The Business Times, 18 June 2001

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  • 16 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES MITA (P) 107/03/2001 SINGAPOR E Internet: http://business-times.asial .com.sg/ MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2001 85c
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  • 71 1 STOCK MABKET INDICES Week Chaw ST1 1,706.10. -136 siMsci nrnnES jio.5o.. -2.70 BTSRL 666.76 +0.79 KLSECOMP. 589.42 18.71 NIKKEI 225 12,790,18. -639.84 HANG SENG- 13,102.50. -***** SET INDEX.. .323.97. +11.68 JAKARTA COMP- 417.56 +18.75 MANILA COMP.......1,479.30 +68.80 TAIPEI WP1 5,158.63 .-67.66 SEOUL COMP... 618.96.. -2.82 SHENZHEN B 367.39.
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  • 79 1 FOBEX BATES USS ss USS (SS per USS) L811 £(USS/SSper£) 1.401 2*38 EURO(tSS/SS/E) 0.963 LS64 DM 1561 YEN 121.4 L 67.00 RX 1800 1098 HKS 7.799 4J06 BAHT 4617 24J9 RUPIAH 11,240 6506 *SS to 100 units FUME BATES SINGAPORE* 5.80 KliALA LUMPUR 7.67 JAKARTA 59.00 BANGKOK .9.50 MANILA
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  • 587 1  -  BTiq^num-j USss.66b net spent in Ql, accounting for 83% of all Asian purchases By Chuang Peck Ming CASH-RICH Singapore investors were not put off by Wall Street's poor showing in the first three months of this year. Almost alone among Asian investors, they
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  • 615 1  -  From Audrey Tan in Hong Kong THE interest rate cuts have finally begun to stir Hongkong's property buyers, as weekend sales of new residential projects saw a revival in the last few weeks. Analysts say that new projects launched by
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  • 352 1 Competition more important than Optus' ownership, says Richard Alston AP [CANBERRA] The Singapore government's majority stake in Singapore Telecommunications should not be a barrier to the company's bid for Australia's second biggest telecoms company, Communications Minister Richard Alston said yesterday. Sing Tel launched
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    • 79 1 ■DfSIDE TOP STORIES Asia losing FDI to S America, E Europe: study, Next Page Now's the best time to form a start-up, Next Page Umno suspends six •for corruption, Pg 9 HK high-speed Net auction to end with 4 bidders, Pg 10 Indian summer sparks Cola war, Pg 11 US
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    • 571 2  -  Salomon says China not a threat to S-E Asia in fight for foreign investments Chuang Peck Ming ASIAN policy-makers are so fixed on China that they fail to see the real threat in the competition for foreign investments, according to a
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    • 835 2  -  smuiimuj Top US VCs cite easy recruitment and low overheads in current downcycle Reports by Jennifer Lien in Sil icon Valley THE entrepreneurial landscape may be littered with the dead and the walking wounded, but now is the best time to start
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    • 843 2 [SlLlCON VALLEY] These may be dark days for hightech start-ups, but that's not keeping a group of tight-knit angel investors from focusing on opportunities in the life sciences industry. Three-year-old Tenex Medical a group of almost 200 members, many of whom work
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    • 527 2 KPMGSeminarSeries Internet Banking Technology Risk Management Seminar Thursday, 28 June 2001, 8.45 am to 1.45pm, Orchard Hotel Singapore What Due to increased competition, the plethora of available banking products and the continued pressure on margins, banks are seeking new channels through which to offer their services. One such channel is
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  • SINGAPORE companies
    • 551 3  -  Service, if launched commercially, will spell competition for SCV next year By' Teh Hooi Ling IN a move which could lead to a commercial launch next year, Singapore Telecommunications is launching an interactive television (iTV) trial service next quarter which, among other
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    • 362 3  -  By Kalpana Rashiwala SOILBUILD Group Holdings, involved in facade design and fabrication, construction and property development, has received in-principle approval for a mainboard listing on the Singapore Exchange. The group recorded an $8.1 million profit before tax and $107.1 million turnover last year but
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    • 1300 5  -  CORPORATEI.r.W^fcIirCT There is a belief that the best-placed people to evaluate the directors are in fact the directors themselves, peter Wallace looks at this process TTTO AA i.. i_ .a: i_ A i PETER WALLACE The writer is practice leader, enterprise risk management, Ernst Young Singapore. E-mail
