The Business Times, 12 February 2001

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  • 22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 028/12/2000 SiWvVf' V M m «T. 1 m Sr SINGAPORE Internet: hap://business-tiiries.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 2001
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  • 65 1 STOCK MARKET INDICES Wet* Change STL 1,973.37.. 4.28 SIMSCIFUTURES 253.00 +120 BT-SRJ *****. -€.20 KLSE COMP. 724.81 .-11.53 NIKKEI 13.422.83. -280.88 HANG SENG 15,873.28..„-198.61 SET INDEX. 324.72 -9.38 JAKARTA COMP 427.91 -24.07 MANILA COMP 1.695.59......+ 26.01 TAIPEI WPl 5,809.84. -239.42 SEOUL COMP 595.47 -13.01 CLSA CHINA B 1155.82
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  • 75 1 FOREX SATES USt St US$ (S$ per l'S$) 1.74ft £(US$/S$ per 1.446 2J81 EUROfUS$/SS/E) 0520 1.604 DM 2.127 I Jit YEN 111ft 86.80 RM im 2.178 HK$ 7.800 4.471 BAHT 4tft4 24.38 RUPIAH 9,590 M97 PRIME SATES SINGAPORE* hM KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA £9.00 BANGKOK 9.50 MANILA- 11.00 HONGKONG
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  • 654 1  -  From Andrew Marks in New York WHETHER the US economy will slide into a recession may not become clear for months to come, but equity investors have a more immediate problem: an "earnings recession" among listed US firms. Wall Street analysts say
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  • 540 1  -  nexclusive Total bond issuance this year could hit $18b, compared with last year's $14b Siow Li Sen [SINGAPORE] Not only is the Singapore dollar bond market expected to grow as much as 30 per cent this year, what's even more promising is
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  • 573 1  -  iexclusive By, Anna Teo [SINGAPORE] Amid a ratecutting trend last year, Singapore's 25.5 per cent corporate tax rate remains well below the global average of close to 34 per cent, KPMG's latest survey of corporate tax rates shows. Within the Asia-Pacific, corporate tax
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    • 298 1 1111 Wms >•&? r yfe r a f Alan Greenspan: back-seat and 1 rear-view mirror driver? INSIDE Top Stories Beng to be made bankrupt over $4.5 m mortgage repayment Next Page Clinton's speech a mistake, says Morgan Stanley chairman. Next Page Local listed companies becoming more open. Pg 3 Lehman
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    • 533 2  -  Loo Choon Beng fails to repay $4.5 m of a mortgage loan for his Olive Rd house By\ Conrad Raj [SINGAPORE] OCBC Bank has filed a petition to make former lawyer Loo Choon Beng a bankrupt for failing to repay some $4.52
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    • 957 2  -  comment ECONOMICS It could change the industry in Asia but it's not all unmitigated bad news vikram khanna IT'S probably safe to slash at least one percentage point off most growth forecasts for Asian economies in 2001 that were made earlier than this year. And the
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    • 273 2 Indon bank's survival hinges »n repayment of USsl.2sb lean Bloomberg [JAKARTA] Indonesia's Sinar Mas Group last week missed a deadline to repay part of the debt owed to PT Bank Internasional Indonesia (BII), the bank it once owned but which
      Bloomberg  -  273 words
    • 806 2 Its customers are outraged over reports Clinton was paid US$lOO,OOO for appearance NYT [WASHINGTON] The chairman of Morgan Stanley has told clients that the Wall Street investment company "clearly made a mistake" by having former President Bill Clinton speak at a conference
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 1337 3  -  Chartered sets the pace again, ST Engg takes No 2 spot; SGX, like many other firms, omitted a cashflow statement By\ Paul Thompson Paul Thompson is a Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. IF the first batch of company
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    • 265 3 Reuters SEMBCORP Marine, Singapore's largest shiprepairer, is expected to post a modest rise in 2000 earnings, boosted by gains from divestment of a small technology company. SembCorp Marine, a unit of government-linked SembCorp Industries with a market value of about $1.1 billion, is
      Reuters  -  265 words
    • 532 5  -  Salomon says they are more sensitive to lower rates; M'sia has worst outlook By. Andrea Tan PROPERTY stocks in Singapore and Hongkong are the most attractive in the region, thanks to their sensitivity to lower interest rates, Salomon Smith Barney (SSB) said
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    • 559 5 Investors are still concerned over competition here Bloomberg SEAN Quek's last visit to Parkway Holdings Ltd convinced the Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) senior analyst that Asia's largest healthcare company by market value is poised to turn the corner. Mr Quek
      Bloomberg  -  559 words
    • 353 5 Bloomberg KEPPEL Corp, Singapore's biggest diversified group, may report that profit rose 19.7 per cent last year, boosted by financial services and property. Profit from operations probably rose to $263.7 million, or 31.5 cents a share, from $220.3 million, or 25.8 cents
      Bloomberg; REUTERS; Source: Datastream, Salomon Smith Barney Inc exclusives  -  353 words
