The Business Times, 23 March 2001

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    14 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 S INGAPORE Internet: http://business-times.asial.com.sg/ FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 2001
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    79 1 □«I MBlB2 (-44.48) nBT-8U mm 182.73 (-21.62) w doiez hjtuies MSOJO (-53.00) CI ansa FUTURES mm 2H22 (-5.41) STOCK MABKET INDICES Thursday Change KLSE OOMP 669.4t__4.7l NIKKEI 226 12J63J7 249.97 HAHGSENG 12*21.86 -***** BET INDEX ***** -1.80 JAKARTA COUP ***** -U9 MANILA OOMP —1.46&23 -Ml TAIPEI WPI 5,730.96
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    73 1 FOBEX BATES ust St USSfSSpcrUSS) 1.784 £<US&'S$per£)—1.428 im om \m DM 1188 1524 YEN 123.7 6940 3-800 11* HKI 7.739 4J71 BART 4418 24.876 KJP1AH ***** 1^91 *SS to too units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 6.88 KUALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 19.00 BANGKOK J 50 MANILA 11.00 HONGKONG &50 TAIPEI 7.84
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    Lock icon Li gives thumbs up to S'pore property market
    421 1  -  NowaS'porePß, HK tycoon denies plan to cnt back HK investments From Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong HONGKONG tycoon Li Kashing and his son Victor have given Singapore and its property market the thumbs up. Replying to queries from BT yesterday, Mr Li,
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    Lock icon Setback for plans to have big floor-plate building at Marina
    727 1  -  Snch buildings supposed to be a plus for financial sector By, Andrea Tan [SINGAPORE] The government's hope of having a mega office building with a floor plate of up to 102,000 sq ft is on hold, judging by initial plans
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    Lock icon CyberWorks confirms Richard Li did not graduate from Stanford
    505 1  -  He «u In Stanford bat left before completing bis degree From J Audrey Tan in Hongkong PACIFIC Century CyberWorks executive chairman Richard Li and his father, tycoon Li Ka-shing, found themselves answering awkward questions yesterday on whether the younger Li was,
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    Lock icon Dow, Tokyo falls drag Asian stocks lower
    726 1  -  Prom, Anthony Rowley in Tokyo TOKYO stock prices yesterday gave up some of the dramatic gains they made on Wednesday in reaction to the Bank of Japan's latest monetary easing. Continuing sharp falls on Wall Street which also dragged other Asian markets lower
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    Lock icon Dow plunges into bear territory
    55 1 Reuters [NEW YORK] The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunges into bear territory in early morning trading yesterday, becoming the last of the major indexes to fall over 20 per cent off its high. The index dropped 257.22 points, or 2.71 per cent, to 9,229.78 marking
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      76 1 DBBPB Executive Lifestyle KHHH WW Em How independent jewellers are holding up. EL cover story f BT Comment Lee Han Shih: Why sell only 55% of Raffles City? Pg 4 Top Stories HaHm Saad heading south to develop Prolink. Pg 13 Shareholders sue Amazon.com for misleading them. Pg 19 Boeing
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      15 1 Regional market* see sellers dominate, Pg 3 Money market* signal they want ratecut, Pg 3
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      49 1 C W■% r\ f. i A t~ h L j TOWN CLUB Conrad Raj pieces together the elements of the Raffles Tov\n Club case m' m m "u "V ■IH I i T r 1• v THE CtG SPEAKS y A Clinton adviser on the US economic bust Batt
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      Lock icon Foot-and-mouth seen taking big toll on UK economy
      619 2  -  Think tank warns growth could fall 1% to nnder 2%; exports, tonrism hit badly From Neil Behrmann in London THE foot-and-mouth disease crisis could slash British economic growth by one per cent this year, bringing it to below 2 per cent, economists
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      Lock icon Thai economic package may not be big enough
      441 2  -  Analysts say a 70-80b baht package will be too small to stimulate growth From] Harish Mehta in Bangkok THAILAND'S economic package, likely to be worth 70-80 billion baht (SS2.B-3.2 billion), is too small to have much impact in stimulating demand, boost exports
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    • ON THE grapevine
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        Lock icon Not venturing there
        104 2 THANKS, but no thanks, says Keppel Capital Holdings to private equity and venture capital (PE/VC) investments. It told BT that it has stayed away because "PE/VC business refers to the business of investing in companies that show potential for high growth and rewarding the investors with high
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        Lock icon Online trading floored
        67 2 GOLDMAN Sachs this week gave up its four floor traders on the Singapore Exchange, following a decision to go fully electronic. But for two days this week, online trading of index futures has been hit by a system malfunction and the exchange had to switch to traditional
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        Lock icon Savvy guesses
        59 2 LAST weekend. The Business Times asked readers in an online poll the following question: How much of a cut in interest rates do you think the Fed will announce on Tuesday? From the votes, it looks like most of our readers are pretty savvy: 75 basis points: 27%
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      149 2 STi SiMSCI Futures r i With STI and SiMSCI futures, you can take full advantage of any price movements of the Singapore stock market. As we all know, you can make a profit when the market goes up, (a bullish market) but with futures trading you can also profit when
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  • MARKET chill
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      Lock icon Regional markets see sellers dominate
      426 3  -  Sliding US, Japan stocks and a weakening yen worry investors By\ R Sivanithy (SINGAPORE) Japan's inability to hold on to its previous day's gains and a plunge on Wall Street on Wednesday brought sellers out across the region yesterday, with losses running as high as
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      Lock icon Money markets signal they want ¼-point rate cut in April
      754 3 Bids for one-year certificates of deposit fall 12 basis points to 452% Bloomberg [NEW YORK] As soon as the Federal Reserve dropped rates a half point to 5 per cent on Tuesday, money market traders and investors sent a signal
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  • SINGAPORE companies
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      Lock icon Keppel TatLee Finance warrant explodes to 20.5¢
      444 4  -  Overseas Union Trust shares, warrants surge on renewed privatisation hopes By I Siow Li Sen AS expected, the warrants of Keppel Tat Lee Finance burst into life yesterday, zooming to 20.5 cents from just one cent on Wednesday. At the same time, the
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      Lock icon Financial reforms in line with int'l practices
      513 4  -  Hove crucial to keep abreast of industry trends experts. By Angela Tan THE financial reforms proposed in the Monetary Authority of Singapore's consultative paper are in line with practices in major financial markets and are crucial to keep abreast of industry trends, experts
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      Lock icon Why sell only 55% of Raffles City?
