The Business Times, 16 August 1999

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 'MIVUftH 85e SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asia! .com.sg/ MONDAY, AUGUST 16,1999
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    Lock icon Distributor of Kia cars Auto Asia put under receivership
    760 1  -  Move means car buyers go to back of creditors' queue By< Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Auto Asia, the distributor of Korea's Kia cars, has been put under receivership. This may mean that hundreds of buyers who are waiting for a refund on
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    Lock icon No room for small players in new M'sian banking landscape
    1204 1  -  After the mergers, May bank will retain pole position, with Mnlti-Purpose Bank a close second From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur CHEW Peng Cheng, managing director of Wah Tat Bank in Sarawak, has been a successful banker in Sibu despite
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    Lock icon Banks woo S'pore depositors as further rate hikes loom
    458 1  -  By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Banks are starting to woo depositors again in anticipation of further rises in interest rates. But borrowers need not worry too much as interest spreads are not expected to narrow rapidly. Peter Seah, president of Overseas
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      264 1 dmpb r Acer's Net projects Taiwan's Acer Group expects well over US$l billion to be pumped into two new Internet-focused business groups ova* the next few years, says Stan Shih, its visionary chairman and CEO, Pg 17 Crisis Watch Asean needs an action scheme that nips the haze problem at
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      30 1 For banks to compete effectively, the ability to hire talent and harness technology is as important if not more so than size.9 PMir Biili| OUB president, on SM tor foreign
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Lock icon Foreign reserves rise to $127b
      272 2  -  EYE ON THE ECONOMY Foreign reserves By] Eugene Low SINGAPORE'S official foreign reserves at the end of July amounted to $127 billion, 0.9 per cent more than the $125.9 billion at end-June, latest figures horn the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) show. Compared with a
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      Lock icon Yeo Hiap Seng positions itself for the new millennium
      1149 2  -  SINGAPORE 1000 The current restructuring will bring more focus on F&B and property By Carol Eng Yea Hiap Seng is 279 th in terms ofsales on the Singapore 1000 ranking for 1998/99. The Singapore 1000 is published and ranked by DP
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      Lock icon S'pore-based bankers back SM Lee's foreign talent call
      849 2  -  A concern is that most top scholars seek a public sector careen OUB's Seah By Siow Li Sen, Clarissa Tan SINGAPORE-BASED bankers yesterday endorsed Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's message that being able to tap from a global talent pool is crucial
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  • FOCUS: THE AUTO ASIA SAGA
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      Lock icon Poor sums, COE spiral put Auto Asia in a fix
      689 3  -  Selling a 1.6-litre sedan for $20,000 less than the competition seemed like a good idea... Reports by Christopher Tan IT all started with an enticing, but otherwise seemingly innocent, advertisement in The Straits Times Classifieds "Kia Mentor for $59,900" that
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      Lock icon Caught by the motor industry's fast pace
      712 3 Auto Asia's David Koh speaks about being wrong footed [SINGAPORE] David Koh entered the motor trade in the mid-1980s, starting his career with Porsche (which had a different distributor then) and Seat. He had left what seemed a successful stint at Japanese appliance
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  • FOCUS
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      Lock icon Protecting Singapore's future
      2049 4  -  A good command of standard English and tapping top talent from abroad will ensure that S'pore stays ahead of the competition: SM Lee We reproduce below the prepared text of the speech by Senior Minister LEE KUAN YEW at the Tanjong Pagar National Day celebration on Saturday
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  • ASIA ON THE MEND
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      Lock icon Yuan devaluation a matter of time, say analysts
      981 5  -  Such a move could upset the emerging economic recovery in the rest of Asia From, Anthony Rowley in Washington FEARS that China may be forced to devalue the yuan in order to offset mounting pressures on its economic growth are becoming more
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      Lock icon Sakaiya: economy likely shrank in April-June
      308 5 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's economy very likely shrank in the April-June period from the stunning growth of the Janu-ary-March quarter, and further stimulus measures are needed, Economic Planning Agency chief Taichi Sakaiya said yesterday. "As it follows a quarter of very high growth, a revised
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      Lock icon Tackling the haze menace
      935 5  -  CRISIS WATCH Asean needs an action scheme that nips the problem at source By Vikram Khanna THERE'S a new mini-crisis in the process of erupting throughout the region one that we've seen and felt before. It's the "haze" from forest fires in Indonesia. The Jakarta Post
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      5 5 Strait Talk TheßusinessTimes Shipping times