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  • SINGAPORE markets
    • Article, Illustration
      448 4 Source: JM Sassoon Stocks Volume Asia Food&Prop 178,660,000 Hyflux5c 117,487,000 PacificCenturylOc 79,642,000 Golden Agri US10c 78,671,000 Vickers Capital 25c 76,377,000 Cytech HK5c 69,805,000 MediaRing 10c 64,449,000 TPA 10c 63,263,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 62,570,000 El-Nets 1c 56,971,000 Stocks > Chart Semiconductor 26c 249,437,513 DBS Grp 192,909,514 DatacraftlOc 130,390,318 SPH 129,668,406 Omni Ind
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    • 204 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy MOST funds are reluctant to invest in property stocks these days given the poor outlook for the sector. Plagued by problems of oversupply and weak demand, earnings of property companies are not expected to be robust
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    • 681 4  -  Icomment STOCKS r. sivanithy IT'S fUnny how the mind can play tricks on you when confronted by rising prices. We're referring, of course, to that brief moment of insanity last Thursday when the Straits Times Index jumped 40 points, leading
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    • 286 4  -  HOT STOCK By Wong Wei Kong SHARES of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) fell on heavy volumes last Friday, after the exchange reported a sharp decline in profits. SGX shares closed 6 cents down at $1.27, after trading to a day high of $1.30 and a
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    • 128 4 KEPPEL Capital Holdings will go ex-dividend (final dividendof 6 cents) on June *****. Last day for buying-in on a cum basis is June 6 2001 and date payable June *****1. ♦NH CERAMICS has announced the resignation of Jane Wong Chun Hai as company secretary, and the appointment of
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    • 612 4 AFP [HONGKONG] Most Asia-Pacific currencies weakened slightly against the dollar last week, with a variety of mainly domestic reasons responsible for the falls. Japanese yen: The yen lost ground as the Bank of Japan lowered its official discount rate amid growing pressure on
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 1413 6  -  umu-I-I ba^s Your business is up and running. Christopher lai tells you how to handle the daily operations that will yield the profits you seek CHRISTOPHER LAI AT this stage, many entrepreneurs focus their attention on the profit centres, and tend to neglect the
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    • 319 6  -  By' Vince Chong A FREEHOLD property close to the Eunos MRT Station is being offered for sale by tender. The four-storey building, which sits on 17,261 square feet of land, has a total floor area of 41,258 sq ft. The building
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    • 342 6  -  I =1 on the economy fisc.il stimulus By. Anna Teo SOFTER exports will be a drag on the economy this year, but government spending will offset much of the Impact, says Nomura Singapore. It Is therefore sticking to Its gross domestic product (GDP) growth
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  • MAIL bag
    • 187 7  -  Ang Hwee Suan (Ms) Head, Public Relations for Chief Executive Officer Chief Planner Urban Redevelopment Authority I REFER to your commentary "Revision of business park guidelines long overdue" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 6). The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) carries out
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    • 375 7  -  Han Liang Yuan (Ms) Manager Media Relations Land Transport Authority I REFER to the letter "COE shouldn't be part of package" by S J Lim and "Keep car dealers out of COEs" by Alfred Lee (Mailbag, Feb 3). The Vehicle Quota System (VQS)
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    • 233 7  -  Kelly Wee Deputy Director Corporate Communications JTC Corporation I REFER to your commentary "Revision of business park guidelines long overdue" by Lee Han Shih (BT, Feb 6). In the last paragraph, it was stated that JTC had privatised its business park arm. We would
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  • MALAYSIA news
    • 457 8 KUALA LUMPUR It has hired investment banks to conduct studies of certain industries Reuters Bloomberg Bernama MALAYSIA'S aviation firm Naluri Bhd is eyeing investments in fast-growing industries following the sale of its 29.09 per cent stake in Malaysian Airline System (MAS), its chairman said
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    • 342 8 KUALA LUMPUR AFP THE family and lawyers of jailed Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim who could face partial paralysis without a speedy spinal operation said yesterday the government has set unreasonable conditions for treatment by a German specialist. The government on Saturday rejected calls for
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    • 337 8 KUALA LUMPUR Non-Malay parties, issues should be included, says DAP AP MALAYSIA'S main ethnic Chinese opposition party pressed Islamic ftindamentalist leaders yesterday to spurn Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's plan to call for ethnic Malays to unite at a landmark conference this