      709 4  -  locksiew lee han shih NIEXT Wednesday, shareholders of Raffles Holdings are to vote whether they should grant its directors a mandate to sell a stake in the $1.8 billion Raffles City, the company's biggest and most profitable asset. News of the sale itself
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      Lock icon SingTel, Belgacom in cooperation deal
      494 5  -  They will tap each other's international network to boost services for their respective customers By' Teh Hooi Ling SINGAPORE Telecom and Belgacom, the leading telecommunications operator in Belgium, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly exploit the growth potential of telecoms markets in
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      Lock icon DelGro earnings rise 12.9% as revenue tops $1b
      462 5  -  SBS profit surges 16.2% to $53.7 m on fare revision By i Christopher Tan TRANSPORT group DelGro Corp posted a 12.9 per cent rise in net earnings to $75.1 million for the year ended Dec 31, 2000, as higher contributions all round
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      Lock icon SingTel refutes Vodafone charge of funding inadequacy
      674 5 [SINGAPORE/SYDNEY] The battle for Cable Wireless Optus hotted up yesterday with Vodafone Group raising doubts whether rival bidder Singapore Telecommunications Ltd can fund the Australian firm's future capital needs. And Sing Tel was quick to debunk the claims. Both Vodafone, the world's largest
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      Lock icon Investment properties help lift Allgreen earnings
      315 5  -  By Ven Sreenivasan STRONG contributions from investment properties helped listed Allgreen Properties chalk up net earnings growth of 5 per cent to $102.04 million for the year ended Dec 31 2000. The improved earnings came despite a 10.4 per cent drop in turnover to
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      Lock icon Trek International profit trebles to $7.9m
      380 7  -  Group aims for half of revenue from compression products By. Andrew Wee ENGINEERING solutions provider Trek 2000 International yesterday reported a trebling in net profit to $7.9 million for the year ended Dec 31,2000 and said it was aiming for current interim profits to
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        Lock icon Hong Leong Asia widens losses
        112 7 THE decline in the Singapore construction sector, coupled with falling demand and higher prices of materials, resulted in Hong Leong Asia extending its loss to $15.06 million last year, from $2.07 million in FY1999. The bigger loss was on a 14.2 per cent fall in
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        Lock icon HTL poets better earnings of $8.2m
        55 7 Reuters FURNITURE maker HTL International said FY2OOO net profit rose to $8.2 million, from $8.05 million in 1999. Turnover increased to $153.15 million from $129.54 million. The improved performance was due to the rationalisation of production facilities. The company expects this year's performance to
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        Lock icon Singatronics' profit dives 49%
        83 7 SINGATRONICS' 2000 earnings dived 49 per cent to $6.7 million, despite a 33 per cent increase in turnover to $73.48 million. It attributed the lower profit to increased interest expense of $2.5 million; higher depreciation of fixed assets and amortisation of deferred expenditure; smaller gains from
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      Lock icon Asiatravel.com gets Sesdaq listing nod
      457 7  -  Hy Liew Hanqing ASIATRAVEL.com Holdings said yesterday it has received in-principle approval to list on Sesdaq. And chief executive officer Boh Tuang Poh is confident the US slowdown won't hurt the company's prospects even though America accounts for about 60 per cent of its business.
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      Lock icon Labroy full-year profit falls 5% to $23m
      265 8 Bloomberg LABROY Marine Ltd said profit fell 5.3 per cent last year because of competition and higher repair and maintenance costs. Net income fell to $22.5 million, or 2.34 cents a share, from $23.7 million, or 2.47 cents a share, in the previous
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      Lock icon Higher PCB sales hoist Gul Tech earnings
      327 8  -  Profit np 9% to $l&5m; group sees difficult current year By 1 Trina Foo MAINBOARD-LISTED Gul Technologies Singapore yesterday posted a net profit of $20.2 million, up 9.2 per cent from $18.5 million in 1999. Its net profit growth was fuelled by increased
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      Lock icon Go with wafer foundries and DRAM players, says Daiwa
      434 8  -  Chip stocks may firm by Jnne after the industry recovers By. Andrew Wee SHARES of strong wafer foundries, such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, and DRAM companies are the best bets to ride the recovery of the depressed semiconductor industry, according to
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      Lock icon MIT suffers 81% earnings plunge to $1.2m
      282 8 MAINBOARD-LISTED Manufacturing Integration Technology yesterday posted an 81.7 per cent fall in its full-year net profit to $1.2 million. Turnover rose 23.8 per cent to $47.1 million. Earnings per share fell 86 per cent to 55 cent, while net tangible assets per share
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      Lock icon KepCap wrt worth monitoring
      172 6  -  WARRANT WATCH By] R Sivanithy AN interesting thing happened yesterday. While Keppel Capital's shares lost eight cents at $2.19, its warrants didn't budge from 26 cents. Why this should be so is unknown. It could simply be lack of retail interest in this largely non-volatile instrument.
