The Business Times, 10 May 1999

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    11 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ MONDAY, MAY 10, 1999
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    MARKET SUMMARY
    55 1 8HMK MiUBT WMCBB Wmk Changr 8TI 1,899.45. +13.26 S1MSQ FLTURES-~.288.30. +0J0 BTSR1 778.45. +7.67 KLSE COMP. MJL_+lMt NIKKEI 16,946.52 +244.99 HANG SENG 12*9743 -335.77 SET INDEX. 48&36~. ..+29.60 JAKARTA COMP 575.12.__.+79.90 MANILA OOMP 2,526.76....-+93.06 TAIPEI WPI 7,***** +98.16 SEOUL OOMP. -810.62..__+58.03 CLSA CHINA B J88.74--.+4U8 AUST ALL ORD.
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    FINANCE
    84 1 FOSEX BATES USS SI USS 1.793 S(USJ/S$pcrf) 1.635 1785 EURO per E) 1.061 1.840 DM 1JM 0.941 YEN 128J 1.413* RM j J.8W 0.448 HKS 7.751 am BAHT 37.66 0.046 RUP1AH 7,960 0.021* S$ to 100 units PUKE BATES SINGAPORE* 6.825 KUALA LUMPUR 11.60 JAKARTA 28.00 BANGKOK 14.76 MANILA
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    Soaring volumes bring smiles back to stockbroking staff
    558 1  -  Remisiers shelve plans to qnit, broking houses go on hiring blitz By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] With stock market activity having soared in recent weeks, stockbroking professionals are shelving plans to leave the industry or move to rival broking houses. In addition, broking
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    Lock icon M'sian govt prefers to stay out of Clob issue, says Daim
    222 1 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin said yesterday the government did not want to intervene in a multi-billion-dollar stock problem concerning Singapore investors. Mr Daim said the impasse over local shares held by Singaporeans caught in limbo
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    Lock icon US oil major Texaco eyes US$125b Chevron merger
    695 1 Fourth mega-deal in a year would move Texaco up to No 3 Bridge News, Reuters [LONDON] US oil major Texaco is eyeing its rival Chevron for a huge oil merger worth up to US$l25 billion (*****.8 billion), the UK's The Sunday Times
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    Suzhou Park developer asking for grace on loan
    474 1  -  It says the delay in repayment of USslom loan dne to problems with rival Byi Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] The joint Sin-gapore-China developer of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) has asked its bankers for an extension of a loan repayment of US$lO million (Ssl7
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      138 1 prams Aiti-Nato protests Hie Chinese government yesterday backed antiNato protests sweeping the country but sought to calm investors and promised to protect foreign diplomatic missions. Vice President Hu Jintao said that the government would not allow the demonstrations to get out of control, Pf® Crisis Watch Vikram Khanna argues why
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      6 1 It's important to see what KLwants,Pg2
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      66 1 Exclusive interview with Stanley Fischer W 6 If we have the euphoria returning at the sort of speed we've been seeing in the past few weeks, then within a year or so, you could have vulnerability building up again 9 -Mr Fischer on Asia, Pg 12 w WHO IS behind
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      DelGro restructures CityLink ops, slashes pay of bus drivers
      378 2  -  City Link, which offers premier bos services, transferred to taxi arm City Cab By- Dexter Lee LISTED DelGro Corporation has restructured its City Link operations in what appears to be a massive cost-cutting exercise that has left many staff fuming. Effective
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      Lock icon It's important to see what KL wants
      828 2  -  LETTER TO THE EDITOR L Lau via Internet Malaysia AS a finance professional and a Malaysian, I am naturally perplexed with the "offer" by Akbar Khan's Effective Capital. The rage and disgust felt by many Singaporeans are justified to a large extent. I
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      Lock icon Growth seen for most key sectors
      361 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Outlook By< Anna Teo EXCEPT for construction, all the other key sectors, including commerce, should see positive growth this year, said one of the more upbeat forecasters. OCBC Investment Research which, like CS First Boston, is looking at 3.6 per
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      Lock icon Creating a new tripartite alliance for S21 vision: Teo
      448 2 Partnership model will embrace people, private, govt sectors The Straits Times A NEW model of partnership between the people, the private sector and the public sector is being formed to realise the Singapore 21 vision. Call it "social tripartism". The concept
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  • FOCUS ON MARKETS
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      Lock icon Dollar at risk as US bonds slump, euro finds favour
      679 3 Enro overcomes key barrier; all eyes now on this week's US price reports Bloomberg [NEW YORK] The US dollar could extend last week's 1.7 per cent decline against the euro if reports this week reignite US inflation concerns and squash
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      Lock icon Analysts see higher profits as outlook brightens
      583 3 Optimism based on strong earnings, US growth, signs of recovery abroad Dow Jones Newswires [NEW YORK] Rose-coloured glasses are the rage on Wall Street. Some trendsetters have donned them for years, but suddenly it seems everyone is looking at the world through more
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      Lock icon US market rally expected to be sustained
