The Business Times, 4 November 2000

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    14 1 MITA (P) 035/12/1999 e M r* A o internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 4. 2000
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    73 1 D 2JMLSO (+21.07) mrnVt-SBl U 817-82 (+4.55) vv st DtDEz nrrniEs U 2JMM (+13.00) nnramuiEs mm M7jo (-0.40) STOCK IABKET UDSCES Friday Cbtote KLSE OOMP 760.10 +***** NIKKEI 225 dosed HANG SENG 15#4.12__+302£8 SET INDEX +714 JAKARTA OOMP __.4W.8I +157 MANILA OOMP dosed TAIPEI WP! 5,796.08 +178.00 SEOUL
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    73 1 FOBEX KATES US$ SI USS 1.714 S(U8S/S9per£) 1.444 1M4 EUR0(USS/S4/E) 0.863 1.496 DM 2168 1J07 YEN 106.1 62.40 RM 3.800 2.182 HKS 7.797 4.497 BAHT 43.64 28.17 RUPIAH 9,128 *262 FUME KATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 39.00 BANGKOK 9.56 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.10 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY .8.50
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    Lock icon Dealer fined, suspended for pushing up Chartered shares
    400 1  -  I i exclusive By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] A Kay Hian dealer has been fined $50,000 and suspended for six months for his part in pushing up the price of Chartered Semiconductor's shares on May 31 the day the Straits Times Index was
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    Lock icon Govt to widen rules against insider trading
    514 1  -  Those lower down in information chain may also face prosecution By\ Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] In a move to check insider trading, the government intends to cast the net wider by reviewing its rules to include prosecuting people not connected with the company
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    Lock icon UOB Asia charged in court over eWos debacle
    900 1  -  It's accused of creating false market and misleading public on IPO subscription levels By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] After almost three months of investigations, white-collar crime busters from the Commercial Affairs Department have brought charges against UOB Asia for creating a false market
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      74 1 INSIDE Top Stortos Row over ERA'S resale fees scheme deepens. Pg 7 Takeover talk fuels Kim Eng, OUB trades. Pg 4 Chartered, Stats rally on prospect of soft landing for chip Industry, pg 5 Asia tech shakeout leaves private equity homeless. Pg 9 ECB intervenes on its own to prop
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      Lock icon Key political allies desert Estrada camp
      714 2  -  Impeachment proceedings, set to begin on Monday, look certain to win endorsement from House From! Al Labita in Manila THE political fate of President Joseph Estrada seemed all but sealed as more allies key to his political survival deserted him yesterday, leaving him with
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      Lock icon SembKimtrans barges sent to Pelepas: sources
      341 2  -  This is despite claims that deal with Johor port not yet inked From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur SEMBAWANG Kimtrans is said to have sent its barges to Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor to provide feeder services between PTP and Singapore. This
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      Lock icon Solectron may miss profit estimate
      189 2 It cites recent acquisitions; expects sales to rise in fiscal 2001 Bloomberg [MILPITAS, California] Solectron Corp, which agreed this week to buy Singapore-based rival Nat Steel Electronics Ltd for US$2.4 billion (554.2 billion), anticipates that fiscal 2001 profit won't meet its estimate because of recent
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      Lock icon Ex-banker named to head Ibra in surprise move
      511 2  -  Gerugu described u breath tf fresh air for agency From Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta EDWIN Gerungan, a former executive of PT Bank Mandiri, yesterday emerged as a dark horse candidate to pip three others for the post of chairman of the Indonesian
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Adam never met Eve?
