker MMI Holdings said yesterday that it will sell its entire £5 per cent stake in Malaysian contract manufacturing group Alliance Contract Manufacturing Sdn Bhd for 8M38.5 million (5517.2 pillion). MMI declined to say who Sought the stake, but saidReuters - 184 words
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Article, Illustration346 2005-07-06 6 Indonesia under M'sian unit; China under S'pore unit SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary, SPH Magazines, has on Monday realigned its Blu Inc Group of companies. SPH Magazines and joint venture partner Simpletech transferred each of their 50 per centFILE PHOTO - 346 words
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243 2005-07-06 6 Bernama [KUALA LUMPUR] Sunway Construction Sdn Bhd (Suncon) has accepted letters of award for two projects in India amounting to RM695.5 million (Ss3ll million) from the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI). The first contract worth RM411.3 million is for the completion, upgrading andBernama - 243 words
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103 2005-07-06 6 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's Boustead Holdings said yesterday it had bought a 14.1 per cent stake in shipbuilder PSC Industries (PSCI) to gain control of the struggling firm. Boustead acquired the stake from state-run bad loans manager Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional for «M 25 millia»,(Ss»Reuters - 103 words
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211 2005-07-06 6 CAPITALAND has bought the remaining 5 per cent and now owns the entire Shanghai Xin Mao Property Development Co Ltd, through its wholly owned subsidiary, MCH Holdings (Shanghai) Pte Ltd. Capita Land yesterday announced that MCH Holdings has acquired the equity interest from211 words
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Article, Illustration962 2005-07-06 7 PAULINE NG - NEWS ANALYSIS Feathers have begun to fly in the tussle for control over the successful KFC franchise. PAULINE NG reports PAULINE NG WITH revenues exceeding RMI billion (*****.2 million), KFC Holdings Malaysia, which also controls the KFC fast food chain in Singapore, is the962 words
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COMPANY BRIEFS
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77 2005-07-06 7 KEPPEL Offshore Marine's (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary in the US, Keppel AmFELS, has won two contracts worth a total of US$ 174 million from Texas-based Scorpion Offshore for the building of two rigs which are expected to be delivered in 2007 and 2008. Keppel O&M77 words
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83 2005-07-06 7 PLASTIC injection moulding group TTL Holdings said yesterday that it had entered into a share swap agreement last Friday with Plasticos Promex USA. TTL will buy the 750,000 shares or 25 per cent that Plasticos holds in TTL Promex for $1 each. After the83 words
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80 2005-07-06 7 DIGILAND International said its subsidiaries, Digiland Singapore and Digiland Vietnam, have been ordered by the court to be wound up. after the winding-up petitions against them were unopposed. Digiland had said in April after its subsidiaries were served the winding-up petitions by Hewlett-Packard80 words
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66 2005-07-06 7 BROKERAGE and financial services firm Kim Eng Holdings' shareholding in ATR Kim Eng Financial Corporation has been diluted to 38.7 per cent from 39.95 per cent, as a result of the exercise of 20,259,316 ATR Kim Eng warrants by another party. ATR66 words
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80 2005-07-06 7 ADVANCED Integrated Manufacturing Corp's (AIM) wholly owned subsidiary, Advanced Manufacturing Corporation (AMC), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with South Korean telecommunications company, Übiquam Co Ltd. Under the MOU, AMC will be the sole manufacturer for Übiquam's CDMA handsets. Contract values80 words
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SINGAPORE MARKETS
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Article, Illustration864 2005-07-06 8 LARRY WEE - CURRENCIES The greenback looks poised for even more ambitious gains ahead LARRY WEE Senior Correspondent Round-number obstacles such as 110 yen, 1.3 Swiss francs, 70 US cents per New Zealand dollar, US$l.BO per British pound and US$l.2O per euro all fell like864 words
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505 2005-07-06 8 EDDIE TOH - TRADES TO WATCH Compiled by EDDIE TOH BRIGADBR-GENERAL (Retired) Law Chwee Kiat, the non-executive chairman and independent director of Linair technologies, has raised his stake to the company although the company is being investigated by the authorities. According to a disclosure yesterday, Mr505 words
