The Business Times, 9 February 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 Internet: hup./'business-times.asial.com.sg/ SINGAPORE FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 2001 850
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    74 1 □m (+39.69) MBT-SBI U BMJLS (+15.62) \ii< c h ST INDEX FUTTJIES MofcOO (+37.00) SOISCIFUTURES 2S3JO (+5.90) STOCK MABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSEOOMP ***** *23 NIKKEI 228 13.138.23 -227.78 RANG SENG *****.40 ___-140.07 SET INDEX .Owed JAKARTA COMP 449.78. -I56 MANILA COMP __1£83.44__+24.19 TAIPEI WPI 5,***** +66.02 SEOUL
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    72 1 FOKEX RATES us$ ss US$(S$perCS$) 1.747 £(USS/S$pcr£) 1.464 2.540 EURO(US$/S$/E) 0927 1.619 DM 2.110 1108 YEN 11« 66.60 RM S.800 1176 HKS 7.800 4.465 BAHT 4159 34.38 RUP1AH_ 9,615 5^04 FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA .39.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG 8.50 TAIPEI 7.84 SYDNEY ,„8.50
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    Lock icon 'R' word weighs heavy on Tokyo stocks
    1045 1  -  Contmuing stock price slump, contraction in revised GDP data signal alarm From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices continued their accelerating slide yesterday, reaching levels not seen since late 1998, and igniting fears of a re-run of the financial system crisis that
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    Lock icon Bridge/tunnel project between M'sia, S'pore gets airing again
    554 1  -  Proposal for RKLSb project SBumttea to S'pore:sources From] Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE tentative pact between Singapore and Malaysia on relocating the railway station of Keretapi Tanah Malayu (KTM) in the republic is set to jumpstart the bridge project to replace
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    Lock icon POSBank was not Y2K compliant: DBS chief
    390 1  -  This wu one reason why it was acquired by DBS, says Paillart By Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] One reason why DBS Bank acquired POSBank was that the latter was not Y2K compliant, DBS vice-chairman and chief executive Paillart revealed yesterday. Speaking at a
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      96 1 mSTOE Exec lifestyle Love trends: Cornering Cupid. Cover Story V*-- 4 v. New Asia Biz Woman Interview: India-born Rita Payne, editor of BBC World's Asia Today programme, on news, views and issues. Pg 20 Top Stories SGX first half earnings down 64% to $18.76 m. MoxtPmgo KepLand earnings jiffTtErs3%tosl2lm. Property
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      55 1 Tiger Woods' dilemma for losing streak E\ecntive Lifestyle ELS DBS suspends branch closures, holds staff's leave to tackle service problems, Next Page LIVE These musical icons touch down in Singapore f° r a one-night only performance on February 18. BT has 20 pairs of tickets to give away. i/'lfr Read
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      Lock icon SGX's bottomline earnings down 64% to $18.8m
      575 2  -  But company sticks to its promise of generous dividends By Ven Sreenivasan [SINGAPORE] The sharp fall in liquidity since the second half of last year has taken its toll on the newly-listed Singapore Exchange its bottomline earnings sank 64 per cent to $18.76
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      Lock icon A walk in the park for hotshot Kloet
      373 2  -  tidbits jaime ee [SINGAPORE] First impressions are a dangerous thing. Look at Thomas Kloet. On the one hand, you see him as the hotshot American handpicked to be the chief executive of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). On the other hand, you see
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Mao musical?
        61 2 WE hear British composer and impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber is going to China to sell his musical productions. There is talk they may even be staged in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. One observer suggested Webber, whose string of successes include Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, try to interest the
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        Lock icon Priorities of the poor
        109 2 IT may be well-knowxgiat International Finance Corp, a unit of the Workl finances small enterprises, working through logtfmi anting institutions. But do you know how Bma|Micording to its 2000 annual report, IFC is helping the Association of Cambodian Local Economic Development Agencies, which helps poor clients
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      66 2 IN our report yesterday, "MOF clarifies SRS caps for high-in-come earners", we erred in making this statement: "The earlier formula —15 per cent of 40 per cent of either OW or AW which was used in MOF's examples, has been clarified to be incorrect." That formula was not used
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      Lock icon DBS suspends branch closures, holds staffs leave
      911 2  -  No deterioration in Service as perceived, CEO assures By\ Siow Li Sen, Tang Weng Fai [SINGAPORE] DBS Bank has suspended further branch Cktwyes for thd-time being ana asked staff at its branches to postpone leave for the next two weeks in an effort
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      6 2 Editorial: Getting consumer banking right, PglO
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon SGX queries Hyflux, TPA, Ong Asia
      320 4  -  By\ David Boey THREE penny stocks Hyflux Ltd, Ong Asia Ltd and TPA Strategic Holdings Ltd were quizzed by the Singapore Exchange yesterday about the recent jumps in the value and volume of their shares. But all three told SGX last night they were