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  • SINGAPORE markets
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      1303 4 Source: JM Samsoon Stocks Volume Tianjm Zhoog 137,066.000 PCI 25c 106,209,000 Keppel Capital 103,215,000 Omni Ind 10c 89,995,000 AEM-Evertech 5c 85,947,000 Frontline 5c 83,575,000 SingTel 15c 70,961.000 Keppel Cap W*****0 56,887.000 Beyoncs 10c 54,653,000 Lantom US2c... 44,772.000 Stocks Keppel Capttal 360,743.790 Omni Ind 10c 306,406,170 DBS Grp 281,522.440 0U8 212,752.779
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    • 649 4  -  C/J —I o o C/ 5 r. sivanithy MARKETS everywhere thrive on themes and the Singapore market is no exception. A couple of weeks ago, it was penny IPOs that captured the imagination of traders, taking over from an equally hot
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    • 182 4  -  WARRANT WATCH By R Sivanithy THERE are a few penny stocks whose prices have started to pick up recently, albeit in relatively low volume. This could be because of a general increase in interest in small caps or it could be com-pany-specific. One
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    • 254 4  -  HOT STOCK By Ven Sreenivasan IT was takeover and merger mania all over again on the technology stock front last week following news that Canada's Celestica had made a takeover offer for contract manufacturer Omni Industries. One key beneficiary of the takeover fever was
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    • 150 4 ♦INCHCAPE Motors Ltd will hold its EGM on June 28,2001, at 12.00 noon, Pinetree Town Country Club, Boardroom, 30 Stevens Road. ♦MEDI-Rad Associates Ltd will hold its EGM on June 20, 2001, at 4.30pm, 6A Napier Road, Gleaneagles Hospital, Levels. ♦SC Global Developments Ltd will go ex-dividend (first
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    • 558 4 AFP [HONG KONG] Most currencies in the Asia-Pacific region fell against the dollar last week as pessimism over Japan's economic prospects took its toll. Japanese yen: The yen lost ground last week, remaining under pressure due to pessimism over Japan's hopes for an
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  • SINGAPORE news
    • 536 7  -  Price war fears abate as new nnits only $10 psf below those of a year ago By Kalpana Rashiwala IN a move likely to ease developers' fears of a price war in Singapore's eastern part. Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing's Property
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    • 299 7  -  P*K= I on the economy earnings Bj Kalpana Rashiwala LATEST official labour market figures show that earnings growth fell sharply and productivity declined in the first quarter of this year. While nominal earnings continued to increase year-on-year at 5.7 per cent in Ql, the
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    • 408 7  -  MAILrm Ang Hao-Yao Singapore I REFER to the letter "Better to return surplus funds to shareholders" by Narayana Narayana (Mailbag, May 24). Mr Narayana suggests a company's excess cash is better returned to shareholders than used for share buybacks. I must agree returning
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    • 173 7 TWO of Singapore's top developers. City Developments and Far East Organization, raised more than $300,000 in aid of cancer patients in the first Singapore Real Estate Charity Bowl. The highlight of the event yesterday was a VIP game featuring Minister for National Development Mah
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    • 684 8 She grew up in a wordless pantomime, often seen but so seldom heard NYT [STANFORD] SHE may be the ultimate anomaly of the multimedia age, a household face whose voice has so seldom been heard that she could be a silent movie star. She
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 315 8 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS 3 Sign up name in uplifting 1 American Indian leading knowledge (5) America that's novel (5, 3, 4 Cease to affect a few, for a 5) change (4, 3) 7 Hen's bed (5) 5 Waves from luxury cars (7) BAt bottom, having mainly un- 6 Parent goes
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  • REGIONAL news
    • 393 9 KUALA LUMPUR Panel finds them guilty of paying money to win votes at party's April polls AP, Reuters MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's ruling party has suspended six senior officials for corruption, just days before the party holds a much-anticipated convention, newspapers reported yesterday. The
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    • 391 9 KUALA LUMPUR Party president, deputy attack each other's stand AFP A RIFT in Malaysia's largest Chinese party over its controversial takeover of two independent newspapers appears to be widening with leaders trading insults in a newspaper yesterday. The takeover of Nanyang Press,