      500 3 Strength will continue for 6 to 12 months Sakakibara Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's top financial diplomat Eisuke Sakakibara has changed his views on the US stock market and economy, predicting that high-flying US share prices can be sustained over the next six to 12
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon China in WTO: devaluation risk seen
      489 4 Membership could put pressure on trade balance, say financial experts AFP [BEIJING] A rapid induction of China into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) could put pressure on its trade balance and increase the risk of a devaluation of the yuan next year, financial experts
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      Lock icon IMF, ADB, Asean responses to Asian crisis lacking: Perc poll
      348 4 AFP [SINGAPORE] Policy responses to Asia's economic woes by multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and Asean have been inadequate, a survey among expatriates in 12 Asian countries revealed. "The IMF has come in for the most flak",
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      Why it's still too early to drop our crisis watch
      733 4  -  CRISIS WATCH Worst may be over but Asian economies are still fragile By Vikram Khanna Recently, a colleague suggested that the title of this column be changed, in keeping with the spirit of the new, more upbeat strapline at the
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Vietnam's biggest financial fraud and graft trial starts
      438 5 HANOI Pair accused of defrauding banks and state firms of vast sums of money AFP VIETNAM'S biggest fraud and corruption trial is due to open today in southern Ho Chi Minh City, with 77 people in the dock. It has taken investigators
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      Lock icon Riding for the PPP
      51 5 [JAKARTA] Supporters of the United Development Party (PPP) staged a motorcycle rally on the streets of central Jakarta yesterday. Although the campaigning period for Indonesia's general elections starts officially on May 19, many of Indonesia's parties have been holding rallies in Jakarta over the past weeks.
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      Lock icon Police reports lodged against Daim and A-G
      227 5 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters A LEADER of a new opposition party backing jailed former cabinet minister Anwar Ibrahim has lodged police reports against Malaysia's finance minister and attorneygeneral, police said yesterday. The two reports were lodged on Saturday by Mohamed Ezam Mohamed Noor, youth
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        Lock icon Mahathir unlikely to call snap poll
        63 5 AFP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is unlikely to call snap elections, the new political party headed by the wife of his ousted deputy Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. "There are signs that snap elections might not be in favour of the ruling
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        Lock icon Pakistani PM to visit Singapore
        70 5 AFP [ISLAMABAD] Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will visit Brunei and Singapore next week to promote economic cooperation, officials said on Saturday. Mr Sharif will leave tomorrow for Brunei where he will hold talks with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. He will arrive in Singapore on Thursday
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        Lock icon Habibie names acting state secretary
        62 5 AFP [JAKARTA] Indonesian President B J Habibie has appointed Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Feisal Tanjung as acting state secretary following the resignation of Akbar Tanjung, a report said yesterday. Mr Akbar Tanjung, who chairs the ruling Golkar party, resigned to comply with
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      Lock icon Philippine telcos spend 6.5b pesos for Y2K bug
      309 5 MANILA PLOT is 65% ready, govt communications dept only 47% Reuters PHILIPPINE telecommunication firms have spent more than six billion pesos (***** million) preparing for possible problems caused by the Y2K computer bug, a senior government official said over the weekend. "Of
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Lock icon Stronger HK bourse may tempt China firms to list
      551 6 HONGKONG Market sentiment up dne to greater liquidity, Bering's expected WTO entry Reuters RECENT strength in Hongkong's stock market might tempt Chinese enterprises to revive H-share listing plans but they may have to wait for stronger growth in the mainland and
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      Lock icon Back in workforce
      67 6 [HARBIN] Li Jie (left), 45, selling soft drinks on Saturday from a push-cart in front of the Harbin railway station. Mr Li is one of 700 formerly laid-off workers from failing state enterprises in China's north-east industrial heartland who have left the ranks of the unemployed by
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      Lock icon China to separate approval and issue of import licence
      215 6 BEIJING Reuters CHINA is overhauling its import licensing system to separate the approval process from the issuing of licences, the China Securities reported. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Moftec), responsible for licensing at the central government level, is
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      Lock icon Blast at Taiwan power plant hits electronics centre
      236 6 TAIPEI Blackout estimated to cost NTs2oom in lost production Reuters AN explosion rocked a power station in Taiwan yesterday, triggering a power outage in the island's key electronics centre which hit production at more than 100 high-tech and semiconductor companies, police said.
