The Business Times, 29 June 2000

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    16 1 H I V H B 1 MITA(P) 035/12/1999 85c SINGAPORE Intetnet: http://ousiness-times.asial.com.sg/ THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000
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    76 1 sn 2,<MLI6 (+24.72) BT-SRI ***** (+4.52) ST INDEX FUTURES aoioo(-) SIMS& FUTURES 273J0 (+2.90) STOCK MASKET INDICES Wednesday Change KLSE COUP ML64 +24.12 NIKKEI 17J7(U7 +01.11 HANG SENG 16,438.42 _+282.66 SET INDEX 04.48 +0.30 JAKARTA COM P 810.12 +8.07 MANILA COMP _1.H1.01 +1.64 TAIPEI WPI 8*6.61 -68*4 SEOUL
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    77 1 FOREX RATES US9 S$ IJSS 1.734 £(US$/S$ per 1J04 2.609 EURO(USS/S$/E) 0.94S 1.638 DM 1071 0.838 YEN 1055 1.644 RM J.800 0.466 HKS 7.7* MB BAHT 3912 0.044 RUPIAH 8,688 0.020 'St to 100 unitI PRIME RATES SIN(iAPORE* 580 KUALA LTMPt'R 7.67 JAKARTA 3900 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA 11.110 HONGKONG
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    Lock icon No plan yet for one COE class: Cheow Tong
    690 1  -  BTfiVMIIL-n'M It needs very careful study, says communications minister By i Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] In view of public concerns that certificates of entitlement (COEs) to own cars may be further merged into a single category, Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo
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    Lock icon StarHub grappling with billing delays
    441 1  -  After 3 months of service, half its customers have not received their first bill By' Teh Hooi Ling [SINGAPORE] Singapore's new telecom operator, Star Hub, appears to be having problems with its billing system. After three months of service, half of its customers have yet
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    Lock icon SGX stock borrowing and lending on the cards
    613 1  -  Facility may be ran by brokers or administered by SGZ By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is studying ways to promote stock borrowing and lending a move essential to the regulated short-selling of stocks and promotion of a more
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      113 1 DFSPE Top Stories DBS Land offers top dollar for choice Serangoon plot. NtJrt Page Elizabeth [MB/KM Sam quits I OCBC board. Next Page Hour Glass sells Daniel Roth, Gerald Genta to Bvlgari. Pg 3 Sing Tel confirmed in talks with New World. PV4 Some upside seen for PKTech, FDS debut.
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      87 1 1 X Three-quarters of private homes In untaunched 99-year projects will make money ft they are released today. But why are their developers not selling? Find out In Exec Suite, Pg 36. iflM Treat for UHuflVI Don't miss our 20-page special on the year's most collectible timepieces. I The Business
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      54 1 More reports, Pgs 16,17 GENEVE e trfe/w/j I.UTC v Heir to a proud watchmaking tradition SINGAPORE: Chopard Boutique, 435 02-36, Wisma 65/737 64 51. Dickson shops: Hie Promenade, Centrepoint, shops: Rallies Sincere \Xatch shops: Lucky Plaza, Ngee Ann City. For more information: Chopard Pte Boulevard, 38-02 A Singapore *****7. 65/333
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      Lock icon DBS Land offers top dollar for choice Serangoon plot
      724 2  -  But 3 smaller, less attractively-sited plots see lowest bids since crisis By Kalpana Rashiwala [SINGAPORE] Reflecting the trend of developers becoming more selective with landbanking, a choice parcel in Upper Serangoon yesterday fetched a top bid at the higher end of
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Bottom-fishing for staff
        59 2 IF you come across bank staff trying to peddle investment funds, make sure you check out the financial consultant's previous career. We hear that a major bank in town has just hired people who included ex-diving instructors and a former toilet bowl salesman and put them through
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        Lock icon DBS eyeing HKCB?
        89 2 DBS Bank was recently reported to be making a bid for the Hongkong retail business of Chase Manhattan. The latest buzz in the territory is that it is eyeing yet another acquisition. A Hongkong financial portal yesterday reported that DBS now plans to buy over HKCB Bank
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      Lock icon OCBC decides to let its hair downby a bit
      295 2  -  By' Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] Singapore's most conservative and straitlaced bank has decided that it's time to get hip and happening, sartorially at least. OCBC Bank yesterday instructed all its non-uniform-ed staff that they should dress more casually to project a more
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      Lock icon When fear replaces greed
      784 2  -  -1 i comment 1 m 0 1 z o 8 -< Fear is now the prime mover driving companies Into e-business kenneth james People attend conferences looking for answers. But sometimes the most interesting insights can come from a question, especially when the question isn't all
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      Lock icon Elizabeth Sam quits OCBC board
      312 2  -  Possible conflict of interest with other appointments cited By Catherine Ong (SINGAPORE] The board of OCBC Bank has shrunk again. Elizabeth Sam, the first woman on a local bank board, resigned as a director with effect from yesterday. Announcing the move, the bank said in
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Hour Glass sells Daniel Roth, Gerald Genta to Bvlgari
      675 3  -  37.6m-franc deal will still give it share of profit for the next seven years By Teh Hooi Ling THE Hour Glass (THG) is finally throwing in the towel on its Swiss watch manufacturing operations which have been bleeding $6 million a
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      Lock icon Kingboard's profit margins soar on copper foil shortage
      316 3 A SERIOUS supply shortage of copper foil saw Kingboard Copper Foil rake in as much as 40 cents nett for every dollar of sales it made in the year ended March. Yesterday, the company reported a 251 per cent jump in net
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      Lock icon CDL joins Pidemco, MCL, consultancies in Propbuzz.com
      280 3 It takes 16.6% stake in industry-specific portal CITY Developments will take up a 16.6 per cent stake in Propbuzz.com, a property vertical portal to be launched by property heavyweights Pi demco Land, MCL Land, CB Richard Ellis and Jones Lang La Salle. With
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      Lock icon SingTel confirmed to be in talks with HK's New World
      655 4  -  It could be looking into baying stakes in either fixed line or mobile business From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong SINGAPORE Telecom has entered into talks with New World Development, the Hongkong company confirmed and could be looking to buy
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    • COMPANYBriefs
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        Lock icon TT Int'l porta $7.2m earnings
        90 4 RECENTLY-LISTED TT International yesterday reported a 38 per cent Jump in net profit to $7.2 million on a 3.9 per cent higher turnover of $455 million. Earnings per share was 3.52 cents, up from 2.16 cents. The group said turnover was boosted by higher sales
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        Lock icon Ossia unit appoints 6 corporate top guns
        89 4 OSSIA International has appointed six senior corporate figures to the advisory board of its soon-to-be-listed Internet Technology Group. They are Derek Williams, the senior vice-president for Oracle Corp's Asian operations; Euleen Goh, group head for sales and relationship management at Standard Chartered Bank;
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        Lock icon Eastech agrees to Frankfurts listing
        160 4 MAINBOARD-USllMßfcern Asia Technology yesterday said Seydler AG, a securities and financial services provider in Frankfurt, has included the company on the list of shares to be traded on the Regulated Unofficial Market on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE). According to Eastech chairman Tim Liou, the
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        Lock icon NatSteel Broadway unit in China deal
        93 4 Reuters NATSTEEL Broadway, a unit of Nat Steel Ltd, said its subsidiary had formed a joint venture with the Haier Group Company, a major household supplier in China. Nat Steel said in a statement it would hold an 80percent stake in Broadway Haier (Qingdao)
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      Lock icon Thakral says worst is over after reporting $174.47m loss
      480 4  -  By Conrad Raj FOR the first time in over two years, Kartar Singh Thakral the patriarch of leading electronic goods distributors Thakral Corporation managed a smile despite reporting another whopping bottomline loss, of $174.47 million for the year ended March 31.