        106 2 MODERN science is supposed to unravel and explain old mysteries which have defied explanation. But sometimes they can create new ones as well. A recent story from the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper, for example, claims that Adam and Eve may never have met —for the simple
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        Lock icon Yes, rupiah will be rattled
        61 2 EARLIER this week, BT ran an online poll on the change at the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency. The issue was: Indonesia is replacing the Ibra chief. This will rattle the rupiah further. Here's what readers thought: Yes, because of the uncertainty: 54 No, it depends
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  • SIA crash
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      Lock icon SIA takes responsibility for pilot error
      1570 3  -  But CEO says fact that airport does not have ground radar will be an issue. By MACABE KELIHER in Taipei and MARISSA CHEW in Singapore MACABE KELIHER,MARISSA CHEW SINGAPORE Airlines deputy chairman and CEO Cheong Choong Kong last night said the airline accepted "full
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      Lock icon Analysts focus on SIA's exposure to claims
      790 3  -  Group believed to have extensive coverage Reports by VEN SREENIVASAN, MARISSA CHEW, DAVID BOEY,AUDREY TAN THE Taiwan Aviation Safety Council's preliminary finding yesterday that the ill-fated Singapore Airlines Flight SQ 006 was on the wrong runway when it tried to take off has
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      Lock icon SIA stock's longer-term prospects remain upbeat
      541 3 MOST analysts remain upbeat about the longer-term prospects for Singapore Airlines despite the preliminary finding that its ill-fated Flight SQOO6 took off on the wrong runway. But the stock suffered a 6 per cent tumble yesterday amid investor jitters that SIA could be affected
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      Lock icon UK rules put onus on pilot, but controllers play vital role
      384 3  -  From Neil Behrmann in London AVIATION authorities in Britain say that the ultimate responsibility for the safety of an aircraft rests with the pilot but add that air traffic controllers play a crucial role in avoiding accidents. The officials
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Takeover talk fuels Kim Eng, OUB trades
      539 4  -  Foreign buyers said to be in the running OUB jumps 12%, KimEng pulls back By I Serena Ng SHARES of Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and Kim Eng Securities were traded actively yesterday on rumours the two could be taken over by foreign firms.
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      Lock icon NEL sale could lift NatSteel gain at pre-tax level
      730 4  -  lock siew paul thompson NATSTEEL'S decision to forge ahead with the disposal of its 33 per cent stake in listed associate Nat Steel Electronics means it stands to book almost $1 billion in profits proceeds of $1.16 billion less the asset's
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      Lock icon SMRT on track with third position in CTI
      384 5  -  If it had released its results a few days earlier, it would have been No 1 By\ Paul Thompson SMRT Corporation has scored 75 in BT's Corporate Transparency Index (CTI) and in so doing wrested third spot in the Top 10 from
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      Lock icon Chartered, Stats rally on prospect of soft landing for chip industry
      409 5  -  Growth forecast to ensure demand for both firms: analysts By Serena Ng SHARES of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and ST Assembly and Test Services (Stats) rallied yesterday after US news tipping a soft landing for the semiconductor industry. Chartered was
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Late play on banks helps market to close on high note
      571 6  -  -j* comment STOCKS r.sivanithy Technology was again the favoured theme in the local stock market yesterday. But this time there was a fair degree of switching that benefited penny stocks in other sectors too. Among blue chips, late-afternoon speculation
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      Lock icon DB City Dev covered wrt: good numbers but time an issue
      183 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy ONE day it is one sector in play, the next day, it is another. It is difficult to pinpoint which will be preferred at any one time as traders keep switching around. But for
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      Lock icon L&M set to consolidate after rally
      257 6  -  HOT STOCK By I Serena Ng THE shares of construction firm L&M Group Investments have rallied in recent trading sessions and look likely to consolidate at current levels. The counter yesterday rose half a cent to finish at $0.50, on volume of 1.4 million
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      132 6 ♦CHOSEN Holdings will go ex-dividend (first and final 0.5 cents) on Nov 23. Last day for buying-inonacumbasisis Nov 28. Date payable is Dec 6. ♦EU Yan Song International will go ex-dividend (first and final 0.525 cent) on Nov 23. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is
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      Lock icon Euro jumps on late intervention by the ECB