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      Lock icon Everbright now China's 6th biggest bank after revamp
      364 6 BEIJING Takeover of China Investment Bank nps assets, market share AFP EVERBRIGHT Bank of China is now the sixth largest bank in China following its takeover of the former China Investment Bank, according to a state media report. The restructuring brought Everbright
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      Lock icon Taiwan banks' bad loans hit record NT$637.5b
      136 6 TAIPEI AFP TAIWANESE banks registered a record level of non-perform-ing loans at the end of the March quarter amid growing financial woes for individual borrowers and companies, Taiwan's central bank said over the weekend. The combined value of non-performing loans at 48 local
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Polls see India headed for hung parliament
      271 8 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIA is headed for its third hung parliament in three years, according to opinion polls in two leading news magazines published at the weekend. India will vote in late September or early October. The Week magazine, which polled 6,233 voters
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      Lock icon India state projects stalled by 'musical chairs' govt
      502 8 NEWDELHI 200 projects worth It rupees delayed; survey shows better business sentiment Reuters INDIA'S frequent changes of government have prevented the completion of projects by more than 200 state-run firms, a leading industry body said over the weekend. "The quick changeover of
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      Lock icon Diving ambition
      48 8 [OSAKA] A woman yesterday screaming as she plunges 30 metres without a safety rope attached in a free-fall thrill ride. Thrillseekers fall into an 8m square net in about 2 seconds in the nfw diving attraction at Biwako Tower amusement park in Otsu, western Japan. REUTERS
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      Lock icon Koreans pile into stocks as market rebounds
      572 8 SEOUL But dealers voice concern over soaring stock prices AFP A REBOUNDING stock market is proving to be an irresistible magnet for South Koreans, young and old, who are scrambling to buy shares to get rich quick as the economy emerges from crisis.
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      Lock icon Australia expects stronger growth: treasurer
      259 8 SYDNEY AFP AUSTRALIAN Treasurer Peter Costello forecast yesterday even stronger economic growth and a fall in the jobless rate early next decade. Australia's booming economy. described by the Wall Street Journal last week as "a miracle", would continue but only if tax and labour market
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      175 8 y Bp BL| f H I J £BC%vIIJi I Step out wi ik your colleagues at Singapore s Biggest Slicing Event an J Win! A great time is in store for you and your colleagues at The New Paper Big Walk. It's the participants. Plus a chance to win a
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Beijing shows support for anti-Nato protests in country
      856 9 BEIJING Vice-President promises order as protesters attack US, UK embassies Reuters, AFP THE Chinese government yesterday backed anti-NATO protests sweeping the country but sought to calm investors and promised to protect foreign diplomatic missions as thousands of angry demonstrators attacked the US
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      Lock icon Services on interactive TV to eclipse Net: report
      135 9 LONDON Bloomberg MORE than 67 million or 25 per cent of United States and European households will have access to interactive television services by 2003, with broadcasters' offerings eclipsing Internet services, a report by market researcher Datamonitor said. The report, based on
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      Lock icon Brazil president on US trip to boost investor confidence
      388 9 WASHINGTON He meets Clinton, bankers and financial analysts AFP BRAZILIAN President Fernando Henrique Cardoso arrived here at the weekend for a four-day visit aimed at shoring up US investors' confidence after economic troubles and a banking scandal that have rocked his
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      US, trade allies meet to set stage for WTO talks
      782 11  -  M&jor differences over new global trade round makes outcome uncertain From, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TRADE ministers from Japan, the United States, the European Union and Canada will begin two days of meetings in Tokyo tomorrow in an attempt to
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      Lock icon EU to map out its plan for WTO talks