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    • 321 9 HANOI AFP THE accelerating slowdown in the global economy is threatening to take the edge off Vietnam's recovery just as the communist authorities win international endorsement for ambitious growth plans, the World Bank warned on Friday. Declining world demand had sparked a sharp fall-off
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    • 774 10  -  BTM.I.'.I.'.UMM HK STOCKS If OCBC succeeds In Sep Capital bid, It's unlikely to embark on another buy soon quak hiang whai OCBC Bank's unsolicited cash bid of Ss4.B billion for Keppel Capital in Singapore cannot be good news for the many family-controlled
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    • 226 10 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN is hoping to repeat its information technology success in the biotechnology sector, by offering tax breaks and other incentives to investors, it was reported yesterday. Venture capitalists investing in biotech businesses would be free from a 25 per
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    • 559 10 BANGKOK AFP THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra prepared yesterday to fight for his political life in a dramatic closing address to the court which will decide whether he is guilty of corruption. Mr Thaksin said he would "speak from the heart" at
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    • 329 10 mHONGKONG Govt had wanted bids to continue even after fifth bidder quits Bloomberg THE Hong Kong government, which plans to auction four high-speed wireless Internet licences this year, agreed to lawmakers and operators' demands for a more transparent bidding process, suggesting
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    • 144 10 TAIPEI AFP TAIWAN'S China-bound and outbound investment outside of the mainland soared more than 30 per cent in the five months to May even as the domestic investment climate deteriorated, an official panel said last Saturday. China-bound investment in the five months grew 33.2 per
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  • REGION world
    • 348 11 SYDNEY Positive signals from Washington, private sector about improving trade ties Reuters AUSTRALIA said yesterday it did not rule out the possibility of building a free trade pact with the United States as it welcomed a breakthrough on a long-standing clash
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    • 453 11 SYDNEY Both nations moving to diversify exports to other countries AFP JAPANESE companies that flocked to Australia to take up investment opportunities in the 1980s and 1990s are now abandoning it in droves, according to a report published here. Citing a study by
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    • ASIA Notes
      • 109 11 AFP [TOKYO] Japan's economic planning chief yesterday ruled out any immediate plan for a pump-priming supplementary Budget, despite growing concern about prospects for the troubled economy. "In the past, when demand was slowing down, the government's demand was boosted by something like public works," Heizo
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      • 97 11 AFP [NEW DELHI] Indian police have arrested a third person in connection with a plot to blow up the US Embassy in New Delhi, allegedly hatched by Saudi billionaire Osama bin Laden, a senior officer said yesterday. Abbas, an Indian citizen, was arrested from
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      • 105 11 AFP [ISLAMABAD] Pakistan's economic growth, hit by the country's worst drought, plunged to 2.6 per cent this year against the target of 4.5 per cent a pre-Budget document said on Saturday. Gross domestic product was down from 3.9 per cent during the military regime's first
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    • 611 11 NEW DELHI The cola giants have accused each other of dirty tricks in a market worth 50b rupees per year AFP INDIA'S peak summer season for soft drinks has sparked a blistering advertising war between Coca Cola and Pepsi, with both cola giants
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  • WORLD news
    • WORLD Watch
      • 103 12 Reuters [LONDON] Hedge fund managers outperformed the Standard Poor's 500 index narrowly in May but lagged the blue chip Dow Jones Industrial Index, new data showed on Friday. The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index, which comprises 339 funds, each with a minimum of US$lO