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      264 5 Loved ones abroad? From home news is The Straits Times (Weekly provides you a crisp summary of The Straits Times coverage of the week's happenings Singapore Asia. So, if you have loved Studying/working overseas, send them 'home'....on a weekly basis. Don't let them Miss It August being the month of
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  • THE REGION
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      Lock icon Bank Bali to get back 546b rupiah fee: official
      502 6 JAKARTA Golkar member to return controversial money today, says govt adviser Reuters, AFX-ASIA A CONTROVERSIAL 546 billion rupiah (*****.5 million) fee will be returned to Indonesia's PT Bank Bali today, a senior government adviser and top member of Indonesia's ruling Golkar
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      Lock icon Proposed dam meets wall of protest
      81 6 [KUALA KUBU BARU] A woman hangs postcards with a "No Dam logo, which will be mailed to the government during a demonstration yesterday against the building of a dam in Kuala Kubu Baru, north of Kuala Lumpur. Some 250 people from nongovernmental organisations demonstrated
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      Lock icon Health of ailing Suharto improving: aide
      317 6 JAKARTA AFP AILING former Indonesian president Suharto's health was improving yesterday after his rushed return to an elite hospital ward with intestinal bleeding, a close associate said. "His condition is better than when he was admitted (to Pertamina Hospital on Saturday)," former vice-pres-ident Sudharmono
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      Lock icon China oil firms' planned listings meet with scepticism: report
      405 6 SINGAPORE Poor state of industry reforms to blame, says journal AFP PLANS by China's top oil producers to raise billions of dollars from listings in world markets are being undermined by the poor state of reforms in its oil industry, according
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      Lock icon China's PLA garrison in HK put on alert: report
      356 6 TENSION IN TAIWAN STRAIT Reuters [HONGKONG] The independent Sunday Morning Post newspaper said China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hongkong had been put on alert because of rising tensions between Beijing and Taiwan. "The 1,000 soldiers, sailors and aircrew guarding
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      Lock icon Republicans' Bush says may use force to defend Taiwan
      203 6 AFP [AMES, lowa] US Republican presidential frontrunner George Bush Jr said on Saturday that he might use force to defend Taiwan against aggression from China if he were elected. "We need to be very resolute about our position when it comes
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      Lock icon Authorities to pump funds into markets
      659 7 KOREAN CORPORATE REFORM SEOUL Banks to release lOt won to meet flurry of cash calls triggered by Daewoo crisis AFP SOUTH Korea's government yesterday approved a request by financial firms for US$B.3 billion (5513.9 billion) in emergency funds to fight a flurry of cash
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      Lock icon Plan to nationalise Korea Life halted
      353 7 SEOUL Seoul court tells govt to pat the moves on hold nntil Aug 31 Bloomberg A SEOUL court has halted a government plan to nationalise Korea Life Insurance Co after the jailed founder of the nation's third-largest life insurer filed an injunction to stop
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      Lock icon Club fights to keep oil refinery Thai-owned
      157 7 BANGKOK Reuters CAMPAIGNERS battling to keep state-owned Bangchak Petroleum wholly Thai say they will submit letters to the government and Parliament next week to press their case, a local newspaper reported yesterday. The Nation quoted Narong Chokwattana, president of the Bangchak Lovers' Club,
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      Lock icon Foreign investors want more economic reform, political stability
      594 7 BOMBAY They are hoping next polls will provide a stable government AFP FOREIGN investors are hoping that next month's general election in India will throw up a government capable of deepening economic reforms and providing long-term political stability. India opened its economy
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      Lock icon Samsung creditors may put off sanctions
      293 7 SEOUL Talks may restart after one-week sanctions delay AFP CREDITORS may put off imposing financial sanctions on South Korea's Samsung Group following the conglomerate's request for talks on the debts of its failed auto business, reports said yesterday. The request was made Saturday as
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      Lock icon Petronas pipeline gets Aussie boost
      319 7  -  Queensland-owned Ergon signs 20-year gas purchase deal From', Brian Gomes in Sydney A GAS pipeline, 50 per cent owned by Petronas, to carry natural gas from Papua New Guinea to Queensland, has received a boost with the signing of a new gas supply contract with
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      225 6 SUSQ w—*a i ■iiiihi i iII J AUSTRALIA m sth Intake: Oct '99 nD Jm WSJ" m mm H Project Management General Management rT Information Systems Doctor of Business Administration Human Resource Management USQ students enjoy excellent graduate placement (ratio 5 out of 5) as reflected in the Good Universities
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      136 7 I =j Look To Our Culinary Masters' Heavenly Dishes ®r *t ■tits? HI w P*Mt From 13 to 22 August, two award- Bv HAI-TIEN-LO Winnin g cu,inai 7 masters of Cantonese cuisine will prepare a feast I of 10 heavenly dishes at Hai Tien Lo. Visiting Executive Chef of Hotel