      168 11 BRUSSELS Bloomberg THE European Union will begin mapping out its strategy for a new round of global trade talks today; even as a deadlock over the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) leadership threatens to disrupt preparations for the negotiations. EU trade ministers
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      343 11 With its rapidly growing appetite for world-class products and services, China is a market you simply cannot ignore. Hong Kong companies have unrivalled experience and contacts on the Chinese mainland. To get a head start in the worlds biggest market, call the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. We have over
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon We got it about right: IMF
      3030 12  -  The Fund's First Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer talks to VIEBAM KHANNA about its Asia experience, and what's to come VIKRAM KHANNA Q There seems to be a sense of euphoria flB in Asia at the HV moment in anticipation of a recovery. To
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon More local firms going for new-media marketing
      731 13  -  Internet will gain as traditional advertising shrinks in S'pore this year, says Mind Share By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Several Singapore firms are starting to offer innovative marketing based on the Internet and IT, as indications grow that the new media is taking
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      Lock icon IT services mart here to cross US$3b by 2002
      585 13  -  Republic is fastest-growing country in Asia-Pac in IT services, says Dataqnest study By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE) Singapore's market for information technology services will touch U553,163 billion (555.4 billion) by 2002, from about U551,245 billion currently, making the Republic the fast-est-growing market
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      Virtual supplier of office supplies raking in business
      652 14  -  This despite the fact that it was founded only in September last year and started its Internet business only in February By 1 Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] A young Singapore firm is selling office supplies over the Internet with minimal physical facilities.
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      Dunn & Bradstreet, S'pore RCB tie-up
      217 14  - Dunn Bradstreet, S'pore RCB tie-up D&B realigns business to cover risk and e-commerce By\ Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] US-based business information provider Dunn Bradstreet Corp (P&B) has tied up with Singapore's Registry of Companies and Businesses (RCB) to offer D&B's customers worldwide access to Singapore-regis-tered businesses, and vice versa. "Through this
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      Lock icon German e-trade firm to use IPO to invest in Asia
      386 14  -  Some of the proceeds may be used to acquire companies in Singapore and Asia By Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Netlife, a German electronic commerce firm, will list in Germany in June and use some of the funds raised to invest
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    • IT TAKES
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        DHL Connect
        46 15 DHL Worldwide Express has released a software application In the Asia-Pacific that simplifies and facilitates exporting by providing customers with a user-friendly "point-and-click" PC-based set of automated shipment procedures. The software, DHL Connect, provides a direct link to DHL's Web site for ordering supplies.
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        More using intranets
        77 15 RESULTS of a National University of Singapore survey on roughly 237 companies in October last year showed that 41.4 per cent of the companies are using intranets, a significant increase from 1997, when 21.4 per cent said they were using intranets. Only 17.3 per cent of the
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        Rational appointment
        19 15 RATIONAL Software has appointed Jeff Pope as its Asia-Pacific vice-president. Mr Pope will be based in Sydney.
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        Learning on Singapore ONE
        49 15 MEDIAMANAGER has launched EduCast Service, an educational channel, on Singapore ONE. EduCast is an interactive video-on-demand system on Singapore ONE and is now available. Students and people can watch educational video programmes streamed via the Singapore ONE high-speed network. To view Educast programmes, visit www.educast.com.sg.
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        Gintic's gift to Temasek Poly
        28 15 THE Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology has contributed 25 sets of CAD for sheet metal stamping software worth over $300,000 to Temasek Polytechnic.