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Article, Illustration420 2005-07-06 8 OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES Jul 5 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS 46.00 +53.00 BTCAP1 -*****.00 +59.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 +5.00 All-SG Equities 571.10 +0.89 SG Equities Elect 138.08 +0.27 SG Equities Fin 1554.33 -1.30 SG Equities Prop 575.89 +3.86 SIMSCI 265.11 +0.38 SiMSCI Futures 265.30 +0.10 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS VOLUME MMI420 words
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Article284 2005-07-06 8 JOYCE KOH - Compiled by JOYCE KOH MMI Holdings July 5 dose:: 45.S cents CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, My 4 DIVERSIFICATION paying off: Thanks to strong demand for HDD and higher allocation from Seagate, we expect HDD components (67 per cent sales) to enjoy an 11 per cent CAGR (compounded annual growth284 words
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Article, Illustration434 2005-07-06 8 R SIVANITHY - STOCKS R SIVANITHY Senior Correspondent IN contrast to Monday's action which was mainly on index stocks and oil laggards, yesterday's trading appeared to be less focused, albeit still with impressive gains for some of the day's favourites like KS Energy and Labroy Marine. Oil again434 words
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Article, Illustration242 2005-07-06 8 Yeo Kee Yan - CHART POINT By Yeo Kee Yan, chartist at Kelive Research OVER this week, markets have digested positive ISM (Institute for Supply Management) data and news of stronger consumer confidence, lower weekly initial claims, and another round of rate hike by242 words
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SINGAPORE NEWS
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619 2005-07-06 9 ARTHUR SIM - Topics covered include the BFC and CPF savings, with a snap poll thrown in By ARTHUR SIM PROPERTY market professionals have put forward suggestions varying from more Central Provident Fund savings to be made available for housing to a call for a pedestrianised619 words
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Article, Illustration314 2005-07-06 9 NOVENA Square shopping mall is to develop into Singapore's first "sports mall", starting with its new three-storey wing. When the new wing, to be called Velocity@Novena Square, opens in November 2006, Novena Square will have 70 more shops and will spread over 200,000314 words
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Article, Illustration553 2005-07-06 9 CHLOE CHOY - By CHLOE CHOY SINGAPORE may have attracted world attention with its hosting of the 117 th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Raffles City Convention Centre but some retailers are still grumbling. Shopkeepers in the Marina Bay area complained that businessAP - 553 words
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Article, Illustration773 2005-07-06 10 JOYCE KOH - Last-ditch pitches made by luminaries of five cities vying for 2012 honour By JOYCE KOH THE big guns came out firing yesterday as the race to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games comes to a climax tonight in Singapore. Some of the world's best-knownEDWIN KOO/ST; PHOTOS BY AFP, AP, REUTERS - 773 words
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Article, Illustration289 2005-07-06 10 LONDON'S Olympic bid committee turned on the star power yesterday evening in an all-out attempt to boost its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. The team presented its "athlete ambassadors" at a press conference in an effort to show the worldAFP - 289 words
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ECONOMY WATCH
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685 2005-07-06 11 Concern over a sharp slowdown in growth seen as unfounded Reuters [SINGAPORE] Slowing exports and costlier global oil have prompted economists to trim their forecasts for Asian economic growth in 2005, but most of them say fears of a sharper slowdown areReuters - 685 words
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216 2005-07-06 11 Reuters [JAKARTA] The Indonesian rupiah is undervalued and its weakness is caused by strong US dollar demand to finance oil imports, Indonesia's chief economic minister said yesterday. "Of course, it is undervalued. But now we have to talk about cash flow. Cash demand forReuters - 216 words
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Article, Illustration729 2005-07-06 11 AFP [FRANKFURT] As political pressure grows on the European Central Bank to cut its key interest rates, the International Monetary Fund entered the debate yesterday, saying there was no need to reduce borrowing costs just yet. "There is no reason (for a cut)AFP; REUTERS - 729 words