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      Lock icon SingTel seen trading sideways
      251 6  -  HOT STOCK By ien Sreenivasan THE stock of Singapore Telecommunications (Sing Tel) is going through one of its roughest patches in more than a year. The counter a regular on the actives list in recent weeks slipped a cent to $2.39 yesterday. A total of 5.4
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      Lock icon STI falls below 1,700 as Tokyo pulls back, Wall St tumbles
      604 6  -  m comment STOCKS r. sivanithy ANOTHER weak day on Wall Street and the Japanese market's slide back into the red brought out sellers across the region yesterday and sent the Straits Times Index stumbling below 1,700 points. Led by
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      Lock icon Wall St fall overnight finds US$ safest refuge
      544 6  -  I-I I comment CURRENCIES A$ retests all-time low of 49 US cents, Korean won leads Asian units' losses larry wee ANOTHER sharp fall in US stocks overnight spilled red ink across Asian bourses yesterday, and again the US dollar came up trumps
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      322 6 Stocks Volume Frontline 5c 31,660,000 Tee Intni 8c 19,763,000 PacificCenturylOc 11,660,000 Vickers Capital 25c 10,961,000 Lankom US2c 10,278,000 Integra 5c 10,060,000 GES Intl Ltd 20c 9,451,000 SGXlc 7,312,000 OUB 7,125,000 KepTLFin W*****3 6,840,000 Stocks DBSGrp 107,841,139 OCBC 59,137,974 OUB 46,296,000 Chart Semiconductor 26c 30,612,500 VentureMfg25c 27,602,705 SIA 19,914,500 UOB 19,447,472
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    Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
    2824 6 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Manager's prices (Ss): Mar 23 Aberdeen Asset Mgt Asia Ltd Aberdeen Select Portfolio: Global MNCFd 0.716 0.753 Global Technology Fd'** 0 598 0.629 UK Blue Chip Fd!** 0.731 0.769 American Opport Fd 0.790 0.831 Cont Euro Eqty Fd!"* 1.028 1.080 Japan EqtyFd!** 1.156 1.215 Asian Fixed Income
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      726 8 <a» ALLGREEN PROPERTIES LIMITED (Incorporated n the Republic of Singapore) The Board of Directors wishes to announce the following unaudited results of the Company and of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2000: 2000 1999 2000 1999 1 RESULTS FOC THE YEA* ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2000 S$ o
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  • FIGHT club
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      Lock icon The saga of Raffles Town Club
      1401 9  -  An expensive gamble that paid off, buddies falling out and some $300 million at stake. comrad raj pieces together the elements of the ongoing Raffles Town Club case thus far. CONRAD RAJ THE fight for control of the Raffles Town Club could well be
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  • SINGAPORE news
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      Lock icon Foreign firms have strong presence in economy: DOS
      591 10  -  They account for 60% of companies' total assets and 42% of total profits By 1 Eugene Low FOREIGN companies mainly multinational corporations have built up a substantial presence here, accounting for almost 60 per cent of the corporate sector's total assets and
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      Lock icon SingTel, KepCorp strongest contenders for Nets stake
      343 10  -  By- Angela Tan SINGAPORE Telecommunications Ltd (Sing Tel) and Keppel Corp have emerged as the two strongest bidders for a stake of up to 40 per cent in Nets or Network for Electronic Transfers, sources said yesterday. They said the two conglomerates have
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      Lock icon Goh sees scope for stronger ties with Hungary
      376 10  -  Two-way trade with Hungary totalled USs3Bom last year From Chuang Peck Ming in Budapest SINGAPORE and Hungary may be radically different historically and culturally, but they share an economic outlook that offers a strong basis for business cooperation, says Prime Minister Goh
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      Lock icon Clarifications
      59 10 In a graphic that accompanied the article, "Why credit quality is crucial for insurers" (Executive Money, March 21), the investment yield numbers for Prudential Assurance Co were incorrect. Standard Poor's has clarified that the correct numbers are: For the year ended Dec 31,1999,11.7 per cent; 1998,15.7 per cent; 1997,16.0
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      Lock icon Life sciences research to be better coordinated
      417 10 Council to set np 3 sections to boost interaction among scientists, decide focus TO better coordinate public-sector research in human life sciences, the Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) aims to boost interaction between scientists in Singapore's universities and research institutes, says BMRC executive director
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      Lock icon Building of US$112m Asahi Kasei plant starts
      247 10 ASAHI Kasei Plastics Singapore yesterday broke ground for a US$ll2 million (Ssl99 million) plant on Jurong Island to produce a raw material for the production of polyphenylene ether (PPE) and modified PPE resin. PPE resin is a tough plastic used in electronic, electrical
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      Lock icon Aussie don criticises S'pore bilateral FTAs
      350 10  -  From Anthony Rowley in Tokyo AN Australian academic yesterday assailed what he called the "rash of proposals for regional trading arrangements in Asia", accusing Singapore of jeopardising the Asean Free Trade Area (Afta) and of "trying to escape from its neighbourhood" through such agreements
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      Lock icon MCL Land tops bids for Choa Chu Kang site
      680 11  -  $181 psf ppr offer leaves 30% buffer against current selling prices By) Kalpana Rashiwala MCL Land yesterday pipped Far East Organization by just 2 per cent per cent to emerge as the top bidder for a 99-year leasehold condominium site opposite
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      Lock icon SRS unlikely to affect savings rate
      281 11 I=l4=l on the economy savings WILL the new Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) raise the already-high 55 per cent national savings rate, and hence affect consumption? Morgan Stanley Dean Witter's Singapore economist reckons not. The introduction of the SRS adds a third channel of savings
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      Lock icon US urged to ease foreign ownership caps for carriers
      414 11  -  By i Conrad Raj SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) chief executive Cheong Choong Kong has called on the US to relax foreign ownership restrictions on its airlines, saying they stifle growth, innovation and improvements in standards. "The US is a champion of globalisation
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      Lock icon Robinson's shining example
      394 11  -  MAI LI Narayana Narayana Singapore via Internet I REFER to your article "M&S stores are Robinson's most profitable ops" by Kalpana Rashiwala (BT, March 20). From a shareholder's point of view, the mosf pleasing feature of Robinson's half-year report must be that "chairman Michael Wong Pakshong reiterated
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      105 11 A SEMINAR ON LIFE SCIENCES essential legal issues FEATURING A Singapore Educationalist in Bio-Medical Science AND SPEAKERS FROM Drew Napier Marks Clerk, European Patent Attorneys biotech life sciences developments patent issues in Europe for the pharmaceutical biotech industries patenting life sciences in Singapore enforcing your patent rights corporate issues tax
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  • EDITORIAL & opinion
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      Lock icon In praise of mongrel capitalism
      782 12  -  mum bottom line OPINION leon hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent ADOLF Hitler, who led Nazi Germany during its war against the Allied powers, told his close aides after declaring war against the United States in 1941 that he was confident there was one
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      100 12 The fish are biting in that area and it has been a tough year for them so far, so they are staying.' Wayne Hdktila of the Western Fishboat Owners Association, staying put in the area of the South Pacific where Russia plans to crash the Mir space
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      Lock icon Time for 'Reg FD' in Singapore?