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        Compaq to buy Digital business in India
        52 15 COMPAQ has announced it intends to buy the domestic computer products and services business of Digital Equipment (India) for a cash consideration of US$l9.4 million (5533.3 million) and a non-competition fee of US$l.2 million. The business being acquired will be integrated with Compaq's
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        PacNet extends roaming to India
        34 15 PACIFIC Internet has announced it is extending its global Internet roaming service to India. This allows Pacific Internet subscribers to pay local rates when accessing the Internet in India.
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        Cost of Ownership seminar
        53 15 CITRIX, Microsoft and WRQ will present a seminar on "Reducing the Total Cost of Ownership in your Enterprise". The seminar will be held on May 27 at DBS Auditorium. DBS Building, Tower 1,3/F, 6 Shenton Way. To register, fax name and contact details to WRQ Software
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        IHPC initiative
        49 15 THE Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) has launched the "Simulation Visualisation for the Precision Engineering Industry Initiative" in Singapore. This initiative will undertake research and development in rapid virtual engineering systems jointly with the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering at the National University of Singapore.
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        BuzzCity launches Chinese services
        35 15 BUZZCITY has launched the Chinese edition of its free tracking and e-mail alert services to users all over the world. The Chinese service can be accessed over the Web at httpV/chinese.buzzcity.com.
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        V-ONE wins NCB contract
        54 15 V-ONE, a US supplier of Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology, has been awarded a contract by the National Computer Board (NCB) for its Smart Gate VPN. In conjunction with Netrust, a local firm that issues digital certificates for Internet security, Smart Gate can ensure security on
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        ECS offers Check Point training
        36 15 ECS Computers (Asia) is offering Check Point's Firewall-1 V 4.0 "Check Point Certified System Administrator" (CCSA) and "Check Point Certified System Engineer" (CCSE) certification courses on Sim Solaris and Windows NT.
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        SS&C establishes Singapore office
        32 15 US-BASED SS&C Technologies has established a wholly-owned subsidiary office in Singapore. Alan Ngu is the new general manager and will lead SS&C's sales and consulting efforts in Singapore.
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        In-room Net services
        64 15  -  Compiled by Toh Han Shih HOTEL Intercontinental Singapore has made available in-room Internet services, with the help of Magi Net Corporation, a provider of video-on-demand and Internet services. The services include e-mail, stock quotes, travel information and news. Hotel guests will also be able to connect their
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      Professionals do their bit for community
      223 15 [SINGAPORE] It begins at home. And it's not charity but KBE, thank you. A group of leading ethnicIndian professionals are using their business and organisational skills to bring the less-privileged members of their community into the knowledge-based economy (KBE). The group has formed IT
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      Lock icon First the fire, next the Net
      923 15  -  Caught napping once, Intel isn't making the same mistake with the Internet, CEO Barrett tells kemmeth jambs KENNETH JAMES LESS than two years after his baptism of fire, Intel Corp president and CEO Craig Barrett, 59, is firmly in the driver's seat. More than
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      Lock icon National exits PC sector for smart devices
      666 16 It is also shedding 550 jobs and expects to return to profitability in fiscal 2000 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] National Semiconductor Corp, reeling from tougher competition with No. 1 chip maker Intel Corp, said last Wednesday said it would exit the cutthroat PC chip
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      Lock icon A Website for Year 2000 problems
      171 16 New York Times [NEW YORK] Personal computer users worried about whether their devices can handle Year 2000 dates will have a single industry-spon-sored Internet site to turn to for answers starting today. The site (www.pcy2ooo. org) has been set up by an alliance of
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      Lock icon Fifth-largest US bank to introduce Net banking
      502 16 The new Website will offer customers better prices and interest rates if they bank online Bloomberg [CHICAGO] Bank One Corp is expected to start a new Internet banking site on the World Wide Web this month, as the fifth-largest US bank builds on
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      Creating a business hub on the Internet
      414 16  -  SAY IT By Dolly Goh The author is deputy president, bex.com, formerly called Lyrehc International PteLtd THE Internet has become many things to different people. Businesses are entering the Web to tap the potential e-commerce gold mine, estimated by International Data Corp (IDC)
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      IBM debuts first 'convertible' notebook