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      Lock icon KepLand earnings jump 53% to $121m
      496 4  -  But turnover falls 50% on lower residential contributions; firm warns of challenges ahead By, Andrea Tan KEPPEL Land yesterday reported a 53 per cent jump in net profit to $120.6 million last year but warned of challenges ahead. The FY2OOO profit was in line
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      Lock icon Design your own bungalow at Cluny Hill
      280 4 FANCY a sprawling good class bungalow designed the way you like it? Keppel Land, which will launch its exclusive freehold Cluny Hill estate in the second quarter, promises to give buyers a free hand in determining the design, space and number of rooms
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      Lock icon Flairs more than doubles H1 profit
      270 4  -  By Adeline Chuah SESDAQ-listed Flairis Technology Corporation yesterday posted a 138.5 per cent jump in net profit to $5.2 million for the half-year ended Dec 31, 2000. Gross margins and all business segments improved. Turnover hit ttSUmaifep, up 26.6 per c&ilMMnB? vious customers andpMHHHhF
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      Lock icon Upbeat Robinson taking it to its competitors
      418 4  -  Retailer to spend $Bmonadsand store upgrading, By< Corinne Kerk LISTED retailer Robinson Co registered higher turnover in tiie first half of its current financial year and expects growth to continue. The company due next month to announce interim results for the period ending
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      Lock icon Play safe and go for just mid-cap US stocks for now
      678 4  -  locksiew catherine ong THE bloodbath in US equities last year, particularly in tech stocks, has washed out much but not all of the speculative excess on Wall Street. Valuations remain dubious in some quarters and broking firms' margin debt
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      Lock icon Insurers in for another buoyant year: LIA
      355 5  -  Association chief expects 'very, very high' single premium sales m Rachel Ong THE Life Insurance Association (LIA) said yesterday the industry enjoyed substantial growth last year and the trend is expected to continue. LIA president Tan Suee Chieh said: "I expect the sin-
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      Lock icon Insurer Great Eastern set to unveil record earnings
      331 5  -  Opening np the use of pension fands boosts business Byi Siow Li Sen INSURER Great Eastern Holdings, which will announce its FY2OOO results on Feb 22, will post record earnings fuelled by the opening up of the use of pensions ftinds, says
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      Lock icon Nera's profit jumps 77% to $11m, better '01 seen
      318 5  -  Turnover rises 35% on higher sales in its 3 core businesses By Kalpana Rashiwala NERA Telecommunications expects a better performance this year after achieving a 76.5 per cent jump in group net profit to $10.8 million for the year ended December.
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      Lock icon LANKom Electronics gets SGX listing nod
      250 5 LANKom Electronics has received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange for a main board listing. LANKom, which started in 1996 as a distributor of electromagnetic components and now has its own design and manufacturing capabilities, claims there are "no comparable companies" listed on SGX.
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      Lock icon CapitaLand, NatSteel in $135m sale
      411 5  -  Capita Land is also seen selling Thomson Plaza space to Fair Price By] Kalpana Rashiwala CAPITALAND and Nat Steel have sold their 55 per cent stake in the freehold 79 Anson Road office block for about $135 million or $1,250 per square foot to GRA,
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      Lock icon WBL to sell stake in California firm; sees $100m gain
      401 7  -  Stake in Mnlti-Fineline Electronix held by two subsidiaries By Marissa Chew DIVERSIFIED WBL Corporation said yesterday that it has agreed to sell its stake in Mul-ti-Fineline Electronix, Inc (MFI) and expects to reap $100 million from the divestment. WBL Corp
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      Lock icon iCALL trades on US OTC board after merger
      351 7  -  Status comes after local firm's reverse takeover of Altrez Byl Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE-BASED The Internet Call Centre Pte Ltd (iCALL), a provider of live and interactive customer support services to the websites, has completed a reverse takeover of a US company,
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      Lock icon ECS Holdings public tranche 17.6 times subscribed
      240 7 THE latest IT company to launch an initial public offer has been given a warm welcome by investors. The public tranche of ECS Holdings shares has been subscribed 17.6 times and placement and reserved shares have been fully taken up making the IPO
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      Lock icon Semac wins ENV licences for five sectors
      298 7  -  Company expects to dear some 2,060 tonnes of refuse daily from these areas once the new contracts get under way By. David Boey SEMBCORP Industries unit, Semac, which weighs in as Singapore's largest waste management company, said yesterday it has won Ministry of
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon Blue chips bounce back, led by banks and tech stocks
      654 6  -  I-ii comment YOUR MONEY r. sivanithy A SUDDEN strong rebound in banking and tech counters yesterday injected new life into the stock market, which had started the session looking like it would slide after Nasdaq's 2 per cent drop overnight.