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443 2005-07-06 11 LATEST US DATA Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US factory orders increased in May by the most in a year, mainly due to a surge in bookings for commercial aircraft. Demand for business equipment declined for a third month in four. Factories received 2.9 perBloomberg - 443 words
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496 2005-07-06 11 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Asia's simple refining margins have turned negative and may slide further a sign that the region may struggle to deliver another year of dramatic demand growth, industry sources said yesterday. Margins for exportoriented refiners in Singapore and South Korea tippedReuters - 496 words
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Advertisement3274 2005-07-06 12 I Notices ICICI Bank (Incorporated in India) Corporal* Office: ICICI Bank Towers, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051. India Rupee**! t»os As on At or To, 31.03.2005 31.03.2004 Tbomombors of ICICI Bank LMM CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES 1. We have audited the attached balance sheet Capital 10,867.758 9,664,012 of ICICI Bank Limited3,274 words
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Article, Illustration818 2005-07-06 13 SHOEB KAGDA - INDONESIA INSIGHT Challenge is to keep cost competitive, not target industries for special treatment SHOEB KAGDA Jakarta Correspondent INDONESIA last week unveiled an ambitious industrial policy that outlines the development and growth of the country's manufacturing industry over the next 20 years. While 10 years818 words
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471 2005-07-06 13 S JAYASANKARAN - By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur LIM Yan Hai, the former controlling shareholder of Malaysian property development and retail company Bolton, h#s reduced his interest in the business in a move that could lead to a boardroom battle. Filings to Bursa Malaysia showed that471 words
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Article, Illustration524 2005-07-06 13 S JAYASANKARAN - Small number of companies get a large number of permits, he says By S JAYASANKARAN in Kuala Lumpur FORMER prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has highlighted Malaysia's practice of issuing car import licences to a few favoured individuals. In a press conference yesterday, Dr MahathirFILE PHOTOS - 524 words
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87 2005-07-06 13 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd. a Hong Kong real estate developer owned by billionaire Li Ka-shing, said it sold 212 apartments at its legend luxury development in nine days, generating more than HK$5 billion (SS1.1 billion). The average priceBloomberg - 87 words
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80 2005-07-06 13 Reuters [HONG KONG] Stock listings in Hong Kong will raise US$l7.6 billion this year, an increase of nearly 46 per cent from 2004 as more mainland companies go public in the second half. PricewaterhouseCoopers said yesterday. So far this year Hong Kong IPOsReuters - 80 words
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96 2005-07-06 13 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Chinas Ministry of Finance plans to issue 165 billion yuan (S$34 billion) in treasury bonds in the third quarter to fund infrastructure construction and plug a budget deficit, securities sources said yesterday. The ministry mainly plans to issue one-, two- andReuters - 96 words
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209 2005-07-06 13 Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's biggest power company, Tenaga Nasional Bhd, is buying struggling independent power producer Northern Utility Resources Sdn Bhd for RMI.O billion (*****.8 million), Tenaga said yesterday. State-controlled Tenaga said the cash acquisition of Northern Utility, currently in receivership, represented "an opportunisticReuters - 209 words
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GREATER CHINA
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478 2005-07-06 14 BEYOND CHINA Move seen as yet another failure by China firms to buy energy assets Reuters [HONG KONG/BANGKOK] China's Citic Resources said yesterday it has ended its pursuit of debt-laden Thai Petrochemicals Industry (TPI), putting a Thai government restructuring plan firmly back onReuters - 478 words