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      Lock icon At last, shareholders vote with their feet on NatSteel plan
      608 4  -  lee han shih ANOTHER week, another botched deal involving a gov-ernment-linked company (GLC). But this time, Nat Steel Ltd's mis-step is of a different kind. Unlike other recent GLC setbacks, Nat Steel's didn't happen in a regional country, but at
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      Lock icon NatSteel revamp delay gets the thumbs up
      490 4  -  Shares expected to stay nentral till better plan nnveiled By\ Serena Ng INVESTORS yesterday reacted well to news that diversified conglomerate Nat Steel had decided to shelve its restructuring plan, sending its stock up three cents to close at $2.42 with 4.4 million
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      Lock icon Roly firmly back in the black, with US$7.2m earnings
      533 4  -  By! Serena Ng HONGKONG-BASED Roly International Holdings yesterday returned strongly to the black with net profit of US$7.2 million (5512.5 million), and company officials said they were confident of achieving healthy and sustainable growth in the future. The mainboard-listed company, which
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      Lock icon Some upside seen for PKTech, FDS debut
      544 7  -  Analysts split between 'subscribe' and 'stag' on new technology issues Byi Andrew Wee ANALYSTS expect new technology listings PKTech International and FDS Networks Group to have some upside on their debut, although they were split between calling for a "subscribe" or a "stag"
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      Lock icon TastyFood boss hits IPO paydirt after 13 years in the business
      519 7  -  But former photographer is not taking it easy, with hard work still a motto By Joyce Koh IT seems that for Joseph Lim, managing director of Tasty Food Holdings, ambition and hard work is very much an ingrained trait.
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      Lock icon Asiaxis plans Net financial info sites
      366 7  -  By' Toh Han Shih LOCAL startup Asiaxis aims to become a pan-Asian provider of subscription-based financial information over the Internet. By year-end, the firm hopes to launch a financial site each for stock markets in Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong and Australia, its chief executive Bryant
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      224 3 www.bmc.com A OnSite™ keeps To stay ahead in this world, you your e-business have to stay up and you have to up and running stay running all the time. In other words, you have to have the BMC SO yO LJ Software OnSite™ program. We can fOCUS on more provide
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      184 5 gut SHSSIf! (type: Mercedes-Benz) MU Early C2oth to early C2lat t:j 111 Manually operated opening device The'car key'as it was commonly known, was widely the twentieth century conjunction companion the 'door lock' and car key evolved rapidly as improved technology demands of convenience, of unscrapulous wished to the pleasures of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      410 6 Stock* Vojugg Adroit 10c 21,047,000 L&MSOc 19,480,000 KlngboardUSlOc 14,803,000 AddvafTach 2.5c 14,280,000 TTInt15c 13,798,000 PNE Ind 10c 11,420,000 Medi-RadSc 10,087,000 Liang HuatWt 10,018,000 OeaialntllOc 9,118,000 MadiaRing 10c 8,912,000 Stocka < PacificCantury 107,471,400 DBSGrp 51,447,533 VanturaMfg25c 28,783,900 ST Asaambty 25c 25,942,580 City Dav 50c 22,989,048 OUB 21,807,820 SIA 18,874,390 SPH 18,481,133
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      Lock icon Market perks up as US interest rate fears subside
      583 6  -  STOCKS r.sivanithy A SUDDEN flow of funds into some of the big blue chips—probably in anticipation of US interest rates staying unchanged helped to firm up sentiment in the local market yesterday, raising share prices across the board. It made for
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      Lock icon Markets mostly on hold ahead of word from Fed
      354 6  -  CURRENCIES larry wee CURRENCY markets in Asia traded in a mostly quiet sideways fashion yesterday ahead of a Federal Reserve announcement on US interest rates expected early this morning, but regional currencies remained largely out of favour. Worst hit was the
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      Lock icon SPH covered warrant's fall not just due to time decay
      200 6  -  WARRANT WATCH Byl R Sivanithy WE'VE made the point in this column before that covered warrants may not necessarily behave in ways that might be expected. For instance, because the issuer may buy or sell its warrants or increase the
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      Lock icon Chuan Hup could break past 39.5¢
      255 6  -  HOT STOCK By' Wong Wei Kong SHARES of marine group Chuan Hup Holdings continued inching up yesterday, as the steady accumulation seen in recent sessions repeated itself. The stock closed among the session's most actively traded issues. Its shares ended up half-a-cent at 39.5
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      155 6 ♦Bukit Sembawang Estates will be trading ex-dividend (first and final dividend of 20 cents and bonus dividend of 15 cents) on Sept 4. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is on Sept 7. Date payable is on Sept 15. ♦IPC Corp will hold its EGM on
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      271 6 automechanika^^V The Only Aftermarket Automotive Show You Need To Attend In Asia From 28 June to 1 July 2000, Automechanika Asia International Trade Fair for Automotive Manufacturing and Service is back for its second showing Whether you are sourcing for the best Why you should attend the show variety of
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      49 6 YOU CAN NOW PUT YOUR CPF SAVINGS IN EIGHT. important All applications tor units in eight must be made on the application forms accompanying the prospectus investors must read the prospectus The value of the units and the income from them may fall as wellasnse >I< >r.S-s- v i'
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      1581 7 Bank Brussels Lambert I Incorporated in Belgium (All figures quoted in EUR thousands) I Consolidated Balance Sheet Consolidated Income Statement I ASSETS 31.12.1999 31.12.1998 1999 1998 9 Cash and balances at central banks Interest receivable and similar B and post office banks 414,544 284,397 income 5,967,683 5,843,113 Government and public
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Luxury goods sector feels winds of change
      745 8  -  LVMH's new division set to shake np luxury watch industry here W Tan Su Yen IT MAY have started in Milan and Paris but the corporate takeovers that have been sweeping through the fashion and luxury goods industry are now starting to filter
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      Lock icon 8-part TV series to feature local e-com success stories
      238 8  -  By] Kenneth Lee LOCAL firms which have made it in electronic commerce will star in an eightpart television series which kicks off in August. The Singapore@Work 2000 programme, spearheaded by the Infocomm Development Authority and coorganised by the Singapore Productivity and
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      Lock icon Rotary-ASME award open for nominations