      599 12 EDITORIAL NO one can dispute that in a deregulated market, timely and full disclosure of relevant company information will help investors make informed decisions. So Singapore's move to establish a dis-closure-based regime is welcome indeed. For too long, Singapore's investors have relied on tips
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      Lock icon Making an insurance hub
      1427 12  -  The challenge for IRAS and tax professionals is applying existing tax principles to the rapidly evolving range of financial products w Yip Yoke Har The writer is a tax principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers. The views expressed here are her own. A YEAR AGO, the government announced its
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      Lock icon WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      767 12 Analyse thia TWENTY years ago, investment analysis was a respectable, if rather dull, trade. Accountants, actuaries and other worthy citizens would be found in the dustier corners of the stockbroker's office working out the production costs of cement or the number of no-fault auto claims in
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  • MALAYSIA news
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      Lock icon Up to 6,000 job losses expected: report
      272 13 KUALA LUMPUR AFP UP to 6,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics sector are expected to be retrenched this year following a slowdown in the US economy, a report said yesterday. But the situation was under control and not likely to adversely affect the country,
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      Lock icon Halim Saad heading south to develop Prolink
      474 13 KUALA LUMPUR Tycoon says his main task is to enhance developer's valne for eventual listing MALAYSIAN businessman Halim Saad will shift his attention to Prolink Development the owner of a prime tract of land near the Second Link connecting Malaysia and Singapore following
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      Lock icon Halim cites SingTel bid in rejection of market value
      298 13 KUALA LUMPUR HALIM Saad, who quit his post as Time dot Com managing director last night, has pooh-poohed the current low market valuation of the company, saying that Singapore Telecommunications was willing to pay a lot more for a substantial stake
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      Lock icon Robert Kuok's son steps down from Pelangi
      355 13  -  Exclusive Bnt the family will maintain substantial stake in company From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur THE second son of Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok has stepped down from Pelangi Bhd, but the family will maintain its substantial stake in the listed property developer
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      Lock icon Rashid Hussain to woo Utama Banking
      453 14  -  Move seen as attempt to placate KL, retain control of banking empire From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN banker Rashid Hussain has offered to merge his RHB Bank with Utama Banking Group in a surprise move which is seen as an attempt to
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      Lock icon Multi-Purpose's universal broker plan in limbo
      386 14  -  Company fails to get shareholder nod to bny Leong L Co From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur MULTI-Purpose Holdings Bhd's (MPHB) plan to become a universal broker in Malaysia may be dashed following an unexpected rebuff by the majority of the company's shareholders yesterday.
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      Lock icon 4 questioned over racial hate e-mail
      171 14 KUALA LUMPUR AP POLICE said yesterday they are questioning four people who sent or received Internet e-mails which appeared aimed at inciting racial violence, as fresh attacks on four people raised fears that Malaysia's worst ethnic violence in three decades is not ended. Nik
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      Lock icon PNB to up investment in M'sian stocks?
      280 14 KUALA LUMPUR Reuters MALAYSIA'S largest staterun fund manager Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) said yesterday it would keep or even raise its investments in Malaysian equities despite the market being in doldrums. PNB currently accounts for 10 per cent of market capitalisation on the
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      728 16  -  Sharp falls dne to massive extraordinary gain from sale of Orange in previous year Fromi Quak Hiang Whai in Hongkong LI Ka-shing's Cheung Kong (Holdings) and associate Hutchison Whampoa Limited yesterday reported sharply lower net earnings for last year with the two conglomerates recording
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      272 16 JAKARTA ITALIAN luxury sportscar maker Ferrari has opened a dealership in Indonesia, one of the world's poorest countries and home to some of its most impenetrable traffic jams. "We didn't come here to sell more cars, because we don't need to, honestly," Ferrari regional
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      440 16  -  Seventies dive 60% as property sales fall sharply From, Audrey Tan in Hongkong LEE Shau-Kee's Henderson Land Development yesterday reported that its after-tax profits more than halved in the six months ended December to HK$2.l billion (*****.3 million) from HK54.46 billion as a result
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        87 16 AFP [JAKARTA] A former head of the state oil and gas firm Pertamina, Faisal Abda'oe, has been detained over a corruption case related to a son of former president Suharto, a staff member at the attorney general's office said yesterday. Abda'oe has been
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        70 16 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Shangri-La Hotels Ltd said its profit rose 15 per cent in 2000 as the improving regional economy helped the company fill more rooms at higher rates. It announced net earnings were US$77 million, or 3.48 cents a share, for the year through
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        89 16 Reuters [MANILA] San Miguel Corp said yesterday it was suing its Spanish partner Campofrio Alimentacion S.A. for reneging on an agreement to buy out its stake in their 50-50 joint venture. San Miguel, in a statement to the Philippine Stock Exchange, said it has asked the
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        67 16 Reuters [NEW DELHI] India said on Wednesday it would sell its stakes in three stand-alone refineries to two other state-owned oil firms, reaping 13_2 billion rupees (***** million) to meet its disinvestment target. Petroleum Minister Ram Naik told a news conference that India would sell
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        74 16 Bloomberg [HONGKONG] Wharf (Holdings) Ltd said it sold its 26.7 per cent stake in Cross-Harbor (Holdings) Ltd, which owns a tunnel under Hongkong's harbour, to Prestige Properties Holdings Ltd for HK5614.1 million (Ssl4o million). Wharf, which invests in property, ports and phone services, said in a
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        68 16 Reuters [JAKARTA] Indonesia's trade surplus will be about US$25 billion (Ss44 billion) this year, narrowing from U5528.47 billion in 2000 because of a slowing global economy, a Reuters poll of 10 research houses shows. All analysts agreed the international economic downturn would be the main
