The Business Times, 20 December 1999

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  • 12 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA(P) 046/12/98 85C SINGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sq/ MONDAY, DECEMBER 20,1999
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  • 60 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Wwk Change STI .....*****7 -22.97 SIMSO FUTURES 327.70 +1.30 BTSRI 908.91 +6.6-5 KLSE (X)MP 778.26 +34.66 NIKKEI 18,095.1 -176.73 HANG SENT. 15.986,35....-393.86 SET INDEX. 439.37 +19.60 JAKARTA COMP. 638.82 +4.98 MANILA COMP 1,997.88 +58.07 TAIPEI WPl 7,797.87 +64.10 SEOUL COMP 949.26 -68.91 CLSA CHINA B
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  • 77 1 FOREX RATES us$ s$ US$ 1673 £(l'SS/S$ per 1.618 2.706 ElIROffSS/SS/E) 1.023 1.711 DM 1.912 0.875 YEN 1025 1.626* RM 3.800 9.440 HKS 7.773 0.215 RAHT 38.02 0.044 RUPIAH 7,065 0.024 SS to 100 units PRIME RATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KlALA LUMPUR 715 JAKARTA 40.00 BANGKOK 10.00 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG
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  • 556 1  -  Hilexclusive Better business spawns new positions, removes lid on hiring By' Wong Wei Kong [SINGAPORE] CaUing all top fund management executives. The next time your phone rings, it could well be from a head hunter. In marked contrast to the lull
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  • 128 1 SET against the cool wilderness, a fierce lion bows his majestic head to take a drink of water. The painting is one of the many captivating works up for sale in this year's President's Charity Art Exhibition. Entitled King of the Jungle, the large oil
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  • 772 1  -  Jetro head says S'pore's experience in economic deregulation will be useful From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo SINGAPORE Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's proposal to his Japanese counterpart Keizo Obuchi that the two countries study a bilateral free trade agreement appears to have
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  • 553 1 Bnt it could adopt a tightening bias to warn investors AFP [WASHINGTON] The US Federal Reserve. loath to rattle investors worried about Y2K disruptions, is expected to leave interest rates unchanged this week but could issue a warning that tighter credit policies are likely
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    • 132 1 INSIDE BizlT IDA: Time to encourage competition, not just allow it. IT, Pg 4 Top stories Value of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies in S'pore slowed in the second half. Pg 4 S'pore October retail sales up 25%. pg q BT Comment Lee Shau-kee's ■11l 8 wisrsooooZ Yacht-Master. f
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    • 15 1 It'a nearly half sold, Pg 3 MACAU'S HANDOVER A J wi 1 REPORTS, Next Page
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    • 916 2  -  Taiwan will be next to go back to the motherland, vows President Jiang From Quak Hiang Whai in Macau MACAU, the first and last Western colony in Asia, was returned to China early this morning, and Chinese President Jiang Zemin vowed that Taiwan
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    • 1069 2  -  5»135l from Macau quak hiang whai A DAY before the Asian economic crisis struck two years ago, I was at the handover ceremony marking the return of Hongkong to China. I wrote a commentary that night touching on the significance of the transition, and painting the
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  • CHARITY auction
    • 312 3  -  Sales at the President's Charity Art Exhibition total $135,000 so far By] Ling Su Ann ALMOST half of the 92 paintings up for sale at the President's Charity Art Exhibition have already been sold for a total of $135,000. Art lovers have taken advantage of the
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 665 4  -  Aborted merger of Tibs Hldgs and SMRT was the year's greatest disappointment Wong Wei Kong THE pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) involving listed companies in Singapore slowed in the second half, with the most talk-ed-about deal, the planned merger of
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    • 182 5 First stop is Thailand in tie-np with CRC Ahold which operates Tops supermarkets AFP [BANGKOK] Thailand will be the first stop in a Singapore firm's plan to expand its online grocery store throughout the region, the company said on Saturday. The Global Grocer.com, which offers 10,000