      330 8  -  By' Tay Hong Seng The Rotary Club of Singapore (RCS) and the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME) have again joined hands to organise the 12th Rotary-ASME "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. Nominations for the award are open till spm on Friday, July 21,
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      Lock icon Four Seasons receives BHQ award
      141 8 THE Four Seasons Hotels Resorts yesterday received the Business Headquarters (BHQ) award for setting up its Asia-Pacific office in Singapore. Other hotel management companies that have set up regional headquarters here include Amanresorts, Club Med, Pan Pacific, Hilton International and Movenpick. Four Seasons manages 48
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      Lock icon 2bsure.com raises $23m funds despite poor market
      364 8  -  Bat fanding at lower valuation than requested, said an investor By' Toh Han Shih SINGAPORE-BASED 2bsure.com has secured $23 million in funding, at a time when it is tough for dotcoms to raise money. The investments come from Vertex (venture capital arm of
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      Lock icon A speech engine for Singaporeans, lah
      277 8  -  By Daniel Buenas LERNOUT Hauspie is developing a new automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine that is tailored to Singaporean accents. Currently, L&H has developed ASR engines for 12 languages, including Cantonese and Mandarin engines developed at L&H's Asia Pacific headquarters here in Singapore. The
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      Lock icon Higher labour turnover ahead
      379 8  -  the economy labour By. Anna Teo THE Singapore economy is likely to see higher labour turnover as it recovers from the economic downturn and expands, and as the labour market continues to tighten. In a report on labour turnover, released yesterday, the Ministry of Manpower says
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      Lock icon Asahi mulling over new S'pore plant
      135 8 AFXAsia ASAHI Chemical Industry Co Ltd said it is studying building a new plant in Singapore to boost production of highquality multipurpose resins and take advantage of growing demand for its application in IT products and autos. Asahi Chemical public relations department manager Morio
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      90 8 Nominations for the 2000 Enterprise 50 awards are now open s Companies can nominate themselves by completing the official nomination form. Companies must be home-grown, J privately-owned and incorporated under Singapore's Companies Act (1994 Revised Edition), with four years of Celebrating Singapore's audited statements. Enterprising Spirit V Nomination forms are
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      Lock icon CityDev positioned for continued growth
      949 9  -  George Lin New York Editor's note: The writer is managing director of Telligent Investment Management AS A fund manager based in the United States, I read Lee Han Shih's column ("What about breaking up City Developments?", BT, June 27) with some interest. Since I was
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      Lock icon UOB first CPF agent bank to cut transaction fee
      194 9  -  Peter Heng First Vice-President Corporate Affairs Division WE refer to Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Charges more than net return" (BT, June 20). There are essentially two types of fees when one buys unit trusts with his CPF funds one charged by
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      Lock icon Trading robots already exist
      231 9  -  Ng Tian Khean Singapore I WOULD like to follow up on your June 14 article "When stock trading follows the sun". Like many other investors, I am looking forward to the day of cross-border 24-hour megamarkets trading. With a bigger pool of stocks to choose from,
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      171 10 PART OF YOUR TEAM IB* jV6i m \.%m*~ M ••;if::r At Dragages, we aim to work as close partners with our clients. By fully understanding your business and operational needs, we can offer the best solutions for your project... innovative technical proposals, adaptability to market conditions and above all, total
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      661 11 Committed to Quality Dragages for construction Singapore Re Ltd buildability and the labour, C\ n occas i° n and we are committed to quality \J of the award to "We believe in all areas of our business. Dragages of the that quality, My sincere thanks go to all those BCA's
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      633 11 (IjBIJ ji B esi^n construction of three Design and construction 20-storey blocks and six 6-storey blocks of 10 storeys (232 units) blocks (696 units) Floor area 57,000 square metres ■■K9Rr n °or area 142,000 square metres Client: Yeo Hiap Seng Hazel Park I Client: HongLeong Holdings e Sterling I IhKI^b
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon Prosperity's roots may not go very deep
      766 12  -  HiTT4 bottom line OPINION paul krugman The writer is a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology NYT JAPAN'S Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is neither liberal nor democratic. Nor is it exactly a party in either the European or American senses:
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      115 12 Theft is criminal. However, burning people alive is uncivilised.' -AkxHuMalQat Jakarta's top policeman, appealing to the people not to take the law Into their own hands. 'Amazon.com, any way you cut it, is a very speculative name and not the kind of name we wanted to hold
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      Lock icon The genomics revolution
      597 12 EDITORIAL TODAY we are learning the language in which God created life, said United States President Bill Clinton on Monday, at a ceremony to commemorate the deciphering of the human genome, which contains the blueprint of life. The successful mapping of the human genetic code can be
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      Lock icon Asia not as dependent on US as it's made out to be
      1152 12  -  As much as two-thirds of region's export growth in 1999 was dne to recovery in Aritn domain! ITS played a supporting role By] Eddie Lee Eddie Lee is senior economist at Vickers Bellas BASEBALL is so entwined in
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      952 12 Crocodile tears GLOBALISATION might be a more powerful force in 2000 than compassion. A specialist in migration, Professor Emmanuel Terray of the Graduate School of Social Sciences in Paris, suggested, in the newspaper Liberation, that the tears shed in the First World for the Third World
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  • ARTS festival
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      649 13 You've heard of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. There were certainly many things to hate about this year's Arts Festival, and they're not all related to the actual productions themselves. Listening to the grouses of some unfortunate arts festival-goers, two things make themselves readily
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      33 13 Breaking good news! Fortune is really smiling on job seekers. Sunday RECRUIT in The Sunday Times brings you a feast of career opportunities, on top of your Saturday RECRUIT bumper. Bite into it!