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  • REGION/WORLD
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      Lock icon Korean pride foils Microsoft bid for dominance
      558 8 SEOUL The entire nation acts to save a local software company NYT IT was South Korea (the entire nation) versus Microsoft Corp. As Microsoft expands its dominance of the world's computer software markets, it has tried hard not to ruffle the feathers of
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      Lock icon US CPI may be key to Fed's directions: analysts
      453 8 WASHINGTON Prices expected to be up 0.3% in July as investors bet on gmaii change Bloomberg THE US consumer price index, set for release tomorrow, may hold the key to the size of the Federal Reserve's next interest rate increase. For
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      Lock icon ECB board member, Krugman at odds over European rates
      418 8 FRANKFURT Lower rates will jump start demand: US economist Reuters EUROPEAN Central Bank board member Tommaso Pa-doa-Schioppa and prominent US economist Paul Krugman are at odds over the right European interest rate level and the ECB's inflation target, two interviews showed
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      Lock icon BA to shed up to 2,000 jobs to cut costs: reports
      260 8 LONDON Bloomberg BRITISH Airways Pic (BA), Europe's largest airline, may fire as many as 2,000 people to cut costs by £225 million (*****.4 million) a year, UK newspapers said. BA confirmed it will cut jobs, though it didn't say
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      Lock icon SM Lee among Time's influential modern Asians
      246 8 HONGKONG AFP AMERICAN news magazine Time has named Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, Japanese karaoke inventor Daisuke Inoue and exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, among the most influential Asians of the century. The list contains
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      Lock icon France launches new pricing scheme for fruit and vegetables
      354 8 PARIS AFP THE French government on Saturday officially introduced a scheme to force retailers to display the prices paid to farmers for fruit and vegetables, in a bid to calm producers' fears of a pricing "racket". Under the scheme, to begin
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      127 8 An MBA for executives on the move. The Henley MBA is designed for busy executives. Flexibility is the keynote: the programme is based on Henley's advanced distance learning methods including CD-Roms and a Lotus Notes based computer support system. The MBA is also supported by workshops and seminars held in
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon UK fad revives hieroglyphics
      574 9 PURSUITS As the Rosette Stone turns 200, more Britons are flocking to learn how to read ancient writing Reuters [LONDON] If a picture really is worth a thousand words, the people caught up in Britain's latest fad will have their work cut out for them this
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      833 9 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 12 Keep quiet, showing embar15 Half of them support squeeze 21 Amid stream on Galway river 23 Cook a dinner with eg syrup 27 Body snatcher? He's looking for company (9,6) 8 Time to shuffle nonsense SATURDAY'S SOLUTION IXiWN y j 1 A bit of a short sharp
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Lock icon Stan Shih's vision for new Acer finally falling into place
      684 10  -  Singapore ops will expand, starting with education services centre By, Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] It's all beginning to come together for Stan Shih, the visionary chairman and CEO of Taiwan's Acer group. "I've spent a lot of effort to make the
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      Lock icon Singapore to be region's biggest ERP mart by 2003
      562 10  -  New IDC study says S'pore sales will cross USsls4m by that year By Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Singapore will lead the South-east Asia region in sales of ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications by 2003 with gross revenues crossing US$l54 million (Ss2sB million),
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      Lock icon Compaq to boost Asia-Pacific sales team with specialists
      483 11  -  Bat fate of workers in manufacturing and distribution remains in balance By] Kenneth James (SINGAPORE] Compaq Computer Corp will boost its AsiaPacific sales team by adding specialists to push the company's high-growth products and services, Compaq senior vice-president Peter Blackmore told BusinesslT
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      Lock icon Market for Intenet security software set to boom: IDC
      328 11  -  By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] The market for Internet security software will see robust growth in this region for the next few years, International Data Corporation (IDC) Asia-Pacific senior Internet analyst Richard Jacobson said. For the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan, sales of
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    • IT TAKES
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        Lock icon E-commerce guide released
        81 11 THE New Century Group and INPUT have produced a "Reference Guide to E-Commerce in South Asia". The 170-page guide provides an understanding of the current state of electronic commerce in South Asia, based on discussions with senior executives at 300 large and medium-sized organisations in the region.