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      Lock icon Flairis wrt: still-decent numbers despite good run
      188 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THE Flairis warrant has proven to be very popular in the past couple of weeks since we last featured it. Overall market sentiment also seems to have taken a turn for the better, and a possible Thursday fall
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      Lock icon Elec & Eltek: resistance at US$3.45
      209 6  - Elec Eltek: resistance at US$3.45 HOTSTOCK By Ven Sreenivasan THE stock of (Minted circuit board maker Elec Eltek has surged over the past two weeks. It closed US$O.O4 higher at U553.42 yesterday on volume of 674,000. Although the 14-day Relative Strength Index has risen to the margin of the overbought
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      160 6 WBL Corporation Ltd will hold its AGM on Feb 28 at 65 Chuiia Street i #50-00, OCBC Centre. ♦ELEC Eltek International Company Ltd will go ex-dividend (interim dividend of 12 cents and special interim dividend of eight cents, both are tax exempt) on Feb 21, 2001. Last day
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      Lock icon Yen worries once again take centre-stage
      335 6  -  Ticomment CURRENCIES larry wee A CONFLUENCE of negatives conspired to make the Japanese yen the market's whipping boy yesterday, leaving the US dollar stronger against some units and giving the euro a breather. Despite the Nasdaq Composite Index hitting its lowest point in almost
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      512 6 Stocks Volume Asia Food& Prop 41,457,000 Hyf»ux5c 37,309.000 TPA10C 28,623,000 Vickers Capital 25c 22,606,000 PacificCenturylOc 15,443,000 PanpacMediaCom 5c 14,492,000 SingTe»15c 12,632,000 Cytech HK5c 12,232,000 Omni Ind 10c 11,587,000 ST Assembly 25c 11,338,000 Stocks DBSGrp 64,534,599 Chart Semiconductor 26c 54.889,925 VentureMfg25c 43,395,200 SingTel 15c 36,758,900 DatacrafMOc 36,108,235 Omni hid 10c 33,603,970
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Property developers break ranks with price cuts
      505 8  -  Smaller developers like Euro-Asia and Tong Eng eager to push sales with discounts By Andrea Tan SMALLER developers such as Euro-Asia Realty and Tong Eng Brothers are not about to play ball with their big-brother counterparts who have declared that they are not
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      Lock icon Property players await favourable Budget
      573 8  -  On the wish-list are tax exemptions and policies that will boost sales By Vince Chong PROPERTY players are looking to this month's Budget announcements to perk up the market, given that the government has said it will not revoke its anti-speculation measures. Among the incentives
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      Lock icon Call to let work-permit holders double as part-time workers
      348 8  -  |M»J >I^l2ool By Chuang Peck Ming UNSKILLED workers are still in short supply, the prospects of an economic slowdown notwithstanding, and local enterprises thus want the government to relax its policy on foreign workers and allow them to work part-time to
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      Lock icon Leng Joo becomes president of SCCCI
      179 8 CITY Developments managing director Kwek Leng Joo was yesterday elected president of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a two-year term. Overseas Union Bank president Peter Seah has been re-elected one of the chamber's three vice-presidents. Mr Freddy Lam was also
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      Lock icon Fukuoka pacts to help SMEs
      183 8 SMALL and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore will be able to expand into the Japanese market through two Memoranda of Understanding to be signed at the Fukuoka Business Forum today. The first involves the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) and Fukuoka Municipal Government In
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      Lock icon Toshiba sees S'pore as possible site for LCD plant
      181 8 Reuters [TOKYO] Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp said yesterday it was looking at Singapore and other overseas sites as possible locations for a new plant to manufacture liquid crystal displays (LCDs). "We are considering an expansion of our production facilities to
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      Lock icon Hanoi sees strategic partnership with S'pore in an Asean context
      364 9  -  Viet leaders keen to learn abont knowledge economy, says President Nathan From, Harish Mehta in Hanoi VIETNAM sees a strategic partnership with Singapore in the context of Asean, the general secretary of Vietnam's ruling communist party told visiting Singapore President
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      Lock icon PC penetration to exceed 60% by 2003
      373 9  -  By\ Raju Chellam THE increasing use and availability of high-speed broadband access to the Internet will see Singapore have one of the highest PC penetration rates in the world by 2003, according to a new report by Dataquest, a unit of US-based research
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      Lock icon Sing$ weakness temporary: Perc
      319 9  -  ■5730n the economy exchange rate policy By. Anna Teo THE current weakness in the Singapore dollar is likely to be temporary; the currency is expected to strengthen in the months ahead, though "moderately so", says Political Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). "The underlying exchange rate policy for
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      Lock icon More industry-oriented graduates needed?
      195 9 A COMMITTEE set up to review upgrading education opportunities at degree level will look at the option of training more graduates who are industry and practice-ori-ented. Chaired by Peter Chen, Senior Minister of State (Education and Trade Industry), the committee comprises representatives of industry, educational institutions
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      Lock icon SGX, put buy-sell quotes on your website
      144 9  -  iVJU bag Denis Distant I REFER to the letter "SGX clears the air regarding clearing fees" by Singapore Exchange (Mailbag, Feb 7). In particular, the comment that "market depth information is available to investors as bid and offer prices of up to 50
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      Lock icon US-S'pore FTA can be concluded in '01: Tommy Koh
      469 9  -  By] Eugene Low SINGAPORE is progressing well in its free trade agreement negotiations with the US, and talks should be concluded this year, said Tommy Koh, who heads Singapore's negotiating team. At a farewell dinner for US Ambassador Steven Green, Prof
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon De Gaulle's gone. Deal with Patton
      808 10  -  bottom line OPINION thomas friedman The writer is a New York Times columnist NYT SO I'm at the Davos World Economic Forum two weeks ago, and Shimon Peres walks by. One of the reporters with him asks me if I'm going to hear Mr
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      100 10 'Our business is show business and hospitality. Every funeral service we provide is like opening night, except that we don't get to do it a second time, so we have to get ii righf who owns and runs 17funeral homes, on the nature of his business. 'I
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      Lock icon Getting consumer banking right
      643 10 EDITORIAL WHEN Nanyang Technological University's top economists cast a pall over Singapore's financial services prospects in their latest forecasts, they were referring to the sector's gloomy near-term growth outlook. But for many of Singapore's bank customers, in particular POSBank customers, the NTU economists could equally have
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      Lock icon Battling Bushies
      1329 10  -  There appear to be two foreign policy/national security camps emerging in the new Bush administration From] Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent in Washington WANT to ensure the juices of your average Washington pundit are flowing? Provide him with an unsubstantiated rumour about the looming political
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      Lock icon The French just do it more stylishly
      923 10  -  COMMENTARY Corruption isn't a Parisian preserve; it's global-and globalisation will help drive it ont By] Matthew Lynn The writer is a columnist for Bloomberg News [LONDON] Want to get ahead in business? Then cast aside those creaky management tomes and dusty spreadsheets and
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  • e-NEWS
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      Lock icon British Telecom to slash debt offload assets as profits slide
      493 11  -  Interest charges to blame; overseas holding* include S'pore's Star Hub, Korean LG Telecom, M'sia's Maris From Neil Behrmann in London BRITISH Telecom, the beleaguered communications colossus, plans to slash its debt by a third or £10 billion (Ss2s billion) to
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      Lock icon Vodafone, Optus in mobile tie-up?