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 551 9  -  President Nathan discusses outlines of strategic partnership between S'pore, Vietnam From'. Harish Mehta in Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM is keen on moving the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) forward as it does not want to lag behind in the liberalisation taking place in
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    • 283 9 JAKARTA Reuters INDONESIA'S former ruling Golkar Party oil Saturday rebuffed a growing campaign for its dissolution, saying it was operating within the constitution. "There is no reason to outlaw Golkar. The party has done nothing against the constitution," party official Ekky Sjahruddin said. Supporters
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    • 192 9 BANGKOK Reuters TROOPS from Myanmar fired more than 10 mortar shells into a busy Thai border town yesterday killing two residents and wounding four, police in northern Thailand said. The incident, in Mae Sai district in Chiangrai province, followed gunfire and
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    • 397 9 BANGKOK Reuters AP THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said his Thai Rak Thai Party agreed to absorb a small political party, making his party the first in history to secure a simple parliamentary majority. Mr Thaksin told reporters that 14 members
      Reuters; AP  -  397 words
    • 703 11  -  l I comment HK STOCKS But there are rough gems In the China market for those brave enough audrey tan THE confusion was all too familiar. First, state-owned mainland company Travelsky Technology told investors here that it will have to surrender 10
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    • 674 11 MANILA Some congressmen say Estrada laundered money right under his nose AFP THE governor of the Philippine central bank is at the centre of a storm for allegedly sleeping on the job while deposed president Joseph Estrada laundered millions of dollars using
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    • 203 11 HONGKONG Bloomberg ING Groep NV wiU not cut jobs at the Asian unit of ING Barings as a direct consequence of selling the US arm of its investment bank, according to Hessel Lindenbergh, an executive board member of the largest Dutch financial
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    • 290 11 DHAKA Foreign assistance fails to help those it is targetting AFP ABOUT 75 per cent of Bangladesh's U5536.33 billion (5563.4 billion) worth of foreign aid received since its 1971 independence was plundered and failed to achieve its goal, a research paper published here
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    • 330 11 MANILA Bloomberg ANOTHER foreign bank is among a list of investors interested in buying a stake in Equitable PCI Bank, the Philippines' No 3 lender, the head of the nation's central bank said. "I heard there is a new foreign bank that is interested, but
      Bloomberg  -  330 words
    • 749 12 There are fears the effects of endemic corruption may reach the roots of the financial system AFP [SHANGHAl] TAKE one loss-making state-owned chicken farm, add a generous dollop of media hype, a sprinkling of false share trading and you had the recipe for
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    • 1098 12 I NOTICES To advertise call toll-free 1800-741 1883 Fax No. 741 ***** IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 AND IN THE MATTER OF PZB ASIA PTE LTD NOTICE OF SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS FOR MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY WINDING-UP (PURSUANT TO SECTION 290) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members
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    • 398 12 THE COMPANIES ACT, CAP. 50 HUB KTV 4 PUB PTE LTD (In Voluntary Wlnding-Up) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the abovenamed company held on the Bth day of February 2001, the following Special Resolution was duly passed:THAT the Company be wound up voluntarily pursuant to Section 290(1 )(b) of
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  • WORLD news
    • 691 13 He may have painted the Fed into a corner and become a slave to Wall St's expectations Reuters [NEW YORK] Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan looks at the economy in the rearview mirror, which is really not the smartest way to pilot the world's
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    • 514 13 Anecdotal evidence shows US economic sentiment improving slightly LATWP AFX-Asia [WASHINGTON] The same sort of anecdotal evidence that caused the Federal Reserve to cut its target for overnight interest rates by 50 basis points on Jan 3 has turned from seriously gloomy to at
      LATWP; AFX-Asia  -  514 words
    • 617 14 NEW YORK They number a mere 30,000 or so, just a third more than those found in the roundworm NYT OPENING a new era in human biology and medicine, two rival teams of scientists this week present their first interpretations of the human genome,
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    • 126 14 MUNICH AFP FORMER German tennis champion Boris Becker faces an income tax demand of up 50 million marks (Ss4l million), according to the latest issue of the weekly news magazine Focus. The financial demands are the latest to hit the former tennis star, who