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      547 17 SHANGHAI Hove will affect 6 companies which have been in the red for at least 3 years Reuters CHINA will delist companies if they fail to deliver a workable turnaround plan after forecasting their fourth or more year losses for 2000,
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      385 17 NEW DELHI Reuters, AFP INDIA'S capital markets watchdog The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) will overhaul the board at Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) to tackle the payment crisis at the exchange, and crack down on unofficial carry-forward trading to
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      230 17 HONGKONG AFP BRITAIN'S banking giant HSBC Holdings pic has warned its employees of the likelihood of an exodus of smaller depositors next month, apparently because of plans to increase fees and charges, a report said Wednesday. HSBC bank's employees have been asked
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      397 17 JAKARTA Restructuring proposal to be discussed with financial advisers soon Bloomberg INDONESIA'S Sinar Mas said yesterday it expected to draw up a debt restructuring proposal in one month for troubled unit Asia Pulp Paper (APP), in what could become the largest
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      463 19 SEATTLE They claim it was tardy about news of its stakes in other online businesses Bloomberg AMAZON.COM Inc misled shareholders about the profitability of the No 1 online bookseller's investments in other online businesses to pump up Amazon's share price, investors allege in securities
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      330 19 WASHINGTON AFP THE slowing US economy has put a damper on the need for special visas for high-technol-ogy workers, immigration officials reported. A report this week by the Immigration and Naturalization Service said US firms requested 16,000 of the H-1B visas
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        84 19 Reuters [LAS VEGAS] Verizon Wireless, the biggest mobile telephone company in the US, is seeking to delay forking over US$B.B billion (5515.7 billion) to the federal government for wireless licences it won in January until legal challenges have been resolved, it counsel said
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        84 19 Reuters [TOKYO] Japan's No 2 telecoms firm DDI Corp, better known as KDDI, yesterday said it plans to spend about one trillion yen (5514.4 billion) in the next five years to deploy third-generation (3G) mobile phone services. Toshio Okihashi, KDDI's managing director
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        100 19 Bloomberg [TOKYO] Softbank Financial Corp, a unit of Softbank Corp, will team up with Shinsei Bank to start offering discount housing loans in April, aiming to gain a share of a market that's worth 171 trillion yen (552.5 trillion). Goodloan Co, Softbank Finance's mortgage subsidiary,
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      222 19 NEW YORK Reuters A COMPUTER hacking group claimed responsibility for defacing the websites of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation and the Associated Press early on Wednesday, forcing AP to shut down its site for a nearly two-hour clean-up. A hacker broke into the AP site
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      146 19 REDMOND, Washington Reuters SOFTWARE giant Microsoft Corp on Wednesday unveiled its answer to growing concerns about personal privacy on the Internet. The company said Internet Explorer 6, a new version of its Web browser software due out later this year, will include technology
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      266 19 SAN FRANCISCO Judge to decide damages in suit over fraudulent transfer of site AFP IN a domain-name battle over one of the most lucrative sites on the Internet, a California judge this week will examine a report to see just how much sex dotcom, that
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      383 19 AUSTIN. Texas Four-year contract covers chips, liquid crystal displays, disk drives Bloomberg DELL Computer Corp, the No 1 US per-sonal-computer maker, agreed to pay an estimated US$l6 billion (5528.4 billion) for parts from South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co to ensure supplies for four
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      77 19 [HANOVER] A model showing Nokia's new mobile phone 9210 Communicator prior to its launch at the CeBIT2OOI computer fair here. The 9210 has colour display and multi-media software. The world's largest computer fair opened its doors to the public yesterday. Reuters An eye on Ceßit:
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      144 19 CENTREPOINT PROPERTIES LIMITED (Incorporated with limited liability in Singapore) NOTICE OF PURCHASE Purchase of 5575,000,000 7.125 Per Cent Secured Bonds Due 2003 Of Centrepoint Properties Limited (the "Bonds") NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the exercise by Centrepoint Properties Limited (the "Company") of its option under Condition 6(B) of the terms
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      Lock icon Bye bye Boeing!
      691 20 SEATTLE Airplane maker flies out of Seattle hometown in search of new corporate headquarters as world's biggest aerospace concern LATWP IN a stunning blow to its hometown, Boeing Co is moving its corporate headquarters out of Seattle, where the company had grown from a fledgling wooden airplane
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      639 20 MSEATTLE Its aspirations as a global city have always been linked to the aerospace giant Reuters LATWP, THEY tried to put the best face on it. Boeing isn't really leaving, said the city that's been joined at the hip with the aerospace
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      398 21 Procter Gamble to slash an additional 9,600 jobs CINCINNATI This in addition to 7,800 announced earlier; total 15J8% cnt in work force Reuters CONSUMER products giant Procter Gamble Co said yesterday it plans to cut an additional 9,600 jobs, or 9 per cent of its global work force, adding to
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      439 21 Bloomberg [WASHINGTON] The US index of leading economic indicators fell in February for the eighth time in the last 10 months, suggesting the economy is still teetering on the brink of recession, an industry survey showed. The Conference Board's index, a gauge
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      587 21 NEW YORK Fed chairman speaks to A 1 Gore's journalism class Reuters FEDERAL Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan taught a seminar at Columbia University journalism school on Wednesday that ranged from personal recollections to financial reporting and lofty economic theories that sometimes went over the
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      444 21 SEOUL Reuters THE Hyundai Group kept the will of its late founder a closely guarded secret yesterday but the one donation revealed was for the group's cashstrapped parent company. Chung Ju Yung died in hospital on Wednesday aged 85 of complications from pneumonia.