      455 11 Merger will create new Aussie-listed mobile group Reuters [SYDNEY] British mobUe phone giant Vodafone Group Pic set in train a shake-up of the Australian mobUe phone industry yesterday with a proposal to acquire Cable Wireless Optus Ltd's mobUe business. Under the plan, the merger of
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      Lock icon Cisco is most traded US stock
      249 11 NEW YORK Bloomberg CISCO Systems Inc has displaced Microsoft Corp as Wall Street's most-traded stock. At the close of trading on Wednesday, the No 1 maker of computer-networking equipment appears four times on the list of the 10 most-actively traded US stocks, knocking Microsoft
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      Lock icon Orange IPO shows investor disinterest
      640 11 LONDON Bloomberg EUROPE'S former phone monopolies knew at the beginning of this year that they would need to raise US$lOO billion (Ssl74 billion) to help finance licences and equipment for faster mobile service. Barely one month into 2001, they are finding it even harder than
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      Lock icon Lucenfs Agere IPO to raise up to US$7.4b
      438 11 WASHINGTON Bloomberg AGERE Systems, Lucent Technologies Inc's fastest-growing unit, plans to make an initial public offering to raise as much as US$7.4 billion (Ssl3 billion). It will be the second-biggest IPO in US history if the shares are sold at the top
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon RHB Bank: Rashid Hussain has 4 yrs
      394 12  -  His grip could loosen if certain developments trigger conversion of preference shares held by govt From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN banker Rashid Hussain has another four years or so to retain control of RHB Bank, but the writing is already on
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      Lock icon Investors turning to M'sian warrants, corporate bonds
      427 12 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MURKY prospects for Malaysia's stock market have made investors turn to warrants and corporate bonds, fund managers and dealers said. Many institutional investors have also parked funds in short-term money market instruments despite low returns, they said. "The outlook (for
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      Lock icon M'sia plans free trade zone near Thai border
      141 12 KUALALUMPUR AFP A FREE-TRADE industrial zone costing three billion Malaysian ringgit (SSI.3 billion) is to be developed near the Malaysia/Thailand border over the next decade, a senior official said yesterday. The Asean Industrial Metropolis covering 2,400 hectares will be built at Bukit
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      Lock icon Halim seen keeping debt payment promise
      536 12 KUALA LUMPUR He is scheduled to p&yUEMRMIOOm on Feb 14 Reuters MALAYSIAN tycoon Halim Saad is unlikely to miss a Valentine's Day date with construction firm UEM, even if it means paying RMIOO million (Ss46 million) to the company as part of a promised
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  • REGIONAL news
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      Lock icon Gus Dur appoints new justice minister
      584 13 JAKARTA The president's supporters, meanwhile, torch office of rival party AFP Reuters INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid yesterday appointed the country's ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Baharuddin Lopa, as his new justice and human rights minister following the sacking of Yusril Ihza Mahendra. Cabinet Secretary Marsilam
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      Lock icon Democracy came too fast for Indonesia, says Mahathir
      225 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP INDONESIA'S current instability is the result of over-hasty moves towards democracy, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said. "We don't normally comment on our neighbours but I would like to say we welcome Indonesia's swing towards democracy," he said
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      453 15 MANILA USsl7sm purchase of GMA Network is relatively expensive, says analyst Bloomberg PHILIPPINE Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT) will pay US$l75 million (Ss3o6 million) for GMA Network Inc, giving control of the nation's No 2 television station to the biggest phone
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      133 15 ■JAKARTA Bloomberg THE Indonesian government has approved a plan to merge two companies affiliated to the Texmaco Group, the country's largest debtor, in a plan to reschedule their debts. The Financial Sector Policy Committee, a governmentappointed body overseeing Indonesia's debt restructuring efforts, endorsed the plan to
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        76 15 [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia yesterday signed an agreement with Fortis to develop bancassurance in Malaysia under which Fortis will buy a 30 per cent equity stake in the bank's life and non-life insurance business. Fortis' investment amounts to about RM34O million (*****.4 million), subject to
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        68 15 Reuters [MANILA] The Philippine government shelved plans to pass a proposed 725 billion pesos (5525.37 billion) budget for 2001 as Congress ran out of time in its current session to push the bill through, Budget Secretary Emilia Boncodin said yesterday. Instead, the government will
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        88 15 Reuters [MANILA] The self-confessed gambler who triggered the crisis that led to the ousting of ex-Philippine President Joseph Estrada by linking him to gambling rackets is now a consultant in the new government. His job—to help new President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo wipe out illegal
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        81 15 AP [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia's tax authority wants to establish a special court to try to speed up the recovery of more than RMI billion (Ss46o million) in unpaid taxes, a newspaper reported yesterday. Inland Revenue Board chief executive Zainol Abidin Rashid said a plan
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      551 15  -  Bankers want banking to be kept apart from politics From Al Labita in Manila BANKERS yesterday asked President Gloria Arroyo to respect the six-year tenure of the central bank governor, saying the banking system should be insulated from politics. "It will not be
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      61 15 AP [HONGKONG] A passer-by looking at a Christian Dior advertising billboard in downtown Hongkong yesterday. The luxury goods label has decided to tear down its latest advertising billboard in response to numerous public complaints about the sexy ad. The three-storey high advertisement depicts a