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222 2005-07-06 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] China's Merchants Securities Co Ltd has become the first mainland brokerage to win approval from Chinese regulators to buy an overseas counterpart, a report in an official newspaper said yesterday. Merchants Securities, based in Shenzhen, is to buy China Merchants Securities (HK)Reuters - 222 words
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Article, Illustration544 2005-07-06 14 Reuters [SHANGHAI] Haier Group, China's biggest home appliance maker, said yesterday it is still interested in making an offer for larger US rival Maytag but has not yet decided on whether to make a formal bid. "Haier Group is very interested inReuters; AP - 544 words
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236 2005-07-06 14 AFP [SHANGHAI] China's financia htd> Shanghai is on the verge o citywide blackouts with the lOtl day of a heat wave sending elec tricity usage soaring to fresh peal records, state press reported yes terday. Electricity loads in Chi na's largest port cityAFP - 236 words
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Article, Illustration588 2005-07-06 14 JEAN CHUA - CHINA INSIGHT JEAN CHUA Reporter RECENTLY, the Academy of Macro-economic Research in China a think tank linked to the Beijing government said the growth of fixed-asset investment in the country in the second half of the year should slow to between 20 and 25 per cent.588 words
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INDIA
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Article, Illustration657 2005-07-06 15 Boost from relaxed investment rules, but many funds still non-committal Reuters [KUALA LUMPUR] India's move to ease rules on foreign investment in a thriving property market has given hope to local developers seeking capital and expertise to become national giants. But many international propertyReuters; AFP - 657 words
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304 2005-07-06 15 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India sate oil firms are expected toreport a steep fall in net piofit in the April-June quarter because of government controls on retail prices, officials said on Monday. India raised petool and diesel prices by about 7 per centReuters - 304 words
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228 2005-07-06 15 Reutfrs [NEW DELHI] India'4 personal computer siles rose 20 per cent in 2C04/05 to 3.63 million units (ue to strong demand from the financial, IT and teleoms sectors, the compute] hardware industry b«dy said yesterday. Apart from leading companies, smallReutfrs - 228 words
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465 2005-07-06 16 ANTHONY ROWLEY - Rough passage seen in Upper House for postal privatisation Bills By ANTHONY ROWLEY in Tokyo A PACKAGE of Bills to privatise Japan's vast postal savings system scraped through the Lower House of Parliament yesterday. But while the razor-thin majority of half-a-dozen votes averted a threat465 words
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Article, Illustration474 2005-07-06 16 Reuters. Bloomberg [TOKYO] Struggling Japanese consumer electronics mater Sanyo Electric yesterday unveiled a new restructuring plan which includes a 15 per cent reduction in its global workforce of 96,000 over the next three years. Uhder the three-year plan to restore profitability, the fompany alsoReuters.; Bloomberg; AFP - 474 words
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356 2005-07-06 16 Tokyo wants to get preference over Beijing in project AFP [TOKYO] Japan is considering giving US$9 billion in aid to Russia to help finance a pipeline from Siberian oil fields if Tokyo gets preference over Beijing in the project, aAFP - 356 words
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Article, Illustration882 2005-07-06 16 Looking ahead, analysts expect prices to flatten out and remain stagnant for a number of years NYT [SYDNEY] FOR several years, dinner party chatter here did not linger on favourite Australian subjects like rugby, cricket, sailing and surfing or even politics. No, all the talk wasNYT; REUTERS - 882 words
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398 2005-07-06 16 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] China's push to buy US companies such as Unocal and Maytag, while sparking a political outcry in Congress, may after all benefit the American economy. Overseas takeovers of US firms often bring an infusion of capital andBloomberg - 398 words
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WORLD
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423 2005-07-06 17 Claims could even outstrip combined govts', insurers' payment capacities [LONDON] Insurers might be unable to bear losses from "mega-terrorism", the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was due to warn yesterday, reported the Financial Times. In some countries, claims from attacks, which423 words