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    • 441 14 WASHINGTON They say US in danger of losing trade leadership Reuters US business executives have urged the federal government to step up its efforts to negotiate new trade agreements, warning it risks losing 50 years of trade leadership to
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    • 516 14 SYDNEY AP PAULINE Hanson, a fish and chip shop owner turned far right firebrand, completed a stunning political comeback in the early hours yesterday with her racist One Nation party polling more than 9 per cent of votes in a
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    • 329 15 NEW YORK The pay, including USsB.7m cash bonus, is np 68% from '99 Bloomberg LEHMAN Brothers Holdings Inc paid chairman and chief executive Richard Fuld US$2B.3 million (5549.2 million) last year, up 68 per cent from 1999, after the securities firm's profit rose to
      Bloomberg  -  329 words
    • 640 15 LONDON Bat GM s&ys no decision has been taken on sale of DirecTV Reuters RUPERT Murdoch's move to take control of US satellite TV provider DirecTV has received an initial thumbs up from General Motors' board but a final deal will take
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    • 339 14 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT. CHAPTER 50 LES ARTS AND ANTIQUES PTE LTD MEMBERS' VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company convened and held at 302 Orchard Road #11-01, Tong Building, Singapore *****2 on 5 February 2001, the following resolutions were duly passed:1. SPECIALRESOLUTION-WMDMG-UP That
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  • FINANCE & commodities
    • 598 16 COMMODITY Weeklyßoundup AFP [LONDON] Oil prices touched US$3O for the first time in more than two months as speculative buying dominated a market that is starting to anticipate supply tightness again. Sporadic Iraqi exports have started to cause concern again, while bad
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    • 1938 16 SICOM FUTURES Feb 9 RUBBER (futures dostagm at SJOpm) RSS1 CONTRACTS cwtsAg) Close Volume Open Month High Low Sett (tonnes) Interest Mar 01 106.50 106.50 106.50 50 1350 Apr 01 109.00 600 May 01 111.50 600 Jun 01 113.00 600 RSS 3 CONTRACT (US cmU/M) Vofeinte Opm Month High Lew
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  • MARKET outlook
    • 289 17 HONGKONG Reuters HONGKONG investors are likely to pin their hopes on China shares and defensive utility issues this week as the outlook for the banking and telecoms sectors remains uncertain, analysts say. The Hang Seng Index ended down 0.23 per cent or
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    • 902 17 CI Svdnev -43.4 AUSTRALIAN shares are expected to move in a tight range in the near term with few leads other than earnings results, dealers said. "The US market is totally range-bound and will drift, so that means for us, the focus will totally be on earnings,"
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    • 492 17 NEW YORK Fond managers say Nasdaq could fall further before it rallies Bloomberg US stocks tumbled last week, even as a survey showed optimism about the stock market touched its highest level in 14 years. Investors say that's a sign stocks will have to
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    • 1542 17 QPirii -CLIO DOUR news for technology and telecom stocks and pessimistic signals from the United States undermined the Paris bourse last week, overshadowing strong gains In transport and engineering group Alstom. T he blue chip CAC-40 ended down 61.10, or 1.06 per cent, at 5,712.36 points, down
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    • 466 17 TOKYO Analysts expect step to draw investors to cheap bank stocks Reuters TOKYO stocks are likely to be bolstered by a Bank of Japan decision to cut the official discount rate in what traders regard as a symbolic, but psychologically important step
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    • 317 17 LONDON AFP THE London stock market fell back last week in trading dominated by an alarming slide In the share price of one of Britain's largest companies British Telecom. An Interest rate cut by the Bank of England on Thursday and more optimistic
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  • STOCKS klse
    • 438 18 AFP CI Composite Index -1L53 MALAYSIA'S stock market is expected to trade mixed this week with a downward bias, an analyst said on Friday. "The market is likely to continue mixed with a downward bias until some fresh leads emerge," said Victor Wan, senior analyst
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    • 9531 18 INDUSTRIALS Consumer products 2001 Last Vol Waak Nat Cap High Low Company Sal* 000 High Low P/E $mll 312 300 Ajinomoto 310 unch 16 "312 310 iTo 12 sT «S 30 Angkasa 37 -2.5 79 39.5 35 54.6 342 286 Apollo FoodHlg 338 6 8 342 334 7.3 1352 356
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    • 1206 19 BROiimS RECOMMENDATIONS Compiled by lYimark-I/B/E/S International Iru ifiSiSi rnuPANV NAUP FORECAST recommendations but not every stock is foftowed by all the 29 broker*. Their recom- COMPANY NAME THIS WEEK LAST WEEK EPS PE (times) mendations are placed on 1 to 5 points scale and averaged to produce a mean recommendation.