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      281 21 SAN FRANCISCO It's trying to cope with reduced investor activity and declining client assets Bloomberg CHARLES Schwab Corp, which expanded at record pace during the US stock market's 1990s boom, said it would cut as many as 3,400 jobs to cope with reduced
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      336 22 WASHINGTON Staff can get new options when older ones become worthless Bloomberg THE Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is making it easier for companies to give employees new stock options with lower "strike" prices when older, higher priced options have become worthless. Many
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      257 22 NEW YORK SEC mailing allowing funds to kick ont short-term investors Reuters US regulators are considering giving mutual fund companies the green light to kick out investors who dart in and out of their funds, a Securities and Exchange Commission spokesman said Wednesday. Fund
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      89 22 AFP [LONDON] UK-BASED RoboScience yesterday launched what it claims to be the world's most powerful, most advanced and largest autonomous legged robot for sale to date. RoboDog, developed by technical director Nick Wirth, will be available later this month for between 24,000 euros (5538,700) and
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      725 22 Investment banks see underwriting revenues drop dramatically, while" investors lose bundle Reuters [NEW YORK] THE enterprise value method of pricing new companies that was in vogue last year went against everything Edmund Cashman had learned in more than 40 years of following stocks, and now
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      253 23  -  SGX Derivatives Trading Report ST Index/MSCX SPpore Index Wong Ann Chuen Refco (Singapore) Pte Ltd THE Singapore stock market ended at fresh two-year lows yesterday, mirroring Wall Street's crash and a fall in the Hongkong market to its 17month trough. The benchmark Straits Times Index
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      237 23  -  MSCI Taiwan lodes Refco Singapore THE Taiwan stock market surged up on hopes that Taiwan's central bank will cut interest rate following the US Federal Reserve's half percentage point cut earlier this week. The MSCI Taiwan stock index gained 4.69 points, or 1.84 per cent
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      238 23 Reuters London THE US dollar hit 22-month highs against the yen and three-month highs against European currencies yesterday, rising on the relative appeal of the US against a backdrop of concern about slowing global growth and falling stocks. Worries about euro zone growth were reignited by a weak
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      2939 24 HONGKONG Reuters n Han* Sen* -***** HONGKONG'S key blue chips slumped yesterday with a sharp fall on Wall Street overnight stoking concerns over the territory's vulnerability to a global economic slowdown. The key Hang Seng Index ended down 4.05 per
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      2114 24 TOKYO AFP Q Nikkei 225 -249.97 SHARE prices in Tokyo fell back 1.9 per cent yesterday as investors took profits on a meteoric rally of the day before sparked by the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) return to zero rates, brokers said. The Tokyo Stock
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      1098 24 Reuters Shenzhen B Index +3L89 CHINA'S B shares closed up sharply yesterday, with Shenzhen surging nearly their 10 per cent limit as liquidity from local investors and Hongkong poured into the hard currency markets, brokers said. The B share market was also growing more speculative since Beijing allowed locals
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      372 24 AFP QWP Index ♦107.53 TAIWAN share prices closed 1.9 per cent higher yesterday on strong buying of technology stocks despite heavy losses on Wall Street, dealers said. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index rose 107.53 points to 5,730.95, on turnover of NT5116.78 billion. Buying of microchip stocks led
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      400 25 AFP CI Composite Index -3.75 MALAYSIAN shares closed 0.6 per cent lower yesterday amid selective play on index linked stocks, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index fell 3.75 points to finish at 669.49, off a low 0f654.67. The Second Board Index
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      313 26 AFP ["I Composite Index -5j54 SOUTH Korean share prices fell one per cent yesterday on foreign program selling. The Composite Index closed down 5.54 points at 527.05. AFP ■Mr 22 AnamSemi 3705 -195 Brwn Tecfl 565 -15 Central Bank 170 0 Chad Comm *****0 0 Dm Cu Bank 1340
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      293 26 AFP n Composite Index -&33 PHILIPPINE share prices dipped 0.3 per cent yesterday on continued weakness of regional markets and losses on Wall Street. The Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index shed 5.33 points to close at 1,466.23. Turnover was 340.32 million shares worth 420.18 million pesos AFP —a n»
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      260 26 AFP gHSE-40 -SM» NEW Zealand stocks fell 2.7 per cent yesterday on following the overnight plunge on US and European markets, dealers said. The NZSE-40 Index was down 55.69 points to 2,033.83 on turnover of NZ$l5O million. Prices plunged sharply in late trading. AFP —a IB r«oo) Advantaga MDS
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      538 26 AFP nAJOrtoaries -344 THE Australian sharemarket closed at its lowest level in three months yesterday, falling 1.1 per cent despite a buoyant local resources sector, brokers said. The All Ordinaries Index slipped 34.6 points to 3,135.8 while the SP/ASX2OO ended 36.5 points lower at 3,188.8 points. National turnover was
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      751 26 AFP set Index -LBO THE Thai stock market dropped 0.6 per cent yesterday in line with major overseas markets after moving sideways in quiet trade. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Composite Index edged down 1.80 points to close at 289.42, and the SET 50 Index was off 0.09
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      744 26 AFP Q Composite Index -&90 INDONESIAN share prices closed 1.6 per cent lower yesterday, led by telecommunications and tobacco blue chips as political concerns kept overall sentiment weak, dealers said. The Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index was down by 5.90 points at 363.18. The market was also pressured by
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      1567 28  -  One of the key architects of the great US economic prosperity of the 1990s talks to VEKRAM KHANNA about how and why it went downhill VIKRAM KHANNA OU never really know until after the fact," says Laura d'Andrea Tyson, when asked if the
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      1787 29  -  Despite the expanding presence of well-known names like Lee Hwa and Soo Kee, smaller establishments are holding their own by offering original designs, gheab ui-hook talks to some jewellery designers whose unique pieces have found favour with a growing clientele CHEAH UI-HOON IN the past decade, several jewellery
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        737 30  -  !«]aa the cuff Given our Singaporean tendency to look at the ends rather than the means, how will Khoo Swee Chiow's aborted mission to climb the North Pole be seen on home ground? jaime ee I DON'T know much about frostbite I did get my fingers
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        461 30  -  Company changing its name by April in line with plans to go international By Cheah Ui-Hoon WHILE Singapore might not feature prominently now in the world jewellery market, at least one homegrown jeweller is going all out to change that. Lee Hwa chief executive Koh
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        1245 31  -  '...if s to stimulate the palate, your intellect, all harmoniously telling you the story on your plate'. Adelaide-based chef Cheong Liew tells oeoffret eu what his multi-cultural cooking style is all about GEOFFREY EU WAY before "fusion food" ever became a
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        346 31  -  By Geoffrey Eu AND we do mean the entire evening, folks. Be prepared to spend something north of four hours for a full-fledged dinner. It appears the restaurant holds the quaint notion that a special and unforgettable meal here should entail lengthy periods between courses.
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        594 32  -  CINEMA 'Billy Elliot' is primarily about dance bnt it also deals with social issues in a lighthe&rted, convincing manner By Geoffrey Eu NOW that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon has well and truly refuted the theory that subtitles are a distracting barrier to mainstream
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        632 32  -  CINEMA 'Remember The Titans' will please everyone who eqjoys a simple, old-fashioned, if unabashedly sappy tale By Geoffrey Eu ON a superficial level, Remember The Titans may seem to be marginal entertainment at best, being as it is about the hard-to-relate-to, albeit true, story of a
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        961 33  -  Who will be grabbing glory at Oscars 2001? obopprbtbu hazards some guesses GEOFFREY EU THERE'S a kind of hush all over the movie world tonight. Actors, producers and directors are taking a collective deep breath and bracing themselves for the stretch run of the race for honours
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        1265 33  -  Most evidence of its health benefits comes from lab and animal studies, but the results of human studies have been inconsistent By, Jane Brody NYT YEARS ago, the only place you were likely to find green tea was in an Asian restaurant.