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    • 208 5 Private placement on behalf of property firm Wisma (S) Ltd Reuters [DUBAI] Dubai-based Emirates Financial Services (EFS) said on Saturday it had completed the initial private placement of a US$l6O million (Ss26B million) three-year floating rate note for Singa-pore-incorporated property firm
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      434 6 •Dec 9 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume Kingboard USlOc 98.445.000 MIT 10c 57,941,000 SingTel 15c 54,901,000 Asia Food&Prop US$ 50.565,000 LAM 50c 43,797,000 MediaRing 10c 41,707,000 Benefun HK10c 41,272,000 GMQ Global 5c 37,511,000 RafflesH 85c 34.016,000 ChuanHup 20c 31.870,000 Stocks DBS Grp 279,*****7 PaoficCentury 219,213.810 SingTel 15c 187,865,034 OCBC 147,686,578
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    • 613 6  -  I :j I comment STOCKS r. sivanithy STOCK market indices are supposed to reflect what's going on in the market at any particular time if the index keeps heading up then things are okay, if the index keeps falling then things are
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    • 186 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Hi/] R Sivanithy ELECTRONIC stocks may be the rage all over the world at the moment, but the buying has been very selective there are hordes of electronic counters that haven't benefited from the current tech boom. One
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    • 249 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Teh Hooi Ling SINCE its 52-week high of $1.40 reached after the announcement of its stock split on Nov 19, Jaya Holdings' shares have been drifting southwards. On Friday, the counter closed 2 cents up at $1.15. About 160,000 shares
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    • 81 6 Monday, Deo 20 HwHiod 10am. National Economic and Social Development Board releases third-quarter gross domestic product report. Hongkong 4.15pm. The government releases unemployment and underemployment statistics for September to November. Japan 8.50 am. The Ministry of Finance releases November trade balance. New Zealand Statistics New Zealand releases
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    • 538 6 INDONESIA'S rupiah should strengthen this week as worries fade over political instability, and sagging stock markets should help South Korea and Singapore keep their currencies in check. It is not surprising for some to expect money flowing out of Indonesia at this time
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 331 7  -  Total property investment sales this year hit $8.16b, compared with 1998'551.35b By Andrea Tan WHILE residential en bloc sales have been the rage this year, the start of the new millennium is set to see office investments dominating the property scene, with the
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    • 343 7  -  It will be one of the first to hold an international tender i Kalpana Rashiwala PATERSON Tower will be one of the few big prime District 9 collective sale sites that will be released next year, with an indicated
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    • 457 7  -  Revamp of property consultancy merges Asia, Pacific units iv. Kalpana Rashiwala NEW York-listed property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), which has unified its Asian and Australasian operations, has made several key promotions in its Singapore office, which take effect next year. These include
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    • 367 8  -  P=W3 on the economy retail Htji Andrea Tan R ETA 11, sales volume shot up 25.8 per cent in October compared to a year ago, driven largely by the sales of motor vehicles. But the picture was less rosy after excluding the
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    • 398 8  -  MAILTET^ Soh Kok Beng, Leonard Singapore THE Keppel Corporation group should consid er breaking up as a re-engineering option to enhance shareholders' wealth. A year has passed since the leading Singapore conglomerate revealed its plan to stream line its complicated group structure
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    • 271 8  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms), Tan Heng Huay Head. Public Relations for Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority Tan Heng Huay Head. Public Affairs for Chief Corporate Development Officer Housing Development Board Singapore WE thank Mr Patrick Tan for his letter, "Cheaper parking on
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    • 162 8  -  EH Soh Singapore I AM one unfortunate person who invested heavily in Keppel Corp with CPF funds years back when Keppel was one of Singapore's bellwether stocks. Better blue chips have since risen back to pre-crisis level prices. Even better ones have risen to new highs.