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    • 594 19 SGX Derivatives Trading Weeklyßoundup HAIL to the chief, the Fed chief that is. Fed chairman Alan Greenspan returns to Capital Hill tomorrow to give to the Senate his semi-annual policy report, formerly known as the HumphreyHawkins testimony. His comments are expected to set the stage
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    • 8564 20 SGX MAINBO ARD Week ended: Feb 9 2 W Lay 4 V* L*lt Quote tSv Dtv YM Not Cap Avg High Low Company Soto COOP) High Low Buyer SeHer C'vr P/t $m> Price MULTI-INDUSTRY '%s ™s 6 70 60 5 v 74 70.5 10 s Alia Food&Prop 12 *0.5 *****0
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    • 1016 22  -  Too much screen time kills creativity, sociability and motivation: experts By I Shelley Emling NYT MY five-year-old son, Christopher, is having a love affair with the computer. The two have become inseparable, except when Mean Mommy steps in to separate them. This is
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    • 102 23 r V A df 1 p■&&**** m jj k ro irn jyS acquisitions on top of BM3iiin3|PB strong organic growth, MVNpj|||M|lH as KENNETH JAMES finds Ollt. Pg 2 Kii7|Tj ®U7J) ITI roTVfl ■yl Microsoft* .net Wffoi 7 j iHHHEHHKttHHHHHHHHHMnHMMMHnHMBHnHM MMHnHMHHWWHMMMHHH«HM||^p| SHhHHHHJiPH «HH|HHBHHB^HHHHB^H^B Looking for a reliable IT solution provider? Just
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    • 940 24  -  exclusive That's 'A' as in 'top priority' and also as in 'acquisitions', as the group commits to expanding revenues four-fold to 500 million euros in three years By\ Kenneth James IT'S his first post-merger inspection of the troops, and Atos Origin's CEO Bernard
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    • 312 24 COMPOUND semiconductors are made of two or more elements selected for their specific properties, such as: Directly converting electricity to coherent light such as lasers. This is useful for lasers and LEDs (light-emitting diodes) applications compared to silicon-based materials. Very high index of refrac- tion and
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    • 506 24  -  By] Michael Brick NYT (AUSTIN, Texas] With computer chip orders falling and two rounds of job cuts already ordered in its wireless phone manufacturing operations, Motorola Inc said on Friday that it would reduce its semiconductor division's work force by up
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    • 139 24 Reuters [BANGALORE] India's booming software industry should outperform this year, boosted by strong earnings growth, according to broker WI Carr. Major cost advantages and a range of services offered by information technology (IT) firms will help them gain a higher proportion of IT spending,
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    • e Logistics
      • 865 25  -  I-11 exclusive IDC sees regional market (excluding Japan) rising to USsss7m by 2004 from about USs222m last year- Singapore seen accounting for USs44m in SCM software licences by 2004, compared to USs2om this vear By David Mok THE market for SCM (supply chain management) software
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      • 346 25  -  Intenti&'s solution dne to make its debut here this year By: Raju Chellam SWEDEN-BASED e-collabo-ration firm, Intentia Asia-Pa-cific, is ready with what it claims is the world's first 100 per cent Java-based enterprise application that radically increases the efficiency at all levels in a company's business
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    • 696 26  -  •i I exclusive It will also launch its video-streaming service which allows transmission of broadband content to a user's computer on Davnet's network By Andrew Wee THE Singapore arm of Aus-tralia-based Davnet Ltd, a facilitiesbased telecorns licensee, plans to wire up 60
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    • ITTAKES
      • 50 26 INNOMEDIA, a homegrown Internet telephony provider, has tied up with two ISPs in Mexico —Protel and Via Net. Works Mexico. InnoMedia will provide the companies with its VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) gateway products that enable them to offer Internet telephony services to their corporate clients.