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      • 112 12 Reuters [LOS ANGELES] The fairy tale is over for animators at Walt Disney Co, where a source confirmed on Friday that 25 per cent of jobs in the legendary division that produced cartoon hits such as The Lion King and Aladdin would be
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    • 656 12 NEW YORK US economy shows no sign of recovering from its downturn Reuters TOP Wall Street firms see a growing chance of another big Federal Reserve interest rate cut later this month as the US economy shows no signs of recovering from its
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    • 494 12  -  Bond strategists expect ECB to hold rates; US inflation will deter demand for long US bonds From Neil Behrman in London EUROPEAN and US sovereign bond prices are likely to shuffle sideways at best in coming months, bond strategists predict Bloomberg surveys show
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    • 299 12 LONDON/WASHINGTON FT INFLATION in the developed world rose to its highest level for over seven years in May, fuelling fears that this year's wave of interest-rate cutting by central banks, led by the US Federal Reserve, may set off a surge in
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    • 397 13 WASHINGTON Competing with private sector could give the taxpayer the best deal LAT-WP THE Bush administration has ordered that more than 40,000 federal workers compete for their jobs with the private sector, a first step toward President George W Bush's goal of
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    • 284 13 NEW YORK ItH incur USsl.2b charge to cut costs, drop brands, retrench Bloomberg PROCTER Gamble (P&G) will take a US$l.2 billion charge this quarter, resulting in a loss, as the largest US seller of household products cuts costs, dumps
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    • 553 14 PARIS 6E chairman-elect foresees no more talks with European regulators AFP, Bloomberg AIRBUS chief executive Noel Forgeard said yesterday that he was puzzled and shocked by comments from rival Boeing's vice-chairman Harry Stonecipher accusing Airbus of working behind the scenes to halt a tie-up between
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    • 270 14 LONDON Reuters PRIVATE banks that worked so hard last year to court their lower level clients are dumping them in droves and going upmarket, raising the entry bar in the US$25 trillion wealth management industry, a US survey said. Nearly every financial services firm
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    • 779 12 In The Matter Of The Companies Act, Cap. SO And In The Matter Of PACIFIC RIM TEXTILES (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD NOTICE OF CREDITORS' MEETING PURSUANT TO SECTION 296 OF THE COMPAMES ACT. CAP. 50 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 296 of the Companies Act, Cap 50. a
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    • 731 12 IN THE MATTER Of THE COMPANIES ACT. CAP. SO AND IN THE MATTER Of SSANGYONG DIGITAL V ISINGAPOef I PTE LTD (In Members' Voluntary Liquidation) At on Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company duly convened ond held at 17 Pioneer Crescent Jurang Town Singopore 62SSS2 on the Bth day af
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    • 753 12 In Dm Mutter at The Componm Act, Cop. 50 And In The Mullet of MISSY HOUSC PTE LTD At if>« Exkoordaiory General Mming of MISSY HOUSC FTI ITD duly convened ond held at S4S Orchard Rood #09-01 Far East Shopping Centre Singapore 238M2 on 4 June 2001 the Spaciol Resolutions
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    • 327 12 The 2nd Annual RSteftHwhip Management Strategy, Processes and Solutions for Achieving the Customer-Centric Vision t Conference Highlights Peppers t ,09m "T"!"° p. jiij ot your business strategy □avid Hudson, Senior Regional Director. Asia Pacific r.i_. j ffeg/on, Remedy Corporation opportunity to get together with other corporate Suzan Koo, Managing Director,
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    • 113 13 Rumpling.festival 10 to 25 June 2001 -4 Take home a selection from our variety of Shanghainese, AJt Cantonese, Teochew and Nonya dumplings this Dumpling Festival, these savory festival v# delights each priced from $3.00 to $23.80. US j CHINESE V* ti »J KFTAIIAVT JL Mantlarui QQ _J SSS 333 Orchard
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    • 985 14 AFP [LONDON! A softer dollar came to the rescue of some metals and other raw material prices last week but continuing uncertainty over the global economy ensured that much of the commodities complex remained under pressure. Gold regained the level of US$27O an ounce, while oil prices briefly
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  • ARTS festival