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      197 16 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters STATE-RUN Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has invited Malaysia's national oil company Petronas to bid jointly for 25 blocks of potential crude oil reserves in India. The New Straits Times yesterday quoted lOC chairman Mohamed Asad Pathan as saying the
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      498 16 HONGKONG Gain rises to HKsl.9b; HE bank's charge for bad, doubtful debts foils by 69% to HKs6Bom Reuters BANK of East Asia declared an end to its asset quality problems yesterday, reporting a 25.7 per cent jump in 2000 net profits to HK$l.B7
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      345 16 NEW DELHI Reuters INDIAN telecoms companies have reported strong third-quarter earnings growth, and analysts expect the trend to continue with service providers trailing hardware firms in full-year bottomline growth. The two main firms, both state-run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd and Videsh Sanchar Nigam
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      294 16 SHANGHAI Move comes amid crackdown on market speculation Reuters SHENYIN Wanguo, one of China's top brokerages, plans to replace its president, securities industry sources said yesterday, amid a widening official crackdown on China's speculative markets. China Everbright Bank's Shanghai branch president Feng Guorong
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      295 16 Reuters [BOMBAY] The western Indian state of Maharashtra has said it is unable to pay US energy giant Enron Corp's 790 million rupees (5529.8 million) bill for supplying power to Bombay and other centres. "It is not that Maharashtra state does not
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      275 16 Ernst Young in tie-up with China firm HONGKONG Reuters INTERNATIONAL accounting firm Ernst Young said yesterday its Hongkong and China operations would merge with those of mainland China accounting firm Da Hua CPA. Ernst Young said seven senior Da Hua management members would join the new firm Ernst Young Da
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      2178 14  -  Despite its robust performance last year, China's growth prospects for 2001 and the next few years are still underscored by uncertainty, says JOHN WONG JOHN WONG Prof John Wong is research director of East Asian Institute CHINA ended 2000 with a strong 8 per cent economic growth,
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      80 15 projecteyeball. mm iMimn Imß*. M mm m BHH J m|| .J J$L jfe jh weak for you. Oysters, chocolates 4b and champagne, amongst other things, are known not just to Now, Angelica Project Eyeball is available only at Cold Storage, BP, Guardian, Borders, MPH, Tower Records, 7-Eleven, selected Times the
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      812 16 ESSE] Land Keppel Land Limited I (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) 1. UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2000 The Directors advise the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2000: GROUP COMPANY 2000 1999 2000 1999 SS'OOO
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      1098 17 But as it leaves its infancy and enters middle age, there are several major challenges facing the exchange Reuters THE "aq" in Nasdaq the automated-quotation system that ushered in a new class of highgrowth companies and grew to rival the monolithic New York Stock Exchange—just turned 30
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      549 18 LONDON Markets didn't react as the first rate cut in 20 months was widely anticipated Bloomberg THE Bank of England cut its key interest rate for the first time in 20 months, by a quarter of a point to 5.75
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      170 18 SEOUL DBS is said to be frontrunner, others are Citigroup and StanChart AFX-Asia KOREA Exchange Bank (KEB) has chosen DBS Group Holdings Ltd, Citigroup and Standard Chartered PLC as possible buyers of its 51 per cent controlling stake in Korea Exchange Bank Credit Service Co
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      357 18 NEW YORK Reuters TWO emerging market teams could not survive under the same roof after the merger that created JP Morgan Chase Co Inc, forcing the defection of two key strategists to rival Deutsche Bank. Joining Deutsche Bank are Jose Luis Daza,
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      415 18 LONDON Good results mainly dne to higher erode oil and natural gas prices Reuters REPORTING a 60 per cent jump in profits in the fourth quarter of last year, Royal Dutch/ Shell Group yesterday signalled the start of share buybacks that
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      513 19 ATLANTA 15 states which depend on sales, manufacturing taxes facing spending cuts NYT WITH a swiftness that has taken many governors by surprise, the sinking economy has sharply reduced state tax revenues in the last few weeks, forcing a growing number of states around
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      362 19 NEW YORK It appears productivity gains are highly cyclical FT ANOTHER pillar of the New Economy story is under threat. First the Internet stock bubble burst. Then the hopes of an end to business cycles were dashed by recent economic data
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      647 19 NEW YORK Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday said its second-quarter operating profits rose 7 per cent, beating Weill Street estimates, as the strength of video sales of "X Men" offset falling advertising revenues at its Fox television stations. The company
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      373 19 AMSTERDAM But company expects slower growth for some products in first half of 2001 Bloomberg ROYAL Philips Electronics NV, Europe's largest consum-er-electronics maker, said its fourth-quarter profit rose 46 per cent on higher sales of semiconductors. But the company forecast lower
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      27 18 Jmr ff% dfc gm Mfc Jfc a m AfUl- s%4i 4Ht< pLI J%#^J^ i m \T"*T"f &jl i jr^ IflfllHßßl poems by Singapore's foremost poet Arthur Yap
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      1315 18 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 ~i863 1298 B IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND JN THE MATTER OF CEKLIHY PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) NOTICE Of RESOLUTIONS At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at