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      • 47 26 SINGAPORE-BASED eGlobal Technology Services, which invests in software companies entering the Asia-Pacific market, has formed a joint venture with Delano Technology Corp, a Canada-based CRM (customer relationship management) solutions provider. Under the deal, Delano will open offices in the Asia-Pacific region, including Singapore.
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      • 63 26 SINGAPORE-BASED Ingram Micro Asia Ltd, a subsidiary of IT products wholesale provider Ingram Micro Inc, has tied up with Interact Commerce Corp, a US-based relationship management software provider. Ingram Micro Asia will distribute Interact Commerce's ACT!, an entry level CRM software that targets personal users,
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      • 38 26 A FORUM on "After the dot com bust: turnaround tools for i-business success" will be held on Thursday at the Merchant Court Hotel. It is organised by landl Asia (Internet Information). For details e-mail laychintan&iandiasia.com.
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      • 37 26  -  Compiled by Siew Yaw Hoong A WEB seminar on "Close the loop between your contact centre and website" will be held on Friday. It is organised by Genesys and Broadvision. For details, visit www.genesyslab.com/webinar.
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    • 761 27  -  111 comment INFOTECH The storage Industry will cross In gross global revenues by 2004, from under USs2B.4b In 1909, growing at 12% a year between now and then raju chellam The writer is BizlT Editor THE soaring growth of the Internet and the ever-increasing
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    • 842 29  -  Metal hit 13-year high last month at US$645 an ounce By\ Sara Marani Reuters [LONDON] The ever-expand-ing drive for greater memory within ever-smaller spaces in computers is raising demand for platinum as a vital component in hard disks despite the highest
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    • 284 29 AFP FRENCH computer group Bull announced last Friday that it had agreed to sell its smart card business to the French-US group Schlumberger for 350 million euros ($561.1 million). Bull, in severe financial difficulties, had said it was hoping to earn 300
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    • ONTHESHELF
      • 71 29 EPSON Singapore has launched its EMP-8150 projector, which features the EasyMP.net technology that lets users transfer files to the projector by slotting in a PC card or via a LAN. This eliminates the need for a PC —as well as video compatibility issues, Epson said. It
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      • 65 29 HEWLETT-PACKARD Company has unveiled the Omnißook 500, a lightweight notebook PC that is about one inch thick, weighs 1.6 kg, runs on a Pentium 111 600 MHz processor, and comes with 128 MB RAM, 10 GB hard disk, 12.1-inch screen, 8 MB video RAM, 56k modem,
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      • 72 29 DELL Computer has launched the GXISOSF, which it said is "Dell's smallest OptiPlex desktop computer ever". It comes with a Legacy Select control that lets IT managers enable or disable any combination of parallel ports, serial ports, and CD-ROM and floppy drives to provide the right
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      • 132 29  -  Compiled by! Siew Yaw Hoong THE Computer Systems Division of Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd has launched two new series of laptops. For details, visit www.toshiba-acmea.com: ♦Satellite 2800 series: The high-end model in this series weighs 3.2 kg and comes with 16 MB GeForce2 Go graphics controller,
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    • 660 29  -  SAYhfl We're now moving Into the phase of Enriched Mobile Internet where Information Is expressly tailored to be personal, location, and time-specific charles cousins The writer is Asia-Pacific regional director of Psion Pic PICTURE this: two friends, independently visiting Suntec City, are simultaneously alerted to
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    • 735 30  -  Lawsuit says IBM supplied data-processing technology it knew would facilitate genocide Byl Barnaby J Feder NYT [NEW YORK] LAWYERS who have represented victims of Nazi oppression in successful lawsuits against European banks, insurers and manufacturing companies over the past five years have turned their
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    • 317 30 Investors desert bellwether as Orange float deflates Reuters [LONDON] Shares in mobile phone giant Vodafone fell to their lowest close in nearly two years on Friday, underscoring negative sentiment around Britain's biggest stock and the world's largest mobile phone company. As investors deserted the
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    • 253 30 Bloomberg [PALO ALTO, California] Hewlett-Packard Co, the No 2 computer maker, said it's recalling potentially unsafe power distribution units after discovering faults that could cause an electric shock. The PDUs resemble rectangular power strips with multiple outlets and are sold to businesses
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    • 591 31  -  l-H exclusive It will offer S'pore companies a dedicated offshore software development facility in New Delhi Tang Weng Fai Singapore-based fec infosystems Pte Ltd aims to double its revenues every year for the next few years from its Singapore operations by offering its corporate customers
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    • 517 31  -  By Shelly Emling Love signals YOU could call it the ultimate safe sex. Australian inventor Dominic Choy wants to swap real sex for the virtual. He's applied for a patent for "lifelike" robots covered with fake skin that react to signals transported via
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    • DOT com
      • 807 32  -  The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore wants the Republic to be among the top three in the world and the first in Asia in e-commerce infrastructure. Raju Chellam finds out just how Raju Chellam THE vision is vivid to develop Singapore into a
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        • 51 32 SING APORE-based online directory, eGuide Singapore Pte Ltd, has tied up with BeXcom Southeast Asia Pte Ltd, an e-commerce solutions provider, to launch eGuide Marketplace. This online marketplace for SMEs lets users perform sourcing, quote requests, order placement, order fulfillment, invoicing and payment functions. For details, visit
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        • 62 32 HOMEGROWN Internet technologies firm, WizOffice.com Ltd, said its distribution and retailing arm, WizOffice International, has taken over the distributorship of Compro computer products in Singapore for manufacturer ACS Innovations International Pte Ltd. Compro's PC and peripherals' range reported $20.8 million in revenues last year, WizOffice said.