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        1181 34  -  What started off as a hobby has become a business venture for Lai Choi Kuen. She can now hold her own in the male-dominated field of Chinese antiques but at the same time is in a class of her own when it comes to
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      736 35 Almost Famous. Cameron Crowe's tale of a 1970s band on concert tour, complete with groupies and amateur reporter. R(A). Orchard, Golden, Beach Rd, Suntec, Lido, Balestier, Plaza. Billy Elliott. British tale of a miner's son who wants to dance. Orchard, Causeway. Lido, Balestier, Century, Jurong, Bugis, Suntec, West Mall,
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      118 35 Cathay Org Cathay 338-3400 Eastshore 346-1816 Orchard 235-8386 Picturehouse 338-3400 Yangtze 223-7529 Eng Wah Empress 777-5867 JuWiee 454 164U Mandarin 292-9401 Marina 338-9719 Whilesands 585-1782 Qoldan Village 1900-912-1234 332-6098 for group bookings wheelchair facilities Bishan Boon Lay Marina TampinesS fiongBahru Yishun Movie Clementi/CoVvealtti 777-0669 Golden/New Town 296-5466
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        1496 36  -  Uno 7EO explores the corner of Italy's southern coast fabled among lovers, film and literary glitteratti, and discovers, like John Steinbeck did in 1953, 'a dream place that isn't quite real when you are there and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone' LING YEO E'RE
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        540 36  -  By Trina Foo Rediscover Australia FIND a new reason to Rediscover Australia on your next vacation. The Australian Tourism Commission's latest campaign aims to lure Singaporeans back Down Under, with itineraries designed to take the tourist off the beaten track. So what can one look forward to, besides
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      199 30 UKYFTIC CROSSWORD French town I name (7) 26 How one might have acted guilty of it (10) spicy relish (7) with forethought (14) 7 Entered headland another 20 Not in favour of the Spanish way for sewer's require- doctor, it's material (6) 1 Eager to know about rare If' 3
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      8 31 1 GA-T.S. Buy It. Sell It. Find It.
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      132 31 I TAKE YOUR GUESTS TO AFRICA FOR LUNCH Invite them to sample Crocodile, Ostrich, Venison, Buffalo <4 other African delicacies. Pair the food with any of our award winning South African wines from Bellingham, Klein Constantia and Kanonkop wine estates. Impress with good food, great wines and fantastic ambience. Chef
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      77 31 CARAN d ACHE OF SWITZERLAND ECRIDOR COLLECTION "V j MAKE YOUR MARK yVSS -C u CJ -C u T? c u I Sole Distributor: SILVAROYAL PRIVATE LIMITED 207 Henderson Road »0 I -06 Singapore I ***** i Carari d'Ache corner and service centre aO3-l0 I I Wheelock Place Tel 238
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      294 32 Where to wine, dine and HH^ Life's little temptations just got a little more... tempting It's a sweet dream come true for pastry lovers as our Pastry Chef serves up many exquisite works of art to tempt even the most discerning palate in town. Try them today. You'll be tempted
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      321 32 See EL 7for listings Relax and enjoy a long lunch with a wide variety of Oriental and Western dishes as well as tempting desserts. Served every Saturday and Sunday, from 12 noon to 4.30pm at $24 per adult and 40% less for children. For reservations, please call 432 5567 Pncts
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      15 32 See EL 7for listings You will find it all here al Wine, Dine and Entertain.
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      468 34 r i V I N U M FINE WINE MERCHANTS I As one of the Far East's leading fine wine merchants, jji we are looking for discreet, motivated individuals to join us in our business expansion. M The posts requirements are as follows: I I Good Command/Expression of the English
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      2197 35 TODAY'S TV RECOMMENDED VUjWIKQ Owtoal g y 4 I 'l BWTBMPI Asia. 9.00 AM Kids Central: Blue's ?'y .ifr-Tr £A A ASyHu Asia Today/Regional SDOtlifiht 011 Naked Gun 21/2: The mo BftK Tree House. U0 Mr J Smell of Fear, 7.30pm, 10.00 Pres- ket Report. Leslie Nielsen is back as
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      256 37 f stx -JHMHi »a i$ w CWTDtstributton—0.46 002 S < ChuanHup 033 -OOI 445 Caaco invMtmant—0.18 unch 432 FrtfgMUNtak—__009 unch 151 68 iw<*na» 0.43 unch 0 IMCHoMnfS'HK—5.60 uacti 0 fl r!f?V 0.97 0.0* ISO W MNW Marina 0.15 -0.01 1603 SfSBevlWne 029 -0.01 15* ST*"- SS 343? *<p258um*,_!_£»
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      404 37 Revised policy raises questions about Hutchison's mainland expansion plans Reuters [HONGKONG] China has decided to bar foreign investors from taking controlling stakes in future port and infrastructure projects, a Shenzhen port official said, raising questions about Hutchison Whampoa's mainland expansion plans.