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      238 19 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CHAPTER 50 AND KMP MALAYSIA INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Winding Up) NOTICE OF FINAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 308 of the Companies Act, Cap. 50 that a Final Meeting of the Members of the abovenamed Company will
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      1082 20  -  And breaking stereotypical images along the way Byi Corinne Kerk LOCAL writer Catherine Lim, Taiwanese director Ang Lee, and Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh these are just some of the people Rita Payne, editor of BBC World's Asia Today current affairs television programme,
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      998 20 NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No: 741 1298 I EAST OCEAN SEAFOOD RESTAURANT PTE LTD LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE The foMowtng ordinary share certificate has been reported lost or destroyed:Certificate No. In the name gf No of shares 12 Clwn CMh Sheng 5,000 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
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  • FINANCE & commodities
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      312 21  -  SGX Derivatives TndtagReport ST STpore Index Wong Ann Chuen SINGAPORE'S stock market rallied, spurred mainly by banks and the technology counters which ended a fiveday losing streak. At the close, the benchmark Straits Times Index was 39.69 points higher at 1,982.34. The MSCI
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      228 21  -  MSCX Taiwan Index Lau Chee Keong THE Taiwan stock market rebounded from its low and closed in positive territory yesterday after some electronics companies had reported better-than-expected sales figures. Strong profits reported by an industrial bank in Taiwan boosted the market further. The MSCI Taiwan
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      177 21 ENERGY REPORT Reuters [LONDON] Oil prices fell back slightly yesterday after motoring to fresh nine-week highs in a late Wednesday rally but remained robust amid a rosier demand picture for the United States, the world's largest energy guzzler. Falling US gasoline stocks and record
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      345 21 Reuters THE euro fell to one-week lows against the US dollar early yesterday morning as its failure to capitalise on upbeat German industrial output prompted traders to cut their holdings of the single currency. The US dollar held firm near two-week highs against the sterling, making its gains
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      2740 22 HONGKONG AFP □HmgSaig -140.07 HONGKONG share prices closed 0.9 per cent lower yesterday following losses on Nasdaq overnight sparked by Cisco System's weak secondquarter results, dealers said. The key Hang Seng Index lost 140.07 points to close at 15,909.40, on turnover of HK$7.2O
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      1073 22 Reuters n -&25 CHINA shares closed sharply lower yesterday for the fourth day in a row as worries intensified over a widening official crackdown on price rigging. Shenzhen's B Share Index fell 4.03 per cent or 5.25 points to 124.92 on turnover of HK564.59 million, up from HK533.55 million.
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      375 22 AFP UWP Index +650)2 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.1 per cent higher yesterday on bargain hunting after losses earlier this week, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 65.02 points to 5,758.60, following a 2.7 per cent decline in the previous session. Investors were interested in
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      2060 22 TOKYO AFP -227.78 P Nikkei 225 -227.78 TOKYO share prices slumped 1.7 per cent to end dangerously close to their post-bubble low yesterday, after fears of recession returned to haunt Japan and high-tech shares fell in New York. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei 225 Average
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      411 23 AFP AFX-Asia IPf Composite Index jj3 MALAYSIAN shares closed 1.3 per cent lower yesterday on extended selling amid a lack of leads, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 9.23 points to Finish at 719.87, while the Second Board
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      8809 23 INDUSTRIALS Cmsmmt predicts 2001 Last Vot Day Nat Cap HMi Low Company Sat* OOP Mqh Low P/E frnil 312 300 AJinomoto 312 17.1 126.5 45 30 Angkasa 35.5 -2 8 35.5 35 52 3 342 286 Apollo Food Hlg 338 unch 1 338 338 73 135-2 356 308 Asia File
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      282 24 AFP rl Composite Index +24J9 THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday gained 1.5 per cent or 24.19 points to close at 1,683.44. Volume rose to 1.12 billion shares worth 763.81 million pesos from 542.94 million shares worth 436.4 million pesos on Wednesday. —AFP m fit row) Abacus Construction
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      687 24 AFP El Composite Index -156 INDONESIAN share prices closed 0.8 per cent lower yesterday after two days of violent massive rallies by supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid in East Java, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite closed down 3.55 points at 440.78. Dealers said investor sentiment remained hostage
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      260 24 AFP QmSMO *13.08 NEW Zealand shares rose 0.7 per cent yesterday following the announcement of a takeover bid for the country's biggest winemaker Montana Group, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Capital Index closed up 13.08 points at 2,001.09, on total turnover of NZ$lOl.4B million. —AFP NM ■> CO—) Advantage MOS
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      553 24 AFP PmOrdiMriM ♦l&OO AUSTRALIAN shares closed 0.5 per cent higher yesterday, driven largely by a positive response to New Corp's quarterly results, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index closed 15.0 points higher at 3,277.8, while the SP/ASX2OO gained 17.3 points to 3,329.4. The All Industrials Index climbed 30.8 points
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      310 24 AFP F1 Composite Index *15^8 THE index yesterday closed up 15.38 points or 2.7 per cent at 591.57. Volume stood at 280 million shares worth 1.7 trillion won. —AFP F«*I mm Anam Semi 4315 125 Brain Tecti 555 unch Central Bank 170 uncfi Chell Conwn ***** 2000 Oat Gu
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      38 24 BizIT The Bangkok market was closed yesterday $26 bowls em over. ifjl V. iylllP Turn your trash into spare cash. Score a strike with Fastads for /K? ff l r as little as $26. Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166.