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        Lock icon Mentor Graphics Solutions Expo '99
        50 11 MENTOR Graphics Singapore is organising its annual roadshow, Mentor Graphics Solutions Expo '99, on Aug 27 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The event will focus on showcasing Mentor Graphics' latest technology offerings on design. To register, contact Tracia Yap at 870 2807 or e-mail spsemreg@mentor.com.
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        Lock icon Ardent Software opens Singapore office
        41 11 NASDAQ-LISTED Ardent Software, a data management software company, recently opened its regional office in Singapore. The office will play an important role in the company's strategy to further its growth in South-east Asia, the company said.
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        Lock icon Internet Business Expo 99
        81 11 INTERNET Business Expo 99 will be held on Sept 1 and 2 at the Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre. BG Lee Hsien Yang, the CEO of Singapore Telecom Group, will give the welcome address. The keynote speeches and eMerchants panel discussions are free, but attending the
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        Lock icon Sharp-Roxy Sales' online service
        39 11 SHARP-ROXY Sales (Singapore) has teamed up with National Computer Systems to implement an online service to provide sales support for its photocopier and fax consumables like toners, rollers and cartridges. For more information, visit www.sharp.com.sg.
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        Lock icon Unisys appoints sales director
        46 11  -  Compiled by Toh Han Shih UNISYS Singapore has appointed Kelvin Teo as sales director for both the public sector and transportation line of business. As sales director, Mr Teo will focus on developing strategies and opportunities targeted at government agencies and ministries.
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      Lock icon Andersen Consulting launches solutions centre
      263 12  -  New Enterprise Business Solutions Centre is first tech facility here for ERP Byl Raju Chellam [SINGAPORE] Andersen Consulting last week launched its Enterprise Business Solutions Centre (EBSC) here, and said it is Singapore's first state-of-the-art technology facility for ERP (enterprise resource planning) solutions. The centre
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      Lock icon AltaVista joins 'free ISP' bandwagon
      330 12 Los Angeles Times [WASHINGTON] Joining a crowded market of companies offering "free" computer products or services, Internet search engine AltaVista last week became the largest US company yet to offer Net access to consumers willing to look at targeted ads. A recent flurry of free-ISP
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      Lock icon Asia fastest growing market for CA again
      502 13  -  Chairman expects annual growth rate of roughly 40% to continue in region •ty Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Asia has returned to become software firm Computer Associates' fastest-growing market, after faltering during the financial crisis. Sales in China alone grew fourfold in the last
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      Lock icon Intel's Pentium III for notebooks delayed
      114 13 Bridge News [SAN FRANCISCO] A notebook computer version of Intel Corp's Pentium m, originally planned for release next month, now appears more likely to arrive in October or November. Intel officials have confirmed the new time- frame, but refused to give a specific ship
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    • Article
      Lock icon Y2K fix: Citigroup to spend US$50m more
      236 13 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Citigroup Inc. the biggest US financial services firm, is spending US$5O million (SsB4 million) more than expected to ensure its computer systems are not troubled by the year-end date change to 00 from 99. The New York-based company, which includes
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      Lock icon Malaysia launches high-speed Internet network spine
      207 13 Reuters fKUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has launched the backbone of a high-speed Internet network which its builder, Cisco Systems Inc. called the fastest of its kind in the world. MIMOS Bhd, part of the Ministry of Science, launched the SuperJARING fibre optic backbone measuring more
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      Lock icon New IBM e-biz offerings
      304 14  -  Products run on the Windows NT and Unix operating systems By, Andrew Wee (SINGAPORE] International Business Machines Corp has launched two software products that let companies design their e-commerce applications and offer secure solutions over the Internet. These products run on the Windows NT and Unix
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      Lock icon Chance for local bands to market themselves through the Web
      748 14  -  Start-up will sell music over the Internet By' Toh Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Local independent bands can market themselves to the world through a local start-up, Disc Vault, that sells music over the Internet. Disc Vault can put a band's music
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      Lock icon Leverage the Internet for competitive intelligence
      428 14  -  SAT IT! By Thompson Teo The writer is Information Systems Area Coordinator in the Department of Decision Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, at the National University of Singapore IN THE global business environment, companies are continually looking for new ways to compete more effectively.