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    • 121 8  -  Denis Distant Singapore I REFER to the letter "What's troubling about selected market rises?" from Patrick Tan Kim Hai (BT, Dec 13). I can hardly agree with him because when the market takes a dip. all and sundry go down, including shares which did not move and
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    • 598 8  -  PEOPLE Gratitude and recognition sustain Claire Chiang's passion for social work By. Andrea Tan DESPITE her running a temperature and having a bad throat, there is no mistaking Claire Chiang's passion for social work. "The recognition from those you helped the letters, the nominations, the
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 424 9 KUALA LUMPUR Poor polls results also blamed on PAS 'lies'; party meeting discusses turncoats AFP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad held an election post-mortem yesterday. and blamed his party's lacklustre performance in last month's polls on "weaknesses". "We have certain weaknesses in Umno," Dr Mahathir
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    • 426 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S 10th Parliament will debate and approve half the Budget for 2000 today when it convenes, with the full Budget to be debated in February, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said. "All papers to be debated will relate to the
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    • 152 9 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters TRADING in shares of Malaysia's S&P Food Industries (M) Bhd will be suspended from today until further notice, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange said. The KLSE attached a copy of a company statement made last week to its notice of
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    • 118 9 KUALATERENGGANU Bernama THE Terengganu PAS government is ready to forge twoway cooperation with the Federal government for the benefit of the people, said Mentri Besar Abdul Hadi Awang. He welcomed Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's statement that the Federal government is prepared to cooperate
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    • 208 9 KUALA LUMPUR Bat party machinery will be taken into consideration: Dr M Bernama PRIME Minister Mahathir Mohamad said the Umno Supreme Council (MT) will study the possibility of fielding professionals, who may not hold any position in the party hierarchy, as
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  • SOUTH east asia
    • 546 10 JAKARTA He says he has not broken any law and pledges to pay back all loans Reuters TEXMACO Group head Marimutu Sinivasan says he is unconcerned by Indonesia's official probe into US$l.3 billion (552.2 billion) in controversial loans to his group and is
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    • 195 10 BANGKOK Reuters DEBATE on an oppositionled no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai's government was extended to a fifth day yesterday, with voting scheduled for today. Despite fierce attacks by the opposition, Mr Chuan's six-party coalition is set to survive the motion
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    • 93 10 [MANILA] Willy Cervantes, member of the Philippines' Customs Commission bidding committee, opens the bidding for 10 smuggled luxury cars at an auction here yesterday. The brand new units have been used by Cabinet ministers since they were confiscated last year. President Joseph Estrada ordered them sold after
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    • 282 10 MANILA AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada said at the weekend he was helpless against oil price increases after the Supreme Court upheld the legality of a law removing controls on petroleum prices. "In my view, we cannot do anything
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    • 213 10 JAKARTA AFP THE offshore debt of the Indonesian government in the fiscal year ending next March is estimated to reach US$7l.9 billion (*****.2 billion), a report said here on Saturday. "The government's overseas debt in the 1999/2000 fiscal year is estimated
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  • EAST asia
    • 783 11  -  1=11 comment HK STOCKS Now that Li Ka-shing has sent the HE market soaring with his corporate manoeuvres, the ball lies in Lee's court quak hiang whai INVESTORS in Hongkong stocks have much to thank Li Ka-shing for helping to run up the
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    • 177 11 HONGKONG Reuters THE US has left Hongkong off its watch list in an out-of-cy-cle trade review, noting the territory's toughened measures against piracy since April. "Hongkong has undertaken significant enforcement actions since April to address the problem of piracy, but significant follow-up
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    • 428 11 BEIJING Optimism due to big rise in exports in 2nd half of this year AFP CHINA'S economic planners now believe that surging exports to the rest of Asia will help lift the country's growth rate to 8 per cent in
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    • 173 11 BEIJING AFP CHINA has authorised the sale of gold bars to the public for the first time since the Communist Party came to power in 1949. Individuals are now permitted to buy gold bars "for savings and investment". The China
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  • SOUTH asia
    • 227 12 HONGKONG Company partners Essar in buying 49% stake from Swisscom and others Reuters HUTCHISON Whampoa Group and India's Essar Group said on Saturday that Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd would buy a 49 per cent stake in India's Sterling Cellular Ltd from Swisscom and others.
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    • 164 12 COLOMBO AFP, Reuters SRI Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga was recovering from surgery yesterday after narrowly escaping an assassination bid by a woman suicide bomber that left 21 dead and 110 injured. The attack on Ms Kumaratunga's final election campaign rally here Saturday believed to be
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    • 214 12 NEW DELHI AFP US RETAIL giant Wal-Mart is eyeing the giant Indian market and plans to open up shop here, a company official said in an interview published yesterday. Thomas M Coughlin. president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores and Supercenters, tolcT the
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  • WORLD news
    • 574 13 NEW YORK Expectations based on rise in share trades and returns, IPOs, global mergers Reuters US INVESTMENT banks are expected to post strong yearend results, helped by a surge in share trading and offerings, record stock market returns and a global merger frenzy.