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      182 37 [SINGAPORE] A wide swath of the south Pacific ocean has been reportedly designated off-limits to shipping with the re-entry of the Russian space station Mir at about 3pm today. The Russian Aviation and Space Agency is aiming to bring Mir or rather,
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        732 38  -  ADMIRALTY CASEBOOK By I Selva Kumar UNDER the UK's Marine Insurance Act 1906, an insurer can deny liability for any loss due to unseaworthiness of a vessel if the vessel was sent to sea in an unseaworthy condition. In
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        134 38 [LONDONJ Giant container shipping line P&O Nedlloyd is likely to be spun off, through a "reverse listing" using Royal Nedlloyd, within a few months following excellent trading results for last year. Dutch company Nedlloyd is particularly keen to see the flotation go ahead
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        85 38 [LONDON] Italian shipping line and Evergreen subsidiary Lloyd Triestino (LT) is phasing out its direct service to and from West Africa. "After careful evaluation of the market situation, the company has decided to rationalise these services," LT said in a statement. From the
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      293 38 PACE Atirenfciel 12 Appenstwp 5 AsiaOCL T1 Assets S Austral 6 Avant 12 B tang Mas 6 BSA 7 BTl 12 Bataji Shpg 5 Bangladesh n Batamindo tl CCNI 7 CMACGM 3 COSCO 3 COCOS 5 CSAV 3 Central Ex 6 Chahaya 12 Cho Yang 5 China
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      17171 44 THEBUSINESSTIMES THEBUSINESSTIMES Pa 9 e 8 EXPORT FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 200" ETA ETA Advertiser Vessel Voyage Telephone SIN Dest'n Name Name Number Number To ABIDJAN (ABJ) 2003 Cote D'I voir* 03/04 03/05 MOL P&O NED DURBAN 7502A 65 *****(6 04/04 12/05 COSCO MOPE 0027* 65-*****00 05/04 14/05 ZIM/Seth
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        693 49 Vessel Voy No Berth Arrival Departure Jnr»m Part Empress Uy 301 J07 22/03/2 45 2V03/M00 Fairttft Oh Apr JO 22/03/6:15 24/03/6:30 Bt Dm Jaya ***** J01 22/03/8:30 22/03/13:00 Bt Jaya Raya ***** J01 22/03/8:10 22/03/2040 Bt Jayaraya3 ***** J01 22/03/8:15 22/03/2040 Bintan Mutya Ot-Mar J02 22/03/5:50 22/03/2340 SandKlewa
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        1975 49 RECEIVING Of EXPORT Fa CONTAINERS AND LCL CARGO Book kq/Balance Rstls Ship Voy No Etb/Btr Period From To From A r MOEUXR KM 23/0«1 2V1500 2VIW4 a tvtno 22/oist 22/0900 a 21/irao 22Ams9 22/0100 I 22/0700 22/W59 22/MOO AC Hit VII m 21/MO MM MM 2VH00 2* 21/1700
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        196 49 Mar 28 Brunei: Hurah. Indonesia: Awal Muharram. Malaysia: Awal Muharram. Mar 29 Taiwan: Youth Day. Apr 1 Australia: Good Friday. Argentina: Good Friday. Apr 12 Argentina: Maundy Thursday. Denmark: Maundy Thursday. Mexico: Holy Thursday. Apr 13 Mexico. Good Friday. New Zealand: Good Friday. Canada: Good Friday. Denmark: Good
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        792 49 THIS report, compiled by Cockett Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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        560 49 C«rto« I 180 Mai 985 4 2J 13.8 0.28 74 0.04 H"« PmltT NtMx Art AfcwHHw "o above E25 0 1 0 1 0 0 %H/H 380 Ave 985.5 0J 12.6 0.07 23 0.01 bam 380 Mm 990.6 0.8 14.3 0.09 46 0.03 M/W3 »M/M ww
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        578 50 COMPLETION OP INCHON AIRPORT Construction minister one of high-profile victims of troubled USss.4b project: reports AFP [INCHON, South Korea] President Kim DaeJung vowed yesterday that South Korea's new international airport would be the most competitive in Asia, amid reports that the construction
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        355 50 Reuters [BANGKOK] Shares in Thai Airways International firmed yesterday after all board members offered their resignations to allow the government to reshuffle the airline's management. Deputy Transport Minister Pracha Maleenond said on Wednesday the flag carrier's entire board of directors, including chairman
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        656 50 Bloomberg [MEMPHIS, Tennessee] FedEx Corp, the largest over-night-delivery company, said fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 1.8 per cent because of tax credits, a rate increase and cost controls. Net income for the quarter ended Feb 28 climbed to US$lO9 million (*****.99 million), or
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        71 50 INDIAN Airlines will begin a daily service on the DelhiSingapore sector and a daily Delhi-Bangkok flight from Sunday, replacing the present three flights a week service, according to exim.net. The airline has also indicated it may increase its connections on the Bangkok-Sin-gapore sector
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        216 50 Bloomberg [MONTREAL] Bombardier Inc, the biggest maker of smaU passenger jets, said it has agreed to sell 40 aircraft worth about US$l.2 billion (SS2.I billion) to Mesa Air Group Inc, a US regional airline. Bombardier expects to confirm a tentative contract soon
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      293 37 4 There is no freight market report today doe to pressure on space pp. I The 'best deal' lies in the eye of the beholder, certainly in the nontransparent bunker market. After all, how can you tell what the best deal is if you haven't got a clear view of
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      25 37 Admiralty Casebook pg2 Korean construction minister may be sacked over Inchon airport problems BackPg THAI shares rise as board Offers tO quit BackPg K www.maritimeChain.com
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      939 48 FREIGHT LINKS EXPRESS PTE LTD 51 Penjuru Road, 3rd Level, Freight Links Express Logisticentre, Singapore *****3 Tel: *****11 Fax: *****77 E-mail: flesiiv@singnet.com. sg BIISAN MV. DORA VC1221 NEW DELHI MY. ORIENT AJSMWAITA VUI2 nA SIN: 24/03/2001 ETA SM: 24/M/700T SEMARANG m An coioru»voo2 SURABAYA mv. ocientai might vara ETA SM:
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      43 48 REGULAR DIRECT CONTAINER A BREAKBULK SERVICE TO PORT LOUIS A DURBAN EXPORT VOY SiN~| PTL DBN ALS ENDEAVOUR 03WB 16/04 27/04 02/05 ALS EXPRESS 04WB 19/05 30/05 04/06 ACCEPTING TO JOHANNESBURG Ag-tt: Tt S *W' lwln«|naß ******1/147 774 01U "ofarMi 03-SWNm 03 5W*****
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      127 49 j—* IF™** N LEGEND: Issued by Meteorological Service Singapore K Thunderstorm A Showers Rain Temperature Wind direction and speed in knots Cloud, D«, Wes,he oo Hazy Wind speed symbols Sea Conditions O Full circle w/o line indicates calm or light and variable winds J Slight < 1 2m J —»Gne
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      208 50 e The undermentioned shipping lines in the Intra-Asia trade would like j S to inform all shippers that: i 5 For the period Ist April 2001 to 31st July 2001 K (i) The Singapore Currency Factor (CAF) will remain at g US$ 0/20', US$ 0/40' and US$O/RT (LCL and Breakbulk).
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