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      1060 13 I msa I I Banque Internationale I 1 a Luxembourg I I Head Oflflce: 69 route cfEsch, L-1470 Luxembourg I I Singapore Branch: 9 Raffles Place, #22-01 Republic Plaza, Singapore *****9 I I Balance Sheet Profit and Loss Account I I As at December 31,1999 For the year ended December
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      80 15 \4i 111 A t t IKI •Vt ■A 1 mm r ■111 Jb •V« Vm H# v < w ■l? > traded. They relied on the expertise of J.P. Morgan as a strategic partner in the creation of this visionary exchange. A new approach, a new standard. The same resolve,
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  • YEO CHEOW TONG interview
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      Lock icon Land transport masterplan ahead of schedule
      1492 16  -  ■^M^xclusive It will soon be five years since the White Paper on a World-class Land Transport System was released. CHRISTOPHER TAX talks to Communications and IT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong, who has just completed his first year in the ministry, about how far the
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      Lock icon LRT will be more efficient than feeder buses
      388 17 LIGHT-RAIL systems will eventually overtake feeder buses in efficiency, according to Communications and IT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. They will also be the preferred mode of intra-town transit. "I think the LRT's impact will be felt in the years ahead as road
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      Lock icon Changes to vehicle taxes possible
      654 17  -  ARF can be refined; also, ministry preparing tax system for hybrid, electric cars, Cheow Tong reveals All reports by Christopher Tan COMMUNICATIONS and IT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong indicates there may be room for further rationalisation in Singapore's vehicle tax regime. "The excise duty and
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      Lock icon No forced wedding: minister
      692 17 Govt won't mandate merger of Tibs, SMRT; S'pore can have 2-3 mnlti-modal players TRANSPORT operators Tibs Holdings and Singapore MRT Ltd (SMRT) won't be forced into marriage, Communications and IT Minister Yeo Cheow Tong assured. "We're not mandating that it be done. We feel that to
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      204 16 Drive Up Your ■SSTSiBB ■■HsShllmiisl m^i^^^ ol^llll^^^^i ltl^ll^ 1,l t^^^> 1 Time m ea ns money. And Costa del Sol is rich with the promise of driving up your investment iPt rsf ZZC I returns from a highly tenantable address near Changi Airport, Tampines Business Park and the Central 1
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  • MOTORING page
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      Lock icon Nissan cars zooming ahead of the rest once again
      506 18  -  Over 5,000 new Nissan cars on the road even before first half expires Reports by Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] Nissan, the top-selling brand in the last two years, looks convincingly ahead of the pack at close to half-time this year. Meanwhile, Volvo
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      Lock icon Volvo bowls 'em over with new topless model
      373 18 [SINGAPORE] Volvo is on a roll. The Swedish brand, whose first topless model in four decades was unveiled last week, has secured 10 firm bookings for it. That may not seem like much but it's about 20 per cent of all convertible
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      Lock icon Tests prove our XO is faster and cleaner: Shell
      229 18 [SINGAPORE] Shell has embarked on a hard-sell approach for its two-year-old XO premium petrol. Using a proprietary new technology that allows one car to test two fuels simultaneously, Shell says it has found its XO premium formula to be superior to
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    • BUMPER to BUMPER
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        Lock icon New DaimlerChrysler packaging
        40 18 DAIMLERCHRYSLER is showing off its new "genuine parts packaging" at Automechanika Asia 2000 now on at the Singapore Expo. The packaging is embellished with a hologram, and contains both visible and concealed features, which makes it tamper-proof.
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        59 18 AUTOMOTIVE portals are popping up faster than you can spell Testarossa. But Dream Motor.com professes to be "Singapore's first regional motor vehicle portal". It is also said to be the first to facilitate buying and selling of all vehicles, including cars, yachts, tractors even helicopters It
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        75 18 HERE'S another one. ICo-opßuy, an Internet co-operative, aims to garner 10-15 per cent of the car market here. Its business model promises "better prices, services and values". Its concept is based on group discount, presumably by collecting orders from a pool of interested buyers and sourcing
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        58 18 YET another one for cyber car-shopping, Volkswagen's Thai distributor Yontrakit is auctioning 100 new Beetles to raise fUnds for the Distance Learning Foundation. Bids start from 1.5 million baht (5566,000) on www.vwyontrakit.com. The distributor will make an additional donation of 10 million baht
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        37 18 TOY-MAKER Mattel has expanded its lineup of Hot Wheels Ferrari road cars. TTie new series includes models such asthe2SoGT Testarossa, FSI2M, F5O and 550 Maranello. Check them out at all good toy shops
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        95 18  -  Christopher Tan TRANSPORT company Tibs Motors has adopted a third-generation maintenance philosophy called Reliability Centred Maintenance n (RCMII). Part of the Tibs group, Tibs Motors services more than 700 buses, 1,700 taxis and more than 2,000 commercial vehicles from third parties. RCM n has been
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      365 19 BURLINGTON, Massachusetts Genuity sold 174 m shares at US$ll each Bloomberg GENUITY Inc, the online unit of GTE Corp, raised US$l.9l billion (553.3 billion) in the largest initial public offering for an Internet company, testing enthusiasm for the fastgrowing, access and services
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      454 19 NEW YORK Reuters CALL it irrational exuberance. Would-be online broker Freetradez Inc plans to book more than US$l billion (551.73 billion) in revenue next year but so far has not received regulatory approval to trade a single share. The Grand Blanc,
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      518 20 LONDON Share price leaps to 322p in morning trade, market cap hits £372 m Reuters BRITISH Internet software firm Orchestream Holdings Pic gave a boost to the battered technology sector yesterday, surging 74 per cent on its debut on the London stock
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      342 20 NEW YORK Bloomberg INTERNATIONAL Business Machines Corp will hire 1,000 developers and sales people and spend more than US$l billion (551.73 billion) next year to boost its effort to create and sell software that runs Web sites. The company said it
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      70 20 [TOKYO] Eri Kobayashi, an employee of IBM Japan, Ltd, showing off a newly developed one-gigabyte hard disk drive (HDD) "Microdrive"at its laboratory in Fujisawa, suburb of Tokyo. The company will start supplying the world's smallest and lightest HDD, which measures 42.8 mm long, 36.4 mm wide and S.Ommhigh,
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      454 20 LONDON Europe business will be headed by Bnrger King CEO Reuters PRICELINE.COM, maintaining it is the best known US e-commerce company after Amazon, said yesterday it was expanding into Europe and planned to start offering products and services before the end of this
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      264 20 TOKYO Bloomberg SHARES of Toshiba Corp and Itochu Corp topped Tokyo's most active list yesterday after Titus Communications Co, in which each owns a stake, agreed to be bought by Japan's largest cable television operator. Toshiba rose 3.2 per cent to a 10-year