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    • 360 13 WASHINGTON It hopes to raise np to USs3oom for working capital, etc Reuters INTERNET search engine AltaVista Co, mostly owned by online venture firm CMGI Inc, has filed with US regulators to sell stock to the public to raise as much as US$3OO
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    • 76 13 [LILLE, France] Local girls last Friday admiring a copy of a 2000 calendar which features 12 shopkeepers from Lille in northern France. The shopkeepers who produced and posed for the calendar were inspired by the Pirelli calendar and the film, 'The Full Monty'. Originally just forfun, the
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    • 422 13 SEOUL AFP SOUTH Korean auto giant Hyundai Motor Co yesterday jumped into a race with General Motors Corp (GM), the world's largest auto firm, to take over an overseas plant of Daewoo Motor Co, reports said. "Domestic firms must
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    • 426 13 Reuters BRITAIN'S Financial Services Authority (FSA), which is overseeing efforts by banks and other financiers to thwart the Year 2000 computer bug, expects to issue its first status report at around 0400 GMT on Jan 1. FSA Millennium Event Office
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    • 585 13 LONDON The average house is worth 135 times its value back in the 30s Reuters AN Englishman's home may be his castle, but during the 20th century it has also proved to be his biggest store of wealth. An end-of-century review by Britain's largest mortgage
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    • 486 13 SACRAMENTO Ernst L Young to pay shareholders over inaccuracy charges Bloomberg ERNST Young will pay US$335 million (Sssl6 million) to Cendant Corp shareholders to settle charges that the world's third-largest accounting firm's audits of a predecessor company were inaccurate. Analysts said this is the largest
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    • 517 14 TOKYO It's aiming for full recovery, led by private sector and structural reforms in economy AFP JAPAN'S government yesterday set its forecast for economic growth at 1 per cent for the next fiscal year starting in April, up from an estimated 0.6
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    • 58 14 (NEW YORK) Roy Edward Disney, vicechairman of The Walt Disney Co and executive producer of Fantasia 2000, conductor Maestro James Levineand Mickey Mouse attend the Walt Disney Pictures world premiere of Fantasia 2000 at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Friday. The show will be
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    • 609 14 DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia Disruption to oil production, transportation could further raise prices Bloomberg GULF Arab states responsible for half the world's oil reserves may not be adequately prepared for the year 2000 computer problem, the United Nations and US government officials
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    • 666 14 LONDON Tech revolution, baby boomers may push up stocks Reuters DIZZY heights though they may have reached, the world's leading stock markets still have further to go, analysts forecast in Reuters polls. The technology revolution, which began in the US but is rapidly
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    • 323 14  -  FYom Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE World Trade Organisation, restarting work on a gloomy note on Friday, appealed to its members to exercise due "restraint" and not to raise fresh disputes against countries failing to comply with deadlines for agreements terminating at
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    • 215 14 WASHINGTON Reuters THE International Monetary Fund approved a US$495 million (*****.8 miUion) loan last Friday for South Korea but said the country's economic health had so improved since its 1997 financial crisis that it would not be using it. "In view of
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  • COMMODITIES & futures
    • 593 15 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDONI The festive season came early for base metals, palladium and oil last week, as records tumbled on commodities markets ahead of the Christmas lull. The price of palladium, used in electronics and the auto sector, hit
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    • Article, Illustration
      1497 15 SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES INDICATIVE PRICES AND YIELDS U i'h(ted Pet-17 TAX-FREE BONOS Vivid to Grossed Grossed 15.06.2001 4'i% 103.10 103.20 2.37 na na Maturity/ up up 01.09.2001 2><,% 99 87 99.92 2.33 na na Price Discounted (13% (26% 01.09.2001 2H% 100.00 100.10 2.37 na m liSHS Coupon Bid Offrr Yield
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    • 1926 15 SICOM FUTURES "dZTT RUBBER (futures closing *s at 5.30pm) RSS1C0NTRACT(S cents/kg) Close Volume Open Month High low Sett (toraws) Interest Jan 00 106.50 Feb 00 107.75 107.75 108.00 300 600 Mar 00 rn.00 100 Apr/Jun 00 117.50 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cents/kg) Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest
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  • MARKET outlook
    • 504 16 NEW YORK Bnt some analysts say the market is unbalanced and point ont that decliners outnumber advances AFP THE Nasdaq Composite Index continued its triumphant rise last week, gaining 3.67 per cent and posting its 54th record for this year at 3,753,06, while
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    • 256 16 LONDON Bloomberg UK stocks may rise in coming days, led by phone stocks, as a formal bid for Germany's Mannesmann by Vodafone Air Touch fuels optimism for more pan-European mergers. "Vodafone's bid for Mannesmann is critical to how investors view European markets,"
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    • 858 16 H Sydney +17.8 THERE will be few drivers for the Australian financial market this week and investors will look overseas for leads, brokers said. "Action will be dictated by US markets and Y2K housekeeping," said Craig James at Colonial State Bank. "A new record high remains tantalisingly