      328 6  -  comment CURRENCIES larry wee THE selective move out of US dollars seen on Thursday continued yesterday, boosted by surprise intervention late in the session by the European Central Bank, ahead of key US employment statistics due out later last night. The euro
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      336 6 Stocks Volume PadficCenturylOc 40,394,000 IPC Cofpn 5c 37,335,000 OUB DB eCW*****3 32,346,000 Victors Capita) 25c 22,155,000 C)UBCLeCW*****5 19,917,000 MediaRing 10c 19,226,000 IPC020c 15,194,000 Nat Eiec 10c 14,615,000 HotunglnvNT5 14,550,000 ITechGfp4c... 13,781,000 Stocta Nat Elec 10c 108,774,452 OUB 102,720.550 Chart SermCofxjuctor 26c 90,381,029 SIA 69,262,530 PadficCenturylOc 59,119,210 0C8C 48,446,734 DBSGrp 45,*****
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Credit card billings rise 18% in Q3
      302 7  -  3 on the economy card spending By\ Serena Ng CREDIT card billings in Singapore rose 18 per cent in the third quarter of this year to $2.59 billion, from $2.20 billion in the same period a year earlier, according to figures from the
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      Lock icon Row over ERA's resale fees scheme deepens
      521 7  -  Five big boosing agencies meet to discuss ERA's latest resale commissions By, Andrea Tan CONTROVERSY has deepened in the real estate industry over ERA Real Estate's new scheme for public housing resale fees. Accusations of unfair practice, marketing gimmicks and secret closed-door meetings
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      Lock icon Malay MPs against AMP's leadership scheme
      432 7  -  By] Eugene Low MALAY Members of Parliament have opposed a proposal by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) to form a new collective leadership system for the MalayMuslim community here. In a statement released yesterday, the PAP's Malay MPs said: "The Malay MPs cannot
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      Lock icon National Day and DFS awards for 4 foreign investors
      336 7 FOUR international investors have been conferred National Day awards and recognised as Distinguished Friends of Singapore (DFS), the Economic Development Board and National Science and Technology Board said yesterday. They are: Dr Sydney Brenner, principal scientific adviser and chief scientific officer
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      Lock icon S'pore-British council's efforts to promote trade pay off
      369 7 UK investment commitments soar to $193 m in first half TRADE between Britain and Singapore is on the upturn, thanks to continuing efforts by the Singapore-British Business Council (SBBC) to identify, nurture and exploit investment opportunities in the two countries. The expanded
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      Lock icon More factories to have safety management
      222 7 THE government is extending the mandatory introduction of safety management systems and safety audits to several more classes of factories in the manufacturing industry. The extension comes under the newly gazetted Factories (Safety Management System) Order 2000, effective from March 1,2001. It includes: Factories
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      Lock icon Higher demand for new HDB flats
      441 7  -  Revision of mortgage policy dampens demand for resale units By Andrea Tan DEMAND for new public flats rose while fewer people bought resale units in the year ended March, in what could be a shift in trend. The number of buyers who had applied
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      Lock icon Forget extra golf courses; have more public parks
      380 8  -  Lim Hock Boon Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Does Singapore really need more golf courses?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Oct 31). I agree 100 per cent with Mr Lee. Singapore does not need more golf courses. And it
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      Lock icon Not that many golfers in S'pore
      188 8  -  Loo Chuen Yew Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Does Singapore really need more golf courses?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Oct 31). I strongly agree with Mr Lee's comment. What I do not agree with is his remark that one-quarter (will
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      Lock icon Take a leaf from Aussie book
      257 8  -  Tony Ho Australia, via Internet I refer to your article "Does Singapore really need more golf courses?" (BT, Oct 31). The current situation is that golf clubs are becoming a status symbol rather than the sport club that they should be. Accessibility to the
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      Lock icon Enough facilities for non-golfers
      372 8  -  Tan Bock Kho Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "Does Singapore really need more golf courses?" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Oct 31). The answer is rather obvious here. The simple economics of demand and supply cannot be swept under the carpet. The pressure
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      Lock icon Battle on the economic front
      208 8  -  Chan Kum Soon Singapore, via Internet I REFER to the article "S'pore 'acutely vulnerable' to slowdown in FDI" (BT, Oct 28). We need to look at the whole picture of what fuels foreign direct investments. The current political instability in the region holds a lesson