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Article, Illustration335 2005-07-06 17 [NEW YORK] John Mack, the newly appointed chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, has urged managers to seek out the best talent at rival banks to reverse the outflow of top executives the group has seen in the past three335 words
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Article, Illustration546 2005-07-06 17 NYT [FRANKFURT] Deutsche Telekom Europe's largest and, recently, least adventurous telecommunications provider is once again said to be thinking of selling its T-Mobile USA business. It might be because T-Mobile has become a laggard, one that so far has held upNYT; BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 546 words
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417 2005-07-06 17 NYT [LA PAZ, Bolivia] With prices of crude oil and natural gas at record highs, and ideology increasingly propelling government policy makers, energyrich countries are squeezing energy companies like never before. In some cases, they are unilaterally cancelling long-term contracts that gave energyNYT - 417 words
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360 2005-07-06 17 AFP [LONDON] US President George W Bush described the Kyoto Protocol as a "lousy deal" for the US economy in an interview broadcast on Monday, turning up the heat on British leader Tony Blair, who hopes to reach an accord on climateAFP - 360 words
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Article, Illustration614 2005-07-06 18 VEN SREENIVASAN - KL keen on AirAsia taking over less profitable MAS domestic routes By VEN SREENIVASAN [SINGAPORE] Expansion of its overseas route network seems to be paying off for Malaysia Airlines. The Malaysian national carrier, which is facing intense competition on itsBLOOMBERG - 614 words
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357 2005-07-06 18 Bloomberg [HONG KONG] China Eastern Airlines Corp, the nation's third-biggest carrier by sales, said shareholders approved plans to sell short-term bills to increase its cash, buy new aircraft and acquire assets from its parent. The airline won approval to sell as muchBloomberg - 357 words
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LOG BOOK
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108 2005-07-06 18 Reuters [BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT] Deutsche Lufthansa won conditional approval from the European Commission (EC) yesterday to buy Swiss International Air Lines, ending three years of independence for the money-losing Swiss carrier. But the two airlines have had to agree to give up some take-off andReuters - 108 words
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87 2005-07-06 18 Bloomberg [JAKARTA] PT Garuda Indonesia and PT Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Indonesia's two biggest state-owned carriers, are reporting slumping sales amid surging fuel prices and competition with low-fare airlines. Garuda, Indonesia's biggest airline, had an operating loss of 445 billion rupiah (5576.5 million) in theBloomberg - 87 words
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63 2005-07-06 18 Bloomberg [SINGAPORE] Tiger Airways Pte, a discount carrier partly owned by Singapore Airlines Ltd, said Singapore aviation authorities have granted the airline permission to start flights daily to Cambodia. Tiger Air, which said last month that it will acquire eight Airbus SAS*Bloomberg - 63 words
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846 2005-07-06 18 Record demand as summer travel season kicks off, boosting ticket prices for international travel NYT BATTERED by brutal fare competition and ever-higher oil prices, major US airlines have found a valuable antidote: carrying passengers overseas. International flights are in record demand as the summerNYT - 846 words
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Article385 2005-07-06 18 AIRLINE CODES: AA: American Airlines (AAL), AF Air France (AFR), AI: Air India (AK), AY Finnair Oy (FIN), AZ: Alitalia Airlines (AZA),BA: British Airways Public Ltd Co (BAW), BG Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC), BI: Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RBA), BO Bouraq Airlines (BOU), BR EVA385 words
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Page 18 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous207 2005-07-06 18 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 1 Exact betting Eric loses heart if in charge (8) 15 Marvellous to first make mis- YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION 2 Cabaret I find is full of germs take jf njce hearted (8) Across: 7 New castle, 8 Month, 10 3 Old country loses its head for 16 Return of207 words