      352 18  -  Described as a design milestone, it can convert to a desktop replacement By. Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] IBM last week launched its newest notebook computer, the ThinkPad 570, calling it the first in a new breed of "transformer systems that instantly convert from an all-in-one desktop
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      Lock icon 250,000 copies of RealJukebox downloaded from Net
      361 18 Bloomberg [SAN FRANCISCO] Real Networks Inc, which makes software for accessing audio and video on the Internet, said 250,000 copies of its free RealJukebox software have been downloaded in the two days since the product was unveiled. Real Jukebox manages and organises digital
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        74 18 HOME-GROWN Axon Research has debuted its latest upgrade, Axon2ooo Idea Processor, ahead of Its scheduled launch later this year. Written in Prolog, the software Is a creativity and visualisation tool that can be used for organising ideas and writing. It now comes in Lite and Plus
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        55 18 US-BASED Remedy Corp has announced Remedy Help Desk 4.0. Remedy Service Level Agreements 4.0 and the Remedy Action Center Suite. The new products deliver complete, out-of-the-box help-desk solutions that let companies implement the solutions faster and more efficiently. Prices start at $25,000, depending on the customisation
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        71 18 3M VISUAL Systems Division has launched VCS2SOO, a new videoconferencing system that offers the full features and functions of a large system at a fraction of the cost. 3M's offering costs $7,499 and offers 15 frames-per-second video, full-sound audio, remote control, colour-coded cables, automatic voice-tracking camera
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        71 18 US-BASED Data Focus Inc's NutCracker 4.1 is now available here. The software solution enables Unix programs to run on Windows, supports the latest thin-client technology on Win NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, is compatible with Microsoft's Services for Unix, Visual C++ 6.0, and with leading PC
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        NuMega DevCenter from Compuware
        69 18 COMPUWARE Asia-Pacific has announced NuMega -Jf DevCenter. an integrated suite of debugging, testing and management tools for software development teams. It automates the detection, reporting and tracking of software errors, is tightly integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio, MS Visual Source Safe, MS Project, and MS Office,
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        75 18 INTEL has debuted its new 466 MHz Celeron processor and the 810 chipset for low-priced PCs. The 466 MHz Celeron is Intel's fifth in the line, with speeds from 333 MHz to 433 MHz. The 466 MHz Celeron costs US$l69 each in 1,000-unit quantities. The
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        68 18  -  Complied by! Raju Chellam THE US-based SAS Institute, which provides data-warehousing and decision-support software solutions, has announced Risk Dimensions, a risk-management solution targeted at large banks, brokerage firms and financial institutions. The software incorporates the latest data-warehousing, analysis and reporting technology to help users proectively measure
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      243 18 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Sun Microsystems Inc, one of the biggest makers of computers that run Internet sites, has unveiled an array of products and services aimed at the growing number of companies that do business online. It introduced a starter-kit computer server
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      364 19 OBITUARY He was once called 'the essential Englishman' for his clean-cnt image AFP [LONDON] British movie legend Dirk Bogarde, who died of a heart attack ON Saturday aged 78, was one of the most versatile and accomplished actors of his generation. Once dubbed "the
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      876 20  -  No-win case for director as Beijing-approved film is branded 'propaganda' by the French, says maggie parley MAGGIE FARLEY Los Angeles Times [SHANGHAI] ZHANG Yimou feels as if he just can't win, when it comes to Cannes. After the Chinese government twice
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      429 20 FILM Many movies feature human emotions and relationships AFP [PARIS] Human emotions, family life and a strong showing by Asian filmmakers will feature high in this year's crop of movies to be shown at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, the world's paramount
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      Indon shareholders sell 9% of Econ for $ 10m
      559 21  - Indon shareholders sell 9% of Econ for 10m Pribadis and Koroma are the latest Indon tycoons to pare their interests in S'pore By\ Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] Where they were on a buying spree a few years ago, Indonesian tycoons are now paring off their investments in Singapore en masse. Joining
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      766 21  -  BBATtm thEODDS Cost cuts and rationalisation are now paying off for the healthcare group By Rahita Elias [SINGAPORE] PARKWAY Holdings group managing director Tony Tan believes the economic downturn has been a blessing of sorts for the healthcare group which enjoyed a 42 per cent
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      850 21  -  BAMO UNO Df SIGHT Hang Seng sell-off looms amid chasing of hi-tech stocks By Quak Hiang Whai WHAT is the surest way of making the market value of your company surge overnight? Given last week's market sentiment and the hype over the Internet, multimedia or