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      Lock icon Fujitsu launches two new Plasma displays
      293 15  -  By Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Japanese giant Fujitsu Corp has launched two new high-end Plasma Vision Display Panels (PDP) in Singapore. Distributed here by Hagemeyer Singapore Pte Ltd, the two models PDS 4204 and PDS 4206 are targeted at advertising agencies and companies offering public
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      Lock icon Three new flatbed scanners from HP
      208 15 The models come with HP's Intelligent Scanning Technology [SINGAPORE] HewlettPackard Company last week launched three new colour flatbed scanners and said they incorporate HP's Intelligent Scanning Technology to boost image quality, improve task productivity and make the scanners easy to use. The low-end ScanJet
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      Lock icon Olivetti barred from selling palmtop
      93 15 Bloomberg [SAN JOSE, California] An Olivetti SpA unit was barred by a federal court from distributing its Royal daVinci palm-sized computer, pending outcome of a copyright suit. 3Com Corp's Palm Computing Inc sued Olivetti last month, accusing it of infringing copyrights for the software used
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    • ON THE SHELF
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        Lock icon Fujitsu's new notebook
        83 15 FUJITSU PC Asia has launched Lifeßook E3BO (right), its newest notebook computer with its DMF (Dual Multi-Function) bays design. The left bay is for the battery or the floppy disk drive, and the right for DVD-ROM, second hard disk, or second battery. Targeted at corporate users, the
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        Lock icon Y2K tool from CA, EDS
        67 15 COMPUTER Associates International and EDS Inc have announced a desktop inventory tool to help companies pinpoint any remaining year 2000 (Y2K) vulnerabilities. The AimlT Y2K Edition combines EDS' Vendor 2000 database with CA's inventory software to create a solution to prevent as-yet-undetected Y2K problems from
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        Lock icon Dell's low-cost desktop
        64 15 DELL Computer has come out with the OptiPlex GXIOO PC (right), its lowest-priced desktop computer for corporate users, with prices starting at $1,589. A typical if configuration runs on Intel's Celeron 400 MHz processor and comes with the new Intel 810 chipset with 32 MB RAM, 4.3
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        Lock icon Symantec's Mobile Essentials here
        76 15 SYMANTEC Corp has introduced Mobile Essentials 2.0, a tool used by corporate IT departments to create laptop configuration settings for every location to which end-users travel. These location profiles are created once and deployed to mobile professionals, cutting time users spend adjusting their PC settings to
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        54 15 COMPLEX Systems Pte Ltd has unveiled a pocket-sized Fast Ethernet switch which can support bandwidth of 1.6 gigabits per second in full-duplex mode. The P***** costs $406 and provides eight 10/100 ports and is ideal for small offices to work on a local area network environment
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        74 15  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam AUTODESK Asia has announced AutoCAD Architectural Desktop Release 2, with new productivity tools for architects, designers, engineers and building professionals. The software supports the entire architectural design process and comes with AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) objects to integrate conceptual design, development and construction
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        961 16  -  Fortune's technology editor, David Kirkpatrick, tells bajvcheulam which firms are most likely to win on the Net RAJU CHELLAM [SINGAPORE] THE big winners on the Web will be those companies which build the best combination of online and offline experience. That, in essence, sums up the
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        405 16  -  By, Andrew Wee [SINGAPORE] Homegrown wizoffice.com pte Ltd will help local companies use the Internet as an enabling technology and realise cost savings by automating traditional business functions. 'To a lot of companies, getting on the Internet means just a web page.
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          74 16 ACCORDING to the Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC) Forum—a group of companies including Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd, Hitachi Maxell Ltd, Minolta Co Ltd and Nikon Corp —1.41 million Smart Media digital cameras are expected to ship this year, compared to 772,000 last year.