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      Lock icon Identical size, different taxes
      171 8  -  Ong Eng Chye Singapore, via Internet I HAVE travelled to some Asian countries and I am glad to say that the traffic situation in Singapore is really ideal. I believe all this did not come about because of luck but due to careful planning of the
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon Shakeout has made Internet investors pick more warily
      538 9 HONGKONG While there is money for great ideas, at every stage the bar has been lifted Reuters WHERE a year ago in Asia (and elsewhere) just about any start-up with an "e" on the front or a ".com" on the end could
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      Lock icon NEC considers spinning off chip division
      348 9 TOKYO Chairman says final decision could be taken in April 2002 Reuters MAJOR Japanese computer maker NEC Corp is considering spinning off its semiconductor division and listing its shares, the Asian Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. NEC is the world's secondlargest chip maker behind
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      Lock icon Ellison death rumours turn chat rooms lively
      336 9 PALO ALTO Reuters LARRY Ellison, the flamboyant founder of computer software giant Oracle Corp, is neither dead nor suddenly out of a job, but competing rumours on Thursday had Internet chat rooms abuzz with visions of his final, fictional farewell. "He got into
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      Lock icon Priceline CFO Heidi Miller leaving amid 16% staff cut
      327 9 NORWALK, Connecticut Reuters PRICELINE.COM Inc chief financial officer Heidi Miller is leaving the "name-your-own-price" Internet commerce firm that wooed her away from a position as one of Wall Street's most powerfill bankers, Priceline said on Thursday as it announced plans to
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      Lock icon Online retailers will lose despite US$12b shopping
      153 9 WASHINGTON AFP ALTHOUGH US consumers will spend an estimated US$l2 billion (5520.9 billion) shopping online for the holidays, many Internet retailers will lose money in the process, according to a new research report. International Data Corp said online retailers will lose a collective
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        Lock icon Viacom to bay BET for US$3b in stock
        78 9 Reuters [NEW YORK] Media giant Viacom Inc yesterday said it plans to buy BET Holdings Inc, the largest media and entertainment company geared to an African-American audience, for US$3 billion (555.2 billion) in stock. The final exchange ratio for the stock transaction
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        Lock icon Siemens,Toshiba close to 3G alliance
        69 9 Reuters [FRANKFURT] Germany's Siemens AG yesterday said it was in talks with Japan's Toshiba Corp on a far-reaching cooperation deal to produce next-generation mobile telephones. "We expect the talks will reach a successful conclusion shortly," a Siemens spokesman said. The deal would allow the two
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        Lock icon Alwaleed to double AOL investment
        39 9 Reuters [DUBAI] Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Thursday he planned to double his investment in America Online Inc to US$2 billion (553.5 billion) after the firm posted good third-quarter results. —Reuters
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      Lock icon PSINet may put itself up for sale after heavy Q3 losses
      360 9 SAN FRANCISCO ISP's president qnits; share price halves on Q4 warning FT PSINet, the US Internet service provider (ISP), on Thursday said it was considering putting itself up for sale after announcing heavy thirdquarter losses and the resignation of
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Maybank Q1 profit up 33% as bad loans fall
      308 10 KUALA LUMPUR Bloomberg MALAYAN Banking Bhd, Malaysia's biggest lender, said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose by* one-third as interest income advanced and non-performing loans (NPLs) declined. The bank's net income rose to RM34O million (*****.4 million), or 14.5 sen
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      Lock icon Thai Constitutional Court to hear Cabinet ministers' case
      481 10  -  Ministers allegedly hold posts or partnerships in private firms From\ Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S powerful Constitutional Court yesterday said it would hear the case of 10 Cabinet ministers allegedly holding posts in companies and partnerships in private firms, an offence that
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      Lock icon Prosecutors threaten to declare Tommy fugitive
      477 10 JAKARTA Deadline set as Suharto's son foils to surrender Reuters INDONESIAN prosecutors said late yesterday they would declare Hutomo 'Tommy' Mandala Putra, the youngest son of former president Suharto, a fugitive within hours if he did not show up to start serving an 18-month
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      Lock icon Bank Indonesia to curb rupiah speculation soon
      245 10 JAKARTA Reuters, AFX-Asia INDONESIA says tt will take measures soon to curb speculation in the battered rupiah, one of the world's worst performing currencies, but gave no precise time frame. Rank ftyfcumiajlfl, iaaiwrt nmtinri midnight mi Thursday, said that the measures would include