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  • PERSPECTIVE
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      Lock icon Keeping a relationship alive is hard work...
      723 28  -  the cuff It involves a lifetime of sensible emotional planning and regular tnne-ups whenever necessary, bat it doesn't call for total surrender on the woman's part to her husband jaime ee LAURA Doyle, where are you? I'm gonna hunt you down like a
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        Lock icon Surprise in the loot
        93 28 »H1V A woman who parked her car in a quiet corner of a local shopping centre carpark returned to a nasty shock—the car had been broken into, and a large black briefcase she had left on the rear seat was gone. But instead of making a
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        51 28 HOW appetising is this? These items were found on the menu in a restaurant in Poland: "Salad a firm's own make; limpid red beet soup with cheesy dumplings in the form of a finger; roasted duck let loose; beef rashers beaten up in the country people's
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        57 28 HERE'S another example of creative English, from a manufacturing company in China: "Facing the condition that the world resources are increasingly decreasing, we encourage using products of circulative use so as to reduce use of one-off polluting products." Circulative? No, the company wasn't selling circulating products, it
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      804 28  -  Bnt which colour to purchase? And is there any significance to the colours and size of the bonqnet? Here are some tips By] Ruth Cheng The contributor is a journalist with newasiawoman.com VALENTINE'S Day is as well-known for lovers as it is for the rose, a flower
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      208 28 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 29 fmMkf daring —J* called 7 The S jm g 0 mad make 25 Yank on a fiery beast (6) ™I? a merry (9) 26 Running water disturbing 30 Note the Right impose re- 8 The top man's style is what rest after midnight (6) striction(b) he'll be
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  • STYLE
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      Lock icon A new treat for shoppers
      1233 29  -  CEO Peter Husum tells commie here what's in store at the Raffles City Robinsons CORINNE KERK IT was the third day of the Lunar New Year, but parents were already out in full force, bargain hunting for sale items in the children's department on the
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      37 29 Cartier invites you to discover Cartier Creative Writing from the Art of Cartier Collection from now to Sunday, 11th February, 2001 Inkwell 1927 Cartier Cartier Boutique 581 Orchard Road, The Hilton Shopping Gallery #01-03 Tel: 235 0295
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      65 29 CARAN d ACHE OF SWITZERLAND LEMAN COLLECTION. MAKE YOUR MARK. cj *6 c <J Sole Distributor: SILVAROYAL PRIVATE LIMITED 207 Henderson Road #01-06 Singapore *****0 Caran d Ache corner and service centre. #03-10/11 WheeJock Place Tel: 238 6678 Caran d Ache is available at authorised departmental stores, major bookstores, speciality
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
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      Lock icon An all-too-familiar story
      577 30  -  CINEMA Everything about "The Wedding Planner' is so contrived that it becomes irritating to viewers By Parvathi Nayar THE Wedding Planner grossed US$l4 million (5524.4 million) on the opening weekend, topped the national box office, and set the record for second highest Superbowl weekend of all time.
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      511 30 See EL 7for listings Where to wine, dine and entertain..."-? Mksss Love is in the air. Seal your love for each other with a tender moment at the Grand Plaza Hotel. St Gregory's Brasserie A four-course candlelight set dinner will be specially prepared by our chefs. A rose stem and
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      86 30 I I iinsw *RS3S-J£ The Neptune Presents j Beijing Opera performance by members of the Pel Yan Ling Opera Arts Centre, Hebei 4, 10, 11, 17, 24, 25 February 2001 Tel: 224 3203/831 6288 ®H4b. a, O+mQm, fffl Mantiarut |Jj Singapore JL Wfiiil 333 Orchard Road, Singapore *****7. Tel: 737
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  • GOLF
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      Lock icon Tiger will be out of the woods soon
      973 31  -  VEMSREENiYASAM explains why it is premature to write the golfer off VEN SREENIVASAN Tiger woods' performance in this week's Buick Invitational at San Diego will be closely watched by millions of golf fans who had agonised as their hero struggled through six
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      Lock icon A belief he's right on track despite slump
      704 31 AP [SAN DIEGO] The real reason for what's been holding back Tiger Woods was finally revealed on Wednesday. It's the hair. He dyed it blond over the holidays and hasn't won since. That's all of three tournaments. "Maybe I need to dye
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      773 32  -  GOimnni here finds out what's different at the Fig Leaf besides its new, posher premises CORINNE KERK THREE years ago, a little restaurant called Fig Leaf opened in quiet Central Mall. Despite being neighbours with an assortment of failed restaurants and other businesses, it succeeded in
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      680 32  -  RESTAURANT By Corinne Kerk THERE are theories about the origins of Valentine's Day, but I have my own. One day, after all the wonderful festive (and feasting) seasons of Christmas, New Year and Lunar New Year, restaurateurs got together and wondered where
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    848 33 The Accidental Spy. Orphaned salesman Jackie Chan goes to Korea and Turkey and finds himself targeted by spies. Beach Rd, Lido, Balestier, Century, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong, Yangtze, Eastshore, Suntec, West Mall, Jubilee, Empress, Sun, ToaPayoh, Yishun, Bishan, Tiong Bahru, Boon Lay, Tampines, Plaza, Eastpoint, Princess. Another Life. The
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      2009 33 TODAY'S TV Ceiltml I irtMl 3-34 Search World's Best. Quirky office u^^° rdtoiUT d Gilts Pinkv Thp Rrain r ASIA. romance Inept kidnapper Ewan 10.30 Mrßenn UX> Asia Today. McGregor abducts rich Kids News. *2" po LLOO Magician. -6.00 Headlines. Picture Perfect, 7.30pm, brat Cameron Diaz. 1140 Diplodo (Ep 19).