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          61 16 APPLE'S new ißook notebook is expected to be a hit in Japan, where the portable market accounts for 44 per cent of all PCs, says IDC. As a strong follow-up to Apple's G3 Powerßooks, the ißook is expected to force vendors to view
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          99 16 WITH palmtops fast replacing the leather-bound fllofax as the personal organiser of choice among mobile professionals, programmers have also scrambled to develop software for these portable gizmos. PDAcentral is a software archive for Windows CE palmtop users, 3Com Palm Pilot users, Apple Newton users and Psion
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          76 16 JAMMER 1.9 provides protection against hacker intrusions from hacking programs such as Netßus and Back Orifice 2000 which, according to the website, can delete your files, format your hard disk, steal passwords and credit card numbers. Jammer is claimed to be able to monitor network connections,
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          78 16 EXTENSIBLE Markup Language (XML) is a metalanguage a language for describing other languages—which allows users to customise documents for their businesses, such as hospitals or financial institutions. It also removes some of the constraints of hypo-text markup language (HTML) which is restricted to a pre-defined
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          72 16  -  Compiled by Andrew Wee THE Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team (SingCERT) has set up an information service page at www.Bingcert.OTg.sg/info_index.shtmL Users can check whether e-mail about "Join the Crew" and "Not a Joke" are genuine viruses or simply hoaxes. The site also provides links to
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      41 10 Is this the recovery? Now the hard work begins September 2 3, 1999 Singapore EHLJ Accurate and timely tnarhet intelligence critical to steering your business through the recovery is essential, this is an event not to be missed. Conferences if. t>
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      540 17  -  S'pore operations could play role in Web move, says chairman Shih By: Kenneth James [SINGAPORE] Taiwan's Acer Group, whose mainboardlisted subsidiary Acer Computer International (ACI) last week announced a sharp surge in interim net profit, expects well over US$l billion (551.67 billion)
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      586 17  - Current dips look good for contrarians Economic, political developments could torn for the better soon HAVdSHMOnrSIGHT By Quak Hiang Whai IF you are a true-blue contrarian, the best time for you to accumulate quality stocks must be at a point when there are little or no reasons to buy them.
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        337 18 The 1999 half-time reporting season is now into its fifth week. We reproduce below all the 13 interim corporate results that were released last week. They were from companies with Dec 31 as their financial year-end. Group results for the six months
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        164 18 As of yesterday, 50 SES-listed companies had released their financial results for the six months ended June 30,1999. They recorded a combined $2,431.0*11 in group profits, up 60.8% over the same period last year. Excluding the 5 foreign companies listed on the local bourse, the increase was 98.4%
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        846 18  -  Stronger Ss, China tensions weigh on regional plays By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] Foreign currency stocks fell last week like the rest of the market but by a bigger margin. The BT portfolio of nonSingapore dollar stocks lost 6.4 per cent over the week,
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        413 18 It targets record sales of 1.25 m vehicles this year Bloomberg [SEOUL] Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's largest automaker, said it returned to profitability in the first half as the country's economic recovery boosted sales. Profit was 110.2 billion won (Ssls3
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        359 18 First-half earnings only half what was expected doe to sale of anto business Bloomberg [SEOUL] Daewoo Heavy Industries Co, the world's sec-ond-largest shipbuilder, said first-half profit almost halved after the sale of its vehicle business. Profit fell 48 per cent to
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        642 19 French regulator has last say in 6-month battle while BNP claims victory Bloomberg [PARIS] Banque Nationale de Paris SA, France's third-larg-est bank, won control of Paribas SA but failed to get a majority of Societe Generale SA, the main
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        377 19 Bloomberg [HOUSTON] Compaq Computer Corp's ousted chief executive Eckhard Pfeiffer received US$9.Bl million (5516.4 million) in severance pay plus options after being forced to resign in April because of poor performance at the No 1 personal computer maker. He was granted
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        549 19 Their fundamentals are quite good but investors still wary FT [NEW YORK] The US economy is strong, interest rates remain relatively low and profits are accelerating. It should be an ideal environment for small companies to outperform their larger brethren. In fact, it
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        224 19 Bloomberg [BATTLE CREEK, Michigan] Kellogg Co, the world's largest cereal maker, said on Saturday that it will shut down a portion of its Battle Creek, Michigan, cereal plant and fire 550 employees, or 25 per cent of its workforce there, to reduce
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        468 19 Weaker results from insurance units hurt Buffet firm's net Reuters [OMAHA, Nebraska] Berkshire Hathaway Inc, the holding company led by US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Friday reported lower second-quarter profit, hurt by weaker results from two of its major insurance holdings. Berkshire Hathaway, whose
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        293 19 Lawsuits involve pact on CDMA technology devt Reuters [SCHAUMBURG, Illinois] Motorola Inc said last Friday it filed counterclaims against Qualcomm Inc, alleging that the California wireless communications company violated some provisions of licensing agreements between the companies. The counterclaim relates to lawsuits between the two
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        664 20 Germany's banking .landscape seen completely changed in three years Bloomberg [FRANKFURT] ING Groep NV's plan to buy the 58 per cent of Germany's BHF-Bank AG it doesn't already own for 2.25 billion euros (Ss4 billion) could accelerate the consolidation process in
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        487 20  -  Two approved bills aim at protecting interests of public By I Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The latest regulations to raise professional- ism among insurance agents and brokers are timely given the rapid growth of the insurance industry in recent years, said observers. c
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        311 20 USs2oob fond hit by exodus of key execs to Merril Lynch Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Deutsche Bank, the world's biggest bank, said it is moving to shore up its US$2OO billion (***** billion) index fund management unit after the defection of key
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        307 20 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] Goldman, Sachs Co has amassed US$l24 million (Ss2o7 million) of gold bullion, saying it expects demand to improve in the months ahead. Goldman has taken control of half of the gold in New York Mercantile Exchange warehouses, according to records.