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      Lock icon Trader claims he received Brunei Sultan's US$2m gift
      275 10 JAKARTA AFP AN Indonesian businessman has claimed that he, and not President Abdurrahman Wahid, received a controversial US$2 million (553.5 million) gift from the Sultan of Brunei, a report said yesterday. The donation, dubbed "Bruneigate", is at the centre of one of
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      Lock icon KL to publish new economic indicators
      230 10 Leading, coincident and lagging indices will help forecasts KUALA LUMPUR Reuters, AFX-Asia MALAYSIA'S Statistics Department yesterday said it would start publishing three new economic indicators leading, coincident and lagging indices from January. These indices would be able to identify the current phase of the
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      Lock icon Learn from Taiwan: China regulator
      319 10 SHANGHAI Bering studies Taipei's foreign institutional investors scheme Reuters, AFX-Asia CHINA should learn from Taiwan and strengthen risk control mechanisms in opening its stock market to foreign investors, state media yesterday quoted a senior regulator as saying. Chinese regulators must draw on the experiences of
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      Lock icon US businesses put Indon plans on hold amid growing tension
      524 11  -  State Department issues travel warning, citing the growing anti-US sentiment PrornA Shoeb Kagda in Jakarta THE heightened tensions between Jakarta and Washington have affected new US investments in Indonesia, with several American businesses cancelling expansion plans in the country. US-based
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      Lock icon BEA may take 75% stake in FPB for US$400m
      540 11 HONGKONG Singapore banks are also reported to be interested in buying into FPB Bloomberg BANK of East Asia Ltd (BEA), Hongkong's thirdlargest publicly traded bank, will probably buy a 75 per cent stake in First Pacific Bank (FPB) for about US$4OO
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      Lock icon Exchange to check rampant misconduct
      195 11 SHANGHAI Reuters THE Shanghai Stock Exchange has drafted guidelines to combat rampant misconduct by company officials, state media quoted a senior official at the stock market watchdog as saying yesterday. China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) secretary Tu Guangshao told a news conference on Thursday the
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      Lock icon What the US election means for Indonesia
      1104 11  -  WRITER'S ■i karim raslan BY NOW, every newspaper in South-east Asia will have discussed the possible impact of the American presidential election on regional geopolitics. Inevitably, the distinctions will be drawn between Gore "the hawk" and Bush "the dove"; between a vice-president with
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      102 10 Shark £i» 'uV^H nys M K? iviiftr v AFP It IS safe to get back into the waters [ADELAIDE] A promotional handout photo of a miniaturised electronic shark deterrent, provisionally called the SharkEX, which has the potential to protect millions ofsurfers, divers and fishermen around the world through the use
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      587 11 Clinton campaigns for Democrats in California, Pg 13 HIP The National University of Singapore Faculty of Law Fkmhiim flLSfaiH Wr ADMISSION FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2001/2002 The Faculty of Law (NUS) administers various graduate programmes that are tailored to the needs of a diverse population from all over the world, including
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  • WORLD news
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      Lock icon ECB intervenes on its own to prop up euro
      463 12 FRANKFURT Move prompted by concern weak euro is bad for global economic outlook Reuters THE European Central Bank weighed into the currency markets on its own yesterday in a renewed bid to prop up the euro currency. The ECB said it
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      Lock icon Majority of Germans wants to dump euro: poll
      138 12 BERLIN AFP MOST Germans would want the euro scrapped if that were possible, according to an opinion poll conducted for the German television news channel N24. The Forsa poll found that 56 per cent of those asked would like Germany to quit
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      Lock icon Abbey, Bank of Scotland held talks
      491 12 LONDON But Scottish bank shrugged off the overture AFP BRITISH bank Abbey National has approached Bank of Scotland about a possible takeover, which would create a fifth British banking giant to vie with the so-called "big four," Abbey said yesterday. But the Scottish bank
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      Lock icon US jobless rate in Oct stays at 3.9%; wages rise 0.4%
      403 12 WASHINGTON > Bonds down after the more than expected earnings rise Bloomberg THE US unemployment rate stayed at a 30-year low in October while wages rose more than expected, the Labour Department reported yesterday. Job growth slowed. The 3.9
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      Lock icon Judge rules for Lloyd's in Names' fraud case