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    • 1820 16 HEM* +2L3 THE Paris bourse went through a rollercoaster day on Friday only to end up with losses while luxury retailer LVMH sparkled at the last minute. The CAC-40 ended down 37.76 or 0.68 per cent to 5,502.4 points, up 21.3 points for the week. PI Stockholm
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    • 405 16 TOKYO Launch of two new investment trusts to support momentum Reuters TOKYO shares are expected to move in a tight range this week, with the downside underpinned by the launch of two new investment trusts, as trading winds down for the
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    • 334 16 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG stocks are likely to defy pre-millennium caution and move closer to the Hang Seng Index's record high this week, with a decline in trading volumes seen heightening volatility. "The market is within manageable distance of its record close
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 434 17 AFP Q Composite Index +34.66 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to rise this week, possibly to around the 800 level, analysts said on Friday. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed on Friday at 778.26, up 10.37 points or 1.35 per cent on
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  • STOCKS sgx
    • 583 18  -  SGZ Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup Hiroko Komiya Standard Poor's MMS This report does not constitute a solicitation to invest in any currency or Simex product. [SINGAPORE) Y2K-related liquidity factors will likely keep currency trading choppy in what should otherwise be an extremely quiet, Christmas holiday-shortened
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    • 277 21 6 'attacker' US-based Deloitte Research, a unit of Deloitte Touche and Deloitte Consulting has identified six "attacker" banks in Singapore I DBSBank, OCBC Bank, OUB, f UOB, Keppel Bank, and Citibank which offer Internet banking facilities. These banks have an edge over other banks in offering I new e-services and
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    • 631 22 Mobile banking 'to explode in next 12 months' THEY are ready to "attack" in the new millennium in the eworld. They represent the cream of Singapore banks DBSBank, OCBC Bank, Overseas Union Bank, United Overseas Bank, and Keppel Bank and one foreign bank, Citibank.
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    • 442 22  -  WAP-enabled mobile phones and Internet subscribers will converge by then By] Elizabeth Su THERE will be more than a billion cellular subscribers by 2003, of which over 410 million will be in the AsiaPacific region, according to IDC (International Data Corp) estimates.
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    • 193 22 AFTER the year 2000 (Y2K) issue is over, the next big challenge will be T+l, or settling all trades by the next day, reports Deloitte Research. With growing trade volumes and international investors, the risks of settlement failure have grown. Shortening the settlement time is one way
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    • 422 22  -  S'pore and Malaysia are a year behind the US in online shopping ffy' Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE retailers' views on Christmas shopping over the Net range from "lukewarm" to "optimistic" but they believe e-shopping will be big business here next Christmas. One Singapore Net startup, Cybersource,
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    • IT TAKES
      • 49 23 AGILENT Technologies Inc, a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, has opened its Micro-electronics Modelling Centre in Singapore to focus on developing technologies for fast and accurate electronic design automation device model generation. This will be used mainly for wireless product development. For details, go to: www.agilent.com/eesof-eda.
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      • 88 23 LISTED Singapore Computer Systems (SCS) and E-Venture Investments (EVI) have formed a joint venture called Car Auc International to offer e-auction of used cars here. EVI is a company formed by used car dealers from the Singapore Secondhand Motor Vehicle Dealers' Association (SSMVDA). The joint venture
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      • 63 23 BRITAIN'S Pilgrim Systems, that provides software to the legal profession, has begun selling its software here. Established in 1978, the company is one of Scotland's biggest software firms. It's flagship software is Lawsoft, designed for legal practices that need to have centralised accounts, time recording, billing
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      • 54 23 HONGKONG-BASED provider of e-commerce outsourcing solutions, NetCel36o Ltd, has tied up with United Parcel Service (UPS) to service the business-to-business e-commerce market in the Asia-Pacific region. UPS has taken an equity position in NetCel36o, which will now offer integrated services in logistics, warehousing and supply chain management
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      • 92 23 RESEARCHER Dataquest, a unit of GartnerGroup Inc, said it can now better track the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and emerging markets over the Internet with its tie-ups with Net Market Makers (NMM), which supplies information on intermediary companies on the Internet, and The Chasm Group, a high-tech market
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      • 85 23 THE market for satellite voice services will grow from an estimated installed base of 211,212 terminals this year, to 8.32 million terminals by 2004, Dataquest says. This is because several new operators are expected to come on stream during the next two to three years.
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      • 36 23  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam DENNIS Hoon has been appointed by Australia-based Micro Touch as its regional manager for South-east Asia, based in Singapore. He was previously regional sales manager for Asean at Raychem Corp.