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      643 21 KUALA LUMPUR Cheap stocks are set to bear brant of selling, while bine chips remain unscathed Reuters THE release of US$4 billion (Ss7 billion) worth of shares formerly traded on Singapore's Central Limit Order Book (Clob) market from Monday could unsettle some of
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      294 21 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg DATAPREP Holdings Bhd, controlled by the elder son of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is seeking help from the government to push a plan to repay RM64 million ringgit (5529.2 million) of debt. The software firm, headed by chairman
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      391 22 KUALA LUMPUR It's in talks with Japan's Nasda on research, devt and technology MALAYSIA is considering setting up a National Space Agency with help from Japan, to develop and launch its own spacecraft, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. The Science, Technology
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      208 22 KUALA LUMPUR 60,000 subscribers expected to me service by year's end Reuters A UNIT of Malaysia's largest mobile phone firm, Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI), yesterday rolled out its wireless application protocol (WAP) service for mobile subscribers. The unit, Celcom (M) Sdn Bhd,
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      161 22 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters RATINGS agency Moody's Investor Service said yesterday that Malaysia's rating could be upgraded this year, but gave no guarantee. Moody's has had a positive outlook on Malaysia's foreign currency country ceilings since October 1999. Steven Hess, vice-presi-dent and senior analyst at Moody's
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        166 22 STOCKS of Berjaya Sports Toto ended higher yesterday after the company made an attempt to put to rest investors' fears that the company's inter-group loans would not be repaid. The loans, made out to Berjaya Group and Berjaya Land from Berjaya Toto's substantial cash holdings, were revealed
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        142 22 SHARES of Phileo Allied Bhd moved up as those of Maybank dropped as the market speculated that Phileo shareholders would be given an entitlement to Maybank shares as part of the two banks' merger plans. Phileo Allied shares were active yesterday, picking up 17 sen
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        64 22  -  Compiled by] Diana Oon Abdullah ELECTRICAL appliance manufacturer Pensonic Holdings Berhad saw its shares move up by 20 sen to close at RM4.56 yesterday. Last week, the company announced that it is working on making the first made-in-Malaysia set-top box which allows Internet access through
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      558 23  -  44 of them resigned from Chavalit's party; NAP's move rebuffed by govt From Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S opposition New Aspiration Party members resigned en masse from Parliament yesterday in a desperate attempt to force the government to dissolve the House
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      396 23  -  Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong DESPITE last-minute lobbying and the spirited defences put up by two top government officials, Hongkong lawmakers yesterday passed a noconfidence motion against two housing officials over a spate of construction and housing scandals. Led by the Democratic Party's
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      414 24 HONGKONG Pnrch&se of remaining 25% stock will end Jardine Matheson's last HE listing Bloomberg JARDINE Matheson Holdings Ltd says it will pay US$67 million (Ssll6 million) to buy the rest of the stock in its Hongkong luxury car distributor, ending its last
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      273 24 HONGKONG Bloomberg NEWS Corp's Satellite Television Asian Region Ltd (Star) bought exclusive television rights to 100 new China Star movies, seeking to improve its chances in the bidding for a Hongkong satellite pay-tele-vision licence. Coupled with its purchase of
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      338 24 JAKARTA Indonesia most fulfill pledges by July 5 Reuters INDONESIA said yesterday it would rush through a raft of economic reforms over the coming week so a new deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be signed In mid-July, paving
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      238 24 JAKARTA AFP Indonesian carmakers want to delay Implementation of the Asean Free Trade Agreement (Afta) by two years, citing the need to recover from the current economic crisis, a report said. "Compared with the other Asean members, we have been the hardest hit by the
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      326 24 JAKARTA Bloomberg, Reuters INDONESIA probably won't Impose fixed exchange rates to protect its tumbling currency, said Kwik Kian Gie, the country's coordinating minister for economics, finance and industry. The rupiah is down 18 per cent against the US dollar this year, making it the
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        55 24 Bloomberg [TAIPEI] Taiwan Preeklent(aMnShui-bli& has stepped up efforts to smooth relations with China, amplifying earlier remarks about how the two rides might compromise oil the so-called "one China" policy. Foundation, Mrn Mm for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait*, according to a transcript of the
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        69 24 Reuters [HONGKONG] China has no plan to allow tt» currency to fk*t within a widsr trading bandia the short term, Hongkong's defrcto central banker Joseph Yem said yesterday He said China's central btnker Dal XieigioGfl told him that China would mainttin its carrot ynan policy during
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        56 24 Reuters managing taid yesterday that the completed this summer. Mr Li. gpaafctagto uporfrs after GDl's annual shareholder* meeting here, said that legal documentation on the "is expected to be submitted to creditor tank* very toon". GDI is the Hongkong-listed flagship of Guangdong Enterprieee Holding* (ODE), which is
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      739 25 NEW YORK The USsl4b sale will help it bey new mobile phone licences, say analysts Reuters GERMAN telephone giant Deutsche Telekom AG on Tuesday launched the biggest corporate bond sale ever a US$l4 billion (Ss24 billion) global sale that analysts said will help
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      190 25 NEWYORK Bloomberg BANKERS are lining up 20 companies for initial public offerings this week in what's shaping up to be the busiest this year. Underwriters, seizing on a 21 per cent rise in the Nasdaq Composite Index the past month, are trying
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      551 25 It says offer to divest Sprint's Internet business insufficient Reuters, AFX, Bloomberg [BRUSSELS] The European Commission said yesterday it had blocked the planned merger of US telecoms giants World Com Inc and Sprint Corp because of competition concerns. The Commission, the European Union's executive,
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      265 25 WILMINGTON, Delaware Bloomberg NABISCO Group Holdings Corp, which owns a majority of cookie and cracker maker Nabisco Holdings Corp, was sued by shareholders who claim they will not get enough money for their stock in a planned US$9.B billion (Ssl7 billion) acquisition by
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      555 26 WASHINGTON Excessive rules limit exchanges as they lose business to online trading, overseas markets Bloomberg US futures exchanges urged regulators to press on with their plan to allow more freedom from regulation for big investors and exchanges, while keeping protections for the
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      495 26 TOKYO Reuters CREDITOR banks of ailing Japanese department store operator Sogo Co Ltd moved closer to a deal on its debt relief yesterday, with the government poised to use public money to forgive a chunk of outstanding loans to the firm. Sogo's
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      361 26 TOKYO NTT's high profit belies claim of poor finances: US official AFP THE United States, outraged at Nippon Telegraph Telephone Corp's (NTT) bumper profits, may take a tougher stand in a telecommunications trade row with Japan, a report said yesterday.
