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News Releases 2002

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December

• POSB Offers Best-Value HDB Home Loan Package at 1.99% p.a. for the First Year  (26 December)
  
  
• Ng Kee Choe Appointed Vice Chairman of DBS Group Holdings; Frank Wong Appointed Vice Chairman of DBS Bank  (17 December)
  
  
• Media Statement On Basic Banking Account  (5 December)
  
  
• DBS Bank Announces The Launch Of S$505 Million Secured Bond Issue  (2 December)
  
  

November

• Cheques For New Singapore Shares Can Be Exchanged For Cash At DBS/POSB Branches And Singapore Post Offices  (18 November)
  
  
• Sale By DBS Bank Of Its Entire Shareholding In Natsteel Ltd 
  (13 November)
  
  
• DBS Bank And IBM Announce An IT Services Initiative 
  (12 November)
  
  
• DBS Introduces A Brand New Credit Card  (8 November)
  
  
• Media Statement  (1 November)
  
  

October

• DBS Third Quarter 2002 Net Profit Attributable to Members Declined 0.9% to S$199 million  (28 October)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces Bt 80.0 Million Net Profit For 3Q02  (18 October)
  
  
• DBS Appoints Edmund Koh As Head Of Singapore Consumer Banking  (1 October)
  
  

September

• DBS Updates Its Customers On CTS Cheques  (9 September)
  
  
• Former Supreme Court Judge Appointed To DBSH Board Of Directors  (9 September)
  
  

August

• DBS Launches New Home Loan Packages  (28 August)
  
  
• DBS Named 'Best Bank In Singapore' By Global Finance  (22 August)
  
  
• Media Statement  (20 August)
  
  
• POSB MasterCard A Big Hit With Customers  (7 August)
  
  

July

• Cashline's Fastcash - Cash Within 20 Mins of Approval  (29 July)
  
  
• DBS First Half Revenues up 32% to S$2.0 billion  (22 July)
  
  
• DBS Vickers Securities To Close Its Philippines Operations  (22 July)
  
  
• DBS Bank Unveils New Home Loan Packages To Solidify Leadership Position In Home Loans  (19 July)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces Bt 71.2 Million Net Profit For 2Q02  (19 July)
  
  
• DBS Wins Best Bank, Best Debt House Aand Best Equities House In Euromoney's Awards For Excellence 2002  (17 July)
  
  
• DBS Further Enhances Offerings To High-Networth Customers With Launch Of New Priority Banking Brand  (16 July)
  
  
• CapitaMall Trust (Balloting)  (12 July)
  
  
• CapitaMall Trust  (11 July)
  
  

June

• DBS Launches Two Singapore Dollar Bond Indices   (28 June)
  
  
• Philippe Paillart steps down as CEO of DBS for personal reasons  
  (23 June)
  
  

May

• DBS Makes Clean Sweep Of Asiamoney's Domestic Bank Awards 2002  (28 May)
  
  
• DBS Bank Lead Manages SGD100M Fixed Rate Note For Westpac  (22 May)
  
  
• Singapore Banks Raising Corporate Governance And Transparency Standards  (10 May)
  
  

April

• DBS Bank to acquire minorities' shares in DBS Kwong On Bank Limited  (29 April)
  
  
• DBS Posts First Quarter 2002 Net Profit Before Goodwill Of S$346 Million  (29 April)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces Bt 59.7 Million (US$ 1.4 Million) Net Profit For 1Q02  (19 April)
  
  
• DBS & TD Waterhouse Bring Global Online Brokerage To Investors In Singapore For The First Time  (8 April)
  
  
• DBS Establishes New Channel For Customers To Donate To The School Pocket Money Fund  (2 April)
  
  

March

• Portek International Limited  (27 March)
  
  
• Successful Close Of Kookmin Bank's USD400 Million Transferable Term Loan Facility/ Floating Notes Issue  (26 March)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces New Chairman Khun Pong Sarasin  (22 March)
  
  
• DBS Launches Personal Finance Centre That Promises To Enhance Its Relationship With Loan Customers  (19 March)
  
  

February

• DBS And CGNU Extend Bancassurance Partnership To Hong Kong  (18 February)
  
  
• DBS Posts 2001 Net Profit of S$999 million  (18 February)
  
  
• DBS Card Services Adopts the National Volunteer Centre As Its Community Partner  (9 February)
  
  

January

• DBS Provides Update On Dao Heng Harmonization  (23 January)
  
  
• DBS Thai Danu Bank Announces Full Year Net Profit Of Bt 170.3 Million (US$ 3.9 Million)  (18 January)
  
  
• DBS Receives Corporate Governance Accolades In Singapore's 28^th Annual Report Award 2001  (9 January)
  
  
• DBS TD Waterhouse Launches Multi-Channel, Multi-Market And Multi-Product Investment Service For Self-Directed Investors In Hong Kong  (8 January)