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    • 284 23  -  Some Singapore companies are interested in becoming ASPs, company chief says Toh Han Shih THE Asian revenues of USbased Onyx Software Inc will double this year from last year; the company has 20 people in Asia currently and plans to "at least double that
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    • 578 23  -  I si I exclusive New IDC study says inkjet cartridges have recorded "most dramatic growth" in Asia-Pacific it,, Raju Chellam IT'S BOOM time for ink cartridges (used in inkjet printers) in the Asia-Pacific, according to the first study of its kind
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    • 546 23 Securities Industry Association plans to operate a 24-hour monitoring centre LAT [NEW YORKI Some people will be working on Wall Street on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, but they certainly won't be trading stocks. What will be keeping them on the
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    • 744 24  -  SAYIbfl catherine ong The writer is BT's senior correspondent TWO years ago when Singapore liberalised the mobile phone market and admitted one more player, the process was hailed as a success, in part because Mobile One, the new competitor, had a smooth
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    • 398 24 The new business will focns its investments in 828 firms Reuters [PLANO, Texas] Electronic Data Systems Corp, the world's No. 2 computer services supplier, said on Friday it was establishing an Internet venture fund with up to US$l.5 billion (552.5 billion), in one
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    • 236 24  -  By. Andrew Wee LOTUS Development (AsiaPacific) has signed technology agreements with three local companies ID.Safe Pte Ltd, Commerce Exchange Pte Ltd and Online Technologies Consortium (OTC). The tie-ups were signed by Lotus' US-based president and CEO Jeff Papows last week. "These initiatives can accelerate
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    • 213 24  -  i¥ Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S IME (Institute of Microelectronics) has signed agreements with 17 MNCs (multi-national companies) and PLEs (promising local companies) to form the "Electronic Packaging Research Consortium 2000" to develop competitive technologies for the packaging of next-generation ICs (integrated circuits). The consortium will begin
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    • 142 24  -  By, Jeanette Pang UK-BASED Systems Union Pic has debuted an eßusiness Edition here as an extension to its core financial and business management software, Sun Systems. The new product incorporates the Financials and Business Product Groups (EBG) and comprises two major components: process management and
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    • 267 24 Reuters [SAN FRANCISCO] HewlettPackard Co and STMicroelectronics said on Friday they will jointly research and develop a computer chip design that can be customised for specific applications, such as cell telephones and printers. The companies will jointly work on a chip design that
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    • 414 25  -  Hotmail, eßay, and online chat users vulnerable By. Andrew Wee WEB-BASED services such as the Hotmail's e-mail service, the eßay auction site and online chat rooms are most vulnerable to attacks by malicious individuals or hackers. Mischief-makers can capture user accounts and passwords
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    • 321 25  -  Alpha Works' barriers to e-commerce By. Jeanette Pang IF YOU don't know English, you can search for information in Chinese at an English Web site and retrieve the results in Chinese, thanks to IBM Alpha Works' new technology called Native Search.
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    • 634 26  - Y2K and after —what perils prevail SAY I 111 alok shrivastava The writer is systems engineer manager, EMC Asia -Pacific IN A couple of weeks, we will be experiencing the biggest test for the IT industry ever. Thousands of professionals have worked tirelessly over the last four to five years
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    • 161 26  -  Raju Chellam SINGAPORE'S chronology of year 2000 (Y2K) events is now ready and available free for those interested. A book titled "Why 2K?" is now under publication and will be available early next year. The chronology and the book were commissioned by Sitrac (the Singapore IT Dispute
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    • 908 26 Bat 'safe haven' image has delivered early festive cheer to bourses in Hongkong, Singapore and Japan AFP [BANGKOK] Fears about potential millennium bug chaos have exacerbated the annual end-of-year slump on many Asian stock markets, but festive cheer has arrived early for a few
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 84 27 ADAPTEC Inc is ready with ReZOOM, billing it as the first software program that instantly reboots, repairs, and restores valuable data from a secondary backup drive in the event of a system failure. Targeted at business users, it eliminates critical PC downtime and lets users reboot and
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      • 69 27 ADOBE Systems Inc has launched a new set of e-commerce and dynamic data modules for its Web design and publishing tool, GoLive 4.0. The new GoLive Dynamic Link lets Web teams create visually rich sites for e-business, by enabling both dynamic page design and database binding to
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      • 67 27 PREMIERE Information Systems is ready with two new solutions: Premiere Dialog Automated Teleconferencing, and Remote Fax Server. The former is an automated audio-conferencing service that is offered at 30 cents a minute per participant; and the latter lets users send e-mail messages from Lotus Notes or
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      • 71 27 SYMANTEC Corp has launched Norton Antivirus (NAV) Enterprise Solution 4.0, that combines (NAV) Corporate Edition 7.0 and Symantec System Center (SSC). It costs $119 per node for 10-24 licenses, including a year's upgrade. NAV can detect and solve virus problems across desktops, mobile clients and servers.