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      496 26 GENE MAPPING Fond targets firms that shorten drug development periods Reuters [PAßlS] Global fund managers Fleming Asset Management on Tuesday launched six new investment funds, including one devoted to life sciences, a day after scientists published the map of the human genome. The
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      176 26 TAIPEI Bloomberg PE Corp's Celera Genomics, the US company that this week completed the first map of the human genetic code, will take a 20 per cent stake in a NT$2.5 billion (Ssl4l million) venture with President Group and two other Taiwan partners to develop
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      758 26  -  Thft Htianp could m* have turned out better, writes SHAHIROH SAHABT SHAHIRON SAHARI NOW that the last of the dross has been well and truly weeded out, one of the best soccer tournaments in recent decades, Euro 2000, can get
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        85 26 Bloomberg [NEW YORK) Two former New York Stock Exchange floor brokers who served pri9on terms for making illegal trades sued the exchange, claiming it condoned the trades and led the brokers to believe they were acting lawfully. Robert Carucci and Michael Frayler were among seven floor
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        79 26 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's industrial production inched up in May, the government said yesterday, but its forecast of robust growth in June showed the country remained on its tentative recovery trade. Economists surveyed by Reuters forecast the economy will grow smartly in the ApriWune period
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        66 26 Reuters [SEOUL] South Korea's Hyundai Group said yesterday it planned to recast itself as a group centred around Hyundai Motor, reversing an early plan to spin off its auto-related affiliates. "We plan to retain Hyundai Motor and auto-related affiliates in the group," said
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        89 26 NYT [SAN FRANCISCO] Oracle Corp acknowledged on Tuesday it had hired a prominent Washington detective firm to investigate groups sympathetic to its archrival, Microsoft Corp, an effort that yielded documents embarrassing to Microsoft in the midst of its antitrust battle with the government Oracle's
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        64 26 Reuters [LONDON] Lloyd's of London insurer LIMIT pic yesterday said it had decided to recommend a 140 pence a share proposal from Australia's QBE Insurance Group that values the British firm at around £375 million (***** million). LIMIT'S switch to QBE follows a long-running
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      307 27  -  SGX Derivatives Tradlng/feporfe STXndeat/MSClS'pore Index Chan Yet San Refco Singapore SINGAPORE stocks rose for another day as investors gained confidence that the US would not raise interest rates during this FOMC meeting. The MSCI Singapore (SiMSCI) Index closed up 2.65 points, or 0.98
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      250 27  -  MSCI Taiwan Index Chan Yet San Refco Singapore TAIWAN stocks closed lower for the fourth session In a row. The MSCI Taiwan Index lost 1.33 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 369.66 points. The volume traded was much better at 583.17 mUlion
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      185 27 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices eased in quiet early trade yesterday but remained above the key US$3O a barrel level amid continued concerns about low fuel supplies in the US. At 0945 GMT, world benchmark Brent Blend crude oU for August delivery
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      325 27 Reuters London THE US doUar drifted in narrow ranges against the euro and yen yesterday as the market awaited the outcome of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting ending later in the day. Although the Federal Open Market Committee was widely expected to maintain interest rates and
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      2787 28 HONGKONG AFP Q Bug Seng *282J6 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.7 per cent yesterday on short-covering before the expiry of the June index ftitures contract, dealers said. "The rise is futures-relat-ed due to the settlement of the June contracts (today)," said Marco
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      1952 28 TOKYO AFP HlTihka22s *«m SHARE prices in Tokyo rose 0.5 per cent yesterday as investors targeted informa-tion-technology firms with good growth prospects, brokers said. The key Nikkei 225 Index gained 91.11 points to 17,370.17 while the Topix Index of all first-section issues
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      933 28 Reuters BSbaAaßMn ****** CHINA'S B shares closed mixed yesterday as some retail investors cashed in profits in the absence of long-awaited government measures to boost the hard currency market, analysts said. The Shenzhen B Share Index nudged up 0.1 per cent to 115.25 points with turnover rising sharply to
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      355 28 AFP DWPfadn -5&54 TAIWAN share prices closed 0.7 per cent lower yesterday in lacklustre trade following Wall Street's overnight fall, dealers said. The Weighted Price Index shed 58.54 points to 8,365.63 on turnover of NT578.70 billion. "Investors cashed in profits on Wall Street's losses and ahead of the US
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      404 29 AFP F1 Composite Index +24J2 MALAYSIAN shares closed 3 per cent higher yesterday on foUow-through buying after Tuesday's technical gains, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index ended up 24.12 points at the day's high 0f841.54. The Second Board Index added 7.88
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      293 30 AFP Fl Composite Index +&36 SOUTH Korea's Composite Index closed up 8.86 points, or 1.1 per cent, at 818.73. Volume was 493 million shares worth 3.3 trillion won. —AFP JmH AnemSem* ««00 300 Bratoi TecK MS 0 Central Bank OSS -50 CheHComn..— »»000 3000 0wC«iB«nk 2299 -205 OaesangCorp jJS
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      267 30 AFP Q Composite Index +L 64 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday closed up 1.64 points at 1,531.01 on small turnover as investors remained sidelined due to few trading leads, brokers said. Volume fell to 924.77 million shares valued at 873.97 million pesos. —AFP Hf 000) MRC AMIed
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      259 30 AFP HWSE-40 *I&O THE New Zealand share market closed up 0.9 per cent yesterday in quiet trade with many investors sidelined, dealers said. The benchmark NZSE-40 Capital Index finished 18 points higher at 2,040.36 on a turnover of NZ$B2.6 million. —AFP Jmli 18 W» Advantage HOS 2*0 0.05 479
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      511 30 AFP, AFXAsia HADOrftttrie* *22J0 AUSTRALIAN stocks finished 0.7 per cent higher yesterday as technology shares closed sharply up with a firmer local market offsetting the overnight falls on Nasdaq, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index added 22.5 points to 3,165.6, while the SP/ASX 200 rose 23.8 points to 3,213.9.