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        166 20 Bloomberg [NEW YROK) Sumitomo Corp, in a US$735 million (551.22 billion) lawsuit against J P Morgan Co that was unsealed on Friday, accused the securities firm of taking part in trades that led to a US$2.6 billion loss in one of the biggest
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        567 21  -  SIMTflf Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya MMS Singapore This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE] The forex market is likely to remain broadly range-bound as the summer vacation continues. Yet, there is another batch of US
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        861 21 COMMODITY Weekly Roundup AFP [LONDON] Aluminium prices soared last week as the sector was shaken to the core by dramatic consolidation moves involving major producers in Canada, France, Switzerland and the US. Prices rose strongly early in the week on speculation of a
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      169 17 Shih's vision for new Acer finally falling into place, PglO </ N CP J? X* Il' 3-PIECE SHAFT VSTOUR The Short Cut To The Green <v The Driuer that giues you Pro Distance The idea for the construction of the 3-piece shaft was conceiued to help realise the dream of
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      287 22 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks are expected to fall further this week on fears of a US rate rise and lower fund weighting after Morgan Stanley Capital International's decision to adjust its benchmark indices. Growing tension between China and Taiwan would also
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      870 22 n Sydney -4&2 FEARS of higher US interest rates after Federal Reserve meeting on Aug 24 could restrain Australian share prices this week, brokers warned on Friday. They also noted that this week the Reserve Bank of Australia releases its bulletin for August, which investors fear may
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      667 22 NEW YORK Internet stocks among big gainers as economic data ease rate hike concerns Bloomberg US STOCKS may extend last week's rally in the days ahead, investors say, after economic reports eased inter-est-rate concern. Internet stocks were among the biggest gainers, with
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      410 22 TOKYO Investors looking for bargains if the index slips below 17,000 Reuters JAPANESE stocks are expected to consolidate this week as investors weigh the possibility of a US interest rate hike, traders said. Investors are keen to hunt for bargains if the
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      331 22 LONDON AFP CONCERN over a possible rise in interest rates overshadowed the London stock market last week, with the benchmark FTSE Index crashing at one point to its lowest level since February. But the market recovered from the depths on prospects for better
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      1632 22 Pjjgj* jMMj MORE positive signals on the US economy pulled Paris stocks above 4,400 at the close last week, after weaker than expected PPI data raised hopes that any tightening of US monetary policy could be limited to just one rate rise. The blue-chip CAC-40 ended 1.5
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        377 23 AFP fl Composite Index +68.79 THE Malaysian bourse is expected to trade cautiously in the coming session after the headline index soared almost 10 per cent last week, analysts said. "Investors wUI trade cautiously amid the sharp rise in the bourse after
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        161 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy ON Saturday, we featured Pernas International's 2005 warrant, which qualified as a penny counter and looked a decent long-term bet. Possibly an even better long-term bet on the recovery of the Malaysian market is Pernas' 2006 instrument which was
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        473 26 Source: JM Sassoon t*mm Asia FoodlProp US$ 61.552,000 Hotung Inv MT5 42,726,000 Golden Agri USIOc 33,838,000 •Genting Int 33,731,000 N0L 29,677,000 SingTel 15c 24,359,000 IPC Corpn 5c 24,294,000 GCS Intl Ltd 20c 23,180,000 *TanChonglnt50c 20,181,000 STEngglOc 18,825,000 Stocfcs DBS Foreign 148,827,648 OCBC Foreign 121,609,309 SPH 84,030,467 City On 50c 81,226,338
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        659 26  -  THE WEEK AirgAi* Friday's US PPI data and the Bow's subsequent rise may cause institutional money to flow back here By R Sivanithy ONE of the biggest mysteries to Singapore market watchers is how local companies can consistently report solid earnings
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        68 26  -  -By Wong Wei Kong HOTUNG Investment shares rose 1 cent to US$O.35 last Friday with 11.6 million shares traded, compared with its 10-day traded average of 10.1 million units. The RSI, Stochastics and MACD charts show the stock at oversold levels, but this may be offset by non-technical