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      • 66 27  -  Raju Chellam MERANT Asia-Pacific has introduced its Egility Web content management solution to let large companies integrate existing resources and Web-enable them. It takes advantage of Merant's PVCS Professional suite of software configuration products to automate and streamline Web development project coordination tasks and repeatable processes.
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    • 541 27 Big businesses are finding that e-mail and are saving tonnes of paper Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The Internet and other technological advances can save millions of tonnes of paper and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, researchers said. Bank of America Corp, Procter Gamble Co
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    • 314 27  -  Plus 'virtually-flat' Trinitron monitors and souped-up Dimension desktops ity Raju Chellam Direct-dealer Deli Computer Corp last week debuted three new products, all of them immediately available here: an ul-tra-light notebook PC tailored for corporate customers: Ultra Scan "virtually-flat" CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors based on
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      • 795 28  -  business on the net Cyberspace is a great place to generate e-buzz on the entertainment industry, as toh ham shzh finds out TOH HAN SHIH Cyberspace is a great place to generate buzz on the entertainment industry, especially if you want to grab the attention of
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        • 64 28 COMPUTER Associates (CA) has warned of a new worm Worm.ExploreZip.Neolite a compressed variant of its earlier incarnation and can overload e-mail servers because it sends itself to e-mail addresses it finds on hard drives. CA said it now has a new InoculatelT Personal Edition, which
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        • 105 28 FEARS that online merchants will lack stocks of desirable items or deliver the items too late for holiday giving may drive a majority of US online holiday shoppers to spend less than 10 per cent of their holiday budget online, says researcher Jupiter Communications Inc.
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        • 58 28 CANBOX Asia, a subsidiary of Germany-based Media Service Group, has launched its first UMS (unified messaging service) with eJazz.com, a local portal operator. The service lets eJazz.com members be mobile and yet connected to the Net through their cellular phones and pagers. eJazz.com offers its basic
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        • 58 28 AMOEBA Interactive Pte Ltd, a local Net start-up, is offering a suite of free Web-based productivity tools or utilities like calendar, task, address book, chat, message board, bookmark, e-mail and file storage. It plans to also add multi-lingual support, synchronisation with handheld PCs, and instant messaging,
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        • 63 28 HOME-GROWN The Active Idea Company (TAIC) has launched Press Hub, a vertical portal site for the media. Located at www.presshub.com, it will facilitate exchange of information between PR firms, companies and the press. It includes an online archive of press releases customisable in three separate
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        • 80 28  -  Compiled by Raju Chellam HEWLETT-PACKARD is ready with its online hub, an Net-based life-cycle services and support that aims to help companies achieve higher levels of system uptime, minimise risks at data centres and reduce the cost of managing complex IT environments. Called the HP IT
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    • 933 26 THE ASAHI BANK, LTD. INCORPORATED IN JAPAN NONCONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS NONCONSOUDATED STATEMENTS 31st March, 1999 and 1998 OF OPERATIONS 31st March, 1999 and 1998 Millions of yen 1999 j ggg Millions of yen Assets 1999 1998 Cash and due from banks 815,198 Y 1,412,241 Income Call loans 104,750 95,447 Interest
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  • SHIPPING TIMES
    • 320 29 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THE sale of the handymax bulker Tai Ping Hai (47,000/87) has now been concluded. The buyers are said to be clients of Apex Shipping at a price of around US$9.6 Mill. Vessels sold for farther trading BULK CARRIERS: Evlimeni: 64,794 tdw bit 79
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    • 512 29  -  BTFsVUimWJ 15 vessels from newly acquired Sea-Land will be transfered to S'pore nnit By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE] A P Moller (Singapore), a subsidiary of Danish shipping giant A P Moller, is set to become the largest shipowner on the Singapore
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    • 623 29  -  DOCKYARD By\ David Hughes THE spotlight has turned on the structural strength and durability of vessels yet again following the loss of the elderly tanker Erika off the French coast with consequent pollution from its cargo of heavy fuel oil. Interestingly, the ship had recently