      454 12 LONDON Reuters BRITAIN'S High Court yesterday ruled in favour of Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market, in a landmark fraud case brought against it by a group of individual underwriters. The underwriters known as Names had accused Lloyd's of recruiting
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      Lock icon New US anti-dumping law comes under fire in WTO
      338 12  -  From D Ravi Kanth in Geneva THE United States came under fire in the World Trade Organization on Thursday over its controversial new an-ti-dumping law, specifically the Byrd Amendment, which violated the trade body's agreements on anti-dumping and subsidies and countervailing
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      Lock icon 95% of US CEOs holding on to their stock options: survey
      338 12 NEW YORK Reuters CHIEF executives at 95 per cent of the 200 largest US companies are holding on to their vested stock options rather than cashing them, in a sign of confidence in the current and future value of
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      Lock icon Not used to high oil prices
      44 12 [LONDON] The sign on a petrol pump at a central London service station yesterday. Long queues built up at many petrol stations yesterday as motorists began to stockpile fuel ahead of threatened protests against high petrol taxes. REUTERS
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      584 13 SEOUL Firm escapes blacklist, bat warned against defaulting Bloomberg, Reuters KOREAN lenders told the nation's largest construction company yesterday they won't give it any new loans, stopping short of adding it to a list of 29 indebted companies they want closed. While
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      429 13 LONDON Net profits for the first nine months np 60% to USs9.6b FT ROYAL Dutch/Shell, the An-glo-Dutch energy group, on Thursday reported an 80 per cent jump in third quarter earnings to a record U553.25 billion (555.6 billion) thanks to
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      779 13 He's called fart* action by those fearing state's votes might slip away Reuters [LOS ANGELES] President Bill Clinton jumped firmly into the 2000 campaign on Thursday, urging thousands of cheering Californians to do their part to make sure the most populous state votes
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      531 13 AP PWT ALUS, Wisconsin] ftlfffltflfig) ppffltowG«or«eW Bush has oonthat he wis arrested and pleaded guilty neaity?s yean ago to driving whfle under the ftfhww* of "I'm not proud of that," he said. V•' Confirming reports that surfaced in the media five days
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      1236 14  -  The 147 is the latest Milanese product to offer brawn, beauty and quality. SAMUEL EE goes to Monte Carlo for a heady spin SAMUEL EE The writer Is BT's on-line editor Tm HE automotively Indifferent In Singapore have a name tor him—the Alto guy, JMt&e macho type ana
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      538 14  -  By\ Christopher Tan [SINGAPORE] The Singapore Motor Show the country's biggest automotive event promises to be much more than a satellite showroom, an unflattering label previous shows were stuck with. Opening next Friday at Suntec City, the exhibition will present an impressive list
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      451 15  -  Wh eel S Maniam, via Internet MY HONDA Accord has to be scrapped soon and I am In the market for a car. The Saab distributor has been chewing me, as has the BMW agent. I called the Volvo people but they have not been
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      63 15  -  Kathy Phoon, via phone I JUST saw the new Toyota Corolla and I've fallen in love with it. Which model would you recommend—the 1.5-litre or 1.8? The 1.5-litre version is value for money. It is almost as powerful, Just as well equipped—and costs substantially less. In fact, the
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      115 15  -  Chek Hee Tay IN your article "A different bandwagon" (Sept 29) you compared BMW and Volvo itatlon wagons. But how about the Saab 94, which hae been voted one of the better-designed wagons on the market today. We should change our mindsets and not just stick to
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      274 15  -  Hanis Lee, via Internet REFERRING to your "Who dares wins" (BT, Oct 20) comparison of the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic and Nissan Sunny, I wish to point out the Nissan Sunny 1.6 SS has rear drum brakes. As for the "auto" air-con, I understand from a Tan
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      254 15  -  Tan Chin Poh, via Internet COULD you advise me u to how transfer fees are calculated? What would this be for, say, a l .6-litre car which is 8-4 years old? Tht Lud Tnmpft AutlwHty replleei Feee payable for the transfer of ownership of a vehlcli art as
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      129 15  -  Leong Mun Yew, via Internet I DRIVE a Volvo 870 with auto transmission. I was told by one of the 8 M Motors servloe staff that when I'm waiting at the traffic lights It Is better to shift the gear lever to neutral Instead of leaving It
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      46 15  -  Joyce Wee, via Internet WITH reference to your article "Speed-warning devices to go" (Oct 5), I would like to *ay: Please make It compulsory for school buses and vans that ferry young children to be fitted with seat belts as soon as possible.