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      411 26 H Jr -ML p— q HIND HOTELS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of Hind Hotels International Limited (the "Company") will be held at 1 Jalan Rumbia, Singapore *****6 on 2 September 1999 at 3JO p.m. for the purpose
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      186 27 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young HOLIDAYS may account for some lack of interest in sections of the market, but this week we have seen a number of Panamax bulkers sold and in the meantime Messrs Bocimar are said to be fixing a large number of ships on medium
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      440 27  -  Move substantially reduces tax liability, raising the incentive of flying UK flag By. Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] A new tonnage tax in the UK is set to boost the British shipping industry and get more owners flying the Red Ensign again. A tonnage
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      240 27 Bloomberg [VALPARAISO, Chile] Strikes rocked Chilean ports, blocking shipments of copper, as workers demanded higher wages and a share of the proceeds from the government's sale of the busiest docks in the country. An on-going strike in northern ports spread to the country's
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      287 27 HE port operator reacting to US senator's allegations of growing influence Reuters [HONGKONG] Hutchison Whampoa Ltd recently rejected allegations by a US senator that it controlled both ends of the Panama Canal, saying it had no influence over the canal's operation or shipping traffic. "What
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        447 28 But experts' opinion dismissed by inquiry into 1994 disaster FT [STOCKHOLM] Experts investigating the sinking of the ferry Estonia in 1994 claim explosives played a role in the disaster that cost 852 lives. A team of experts, commissioned by Meyer Weft, the German
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        746 28  -  DOCKYARD By David Hughes A FEW weeks ago, this column reported on the busy year expe-rienced-toy the Salvage Association's Singapore office. But before putting the SA's annual report on its worldwide operations for 1998-1999 on the bookshelf, it is worth extracting a few
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      287 28 PAGE Ertg Lee 11 AMI 3 ESPLines 11 AASCO 10 Evergreen I Accord 8 |J Frotj n Append 5 Frt Unhl O Austral 8 GUnk 4 Avant 12 G m rtr w 6 B'tang Mas 8 G ns,IM n j Glory Wav 12 BTl 12 HaiSunHup 10
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        774 39 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma line Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollar* instead of single price# for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on average sized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        354 40 Emery plans door-to-door delivery in India for S'pore cargo AFP, Reuters [NEW DELHI] US-based freight transporter Emery Worldwide and state-run Indian Airlines (IA) have entered into a strategic alliance for cargo transport between Singapore and India. Airline chairman Anil Baijal said the national
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        335 40 Foreign carriers had complained abont move to Malpensa, 50 km ontside Milan Reuters [ROME] The Italian government is to stick with its plans to transfer flights to the new Malpensa airport outside Milan, despite airlines' complaints. "The Italian government's intention
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        427 40 It expects to beat Lockheed in fighter plane competition Reuters [SEATTLE] The world's largest commercial airplane maker, Boeing, sees its civilian experience as its ace in the hole in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) competition. It figures it is in a better position than Lockheed
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        71 40 [OERESUND, Sweden] The last 140-meter section of the Oeresund bridge linking Sweden and Denmark is hoisted into place on Saturday during the official inauguration ceremony. The 10 mile-long bridge connects the two Scandinavian neighbours for the first time in 7,oooyears, when the two were landlocked, forming a link
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        206 40 AFP [TAIPEI] Taiwan and the Philippines have reached a breakthrough in their dispute over a suspended aviation accord, Taiwan's foreign ministry said. "After six hours of candid and harmonious negotiations the unnecessary barriers have been removed and the foundations for mutual trust
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        309 40 It has axed 2,500 of 5,200 planned jobs after baying Southern Pacific Bloomberg (OMAHA, Nebraska] Union Pacific Corp said it's on schedule with job cuts resulting from its US$5.4 billion (Ss9 billion) acquisition of Southern Pacific Rail Corp three years ago, with
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