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        818 22  -  tiKTWG Even if Fed doesn't raise rates, rising bond yields present potential risks By Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] The blue chip portfolio underperformed the Straits Times Index slightly but did worse against the SES All Shares Index, reflecting the shift in activity towards
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        435 22  -  By Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] More Chinese companies may be heading this way to seek a listing, based on plans of China's largest stockbroking and investment banking firm and the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). Shenyin Wanguo Securities' (SWS) president
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        491 22  -  It'spntinUSs2Bom since 1997, hopes to raise re venae share By] Marissa Chew [SINGAPORE] Despite the region's economic turmoil, international communications services company WPP Group continued to invest in the Asia-Pacific area, with the aim of increasing the region's contribution to its revenue
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        419 22 Reuters (SINGAPORE] Singapore shares are going to underperform in the short term having risen some 40 per cent since the start of the year, said CMG First State Singapore chief executive officer Kim Teo. "We are still positive on
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        513 23 Expected cut in distribntion channels sign of firm getting its act together after firing of chief exec Bridge News [SAN FRANCISCO] Over the past month, Compaq, which experienced everything from Wall Street's punishing reaction to a disappointing first quarter to the departure of its
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        360 23 Chief cites merger's size, and novel legal and policy issues Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] US Federal Communications Commission chairman William Kennard on Friday warned that AT&T Corp's complex acquisition of Media One Group would require extensive review by his agency. "This is a complex
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        443 24 Meanwhile, rumours about trouble at Soros' Quantum Fund persist Bloomberg, Bridge News [NEW YORK] Bailed-out hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management LP lost money for the second straight month in the bond market, as other hedge funds that make similar bets posted profits.
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        547 24 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Shares of Republic New York Corp rose 14 per cent on Friday on speculation that the New Yorkbased bank could be taken over, analysts said. Republic, which has wealthy customers around the globe and retail branches in the
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        131 24 Bloomberg [SEOUL] LG Group, South Korea's fourth-largest industrial group, will bid for Korea Life Insurance, a debt-ridden insurer that accounts for 18 per cent of the nation's US$4l billion (Ss7o million) a year life insurance market. Axa of France, and Metropolitan Life
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        278 24 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] New York Governor George Pataki is pushing a financial modernisation bill, similar to the one pending in the US Congress, that would let insurance and securities companies buy New York state-chartered banks. Citigroup, Chase Manhattan Corp, and Merrill Lynch Co all
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        339 24 Chairman sees slow recovery, possibility of lower oil price Bloomberg [LONDON] Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the world's largest investorowned oil company with extensive operations in Asia, said it's expecting a slow rebound in Asian economic growth and is preparing for a possible tumble in
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        560 25  -  r>imhii Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya MMS International This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] The euro finally sprang to life last week on vague hopes of a Kosovo ceasefire. The euro-US$ rose to 1.08, a level which had
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        826 25 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] London wreaked havoc with the gold market late last week, when the British Treasury said that it planned to sell more than half of its gold reserves over the next four years. Prices slumped
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        246 26 HONGKONG AFP HONGKONG stock prices are likely to trade lower in the coming week in the absence of fresh buying incentives, after losing 2.5 per cent during the week to Friday, dealers said. "We will see the correction go on," said
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        855 26 n Sydney -113.4 DESPITE another busy week of domestic data, spearheaded by the government's annual Budget, the Australian market is likely to remain hostage to developments in the United States, brokers said. "At the very least another volatile week looks in prospect," said David Moore, Commonwealth Bank
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        537 26 NEW YORK These optimists anpie that the inflation concern is overblown Bloomberg RISING interest rates have been just about the only thing tempering enthusiasm about the stock market lately. Yet some investors and analysts say long-term rates are more likely to
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        WORLD STOCK MARKETS
        1628 26 D Paris -115.79 STOCKS .fell on Friday to close below the 4,300 level on consolidation from record highs booked at the start of the week. Inflation-friendly US April jobs data failed to completely ease fears about a possible rate hike as US markets remained volatile. The CAC-40