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      159 15  -  John B Gonsalves, via Internet I AM planning on moving to Singapore, where a friend has offered to sell me his used 1996 Volvo for $90,000. He bought It new for 1190,000. The car has done 114,000 km. I've seen such outrageous new car prices that this
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        97 15 HONDA has launched a "mkU-MPV" based on tht Civic. Called Btrean). tho seven sootier pfflsrs i stylish rteelgn flat-floor accommodation and oar-like dynamics. It ia available asa front-wheel-drive or an all-wheeMrive. There are two engine ohoioee: the 1.7-iitreBoHC eeen in the new Civic, or a new
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        50 15 Al4O MILLION (***** J million) floating rate not* (FRN) iseusfbr Group Lotue pic, guaranteed by Malaysian parent Proton, hM boon oversubscribed by 70per oent. Due to aoOMtwaeAeia'i first sterling<lenominsted FRN, mmsm INO Barings The final aynriiflatf nompiind ntiw Asian, lftiff > paai AMffrdNa* he
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        91 15 VOLKSWAGEN has reported a 40 per oent riae in profit far tin first nine month# of tho year on tho bach of iwffwml muni tales and wtMtti^*y**i yfffg AFP reported VWi not profit wi» U4 billion turot (811.7 billion) in tho flnt nine months, white pre-tax
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        64 15 AUDI expects worldwide tales toiwpaiaB6o,ooouniti tor the firtt tlmt thit year, wtth revem# Patting 80 billion markt (***** billion). At end-September, salet were *****1, up 8 per oent from 488,088 In the previous oorretponding period. Production totalled 477,158 unltt, 1J par oent up from 471
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        76 15 PEUGEOT hat introduced new engines in tts popular 406 sedan. There la t 2.2-litre petrol unit carried ovtr fhwa tht 007 flagship, and 1. Mitre 16-valve unit—the latest addition to a new-generation range. In Europe, thtrt la alio a 2.2-lltre diesel power plant with
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        59 15  -  OomplMby Christopher Tan IF you vliit an NTUC-affUiated eetablishment betweei Oct 1 and Mar 81 next year, you ttand to win a car. Six cart—flour Kiat and two Protons—ars up tor grtbs. Participating outlets include NTUC Club, Downtown East, Escape Theme Park, Wine Connection,
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      277 16  -  SGX Derivatives Tradlngßeport ST Index/MSClS'pore Index Seow Hock Hin Rtfco Singapore THE Singapore stock market closed on a bullish mood yesterday. It closed at its highest level in seven weeks. A late rebound in the banking and property sectors helped the Straits Times
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      229 16  -  MS& Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong Refco Singapore THE MSCI Taiwan index rose more than 3 per cent yesterday. Nasdaq's overnight rally and optimism that the political crisis would be resolved without the impeachment of President Chen Shui-bian helped to lift the sentiment. The MSCI
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      162 16 EMERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] OU prices lost more ground yesterday after Thursday's tentative truce agreement between Israel and the Palestinians eased worries about a flare-up in the Middle East The ceasefire reduced concerns of a possible squeeze on crude supplies in a market already short
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      349 16 Reuters Tiffnilffn THE euro leapt to one-month highs against the dollar yesterday after the European Central Bank intervened in its support for the second time in six weeks. It rose more than 1.5 US cents to peaks new* US$O.BB in the wake of the intervention, some way short
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      2758 17 HONGKONG AFP PI Hang Seng +302-58 HONGKONG share prices rose 1.97 per cent yesterday, led by gains in HSBC, with a rally in China Mobile also providing support, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index gained 302.58 points to
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      958 17 Reuters pjs>Mw«i»Aq Binder *LB7 CHINA'S B shares rose sharply yesterday after state media said a former securities regulator had urged the government to allow special mutual funds through which local investors could trade the hard currency shares. Shanghai's B share index ended up 3.78 per cent at 73.06 points
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      374 17 AFP □*P Index +170.00 TAIWANESE shares closed 3 per cent higher yesterday, taking a cue from the Nasdaq's overnight rally and an easing of political uncertainty, as it appeared unlikely the opposition would impeach President Chen Shui-bian, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index surged 170.00 points
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      336 18 AFP Q Composite Index +10.87 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.5 per cent higher yesterday as local institutional funds picked up selected blue chips foUowing a Nasdaq rebound, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index rose 10.87 points to finish at
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      737 19 AFP nSErhfai *7.54 THE Thai stock market jumped 2.7 per cent yesterday on the back of overnight gains on Wall Street and local buying in telecommunications and electronics stocks, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index gained 7.54 points to close at 287.84 points, and the