    • 945 15  -  The Silk World-Fusion Band blew GEOXTRET ED away with its exquisite and charged blend of percussions and Indian vocals GEOFFREY EU Breathless. MUSICAL boundaries have blurred to such an extent these days that the notion of blending traditions from two or more seemingly
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    • 569 16 SGX Derivatives Trading Weekly Roundup THE dollar has eased from fresh 15-year highs on a tradeweighted basis, but remains at the top of the G-10 forex pile with US policymakers repeating their allegiance to a strong currency policy. Yet, US trade manufacturers continue to
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  • BIZIT
    • 929 20  -  Global Switch expects new investment in Singapore and Sydney to propel regional growth By Tang Weng Fai European inter net data centre (iDC) and co-loca-tion provider Global Switch is betting on Singapore and Australia to be the linchpins of its plan to
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    • 377 20  -  By Melissa Sim lrlL money hasn't dried up. Online recruitment firm JobStreet.com and educational service provider IQmind last week announced moraleboosting votes of confidence from new funding. IQmind said it secured $9.5 million in third-round funding from Infocomm Investments Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of
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    • 336 21  -  New charges based on a per processor basis, regardless of type By 1 Tang Weng Fai ORACLE last week launched Oracle 9i, the latest version of its flagship database product, and introduced a more buyer-friend-ly pricing structure. Oracle used to charge customers based
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    • 425 21 Bloomberg [REDWOOD CITY, California) Oracle Corp will charge 50 per cent more for its database software if customers choose to use a new option that lets them share data among multiple computers, a spokeswoman said. Oracle, the largest maker of database
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    • 785 22  -  Local Net firms should adopt the tested MNC tactic, says Gartner's Hayward By Andrew Wee INTERNET companies here will have to deal with "glocalisation" by foreign competitors as they themselves "glocalise" and expand beyond Singapore's borders. That is the message from Gartner's Australia-based senior vice-president for
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    • 976 23  -  INFOTECH Its cash flow statement reveals It Is h«*mnwhaglngraahj malting H- highly llfcaly <♦ mHII nftftil «nnHia> large HjjaeHfln SOOD paul thompson The writer lectures in accounting at the University of Nottingham in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ONE of the doyens of the new economy, Amazon.com, is
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    • IT TAKES
      • 37 23 US-based content infrastructure software provider Interwoven has appointed Anurag Srivastavaas vice-president of sales and operations in Asia Pacific. Before his appointment Mr Srivastava was vice president of sales and operations at Mirror Image Internet.
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      • 51 23 SIM card and wireless solutions provider Bluefiah Technologies has appointed Anthony Ong as its new general manager. Previously the general manager of Orga Card Systems' Hong Kong office, he will now be responsible for establishing Bluefish as a major player in the region's wireless telecommunications
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      • 35 23 THE Management Service Provider (MSP) Association's first Asia-Pacific Chapter Networking Reception will be held on June 20 at the Singapore Expo. It is organised by MSP Association. For details, e-mail thicmukokbeng@nettasking.com.
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      • 43 23 US-based e-security provider RSA Security Inc has tied up with Singapore's Secure Asia to offer authentication services based on RSA's SecurlD authentication technology. This expands Secure Asia's service range through its Virtual Smart-card Service, which will be launched in July.
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      • 36 23 SYMANTEC, a US-based Internet security provider, has opened Symantec Security Services in Singapore, offering implementation, consulting, education and managed security services for Singapore companies. It will report to Symantec's Asia-Pacific headquarters in Sydney.
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      • 48 23 NEC Electronics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US-based NEC Corporation, has announced that its universal 9erial bus 2.0 hub controller has been certified by the USB Implementers Forum. The new standards offers a 40-fold increase in bandwidth, up to 480 megabits per second.