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        • 47 32 BUZZCITY has launched Mobile Club, an SMS service that lets companies target their marketing programmes to specific consumers by sending them SMS messages on their handphones. Users can sign up with various companies by sending SMS messages to Buzz City. For details, visit http://motMe.buzzcity.com.
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        • 60 32 NOKIA and Visa International have teamed up to provide a payment service that lets consumers make purchases using WAP-enabled handphones. The service will use Nokia's network and platform solutions, and will be available to Visa cardholders in the Asia-Pacific region. The pilot programme will debut in
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        • 46 32 CNET Networks Inc has unveiled a new online ad format which it hopes will improve the click-through rate for web banners. The new ads feature various tabs that will display detailed information when users click on them For a demo, check out www.cnetcreatives.com/newadstory/index.htm.
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        • 45 32 WEB VISIONS Pte Ltd, a web-hosting firm, said it will host the website of AXN, an action network under Sony Pictures Entertainment at www.axn-asia.com. Webvisions will also host AXN's India and Taiwan websites, which will be launched in 02 this year.
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        • 73 32 RADICCHIO, a consortium of secure wireless e-commerce companies—including Smart Trust, Gemplus, Ericsson, EDS. Vodafone, MasterCard, and Visa—has tied up with mSign, a consortium of mobile digital signature firms, including Brokat, Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, Bank of Tokyo, Mitsubishi and Hewlett-Packard. The two will jointly develop a standard
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        • 42 32 COMMUNIC ASIA2OOI. a four-day exhibition on the info-communications industry, will be held from June 19 at the Singapore Expo. The mega-event will include four specialist conferences—Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications, eßiz2ool, NetworkAsia2ool. and MobileCommAsia2ool. For details, visit www.communicasia.com.
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        • 96 32  -  Compiled by! Siew Yaw Hoong ABOUT 73 per cent of companies are outsourcing or planning to outsource various business processes in their companies, according to Clientßeps.com, an India-based firm that provides customer services to websites. Hie results were gathered from a recent survey ofl,ooo visitors
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    • 242 30 BOnce again, today has arrived. And it brings with it the same meetings, the same problems, and, in many cases, the same solutions. Unfortunately, many of those same solutions aren't working. Because business has been transformed by the little twentysomethings with a website and a warehouse in their garage is
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    • 278 33 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young FOLLOWING recent speculation, the Osprey products tanker fleet is now reported to be sold. Despite competition from various quarters, it is understood that Stelmar has concluded the purchase of the bulk of the fleet, 10 ships at about U*****.5 million. The other 3
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    • 296 33 MR <• 8 V- <W CWT Distribution 031 -0.01 S ChuanHup 0X7 -0.01 354 Cosco Investment 0.10 -0.01 689 Freight Links —0.12 -041 130 G8 Holdings OAS 004 36 IMC HoMngs-HK —5.60 unctl 0 Jaya Holdings 0.15 -O.OI 215 KappolCorp 344 -0.02 457 Kappa* FCLS 1X6 unch 181
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    • 435 33 Middle East route expansion will boost Thai carrier's revenue by 10% this year Reuters [BANGKOK] Thai shipping company Regional Container Lines pic said it expected revenue growth to slow in 2001, but it would still be up 10 per cent on last year due to
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    • 374 33  -  By] Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] A major maritime law conference opens today in Singapore, marking only the second time in its 104-year history that it has been held in Asia. The 37th Comite Maritime International (CMI) is on from today through Friday, focusing on
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    • 261 33 There's little sign of quick settlement with barge operators Reuters [HONGKONG] Truck drivers kept up a blockade outside Hongkong's main container terminal yesterday in protest against a new handling fee, with little sign of a settlement in sight. About 200 container