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      656 19 AFP QOmipoatehia ♦LOT INDONESIAN share prices closed up 0.5 per cent yesterday led by Indosat, with overall market sentiment weak in the absence of strong leads, dealers said. "If it were not for Indosat the index could otherwise have closed lower," Sassoon Securities dealer Ari Pitoyo said. The Jakarta
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      254 19 AFP PHBE-40 *2118 NEW Zealand shares gained 1.5 per cent yesterday, buoyed by telecom stocks following Nasdaq's rebound on Wall Street overnight. The NZSE-40 Capital Index rose 29.15 points to 1,942 47. Among 139 stocks traded, 65 rose while 31 fell. —AFP i»» m *h coo Advantage HDS 175
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      548 19 AFP yiAflOrifayuiei *3(150 AUSTRALIAN shares gained 0.9 per cent yesterday on the back of strong performances by News Corporation and the banking sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries index rose 30.5 points to 3,266.5 while the SP/ASX 200 added 32.6 points to 3,321.9. National turnover was 549.89 million shares,
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      307 19 AFP nOmpMitehig *231 SOUTH Korean shares rose 0.4 per cent yesterday with the ingex up 2.31 at 560.41. Volume stood at 404 million worth 2.2 trillion won. AFP Iwl An*mS*ml 6150 -50 Br«(n Toch 600 K) C*ntr»l B«nk 170 unch ChtOComm ***** 4000 Dm Ou Bank 2070 -JO DMMngCorp
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      582 22 A Wall Street Journal report claims that Wendi Deng, Chinese-bora wife of Rupert Murdoch, is the guiding influence on her husband's expansion into China The Daily Telegraph WHEN Rupert Murdoch married his Chinese-born wife, Wendi Deng, on his yacht, Morning Glory moored in New York
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      1351 23  -  Pamela Oei the musician, actress and former architect tells pabvathx matax why she chose the arts over making big bucks in other professions PARVATHI NAYAR ONSTAGE.PamOei projects confidence as an actress, a rich, bluesy voice as a singer with lotsa attitude as the frontman of
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      669 23  -  Recent SAM talk touches on the impact of feminism on the art world and feminist artists who challenge male stereotypes By. John Gee IF you have an interest in art, but nothing comes to mind when names such as Paula Rego and Mary Kelly are mentioned and
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      1567 24  -  When key figures behind Singapore Dance Theatre and The Business Times mull the idea of marrying arts and business, the result is a three-year collaborative effort which kicks off with the launching of the SDT-BT Arts Fund on Dec 13. CHEAH Ul-HOON finds out about other
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      1218 25  -  Come March next year, audiences can of musical k extravanganza, the swinging '50s to Latino tragedy. PARVATHI liTUt finds out what's in store from IMG which is bringing in three shows Buddy The Musical, Carmen and Slava's Snow Show PARVATHI NAYAR SNOWFIGHTS.a dancing horse, a musical legend brought back
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      122 25 Singapore Chinese Orchestra Outdoor Concert A selection of popular tunes will be performed, including Chan Mali Chan, Mambo No. 5, San Chun Jie Ri and Xiao Ren Wu DeXinShen. +Nov 12,6pm at the Palm Valley, Singapore Botanic Gardens. Singapore Lyric Opera 10th Anniversary Gala Concert A gala concert featuring
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      236 25 New Talent Presentation 1 Witness the synergy between local and foreign artists and choreographers as innovative works are performed by the Odyssey Dance Theatre. ♦iVou 14-15,8pm at the Drama Centre. Tickets at $15 and $12(student concession) available from SISTIC outlets and hotline: *****55.15% for OCBCArts cardholders. Hey! A performance
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      109 25 Singapore Art Museum Recent Acquisition An exhibition of recent acquisitions by the SAM featuring works by artists from Singapore and South-east Asia. +Until Nov 5. Galleries 5-8. Chen Wen Hsi Exhibition Featuring stunning works by late pioneer artist Dr Chen Wen Hsi. ♦Ort 24 to Nov 19, Anderson Gallery.
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      282 25  -  Compiled by Aaron Lye The Amazing World of Chang Eng An exhibition by Action Theatre in conjunction with the new season of the musical. Includes rare archival photographs of the twins and their personal memorabilia. +Nov 2-12,10 a- 10pm daily. On stage performances on Sat-Sun at 6:3opm. Free admission
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      193 25  -  By Cheah Ui-Boon Th® buzz: A subject that we all are interested in—relationship and time pat to fluid movement In This is Not a Lovesong. Th® plot and ptayew: German duo Jutta Hell and Dieter Baumann perform their masterpiece, an abstract psychogram of a mature relationship, marked by fissures
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      627 26  -  Five winning entries for Nokia Arts Award reflect on life, childhood and spirituality By Aaron Lye ONCE again, Nokia Singapore is doing its bit to support the arts, both here and in the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. In its second year, the Nokia Arts Award
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