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      • 59 23 FUBA, a subsidiary of US-based Delphi Automotives Systems, has developed the Gen II Diversity Reception System, a mobile TV receiver with a four-antenna system that improves reception by using multiple composite body structured antennas, integrated amplifiers and its Scan Div technology. It automatically switches to
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      • 52 23 CHILDREN'S entertainment brand Nickelodeon Asia in Singapore has deployed US-based StorageTek's digital video archive solution for its media storage needs. It includes a StorageTek Timber Wolf 9710 tape library and 9640 tape drives. Singapore-based Four Media Company Asia, a television production facility, helped Nickelodeon evaluate and implement
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      • 50 23 MASTERCARD International has announced an alliance with Mobile Way, a North American company headquartered in France that provides wireless access and distribution of content over mobile phones. They will develop and market an authentication service that will verify cardholders to merchants and confirm transactions using their wireless devices.
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      • 51 23 DSQ software has announced the opening of Antarix's Application Service Provider (ASP) and a new R&D lab in Singapore. The ASP Centre will host enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management and supply chain management. The lab will undertake offshore project work for IBM,
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      • 63 23  -  Compiled by Trina Foo RSA Conference 2001, Asia, will be held at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre from 9-12 July, 2001. The conference will feature six conference tracks and over 60 breakout sessions, and is targeted at regional decision-makers and e-security professionals. The full conference
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    • CommunicAsia 2001
      • 1227 24 To transform the republic into an infocomm hub, getting companies frorrci all around the world to click into partnerships will be key, as is the pitching of S pore as the launch pad for services developed Liberalisation has spurred competition and innovation in the
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      • 770 24  -  By Poh Mui Hoon BY all accounts, this is a pivotal time in the development of 828 e-commerce in Asia. As an economic chill descends on the US, Asia is certain to catch the cold. The world over, corporates are responding to softening markets
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      • 739 26  -  Although GPRS is deemed a good avenue to educate the market on. advanced cellular services after WAP's letdown, handsets need to be launched fast due to 3G's impending emergence. Reports by sandra ng SANDRA NG THE Asia Pacific saw explosive growth in the cellular market last
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      • 559 26 AFTER the accelerated growth of 70 per cent In 1999, the cellular market in Singapore maintained a high growth momentum in 2000 at 80 per cent. Total cellular subscribers in the market reached 3.1 million, of which 22 per cent are pre-paid customers. The mobile penetration
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      • 972 27  -  Firms can consider Internet data centres that offer a new breed of security devices combining firewall and VPN sen/ices into a single Hardware platform, says Hansen cheng HANSEN CHENG Hansen Cheng is managing director of Net Screen Technologies ACROSS Asia, the Internet data
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      • 1111 28  -  While businesses can reach customers and associates more easily in the wired world, corporates are also exposed to higher risks of security breach which can result in monetary and reputation loss, says kkchan KK CHAN KK Chan is country manager of Biodata Information Technology
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      • 651 29 Content providers need to furnish compelling content before consumers will take to broadband en masse IMAGINE being able to watch the football match that kicked ofif at 4:30 am, at 8:38 pm or whenever you get home after work. Or watch that movie you always wanted
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      • 983 30  -  Through IP virtual private networks, firms can extend their services over the Internet, allowing a communications link to be created quickly and safely without substantial investments in equipment, says matthew young MATTHEW YOUNG Matthew Young is Asia Pacific vice-president of CoSine Communications ASIA Pacific's telecom
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    • 673 31  -  Wanton web surfing In the workplace can cost companies up to &26% of their annual wage costs chen bin The author is managing director of Bridge Minds Consulting Pte Ltd CONSIDER this: If an employee makes 60 photocopies for personal use per month, and
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    • ON THE SHELF
      • 88 31 lOMEGA Corp has introduced its new Peerless 10 GB and 20 GB removable drive system. It combines a vertical base station and one or more pocket-sized 20 GB or 10 GB disks. The Peerless system allows sustained transfer rates up to 15 MB/sec with a