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        402 26 TOKYO AFP TOKYO shares are expected to regain the 17,000-point level and move further up in the coming week as hopes are growing for an economic recovery, analysts said. More money from individuals and foreign investors is expected to underpin the gains while
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        353 26 LONDON AFP THE London stock market lost hold of its record gains to drop back by 3 per cent last week, under late selling pressure from Wall Street, fears of a rise in US interest rates and maintenance
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        420 27 AFP 9% Composite Index +16.72 MALAYSIAN stock prices are expected to push forward in the coming days on ample liquidity after rising 2.5 per cent in the week to Friday, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's weighted Composite Index gained 16.72 points
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        Pertama warrants a high-risk play
        178 28  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy PUNTERS in the local market seem to love high-risk plays, so perhaps it's time to start revisiting the theme of soon-to-expire warrants. We'll start with one expiring right at the end of the year, which would actually be the lowest-risk
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        484 30 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volum* Allgreen 50c 149,094,000 Hotung Inv NT5 143,388,000 Asia FoodiProp 125,408,000 First Capital 95,598,000 Lian Benq 5c 89,198,000 CM Telecom HK75C 84,184,000 Hotel Prop 83,332,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 76,313,000 Econ Intl 20c 74,895,000 Dragon Land 10c 70,674.000 Stoda Allgreen 50c 265,978,100 First Capital 245.673,775 0C8C
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        Slowdown in uptrend seen as good for investors
        668 30  -  THE WBBK AJ2BAD Players expected to take stock of their positions, pay greater heed to US bond market and local interbank rates By R Sivanithy BACK in January 1994, it was a sudden US interest rate hike that derailed a supercharged local
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        63 30  -  -By Wong Wei Kong SM Summit shares edged up half a cent to $0.44 last Friday with 17 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 3.36 million shares. The RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts suggest that the stock may be making further headway in the
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      20 21 This is the last of a weekly column on listed companies which did well in 1998 despite the economic recession
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      115 21 When the going gets tough, the toughest get chosen. 1999 Enterprise 50 nominations are now open Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition) with four years of audited statements. Nomination forms are available
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      107 28 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, TENG HAK WEI of Blk 110 Yishun Ring Rd #06-383 Singapore *****0, have applied for a Beer House First Class Licence in respect of M/s Aik Hua Pte Ltd located at Blk 768 #01-31 Woodlands Ave 6, Singapore *****8, and that this application will
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      105 29 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, LOUISA LIM LUI LUI of Blk 12 Hillview Avenue #18-1402, Singapore *****2, have applied for a Ist Class (Extended) Licence in respect of M/s Honey Pte Ltd located at No. 32-37 Mohd Sultan Rd Singapore *****0, and that this application will be considered by
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      106 29 I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I,YONG CHEE FATT of Blk 109 Bukit Batok West Ave 6 #01-06 Singapore *****9, have applied for a Beer House Ist Class Licence in respect of M/s Zheng Ji Eating House located at 1 Clover Way Singapore *****7, and that this application will be
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      285 31 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE emphasis has been on the handy/handymax bulker sector throughout the week. Rumours and reports have been widespread in respect of such vessels and there are a number of vessels sold or under close negotiations. These range from the more modern Tess 42
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      544 31  -  Bat outlook for shipbuilding industry remains grim: Clarksons report Ry Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] The global shipbuilding industry is poised to deliver 42.8 million deadweight tonnes (dwt) of vessels this year, a level not seen since the building boom in
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      259 31  -  From, Alec Almazan in Manila THE Philippine Congress has intervened in the infighting between the Maritime Industry Authority and the Professional Regulation Commission over the issuance of Standards of Training Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) endorsement certificates. In two separate resolutions
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        188 45 May 13 Indonesia: Ascension Day. Germany: Ascension Day. France: Ascension Day. Austria: Ascension Day. Belgium: Ascension Day. Denmark: Ascension Day. Finland: Ascension Day. Switzerland: Ascension Day May 24 Germany: Whit Monday. France: Whit Monday. Austria: Whit Monday. Belgium: Whit Monday. Canada: Victoria Day. Denmark: Whit Monday. May 29
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        795 45 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on average sized stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change
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