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      727 30 AFP P SET fate 4030 THAI share prices edged up 0.1 per cent yesterday with investors staying cautious over local political developments and the direction of US interest rates, analysts said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index closed up 0.30 of a point at 334.48 points. Advancers
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      683 30 AFP Q Composite Index +&07 INDONESIAN shares closed 1.6 per cent higher yesterday on late bargain hunting of selected big caps, dealers said. "Players are buying the argument that the US economic overheating is easing, which should allow the (US) Fed to leave interest rates unchanged," said a dealer
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      883 32 TVF»'i r: i« —nmtral 6.30 Business Morning. night Movie: Love LOO Business Tonight. i 9.30 Wheel of Fortune. Comes From The Sea. L3O This Week In India(r). ••00 AM Kids Central: The 10.00 Donny Marie. 3.40 Cross Talk (Last Ep). 2.00 to 6.00 am Real-time Fi- Big Comfy Couch. ILOO
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      273 32 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS for the measurement of time 1 Soldier in a very junior division? Of) (11) 8 Get at yours tarty with soft feath--9 Boot skinhead with house key ensreaty-made (5-2-4) (4) 12 Needlework one must be patient 10 Land with a very large population according to the book
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      833 34  -  A shower may never be the same again as bathroom design reaches new heights. Bv ANDREA TAN PRIVATE sanctuary, inner sanctum or just good old bathroom. From being a purely functional space, the bathroom has become a place where aesthetics holds sway. After all, who can resist the
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      1013 35  -  Technology in an Internet age has transformed the needs of industry and landlords would do well to provide for change, say JOYCE KHOR &TEOLIKIM JOYCE KHOR TEO LI KIM The writers are from CB Richard Ellis Singapore THE high-tech industrial sector sprang to life in the
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      119 35 Invest in the financial heart of Collins St Melbourne: 379 Collins St (cnr Queen St) StHIW n eart CBD's financial precinct, this extensively refurbished, 19 level building is a blue-chip investment opportunity. Neighbours include ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, Optus, PricewaterhouseCoopers •Total Building Area: 9,9oosqm* Fully leased/occupied to groups incl: Over
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      1235 36  -  Sit it out, don't push it out. That's the thinking behind developers' attitudes towards 99-year leasehold projects as long as profit maximisation governs business. By Kalpana Rashiwala MANY developers holding on to 99year leasehold sites bought before the crisis would make money if they launched their
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      502 36  -  Pricing for Bichard Li's S'pore debut my be close to $1,200 psf By Kalpana Rashiwala RICHARD Li's Pacific Century Regional Developments will this weekend begin a preview of its No 1 Holt Road condominium for shareholders and business associates, targeting an average price which
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      292 37 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed one point to 1,625, the Baltic Panamax Index fell seven points to 1,610, the Baltic Handy Index was unchanged at 1,120, while the Baltic Capes ize Index gained three points to 2,155. At 1230 GMT, Biffex was 45 points firmer than
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      267 37 MS tM j■» CWT Distribution —0.80 -0.01 96 Oman Hup 0.40 0.01 6260 Coaco tavastmant _0-22 0.02 19« Fraigbt LHU 0.23 (0.01 306 ceiTpii—m 0M 0 Hal Sun Hup 0-37 undi It2 HCIMfcti-HH- unch 0 Jay« Holdings 0.19 002 2379 MX* Corp 3.78 -006 3413 KappaiFtLS-. 1.07 »ch
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      408 37  -  lnt'l carriers operating freight rate cartel, say shippers from Korea, Japan, Hongkong From] P T Bangsberg in Manila NORTHEAST Asian shippers are banding together to fight what they call a freight rate cartel operated by shipping lines. At a meeting in
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      58 37 [SYDNEY] Solar Sailor, the world's first commercial marine vessel to be totally powered by ihk sun and the wind, sails into Sydney Harbour on its maiden voyage. The 21.5-metre craft, propelled by two pollution-free Rare Earth Magnet DC motors, will carry up to 110 passengers
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      134 37 [SINGAPORE] John Lu (right) has been re-elected for another term as chairman of the Singapore National Shippers' Council (SNSC). Mr Lu, managing director of South Grand Textiles, was re-elected by the association's management committee following its 27th annual general meeting last Friday. Mr Lu
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      321 37 Govt will then pnt up firm, which has attracted US interest, for sale Reuters (CANBERRA] The Australian government has decided to acquire full ownership of the Australian Submarine Corp (ASC), which is building the country's troubled Ass billion (555.2 billion) Collins
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      345 37  -  S'pore remains regional centre for line taken over last year by AP Moller From P T Bangsberg in Manila SINGAPORE will remain the key regional centre for South Africa's Safmarine Container Lines NV after it revamps its Asian network beginning Aug 1, replacing a
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      197 37 [LONDON] The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) claims that Giuseppe Savarese, the owner of the Erika, has abandoned three of his other ships leaving their crews with around U*****,000 (551.29 million) in unpaid wages. Both the Luigi S and Zagara were arrested at Bijela
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        939 38  -  MUWUUILPS By] David Hughes There is the usual mix of vessel types in this week's contracts list, which includes orders for the largest classes of vessel: VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers), a capesize bulk carrier and post panamax container ships. The
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          68 38 (LONDON] Final agreement between Philippines-based terminal operator International Container Terminal Services Inc and the authorities at the Argentine port of Rosario has bran sunk by the port's union. ICTSI said it had agreed to pay the US$5 million (SsB.6 million) bond to the port authority required
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          66 38 A Hongkong-registered handysize bulker owned by Cosco Hongkong has topped the list of ships detained at UK ports during May, with 24 deficiencies. The3l,2oodwt t 1978-built Handy Mariner spent detained at Immlngham after inspectors found problems with its fire main, breathing apparatus, several air
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          72 38 A contortion) tod by P&O Porta has won the 50-year concession to operate the Belgian port of Antwerp's third container terminal. The port authority is to construct 1,100 m of quay and a 58-ha v container yard before the consortium, which also includes P&O Nedlloyd and
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      193 38 PACE Of* Uoyd 9 ACL 7 Oongnami 4 ANL 4 Eastrans 7 i Accord 9 Ea 5 Append* ECU Line 7 Austral 9 Ewrgreen 7 8alajiS*g 6 EoongSun 9 BSA 8 6 Link 5 B'tang Mas 9 Gemartrans 7 CCN1 8 Hang# 8 CMA 9 Hen|ln 4
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        880 39  -  But ports in the Middle East must fight it out for regional gateway, transhipment and hub status By. David Hughes AFTER a period of relative stagnation the economies of the Middle East are on the move again. That means increased business for the region's