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      • 74 31 HOMEGROWN company 1388 Technology Pte Ltd has unveiled its BITBB Universal Sound Enhancer. Targeted at music and video-game lovers, BITBB can be connected to existing systems to restore the original dynamics of audio signals without distortions, providing greater clarity and harmonics. It uses Vacuum Tube
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      • 60 31 V ONE Multimedia has introduced Snazio Secured Internet Gateway (SIG) which features stand-alone firewall protection with gateway and Internet sharing capabilities. It connects to ADSL, ISDN, cable, broadband and V.90 modems. The $888 product is built on the xB6 Linux platform and can be used
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      • 58 31 NOKIA has launched its WAP-enabled Nokia 3330, which features a 100-name phone book, a new game called "Bumper", a "first vibrate, then ring" ringing option and unlimited access to Internet. The dualband GSM 900/1800 phone offers picture messaging, voice dialing and supports downloadable ringing tones and game
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      • 75 31 BORLAND Software Corp has unveiled JBuilder 5, which allows enterprise developers to develop and deploy e-business applications from their choice of operating systems, team environments and leading application servers, resulting in more interoperability. JBuilder 5 adds new application server support for IBM Web Sphere and has fully
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      • 58 31 MAXTOR Corp has introduced the Maxtor 541 DX, available in 10,15 and 20 GB capacities. The 541 DX at 20GB offers the highest areal density on a single-head, single-platter configuration. It is designed for game consoles, set-top boxes and digital audio players. Hie 20 GB Maxtor
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      • 85 31 3COM Corp has introduced the Super Stack 3 Switch 4400, an application-aware (Layer 4), wirespeed, stackable 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch, which costs U551,750; the Super Stack 3 Switch 4300, a 48-port high-density 10/100 switch with up to four extra expansion ports, which costs U552,995;
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      • 58 31  -  Compiled by Melissa Sim C 5 SOLUTIONS Inc has unveiled its new C 5 PIRO software. This enables advertisers to launch marketing campaigns that are welcomed by customers. The software allows consumers to pull personalised and relevant information onto their PDA or mobile phone. The price of
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    • 648 32  -  Digital video technology is bringing movie-making to the masses By Melissa Sim US movie producer Adam L Green has witnessed Americans switching to DVD and is confident that the Asia-Pacific region should not be any different. According to Mr Green, who is with Lunar Landing
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    • 818 33  -  Talks break down on differing formats to play digital music available on the Net By James Rowley Bloomberg Microsoft Corp and AOL Time Warner Inc said America Online's software will not be bundled into the software giant's next version of the Windows operating system after
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    • 235 33 Reuters [LONDON] Lou Gerstner, the reclusive chairman of International Business Machines was awarded an honorary knighthood in Queen Elizabeth's annual birthday honours list on Saturday. Mr Gerstner, a US citizen, was given the award for services to electronic commerce and education. He is credited with
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      • 866 34  -  BTia'JJUL-UUJ With such attacks on the rise, firms here need to take necessary measures, IT security experts tell ANDREW WEB ANDREW WEE SINGAPORE companies need to boost the security of their IT systems to guard against the growing likelihood of hacker attacks that could have
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      • Briefly.com
        • 89 34 VISITORS to this week's CommunicAsia show will be able to load up their mobile phones and other wireless devices with snazzy wireless services. Go to the IDA booth (SLI-01) at the Singapore Pavilion. Interactive services, all developed locally, include WAP to information about the show
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        • 51 34 ASIA Broadband Media (www.abmchanneLcom), a local Net start-up, is offering free website publishing of companies' corporate videos and commercials. Companies will however need to commit to a 12-month Broadband Hosting and Streaming Media Plan costing $788. Those interested can sign up at ABM's booth at CommunicAsia this
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        • 48 34 BLUEWAVE has created Volkswagen Asia Pacific's new site, incorporating the Visualiaer concept which runs on Macromedia Flash 5 coupled with Generator. This enables customers to select a model, choose the colours and extras by clicking and dragging their mouse, and find the nearest dealer.
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        • 32 34 SINGAPORE'S Internet security surveillance service provider e-Cop.net has announced the Professional Security Services, which offers services like security policies, remote penetration testing and on-site *«wfrnkil security audit Visit www.e-cop.net.