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SHIPPING
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Article, Illustration529 2005-07-06 19 DAVID HUGHES - Last week's EU ministers' meeting should not be seen as final victory: ICS By DAVID HUGHES in London THE International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has warned shipowners that the fight to stop the European Commission from getting a529 words
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Article, Illustration69 2005-07-06 19 [YICHANG, China] Barges navigating through the ship lock of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, on Saturday. The two-way five-step lock, which features a two-way lifting facility for the 113-metre drop between the upstream and downstream separated by the giganticAP - 69 words
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Article560 2005-07-06 19 Move follows hijack of tsunami relief vessel by pirates AFP [NAIROBI] The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday suspended all shipments of aid to Somalia pending the release of a ship carrying tsunami relief that was hijacked by pirates last week off theAFP - 560 words
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281 2005-07-06 19 Bloomberg [LONDON] National Grid Transco pic, the natural gas pipeline manager, said the first liquefied gas shipment to the United Kingdom in 15 years arrived at its new Grain terminal at 9:35 am London time on Monday. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) isBloomberg - 281 words
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202 2005-07-06 19 Reuters [SINGAPORE] Marine fuel sales in Singapore fell in May from April but were up 5.3 per cent from a year earlier, government data showed yesterday. May marine fuel sales came to 2.081 million tonnes in May, down 3.3 per cent fromReuters - 202 words
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Article286 2005-07-06 19 SGX '000 ms s> vol CH Offshore 338 0.01 2641 ChuanHup. .0.77 -0.01 405 Cosco Corporation .2 01 0.04 ***** CWT Distribution 337 unch 0 Ezra HkJgs US 0.03 1286 Freight Links. 0.08 unch 505 Grand Banks Yacht .0.97 unch 0 Java Holdings 1.10 0.01 343 K1 Venture286 words
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807 2005-07-06 19 DAVID HUGHES - STRAIT TALK By DAVID HUGHES LAST week, there was something of a fuss when DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) issued a circular saying that marine fuel with over 4.5 per cent sulphur content had been supplied, in contravention of new International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations. The Maritime807 words
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237 2005-07-06 19 Xinhua [DHAKA] The presence of a naval base and the zigzagging course of the Chittagong port channel in Bangladesh are the main reasons for accidents, ship operators said. The navy installation has made movement of ships through the channel more difficult, as the windingXinhua - 237 words
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130 2005-07-06 19 Reuters [BAKU] The largest Caspian shipping firm, Azeri stateowned Caspar, raised crude and oil product shipments by 3 per cent in the first half of 2005, down from 5 per cent in the whole of 2004 and 16 per cent in the first halfReuters - 130 words
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Article549 2005-07-06 20 EDITORIAL TWO weeks ago, the US Conference Board reported that its May index of leading economic indicators (LEI), which is supposed to forecast economic trends 6-9 months in advance, fell by a bigger-than-expected 0.5 per cent. It was the fourth decline in five months, the ninth549 words
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Article, Illustration1105 2005-07-06 20 ASHOK KUMAR In Mumbai - Washington's relations with India, Pakistan and Iran weigh heavy over the US$22b deal ASHOK KUMAR In Mumbai INDIAN Petroleum Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar has been working round the clock to close a US$22 billion deal on the India-Iran gas pipeline, which will runAFP FILE PHOTOS - 1,105 words
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Article, Illustration725 2005-07-06 20 FRANK CHING - THE BOTTOM LINE FRANK CHING PRESIDENT Hu Jintao, in an official visit to Moscow from June 30-July 3, strengthened Sino-Russian political relationship by signing with President Vladimir Putin a joint statement on the international situation in which the two countries expressed similar views725 words