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      265 33 RADIO Off The Shelf When We computers will equal the Were Orphans, by Kazoo power of the human brain, Ishignro, BBC, Fri, 9.45 am and will then overtake it. Is Anton Lesser reads this novel this natural evolution or is by Booker Prize-winning science out of control? author Kazuo Ishiguro.
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      1170 34  -  CORXNNE KERK is none the worse for wear after experiencing the strong winds of Wellington. She discovers that the New Zealand capital is not so staid after all; there's the lively arts and shopping scene, not forgetting the wildlife encounters for the more adventurous CORINNE KERK 1 SWEAR
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      437 34  -  By Corinne Kerk Qantas flies daily to Wellington via Sydney SO, famed Aussie chef, Neil Perry, is doing Qantas' business class meals, huh. Is it any different from the typical business class food where you're merely served with a bit more finesse, offered
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      250 35 Reuters THE Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shed 11 points to 1,461, the Baltic Panamas Index (BPI) fell 23 points to 1*560, the Baltic Handymax Index (BHD ®taed three points to 8,940 and the Baltic Capesize Index (BCI) was (town eight points to 1,830. ♦Alina-(built 1966) 179,000 dwt delivery
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      282 35 ■MWw Ml g M CWT Distribution 031 unch 0 Ctao Hup ,038 0.01 1705 Co*co investment—0.19 (LOI 202 Freight l**s 0.12 0.01 55 GSHoMngs 0-44 -0.05 19 IMC MoMings-MK 5.60 unch 0 Jays Holding* 0.16 0.01 SO KeppeiCorp 3.46 -0.02 1056 KeppeiFELS 1.06 -am 560 Keppei Marine 019
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      525 35  -  Neptune Dorado's class issuer is Lloyd's Register, its ISM certifier DNV By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The same classification society should be responsible for both a vessel's class and ISM (International Safety Management) certificate, says a leading classification society in the wake
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      651 35 AFP [KANDLA, India] Officials at Kandla, India's busiest port, are trying to get operations up and running again 11 days after the devastating earthquake that hit the state of Gujarat. "We have begun operations partially. We plan to begin flushing
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        72 35 AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] Modern Terminals Ltd said it handled over 3.0 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) at its container port fecility in Kwai Chung in 2000. It said the ff company is handling containers at an average working rate 0f396 moves per hour. This productivity
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        127 35 [LONDON] Hongkong-based shipmanager Anglo-Eastern is now offering ftill details of its ships, including technical and financial reports and photographs showing i vessel conditions for its 70-ship fleet, via its new online system. Anglo-Eastern chairman Peter Cremerssakb "We believe strongly in creating added value services for our
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        144 35 [LONDO.V] The European Sea Ports Organisation has elected David Whitehead as its new chairman, succeeding Jean-Marcel Pietri, who chaired the > association during the previous two years. Mr Whitehead Ist!* director ofthe British Perts Association, which Yv< represents 86 UK port authorities. Eels also
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      737 35  -  ADVBAUn OASBBOOK By Selva Kumar S expected, Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC) has been fined an unA 5400,000 follow■H ■BBing its guilty plea on Tuesday to causing serious environmental damage after its container vessel Bunga Teratai Satu ploughed into the
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        174 47 Feb 11 Japan: National Foundation Day. Feb 19 United States: Presidents Day. Fab 23 Brinei: National Day. Marl South Korea: Independence Movement Day. Mart Brunei: Hari Raya Haji. Indonesia: Idul Adha A.H. Malaysia: Hari Raya Haji. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Mar 17 Ireland: St. Patrick Day. United Kingdom:
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        747 47 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Marine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the market Prices shown are based on averagesued stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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        533 47 m Max 987.5 0J 15.9 0.06 65 0.03 frnstty Water *nt4m Art AHMddw U*m»A No above £25 0 0 1 0 0 0 %M/M" 380 *»e 984.9 0J 13.1 0.06 25 0.01 it/wi 380 "M 990.4 0.7 16.1 0.09 54 0.04 KWIT3 m/m M/M Em —No
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        403 48 Offer is nearly double AMR Corp's US£L5b for airline np for bankruptcy auction next month Bloomberg [SCOTTSDALE, Arizona], AMR Corp's US$3.5 billion (556.05 billion) offer for Trans World Airlines Inc will face a competing bid that is nearly double its size in
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        505 48 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] Proposed US airline mergers will harm competition, increase airport delays and reduce customer service, Continental Airlines Inc chairman Gordon Bethune told a Senate committee. "The proposed megamergers are bad for consumers, bad for communities and
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        441 48 European jetmAker wants Mitsui 4 Co to break Boeing's grip on JAL orders Bloomberg [TOKYOJ Airbus Industrie said it enlisted Japan's biggest trading company to help break rival Boeing Co's lock on sales to the country's biggest carrier, Japan Airlines Co. Mitsui
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