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    • 209 29 AFP [MANILAJ The Philippines is to build a US$2l5 million (5J359 million) port in the former US naval base of Subic Bay, the civilian administrators said. The project includes a container terminal with two 280 metre berths at the Cubi Point section of
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    • 276 29 Philippine firm's Laem Chabang deal its first in S-E Asia Bloomberg [MANILA] International Container Terminal Services Inc, the Philippines' largest port operator, said it agreed to buy 49 per cent of a Thai company in its first overseas venture in the South-east
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    • AIRBUS industrie
      • 704 30 European manufacturer signed deals for 420 aircraft up to Dec 15 while rival Boeing put its tally at 368 Reuters [LONDON] EUROPE'S Airbus Industrie has overtaken US rival Boeing Co this year as the world's biggest seller of airliners, extending the upward trend in the European
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    • 21291 37 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number SIN Destn Name Name Number Number 07/01 03/02 COSCO YUGUHE 0028E 65 *****00 To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote O'lvoire To BUENAVENTURA (BUN) 2059 Colombia 29/12 06/02 Del
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      • 524 43 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure J—e Part 8t Nurduna *****9 J01 19/12/10:25 19/12/23 00 SatulKWi 64 J» 19/12/1135 20/12/23.00 Bt Must*! *****9 J01 19/12/1015 19/12/23:15 SI Ptt lHor2 *****9 J01 19/12/11:15 19/12/23:15 OKO «0I I J19 19/12/1400 20/12/7 00 M«copoto 28 02/99J J03 19/12/13:25 21/12/600 Ota*a 4A
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      • 1974 43 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCL CONTAINERS ANP LCI CARGO Booking/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From *C> JAM «S 20/23:30 N N/1500 HfltH N/1900 a n/itoo n/otn 19/0900 2t N/1700 N/0659 N/0900 3 19/0700 19/1159 19/1400 4 19/1200 19/1459 19/1700 ALAMJAYA 2 8*50* 21/13:00 II N/1500
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      • 216 43 Dec 23 Japan: Emperor's Birthday. Dec 25 Italy: Christmas Day. Brunei: Christmas Day. Australia: Christmas Day. Belgium: Christmas Day. Canada: Christmas Day. Denmark: Christmas Day. France: Christmas Day. Germany: Christmas Day. Hong Kong: Christmas Day. Indonesia: Christmas Day. Dec 2« Australia: Boxing Day. Canada: Boxing Day. Denmark: Boxing
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      • 794 43 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 indi cated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index
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      • 316 44 They will slash full economy-class fares by 70% on Sydney to Melbourne route AFP [SYDNEY] Qantas and Ansett have responded to a challenge laid down by British tycoon Richard Branson and are slashing fares on domestic routes in Australia, signalling a
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      • 270 44 Proposal to build airport in North Sea dropped Reuters [AMSTERDAM] The Dutch Cabinet has scrapped the possibility of building an airport in the North Sea and will allow moderate expansion at the existing Schiphol facility, the Transport Ministry said. "The Cabinet wants to make
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      • 208 44 CONCERN OVER MILLENNIUM BUG AFP [KUWAIT CITY] Kuwait Airways Corp (KAC) will cancel all its flights for a 16-hour period over the New Year as a "precautionary measure" because of the millennium computer bug, a newspaper reported. "KAC will suspend all flights,
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      • 162 44 AFP [TOKYOI The number of international air passengers passing through Japan's main gateway Tokyo-Narita airport is expected to fall 40 per cent year-on-year on Jan 1, an official said. The New Tokyo International Airport Authority, which operates the airport west of Tokyo, estimated
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      • 187 44 Many of the 200 gnests have declined Dec 31 invitation Reuters [BANGKOK] A Thai Airways International test flight that was due to fly with 200 VIP passengers on board during the critical millennium hours has been cancelled, airline sources said. The flight,
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      • 140 44 AFP [MANILA] Philippine Airlines (PAL) said that it would drastically cut its domestic and international flight schedules for Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day for commercial reasons. The flag carrier denied suggestions the decision was linked to fears over the mil-
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      • Article, Illustration
        57 44 [CHICAGO] American Airlines flight 1234fr0m Detroit, Michigan sits with its nose gear down in the mud at the end of a runway at Chicago's O 'Hare International Airport. The jet skidded off the end of the snow-covered runway with 114 people aboard. There were no injuries and passengers
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