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Article, Illustration1353 2005-07-06 21 TIGER TONG - Think again. China is still at the low end of the world's production chain and Chinese companies still lack experience in international operations By TIGER TONG THE US$lB.5 billion bid for Unocal, a US oil company, by CNOOC, the third largest oil producerBLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO - 1,353 words
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Article, Illustration700 2005-07-06 21 DIANA CHOYLEVA - China's economic expansion is forcing it to scour the globe to secure energy resources for future needs By DIANA CHOYLEVA RECENTLY, there have been a plethora of articles with titles like "The Chinese Challenge" and "China Economy Rising at Pace to Rival US". ButAFP - 700 words
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289 2005-07-06 21 Tan Kok Tim Singapore - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Tan Kok Tim Singapore I REFER to the report, "Profits at risk if oil hovers at US$6O" (BT, July 4) and the worries of high oil prices slowing down the world economy, driving up prices and eroding profits. When that happens,289 words
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Article82 2005-07-06 21 Leong Sze Hian, Singapore - Leong Sze Hian, Singapore I REFER to the article, "Investing surplus cash" (BT, Jun 7). Companies planning to invest their surplus cash may be interested to know that the Foundation for Fiduciary Studies and the Centre for Fiduciary Studies at the University of Pittsburgh's Katz School of82 words
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Article3405 2005-07-06 23 FINANCE COMMODITIES MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES In local cwT In S$ In USS dy %yr dy yr dy Syr Jul 4 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Index Preliminary 876.6 0.1 2.8 0.1 1.8 0.0 -1.9 tEAFE Preliminary 829.0 03 73 0.0 04 -0.1 -33 Europe Preliminary3,405 words
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Article, Illustration565 2005-07-06 29 SAMUEL EE - Former sells more than 13,000 units while latter managed about 9,000 By SAMUEL EE THE first quarter of 2005 saw Nissan overtaking Hyundai to regain the No 2 spot it had ceded to the latter in 2004 and now, at the half-way565 words
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424 2005-07-06 29 SAMUEL EE - By SAMUEL EE THE first half of 2005 has seen one marque jump two positions higher in the sales rankings Kia. At the end of 2004, the Korean make was sitting at the No 8 spot with 3,021 passenger car sales for a424 words
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Article, Illustration365 2005-07-06 30 Chua Boon Lee - By Chua Boon Lee Standard Poor's Associate, Fund Services STANDARD Poor's global funds team based in London recently undertook a study on the effect of si2e of an investment team on the eventual performance of a fund in a given sector. S&Fs fund evaluation process concentrates365 words
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Article, Illustration959 2005-07-06 30 MICHAEL PREISS - Correctly anticipating the impact of news, rather then the news itself, is a needed skill MONEY MATTERS MICHAEL PREISS AS we contemplate the investment outlook for the second half of the year, it pays to look back and remember that financial markets have an incredible capacity959 words
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Article, Illustration830 2005-07-06 31 PHILIP LOH - PHILIP LOH looks at why people can't bring themselves to sell their losing investments PHILIP LOH Deciding to buy a stock or fund is always easier than deciding to sell. This is particularly true if the investment is a loser. But selling at the right830 words
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1264 2005-07-06 31 CHONG LEE SIANG, POK SOY YOONG - YOU THE TAXMAN CHONG LEE SIANG and POK SOY YOONG examine the tax risks of investing abroad CHONG LEE SIANG, POK SOY YOONG By ERNST YOUNG THESE are exciting times. And trying times, too. The taxation landscapes in Asia are fast changing. In oneBy ERNST & YOUNG - 1,264 words
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Article, Illustration1156 2005-07-06 32 GENEVIEVE CUA - That's one of the investing principles trading coach Mirriam MacWilliams teaches. GENEVIEVE CUA finds out more about her investing methods GENEVIEVE CUA AT a dinner party at the height of the dotcom rage, trader and trading coach Mirriam Mac Williams recalls meeting an accountantARTHUR LEE - 1,156 words
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368 2005-07-06 32 Mirriam MacWilliams - Mirriam MacWilliams trader and trading coach EVERY year that ended in 5 has been a year when the market closed up. That's why sentiment now is extremely bullish. People would rather put a gun to their head than miss out on a market368 words
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