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        516 39  -  Container lines raise capacity for Asia-Mid-East cargo By< Ann Toh [SINGAPORE] Singapore consolidator Liner Shipping, like many of its counterparts involved in the Asia-Middle East trade, is riding on the wave of a boom in shipments between Singapore and the Gulf states. The freight forwarding
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        718 39  -  By P T Bangsberg THE Dubai Port Authority is one of the leading transhipment centres in the world, serving more than 125 lines and ranked 10th among container ports. In the first five months of this year, Dubai's Jebel Ali and Port
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      16882 46 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES EXPORT ETA ETA Advartlsar VtsX Voyaga TaNphona ETA ETA Advartlsar V«l* Voyaga T.Uphon. SIN Dastn WW Www NjjjWteg ***55??-. W*"* ,.mi»: ml!*"??*', J u J B/07 01/0$ Cho Yang PUSAN SEN MN 45-*****B To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cot* D'lvoir* 20/07 a/oo Hyundai mm apl almanoine now
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        661 49 VmmJ Voy Wo Nftti ArrtvlDtpwturt L, JIM. 01/00 *JB 28/06/8J0 28/06/2359 Mm Mi Jw-01 J04 28/06/9:40 28/06/2300 Jur-01 J03 28/06/7:10 28/06/2300 Mstar 1 ***** J03 28/06/8:40 29/06/6:30 toytMtorlW M0B9 J03 28/06/8*5 SMcMtral kUy-20 J04 28/06/8:40 29/06/700 M ft T«tor2 ***** JOI 28/06/1000 28/06/2300 H M*M JM-28 JOI 28/06/10:40
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        1892 49 RECEIVING OF EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LOCAROO Boofchnq/BMonco hth Ship Voy Wo Etb/Btr Nrtod froM To Frw ALAMJAYA 2 MK7 2WZ2J0 U 27/I7M 21/OOM 20/9100 a 27,-toc 2i/o*w :to*ic I 2VOTOC 21A1M :t"<oc 4 2IA200 21/VW MATOO An sonant ui) 2Vuoc 27*too 21/ojM 2 l/woo 21 27/1700 2V065V
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        180 49 Jail Hong Kong: HK Special Administrative Region Establishment Day. JolM France: Bastille Day. MIS Brunei: HM The Sultan's Birthday. Ad 17 Thailand: Buddhist Lent Day. Mao Japan: Marine Day. Aag Singapore: National Day. Ai|l2 Thailand: HM The Queen's Birthday. Aaf 15 Germany: Assumption Day. Korea: Liberation Day. Aaf
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        762 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd, shows price ranges in US dollars Instead of alngie prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar tot Pricea shown are baaed on averagestzed stem Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index and the individual
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        337 49 Cjrtoa MO Max WOJS 0.7 «.9 049 78 045 M Hi mi [tr Hittr IMMM kik AImMM Mo AM E2S 0 0 1 ±2i2 -rrr 380 Am 9854 0J 12.4 048 52 002 380 Mo mi OS 17.1 0.09 W 0.05 —on in Ml M/M W
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        385 50 Bnt effort still falls short; passenger complaints np, says transport dept Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Airlines are making a "genuine effort" to improve customer service though passengers still need more information on fare policies and what to expect during long delays, the US Department of
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        218 50 AFX-Asia [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) has submitted an official request to increase its domestic fares by 50 per cent, The New Straits Times reported, quoting chairman Tajudin Ramli. Mr Tajudin said the move will help to reduce the high deficit
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          103 50 Reuters [RABAT] Moroccan airliner Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has signed a code-sharing accord with US Delta Air Lines in a move designed to reinforce their partnership, a statement said. The new accord, which takes effect from next autumn, will replace a previous agreement with Trans
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          89 50 AFX-Asia [TOKYO] All Nippon Airways (ANA) has decided to stop flying to European destinations from Kansai International Airport in Osaka starting late October due to low profitability, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported. ANA will terminate its flights to London and Frankfurt and concentrate
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          98 50 Bloomberg [LONDON] BAA pic, the world's largest airport operator, said its UK passenger traffic last month rose 8.2 per cent from May 1999. The number of passengers moving through the company's seven UK airports, which include London's Heathrow and Gatwick, rose to 10.6 million. The
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        229 50 Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee) FedEx Corp, the largest over-night-delivery company in the US, plans to offer nation wide home-delivery service by September 2002, more than a year earlier than initially scheduled, because of unex pected demand FedEx Home Delivery ships packages to about half of
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      725 38 nw ierv,c s represented by Mamban of lha Registry of Members of ihe fclagjlf Accredited Shipping Aoenh. Singapore logistics V'ny Singapore Shipping Associciion Association CTBjUiY UNI —abb JvKsa vot [TTA [~75 ["75 P. KIANG SPOKE MALE Princess Lily VO4OO 26/06 28/06 06/07 r,\. Empress Lily VO6OO 12/07 13/07 20/07 Princess
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      106 39 LINER SHIPHNG PTE LTD 10 Anson Road, #17-01 International Plaza, Singapore *****3 Tsl: *****33 (20 Lines) Fax *****13 E-Mail liner_s@pacific net.sg LINER LINER LINER *****33 r—iram! V\ EGYPTy\ARABIA JEDDAH 1 KUWAIT 1 I MINA QABOOS RIYADH —BANDAR ABBAS DAMMAM 1 I SHARJAH BAHRAIN 1 I DUBAI DOHA 1 L ABU
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      1456 41 DSR-SENATOR LINES TO UK/CONTINENT TOMEDnHtRANKANttANADA vena. wt mT" la htm anm hum m» fu hems. Iwt I» sn tn ro» wx mtw tumxmatu mam mm 23 r Mt7 an nn an wasmngton tauTtw Imsw |»m 11 rr 11 n an an an W6WASH KMATOR WWW M 47 «.«7 2317 N47
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      830 41 IftJkfl MAC-NELS S'PORE M'SIA Carrier MN CONTR LIKES, INC p.quoanqi^shstm l~[V/\~ J OR MO ISOM7SOOOOC 9BU: (094) *****9 MAMLA: (632) *****24 W PENANG: $04) *****36 BANGKOK: (692) *****67 SURABAYA (91)*****11 P. KELAMQ: (03) 3662«77 JKT (21) *****46 KUQ6NQ (092) *****1-3 MANILA ISTANBUL MV "YE LAN" V.*****N MV "JAPAN SENATOR" V.0934W
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      696 41 EXPRESS CONTMMfI FEEDER FOR N.SHEW (CFS MUUMO. MUMMCOLOMM ALSO ACCEFTMG TO ALL NORTHER* AM) WESTERN 1.C.0 POMTI vmmi store n sheva col own pklams CAPE CANAVERAL V.I2SW C JUL 11 JUL IS JUL *1 JUL TU LSI OAS V 127 H JUL 11 JUL 22 JUL 21 JUL CAPE CREUS
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      1141 42 Ifr NEW SltVKl 1 tfKICT TO COLOMBO I m 5 MYS I IGENERAi AG€NTS IN SINGAPORE: 80 RORINSON RD TEL 226 1900 FAX: *****08 OUTWARD (l/l) *****02 JONORE OFFICE: COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD *12-00 SALES/NGS *****5//43 INWARD DEPT (0/0) *****85 COSTAR AGENCIES (M) SDN BHD 01 NO: **********0 M SINGAPORE
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      616 43 EUMO»E/UK/aCANMNAVU/PMUkNP/»US»U SR*VK3S EXPORT VESSa/VOYAGE~ SGP MM HDG THP 111 ANW TtHV E DCVOTt rw-oj 4 "OT7ST ***** M?" "Is75T "H7ST iJS*QQ? H 012_ 01/0/ 17/o; M/ 07 31/07 01/01 07/01 E-Sboalhwi 15/07 I 04/01 j oi/oi n/w[ n/w 12/ M AISO ACCEPTNG CARGO TO AND HKMb- FHRAMO, DENMARK. SWIM*. RUSSU
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      401 43 I^ujiji—nijj 50 TELOK BLANGAH ROM) N2-02 OTPORT CENTRE STORE *****0 TEL *****11 (6 lines) FAX: *****05 TLX: RS ***** Cfl NO. **********0W «Sa Wt. ETA ETD OBTMOU mamjkwa vitm wnnm avnm PMXMMKm mlmi kasuri 07/2000 00*7/2000 11*7/2001 pontianm mamjkwa 20/2000 11*7/7000 12*7/2000 baum ILMAMUI 04/2000 14*7/2001 IS/07/2000 PONTUNM For •nqtinn
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      11 50 The aircraft schedule has been dropped due to pressure on space
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