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    • 64 33 [WAIKIKI, Hawaii] Coast Guard members aid survivors from the Japanese trawler Ehime Maru off llfeboatsfollowing a collision with the USS Greenville, offWaikikl As the search intensified in choppy seas off the coast ofHawaii for nine missing Japanese, investigators on Saturday focused on whether the nuclear powered
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    • 196 33 AFP [DUNKIRK, France] The French government has ordered an investigation into a Singapore-registered oil tanker which ran aground at the entrance to the French Channel port of Dunkirk on Saturday. The tanker was safely refloated and brought back to port early
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    • 831 34  -  LINER SCENE By David Hughes LAST Thursday, the 23,000 tonnes of gasoline from the 29,500 dwt products tanker Castor was transferred, at sea, to another tanker, the 29,998dwt Yapi. The Castor still had to be taken to a safe haven but
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    • 307 34 PACE Ahrenkiel 12 Appenship 5 Asia OCl n Assets 5 Austral 6 Avant 12 B'tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTL 12 5 Bangladesh tl Batamindo tl CCHI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 i Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China Shpg
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    • 20454 40 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES PagG 8 EXPORT MOflDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 200" ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'lvoire 21/02 30/03 Setramar VILLE DE SAGITTA 363W 65-*****33 21/02 31/03 COSCO EMPRESS PHOENIX 0099W 65-*****00 21/02 03/04 ZIM/Seth ZIM EILATI 12W
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      • 612 45 Vtssel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jaroag Port Ni Kos N 1 JB 22/01/18:25 01/02/5:30 "ego Lomftok 016/01 JOS 28/01/4:15 09/02/430 LaDroy 162 MR16 J13 30/01/12:15 09/02/1030 Bunga 2301 133 JT7 07/02/17:10 08/02/630 H «1 Jn 08/02/7:50 15/02/730 Avocetarrow 19 JI7 08/02/1530 11/02/1830 King Glory 2101-2 J12 08/02/1635
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      • 1867 45 RECEIVING OF EXPORT FCl CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Booklng/BalMce Rstls Ship VoyNo Etb/Btr Ptftod From To From ACX OAHUA 03* 13/2tOO U IVBOO tl/1659 n/HOO ivhoo n/*» n/noc n/1700 12/0451 12/0900 a tl/1700 12/0*51 12/0900 J 12/0700 12/059 12/1400 12/1200 12/M59 12/T700 AJAMA 012$ 13/21:00 1A V500 1VNM
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      • 201 45 Feb 10 United States: Presidents Day. Feb 23 Brinei: National Day. Marl South Korea: Independence Movement Day. liar 6 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: St.Patrick's Day. Mar 20 Japan: Vernal
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      • 788 45 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 averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and the individual
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      • 668 46 Loss of subsidies, market conditions forcing straggling carriers to face np to crisis Reuters [LONDON] As industries worldwide consolidate and rationalise, European aviation is struggling to rid itself of unprofitable state airlines, hangovers from an age when only jobs and national prestige seemed to
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      • 401 46 Bloomberg [SYDNEY] Australian regulators vetoed Sydney Airports Corp's request to raise fees as much as 130 per cent, a decision that may crimp proceeds of the country's largest announced asset sale this year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will let the
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      • 98 46 [SEATTLE] An artist's conception of a blended wing-body aircraft (BWB), provided by Boeing. Boeing engineers are working on an 800-seat airliner with wings that blend smoothly into the fuselage instead ofprotrudingfrom its sides. The so-called blended wing-body aircraft would fly at the same speed and altitude
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      • 562 46 Boeing expects supeijumbo plane to be launched this year Reuters [SEATTLE] Despite losing the first several rounds in the fight to sell a new generation of superjumbo jets, Boeing Co officials still say their 747 X will fly by 2005, reeling in
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      • 390 46 Bloomberg [BANGALORE, India] India will need an additional 380 passenger planes worth US$24 billion (*****.2 billion) over the next 20 years to meet growing demand, said Suvendoo Ray, president of the Indian unit of Boeing Co. "We see the possibility of new upstarts
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