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        • 40 34 singaporemag icians.oom launched SINGAPORE Magicians Network has launched singaporemagicians.com, an Internet magic service website aimed at educating the public about magic, and supporting professional magicians. It features regular columns like Cybermagic, articles and interviews, teach-in, magic events and magic links
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        • 67 34 A US panel, N ielsen Netßatings Global Internet Trends, reported that access to the Net from a home PC is higher than access from the workplace in Singapore. The panel also found that half of Singaporeans aged 16 and above who have access to the
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        • 46 34 FACTTVA, a Dow Jones and Reuters company, has launched Factiva.com, a Web-based news and business information service for enterprises. It will replace Dow Jones Interactive and Reuters Business Briefings, and use Factiva Intelligent Indexing, a coding scheme that is universally applied to Factiva content
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        • 39 34 PINOYCENTRAL, a project of ABS-CBN Interactive in the Philippines, has chosen US-based e-biz application provider Broad Vision to power its portaL PinoyCentral started implementing Broad Vision One-To-One Enterprise and Retail Commerce Suite in April last year.
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        • 54 34  -  Compiled by Trina Foo FOUNDRY Networks, a US company that provides solutions for end-to-end switching and routing, announced a partnership with Adam Net, a network solutions provider in Japan, to power the largest Internet Exchange in Japan, where the Widely Integrated Distributed Environments project deployed Foundry's Biglron
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    • 189 35 Contributed by Simpson Spence Young THERE has been an explosion of interest, sales, rumours and counter-rumours surrounding the capesize bulker market this week and it is difficult to sort out the actual situation on a number of ships in the face of contrasting information from varying sources. Vessels
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    • 564 35  -  UN to look into how it can help states enact laws to deal with problem By Donald Urquhart [SINGAPORE] The International Maritime Organsiation is preparing to bring up maritime piracy at the UN General Assembly, indicating the higher profile the issue
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    • 342 35  -  From Alec Almazan in Manila THE Subic Bay Free port will put up three cargo terminals in a bid to transform itself into an Asia Pacific transhipment hub. "The Asia Pacific region is facing a projected capacity shortage of 14 million TEUs
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    • IN-FLIGHT internet
      • 797 36  -  Boeing has projected that the market for in-flight Internet services will reach US$45 billion by the end of the decade but are passengers willing to pay for such services? smoir hsischfeld finds out SIMON HIRSCHFELD Reuters NEW YORK International air travellers on a
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      • 790 45 THIS report, compiled by Cocken Ma rine Oil Ltd. shows price ranges in US dollars instead of single prices for a more comprehensive description of the mar ket. Prices shown are based on averagesized stem. Market movements are indicated. The Cockett Bunker Price Index change and
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      • 557 46 PARIS AIR SHOW Sales for the two planemakers will also drop because airlines are losing money: analysts Bloomberg [PARIS] Boeing Co and Airbus Industrie may unveil about US$l5 billion in new aircraft sales at the industry's trade show in Paris, half
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      • 200 46 AFP [PARIS] The United States is "seriously concerned" that European subsidies to Airbus mean that its A3BO airliner will have an unfair advantage over competition, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans said. "This is something that we must and we will look very carefully into.
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      • 291 46 AFP [PARIS] The AOM, Air Liberte airlines filed for bankruptcy after an anonymous American bidder had baled out and just as British budget carrier easy Jet expressed interest in buying the group's hub at Paris Orly airport. The decision casts a deep shadow
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      • 301 46 Low-fare carrier to fly from July 15 Sydney-Melbourne Reuters [SYDNEY] Discount airline Virgin Blue said yesterday it will post a trading profit for its first seven months of operations. outstripping expectations, after writing off start-up costs. The carrier also said
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      • 119 46 AFP [AUCKLAND] Directors of collapsed airline Qantas New Zealand have been charged with failure to file accounts, the Sunday Star-Times reported. The franchise airline, owned by Tasman Pacific Airlines, collapsed on April 21 creating turmoil in the New Zealand aviation scene. Qantas Airways of
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